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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Marvel’s first family has finally found box office gold. “The Fantastic Four: First Steps,” the first film about the superheroes made under the guidance of Kevin Feige and the Walt Disney Co.

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, known as a master of horror films set within the neurotic realism of the modern day, will bring his signature edge-of-your-seat storytelling to a genre he has never tackled before: the samurai movie .

TORONTO — Matt Johnson’s time-warping bromantic misadventure and a crime thriller starring Bob Odenkirk are headed to the Midnight Madness program at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival.

TORONTO — Toronto has handed Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro the key to the city in recognition of his affinity for making films here.

More than six decades after Jack Kirby and Stan Lee created a superhero team to rival the Justice League, the Fantastic Four finally get a worthy big-screen adaption in a spiffy ’60s-era romp, bathed in retrofuturism and bygone American optimism.

TORONTO — Comedian John Early will make his directorial debut at the Toronto International Film Festival.

The modern dating scene is not a healthy one. Perhaps it never really was and everyone is nostalgic for something that didn’t exist. But you don’t need to be on the apps to sense the anxiety around.

NEW YORK (AP) — “Happy Gilmore” was born on the range. When Adam Sandler was a kid growing up in New Hampshire, his father was an avid golfer. He’d often take his son along to hit balls at the driving range.

NEW YORK (AP) — Luca Guadagnino's “After the Hunt” will open the 63rd New York Film Festival , Film at Lincoln Center announced Wednesday. “After the Hunt” will first premiere at the Venice Film Festival , but on Sept.

Julia Roberts, George Clooney , Emma Stone, Dwayne Johnson, Adam Sandler and Idris Elba are just some of the celebrities headlining films at this year’s Venice International Film Festival .