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I'd expect a spring opening. The Iron Claw didn't get any awards traction and stories featuring opioid addiction tend to be quite niche (yes, we have two themes that are hard sells to mainstream audiences). It would get buried in awards season. In addition, this is one of 23 undated A24 titles. This...

I definitely wasn't expecting a narrative version of this story. But anyway, I'd be surprised if it did well, even with the leads. MMA movies have never taken off at the box office, A24 already covered similar ground with The Iron Claw (the first chapter of A24's 1980's Cinematic Universe), and Dway...

I don't know. I'd expect distributors to be lining up for something like The Toxic Avenger. The audience is built-in, post-theatrical possibilities are solid, and seeing how the Internet pretty controls the industry now, this is the kind of thing that would get the terminally online talking when the...

Giving how long things have been quiet on a completed film, it makes you wonder if there's some Kung Fury 2/The People's Joker situation with it. Lloyd Kaufman was one of the producers and he has a history of screwing people.

How many years ago was this one shot? It feels like it's been on the shelf since before COVID (edit: it was filmed in 2021).

Meanwhile, I have to imagine The Toxic Avenger will finally get distribution now. It premiered last year and got positive festival response but disappeared after.

I think the difference was the Internet. However, the Internet popularity of Garfield is almost entirely ironic.

Garfield's getting destroyed by critics, noting how little it has to do with the comic strip. At this point, it's probably going to play less Secret Life of Pets and more Migration. Meanwhile, I have to wonder if Sony's going to regret making a deal with Garfield's animation studio to release future...

I can't see the awards voting bases being too wowed by a movie about strippers and oligarchs, especially from a director who usually makes arthouse exploitation. But Neon probably won't release it in the summer either due to their massive backlog of undated titles. They still haven't given Soderberg...

Wasn't that always a title that was going to sell internationally before domestic? As a US distributor, I'm still expecting Netflix to win out is Amazon doesn't take it as a limited release/Prime title (much like Howard's Thirteen Lives was). Hit Man got great reviews at Toronto but AGC was only abl...

It looks like Janus Films might be further beefing up its distribution of newer titles. Steven Rales, the head of Indian Paintbrush and frequent producer of Wes Anderson's films, has bought both Janus and The Criterion Collection and has pledged to continue both labels' mission statements.

I was sure an independent would buy this one with Max retaining the streaming rights. In Zaslav's Warner Bros., it might be the least-characteristic movie on their slate of filmbro, toxic masculine, and nostalgia-aimed product.

But don't they usually like films from French directors?

Anyway, Horizon seems to be a misfire based on the first reviews. Costner probably should have made this one three-hour movie instead of two.

That Blue Angels number is even more impressive when you realize it only played matinees.

Dabney Coleman, who seemingly appeared in every notable early 80's movie as well a number of TV shows, passed away yesterday at 92.

Cinemascore:

IF: A
Back to Black: B+
The Strangers: Chapter 1: C