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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the long-awaited sequel to director Tim Burton’s 1988 classic Beetlejuice (watch it Here), is set to reach theatres on September 6th – and today the first reactions from critics who have had the chance to watch the movie have appeared online! You can see a collection of these reactions below, but we’ll start off here with what JoBlo’s own Eric Walkuski had to say about the film: “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is an enjoyable, fast-paced bit of lunacy from Tim Burton that should please the many who’ve waited decades for its arrival. It certainly leans into nostalgia throughout, but it also manages to have some bizarre new tricks up its sleeve; it’s not just another retread playing the Greatest Hits from the original. The returning characters are a sight for sore eyes, with Keaton and Ryder not missing a beat reprising their iconic roles, though it’s...

With CES set to kick off tomorrow in Las Vegas, NBCUniversal has announced an expansion of its tech-enhanced One Platform offering for advertisers.

One Platform Total Audience, the media company’s AI-driven planning and activation suite of tools, is touted as a way for advertisers to attain unduplicated reach through a single media buy across linear and streaming. NBCU, which launched One Platform at CES four years ago, announced along with the expansion a goal of transacting 50% of its ad business on strategic audiences in 2024.

NBCU’s flagship streaming service Peacock is a key element of the company’s strategy. When it launched in 2020, its orientation toward advertising made it unique, but in the intervening years Disney, Netflix and Amazon have entered the suddenly crowded streaming ad field.

One Platform Total Audience uses machine learning and predictive analytics, leveraging NBCU’s first-party data, along with advertisers’ data sets, to develop a plan,...

The fifth film in the Legendary Monsterverse, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is set to reach theatres and IMAX on March 15, 2024. The monster mash gets some coverage in the latest issue of Total Film magazine – in fact, it’s even the cover story – and Total Film has also dropped a few images from the film online. Featured in these images are returning Godzilla vs. Kong stars Rebecca Hall and Brian Tyree Henry, who reprise the roles of Monarch linguist and Kong expert Dr. Ilene Andrews and Apex Cybernetics technician turned cult podcaster Bernie Hayes, as well as new addition Dan Stevens as a character named Trapper. You can check them out at the bottom of this article.

Stevens previously worked with Godzilla vs. Kong and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire director Adam Wingard (who also shows up in one of the images) on the 2014 cult classic thriller The Guest.

While we wait for the final episodes of Apple TV+ series “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters,” we’re also gearing up for the big screen return of Legendary’s Monsterverse. Godzilla and King Kong are back – and this time, they’re teaming up to fight a common enemy! – in Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, which will be unleashed only in theaters on April 12, 2024.

Total Film shares three new images from the upcoming sequel to Godzilla vs. Kong this morning, and these images highlight the human characters rather than the film’s monsters.

Rebecca Hall is back as Dr. Ilene Andrews with Brian Tyree Henry also returning as Bernie Hayes, and they’ll be joined in Godzilla x Kong by Dan Stevens (The Guest).

Stevens is playing a character named Trapper. The actor tells Total Film, “[My character is] a specialist in these creatures… If you’ve got a sick titan, Trap is your guy.

Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer has finally unspooled for its first public audience at its Paris premiere. The three-hour historical drama stars Cillian Murphy and — like any Nolan release — is one of the more anticipated films of the year.

Now first reactions are coming in, from the premiere as well as from journalists who saw early screenings and can now share their social media reactions. Murphy stars as J. Robert Oppenheimer, the head of the World War II-era Manhattan Project that was responsible for the creation of the atomic bomb. The A-list cast includes Robert Downey Jr., Emily Blunt, Matt Damon and Florence Pugh.

Formal reviews will come at a later date, but the early takes on social media suggest Nolan has delivered the goods with Oppenheimer.

“Christopher Nolan’s #Oppenheimer is truly a spectacular achievement, in its truthful, concise adaptation, inventive storytelling and nuanced performances from Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt,...

"Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves" could have easily gone wrong. It could have been an attempt to replicate the grittiness of "Game of Thrones" or just a copy of Middle-earth. The writers could have shamefully hidden what makes the game weird and fun. Thankfully, none of that happened. Instead, this is a hilarious adventure comedy film, one that is deeply weird, from its creature designs to its humor -- which is not self-referential or campy, but genuine and heartfelt -- and right down to its portrayal of magic having several components and not being super reliable. This is the closest we've got to actually capturing what it is like to play D&d since "The Legend of Vox Machina," which was actually adapted from a real D&d campaign.

All the characters in the film are like archetypes you find in the game, but with enough nuance and depth to feel like real people.

We're getting to know The Film Experience readership. Today we're talking to "Peggy Sue" who you know from the comments. Though he is more likely to answer to "Christian" in person ;)

Hi, Christian. Let's start at the very beginning. Your first movie memory?

Christian: Mary Poppins' cough syrup. I'll explain. As a kid I was always sick, so I vividly remember being amazed by her changing colors medicine. Mine was brownish and disgusting so I thought the whole flying thing was Ok, but the syrup was utterly amazing!

What is your relationship to Pedro Almodóvar and his muses?

Christian: Total devotion. My favorites are Carmen Maura, Verónica Forqué and Chus Lampreave.

Your three favorite actresses in general?

Three? Man, you're tough! I'll stick to the living ones: Kathleen Turner, Michelle Pfeiffer, Glenn Close, Susan Sarandon, and Meryl. Plus almost every single British actress out there and half of the Argentinians.