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M. Night Shyamalan’s Glass Congeals on the Screen

 Oh, these poor actors. By David Edelstein
awards season

The Identical Strangers on Being at the Center of a Media Frenzy — Again

 Bobby Shafran and David Kellman made headlines when they discovered they’d been separated at birth. This Oscar season, they’re doing it a second time. By Nate Jones
clones

Replicas Can’t Even Succeed at Being Fun Trash

 Keanu Reeves’s latest would be the stuff of future cult screenings if it wasn’t so boring and muddled. By Emily Yoshida
  1. movies
    Jason Reitman Is Making an Original Ghostbusters SequelIt’s different than a reboot.
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  2. casting
    Charlotte Rampling Joins Dune And You May Bow to Your New Reverend Mother MohiamBreak out the Gom Jabbar!
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  3. movies
    Sofia Coppola Reunites With Bill Murray for New Film On the RocksIt will be the first film made under A24’s deal with Apple.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  4. chat room
    Meet Raúl Castillo, the Star of an Indie That Will Give You Daddy Issues“I knew a little bit about what it means to be a sensitive soul in a really machista environment.”
    By Hunter Harris
  5. trailer mix
    Spider-Man: Far From Home Trailer: Peter Parker Does a Euro TripGuess he got un-snapped?
    By Jackson McHenry
  7. the industry
    Pray for Tom Cruise’s Joints: Mission: Impossible Director to Make Two SequelsOne of these days, Tom Cruise is going to explode like an antique vase hurled against a wall, and it’ll be all our faults.
    By Halle Kiefer
  8. movie review
    M. Night Shyamalan’s Glass Congeals on the ScreenOh, these poor actors.
    By David Edelstein
  9. casting
    Spielberg’s West Side Story Casts High School Student Rachel Zegler As MariaBroadway’s Ariana DeBose will play Anita.
    By Jackson McHenry
  10. aquaman
    Lessons DC Can Learn From Aquaman’s Billion-Dollar SuccessA giant win for the company’s extended cinematic universe could teach the makers of upcoming Superman and Batman movies a thing or two.
    By Chris Lee
  11. dog movies
    How Torturous Is A Dog’s Way Home for Animal Lovers?For certain people, A Dog’s Way Home might as well be a Saw sequel.
    By Keith Phipps
  14. movies
    Glenn Close and Timothée Chalamet Are Best Friends Now, Can You Believe It“Timothée always looks very glam & cool.”
    By Hunter Harris
  15. a crisis
    Rami Malek and Nicole Kidman Reunited After She Ignored Him at the GlobesWhew!
    By Jackson McHenry
  16. awards season
    Lady Gaga and Glenn Close Tie for Best Actress at 2019 Critics’ Choice AwardsMeanwhile, Roma takes home Best Picture and Alfonso Cuarón Best Director.
    By Halle Kiefer
  17. sequels forever
    Will Smith, Martin Lawrence Spent Weekend Binging Bad Boys Ahead of ThreequelAccording to the Aladdin actor, Bad Boys for Life begins shooting on January 14.
    By Halle Kiefer
  18. sliding doors
    Office Space Almost Starred Matt Damon and Ben AffleckHow do you like them hypothetical apples?
    By Bethy Squires
  19. free stuff
    Cor Blimey, the BBC Has A Lot of Free Scripts to Download, Innit?The BBC Script Library is here for your anglophile needs.
    By Bethy Squires
  20. swoon
    Noah Centineo, Crown Prince of Netflix, Is Returning for Another Rom-ComThe Perfect Date is pretty damn perfect on paper.
    By Devon Ivie
  21. meta
    Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner Walked Out of ViceNice of them to make time for a movie.
    By Lisa Ryan
  22. choose your own misadventure
    Netflix Sued by Choose Your Own Adventure Publisher Over BandersnatchThe company accuses the streaming platform of “confusion, tarnishing, denigrating and diluting” their trademark.
    By Halle Kiefer
  23. facebook
    Aaron Sorkin Says Producer Scott Rudin Bugging Him About Social Network SequelA lot’s gone down since 2010.
    By Halle Kiefer
  26. reboots
    Final Destination Being Revived by Saw Writers, So the 2000s Are Extremely BackMarcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton will show you all the benign ways you can die.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  27. buffalo boys
    Buffalo Boys Is a Spaghetti-Western Revenge Story With a Good Bloody PayoffThis is one of those vengeance movies where the audience waits impatiently for the bad guys to get it so it really, really, really hurts. And they do.
    By David Edelstein
  28. awards season
    The Identical Strangers on Being at the Center of a Media Frenzy — AgainBobby Shafran and David Kellman made headlines when they discovered they’d been separated at birth. This Oscar season, they’re doing it a second time.
    By Nate Jones
  29. clones
