Movies | Hollywood Reporter (2024)

‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ Lands $5.9M in Box Office Previews

After several weekends of disappointments at the box office, Miami’s finest may be here to turn things around. Bad Boys: Ride or Die opened to a positive $5.9 million during Thursday night previews at 3,339 locations. The film is expected to open between $45 million and $50 million this weekend, with Sony setting expectations lower […]

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• 5 hours ago

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  Mia Galuppo

Elijah Wood’s ‘Bookworm’ to Open Fantasia Fest

The 2024 Fantasia Film Festival will open with a world premiere for Bookworm, the Elijah Wood and Nell Fisher starrer from New Zealand filmmaker Ant Timpson. The indie reteams Wood withCome to Daddydirector Timpson and saw theLord of the Ringsactor return to New Zealand for production. In Bookworm, Fisher plays a 12-year-old girl whose life […]

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• 6 hours ago

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  Etan Vlessing

The 9/11 Documentary You’ll Never See

The person sitting on a bed and being interviewed for a documentary is clearly in distress, tears welling. “Can we take a break for a second?” Delaney Colaio, 18, asks the co-directors of We Go Higher, a documentary about the life experiences of “9/11 Kids,” people with parents murdered in the 2001 terrorist attacks. Someone […]

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• 7 hours ago

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  Allen Salkin

‘The Rock’: THR’s 1996 Review

On June 7, 1996, Buena Vista unveiled Michael Bay’s actioner The Rock, which paired Sean Connery with Nicolas Cage. The R-rated film, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, went on to gross $134 million domestically that summer. The Hollywood Reporter’s original review is below: An above-average big-bucks action film with enough macho behavior and explosive thrills to […]

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• 13 hours ago

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  David Hunter

‘Rebel Nun’ Review: Sister Helen Prejean, the Activist Who Inspired ‘Dead Man Walking,’ Gets a Lackluster Doc Portrait

The anti-death-penalty activist behind Susan Sarandon's Oscar-winning role is the subject of this documentary from Dominic Sivyer.

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• 21 hours ago

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  Caryn James

Alan Scarfe, ‘Double Impact’ and ‘Seven Days’ Actor, Dies at 77

Alan Scarfe, the classically trained British Canadian actor known for his turns as bad guys in Double Impact and Lethal Weapon III and as Dr. Bradley Talmadge on the UPN sci-fi series Seven Days, has died. He was 77. Scarfe died April 28 of colon cancer at his home in Longueuil, Quebec, his family announced. […]

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• 21 hours ago

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  Mike Barnes

George Clooney Called White House to Defend Wife Helping Bring War Crimes Case Against Israeli Leaders (Report)

George Clooney reached out to a top White House aide after U.S. President Joe Biden criticized the International Criminal Court, threatening warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders with the legal help of his wife, Amal Clooney, according to the Washington Post. As a veteran British-Lebanese human rights lawyer, Amal Clooney was part of a group […]

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• 23 hours ago

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  Etan Vlessing

The BBC has officially unveiled the return of one of the U.K.’s favorite duos: Wallace & Gromit. The pair are back and set for a brand new adventure, made by independent studio Aardman Animations, which will premiere on the BBC and BBC iPlayer this Christmas, as well as heading to Netflix worldwide this winter. The […]

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• 23 hours ago

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  Lily Ford

Netflix Shows Off Massive “No Guardrails” Animation Slate with ‘Terminator,’ Zack Snyder’s ‘Twilight of the Gods’

Four years ago, Rebel Moon filmmaker Zack Snyder and producing partner and wife Deborah Snyder met with Netflix executives to discuss possibilities in animation. The medium was growing fast inside the company, as fast as its subscriber base. One exec threw out the idea of doing something with Norse mythology. Zack Snyder, who had spent […]

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• 23 hours ago

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  Borys Kit

Cassandra Freeman (Bel-Air), Tika Sumpter (Sonic the Hedgehog) and Michaela Watkins (Thanks for Sharing) have joined the “Geena & Friends” program taking place at the upcoming Bentonville Film Festival in Arkansas. The program, led by Geena Davis and moderated by The Hollywood Reporter contributing editor Stacey Wilson Hunt, takes a unique spin on traditional comedic […]

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• 1 day ago

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  Kimberly Nordyke

Can ‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ Jump-Start Will Smith’s Comeback?

Sony’s Bad Boys: Ride or Die couldn’t be a more apt title for Will Smith, for whom much is riding on the film doing decent business. If it works, it could jump-start Smith’s movie career more than two years after he slapped Oscar host Chris Rock on live television, tarnishing a public image he’d spent […]

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• 1 day ago

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  Pamela McClintock

David Iacono Joins New ‘Jurassic World’ Movie (Exclusive)

David Iacono is joining Scarlett Johansson in Universal’s new Jurassic World movie. Mahershala Ali, Jonathan Bailey, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Rupert Friend and Luna Blaise round out the ensemble cast for the project set for production in mid-June in London, with Gareth Edwards in the director’s chair. Iacono will appear in Jennifer Esposito’s upcoming directorial debut, […]

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• 1 day ago

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  Etan Vlessing