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According to Variety, the budget of ‘Call’ is reported to be around $125 million, which doesn’t even include the costs of marketing. The film would need to earn approximately $250-275 million to cut a profit for Disney (which just won’t happen). Why does the movie have a $125 million budget? Well, let’s forget about Ford’s usual $15-20 million per film salary, it’s actually the CGI used in ‘Call’ that is responsible for the huge budget....

What’s more interesting are the runners-up. Hometown girl Sarah Polley’s “Women Talking” finished second and in third place was Rian Johnson’s *Glass Onion.” Indie Wire’s David Ehrlich tweeted out that there’s an inevitability factor with Steven Spielberg’s “The Fabelmans” winning the Oscar for Best Picture I understand Ehrlich’s frame of mind, but I absolutely wouldn’t call the race this early. Especially with “Babylon” still waiting to be unveiled in a couple of months....

This was one of the more disappointing works of my fall festival season. I had great hopes for this 30-minute film, but, ultimately, the material rang too hollow and familiar for me to fully embrace its in-your-face nature. The film has Swinton playing a woman, depressed by the end of her relationship, and meandering along through a gamut of emotions while isolated in her bourgie apartment, which also happens to be a stage set....

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However, it doesn’t look as though “Turning Red” is impressing audiences as much as it did critics. The latest Pixar has a 65% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, a fairly low score for a film that has a 95% rating among critics. It’s IMDb rating is also fairly low for a Pixar movie. I’m siding with audiences on this one. This past week I mentioned that the film was getting overpraised by critics....

According to THR, there are talks about when to release “West Side Story” on home video. The trade is reporting that Spielberg has come around to the idea that the old-school theatrical window has forever changed and that “West Sode Story” will be on home video earlier than his previous films. Contribute Hire me Advertise Donate Team Contact Privacy Policy

The Rotten Tomatoes score for WW84 is, at the moment, a healthy 88%, but these reviews are nowhere near the reception that met Jenkins’ first film. Ditto its middling 67 score on Metacritic. What gives? There’s one noteworthy pan from Vulture‘s Angelica Jade Bastien that might explain the divisiveness this time around. In the review, Bastien basically insinuates that WW84 is just not woke enough for her own tastes. Sure, the, massively overpraised, original installment received a woke pass from most critics who confused representation with actual quality....

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I was shocked by India’s Oscar submission pick yesterday. They decided to select “Last Film Show” as their official entry for Best International Film. “RRR” has become a Netflix sensation, but if you read deeper into that country’s selection process then you quickly realize that it was all political. “RRR” is too divisive for Indians to get behind on. “RRR” has an impressive 8.0 rating on IMDB, based on 100k votes....

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Fox Searchlight released a statement saying it had no choice but to suspend the shoot after a “complaint” was filed to them against someone working on the film. The studio specified that Ansari was not at all involved with the mysterious incident that occurred, but also wouldn’t name any names. “Being Mortal” stars Bill Murray, and Seth Rogen. The film is based on Atul Gawande’s nonfiction book “Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End”....

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This will mark Apple and A24’s first film together. They had announced a multi-year feature slate deal back in November. Contribute Hire me Advertise Donate Team Contact Privacy Policy

Lee and Paramount must surely be biting their nails at the present moment, hoping, no praying, that Gemini Man’s overseas haul, especially in China, will fare much better than these predicted U.S. box-office numbers. The brunt of the film’s wildly extravagant budget seems to have to do with the VFX process Lee used to “de-age” Will Smith’s character. The film has been a critical failure, currently sitting at 30% on Rotten Tomatoes and 37 on Metacritic....

The 240-page “Hereditary” book includes a foreword written by “Parasite” director Bong Joon Ho After becoming an overnight sensation by winning the Palme D’Or and the Best Picture Oscar for “Parasite,” director Bong Joon-ho was interviewed by Sight & Sound late last year and asked to recommend up-and-coming filmmakers that he believes were going to shape and mold cinema in the decade to come. No surprise, Aster’s name figured prominently on the list, coming in at the #2 spot....

“Ford V Ferrari” launched into first place this weekend, outperforming expectations to bring home $31M domestically. Directed by James Mangold (“Logan”, “Walk the Line”) the over 2H 30M sporting, family drama has been a major hit with audiences and critics alike, sitting at 81 on Metacritic and 8.3 from users on IMDB. Overseas, where the film carries the title of ‘Le Mans ‘66”, it scored $21.4M, giving it $52M worldwide....

The sequel to the 2013 smash hit which brought in over $400M domestically and over $1.2B worldwide clocked in with a mammoth $127M domestic opening, ranking fifth for all time November releases. Internationally the film delivered a very solid $223M $53M of which came from China. The film will be expected to repeat at #1 next weekend both domestically and internationally as it releases in another eight markets including Australia and Italy....