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In “Back in Action,” a domestic spy caper as generic as its title, Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz, as CIA operatives who’ve become a romantic couple, attend a kids’ birthday party thrown by a cyberterrorist from Belarus whose safe they’re planning to break into. But their identities are unmasked in about five minutes. They have

In his feature debut, Belgian filmmaker Michiel Blanchart takes a simple and familiar action film set-up and gives it his own spin by adding pertinent social commentary. In “Night Call,” Mady (Jonathan Feltre), a young locksmith, has quite the violent and eventful evening in Brussels. He tangles with nefarious characters, makes affecting friendships and runs

As Frodo says after destroying the One Ring while sitting on a boulder surrounded by rivers of lava in “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”: It’s done. After two voting extensions prompted by the devastating Los Angeles wildfires, the nomination voting period for the 97th Academy Awards has officially closed. While

Ted Sarandos has joined the many others in the entertainment industry paying tribute to David Lynch, who died Thursday at 78. Netflix co-CEO Sarandos shared a tribute on Instagram to honor one of his “all time favorite filmmakers” and noted that Lynch had been in contact with the streamer to direct a limited series. The

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers about “Wolf Man,” now playing in theaters. The new movie “Wolf Man” is director Leigh Whannell’s take on another Universal Monsters classic, following his successful spin on “The Invisible Man” in 2020. Much like that film, this new vision — co-written by Whannell and his wife Corbett Tuck — is

Eric Weissman, the noted Hollywood entertainment lawyer who represented many actors including Gene Wilder, Elizabeth Taylor and Rita Hayworth, died Dec. 15. He was 94. Weissman’s death was only just now announced by his granddaughter, Sara McCrea. Over his five decades of experience practicing entertainment law, Weissman also represented directors like Robert Altman, Peter Bogdanovich,

Stop-motion films are by their nature some of the most delicate, analog creations that exist in a sharp-edged entertainment universe grappling with the impending impact of AI. This year two of these movies — “Memoir of a Snail” and “Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” — are among the frontrunners in a group of films

Animation company GKids has acquired theatrical rights for the North American distribution of “Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-.” The film will be released Feb. 28 and is directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki (“Evangelion”). Yoji Enokido (“Revolutionary Girl Utena”) is the film’s screenwriter and is joined by Hideaki Anno for the screenplay. The official synopsis reads: “Amate Yuzuriha is

Whether U.S. audiences just aren’t familiar with British pop star Robbie Williams or moviegoers don’t want to see a musical headlined by a CGI chimp, Paramount’s “Better Man” become a historic box office flop with just $1.9 million grossed in its nationwide debut. That’s one of the worst openings ever for a studio movie. And

Music Box Films’ genre label Doppelgänger Releasing has acquired U.S. distribution rights to “Mr. K,” which premiered at Toronto Film Festival. Tallulah H. Schwab’s offbeat mystery film, which stars Crispin Glover, will have its U.S. premiere at the Santa Barbara Film Festival on Feb. 7. Doppelgänger plans to open the film theatrically later this year

Tyler Perry’s “The Six Triple Eight” is not only his most-watched Netflix movie to date — with 52.4 million views over its first four weeks on the streamer — but the historical drama has also boosted viewership for his other films on the service. Netflix tells Variety that eyeballs on Perry’s four other Netflix films

Cannes Film Festival chief Thierry Fremaux had a special bond with David Lynch. During his very first edition of the festival as artistic director in 2001, Fremaux had programmed “Mulholland Drive,” which won best director at the festival and went on to earn an Oscar nomination. From then on, Fremaux and Lynch became friends. A