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The Bechdel Test was developed by Alison Bechdel in 1985 as a way to gauge female presence in movies. This test isn’t used to measure feminist content, just if women are in the movie or not. There are three parts to the Bechdel Test. Two named female characters have to talk about something that has

Masked men stormed a Moscow showing of Agnieszka Holland’s film Mr Jones yesterday night, chanting “Shame on the Motherland” as they took over the stage. In footage posted on Twitter, the group of what appeared to be around 20 people took to the front of Moscow’s Memorial Human Rights Center, where the film was being shown.

Universal/Miramax/Blumhouse’s sequel Halloween Kills, which is also available on Uni’s streaming service Peacock today to paid subscribers, made $4.85M from 7PM shows last night booked at 2,950 theaters. The rebooted franchise from filmmaker David Gordon Green, and starring the franchise’s legend Jamie Lee Curtis of six pics, is expected to open to mid-to-high $30Ms, for what is

Mindler’s last acting role was the 2016 TV movie, Chad: An American Boy.  Millersville University reported that Mindler went missing Tuesday evening. “He was last seen walking from his residence hall, West Villages toward the Centennial Dr. parking lot area at 8:11 p.m. Tuesday night. He was wearing a white Millersville University hooded sweatshirt with

The opening scene of Ridley Scott’s The Last Duel features a preview of the titular climactic showdown (which, naturally, plays out in full in the movie’s third act). Sirs Jean de Carrouges and Jacques Le Gris, respectively played by Matt Damon and Adam Driver, suit up in their plate armor, mount their steeds, grab their

After nearly 60 years of heroics, James Bond today seems more revered than beloved. His newest iteration, No Time to Die, has delivered a welcome jolt to exhibitors worldwide, though to some filmgoers (and critics), the movie plays more like Daniel Craig’s Long Goodbye. Craig has bowed out gracefully, though, in contrast to some of

Play video content TMZ.com Jay-Z must have been feeling it after showing off his new movie, because he hopped on the mic and threw down … on a classic track he did with Kanye. The hip-hop mogul put on an apparently impromptu show Wednesday night at L.A.’s Shrine Auditorium following a screening of “The Harder

It has been a tricky period for theatrical, but as a panel of leading European (and American) film industry experts highlighted today, change has been in the post and the cinema biz will need to adapt to survive. Speaking during an event at the MIA Market in Rome, Michael Weber, MD at German indie The

Titans season 3 just revealed the true reason Jason Todd broke bad and made the switch from Robin to Red Hood. With Blackfire, Scarecrow, Lady Vic, and even Gizmo, Titans season 3 boasts many a vicious villain, but none are more thrilling than Red Hood. Adapting DC’s “Death in the Family” comic arc, Jason is brutally killed at the hands

Big theater chain Cinemark has named Melissa Hayes Thomas, chief financial officer of Groupon, as its new CFO and executive VP effective Nov. 8. Current CFO Sean Gamble will step back from that role but continue as president and chief operating officer, the company said Wednesday. He’ll become chief executive on Jan. 1, after current

EXCLUSIVE: Exhibition need not worry: After October’s vibrant box office, there is indeed more blockbuster business to come in November. Deadline has learned that advance ticket sales for Disney/Marvel’s Eternals, opening on Nov. 5, are already quite huge. Insiders say advance sales for the movie from Oscar winning filmmaker Chloé Zhao, is estimated to have racked up

Jamie Lee Curtis has horror in her blood. Not only did her rise to stardom start with Halloween, a franchise she has returned to more than once, but she’s the daughter of Janet Leigh, the star of one of the most famous horror films of all-time, Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho. And for the premier of Halloween

EXCLUSIVE: Mayans M.C. and The Terminal List star JD Pardo has joined Robert Rodriguez action-thriller Hypnotic, with Ben Affleck, Alice Braga, Dayo Okeniyi, William Fichtner and Hala Finley. Currently filming in Texas, Hypnotic follows a detective (Affleck) who becomes entangled in a mystery involving his missing daughter (Finley) and a secret government program – while investigating a string of

Play video content William Shatner‘s about to rocket into space, courtesy of Jeff Bezos and one of his Blue Origin rockets … and you can watch his journey trek to the stars right here. Captain Kirk and his crew — which includes Blue Origin’s vice president of mission and flight operations Audrey Powers, former NASA

