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Tom Cruise‘s big-budget Digger finds itself in quite a hole with its opening weekend at the box office. From filmmaker Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Digger grossed $3.3 million on Friday, including Thursday previews, as the film is expected to open with around $8 million from 3,300 North American theaters. This stands even below the meager $12 million to $15 million range that Warner Bros. had been projecting and would represent a crushing launch for the project that carries a $125 million production budget. Digger is headed for the lowest opening weekend for Cruise since 2007’s war drama Lions for Lambs, which…

She portrayed Pi House sorority sister Mandy Pepperidge in the John Belushi classic and was Chuck Norris’ love interest in ‘Forced Vengeance.’

An underage teenager gets snuck into a hip-hop music festival headlined by Travis Scott and soon goes missing, his desperate father frantically attempting to find him before it’s too late. No, it’s not a harrowing drama based on the tragic 2021 real-life events at Scott’s Astroworld concert in Texas, where 10 concertgoers were killed in a fatal crowd crush. Instead, Rolling Loud: The Movie is…a comedy. Discuss among yourselves. Rolling Loud: The Movie The Bottom Line A bad idea, terribly executed. Release date: Friday, October 2Cast: Owen Wilson, Matt Rife, Christine Ko, Christian Convery, Jolene, Henry Winkler, Travis ScottDirector-screenwriter: Jeremy…

“Digger” isn’t what many would consider a great title for a movie. The title is based Tom Cruise‘s oil baron character in the film, Digger Rockwell, but it doesn’t really tell the audience what the movie is about, or suggest high amounts of intrigue, excitement or drama. But if you’re wondering how the studio bosses at Warner Bros. and Legendary got behind the title, it’s much easier to understand once you learn the film’s original title. In an interview with IndieWire, director Alejandro G. Iñárritu revealed he initially wanted to call the film Blah, Blah, Blah. “[Blah, Blah, Blah] was…

Kerry Washington will serve as ambassador of the 31st annual American Black Film Festival (ABFF), set to take place May 20-23, 2027, in Los Angeles. “ABFF has spent three decades championing Black storytellers and helping their voices be heard,” Washington said in a news release. “I’m honored to serve as Ambassador as the festival makes its move to Los Angeles, where it will open even more doors for the next generation of talent.” According to the release, “As ambassador, Washington will support ABFF’s mission to champion storytellers, expand career pathways for emerging talent and foster a vibrant creative community across…

In September 1951, 20th Century-Fox‘s sci-fi drama The Day the Earth Stood Still rolled out in theaters following its premiere opening on Sept. 18 at New York’s Mayfair Theatre (where it grossed $6,500 that day). At the beginning of the month, the film screened at the World Science Fiction Convention in New Orleans, where 250 attendees “universally acclaimed the picture.” The 92-minute feature, directed by Robert Wise, was released as Cold War fears were at the top of the headlines and was intended as a cautionary tale (decades later, the studio remade the film with Keanu Reeves and an aughts…

It felt like Naomi Watts covered it all in a Zurich Film Festival masterclass on Sunday afternoon: dreams, drama and, of course, the menopause. The British star opened up with host Max Loong about struggling for around a decade auditioning in Los Angeles before she would go on to meet David Lynch and star in his career-transforming Mulholland Drive. Watts was speaking the day after a glitzy Zurich ceremony in which she accepted the fest’s prestigious Golden Eye award for her latest feature, The Housewife. The conversation began with Watts’ childhood and acting aspirations. Her ambitions were made a little…

Focus Features has released a new trailer for Werwulf, and it looks like it’s going to be another gothic Christmas for Robert Eggers‘ fans. Directed by Eggers (The Witch, The Lighthouse, Nosferatu), Werwulf stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson as a man who transforms into a monstrous creature, while Lily-Rose Depp plays his wife and Willem Dafoe portrays a knight tasked with ridding the countryside of wolves. Set in 13th-century England, the medieval horror film also features period-appropriate language. “Every wolf shall die!” Dafoe’s character declares in the trailer. Depp’s character pleads for help to save her husband from his curse. “My husband……

Avengers: Endgame is returning to the big screen to do battle with sophomore holdover Resident Evil as a slew of prominent titles newcomers look to make this an interesting weekend at the box office. Disney releases Avengers Endgame: Encore on 3,060 North American screens on Friday, seven years after Marvel Studios‘ 2019 superhero blockbuster first hit theaters. The rerelease scored $3.8 million in Thursday previews, with the studio projecting that the film’s return will gross around $25 million domestically and another $25 million to $30 million from overseas markets. In its initial run, Endgame launched in April 2019 to a…

You can see everything … but can you spot the typo? It became a game fans of A24‘s upcoming Elizabeth Holmes documentary began playing online after the official trailer dropped Wednesday. The typo involved a critic quote about the highly anticipated movie that appeared on screen during the footage. The glitch created a twofold conversation thread: Can you spot the mistake? … And was it intentional? First, here’s what appeared on screen: You might need to read it more than once… After you spot it, you wonder how you missed it: “If you think you you know everything, think again.”…