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TORONTO — A documentary about the posthumous theft of Einstein's brain directed by award-winning journalist Michelle Shephard is among the films coming to Hot Docs.

“ Shazam! Fury of the Gods ” felt the fury of the marketplace in its theatrical debut this weekend. The New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. superhero movie opened to a disappointing $30.

TORONTO — In the opening scene of “Brother,” two Black teens prepare for a climb, the elder instructing his younger sibling: "follow my every step.” As they trek up a hazardous hydro tower, an impeccable sight of Toronto comes into view.

LONDON (AP) — For Adam Brody, donning the padded superhero suit in “Shazam!” and its sequel is a dream come true. “I always wanted to play a superhero. I grew up reading comics,” the actor recalled in a recent interview.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Willem Dafoe has said that, for him, the process of making a movie always eclipses the finished product.

Sequels, by nature, are more. Whatever the original had, just add more, the rule seems to be.

James Gunn is directing a Superman film. “Superman: Legacy,” which Gunn also wrote, is also set for a July 11, 2025, he and his co-chair and fellow CEO of DC Studios Peter Safran announced Wednesday.

Adrien Morot, the Montreal-born makeup artist on "The Whale," says his first Oscar wouldn’t mean as much if his friend Brendan Fraser didn’t come away with some hardware of his own.

The on-screen pairing of Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin is not exactly a novelty at the moment. Seven seasons of “Grace and Frankie” and the movie “80 for Brady” has, perhaps, spoiled us a little lately.

David Letterman joins Bono and The Edge in a new streaming documentary about U2 and one obvious question soon jumps out: What exactly is David Letterman doing here? The droll, bushy-bearded American comedian is an odd choice to be master of ceremonie