Maika Monroe stars as the paranoid Julia in Watcher, now available on Netflix (Image: Universal Pictures/Focus Features) The dwindling daylight, chillier nights and Mariah Carey’s increasing warmth can only signify one thing: Halloween is just around the corner. As we plunge into October and our social media feeds are inundated with targeted ads for enormous … Read more
NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — “The Babadook,” when it was released 10 years ago, didn’t seem to portend a cultural sensation. It was the first film by a little-known Australian filmmaker, Jennifer Kent. It had that strange name. On opening weekend, it played in two theaters. But with time, the long shadows of … Read more
The a new official trailer for the sequel to Beetlejuice has been released, and fans have noticed a hidden detail within it that appears to be a tribute to the original 1988 film. The follow-up, set to hit cinemas on September 6, sees Tim Burton team up once again with actor Michael Keaton in this … Read more
LOS ANGELES — One of the few moments of levity in “Longlegs” — the Neon horror film in theaters now about a Satanist serial killer — happens when Maika Monroe’s character, Lee Harker, meets her co-worker’s young daughter. It’s obvious the analytical FBI agent doesn’t spend a lot of time around kids. Her stoic, awkward … Read more
LOS ANGELES — As Mia Goth and filmmaker Ti West walked the red carpet this week for the premiere of “MaXXXine,” the final installment of the pair’s buzzy horror trilogy, a group of hired “protesters” stood outside the TCL Chinese Theatre chanting and holding signs with messages like “Horror is not art” and “Hollywood is … Read more
The three stars of 1999′s “The Blair Witch Project” are speaking out against film studio Lionsgate as plans for a revival of the era-defining horror classic get underway. In a wide-ranging interview with Variety, Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard and Michael C. Williams say they’ve missed out on profits from the original movie, which raked in … Read more
NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — “Civil War,” Alex Garland’s ominous American dystopia, remained the top film in theaters in its second week of release, according to studio estimates Sunday. The A24 election-year gamble, the indie studio’s biggest budgeted film yet, took in $11.1 million in ticket sales at 3,929 theaters over the weekend. … Read more
NEW YORK — The story of O.J. Simpson’s life was inherently cinematic — what started as fodder for a triumphant sports biopic abruptly became something much darker and complex as Simpson slid from fame to infamy following the killings of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. It’s little wonder then that Simpson’s many-chaptered life — … Read more
LAS VEGAS — Margot Robbie has her sights on another toy. The “ Barbie ” producer and star is making a Monopoly movie, with Hasbro and Lionsgate behind it, the companies announced Wednesday at the CinemaCon conference in Las Vegas. Robbie, and her production company LuckyChap, were the ones who got “Barbie” to the finish … Read more
NEW YORK — Ghost busting is still a good business. “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” collected $45.2 million in ticket sales over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, handing Sony Pictures the studio’s first No. 1 film since last summer. The opening weekend for “Frozen Empire,” in 4,345 theaters, was nearly exactly the same as the … Read more
