theatrical

There is perhaps no story that better explains where the movie industry is at in 2024 than all the Road House drama. In short, the film’s director, Doug Liman, was so outraged about MGM/ Amazon’s decision to drop the movie directly on streaming that he boycotted the SXSW premiere and released an open letter unleashing his anger. I thought it was a bit dramatic when it happened back in February, but then I saw Road House at a critics screening earlier this week, and I’m now overwhelmed by so many thoughts.Road House is a…

While audiences have yet to see exactly what Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire will bring to the MonsterVerse, many would argue that the best mega-creature feature of the modern era was released in 2023 in the form of Takashi Yamazaki's Godzilla Minus One. (Check out where it landed on our Best 2023 Movies list.) I couldn’t personally argue that point, as I unfortunately missed out on the critically adored action-drama when it was in theaters. And as hard as it may be to believe, Godzilla Minus One is heading into Oscar…

If you hadn’t already done it after Arrival or Sicario or Blade Runner 2049, we think it’s time to officially declare that Denis Villeneuve is one of the best filmmakers working today. He cements that and more with Dune: Part Two, a thrilling, engaging conclusion to Villeneuve’s vision of adapting Frank Herbert’s Dune. One that has been on his mind for decades, and in the works for pretty long too. Few filmmakers would’ve had the guts to say “This story is two movies” and then convinced a studio to agree to that. But…

Breadcrumb Trail LinksMusicMovies'It’s been a long road to get this project across the finish line,' band says of career-spanning movie Get the latest from Mark Daniell straight to your inbox Sign Up Published Feb 18, 2024  •  Last updated 11 minutes ago  •  2 minute read Canadian rock band Nickelback, the featured artists in "Hate to Love: Nickelback," give a free concert at the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, on Sept. 8, 2023. Photo by The Canadian PressArticle contentA feature-length documentary…

It seems that Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is going to have an earlier-than-expected digital release. If reports doing the rounds are to be believed , the sequel to Aquaman is all set to arrive on VOD and digital platforms on January 23. This comes just one month after the movie's worldwide theatrical premiere in December. Jason Momoa in a still from Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.(instagram/aquamanmovie) The movie serves as the 15th and final chapter in the DC Extended Universe, furthering the saga of Jason…

Image: Altered InnocenceLast year the Toronto International Film Festival played host to The People’s Joker, a queer, comedic re-imagining of Batman’s legendary foil in a Gotham City where crime was outlawed. Warner Bros, naturally, immediately did not care for this, and the film looked like it was destined for a life of limited showings at festivals, if even that. But in 2024 it will find new life.Altered Innocence has announced that it has secured the distribution rights for Vera Drew’s dark comedy—in which she also…

As different as it is similarPhoto by Krists Luhaers on UnsplashIn my Next Frontiers in Entertainment Data Science article on Toward Data Science, I refer to how data science can be applied at various phases of the content lifecycle, from greenlight to production to release. Though it’s easy to conceptualize how applications of data science might differ between, say, deciding what scripts should be greenlit and determining how production costs can be optimized, there can be stark differences even across contexts that, at…

Ever since the global pandemic closed movie theaters for months, there have been real questions about what the future of theatrical exhibition even is. While there have been hits just as big and in the case of Avatar: The Way of Water, bigger than anything that came out pre-pandemic, most films are still struggling more than we might expect. There has clearly been a strong bias toward streaming over the last couple of years, but Ridley Scott says that the success of Top Gun: Maverick and Barbie has helped all theatrical…

The live theatrical adaptation of the famed animated series on Nick Jr., ‘Masha and the Bear’, is all set to tour India across key cities, starting 23rd December 2023. Building on the success of the ‘Peppa Pig’ musical that returned earlier this year, the one-of-its-kind entertainment experience with the young, spirited girl and the bear will be making its debut in India. The entertainment spectacle will go on an incredible journey across the country, commencing in Mumbai on 23rd…

Director James Cameron is no stranger to the sci-fi realm. Responsible for The Terminator franchise and Avatar, Cameron literally has three of the four highest grossing movies of all time thanks to the Avatar series and Titanic. But a lesser hit on his filmography, The Abyss, is getting its turn in the spotlight. The 1989 sci-fi blockbuster is coming to theaters once again for one night only in the U.S. During the promotional tour for Avatar: The Way of Water, Cameron mentioned off-hand that he had a 4K master of The…