Wednesday, December 24, 2025

The Street Avenger Movie

The Street Avenger

2025

Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller

Release date

December 24, 2025 (United States)

Director

Tesha Clark

Writers

Matthew Clark "Ghost"Tesha Clark

Cast

Isaac C. Singleton Jr.

Matthew Clark "Ghost"

Nate Bynum

Producers

Matthew Clark "Ghost"

executive producer

Tesha Clark

executive producer

Costume Design

Matthew Clark "Ghost"

original costumes

Tesha Clark

costume and styling

Second Unit Directors or Assistant Directors

Matthew Clark "Ghost"

assistant director

Chris Brewster

second unit director

Stunts

Chris Brewster

stunt coordinator

Country of origin

United States

Chris Evans Returns for ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ as Captain America With a Child, Teaser Confirms

Cap is back — and he’s a dad!

Marvel Studios has finally released the first teaser trailer for "Avengers: Doomsday" online.
 It first played in theaters last Thursday, shown before the initial screenings of "Avatar: Fire and Ash."

The teaser shows that Steve Rogers, played by Chris Evans, will be back in the next Marvel movie.
 The film is set to come out on December 18, 2026. It also reveals a surprising twist — Captain America is a new dad, with a baby on the way.

Tuesday, December 23, 2025

‘Stranger Things 5’ Confirms Runtimes for Series’ Final Four Episodes; Finale Is Two Hours and Eight Minutes

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STRANGER THINGS: SEASON 5.
 (L to R) Noah Schnapp as Will Byers, Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler, and Winona Ryder as Joyce Byers in Stranger Things: Season 5. Cr. COURTESY OF NETFLIX © 2025  
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‘Stranger Things’ co-creator Ross Duffer has shared the running times for the last four episodes of the series.


After the first four episodes of Season 5 were released on November 26, the show will return with three more episodes on Christmas Day, with the series finale airing on New Year’s Eve.
 Episode 5, titled ‘Shock Jock,’ is one hour and eight minutes long, and Episode 6, ‘Escape from Camazotz,’ will run for one hour and 15 minutes, according to Duffer’s Instagram post. Episode 7, titled ‘The Bridge,’ goes back down to one hour and six minutes. The final episode of the Netflix sci-fi hit, Episode 8, ‘The Rightside Up,’ is the longest episode of the season at two hours and eight minutes.


The last episodes are similar in length to the first batch of Season 5, which is different from viral posts on social media and a report from Puck News that claimed the entire season would range from 90 minutes to two hours long.
 Those rumors might have been influenced by the runtimes of Season 4. After the first three seasons mostly had hour-long episodes, the fourth season started at 70 minutes and the last three episodes were as long as a movie. The Season 4 finale, ‘The Piggyback,’ was a record at two hours and 22 minutes.

Duffer created ‘Stranger Things’ with his brother Matt Duffer.
 The Duffers executive produce the series via their Upside Down Pictures banner alongside Shawn Levy of 21 Laps Entertainment and Dan Cohen.

Helen Siff, ‘Hail, Caesar!’ and ‘You Don’t Mess With the Zohan’ Character Actor, Dies at 88

Helen Siff, an actor who played in movies like "Hail, Caesar," "You Don't Mess with the Zohan," and others, passed away on Thursday in Los Angeles. She died because of problems after surgery for an illness, according to her daughter Karen Ehrenberg. She was 88 years old.

Siff acted in both big and small screen shows and on stage for the past 50 years.
 She appeared in movies such as "The Karate Kid," "Earth Girls Are Easy," "Pee-Wee's Big Top," and "Rocky." She also appeared in TV shows like "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Modern Family," "Mom," "S.W.A.T.," and "Good Trouble."

In addition, she performed in stage plays like "Lilies of the Field," "Salam Saleem," "Lost in Yonkers," and "Over the River and Through the Woods."
 She first played the role of Helga in "Grandma Sylvia's Funeral," which was an Off-Broadway show.

Helen was born in Woodmere, New York, in 1937.
 She started her career in 1976 with a commercial for Subaru, which she filmed with her twin sister Carol Infield Sender. During her career, she worked with big names like Elizabeth Taylor, James Caan, George Clooney, Adam Sandler, Sylvester Stallone, and Billy Crystal. She also worked with famous directors such as Steven Spielberg, Michael Mann, Jerry Zucker, John G. Avildsen, Joel and Ethan Coen, and Barry Levinson.

