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Marc Webb At The Worldwide Box Office (Photo Credit – Wikipedia)

The Disney movie Snow White, directed by Marc Webb, is currently playing at the cinemas. Although the movie was made on a colossal budget, it is underperforming at the box office. However, Webb’s previous films have performed pretty well financially. He has directed only a handful of movies in his career so far, but they are all noteworthy. Keep scrolling for the deets.

For the unversed, Webb began his career as a music video editor and has worked with popular bands, including Green Day and Snow Patrol. His feature film debut is also a cult classic, and it is a romantic dramedy (500) Days of Summer. It was released in 2009 and became a critical commercial success at the box office. It features Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel in leading roles. The story is in a non-linear structure, with Joseph’s...

Nearly 6,000 people were treated to a once-in-a-lifetime experience this past weekend at the Garden State 20th Anniversary Concert, marking the first time that nearly all of the artists from the iconic soundtrack have united to perform the music together.

Zach Braff, who wrote, directed, and starred in the movie, hosted the concert on Saturday night (March 29) at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles.

Zach opened the show by pulling a tarp off a motorcycle and sidecar, just like the one featured in the film. He then brought out co-star Natalie Portman, who flew in from Paris to be at the one-night-only benefit concert. The event supported The Midnight Mission’s efforts to combat homelessness.

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“This is the first time we have ever had all the bands together and it was amazing! It was such a special night and I’m truly grateful for all...

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“I cannot believe we managed to pull this off,” Zach Braff told the crowd who sold out the Greek Theatre for the Garden State 20th Anniversary Concert, “and you guys are in for a really, really, really special night.”

Braff, who wrote, directed, and starred in the 2004 indie movie as Andrew Largeman, wasn’t kidding either — Garden State fans witnessed a once-in-a-lifetime tribute show on March 29 that included...

It sounded like 2004, back on the plane with Andrew Largeman.

The sun had already gone down over Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre on Saturday night for the sold-out Garden State 20th Anniversary Concert, when the curtains opened and Zach Braff stood on stage underneath a spotlight as the Prayer to Ganesh played over the speaker.

The crowd applauded and Braff made his way over to a covered prop nearby and tore the sheet off to reveal the iconic green motorcycle his character rode in the early-Aughts cult classic – sidecar included.

“I...

The all-star Garden State 20th-anniversary benefit concert in Los Angeles quickly sold out, but fans of the 2005 movie and its beloved soundtrack will be able to stream the concert exclusively on Veeps.

The streaming platform announced Thursday that the March 29 one-night-only show at the Greek Theatre will come to Veeps beginning on April 6, allowing fans to experience the Garden State concert, which benefits Midnight Mission, a homeless shelter and services provider in Los Angeles.

“We were blown away by the amount of interest in the Garden State 20th Anniversary Concert Benefiting the Midnight Mission.

Despite the fact that his career is still in its early stages, Callum Turner's best movies and TV shows already feature an impressive amount of notable projects. Turner's professional acting career began in 2010 as he began appearing in guest roles on popular series like The Borgias and Ripper Street. The British actor made his feature film debut in the lead role of Queen & Country, starting his career off in a big way and quickly leading to other big projects both in the world of British cinema and in Hollywood.

Turner has recently found himself becoming a lead actor in high-profile projects, including The Boys in the Boat and Masters of the Air. These projects have seen him working with Hollywood legends like Steven Spielberg and George Clooney. Turner has also proven his talents alongside other new stars in Hollywood, such as Anya Taylor-Joy, Vanessa Kirby, and Austin Butler.

Callum Turner's career took off in 2018 with a role in a major Hollywood franchise, Fantastic Beasts, but was cut short by its cancellation. Turner's latest project, Masters of the Air, showcases his versatile acting skills as Major John 'Bucky' Egan in a war drama ensemble cast. Despite the end of Fantastic Beasts, Turner has a new film in post-production called Atropia, hinting at exciting roles to come.

In 2024, Apple TV+ released the newest installment in a series of war dramas created by Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, and Gary Goetzman called Masters of the Air, and starring in it, among big actors like Austin Butler and Barry Keoghan, was Callum Turner, who needed this successful miniseries, after his last franchise suffered an unfortunate fate. 34-year-old Callum Turner began his career in the limelight in 2010 when he began modeling and earning minor roles in short films and music videos. Turner's...

