Lisa Laman

Lisa Laman

DEN OF THIEVES 2: PANTERA - Atlanta Special Screening with Gerard Butler, O'Shea Jackson Jr. and

Den of Thieves 2 hustles top spot at the domestic box office over quiet January weekend

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Special Screening Of "Unstoppable"

Only Jharrel Jerome emerges victorious from the generic sports movie Unstoppable

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Whisper of the Heart. Image courtesy GKIDS and Studio Ghibli

Whisper of the Heart is one of the greatest gems in the Studio Ghibli canon

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THE LION KING - Featuring the voices of James Earl Jones as Mufasa, and JD McCrary as Young Simba, Disney’s “The Lion King” is directed by Jon Favreau. In theaters July 29, 2019...© 2019 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

First box office weekend of 2025 belongs to Mufasa, Sonic, and that wacky Count Orlok

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I'm Still Here movie image.

The Central Station director returns with another emotionally powerful winner with I'm Still Here

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"Santosh" Photocall - The 77th Annual Cannes Film Festival

Santosh gruelingly depicts how gender-inclusivity itself cannot solve corrupt institutions

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Vermiglio movie image.

Vermiglio is handsomely-crafted but needed more idiosyncratic visual impulses

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Lily-Rose Depp stars as Ellen Hutter in director Robert Eggers’ NOSFERATU, a Focus Features release. Credit: Courtesy of Focus Features / © 2023 FOCUS FEATURES LLC

2024 closes on a box office high note thanks to fast hedgehogs, scummy vampires, and Bob Dylan

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Werkmeister Harmonies image.

Werkmeister Harmonies is a whale of a grueling contemplation on humanities darkness

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"Sonic the Hedgehog 3" - Largest Shadow Projection

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 goes fast at the top of the domestic box office, Mufasa scores a weaker start

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MUFASA: THE LION KING - © 2024 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Not even master filmmaker Barry Jenkins can liven up Mufasa: The Lion King

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Better Man movie image. Image Credit to Paramount Pictures

Better Man monkeys around with music biopic standards to thrillingly creative results

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Soundtrack to a Coup d'etat image. Image Credit to Kino Lorber

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat is a visual and auditory tour de force

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Aaron Taylor Johnson in Columbia Pictures and Marvel KRAVEN THE HUNTER

Kraven the Hunter craters over a mid-December 2024 weekend ruled by Moana and Wicked

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Carry-On. (L-R) Tonatiuh as Mateo Flores and Taron Egerton as Ethan Kopek in Carry-On. Cr. Netflix © 2024.

Miscalculated screenwriting and visuals keep Carry-On from soaring

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AFI FEST 2024 Presented By Canva “The Fire Inside” Screening And Q&A

The Fire Inside delivers a much better than expected entry into the crowded boxing movie space

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