That’s a lot of gold coins. “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” swept the box office on Friday. The computer-animated adventure flick, which is based on the Nintendo video game franchise, raked in $55 million, according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo. The film, which The Post called “lousy,” opened on Wednesday, ahead of the holiday weekend. It is projected to … Read more
Two classic songs from “The Little Mermaid” received updated lyrics for the upcoming live-action remake to emphasize consent and female empowerment. In an interview published Tuesday, Vanity Fair asked Alan Menken, the 73-year-old prolific Disney composer, if any changes needed to be made to the music from the 1989 animated flick. “There are some lyric … Read more
Before a recent screening of “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” began, a fan sitting in front of me donned his red Mario cap and beamed with excitement. Ten minutes into the film, his hat came off and his enthusiasm came down. Because he realized that we were all, once again, actually watching “Intellectual Property The … Read more
The D’oh-racle of comedy cartoons has done it again. “The Simpsons” is notorious for making eerily accurate “predictions,” but this time they might’ve executed a prophetic twofer. Social media users are attributing the clairvoyant cartoon with foretelling two unrelated current events — former President Donald Trump’s arraignment and Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” movie hysteria — in … Read more
Could a new movie about Air Jordan shoes, of all things, become the year’s sneaker hit? Amazon Studios’ robustly entertaining, real-life drama definitely has the makings of one. It’s far and away the most likable film released so far this year. There’s a starry cast led by Matt Damon, Viola Davis, Jason Bateman and Ben … Read more
Hollywood might have to cast the net a little wider to find an actor to play Donald Trump. The 45th president is being indicted over his alleged involvement in a hush-money scandal — but if his unprecedented legal woes are turned into a biopic it doesn’t look as though Russell Crowe will be playing him. While … Read more
A photographer has captured an image of the elusive black panther in Laikipia, Kenya. The two-year-old female panther, dubbed “Giza” by trackers, was first spotted around the Ewaso Narok river over 18 months ago by excited locals. Photographed at close range, this marks the first time the black panther — also known as a melanistic … Read more
“Tár” director Todd Field says he may never make another feature film — despite rave reviews for the recent Cate Blanchett drama, which he also penned and produced. Field, 59, got candid about the next stage of his career in a recent interview with Cinema Scope, revealing that it’s “highly likely” he’s done with directing. … Read more
Cameron Diaz’s comeback film “Back in Action” is reportedly in jeopardy following an incident involving co-star Jamie Foxx. One employee was allegedly fired recently after someone apparently attempted to steal more than $40,000 from the “Blame It” rapper, 55. A source told the Sun that the film has been nothing short of a “nightmare” and … Read more
Joel McHale said his new Fox sitcom, “Animal Control,” is a “different take” on the workplace comedy genre. “I thought maybe someone had done it, but they hadn’t,” McHale, 51, told The Post. “I was like, ‘That’s a good sign that it seems like this could have and should have been done.’ Let’s be the … Read more
He wasn’t one of “The Gentlemen” on the set of his new movie. Hugh Grant confessed to “having a couple of tantrums” while filming “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” in Northern Ireland in 2021. “I lost my temper with a woman in my eyeline on day one. I assumed she was some executive from … Read more
“Rocky” is one of the only decades-old film franchises out there to which I say: Keep making more, please. The pulse-pounding “Creed III” is the ninth movie in the series. And although there is nary a mention of Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky Balboa in this one, the indomitable spirit, grit and heart that made the 1976 … Read more
Shortly before Woody Harrelson came under fire for spreading a conspiracy theory about COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers during his “Saturday Night Live” monologue, the “Zombieland” actor took aim at “absurd” protocols on Hollywood sets. “I don’t think that anybody should have the right to demand that you’re forced to do the testing, forced to wear the … Read more
A new horror film has terrified people so much that viewers are claiming that they have been left with nightmares and had to walk out of the theater to vomit. One theater-goer even claimed his Apple watch alerted him about his heart rate — twice. “The Outwaters” was released on February 9 and has since … Read more
“Rust” will resume production this spring after filming was paused when cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot by a prop gun fired by actor Alec Baldwin in October 2021. The producers, Rust Movie Productions, confirmed the news and announced there will be a mix of new and old crew members, including new cinematographer Bianca Cline … Read more
Donna Summer’s disco classic “Last Dance” does a good job of summing up Steven Soderbergh’s new movie “Magic Mike’s Last Dance”: When it’s bad it’s so, so bad. movie review Running time: 112 minutes. Rated R (sexual material and language). In theaters Feb. 10. The preposterous finale to the stripper trilogy baffles right from the … Read more
On March 23, 1998, James Cameron walked up to the stage at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, accepted the Oscar for Best Director and brazenly shouted, “I’m the king of the world!” He wasn’t far off. “Titanic,” which Cameron wrote, directed and co-edited, won 11 Academy Awards that night, including Best Picture, and was already … Read more
Pop star Zara Larsson is getting roasted on Twitter for what is being called the “worst take ever” on movie theaters. The criticism follows a TikTok video Larsson recently shared discussing talking at the movies. “People say, ‘Oh, if you want to talk during a movie, you shouldn’t go to the cinema…’ lies,” she said during … Read more
Nicole Kidman said “We come to this place for magic” — not “for a bunch of stupid fees.” And yet, spurning their spokeswoman, bozo movie theater chain AMC announced this week that it’s going to begin selling the best seats in its cinemas nationwide at a premium. The fleecing of you and I kicks off … Read more
Tom Brady’s first foray into Hollywood, a dumb comedy called “80 For Brady,” is much clunkier than he ever was on the football field. True, the film’s casting is a virtue, and Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Sally Field and Rita Moreno light up the screen with their beloved personalities. But putting these legends in a … Read more