The women must team up to stop a cycle of violence led by a male-dominated crime syndicate, presided over by the always deliciously nefarious Paul Giamatti. Along the way they encounter a slew of ass-kicking women, played by a veritable embarrassment of riches in Oscar nominee Angela Bassett (“Black Panther”), Michelle Yeoh (“Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”), and Carla Gugino (“Sin City”). Here is one of the film’s previous synopses: “Gunpowder Milkshake” was written and directed by Israeli filmmaker Navot Papushado and co-written by Ehud Lavski....

The 30th anniversary of HIFF kicks off October 7 with five world-premiere screenings including locally shot “Who Invited Charlie?” directed by Xavier Manrique, screening as both a Spotlight selection and as part of the Signature Program Views from Long Island section, supported by Suffolk County Film Commission. Jordana Brewster, Adam Pally, and Reid Scott lead the film about a Hamptons-based family who are forced to come to terms with their past after a mysterious Charlie unexpectedly shows up....

“It is dramatized,” Bonham Carter said on an official podcast for the series (via The Guardian). “I do feel very strongly, because I think we have a moral responsibility to say, ‘Hang on guys, this is not…it’s not a drama-doc, we’re making a drama.’ So they are two different entities.” Over the weekend, U.K. Cultural Secretary Oliver Dowden urged Netflix to add a disclaimer to “The Crown” episodes notifying viewers the events depicted are a dramatization of history....

On Wednesday morning at 9:26 a.m. ET, IMAX announced it is increasing its existing stock-buyback program by another $200 million, doubling its former repurchase commitment. Since July 2017, IMAX has bought back approximately 10 million shares of its common stock for roughly $175 million. That basically means the giant-screen company still has $225 million to spend on its own stock through next June. Shares in IMAX rose yesterday on the repurchase news, and again today....

“Lingua Franca” is Sandoval’s third feature, which made its world premiere at Venice Days and was the first Filipino film to be featured in the main competition at BFI London in its 63-year history. With a Netflix debut courtesy of Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Releasing, “Lingua Franca” is poised to introduce the emerging auteur far and wide. Wrenching and provocative, “Lingua Franca” tells Olivia’s story with a sensitivity and specificity that could only emerge from an authentic lived experience....

The actress discussed her hair loss condition alopecia as the theme of the June 1 Facebook Watch episode. “This is a really important ‘Red Table Talk’ on alopecia. Considering what I’ve been through with my own health and what happened at the Oscars, thousands have reached out to me with their stories,” Pinkett Smith said. “I’m using this moment to give our alopecia family an opportunity to talk about what it’s like to have this condition and to inform people about what alopecia actually is....

“Everybody makes a big deal out of [the box office battle], but the truth is what we really need to focus on is getting back to theaters,” Cameron said. “Hopefully we can still have movies like that, ‘Endgame’ and ‘Avatar’ and the big Marvel movies and all that, movies that are able to make $1 billion or $2 billion.” Cameron continued, “Let’s pray that movie theaters are still there after this pandemic and after this shift towards streaming, not that I have anything against streaming....