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Actor , Staff Writer @BoxOffice , Digital Editor @Film_Rev_Daily , Film Correspondent @ManofMany , MFA — The Actors Studio Drama School @PaceUniversity
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Exhuming Terror: Writer/Director Lee Cronin Unwraps THE MUMMY

Exhuming Terror: Writer/Director Lee Cronin Unwraps THE MUMMY

Boxoffice Pro — This spring, Warner Bros. brings audiences new twists on undead horror icons with Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! and Lee Cronin’s The Mummy. Unlike the literary roots of other classic monsters, a real-world fascination with ancient Egypt and its customs—along with the excavation of Tutankhamun’s infamous “cursed” tomb—gave rise to the first cinematic mummy, turning headlines into horror.
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Run and Hide: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett Unveil READY OR NOT 2: HERE I COME

Run and Hide: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett Unveil READY OR NOT 2: HERE I COME

Boxoffice Pro — This weekend another bride enters the box office arena. Released in 2019, the scrappy genre breakout Ready or Not ran (in mustard-yellow Chucks) to a strong $28.7M domestic finish, cementing its status as a cult hit and a calling card for the bold filmmakers behind Radio Silence—directing team Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett. With a signature blend of irreverent humor and gleefully brutal set pieces, the duo relaunched the Scream franchise (2022’s Scream and Scream VI) to great success and brought their comedy-horror sensibilities to the bloody good vampire ballerina thriller Abigail.
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Even as a Shadow, Even as a Dream : 'Hamnet' Photographer Agata Grzybowska - FILM REVIEW

Even as a Shadow, Even as a Dream : 'Hamnet' Photographer Agata Grzybowska - FILM REVIEW

Film Review Daily — The transcendent alchemy of Chloé Zhao's Hamnet now fills the pages of a distinctive new companion volume. Long before the cameras stopped rolling, Zhao, Jessie Buckley, and on-set photographer Agata Grzybowska began shaping a parallel work born from the same artistic dreamscape. Published by MACK b
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Reflections On Cinematography: Sir Roger Deakins and James Deakins - FILM REVIEW

Reflections On Cinematography: Sir Roger Deakins and James Deakins - FILM REVIEW

Film Review Daily — For nearly fifty years, Academy Award-winning cinematographer Sir Roger Deakins has shaped the emotional language of modern cinema one frame at a time. In his new book, Reflections: On Cinematography, Deakins turns the lens inward through a captivating visual memoir that traces an extraordinary care
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Silver Screens: Author and Journalist Jane Crowther - FILM REVIEW

Silver Screens: Author and Journalist Jane Crowther - FILM REVIEW

Film Review Daily — Available now from Pavilion Books, Silver Screens: Spectacular Cinemas from Hollywood to Hong Kong is a celebration of theatres around the world that keep the communal experience of the cinema alive. From icons such as Hollywood's Chinese Theatre and London's Prince Charles Cinema to hidden gems, au
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The Beauty of Transformation: WICKED: FOR GOOD Hair and Makeup Designer Frances Hannon

The Beauty of Transformation: WICKED: FOR GOOD Hair and Makeup Designer Frances Hannon

Boxoffice Pro — In the long lineage of Oz on screen, makeup and hair have carried as much mythology as the characters themselves-from actress Gale Sondergaard refusing to wear Wicked Witch makeup to the Horse of a Different Color made possible by powdered gelatin. Academy Award-winning makeup artist Frances Hannon added to that Oz lore by finding an [...]
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Weaving Character: WICKED: FOR GOOD Costume Designer Paul Tazewell

Weaving Character: WICKED: FOR GOOD Costume Designer Paul Tazewell

Boxoffice Pro — In For Good, the language of costume charts an arc of identity, power, and vulnerability through fabric. Academy Award-winning costume designer Paul Tazewell approaches costumes as the architecture of character, with every fabric and silhouette designed to reveal how Elphaba, Glinda, and Fiyero have transformed since audiences first met them.
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Through the Looking Glass: WICKED: FOR GOOD Cinematographer Alice Brooks