Disney has unveiled a first look at the upcoming live-action remake of “Snow White.”

In a new image, Rachel Zegler is transformed into the iconic Disney Princess, surrounded by her Seven Dwarfs. As of today, the film, which was originally set to open on March 22, 2024, has been delayed to March 21, 2025.

Zegler stars as Snow White and Gal Gadot plays The Evil Queen. Ansu Kabia co-stars as the Huntsman and Andrew Burnap plays a new character named Jonathan. The Seven Dwarfs have been reimagined for the remake, and Zegler has said that this new iteration will not be as focused on the romantic subplot but instead will show Snow White become the leader her father encouraged her to be. The reimagined storyline and Zegler’s casting — she will be the first Latina to play Snow White — have generated some online criticism for veering from the source material.

The original film, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,...

Zach Braff's directorial debut, "Garden State," was an event unto itself in the indie movie scene circa 2004. With its award-winning soundtrack -- a mixtape of then-contemporary indie-rock titles and vintage classics like "The Only Living Boy in New York" -- and its quirky-dramatic tale of post-college graduation ennui, Braff's Sundance sensation was practically tailor-made for disaffected 20-somethings coming of adult age in the early '00s like himself. That it's also fairly hackneyed while being fully earnest in its convictions and observations about life kind of makes it the perfect embodiment of what the world looks like through the eyes of a 20-something.

Up until 2023, however, Braff had only directed two other films, one of which he also wrote (2014's "Wish I Was Here") and the other which he directed only (2017's "Going in Style"). "There has to be a catalyst that really puts me in the chair," he...

"Underworld" actress Kate Beckinsale, star of the upcoming feature "Canary Black", poses for the latest digital issue of "Flaunt" magazine, wearing Max Mara, Hermès and Dundas, photographed by Frederic Auerbach:

Beckinsale made her film debut in "Much Ado About Nothing" (1993) while a student at the University of Oxford. She then appeared in Brit 'costume dramas' including "Prince of Jutland" (1994), "Cold Comfort Farm" (1995), "Emma" (1996) and "The Golden Bowl" (2000).

In the US she appeared in indie dramas "The Last Days of Disco" (1998) and "Brokedown Palace" (1999), followed by starring roles in "Pearl Harbor" (2001), "Serendipity" (2003), "Tiptoes" (2003), "The Aviator" (2004) and "Click" (2006).

Since being cast as 'Selene' in the "Underworld" film series (2003–2016), Beckinsale has become known primarily for her work in action films...

...including "Van Helsing" (2004), "Whiteout" (2009), "Contraband" (2012) and "Total Recall" (2012).

Beckinsale continues to work in film including "Snow Angels" (2007), "Nothing but the Truth" (2008), "Everybody's Fine" (2009), "Love & Friendship" (2016), "Underworld: Blood Wars" (2016)...

..."The Only Living Boy in New York...

"Underworld" actress Kate Beckinsale, star of the upcoming feature "Canary Black", poses for the latest digital issue of "Flaunt" magazine, wearing Max Mara, Hermès and Dundas, photographed by Frederic Auerbach:

Beckinsale made her film debut in "Much Ado About Nothing" (1993) while a student at the University of Oxford. She then appeared in Brit 'costume dramas' including "Prince of Jutland" (1994), "Cold Comfort Farm" (1995), "Emma" (1996) and "The Golden Bowl" (2000).

In the US she appeared in indie dramas "The Last Days of Disco" (1998) and "Brokedown Palace" (1999), followed by starring roles in "Pearl Harbor" (2001), "Serendipity" (2003), "Tiptoes" (2003), "The Aviator" (2004) and "Click" (2006).

Since being cast as 'Selene' in the "Underworld" film series (2003–2016), Beckinsale has become known primarily for her work in action films...

...including "Van Helsing" (2004), "Whiteout" (2009), "Contraband" (2012) and "Total Recall" (2012).

Beckinsale continues to work in film including "Snow Angels" (2007), "Nothing but the Truth" (2008), "Everybody's Fine" (2009), "Love & Friendship" (2016), "Underworld: Blood Wars" (2016)...

..."The Only Living Boy in New York...

"Underworld" actress Kate Beckinsale, star of the upcoming feature "Canary Black", poses for the latest digital issue of "Flaunt" magazine, wearing Max Mara, Hermès and Dundas, photographed by Frederic Auerbach:

Beckinsale made her film debut in "Much Ado About Nothing" (1993) while a student at the University of Oxford. She then appeared in Brit 'costume dramas' including "Prince of Jutland" (1994), "Cold Comfort Farm" (1995), "Emma" (1996) and "The Golden Bowl" (2000).

In the US she appeared in indie dramas "The Last Days of Disco" (1998) and "Brokedown Palace" (1999), followed by starring roles in "Pearl Harbor" (2001), "Serendipity" (2003), "Tiptoes" (2003), "The Aviator" (2004) and "Click" (2006).

Since being cast as 'Selene' in the "Underworld" film series (2003–2016), Beckinsale has become known primarily for her work in action films...

...including "Van Helsing" (2004), "Whiteout" (2009), "Contraband" (2012) and "Total Recall" (2012).

Beckinsale continues to work in film including "Snow Angels" (2007), "Nothing but the Truth" (2008), "Everybody's Fine" (2009), "Love & Friendship" (2016), "Underworld: Blood Wars" (2016)...

..."The Only Living Boy in New York...

Exclusive: Bill Camp is the latest addition to the cast of Amazon Studios’ film The Burial, based on the New Yorker article by Jonathan Harr.

He’ll star alongside previously announced cast members Jamie Foxx, Tommy Lee Jones, Jurnee Smollett and Mamoudou Athie.

Based on a true story, The Burial follows a bankrupt funeral home owner who decides to sue a rival businessman over a handshake deal gone wrong, hiring a flamboyant attorney to handle the case.

Maggie Betts is directing from a script by Doug Wright. Bobby Shriver is producing for Bobby Shriver Inc., with Double Nickel Entertainment’s Adam Richman and Jenette Kahn, Foxx and his producing partner Datari Turner, and Maven Pictures’ Trudie Styler and Celine Rattray.

Camp is an Emmy, Tony and SAG Award nominee best known for his performances in Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit, HBO’s The Night Of...

Early this year, Joey Ryan, half of the indie folk duo the Milk Carton Kids, received a text from his friend Sara Bareilles. No surprise there — she, Ryan and Ryan’s musical partner Kenneth Pattengale have known each other for over a decade. This time, Bareilles asked if she could pass Ryan’s contact info along to some TV people she was working with. “I said, ‘Sure, of course, what is it?’ ” he recalls. “And she goes, ‘They want someone to do this song and it’s supposed to sound like Simon and Garfunkel.

Kiersey Clemons is set to star opposite Ezra Miller in “The Flash” solo movie, according to an individual with knowledge of the project.

Clemons will reprise her role as Iris West, the romantic interest of Barry Allen.

Clemons was initially cast as West in 2017’s “Justice League” but was cut from the final film. Clemons’ scene has been restored for “Zack Snyder’s Justice League,” which will premiere on HBO Max on March 18.

Ben Affleck’s Batman is not the only Batman to return, as Michael Keaton will return to the role of Batman from the 1989 Tim Burton film, as TheWrap first exclusively reported.

The plot of “The Flash” will introduce general audiences to the idea of the multiverse, one of the of core concepts underpinning DC Comics. For the non fanboy set, the multiverse refers to a shifting number of alternate universes that coexist within the larger reality depicted in DC comics.

Austin Butler and Callum Turner will play the lead roles in Apple’s World War II drama “Masters of the Air,” a continuation of the “Band of Brothers”/”The Pacific” franchise from Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks.

Based on the book of the same name by Donald L. Miller, “Masters of the Air” follows the true story of the American bomber boys in World War II who brought the war to Hitler’s doorstep. Butler will star as Major Gale Cleven and Turner will star as Major John Egan.

Butler and Hanks previously worked together on the upcoming Elvis Presley biopic from Baz Luhrmann. Butler will star as Presley with Hanks playing Colonel Tom Parker. Butler also recently appeared in Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood” in the role of infamous Manson Family member Tex Watson. His other roles include the features “The Dead Don’t Die” and...

