Lisa Laman

Princess Ellian (Rachel Zegler) has a little problem. As Spellbound begins, she breaks the fourth wall to directly address the audience that her kingdom is unus

After months of endless promotion, audiences everywhere are accustomed to the idea that Gladiator is getting a legacy sequel in the form of Gladiator

Scan the filmography of Ridley Scott and you'll see he's not a filmmaker bound by expectations or one genre.

This weekend’s big new release Wicked is expected to drum up some massive box office numbers. Why wouldn’t it? Not only are the original musical and its Wizard of Oz source material both incredibly popular, but Wicked is arriving in theaters with an avalanche of positive buzz. There’s even a chance it could become one […]

The buzzy new musical movie Wicked will finally bring that 2003 Broadway show to the big screen. While this Jon M.

We typically associate all-time great movies with positive emotions. People often breathlessly recall how some of the most acclaimed motion pictures of all time were so exciting or made them laugh so hard. However, that's not the only way a film can creatively flourish for a viewer. On the contrary, films that leave you dabbing tears from your eyes can also be a tremendously rewarding experience. Art can be a powerful tool for processing emotions we might not be able to fully comprehend or tackle on a day-to-day basis, and watching a film, our guard gets let down. In that moment, we're vulnerable, so especially insightful and emotional storytelling can touch us in profound ways we'll never forget.

Well, all it took was something 'popular' to get the box office back up and rolling. After nearly two months of dormancy (thanks Joker: Folie a Deux and terribl

After 24 years of waiting, "Gladiator" fans finally returned to director Ridley Scott's blood-soaked world in "Gladiator II." Clearly, this long-bubbling anticipation paid off over the feature's domestic opening weekend. "Gladiator II" launched with a $54 million domestic bow, one of 2024's best domestic opening weekends, not to mention one of the most lucrative North American debuts in Scott's iconic career. The sequel's box office even helped the overall theatrical marketplace rather than just the Paramount Pictures financiers; it and fellow newcomer "Wicked" combined to help fuel record pre-Thanksgiving business for theater chains like AMC. In short, the news was all good for this sequel, which was following up a beloved motion picture that's wormed its way into every inch of pop culture.

Shockingly, for the first time in history this weekend, a movie star of Denzel Washington’s caliber had a movie opening to $50+ million in North America. Typically, Washington has anchored adult-skewing movies that make more money over longer periods of times than, say, a typical superhero or young-adult movie on opening weekend; a film like […]

Chantal Akerman's 1976 documentary Notes from Home is both expansive and intimate. This motion picture restricts its gaze to extended unbroken takes of assorted