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KPop Demon Hunters is unstoppable. Netflix‘s come-from-nowhere global animation phenomenon swept this year’s Annie Awards, the animation honors handed out by the L.A. Branch of the International Animated Film Association, ASIFA-Hollywood, taking 10 prizes, including best feature. The pop musical, directed by Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans, also won best direction, best music, best writing,
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It was the weekend of the haves and the have-nots at the domestic box office. In the “haves” column are holdovers GOAT, from Sony Pictures Animation, and Warner Bros.’ Margot Robbie-Jacob Elordi starrerWuthering Heights. On Saturday, early estimates showed the two in a close race for first place with a projected $13 million to $15
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Paul Thomas Anderson’s political thrillerOne Battle After Another won six honors at the BAFTA Film Awards on Sunday, with Ryan Coogler’s vampire horror drama Sinners earning three, setting a record for the most honors for a movie from a Black filmmaker. And Kirk Jones’Tourette Syndrome advocate dramedyI Swearstunned the crowd at the ceremony, hosted by
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Buzzy TIFF-premiering EPiC: Elvis Presley In Concert from Neon shimmies onto 350 Imax screens for one week ahead of a national expansion. Abramorama documentary Billy Preston: That’s The Way God Planned It starts a limited run. Roadside Attractions is launching this season’s Oscar Nominated Shorts with 354 runs. Billed as an Elvis Presley “cinematic experience,”
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The star-studded BAFTA Film Awards 2026 ceremony in London on Sunday also put a spotlight on Donna Langley, chairof NBCUniversal Entertainment and the first British woman to run a major Hollywood studio. The top executive, born and raised on the Isle of Wight in the U.K., took to the stage to receive the British Academy’s
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SUNDAY AM WRITETHRU after Saturday update: Some good news: the post-Presidents Day weekend in U.S./Canada wasn’t that slow with all films grossing just over $79M, +2% from a year ago. The 2026 year to date B.O. stands at $1.05 billion, still ahead of 2025 by 7% per industry estimates. Before Super Mario Galaxy Movie arrives
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A debate has been sparked among BAFTA Film Awards attendees and online after a Tourette’s campaigner, John Davidson, was heard cursing throughout the show. Davidson is the inspiration behind the BAFTA-nominated I Swear. Robert Aramayo, who depicted the Scotsman in Kirk Jones’ widely acclaimed film, nabbed the BAFTA for best actor on Sunday night —over
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Well Go USA is super pleased with the debut of its Chinese New Year’s title Blades of the Guardians. Starring Jet Li and Wu Jing, it’s directed by Yuen Woo-ping — the iconic, now 80-year-old, martial arts choreographer for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, The Matrix and Kill Bill — and looking at an estimated $760k
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In a stark sign of the challenges facing Europe’s independent distribution and exhibition sector, news broke on Tuesday that Belgium‘s oldest distributor Belga Films has been liquidated. Belgian newspaper Le Soir first reported the news, detailing that the company’s bankruptcy and liquidation had been declared by the commercial court of Walloon Brabant on February 12,
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An experienced cinematographer before he turned to directing, Warwick Thornton has a feel for the Central Australian desert and the craggy MacDonnell Ranges that’s both epic and intimate. His refined sense of composition is directly informed by the landscape around Alice Springs where he grew up and his subcutaneous connection to it imbues his films
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UPDATED, 6:28 AM: The Broadway company of Chicago has extended Whitney Leavitt‘s ticket-selling run as Roxie Hart for an additional two weeks after audiences have been flocking to the long-running revival and its new Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star. Although Leavitt, who also competed on Season 34 of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars and
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The BBC has apologized for “strong and offensive language” at the 2026 BAFTA Film Awards after a racial slur was not cut from its final broadcast. A Tourette’s campaigner, John Davidson, was heard cursing throughout the show —including shouting the N-word as Sinners duo Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo presented the best visual effects
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