Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon” Review Round-Up: A Gripping, Full-Tilt Epic

The review embargo has been lifted for Ridley Scott’s Napoleon, the legendary director’s full-scale take on the life of one of history’s most infamous men. An epic of old-school filmmaking that boasts some of Napoleon’s most famous battles (including the Battle of Toulon and the Battle of Austerlitz), Scott’s film, from a script by David Scarpa, also pays close attention to the most crucial relationship in the French Emperor’s life—his lifelong love of Josephine—which was both a source of inspiration and comfort as well as torment.

“The Holdovers” Screenwriter David Hemingson on His Tetchy Yet Tender Tale of Chosen Family

The Holdovers (in theaters now) has the potential to become a holiday classic. It’s a movie that delves into themes of depression, loneliness, loss, and regret. Yet this bittersweet concoction has a tremendous if subtle, undercurrent of tenderness. Friendship and love are given their due, adding a touch of sweetness to Alexander Payne’s new film.

Screenwriter David Hemingson tells the story of the embittered professor Paul Hunham (Paul Giamatti), who possesses the quick wit and quiet depression of a stand-up comedian.

How Cate Adams’ Costume Design Helped David Fincher’s “The Killer” Disappear

The coldest assassin is the kind you don’t see coming. In a lineup of globe-trotting sharpshooters from the movies,  The Killer (Michael Fassbender) may be the most difficult to identify. On a crowded city street, he could be anyone—and that is by design. Costume designer Cate Adams developed the style for director David Fincher’s vision of a dangerous character you would hardly ever notice.

“Basically, he wears clothes that he can just find anywhere.

It’s Millie Bobby Brown vs. a Dargon in First “Damsel” Trailer

So imagine you’re a damsel, only you’re not really about the whole distress bit. You marry a handsome prince, but it turns out you’ve been duped. The royal family has agreed to the marriage to repay an ancient debt, and you, the damsel, are how they plan to pay it. You’re marooned inside an icy cave with one other resident—a dragon—and your only chance for survival isn’t the prince or some white knight but your own wits.

Steven Soderbergh and Co-Director/Editor Jon Kane on Godfrey Reggio’s Ravishing New Film “Once Within a Time”

Filmmaker Godfrey Reggio, whose groundbreaking Koyaanisqatsi (1982) remains influential and much admired, didn’t travel to Boston for the November 3 screening at the Coolidge Corner Theatre of his new film and his first in a decade, Once Within a Time. But executive producer Steven Soderbergh and co-director and editor Jon Kane happily channeled the 83-year-old Reggio’s animated, eccentric spirit in a lively post-film conversation (which this writer moderated) before an enthusiastic crowd that cheered Reggio’s avant-garde fairy tale released in theaters this week from Oscilloscope Laboratories.

Zack Snyder’s “Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire” Trailer Reveals First Installment of his Sci-Fi Saga

The first official trailer for part one of Zack Snyder’s upcoming two-part sci-epic has arrived. Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire will arrive on Netflix in late December, and the trailer opens with a look at a once peaceful galaxy finding itself in the crosshairs of the armies of a tyrannical lunatic. Their only hope is a surprising figure—a mysterious woman who lives quietly among them and who possesses skills that they had no idea she had.

“Rustin” Screenwriter Julian Breece on Giving a Legend his Due

There are countless unsung heroes of the civil rights movement who will never get the recognition they deserve, yet it’s hard to imagine an overlooked figure more central to the cause and more courageous and capacious in spirit than Bayard Rustin. While historians are well aware of the impact Rustin had on the civil rights movement writ large and specifically the March on Washington, most Americans are not.

George C. Wolfe‘s Rustin (in theaters now) offers a course correction.

“Venom 3” Release Update Revealed as Actor’s Strike Ends

We start with the good news—the actor’s strike is over. After 118 days, SAG-AFTRA and the studios reached a tentative deal on Wednesday, and with that deal, it looks like Hollywood could be back to regular business in as little as a few weeks. The strike officially ended at 12:01 a.m. PT on Thursday, November 9 (according to Deadline), after more than seven months of work stoppage with both the Writer’s Guild and SAG-AFTRA jointly striking for the first time in more than 60 years.

“Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” Reveals Snowy, Spooky First Trailer

Question: if there’s something strange in your neighborhood, who are you gonna call? Okay, now what if that something strange is freezing cold temperatures in July?

The first teaser trailer for Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire has arrived, the sequel to Ghostbusters: Afterlife, revealing the Gil Kenan-directed new film that continues the story that director Jason Reitman and Kenan (he co-wrote Afterlife) began in 2021.

“Mean Girls” Trailer Reveals the Reneé Rapp-led Movie Musical

Mean Girls is back, and it’s got a song to sing. Paramount’s movie musical, which was first glimpsed by audiences who went and saw Taylor Swift’s concert film in the theater, has revealed its first trailer online. This musical version is adapted from the 2018 Broadway play, itself an adaptation of the hit 2004 film (the original film, the Broadway musical, and this cinematic adaptation of the musical were all written by Tina Fey) and boasts a sensational cast.