Karen Ehrenberg shared a statement that said, "Those who worked with Helen knew her not just for her talent, but for her professionalism, dedication, and kindness.
 She believed that every role, no matter how big or small, was a chance to add something valuable to the story being told."

Helen is survived by her sisters Carol Sender and Janet Maffei, her children Matt Siff, Susie Caldwell, Karen Ehrenberg, Vicki Russell, and Jenny Siff, her grandchildren Chelsea Norton, Zach Caldwell, Robert Knight, Josh Ehrenberg, Spencer Ehrenberg, Megan Ehrenberg, and Dean Russell.

Monday, December 22, 2025

‘Marty Supreme’ Scores A24’s Best Per-Theater Average Ever With 92 Sold Out Screenings

 ‘Marty Supreme’ Scores A24’s Best Per-Theater Average Ever With 92 Sold Out Screenings  

The A24 thriller grosses $875,000 from six screens in New York and Los Angeles, the best limited release for any film in nine years  


Ahead of its wide release on Christmas Day, A24’s “Marty Supreme” opened on six screens in New York and Los Angeles and had a great start, making $875,000 in total.



In fact, it made an average of $145,933 per screen, which is the highest ever for an A24 movie.

 It’s also the best average of any film since “La La Land” made $176,220 per screen from five screens in 2016.


A24 reports that on Friday and Saturday alone, “Marty Supreme” sold out 92 showings at theaters like the Alamo Drafthouse in Brooklyn and the AMC Burbank.

 Since its surprise world premiere at the New York Film Festival, the film has gotten lots of praise from critics and movie lovers, earning a 95% Rotten Tomatoes score.


 But when he loses the final match, his bad decisions lead to problems in his life, including a pregnant girlfriend, debts, and trouble with criminals.


The movie has been promoted heavily, with a big marketing push led by Chalamet.

 He showed off a special jacket made for the film and shared it with many celebrities and athletes. A pop-up store in Los Angeles opened to sell the jackets, and fans waited in long lines to get one.


The big question now is whether “Marty Supreme” can reach a bigger audience.

 Director Josh Safdie’s previous film, “Uncut Gems,” was loved by movie fans but wasn’t as popular with general audiences, getting a 91% score from critics and only 52% from viewers.


Despite that, “Uncut Gems” still made $50 million at the box office, starting with a five-day opening on Christmas that made just under $20 million.

 “Marty Supreme” is hoping for a similar start, aiming for a $15 million opening over four days during the Christmas weekend.


 opened on six screens in New York, Los Angeles, and Toronto, making $145,000 for an average of $24,200 per screen. The movie stars Will Arnett and Laura Dern as Alex and Tess, a couple going through a divorce.


Alex, who doesn’t know what to do with his life, starts doing stand-up comedy as a new hobby.

 Directed by Bradley Cooper, “Is This Thing On?” has an 89% Rotten Tomatoes score and is planning to expand to six more cities on Christmas weekend.


Finally, the Golden Globe-nominated true-story drama “The Voice of Hind Rajab” was released by indie distributor Willa at the New York Film Forum and the Laemmle Royal in LA, making $50,730 over five days.



The film received the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival and was selected as Tunisia’s entry for the Best International Feature Oscar.

 It tells the story of Hind Rajab, a five-year-old Palestinian girl who was with her family in Gaza City in January 2024 when their car was hit by an Israeli tank. Paramedics tried to save her for hours, but she and the medics were later killed in further attacks. The movie will be shown in more cities in January.

James Ransone, ‘The Wire’ Actor, Dies at 46

 James Ransone, who played Chester "Ziggy" Sabotka in 12 episodes of the second season of "The Wire," passed away on Friday. He was 46 years old.

The death was confirmed by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner, who said the cause was suicide.

Ransone had a career that included 20 years of working in horror and thriller movies, like "Sinister" (2012) and "It: Chapter Two" (2019).

 In a 2019 interview with The Lumberjack, he called himself an "under-the-radar character actor" and said, "I'm just a scrappy punk rocker who ended up in this weird, big cultural phenomenon."


He also mentioned that his favorite project up to that point was the HBO miniseries "Generation Kill."

"I lived in Africa for almost a year filming that — eight or nine months — and that was so awesome for a number of reasons," he said.

