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| 'Spider-Man' tops North American box office for 4th weekend | Spider-Man: Brand New Day is the No.1 movie in North America, earning $39 million in receipts in its fourth weekend, BoxOfficeMojo.com announced Sunday. Coming in at No. 2 is Insidious: Out of the Further with $25.3 million, followed by The Odyssey at No. 3 with $19.5 million, PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie at No. 4 with $9.1 million and The End of Oak Street at No. 5 with $9 million. Rounding out the top tier are Mutiny at No. 6 with $7.5 million, Tony at No. 7 with $5 million, The Fast and the Furious at No. 8 with $3.1 million, Spa Weekend at No. 9 with $3 million and Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma at No. 10 with $1.9 million. |
| Big Bad Film Fest review: 'Ikatan Darah' introduces impressive fighters | Ikatan Darah, which screened at the Big Bad Film Festival Saturday, adds a host of impressive, brutal fighters to the martial arts movie world. Executive produced by The Raid's Iko Uwais, Ikatan Darah depicts another thrilling corner of Indonesian action. Mega (Livi Ciananta in her second movie) was a competitive martial artist until a dislocated shoulder made it impossible to compete. Don't worry, it won't prevent her from fighting bad guys who come for her and her brother, Bilal (Derby Romero). Bilal got into gambling debt to Henri (Dimas Anggara), then killed Henri in self-defense and stole all his money. That only brings more trouble for Bilal, and on Mega if she wants to protect him. |
| C. Thomas Howell: 'One Mile' heavy is trying to protect his people | The Outsiders and Red Dawn icon C. Thomas Howell says the villain and hero in his new film One Mile and its sequel One Mile: Chapter 2 have similar motivations. Helmed by La Brea, Deadwood and Lost director Adam Davidson, the two-part action-thriller was filmed on Vancouver Island and casts Ryan Phillippe as Danny, a former special forces operative trying to re-connect with his teenage daughter Alex (Amelie Hoeferle) during a college road trip where she is kidnapped by members of an off-the-grid community led by Stanley (Howell). |
| Meghan Markle casting in Netflix show withdrawn amid intense backlash | The casting of Meghan Markle to play a role in the Netflix series The Gentlemen has been withdrawn amid intense backlash in Britain, it was reported Saturday. The Duchess of Sussex had been in talks to return to acting when she and Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, return to Britain after living in California for the past six years. She had been hoping to join the third season of the Guy Ritchie show The Gentlemen on Netflix. But the casting was reportedly withdrawn. "The backlash in the UK was so intense, it became untenable to go forward," wrote Tina Brown, the former editor in chief of Vanity Fair and the New Yorker, in her Substack. |
| Famous birthdays for Aug. 23: Trixie Mattel, Andrew Rannells | Those born on this date are under the sign of Virgo. |