Online, the memes are about guillotines, and at the movies, the stories are about why rich people should care about income inequality, if only for their own continued survival. Alongside Michel Franco’s blistering “New Order,” coming later this year, we get “The White Tiger,” Ramin Bahrani’s caustic adaptation of Aravind Adiga’s acclaimed novel about the lengths to which one man will go to climb out of his caste.

For as long as there has been literature, there have been tales of penniless men who advance by diligent hard work, cleverness, love, and perhaps a little larceny, but those narratives rarely address why the hero was penniless in the first place. “The White Tiger” illustrates the extremes to which the poor are driven to violate the rigid class structure of India, with the implication that our hero and his methodology is perhaps the face of post-superpower capitalism itself.

Kiersey Clemons will star in 141 Entertainment’s “Susie Searches,” a darkly comic thriller from Sophie Kargman.

“Susie Searches” centers on Susie (Clemons), an awkward college student who seizes the opportunity to bolster her popularity and her under-the-radar true-crime podcast by solving the disappearance of a classmate. Her investigation reveals that the truth and Susie aren’t at all what they seem to be.

Kargman will direct from a script by William Day Frank — the feature is based on a short film that the two previously made. Clemons will also serve as an executive producer on the project. Production on the film is set to start in London early next year.

“I’m so excited to be working with Sophie Kargman on such a dark and witty film,” said Clemons in a statement. “I fell in love with the heart and peculiarity of Susie right away. Stories like this, starring...

Pierce Brosnan has signed up to star in the feature-length adaptation of Brett Marty’s short film ‘Youth’.

Brosnan will play an engineer in the near future who’s about to retire at age 70 when his company pays him to undergo a procedure to rewind his body’s biological clock back to its prime. The process goes tragically wrong and his ageing begins accelerating rapidly, so he attempts a more dangerous treatment.

Marty will direct from a script he co-wrote with Josh Izenberg and Amelia Whitcomb. Jib Polhemus, Paul Schiff and Martin Brennan will produce alongside executive producers Laura Bickford and Hannah Leader.

Also in news – Odeon Cinemas across the UK to open in July

The original 2016 sci-fi short starred Jessica Stroup & George Maguire and won numerous awards on the festival circuit including Best Screenplay at the Las Vegas Film Festival.

Brosnan got his big break in the 1982 series ‘Remington...

"Underworld" actress Kate Beckinsale poses for the January/February 2020 issue of "Women's Health" magazine, wearing Fila, Heroine Sport and Koral, photographed by Ben Watts:

Beckinsale made her film debut in "Much Ado About Nothing" (1993) while a student at the University of Oxford. She then appeared in Brit 'costume dramas' including "Prince of Jutland" (1994), "Cold Comfort Farm" (1995), "Emma" (1996) and "The Golden Bowl" (2000).

In the Us she appeared in indie dramas "The Last Days of Disco" (1998) and "Brokedown Palace" (1999), followed by starring roles in "Pearl Harbor" (2001), "Serendipity" (2003), "Tiptoes" (2003), "The Aviator" (2004) and "Click" (2006).

Since being cast as 'Selene' in the "Underworld" film series (2003–2016), Beckinsale has become known primarily for her work in action films...

...including "Van Helsing" (2004), "Whiteout" (2009), "Contraband" (2012) and "Total Recall" (2012).

Beckinsale continues to work in film including "Snow Angels" (2007), "Nothing but the Truth" (2008), "Everybody's Fine" (2009), "Love & Friendship" (2016), "Underworld: Blood Wars" (2016)...

..."The Only Living Boy in New York" (2017) and the ITV...

"Underworld" actress Kate Beckinsale poses for the January/February 2020 issue of "Women's Health" magazine, wearing Fila, Heroine Sport and Koral, photographed by Ben Watts:

Beckinsale made her film debut in "Much Ado About Nothing" (1993) while a student at the University of Oxford. She then appeared in Brit 'costume dramas' including "Prince of Jutland" (1994), "Cold Comfort Farm" (1995), "Emma" (1996) and "The Golden Bowl" (2000).

In the Us she appeared in indie dramas "The Last Days of Disco" (1998) and "Brokedown Palace" (1999), followed by starring roles in "Pearl Harbor" (2001), "Serendipity" (2003), "Tiptoes" (2003), "The Aviator" (2004) and "Click" (2006).

