Movies

‘Sinners’ wins top Actor Award, boosting chances at the Oscars

[LOS ANGELES] Vampire thriller Sinners claimed the Actor Award for best movie cast on Sunday, a major win for the Segregation-era tale on Hollywood’s road to the Oscars.

Director of One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson, while accepting the best film prize, had a few choice words for anybody who claims movies are not good anymore and called for the audience to join him “at the bar”.

One Battle After Another wins best film at BAFTAs

Starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Teyana Taylor, it takes home six awards at Britain’s equivalent of the Oscars

Netflix has promised to keep Warner Bros films exclusively in theatres for 45 days.

Netflix co-CEO says Warner deal to put more films in cinemas

The streaming company has historically put only a limited number of pictures in select theatres for short runs

The Oscar-nominated musical is Netflix’s breakout movie of 2025, featuring a K-pop girl group by day, demon slayers by night.

‘KPop Demon Hunters’ creator hints any sequel will take a ‘long time’

The film is Netflix’s most-streamed film of all time with more than half a billion views at the end of 2025

Amazon is publicly embracing AI in response to spiralling production budgets that limit the number of shows and films companies can finance.

Amazon plans to use AI to speed up TV and film production

The company plans to launch a closed beta programme in March

'Melania' faces the same obstacles as all documentaries in the streaming era, when many viewers opt to skip theatrical releases for non-fiction movies altogether.

Amazon’s ‘Melania’ documentary opens to US$7 million in theatres

The movie focuses on Melania Trump during the 20 days before Donald Trump’s return to the presidency last year

Mattel's new "Master of the Universe" toy line on display at Nuremberg Toy Fair in Nuremberg, Germany, Jan 26, 2026.

Mattel builds He-Man movie buzz with new action figures

The action figures - including He-Man, Skeletor and Evil-Lyn - will retail for about US$25

'Melania' focuses on the 20 days before President Trump’s second inauguration.

‘Melania’ film debuts at a low ebb for documentaries in theatres

‘Melania’ is another example of how the first family has added to its nearly US$7 billion fortune

Sony Pictures will gradually start appearing on Netflix globally later this year as individual territory rights become available, the companies say.

Netflix to stream Sony films globally after debut in cinemas

The deal is worth roughly US$7 billion and runs till 2032, according to sources

At 63, Tony Leung Chiu-wai still reigns as one of cinema's greatest interior actors.
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