Japan’s Nintendo profits jump as its game sales get a boost from the hit Super Mario movie
TOKYO – Nintendo reported an 18% rise in net profit for its first fiscal half on Tuesday, as sales continued to get a boost from its hit Super Mario movie,….
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‘Shaft’ star Richard Roundtree, considered the ‘first Black action’ movie hero, has died at 81
LOS ANGELES – Richard Roundtree, the trailblazing Black actor who starred as the ultra-smooth private detective “Shaft” in several films beginning in the early 1970s, has died. He was 81…..
‘Barbenheimer’ was a boon to movie theaters and a headache for many workers. So they’re unionizing
NEW YORK – For movie theater owners around the country, the same-day release of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” this summer meant record box office sales and a gratifying sign that the….
The Eras Tour’ will be a blockbuster — and might shake up the movie business
NEW YORK – Greg Marcus has been in the movie business for years but he never expected to be urging moviegoers to take out their phones during a film —….
Beyoncé, like Taylor, is heading to movie theaters with a new film
NEW YORK – A documentary chronicling Beyoncé’s just-concluded 39-city Renaissance World Tour will premiere in North American theaters Dec. 1, AMC Theaters announced Monday. The film adds a second pop….
At the New York Film Festival, a sluggish fall movie season seeks a higher gear
NEW YORK – Momentum has lately been hard to come by at the movies. The big trio of fall film festivals — Venice, Telluride, Toronto — came and went without….
Richard Linklater’s movie ‘Hit Man,’ with Glen Powell, sells to Netflix for $20M
NEW YORK – The Toronto International Film Festival may be over but it’s biggest sale has just gone through. Netflix has acquired Richard Linklater’s “Hit Man,” starring Glen Powell, for….
‘Nun 2’ narrowly edges ‘A Haunting in Venice’ over quiet weekend in movie theaters
NEW YORK – “The Nun 2” and “A Haunting in Venice” virtually tied for the No. 1 spot in U.S. and Canadian theaters over the weekend, with a slight edge….
On movie screens in Toronto, home is a battleground
TORONTO, ONT – Three generations of a Ukrainian family sit in a van in the documentary “In the Rearview.” They stare straightforward, staggered by all they’ve left behind. Their home…..
Emerald Fennell on ‘Saltburn,’ class and Barry Keoghan: Fall Movie Preview
NEW YORK – Countless English protagonists have for decades been making their way to grand country estates where their lives are irrevocably changed. “Brideshead Revisited.” “The Go-Between.” “Remains of the….