Since being cast as 'Selene' in the "Underworld" film series (2003–2016), Beckinsale has become known primarily for her work in action films...

...including "Van Helsing" (2004), "Whiteout" (2009), "Contraband" (2012) and "Total Recall" (2012).

Beckinsale continues to work in film including "Snow Angels" (2007), "Nothing but the Truth" (2008), "Everybody's Fine" (2009), "Love & Friendship" (2016), "Underworld: Blood Wars" (2016)...

..."The Only Living Boy in New York" (2017) and the ITV...

One time Bond Pierce Brosnan seems to have caught the musical fever yet again after it has emerged he will be joining Sony Pictures ‘Cinderella’.

Brosnan will join Camila Cabello, Billy Porter and Idina Menzel in the new version of the classic tale.

The retelling of the fairy tale comes from ‘Blockers’ writer-director Kay Cannon with Brosnan set to play the kingdom’s king and father to the handsome Prince Robert (Nicholas Galitzine) – the love interest of Camila Cabello’s Cinderella who this time out is an ambitious young woman with dreams bigger than the world will allow.

Also in the news – Stephen Graham set to star alongside Tom Hardy in ‘Venom 2’

Billy Porter will play the fairy godmother and Menzel is the evil stepmother. James Corden, who is credited with the original idea for the project, is producing the feature project with Leo Pearlman, his partner at Fulwell 73.

Tony Sokol May 31, 2019

Marc Webb is taking a bite of a magic apple to direct the live action remake of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Want to know a secret? Promise not to tell? Marc Webb is the "top choice" to direct the upcoming Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs live-action remake, according to Variety. Disney, which first announced the project in 2016, is also in "in talks" with screenwriter Erin Cressida Wilson (The Girl on the Train) to pen the script. Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, the Academy Award winning team which brought us La La Land and The Greatest Showman, are set to write new songs for the film.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was Disney's first animated feature film. Based on The Brothers Grimm fairytale, it premiered in 1937 before being given a wider release in 1938. The film was originally expected to be "Disney's Folly," but it...

Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it’s off to Disney Marc Webb goes. The filmmaker is in talks to direct the studio’s upcoming live-action adaptation of “Snow White.”

While the deal isn’t finalized, sources tell Variety that Webb is the top choice to helm the movie.

“The Girl on the Train” screenwriter Erin Cressida Wilson is in negotiations to pen the script for “Snow White,” which will expand upon the story and music from the 1938 animated classic. Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, the duo behind “La La Land,” “The Greatest Showman,” and “Dear Evan Hansen,” will write new songs for the movie. Marc Platt is on board to produce.

The original “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” cartoon, based on the Brothers Grimm fairytale, was first released over 80 years ago. It was Disney’s inaugural animated feature film and became a massive success for the studio.

There have been several adaptations...

Joe Osborn, the bassist in the famed Wrecking Crew, the group of studio musicians who performed on tracks like Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water” and the Mamas & the Papas’ “California Dreamin’,” has died at the age of 81.

Denny Tedesco, the director of the 2008 documentary The Wrecking Crew, confirmed to Rolling Stone that Osborn died December 14th following a long battle with pancreatic cancer.

The Louisiana-born Osborn entered the music business as a member of Ricky Nelson’s backing band and appeared on the pop singer’s 1961 hit “Travelin...

The Wizarding World has continued to expand with the installation of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, and this time, J.K. Rowling introduces us to Newt Scamander's brave but rule-abiding Auror brother Theseus. He's a bit of a proto-Percy Weasley type with a sinewy build, head of curly hair, and (mostly) fierce devotion to his job at the Ministry of Magic. Alongside new big names in the magical universe such as Zoë Kravitz and Jude Law, English actor Callum Turner brings the stern wizard to life in the Harry Potter prequel.

Turner has been a creative powerhouse in the entertainment industry, as he's tried out his hand in modeling, television, theater, and film. A London native, he grew up as an only child in a single mother family in Chelsea. His desire to learn about the world beyond the structure of school whisked him outside his hometown and into the...

Kate Beckinsale’s career has a pretty clear dividing line running through it: There’s the period drama and romantic comedy stuff on one side, running the gamut from Much Ado About Nothing to the recent The Only Living Boy In New York, and then there’s the part where she kills the shit out of vampires and werewolves.…...

