As we had expected on Friday, “M3GAN,” a delightful horror movie from Blumhouse, opened big with $30 million this past weekend. Who had a chance to see it? I’d love to read your thoughts about this peculiar genre picture.

I don’t think “Snake Eyes” is one of the top-tier Brian DePalma films, but it’s sure as hell better than most of the middle films big studios are releasing these days.

Kirill Serebrennikov‘s last three films, “Leto,” Petrov’s Flu,” and “Tchaikovsky’s Wife,” all competed for the Palme d’Or at Cannes.

I haven’t heard much in the way of a release strategy for the film, but this would be an odd date coming from Searchlight given that the film wrapped production in November of 2021.

This year’s Best Actor category is such a peculiar beast. You have a weak bunch of candidates scrambling to make the final five and it’s come to the point where Tom Cruise (“Top Gun: Maverick”) is being discussed as a legitimate nominee.

Someone needs to free Christian Bale from the grips of Scott Cooper. They’ve so far collaborated on “Hostiles,” “Out of the Furnace” and “Pale Blue Eye,” but have failed to make much of a dent with these critically and commercially.

Owen Roizman, who passed yesterday aged 86, was one of Hollywood’s most important cinematographers, he defined the look of American ‘70s cinema.

Sam Mendes is trying to get some Social Justice points by making the case for gender-neutral Oscars. His “Empire of Light” was a total awards dud this past year, banking on a clunky rendered race relations story, and now he just sounds desperate.

I’ve mentioned how there are already some films “locked” for a Best Picture nomination, they are “The Banshees of Inisherin,” “Top Gun: Maverick,” “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” “The Fabelmans,” “TÁR,” “Elvis,” and “Avatar: The Way of Water.”

I’m hearing a lot of rumblings that Todd Field’s “TÁR” will probably be given the Best Film award by the NSFC, I’d be shocked if it was any other film.

Back in September, I was wondering what was going on with Eli Roth’s “Borderlands,” a video game adaptation from a screenplay he co-wrote with Craig Mazin.

Set during the thick of the pandemic, the first trailer for the COVID-inspired horror movie “Sick” has been released.

Remember, this is the same group that infamously nominated Stanley Kubrick as 1980’s Worst Director for “The Shining.”

Back in April of 2022, a test-screening for “You People,” which has just released a trailer, took place in California. This movie had not been on my radar at all, but a reader sent me a reaction that was a flat-out rave.

More than a month ago I wrote that Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator” sequel was in pre-production and ready to shoot in the summer.

If you wanted James Cameron to focus on anything else but ‘Avatar’ then you’re out of luck. He’s basically confirmed that the 3rd, 4th and 5th movies are happening.

Back in August, I had mentioned that Hirokazu Kore-eda had wrapped production on a new movie. The Japanese filmmaker made it official in Tokyo on Friday and even gave us a title: “Monster”.

Netflix’s WWI epic “All Quiet on the Western Front” leads this morning’s pack with 15 longlist mentions, while “The Banshees of Inisherin” follows with 14.