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Tom Cruise, one of the biggest figures in Hollywood, has been asked to join the picket lines by SAG-AFTRA. However, the Mission: Impossible star gave a lukewarm response to those requests. Variety’s feature on the SAG-AFTRA strikes covers a lot of ground, including one of the biggest stars, Cruise. According to sources, Cruise had asked […]

Christopher Nolan is an acclaimed director with his latest film, Oppenheimer, set to hit theaters this weekend amid the “Barbenheimer” hype. While the director has dipped his toe into the DC/Batman world, he may have his eyes set on another iconic franchise: James Bond. Speaking to Josh Horowitz in anticipation of Oppenheimer, Nolan had a […]

So many productions have had to pause amid the SAG-AFTRA strike, and Ridley Scott’s Paul Mescal-led Gladiator 2 is no exception. However, the long-awaited sequel was in a weird spot upon its production being halted. Variety detailed the production of Gladiator 2 and the day the SAG-AFTRA strike kicked into gear. The report included that […]

John Boyega portrayed Finn in the recent Star Wars sequel trilogy and has not been seen in the universe since The Rise of Skywalker. The actor recently ranked his three films and named the “worst” entry in the trilogy. Doing an interview on First We Feast’s Truth or Dad: Rapid Fire show, Boyega was asked […]

James Cameron created the Terminator franchise and directed the first two iconic films, and as strikes go on about the impact of AI in the entertainment industry, the director weighs in on the looming threat of AI. Speaking to CTV News, Cameron said that he shares the concern of the threat of AI, then saying, […]

The upcoming Aquaman sequel, The Lost Kingdom, has been a mess, and it appears that James Gunn and Peter Safran are attempting to make a clean DC slate as Ben Affleck’s cameo in the upcoming Jason Momoa-led film received a massive update. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Batman was supposed to appear in the film. […]

Netflix’s attempt at a Masters of the Universe film has been dashed as it’s being reported that the streaming giant has scrapped it after spending a ridiculous amount of money on it. Variety broke the news that Netflix’s swing at a live-action Masters of the Universe film is officially dead — Mattel confirmed the report. […]

Solidarity is important, and Black Panther writer-director Ryan Coogler emphasized that when the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes came up during a recent interview. I asked the Creed filmmaker what was coming up, if anything, during this rough time in Hollywood. “Right now, there are a couple of incredibly important strikes happening,” Coogler said. The reason […]

A new film led by Jenna Ortega and Paul Rudd from A24 has been given the green light to film during the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes. Variety announced a list of productions that SAG-AFTRA approved to shoot during the strike. All 39 projects are independent films and were confirmed to not be tied to AMPTP […]

“I’m gonna be honest with you bro, I just almost fell on my a** in this hotel room,” said Black Panther director Ryan Coogler with a laugh. This comment was in reference to when I asked Coogler if his basketball shot improved upon watching Stephen Curry footage during the production of the new documentary, Stephen […]

Ryan Coogler’s directorial debut, Fruitvale Station, was an amazing film and one of the strongest debuts in recent memory. His next directorial feature would be Creed before heading to the MCU for Black Panther. The jump from indie to tentpole filmmaking can be tough — just look at Barbie — but Coogler nailed it. During […]

Sometimes a tragedy can end up being a blessing in disguise. Stephen Curry: Underrated is the new Steph Curry documentary about the legendary Golden State Warriors point guard, and ClutchPoints was supposed to speak to director Peter Nicks. A situation came up, and Ryan Coogler, who served as a producer on the documentary, stepped in […]

Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer is the second half of the highly anticipated “Barbenheimer” phenomenon. After seeing both, I’m not exactly sure how one would be able to sit through both in a double feature. Nolan’s Oppenheimer is a technical masterclass, but the film fumes out in its second act (and particularly in its last hour) despite […]

While many choose between the Rolling Stones and the Beatles, it was a different story for Margot Robbie. The Barbie actress recently revealed the reason she didn’t choose between the Fab Four and another iconic 60s band, The Beach Boys. Speaking to Rolling Stone, Robbie revealed that The Beach Boys was “all [she] would listen […]

Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, a film as visually breathtaking as it is good ol’ popcorn fun, is a film that perfectly encapsulates the auteur filmmaker’s journey from indie to tentpole filmmaking. Led by Margot Robbie and a standout performance from Ryan Gosling, it’s not perfect, but that’s the point. Barbie review  Every day in Barbie Land […]

While contemplating taking a hiatus from acting, Matt Damon had one exception that would cause him to reconsider that: Christopher Nolan calling him. Well, Damon is one of the stars of his upcoming film, Oppenheimer. In a conversation with Entertainment Weekly for their Around the Table series, Damon said, “This is going to sound made […]

While The Marvels is stacked with talent from Brie Larson to Teyonah Parris, Ms. Marvel star Iman Vellani revealed that she was intimidated to meet Samuel L. Jackson on the set of the new MCU film. In a new feature from Entertainment Weekly, it was revealed that Vellani was so starstruck by Jackson arriving on […]

If you ever run into Margot Robbie, you now know what Barbie memes to show her. The actress revealed her favorite memes of Greta Gerwig’s latest film. Speaking to BBC Radio 1, Robbie revealed that she’s a fan of memes where the casts of “manly” movies like Goodfellas are requesting tickets to Barbie. “I love […]

Ryan Gosling’s performance in Greta Gerwig’s Barbie has received rave reviews out of early screenings — even more so than Margot Robbie’s — and the actor recently opened up about why this is his most fulfilling role to date. Speaking to IGV Presents, Gosling said that the whole experience of working on Barbie will be […]

