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5 must-watch movies at IFFBoston 2026
Ask any Boston-area cinephile about the best film festival the city has to offer, and chances are they'll name the Independent Film Festival Boston (IFFBoston). Since its founding in 2003, IFFBoston has grown in size and stature, bringing an…
Data Centers Used to Be Movie Set Pieces. Now They're the Villain
Throughout the last few decades of cinema, data centers have mostly appeared as “server rooms,” or occasionally “server farms” when that room was exceptionally big. For the bulk of their early film appearances, these…
How do you talk about a movie like 'Michael?'
'Michael' is the latest attempt to celebrate the King of Pop's legacy without addressing the abuse allegations that marred it.
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie's Peach Reveal Might Become Canon
Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of the Mario series, was surprised that reviews for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie were mostly pretty negative, but in spite of the film's critical drubbing, he wants future Mario games to reflect parts of the animated…
Michael Isn't a Movie - It's a Wax Museum
I used to believe that Walk Hard, Jake Kasdan and Judd Apatow's pitch-perfect parody of movies like Ray and Walk the Line, should have killed the conventional musical biopic. How could it possibly keep lumbering on in the face of a comedy that…
Everyone says this movie is terrible and it's still about to make $70 million
Michael is aiming for a record-breaking opening weekend. It's also a critical flop. In a vacuum, the Michael Jackson biopic might sound like a perfectly palatable film. The movie stars Jackson's real-life nephew Jaafar Jackson as the titular…
Why the Michael Jackson Movie Doesn't Cover Sexual Abuse Allegations
In 2024, the creative team behind the Michael Jackson biopic got the kind of news that all Hollywood productions dread: Extensive reshoots were required. The film, announced in 2022 and delayed by the 2023 strikes, had finally begun production in…
Super Mario Galaxy Movie surpasses $755m globally, becomes highest-grossing film of 2026
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has surpassed $755 million globally, making it the top film of 2026. Box office data shows the Nintendo adaptation has generated over $361 million in the US. Other major markets are Mexico ($49.6 million), the UK ($38…
Why Movie Trailers Hit Different in a Theater Compared to Online Viewing: 'Discovery Is Like Falling in Love'
Gen Z moviegoing habits, the magic of discovering trailers and the lure of nostalgia for simpler times were among the subjects raised in a lively roundtable of top film and streaming marketing leaders held Wednesday as part of Variety 's annual…
7 best Charlize Theron movies, ranked - and where to stream them
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John Carney on Landing 'Inscrutable' Nick Jonas for His Latest Music-Centric Movie 'Power Ballad'
“I'm always on the lookout for interesting characters that suggest a world,” says John Carney, the director behind music-driven films like Once and Sing Street. Having dedicated himself to being a cinematic chronicler of music and the…
Lena Dunham Teases That She Has A Story In Mind For A Girls Movie
Open Image Modal While Lena Dunham has repeatedly cast doubt on a TV reboot of her hit show Girls, that doesn't mean she's ruled out a different sort of reunion for its cast. Speaking to Andy Cohen on SiriusXM, the Bafta winner revealed she has an…
8 movies that eerily predicted the real world we're in right now
It sometimes feels impossible to predict the shape of a single day, let alone that of years from now. But some movies, either deliberately or inadvertently, manage to offer glimpses into the future, either through visions of technological advances…
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All 3 Cornetto Movies Are Masterpieces, but One Is Untouchable
We live in the age of movie franchises, many of which follow a continuous storyline over the years. However, we don't always give the same adoration to movies that form unofficial trilogies, those that share similar themes, directors, and maybe…
Gaby Wood · At the Movies: 'Rose of Nevada'
Bait, Mark Jenkin's first feature film, earned him the Bafta for best newcomer in 2020. Jenkin had been making short films for seventeen years by then. Most of them had been filmed with old cameras of one kind or another – super 8…
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