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After many years of impassioned calls for an Oscar recognizing the art of the stunt, the film academy has decided to give it an official award.

PARIS (AP) 鈥� New films from Wes Anderson , Ari Aster , and Richard Linklater will compete for the Palme d鈥橭r at the 78th Cannes Film Festival , organizers announced Thursday.

It鈥檚 oddly comforting that a movie can still dial M when it wants to. Smart phones have largely been a bit of a buzzkill for horror films, leading filmmakers to find all kinds of reasons 鈥� dead batteries, no service 鈥� to strand potential prey.

Filmmaker Alex Garland wanted to make a different kind of war film.

Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland 鈥檚 鈥淲arfare鈥� is more defined by what it isn't than what it is. In their Iraq War -set film, there鈥檚 never any description of a wider strategy.

Before Jack Ryan was introduced into the culture, Robert Littell imagined Charlie Heller, a quiet, CIA cryptographer who goes rogue on a quest for vengeance after his love is killed by terrorists.

TORONTO 鈥� Cineplex Inc. says its box office revenue for March totalled $29.5 million, down from $59.2 million a year earlier when its results were powered by Dune: Part Two and Kung Fu Panda 4.

Hollywood needed 鈥淎 Minecraft Movie鈥� to be a hit, and it delivered in its opening weekend, significantly narrowing this year's box office deficit . No one guessed just how big it would be.

鈥淯niversal Language" director Matthew Rankin says he's channelling his creative energy into two new films: one probing Canada's conservative legacy and another on the world's most famous made-up language.

LAS VEGAS (AP) 鈥� Tom Cruise opened his highly anticipated CinemaCon appearance on Thursday with a moving tribute to his 鈥淭op Gun鈥� co-star, Val Kilmer, who died Tuesday in Los Angeles.