It was a quiet weekend at North American movie theaters, dominated once again by Sony’s “The Garfield Movie,” Warner Bros.’ “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” and a slew of holdovers. Flipping the script from their Memorial weekend openings, the animated orange cat crept ahead of the wasteland warrior in their second outing. “The Garfield Movie” earned a chart-topping … Read more
Movie theaters are looking more and more like a wasteland this summer. Neither “ Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga ” nor “ The Garfield Movie ” could save Memorial Day weekend, which is cruising towards a two-decade low. “Furiosa,” the Mad Max prequel starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth, claimed the first place spot for the Friday-Saturday-Sunday weekend with … Read more
Sean Baker’s “Anora,” a comic but devastating Brooklyn odyssey about a sex worker who marries the son of a wealthy Russian oligarch, has won the Cannes Film Festival’s top award, the Palme d’Or. Baker accepted the prize with his movie’s star, Mikey Madison, watching in the audience at the Cannes closing ceremony Saturday. The win for “Anora” … Read more
There are no ands or buts about it, “If” is at the top of the box office. The live-action animated fantasy comedy was No. 1 this Friday, its first day in theaters, raking in $10.3 million, according to The Numbers. The Post called the movie, which has Ryan Reynolds as its leading man, “a schmaltzy … Read more
Last weekend, audiences watched Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt yuk it up in the meh movie “The Fall Guy.” But the crowd, such as it was, looked nothing like the ticket buyers of nearly a year ago when the same A-list duo was part of the cinematic phenomenon known as #Barbenheimer. Remember those three surreal … Read more
Ryan Gosling and Mikey Day aren’t done playing Beavis and Butt-Head yet — the pair appeared as the characters at the premiere of Gosling’s latest film. Gosling, who stars in “The Fall Guy” opposite Emily Blunt, walked the carpet twice Tuesday during the Los Angeles premiere. Ryan Gosling (L) and Mikey Day dressed as Beavis and Butt-Head … Read more
It was a Swift exorcism of the movie theater. Producers of the upcoming film “The Exorcist: Believer” announced on X (formerly Twitter) Thursday they will release the horror flick a week early to avoid competing with Taylor Swift’s “Eras” Tour film. While both were scheduled to drop nationwide on Oct. 13, horror mega-producer Jason Blum … Read more
“Gran Turismo” has lapped the competition at the box office. The car-racing drama, which is based on the video game series, took home $8.5 million on Friday, the day after its release, according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo. The flick, which CNN said “moves, ironically, too slow to deliver as a big-screen attraction,” tells the true … Read more
Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” is dominating the box office — but YouTuber and WWE star Logan Paul wasn’t impressed. On the latest episode of his podcast, “ImPaulsive,” Paul, 28, revealed that he walked out of the buzzy summer flick. “I didn’t know what they were trying [to do]. ‘What are you doing?’ Everyone’s just talking. It’s … Read more
“Barbie” is no longer the box office doll now that “Blue Beetle” quickly crawled its way to the top. The DC Comics flick took home $10 million on its opening night Friday, according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo. The Post called the superhero movie — which stars Xolo Maridueña of “Cobra Kai” fame — “refreshingly spry.” … Read more
“Barbie” still reigns over the box office. In its fourth Friday in theaters, the fantasy comedy earned $10 million, according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo. This week, it surpassed the $500 million mark, making its director Greta Gerwig the highest earning female director ever at the domestic box office, beating the record held by “Frozen II‘s” Jennifer … Read more
Though Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” movie has topped $1 billion in global ticket sales, some countries still aren’t on board. The bubblegum pink flick won’t see a premiere in Kuwait to protect “public ethics and social traditions,” Reuters reported. Lafi Al-Subaie, chairman of the film censorship committee in Kuwait, has accused “Barbie” of “carrying ideas that … Read more
Pink is for girls’ names. The “Barbie” movie has grossed more than a billion dollars worldwide — and eight months from now, a million more Barbies could be saying “hi” to the world, info from one popular baby naming website suggests. According to Nameberry, searches for “Barbie” have surged by 603% since April, when the … Read more
Louder for the people in the back. Whenever Christopher Nolan releases a new movie, he faces criticism that the dialogue is hard to hear clearly. The director’s latest installment, “Oppenhiemer,” with its shaking score by Ludwig Göransson and periodically percussive sound design, is no exception to the complaints. In a recent interview with Insider, Nolan divulged … Read more
“Barbie” is still making a pretty penny. The fantasy comedy starring Margot Robbie is still partying on its second week in theaters and raked in $29 million on Friday alone, according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo. The Greta Gerwig-directed flick, which opened on July 21, made more than $200 million at the domestic box office in … Read more
Zoey Brooks and her Pacific Coast Academy cohorts return to the television landscape 15 years later in thirtysomething adult terrain. Jamie Lynn Spears, who played Zoey in the hugely popular Nickelodeon dramedy “Zoey 101” (2005-2008), headlines “Zoey 102,” a one-off Paramount+ movie (paramountplus.qflm.net/9WG5D0) reuniting many of the series original stars including Sean Flynn (Chase Matthews), … Read more
C’mon Barbie haters — let’s go party. “Barbie” director and co-writer Greta Gerwig isn’t letting negative responses to the blockbuster film get to her — and she wants complainers to just relax and have a good time, she revealed in a new interview with the New York Times. “Certainly, there’s a lot of passion. My hope for … Read more
Elon Musk is seeing red over Greta Gerwig’s pink-colored feminist satire “Barbie.” The billionaire CEO of Twitter weighed in on the hit comedy, tweeting Monday: “It you take a shot every time Barbie says the word ‘patriarchy’, you will pass out before the movie ends.” Musk, 52, was responding to a movie-themed meme poking fun … Read more
Christopher Nolan’s summer blockbuster “Oppenheimer” is surely not bombing at the box office, but there is one scene in the movie that isn’t hitting the right target. One moment in the three-hour film starring Cillian Murphy shows a historical error that viewers pointed out on Twitter. In the shot, the Irish actor, 47, stands in … Read more
‘Barbie’rians are at the gate. The iconic doll might hail from Malibu, CA, but scores of New Yorkers are embracing their inner “Barbie,” as the eponymous movie hit theaters this weekend and Gothamites painted the town pink. Battery Park resident Bebby Siseido wore pink every day of the week to pay homage to her favorite … Read more