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Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeMargot Robbie is set to produce The Sims, a movie based on the iconic computer game. Following the success of Barbie, her production company LuckyChap will work on the feature along with Roy Lee and Miri Yoon of Vertigo Entertainment. Electronic Arts, which published the game, will also be involved in a creative and producing capacity, according to Variety. The Sims is one of the…

Letterboxd is a social platform for movie lovers. It’s best to think of it as a film journal and a social network rolled into one. You can write about the films you’ve seen, share reviews and rate them, too. It’s all about fostering a passion for film, allowing you to discover new movies, follow your film-loving friends and other people with the same tastes as you, as well as make films lists based on almost any genre and theme. You can access Letterboxd on the web, but I’d recommend the Letterboxd iOS app for your…

New Batman Movie And Jake Gyllenhaal’s Desire To Portray the Character(Photo Credit –Instagram) In an interview with Screen Rant, Jake Gyllenhaal explored the possibility of assuming the role if given the chance. He also pondered the experience of portraying a character previously depicted by others, expressing, “That’s a classic. It’s an honor.” Regarding his upcoming role as Iago in Othello opposite Denzel Washington, Gyllenhaal acknowledged the legacy of actors who have portrayed the…

One of the most popular and unique games of the past 25 years is finally getting brought to the big screen, and my only shock is it hasn't happened sooner. A movie based on The Sims is moving forward, and the only better news than that is they already snagged the perfect actress to lead it. Margot Robbie will lead, and I'm pretty jazzed to be learning that. The project hails from LuckyChap, according to THR, the production company owned by Robbie and others, and which was also responsible for Saltburn and the…

It’s a known fact that if you pair an animal and a touching storyline together, you’re almost guaranteed to have a winning combination for a movie. Arthur the King is proving this to be true once again as it quickly steals the hearts of audiences everywhere on the 2024 movie schedule. Less than a week after its release, hundreds of fans have voiced their love for the movie online, and one star from the cast is especially thankful for all the kind words: Mark Wahlberg. The actor took to Instagram to share his appreciation…

Sometimes, it can be fun to take a deeper look at the movies you love and see if you can find any details that may or may not be hiding in plain sight. You must be careful, though, because this sort of speculation could forever change how you perceive the most beloved characters from cinema in bizarre, funny, or even unsettling ways. Now, we are not saying we are fully convinced by any of the following wild movie character fan theories we found online, but we also can’t deny they are fun to read. Therefore, the only…

Forty years after “Ghostbusters” and following a string of sequels that never measured up to the 1984 original — beginning all the way back with 1989’s “Ghostbusters II” — it’s fair to wonder, well, who else ought we to call? It may be time to, if not give up the ghost entirely, at least give a flip through the ol’ rolodex. HT Image But as the lackluster 2021 installment, “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” showed, the half life of most film franchises today is an ever-lengthening long tail of diminishing returns.…

Aespa will give fans around the world the chance to watch their first show ever in the U.K. with a new concert film hitting movie theaters April 24 and 27.  Aespa: World Tour in Cinemas marks the K-pop outfit’s first concert film, and it was filmed during their gig at London’s O2 Arena last September. The show was part of Aespa’s extensive 2023 SYNK: Hyper Line Tour, which included concerts across North America, South America, Europe, and Asia.  The concert film will feature performances of Aespa hits and…

Maybe it’s best to begin at the end of Immaculate, the religious horror flick starring white-hot movie star, Euphoria‘s resident crying MVP and current savior of the rom-com Sydney Sweeney. You’ve likely heard about the last 10 minutes, even if you don’t know the plot surprises and spoilers regarding the who, what and why of it all. We’ll simply direct you to the photo above, in which our blood-smeared Lady of Perpetual Screamitude aims for the highest-decibel mark. By this point, Sweeney’s character — a chaste young…

For the past decade, Warner Bros. Discovery failed to create a cinematic universe that lived up to DC’s beloved comic book characters. That will change with James Gunn and Peter Safran’s new DCU.  Gunn and Safran were given complete control over DC Studios in 2022 and tasked with creating a decade-long storyline spawning movies, TV shows, and even video games. So far, Gunn and Safran have been keeping the new DCU under an absolute veil of secrecy, and no one can tell what their ambitious storyline will look like.…