    Replicas Can’t Even Succeed at Being Fun TrashKeanu Reeves’s latest would be the stuff of future cult screenings if it wasn’t so boring and muddled.
    By Emily Yoshida
  30. twitter
    Green Book Writer Nick Vallelonga Very Sorry Anti-Muslim Tweet Resurfaced“Green Book is a story about love, acceptance and overcoming barriers, and I will do better.”
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  31. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: The Knives Come Out for Green BookA bunch of bad stories about Green Book started leaking the first week of Oscar voting. That’s probably not a coincidence.
    By Nate Jones
  32. movie review
    Perfect Strangers Is a Comedy About Cell Phone Secrets That Mostly WorksAt a dinner party for old friends, the guests decide on a dumb whim to place their cell phones on the table and share every text or call.
    By David Edelstein
  33. movie review
    The Upside Is an Odd-Couple Cliché With a More Interesting Movie Hiding InsideStarring Kevin Hart, Bryan Cranston, and Nicole Kidman, The Upside is the kind of movie whose greatest virtue is that it’s not as bad as it could be.
    By Emily Yoshida
  34. the upside
    Will Kevin Hart’s Scandal Bring Down The Upside?“After we yelled ‘That’s a wrap,’ from that moment on, everything turned into a nightmare.”
    By Chris Lee
  35. trailer mix
    The Velvet Buzzsaw Trailer Has Murderous Paintings and Crazy Jake GyllenhaalFrom the writer and director of Nightcrawler, so you know it’s weird.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  38. costume design
    Ocean’s 8 Coats Get Respect They Deserve With Costume Designers Guild NominationThe Costume Designers Guild also enjoyed The Nutcracker and the Four Realms.
    By Jackson McHenry
  39. casting
    Forever Villain Stellan Skarsgård Will Be Dune’s Baron HarkonnenBut will he get to float around in a flesh-colored suit?
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  40. film
    Green Book Director Used to Flash His Penis As a JokeFunny ha ha.
    By Anna Silman
  41. sexual misconduct
    And Just Like That, Disgraced Pixar Exec John Lasseter Has a New JobLasseter stepped down from Disney and Pixar following accusations of sexual harassment.
    By Dee Lockett
  42. casting
    Hell Yes, Anne Hathaway Is Doing a Todd Haynes MovieHathaway will star in DuPont with Mark Ruffalo and Tim Robbins.
    By Jackson McHenry
  43. trailer mix
    Issa Rae Is Whipping Regina Hall’s Ass in the Little TrailerKarma’s a real pill.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  44. party report
    Lady Gaga Says She Misses Jackson Maine, TooAt the National Board of Review awards dinner.
    By Hunter Harris
  45. awards season
    Cor Blimey, the BAFTAs Loved The Favourite, Guv!Yorgos Lanthimos’s period piece pulled in 12 nominations.
    By Nate Jones
  46. party report
    Bo Burnham Is a Bigger A Star Is Born Stan Than You“It’s a movie.”
    By Hunter Harris
  47. in conversation
    Paul Schrader on First Reformed, His Oscar Hopes, and the End of the World“Being an outlier has worked for me, and it’s one of the reasons I have a bookcase full of lifetime-achievement awards, and very few actual awards.”
    By Mark Jacobson
  50. vulture lists
    Every Netflix Original Movie, RankedRoma, Bird Box, and beyond.
    By Charles Bramesco
  51. last night on late night
    Brian Tyree Henry’s Family Missed His Spider-Verse Scene to Get Chicken FingersPriorities!
    By Hunter Harris
  52. last night on late night
    Light of Our Lives Ethan Hawke Moonwalked on Colbert Last Night“Well, you know, if you got it, flaunt it. Right?”
    By Hunter Harris
  53. trailer mix
    New Captain Marvel Trailer Really Giving Us Carol Danvers/Nick Fury Buddy ComedyYou’ll hear no complaints from us.
    By Halle Kiefer
  54. trailer mix
    Watch the First Trailer for Documentary Horror Noire: A History of Black HorrorBased on the book by Dr. Robin R. Means Coleman.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  55. the industry
    So Many Sequels, So Little Time: Sony Moves Ahead With Next Venom MovieYou liked them. You really liked them.
    By Halle Kiefer
  56. vulture lists
    12 Great Movies Just Added to the Public DomainCharlie Chaplin, Cecil B. DeMile, and more.
    By Brian Tallerico
  57. oscar futures
    How Will Those Bonkers Golden Globe Results Affect Oscar Picks?Are Green Book and Bohemian Rhapsody our new front-runners? Is the Star Is Born duo doomed? Don’t panic just yet.
    By Nate Jones
  58. 2019 golden globes
    Give Barry Jenkins a Sci-Fi Movie, You Nerds!“I think now I want to grow aesthetically. I would love to do a sci-fi film. I’m a big film of Denis Villeneuve.”
    By Hunter Harris
  59. movie review
    The Vanishing Is a Phenomenally Well-Made ThrillerYou’ll never want to go in a lighthouse again.
    By David Edelstein
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