It’s finally the first of November. And while you might be starting to stress out about the impending holidays, we have a solution for you: Along with your Amazon Prime account (which we know you use for 99 percent of your gift shopping), you can stream a bunch of new movies and TV shows, like Kumail Nanjiani’s hit romantic comedy “The Big Sick,” available Nov. 24 (just in time for Thanksgiving weekend), and “The Only Living Boy in New York,” out Nov. 3. You can also stream “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” Season 1, which follows Rachel Brosnahan as Midge Maisel in 1950s New.

Exclusive: Devon Bostick, who co-starred on CW's The 100, and Natalia Dyer will star in the indie drama Tuscaloosa, along with Tate Donovan (The Only Living Boy in New York, 3 Generations) and Marchant Davis. Philip Harder directed the film from his own screenplay, based on the novel of the same name by W. Glasgow Phillips. The story is set during the summer of 1972 and follows Billy Mitchell (Bostick), who works as a groundskeeper at the asylum run by his father, Doctor…...

With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit platforms. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.

Cinema Through the Eye of Magnum (Sophie Bassaler)

When one conjures iconic memories from cinema history, they might be of your favorite shot or sequence, but my mind often travels to behind-the-scenes photos featuring director, cast, crew, and beyond. These photographs often have a unifying connection: they come from Magnum Photos. Since 1947, the photographic cooperative — founded by such iconic names as Robert Capa amd Henri Cartier-Bresson — has been responsible...

Discovering that their parents’ seemingly perfect marriage isn’t as ideal as they’ve always imagined can be a challenging idea to comprehend for many young adults. That’s certainly the case for the title protagonist in the drama, ‘The Only Living Boy in New York,’ which is set to be released on Digital HD this Friday. October […]

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Kate Beckinsale is joining the list of actresses who have shared their encounters dealing with Harvey Weinstein over the years. In an emotional Instagram post, Beckinsale reveals she was asked to meet Weinstein at the Savoy Hotel when she was just 17. “I assumed it would be in a conference room,” the actress said of the meeting, but when she arrived the receptionist told her to head to Weinstein’s room. Beckinsale says he answered the door in his bathrobe.

Read More:Harvey Weinstein Says He’s ‘Profoundly Devastated’ Over Allegations, Still Hopes For ‘Second Chance’

“I was incredibly naive and young and it did not cross my mind that this older, unattractive man would expect me to have any sexual interest in him,” Beckinsale writes. “After declining alcohol and announcing that I had school in the morning I left, uneasy but unscathed.”

Beckinsale says there was no physical altercation between Weinstein and herself that night.

For its 12th year, the Rome Film Festival is getting a heavy dose of Hollywood.

The Rome lineup, announced Tuesday, includes a slew of awards-season titles from the U.S., including Kathryn Bigelow's Detroit, Craig Gillespie's I, Tonya, Richard Linklater's Last Flag Flying, Steven Soderbergh's Logan Lucky, Dee Rees' Mudbound, Marc Webb's The Only Living Boy in New York, David Gordon Green's Stronger and Matthew Newton's Who We Are Now.

As previously announced, Scott Cooper's Western Hostiles will open the fest. The film is already picking up Oscar buzz for star Christian Bale.

Other highlights in Rome this year include Eugene Jarecki's Promised Land,...

Labor Day weekend is the calm before the specialized storm. “Wind River” (Weinstein) went wide quickly, and managed the #3 spot it an weak period for most theaters. The company also released its long-blooming “Tulip Fever,” which flopped as expected with just over $1 million. Meanwhile, Lionsgate/Pantelion’s “Do It Like An Hombre,” a low-budget Mexican comedy, did twice as well in half the theaters.

Read More:‘Tulip Fever’ Review: This Bizarre, Long-Delayed Historical Romance Was Not Worth the Wait

IFC’s two-city initial release of historical drama “Viceroy’s House” showed some interest, despite pay- per-view access. “Dolores,” an upcoming PBS documentary, had a strong initial New York exclusive gross to stand out in an otherwise slow market.

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Tulip Fever (Weinstein) – Metacritic: 38

$1,215,000 in 765 theaters; PTA (per theater average): $1,588

Justin Chadwick’s long-languishing period romantic drama finally hit theaters with a thud. Despite a clear playing field and a lot of (often peculiar) publicity,...

Every summer movie season has its highlights and low points – but from a commercial perspective, this year's edition was mostly just bleak. The final numbers aren't in yet, but 2017 is projected to be the lowest-grossing summer since 2006. (For perspective: That was the year that the Cars and Pirates of the Caribbean franchises first launched.) Sure, people still spend tons of money at the multiplex – the final box office tally is estimated to be around $3.8 billion. But, with a few major exceptions, there simply weren't the breakout, must-see event movies and...

Marc Webb‘s career has certainly taken some interesting turns. After breaking out with “(500) Days Of Summer,” the filmmaker leaped to the blockbuster world with “The Amazing Spider-Man” and “The Amazing Spider-Man 2.” The results weren’t so hot, the franchise was rebooted with this summer’s “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” and Webb returned to the indie world knocking out “Gifted” (which quietly earned an impressive $37 million worldwide off a $7 million budget) and “The Only Living Boy In New York” (which received terrible reviews, and even worse box office).

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On a disastrous weekend at the overall box office –with the lowest per capita attendance since the Fdr administration — specialty movies did comparatively better. On a smaller scale.

Still, continuing a recent trend, a slew of Sundance premieres expanded to weak results. “Ingrid Goes West” (Neon) and “Good Time” (A24), both with significant support and strong theater placement, are barely treading water in most locations as they broaden.

“Beach Rats” (Neon), another Sundance American indie, leads among new openers with an adequate start in its initial two city dates. But it is below other films that are now struggling to find interest with broader audiences.

Like the mainstream market, the specialized scene has gone from a strong early summer with several notable titles (led by “The Big Sick”) to a wide number of disappointments that have come and gone very quickly. With the fall festival and awards season just around the corner,...

"Despite a strong cast and picturesque visuals, the film can't escape the gravity of its own navel."

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This weekend presents us with another film set in Manhattan, but the locale is the only thing it has in common with Menashe. Well, it does deal with a father-son conflict, though the duo here is worlds apart from the shop clerk and his pre-teen progeny. For this release we’re taken from the orthodox Jewish community of Brooklyn to the posh, intellectual upper west side, and the son is a good ten years older, a twenty-something. The conflict here concerns something, really someone, the two men have in common, unknown to the patriarch. Though the son shares the frustrations about gentrification (“The city’s losing its soul”) with his parents’ friends, in many ways he may really still be on the cusp of adulthood, hence his status as The Only Living Boy In New York. And no, it’s not another post-apocalyptic, dystopian teens fighting for humanity opus, thank heavens.

Sorting through the dizzying dispatches of recent weeks, here’s one obvious epiphany: Apple, Amazon, Google and Facebook, having radically changed what we do and what we buy, now want to have a greater impact on what we see. Apple is allocating a $1 billion spend on original content, Facebook is busily acquiring programming, and Google has started its streaming TV service (hello Hulu). Meanwhile, Netflix and Amazon already are forging major changes in the Hollywood marketplace and no one knows what impact AT&T will have on Time Warner once that $85 billion transaction is completed.

The code word once again is disruption: With consumers increasingly severing cable connections, the amped-up competition between tech and traditional media companies is playing out like an exaggerated rerun of the old Hollywood wars between MGM, Columbia and Warner Bros....

A slew of hit-and-miss indie films from Sundance and elsewhere continue to roll out at the specialty box office. Fox Searchlight took another blow as high-end Sundance acquisition “Patti Cake$” fell below the expectations set by its expensive $9.5 million price tag.

“Gook” (Goldwyn) and “Crown Heights” (Amazon Studios/IFC) both enjoyed respectable initial limited responses ahead of other openers. A24’s Robert Pattinson actioner “Good Time” also showed some promise in its second weekend.

The most encouraging news comes from the second weekend of Neon’s “Ingrid Goes West” and third for The Weinstein Co. breakout “Wind River.” Both look positioned to dominate the specialized scene over the next few weeks in advance of upcoming fall post-festival releases.

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Patti Cake$ (Fox Searchlight) – Metacritic: 65; Festivals include: Sundance, South by Southwest, New Directors/New Films 2017

$66,000 in 14 theaters; PTA (per theater average): $4,714

Fox Searchlight won an intense Sundance acquisition battle with its reported $9.5 million offer.