Nominations in the 14th Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) were revealed today with nods for 38 films from 25 Asia Pacific countries and regions. Winners will be announced on Thursday, November 11, at the 14th APSA Ceremony on the Australia Gold Coast. Nominations include Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car, which won the best screenplay award

Tammy Slaton has faced a myriad of health issues throughout her journey on 1000-lb Sisters, and one complication that fans don’t discuss as much is Tammy’s teeth crisis. Weight loss has been the primary goal of Tammy and Amy Slaton during their few years on reality television, but it’s about time the pair focus on Tammy’s dental dangers. From her infrequent

MGM/United Artists Releasing/Eon’s Monday box office for No Time to Die came in much higher than the $5M-$6M expected with $6.94M thanks to the Indigenous Peoples’ Day holiday in the Northeast. That figure bests previous Daniel Craig Bond first Mondays, i.e. Spectre ($5.3M) back in 2015, 2008’s Quantum of Solace ($4.1M) and 2006’s Casino Royale ($3.8M). No

Deadline’s movie awards-season showcase The Contenders returned in-person this past weekend with Contenders Film: London, an all-day event that put 19 of the year’s buzziest movies from nine studios in the spotlight. A total of 44 panelists from George Clooney and Jennifer Hudson to Denis Villenueve, Dakota Johnson and Jonathan Majors participated. Click here to

As far as blockbusters go, Venom: Let There Be Carnage and The Matrix Resurrections are pretty different from one another. One follows a man bonded to an alien symbiote fighting a serial killer bonded to said symbiote’s offspring, and the other takes audiences back to the crazy digital world last visited in a cinematic setting

During Mipcom, Entertainment One (eOne) is launching global sales rights (excluding the UK) on BBC Two feature documentary, Joni Mitchell: 50 Years of Blue. The music biopic looks at the iconic singer’s life and career, spotlighting the importance of the landmark album Blue, which celebrated its golden anniversary this summer. Directed by Teresa Griffiths, Joni

Brooklyn born actor Mitchell Whitfield was in his 20s when he took on the role of the best friend Stan Rothenstein — who was one of the two youts behind bars after they were wrongly accused of murder while on their way to college on the west coast — in the 1992 court comedy “My

Superman will be waving the pride flag high come Nov. 9 when it will be revealed that the superhero is bisexual in DC Comics’ upcoming issue Superman: Son of Kal-El. The current Superman is Jon Kent, son of Clark Kent and Lois Lane. In panels released from the comic, readers get to meet the young

An image from the set of Rob Zombie’s Munsters movie provides a spooky look at the family’s house. Despite its short run on CBS from 1964 to 1966, the iconic sitcom is still widely beloved to this day. The original series reimagined classic Universal monsters like Frankenstein’s monster and Dracula as characters in a satire of American suburban life

BAFTA has decided to skip the Britannia Awards, the annual prizes given out by the Brit awards body’s Los Angeles branch, for the second straight year. No official reason for the decision was given, but last year’s Britannia Awards awards were cancelled due to difficulties caused by the pandemic. The ceremony usually takes place in

NatGeo’s The Rescue by Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin (Free Solo) stormed the specialty box off in five runs in NYC, LA and Chicago this weekend with a nearly $14,000 per screen average — the best opening PSA for a documentary playing in more than one market in over two years. (Estimated three-day cume was

On Saturday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported 28 new deaths from Covid-19, along with 1,195 new positive cases. The number of deaths and confirmed cases reported today may reflect delays in weekend reporting. But today’s numbers brings the County to a total of 26,308 deaths and 1,469,790 positive cases. At time

Dune is approaching its domestic release date, and it’s shaping up to be one of the biggest and most essential movies of the year. Jason Momoa recently celebrated its successful opening weekend overseas and, having seen the film three times, he has some critical insight into the production. He has been excited as anyone about

George Clooney is shooting down any notion of diving into politics — saying he doesn’t want the stress … while also noting Joe Biden deserves a break after Trump‘s presidency. The actor sat down with BBC’s Andrew Marr Sunday to plug his new movie, “The Tender Bar,” and eventually … they got to talking about

Actor Sadie Frost turns director with Quant, an engaging documentary about the British fashion designer Mary Quant, showing at the London Film Festival. Known for her bold, vibrant designs and pioneering spirit, Quant became associated with the liberating fashions of the 1960s, ditching the style of the fitted ’50s and raising eyebrows along with hemlines.