A Live-Action “The Legend of Zelda” is in the Works

Hollywood’s about to head to Hyrule. The Legend of Zelda creator and game developer Shigeru Miyamoto announced on Twitter that he’s been working on a live-action film adaptation of his iconic game for years with veteran producer Avi Arad (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Spider-Man: No Way Home, and many more).

Miyamoto and Arad are turning to director Wes Ball, the helmer of the Maze Runner trilogy and the upcoming Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, 

“The Marvels” First Reactions: A Boisterous, Fast-Paced, Surprisingly Sweet Treat

The Marvels had its premiere in Las Vegas on Tuesday, with additional press screenings in New York and Los Angeles. This means we’ve got your first reactions to co-writer/director Nia DaCosta’s first MCU film, which features the return of Brie Larson’s Captain Marvel as she finds herself teamed up with her estranged niece, Teyonah Parris’s Monica Rambeau (reprising her role from WandaVision) and her number one fan in Iman Vellani’s Kamala Khan,

“The Marvels” Final Trailer Reveals Major Cameo From MCU Star

The opening half-minute or so of the final trailer for The Marvels connects co-writer/director Nia DaCosta’s movie to major moments in MCU history. From Nick Fury’s initial idea to form a team of superheroes to fight threats too large for any one of them to face alone to the troubling words of the biggest threat of them all (so far), Thanos (Josh Brolin), who promised those Avengers that he was “inevitable,” and even if vanquished,

Director Shawn Levy Reveals a Key “Deadpool 3” Scene Was Inspired by Iconic “Star Wars” Moment

Deadpool 3 director Shawn Levy is not the first—or even the four hundredth—director to be inspired by Star Wars, but he’s in a particularly fortuitous position to deploy his inspiration to spectacular effect. Levy’s upcoming Marvel Studios film, which finds Ryan Reynolds’ titular antihero mixing it up with Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine (resurrected for the new film despite dying in James Mangold’s 2017 epic Logan), is the franchise’s first film under the Marvel banner.

Ryan Gosling Takes a Beating in First “The Fall Guy” Trailer

Ryan Gosling takes a beating and keeps on kicking in the first trailer for David Leitch’s The Fall Guy. Gosling plays Colt Seavers, a capable stuntman who ends up working on a film by Jody Moreno (Emily Blunt). Colt and Jody had a fling once, and despite Jody’s insistence there is nothing between them, it seems fairly evident they’ve got enough chemistry to provide her film with all its pyrotechnics.

While Colt and Jody try to put their past behind them and get on with the business of showbusiness,

“Godzilla Minus One” Trailer Unleashes Cinema’s Most Iconic Monster in New Japanese Film

The first domestic Japanese Godzilla film in seven years is stomping toward theaters in the U.S. The trailer for Godzilla Minus One reveals writer/director Takashi Yamazaki’s vision for a new Godzilla film, as the iconic kaiju surfaces from the depths of the ocean and unleashes his fury on post-war Japan.

Godzilla Minus One is the 37th installment in Toho’s venerable franchise, with Yamazaki crafting a period piece that looks at what happens to Japan as it’s recovering from the horrors of World War II and is suddenly faced with a new adversary,

First “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” Trailer Reveals Brilliant Apes, Feral Humans

The apes talk in the very first trailer for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. We know what you’re thinking—well, sure, they also spoke in the last Planet of the Apes movie, director Matt Reeves’ excellent 2017 trilogy capper War for the Planet of the Apes—but in director Wes Ball’s new film, they speak with a fluency and clarity that surpasses the humans they’ve displaced at the top of the food chain.

Dangerous Liaison: New “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” Teaser Centers Coriolanus & Lucy

A new teaser for The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes doubles as a listening party. The new look is set to Olivia Rodrigo’s “Can’t Catch Me Now,” a song that speaks to the situation that the film’s central figures will find themselves in.

The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes is set 64 years before the events in the original Hunger Games and is centered on a young Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth) long before he became the merciless ruler of Panem.

“David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived” Trailer Unveils Touching Look at an Unbreakable Bond

The first trailer for Dan Hartley’s documentary David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived has arrived, revealing the story of the titular young man who was once Daniel Radcliffe’s stunt double, starting with the very first Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, back in 2001. David Holmes was the perfect person to double Radcliffe—a gifted teenage gymnast from Essex, England—he began working alongside Radcliffe when the young actor was only eleven and just starting out his long run as Harry Potter.

“Deadpool 3” Director Shawn Levy Confirms Crucial Wolverine Backstory

When it was announced that Hugh Jackman was reprising his role as Wolverine for Deadpool 3, the first question was, but how? The Wolverine we all knew and loved definitely died in James Mangold’s masterful 2017 film Logan, in which an aging, sick Wolverine pulled off his last heroic act and sacrificed himself saving the life of the young mutant Laura (Dafne Keen), who had her own adamantium claws and was created using his DNA.