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In case you weren’t aware, the movie is based on the true story of Richard Jewell, a security guard during the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games who discovered a bomb and tried to evacuate the grounds before it would detonate. However, as the police started investigating the drama they started to realize that Jewell could be a suspect and, in fact, responsible for entire the bomb hoax. The general reviews for the film are mixed-to-positive with many journalistic quarters having qualms over the film’s negative depiction of the media and the FBI....

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“Elvis” earned another $5.3 million on its second Friday for a likely $22 million holiday weekend. That’ll push the Baz Luhrmann-directed film past $75 million domestic by Monday or Tuesday night. Luhrmann’s film cost around $85 million and, if projections stick, will make around $110 million by the end of its domestic run. Overseas the film is looking at around $115-$120 million globally. That means it could crack the $200 million mark worldwide....

CONTENDERSKirsten Dunst (The Power of the Dog)Caitrona Bell (Belfast)Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard)Ruth Negga (Passing)Judi Dench (Belfast) POTENTIALS Ann Dowd (Mass)Marlee Maitlin (CODA)Rebecca Ferguson (Dune)Sally Hawkins (Spencer)Gabby Hoffman (C’mon C’mon)Martha Plimpton (Mass)Molly Parker (Jockey)Regina King (The Harder They Fall)Jessie Buckley (The Lost Daughter)Dakota Johnson (The Lost Daughter) NOT YET SEEN Meryl Streep (Don’t Look Up)Naomi Harris (Swan Song)Cate Blanchett (Nightmare Alley)Nina Arianda (Being the Ricardos)Ariana DeBose (West Side Story) If it were up to me, Kirsten Dunst would be the runaway winner in this category and, as it stands, she is the de facto frontrunner....

Schrader’s upcoming crime thriller stars Joel Edgerton as the gardener of an American estate who is forced to confront his dark past. He panders to his employer, the wealthy widow (Sigourney Weaver). When she demands that he take on her wayward and troubled great niece, it unlocks dark secrets from a buried violent past. Will “The Master Gardener” complete Schrader’s Bresson trilogy? Is it even a part of it? The film comes after his last two critically-acclaimed films, “First Reformed,” and “The Card Counter....

Clayton Davis over at Variety has some very positive news about Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Licorice Pizza.” It was actually screened for a very few select critics last week: “Paul Thomas Anderson wrote “Licorice Pizza,” along with directing and producing the film with Sara Murphy. The project, distributed by United Artists Releasing, was backed by MGM, in association with Bron Creative and Anderson’s Ghoulardi Film Company, and screened for select critics and journalists last week....

“How bad were the Academy Awards this year?” Trump asked, prompting boos from the crowd. “Did you see it? The winner is… a movie from South Korea! What the hell was that all about?” He went on, “We got enough problems with South Korea with trade. On top of that, they give them best movie of the year? Was it good? I don’t know. Let’s get ‘Gone With the Wind....

“You have to be a hired hand to do those things. I’m not a hired hand. I’m not looking for a job.” Tarantino recently stated that he and other filmmakers “can’t wait for the day” superhero movies stop being popular, comparing its future demise to that of movie musicals in the 1960s. Are Marvel directors hired hands? You bet they are. They don’t have carte blanche to make the movie they truly envision....

My bet is that Apple is just muddying up the waters and that they themselves have no clue what they will do with “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Emancipation” and “Napoleon.” EARLIER: The Ankler’s Tatiana Siegel surprised many with her latest report this early afternoon. Spiegel is being told that Apple is now considering a December release for Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon”, fearing that “The Slap” is still too fresh in the public’s mind to release “Emancipation”....

I have been a fan of Eggers’ filmmaking ever since I saw “The Witch” at Sundance more than 7 years ago. He’s the real deal, even if I thought “The Lighthouse,” a decently watchable film, was a tad beneath his skills as a filmmaker. “The Northman,” Eggers’ upcoming third film, finished production is early 2021. It stars Nicole Kidman, Alexander Skarsgård, Anya Taylor-Joy, Bill Skarsgård, and Willem Dafoe. A few test screenings have happened around the country already....