Through the Looking Glass: WICKED: FOR GOOD Cinematographer Alice Brooks

Boxoffice Pro — In crafting the visual language of Wicked, cinematographer Alice Brooks and director Jon M. Chu began with words. From that emotional foundation, the pair spent two years trading thousands of images and dreaming bigger than ever before. The vision for Wicked was initially tested on the ground in London, where weekly camera trials served as [...]
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Designing Oz: WICKED: FOR GOOD Production Designer Nathan Crowley

Designing Oz: WICKED: FOR GOOD Production Designer Nathan Crowley

Boxoffice Pro — The philosophy of Oscar-winning production designer Nathan Crowley is simple: If something can be built, it should be built. His experience growing 500 acres of corn in Canada for Christopher Nolan's Interstellar gave him the confidence to plant nine million tulips for Wicked, all of which have turned yellow in For Good as the Munchkins [...]
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From Stage to Screen: WICKED: FOR GOOD Casting Director Bernie Telsey

From Stage to Screen: WICKED: FOR GOOD Casting Director Bernie Telsey

Boxoffice Pro — For virtuoso casting director Bernie Telsey, the long-awaited film adaptation of Wicked offered the chance to revisit a world he helped shape decades earlier when he shepherded the show through its Broadway debut, casting Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel in their iconic roles. Through two decades and countless tours, the Telsey Office has handled all [...]
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Smoke and Mirrors: Director Ruben Fleischer Brings Vision to Illusion in NOW YOU SEE ME: NOW YOU ...

Smoke and Mirrors: Director Ruben Fleischer Brings Vision to Illusion in NOW YOU SEE ME: NOW YOU ...

Boxoffice Pro — Now You See Me debuted its first trick in 2013 by conjuring a global box office cache of $351.7 million. Three years later, Now You See Me 2 nearly matched that impressive feat, and together the double act brought the franchise total to over $686.6 million.
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Making Monsters: Authors Howard Berger and Marshall Julius - FILM REVIEW

Making Monsters: Authors Howard Berger and Marshall Julius - FILM REVIEW

Film Review Daily — Following their hugely successful Masters of Make-Up Effects, Oscar-winning make-up effects artist Howard Berger and veteran film journalist Marshall Julius emerge from the shadows to continue their Hollywood Monsters odyssey with their next book, Making Monsters, an oral history of the monsters who
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Hollywood Forever: Karie Bible - FILM REVIEW

Hollywood Forever: Karie Bible - FILM REVIEW

Film Review Daily — For more than two decades, Karie Bible has been the guiding voice and storyteller taking visitors from near and far through Hollywood Forever Cemetery's legendary grounds. A historian, vintage devotee and lifelong lover of classic film, Karie shares stories of scandal, triumph and heartbreak that lo
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Chain Reactions: Writer/Director Alexandre O. Philippe on Tobe Hooper's American Nightmare - FILM...

Chain Reactions: Writer/Director Alexandre O. Philippe on Tobe Hooper's American Nightmare - FILM...

Film Review Daily — Fifty years after Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre first rattled audiences, filmmaker Alexandre O. Philippe explores why the chainsaw continues to roar. Dark Sky Films' Chain Reactions investigates the enduring legacy of Hooper's 1974 low-budget masterpiece by tracing its imprint on those
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Jaws: The Exhibition │ The Academy Museum - FILM REVIEW

Jaws: The Exhibition │ The Academy Museum - FILM REVIEW

Film Review Daily — Jaws: The Exhibition has surfaced at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Marking the 50th anniversary of Steven Spielberg's 1975 thriller, the exhibition offers an unprecedented dive into the making and legacy of Jaws. On view through 26 July 2026, Jaws: The Exhibition immerses visitors in an exp
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In Harmony: Director Oliver Hermanus on Music and Memory in THE HISTORY OF SOUND

In Harmony: Director Oliver Hermanus on Music and Memory in THE HISTORY OF SOUND

Boxoffice Pro — Directed by Oliver Hermanus and adapted from Ben Shattuck's short story, The History of Sound traces the bond between gifted music students Lionel (Paul Mescal) and David (Josh O'Connor), who initially meet at the Boston Conservatory in 1917. Years later they journey together through the backwoods of Maine, where they've convened to collect and preserve [...]
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On the Ropes: Director Sean Ellis Tackles a Boxer's Internal Battle in THE CUT

