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The original was a trashy videocassette phenomenon, but director Daniel Goldhaber and screenwriter Isa Mazzei have hatched a remake for a new era of viral violence.

He has 'Avengers: Doomsday' on the horizon as well as another 'Lord of the Rings,' but the Oscar-winning actor dreams of a return to the stage after a scary fall.

Opening the third annual edition of the Los Angeles Festival of Movies, the comedy darling's sincere melodrama is also bracingly funny.

The Academy Awards will bid ABC farewell with their 2028 centennial, while the Actor Awards set their 2027 and 2028 dates on Netflix.

Under the new leadership of CEO Ravi Ahuja, Sony Pictures Entertainment will emphasize franchises and next-gen content. With these changes, the company plans to lay off a few hundred employees across its film, TV and corporate divisions.

Released in March, the new sci-fi flick 'Project Hail Mary' features Puerto Rican puppeteer James Ortiz, who stars opposite Ryan Gosling.

A protest at the historic Cinerama Dome was shut down by police Friday, causing a grassroots campaign seeking the theater's reopening to hit pause on further demonstrations.

Struggling movie theaters have turned to selling increasingly elaborate novelty popcorn buckets to increase fans' concessions spending.

In 1974, Shira Small recorded an album as a teen. Now, with her song opening A24's "The Drama," she may finally be getting her moment in the spotlight.

Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid takes on the wartime compromises of two entertainers, dancing away the pain and getting into bed with the enemy, often literally.

The deft directorial debut of actor-writer Matthew Shear foregrounds a sensitive portrayal of aging neurosis by a revelatory Amanda Peet, never better.

Romanian satirist Rade Jude throws another pipe bomb of a movie, this one about a religious woman drowning in a cesspool of nationalism and finger-pointing.

A stubborn grandmother flees a fascist retirement camp in Gabriel Mascaro's stunner, a master class in making inspired high-concept science fiction on the cheap.

A federal judge has dismissed Blake Lively's sexual harassment claims against her 'It Ends With Us' co-star and director Justin Baldoni, sharply narrowing a case that has become one of Hollywood's most closely watched legal battles.

For the tale of an emotional affair touching on issues of mental health, a first-time filmmaker gives Peet what could be the meatiest role of her career.