April 2026 – Page 16 – Screen Line News

Mario Galaxy Debut Lights Up the Box Office, With Room for Project Hail Mary

On the latest Daily Variety podcast, host and Variety's box office chief, Rebecca Rubin, breaks down Universal and Illumination's worldwide launch of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. The opening is large…

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Pluribus Season 2 Moves Forward With Positive Filming Update From Apple TV Star

Apple TV+'s sci‑fi thriller Pluribus is moving toward a second season, with lead updates pointing to a fall start for production. Karolina Wydra, who portrays Zosia—the hive-mind ally who interacts most…

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Vertigo revisited: Kim Novak opens a window on Hitchcock’s classic

Overview Alexandre O. Philippe’s latest cinephile portrait pivots the lens onto Kim Novak, reinterpreting Vertigo as a star‑driven inquiry as much as a director’s masterpiece. The film uses Novak’s presence to…

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My Undesirable Friends, Part I: The Final Broadcast from Moscow

Julia Loktev's documentary arrives as a patient, unflinching study of Russia's media landscape during a fraught historical moment. The film centers on Anna Nemzer, a host at TV Rain, and a…

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Born Again Teases a Kingpin Replacement and a Brand New Day for Spider-Man

Daredevil: Born Again’s second season is signaling a shift for New York City. Early clues hint at a political reordering that could loosen Kingpin’s grip and reset the city’s leadership dynamic.…

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Super Mario Galaxy Movie Rockets to $372M Global Box Office Debut

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has rocketed out of theaters with a mammoth global launch, tallying about $372.5 million across previews and opening screens. The movie lands as the year’s strongest…

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How X-Men’s Low-Budget Opening Credits Echoed Fight Club

Trivia buffs love a good cross-reference. Fight Club and the 2000 X-Men film share a sly visual thread, both rolling out under Fox’s banner (now 20th Century Studios) with similarly styled…

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Why Battlestar Galactica Embraced Religion While Star Trek Stayed Skeptical

Ronald D. Moore’s move from Star Trek to Battlestar Galactica allowed him to push ideas Trek rarely let him explore. He wanted to tell a story where belief persists as a…

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Maul: Shadow Lord Review — Disney+’s Noir-Driven Star Wars Crime Tale Shines

Nearly a year after Andor's finale, Star Wars dives back into gritty, street‑level storytelling with a new animated series that foregrounds mood and psychology over big space battles. Maul: Shadow Lord…

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D Is for Distance reimagined: memory, road, and the politics of perception

D Is for Distance reimagined: memory, road, and the politics of perception\nMarina Ashioti traces how Louis Petit’s epilepsy becomes a lens for a broader meditation on memory, care, and the fragility…