 "I got to spend a lot of time with vets who had just come home from the Iraq War, and my family has a long history of that. We have a lot of veterans in the family. It was just a really big, great, fun adventure that also means a lot, personally."


Ransone, who grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, left film school at 19 and worked as a photographer in his twenties.

 In an interview with Interview Magazine, he said going to an arts school instead of a traditional public high school "saved" him.


He also talked about his relationship with acting and said: "I get a lot more catharsis from taking pictures or painting or making short films.

 You have some control. I think all art—if it's good—is a result of really trying to create something that you can't put into words."


He called the experience of shooting "Generation Kill" a "highlight of my life.

" "Living in Africa, being around the dudes who were being written about—since my dad is a Vietnam vet. Being around these marines who had fought in war and they were young, I got to see some version of my dad as a young man. A lot of things started to make sense to me in a different way. I became really close with Evan Wright—the guy who wrote the book [the series was based on]—and I became really close with some of the marines still to this day."


In 2021, Ransone revealed he was a victim of rape and sexual assault as a child.

 He posted a letter on Instagram that he sent to his alleged abuser, Timothy Rualo, who worked at Sudbrook Magnet Middle School at the time the letter was written. Ransone also told the police about the accusation, but was told they weren't interested in pursuing it.


James Ransone was born in Baltimore, Maryland.

 He is survived by his wife, Jamie McPhee, and their two children.

Avatar: Fire and Ash - Powers to $345 Million Globally, ‘Zootopia 2’ Hops to $1.27 Billion Box Office Collections

 James Cameron's sci-fi movie "Avatar: Fire and Ash" made a big splash on the global box office with $345 million, which is a solid start but much lower than the previous movie. To put that into perspective, "Avatar: The Way of Water," which came out in 2022 after many delays, made $435 million in the same time frame.


The first ticket sales for "Avatar 3," made by Disney and 20th Century, include $257 million from international markets and $88 million from the US.

 Globally, this is the second-largest opening of 2025, behind another Disney movie, "Zootopia 2," which made $500 million in three days.


"Avatar: Fire and Ash" has a tough time to match the expectations set by the first two movies, which together made over $2 billion worldwide.

 Disney spent a huge $350 million to make the movie and around $150 million on advertising, so they need to make a lot of money to justify that big budget.


In the past, "Avatar" movies have been really successful for a long time.

 Neither the original "Avatar" in 2009 nor "The Way of Water" had huge first weekends before Christmas, but both stayed popular through the new year. They are among the highest-grossing movies ever, with the first making $2.9 billion and the second making $2.3 billion.


International audiences will be really important for "Avatar 3" to be a big hit.

 The first movie made $2.1 billion just from overseas, and the second made $1.65 billion from foreign countries.


David A. Gross, who runs a movie consulting firm, says that the first two movies made over 70% of their money from outside the US.

 So far, the international opening for "Fire and Ash" is very strong.


This is led by China, where "Fire and Ash" started a little better than its predecessor with $57.6 million, just a bit more than the $56 million debut of "The Way of Water."

 Other top international openings were France with $21.4 million, Germany with $18 million, South Korea with $13.6 million, and the UK with $11.9 million.


"Avatar" movies are known for their amazing visuals, so it's no surprise that people wanted to watch the third movie in the best quality possible.

 Formats like Imax and 3D made up 66% of the movie's total earnings. Imax alone brought in $43.6 million globally, which is about 14% of the total earnings from less than 1% of screens. That makes it the biggest opening for Imax in 2025 and the fifth-largest start in the company's history.


Rich Gelfond, CEO of Imax, said, "As James Cameron continues to push the boundaries with Avatar, the strong connection between Imax and this special franchise continues.

 Imax brings in a big share of the box office in almost every market worldwide. Avatar films have had a long-lasting appeal like few other franchises, and we look forward to more fans enjoying 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' in big numbers in Imax throughout the holiday season and beyond."


Disney also did well with "Zootopia 2," which made $76.6 million overseas and $91 million worldwide in its fourth week.

 The animated sequel has been a big hit internationally, with $990 million so far. It's on track to become only the second animated movie ever (after "Inside Out 2") to pass $1 billion in international sales. Along with $282 million from the US, "Zootopia 2" has made $1.27 billion globally, making it the highest-grossing Hollywood movie of the year.