Taylor Sheridan’s latest series, Special Ops: Lioness, premieres this Sunday. After Yellowstone and all of the drama surrounding Sheridan and the series star Kevin Costner, a new series that looks vastly different is set to premiere from him. Here’s how to watch the upcoming Zoe Saldaña, Nicole Kidman, and Morgan Freeman-led Paramount+ series. Release date […]

Some co-stars get along really well, others don’t. For Pom Klementieff, she revealed that she had Karen Gillan as a close friend off-camera during her time in the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise. She has since moved over to the Mission: Impossible franchise and has a new friend: Simon Pegg. Their friendship went so far […]

Mission: Impossible — Fallout remains the standard of the franchise, but Dead Reckoning Part One comes quite close to reaching those heights. A big part of that is one of the film’s supporting characters, Paris, played by Guardians of the Galaxy star Pom Klementieff. Just as Henry Cavill did in Fallout, Klementieff steals the show […]

The talk of the town lately has been Pom Klementieff joining James Gunn’s DCU. After all, the two collaborated a number of times from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 onward in all of the team’s MCU appearances. After releasing the third Guardians of the Galaxy film this May, Gunn shifted over to DC full-time […]

Christopher Nolan, director of the acclaimed Dark Knight superhero movie trilogy, has a very simple answer when it comes to whether he’d return to the genre. During an interview with YouTuber Hugedécrypte, Nolan was asked if he would “want to direct another superhero movie?” after doing the Dark Knight trilogy. The answer was a swift […]

Among the many fantastic action set pieces in Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One is an alley fight between Paris (Pom Klementieff) and Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise). It’s a visceral sequence that takes place in close quarters and features Paris getting her head smashed into bricks. “Yes, it was foam actually,” Klementieff said with […]

James Cameron, who did direct the acclaimed Titanic film, has called out the rumors that he would direct a film about the doomed OceanGate submersible. In a tweet, Cameron responded to the rumors he’d direct an OceanGate film. “I don’t respond to offensive rumors in the media usually, but I need to now,” he said. […]

The latest Mission: Impossible film, Dead Reckoning Part One, is great, and despite having the likes of Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, and Vanessa Kirby in its A-list ensemble, the film belongs to Pom Klementieff. In the film, Klementieff plays an assassin named Paris. She’s after Ethan Hunt (Cruise) and Grace (Atwell) from the start and […]

Elton John and his husband David Furnish have both testified in the ongoing Kevin Spacey sexual assault trial in the U.K. Both John and Furnish were both called as witnesses for the defense and to testify vis-à-vis Spacey’s presence at their annual White Tie and Tiara ball in the early 2000s and whether or not […]

Michael Cera is an acclaimed actor, but he recently revealed that he questioned his future in the industry after his Superbad fame. In 2007, Cera had a breakout year between Superbad and Juno. He was 19 at the time and was not prepared for this jump into stardom. “That was sort of overwhelming,” he revealed […]

Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer has already been impacted twice by the SAG-AFTRA strike as its NYC premiere just received an unfortunate update. Universal Pictures, Oppenheimer’s distributor, announced on July 14 that Nolan’s latest epic will not have a red carpet at its NYC premiere. “In support of the ongoing SAG strike, the filmmakers of Oppenheimer will […]

Matt Damon, while promoting his new film Oppenheimer, revealed that he’s a big fan of Inhaler — the Irish band led by U2’s frontman Bono’s son, Eli Hewson. During an appearance on Radio X, Damon was asked what his favorite bands are, and like the true friend that he is to U2’s frontman, he namedropped […]

Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer features an array of A-list stars from Cillian Murphy to Robert Downey Jr., but the director’s daughter, Flora Nolan, also has a role in the film (and a key one at that). Speaking to The Telegraph, Christopher Nolan revealed that his daughter Flora filmed a cameo bit in Oppenheimer while visiting the […]

Hayley Atwell made her return to the MCU in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness as Captain Carter. However, despite it being a cool moment, the Mission: Impossible star found it to be “frustrating.” During an appearance on the Happy Sad Confused podcast with Josh Horowitz, Atwell opened up about filming the cameo and […]

No one is immune to being affected by the SAG-AFTRA strike — including the MCU (Deadpool 3 recently halted production). Kevin Feige recently broke his silence on the strike in an email to production workers. In an email from Feige and his co-president of the MCU Louis D’Esposito, the duo said, “We recognize how much […]

Three upcoming sequels, Deadpool 3, Venom 3, and Mission: Impossible 8, have all hit massive production roadblocks as the effects of the SAG-AFTRA strike begin trickling in. The Hollywood Reporter broke the news of the three production stoppages, as well as a number of others including Gladiator 2, Lili & Stitch, and the untitled Formula […]

Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One has only been out in theaters for a number of days, but that doesn’t mean that the filmmakers aren’t looking ahead to the next chapter. It was recently revealed that the next Tom Cruise-led sequel has cast Parks and Recreation star, Nick Offerman. GQ broke the news that […]

The cast of Barbie recently revealed that they have a cast group chat (sans Michael Cera), but the cast of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer also had one and may have beat out Greta Gerwig’s film with its title. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, some of the Oppenheimer cast revealed that they had a WhatsApp group chat […]

Well, that didn’t take long. Hayao Miyazaki’s final film, How Do You Live? (titled The Boy and the Heron in America), has found a distribution home in America on the same day the film came out in Japan. The latest Studio Ghibli joint found a home faster than Kiki delivers packages. GKIDS announced its acquisition […]

One of the MCU’s better series, Ms. Marvel, featured a breakout performance from Iman Vellani as the titular hero. It appears that her involvement in the franchise will go beyond just the MCU with a new announcement. Entertainment Weekly broke the news that Vellani will co-write a new comic titled Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant […]