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‘The Little Mermaid’ Star Celebrates Being the Main Attraction of the Biggest Movie in the World

Image via Walt Disney Pictures It’s a far cry from perfect, as pretty much every Disney live-action remake will ever be, but there’s quite a lot to love about The Little Mermaid. From its treasure trove of excellent performances to its dazzling eye for spectacle via a respectable-at-best attempt at beefing up the story, the Mouse House’s latest can safely call itself one of the queen bees of the craze. Of course, there’s effectively zero debate over the film’s most prominent linchpin, and she’s currently…

‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ Is Now the 20th Highest Grossing Film of All Time

Image via Illumination After nearly two months since The Super Mario Bros. Movie was released, the Nintendo film reached another massive milestone. It was reported that The Super Mario Bros. Movie is now the 20th highest-grossing film of all time with a recorded gross revenue of $1.278 million. According to Box Office Mojo, just above it is Disney’s Frozen, with a recorded gross earning of $1.290 million and previously peaked at number 5. The Super Mario Bros. Movie took over Disney’s live-action adaptation of…

The Director of a DCU Movie Assumed to be Happening Offers an Update

Photo via Warner Bros. Warner Bros. and DC have developed a habit of announcing countless projects and then proceeding to do nothing with them before they ultimately end up being swept under the rug and forgotten about, but the opposite appears to be true when it comes to Mike Flanagan and Clayface. While there’s officially no such thing as a movie in the works revolving around the Batman villain, various reports from industry trades and insiders have claimed it’s actively on the cards, while Flanagan has never…

A R-Rated Comic Book Movie Nobody Remembers Takes Out a Streaming Syndicate

via XYZ Films You can barely turn around these days without bumping into a comic book adaptation of some description, which by extension causes many to fall through the cracks from the second they’re released. Even though it only arrived in August of 2021, who honestly knows or remembers anything about Yakuza Princess? Based on Danilo Beyruth’s Samurai Shino, there collection of talent on either side of the screen was eclectic and unexpected enough to drive perhaps a little interest, but the end result came…

A Movie Begged Into Existence That Bombed Hard Enters Orbit on Streaming

via Universal Fan campaigns can often be a double-edged sword, as anyone who’s been following the ongoing SnyderVerse drama can surely attest. They do reap tangible rewards sometimes, though, only for the constant pleading to be rewarded with absolutely nothing when Joss Whedon’s Serenity tanked at the box office. Ever since instant cult classic sci-fi series Firefly was canceled after a single incomplete season, its most ardent backers refused to stay quiet. While more episodic adventures weren’t forthcoming,…

What We Lose When Movie Theaters Go Upscale

Journal Reports: LeadershipWhat’s the Best Background for Video Calls? Most People Get It Wrong.By Feyzan Karabulut , and Paul R. MessingerMay 26, 2023 at 1:00 PM ETResearch says the ‘right’ background can elevate your image. It also says you are likely choosing poorly. Journal Reports: LeadershipWhat’s the Best Background for Video Calls? Most People Get It Wrong.By Feyzan Karabulut , and Paul R. MessingerMay 26, 2023 at 1:00 PM ETResearch says the ‘right’ background can elevate your image. It also says you are likely

The Machine review – stand-up comedian makes for limp movie star | Comedy films

If you’re going to put a stand-up comedian into a big, climactic fight scene, it better be really funny. That’s just one of many rules you may not realize were in place before watching The Machine, a feature-length extension of stand-up comedian Bert Kreischer’s most famous routine. It’s a story about how the former Florida State University frat boy and prolific partier took a college trip to Russia, where he bumbled into confidence with the Russian mob and wound up helping some gangsters rob a train. It sounds enough…

Romeo and Juliet movie child abuse lawsuit to be thrown out by judge | Film

A California judge has signalled she will throw out a child abuse lawsuit put forward by the two lead actors from the 1968 adaptation of Romeo and Juliet.Last December, Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting, who were teenagers when making Franco Zeffirelli’s Oscar-winning film, accused Paramount of sexual exploitation over a nude scene they allege was insisted upon after being told it wouldn’t take place.This week, Judge Alison Mackenzie has suggested she will side with the studio in a tentative ruling, rejecting the claim…

`Beau is Afraid` movie review: A performance worth savouring

Film: Beau is AfraidCast: Joaquin Phoenix, Patti LuPone, Amy Ryan, Parker Posey, Nathan Lane, Armen Nahapetian, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Richard KindDirector: Ari AsterRating: 3/5Runtime: 179 min Beau (Joaquin Phoenix) is a paranoid schizophrenic given to hallucinations. This film is basically about his attempt to get to his mother who lives in a different city and it’s an epic odyssey of wildly fluctuating moments of esoteric and quixotic drama, the likes of which we’ve never seen before. And it’s…