Schrader was in movie-review-mode this weekend as he went to post his negative take on Clint Eastwood’s just-released “Cry Macho.” A film much-maligned by critics and audiences alike, and which even Eastwood apologists have admitted is subpar: “I can appreciate the inclination to give Clint Eastwood a pass but has an important American director made a film as bad as Cry Macho since Howard Hawks’ Man’s Favorite Spot? It fails in every area: screenwriting, lighting, locations, sets, props, wardrobe and casting....

Schoonmaker has edited every Scorsese movie since 1980’s “Raging Bull,” which is considered not only one of the best movies of all-time, but also one of the best edited. Up next is “The Irishman,” a very hush-hush project which re-teams Scorsese with Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci for the first time since 1995’s “Casino,” but Schoonmaker wanted to make it clear to Yahoo Movies UK that it’s no Goodfellas 2....

As you know, Venice intel hasn’t been the best in 2022. The trades have barely confirmed any titles. Barbera seems to have controlled the drips that would have usually occurred in the past. All I know is that “Don’t Worry Darling”, “Bardo”, “The Whale”, “Bones and All,” and “Other People’s Children” will be going to Venice. That’s about it. THR have decided to take a crack at predicting this year’s Venice enigma and they list the usual suspects, but what’s the deal with Noah Baumbach’s “White Noise” being included?...

Director Spike Jonze (“Being John Malkovich,” “Her,” “Adaptation”) released this surprise two-minute short film tited “The New Normal.” The film is a partnership with the cannabis company MedMen and finds Jonze advocating for marijuana legalization. Per the synopsis from MedMen: “The commercial chronicles society’s evolving perceptions of the plant, from pre-prohibition to the modern industry of today. While looking back through America’s history, from George Washington’s hemp farm, to Reefer Madness propaganda, ‘The New Normal’ takes the audience on a journey through the injustices of the past and a hopeful view for the future....

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Hamill shared a panel from “The Last Jedi” comic adaptation of Rian Johnson’s film on Twitter and compared what happened to Luke not unlike what happens to an addict who has relapsed. “THE FORCE KILLED LUKE. You have to acknowledge the irony in his fate,” Hamill tweeted. “Almost like an addict that kicked his habit cold turkey, remained clean for decades, only to re-use just once & then, tragically, overdoses....

The wonderful ambience of the Ryerson theater will be missed. The Ryerson, an old-school university theater, did not renew its contract with TIFF. I’m not entirely sure where the MM screenings will take place this year — maybe Scotia Bank? Maybe the Lightbox? Potential titles that would fit the bill quite well for these 11:59pm screenings include Eli Roth’s “Borderlands,” Ti West’s “Pearl” David Gordon Green’s “Halloween Ends,” Parker Finn’s “Smile,” Jon Wright’s “Unwelcome,” and Eric Appel’s “Weird Al: The Al Yankovic Story....

Paris Match published an exclusive photo of Allen on the set of his latest Paris-based French-Language film. The ingredients are all there for a Cannes debut, but will Fremaux bite? The French outlet had this to say about the potential Cannes appearance: Fremaux has defended both Polanski and Allen in the past, but not without getting backlash for it. Polanski’s “The Palace” is currently in post-production, having moved its January release date in Italy to a TBD slot....

The latest addition to this current trend of arty dread—often slow, but freakish, psychologically traumatizing and formally audacious— is Veronika Franz and Severin Fiara‘s “The Lodge,” a deliberately quiet but meaty dissection of the complexities of motherhood and even faith, which continues many of the same themes the directing duo employed to chilling effect with their 2015 breakout “Goodnight Mommy.” Franz and Fiara seem to be fascinated by the thorny relationship between mother and child and, but this time, “The Lodge” tackles the complicated and emotionally delicate and fraught area of step-motherhood and surrogates, while making disquieting comments on religion and beliefs....

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