On the Ropes: Director Sean Ellis Tackles a Boxer's Internal Battle in THE CUT

Boxoffice Pro — Director Sean Ellis delivers a reinvention of the boxing film with The Cut. Rather than centering on the ring, the story turns inward, exploring the punishing discipline, psychological strain, and physical transformation required before a fighter even steps out under the lights. Orlando Bloom stars as a retired boxer attempting a comeback with the support [...]
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Run, River, Run: Director/Producer Ben Masters on the Water and Wildlife of THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST

Run, River, Run: Director/Producer Ben Masters on the Water and Wildlife of THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST

Boxoffice Pro — The American Southwest is a sweeping documentary journey down the Colorado River, narrated by activist and model Quannah Chasinghorse. Produced by Fin & Fur Films founder Ben Masters, in partnership with Natives Outdoors, the film blends intimate wildlife portraits of animals who live along the river—such as elk, beavers, condors, and jaguars—with an urgent story of a river under strain from dams, drought, and over-allocation.
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Blacklisted: An American Story at The New York Historical - FILM REVIEW

Blacklisted: An American Story at The New York Historical - FILM REVIEW

Film Review — Blacklisted: An American Story at The New York Historical examines how the Red Scare reshaped Hollywood and the broader entertainment industry. The exhibition brings together more than 150 artefacts, such as original costumes, to illustrate the story. Blacklisted underscores how political fear trans
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On the Rocks: Benedict Cumberbatch, Olivia Colman, Jay Roach, and Tony McNa...

On the Rocks: Benedict Cumberbatch, Olivia Colman, Jay Roach, and Tony McNa...

Boxoffice Pro — In Searchlight Pictures' The Roses, love is a battlefield marred by passive aggression and verbal artillery. A contemporary reimagining of the Warren Adler novel The War of the Roses and Danny DeVito's 1989 black comedy, starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner, The Roses flips the script on the classic divorce scenario.
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The Costumes of Hollywood: Authors Larry McQueen and Coleen Scott - FILM REVIEW

The Costumes of Hollywood: Authors Larry McQueen and Coleen Scott - FILM REVIEW

Film Review Daily — In The Costumes of Hollywood - Highlights from The Collection of Motion Picture Costume Design, a new book available now from Routledge, readers are invited into the history, artistry and preservation of screen-worn fashion that spans nearly a century. Joining Larry McQueen on the journey through hi
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Flesh and Blood: Director Nick Rowland and Actor/Producer Taron Egerton Talk 'She Rides Shotgun' ...

Flesh and Blood: Director Nick Rowland and Actor/Producer Taron Egerton Talk 'She Rides Shotgun' ...

Film Review Daily — Rowland and Egerton-who also served as a producer- illuminate a gentleness and vulnerability among the narrative's true grit, infusing the film with a winning fusion of heart and heroism. As She Rides Shotgun arrives in theatres on the 1st of August from Lionsgate, director Nick Rowland and actor/pr
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Packing Heat: Director Akiva Schaffer and Producer Erica Huggins Reignite the Theatrical Comedy i...

Packing Heat: Director Akiva Schaffer and Producer Erica Huggins Reignite the Theatrical Comedy i...

Boxoffice Pro — In the world of spoof comedy, few titles loom as large as The Naked Gun. The cult classic film trilogy, based on the television series Police Squad!, helped define the genre with its irreverent humor and zany wordplay. Comedy filmmaking trio David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker (abbreviated as ZAZ) pioneered their unique brand [...]
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Hearts of Darkness: Writer/Director Fax Bahr Reflects on the Legacy of Coppola's 'Apocalypse Now'...

Hearts of Darkness: Writer/Director Fax Bahr Reflects on the Legacy of Coppola's 'Apocalypse Now'...

Film Review — Named after Joseph Conrad's novella Heart of Darkness, on which Apocalypse Now is loosely based, the 1991 documentary Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse chronicles the notoriously chaotic production behind director Francis Ford Coppola's ambitious Vietnam War epic. Written and directed by
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