Allan Loeb certainly isn’t a household name, but there’s a pretty good chance you’ve might’ve seen one or two of his credited movies. Whether it’s “21,” “The Switch,” “The Dilemma,” “Just Go With It,” “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,” “Rock of Ages” or last year’s regrettable “Collateral Beauty,” just to name a handful, Loeb is one of those screenwriters who’s quick to diversify his resume but never able to prove his skills.

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Sundance hit “Ingrid Goes West” (Neon) and Cannes breakout “Good Time” (A24) both opened well in New York/Los Angeles dates. “A Trip to Spain” (IFC), the third installment of Michael Winterbottom’s comedy franchise, also had a decent showing.

And yet another indie director returning from studio franchise to specialty fare, Marc Webb, met scathing reviews for Amazon Studios’ “The Only Living Boy in New York” (Roadside Attractions), which opened wider to modest numbers.

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Ingrid Goes West (Neon) – Metacritic: 70; Festivals include: Sundance, Los Angeles 2017

$141,216 in 3 theaters; PTA (per theater average): $47,072

A younger audience responded well to this specialized platform release about the risks of obsessive social media story involvement, which evoked a positive reaction when it premiered at the Sundance U.S. Dramatic Feature competition. Elizabeth Olsen and Aubrey Plaza added some name value to director Matt Spicer’s feature debut, which scored the third-best limited opening...

It's a great weekend for Warner Bros. which saw Annabelle: Creation, the latest installment in the Conjuring franchise, top the box office with $35 million while Dunkirk topped $150 million domestically. However, fellow new releases struggled to give the box office much of a jolt as the top twelve brought in a combined $103.8 million, down 6% compared to last weekend and the fourth lowest weekend of 2017. Overall, the summer movie season is still down 12% compared to last year. With an estimated $35 million, Annabelle: Creation opened at the top of the weekend box office, delivering nearly $24 million more than the weekend runner-up. This is the fourth feature in the Conjuring franchise which continues to deliver each time out. Carrying a budget of just $15 million this is also a great outing for director David F. Sandberg whose Lights Out performed very well for WB just last year, bringing in $67.2 million on a $5 million budget, and...

The Only Living Boy in New York is now playing in select theaters

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The Only Living Boy in New York is now playing in select theaters

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This smart, sexy and sophisticated entertainment for grownups sick of typical summer Hollywood fare verges on melodrama in parts but delivers some sensational fun thanks to a uniformly superb cast. Although The Only Living Boy in New York (a title taken from the Simon and Garfunkel song) has stars including Jeff Bridges, Pierce Brosnan, Kate Beckinsale and Cynthia Nixon, among others, it is anchored by the lesser-known British actor Callum Turner (Assassin’s Creed)…...

Plot: A young man drifting through polite society in New York discovers his father is having an affair. Things get complicated when he decides that he must confront the woman in question, and he himself begins to fall for her after their first encounter. Review: The Only Living Boy In New York didn’t connect with me for the first half of the film. While the performances were terrific and I loved the... Read More...

Saturday Am Update: WB and New Line's Annabelle: Creation is off to an excellent start, bringing in an estimated $15 million on Friday (including $4 million from Thursday previews) on its way to a weekend around $35 million if not more. It's also great news for director David F. Sandberg who helmed last year's hit Lights Out for WB. That film went on to gross nearly $150 million worldwide on a budget under $5 million. The film received a "B" CinemaScore, matching the score for the first film. Open Road's The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature is performing even worse than expected, delivering an estimated $3 million on Friday. This is already shaping up to be the lowest opening for a film playing in over 4,000 theaters by a wide margin. Currently the worst opening for an opening that size belongs to The Emoji Movie with $24.5 million, but with the $9 million or so Nut Job 2 is...

Behind hooligan make-up, Robert Pattinson plays a New York low-life in the Safdie Brothers' latest film Good Time, which A24 is opening this weekend. Pattinson received rave reviews for his turn in the Cannes competition title, which also stars Oscar-nominees Jennifer Jason Leigh and Barkhad Abdi. The film along with Amazon Studios/Roadside Attractions' The Only Living Boy in New York starring Callum Turner, Jeff Bridges, Kate Beckinsale, Pierce Brosnan and Cynthia Nixon…...