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Movie Review: Immigration, sex and power in erotic thriller ‘Dreams,’ with Jessica Chastain

Movie Review: Immigration, sex and power in erotic thriller ‘Dreams,’ with Jessica Chastain

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Jessica Chastain takes on one of her most daring roles in “Dreams,” a torrid erotic thriller about power, obsession, art and immigration. Re-teaming with filmmaker Michel Franco , she plays a San Francisco socialite entangled in a tempestuous affair with a talented Mexican ballet dancer, played by Isaac Hernández. Her character Jennifer, the well-heeled daughter of a powerful man, is like Shiv Roy before she went to the dark side; Or, rather, realized she was there all along. Movie Review: Immigration, sex and power in erotic thriller ‘Dreams,’ with Jessica Chastain “Dreams,” which opens in limited release Friday, creatively explores ideas about U.S. relations with Mexican immigrants through the ever-shifting power dynamics between Fernando and Jennifer. It’s both captivating and bleak, with a series of sexual encounters that can only be described as feral — “Wuthering Heights” wishes it could have hit the ravenous peaks of Fernando and Jennifer together. Franco opens his film not on these two, but on a semitruck in the middle of the night, in the middle of nowhere. All we …

What’s The Worldwide Gross Required By The Erotic Thriller For A 0 Million Profit Beyond Break-Even?

What’s The Worldwide Gross Required By The Erotic Thriller For A $300 Million Profit Beyond Break-Even?

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The Housemaid Box Office Update (Photo Credit –Facebook) Now in its eighth week in theaters, Paul Feig’s psychological thriller The Housemaid is also available to stream in the U.S. on a pay-per-view basis across major digital platforms, including Prime Video and Apple TV. In addition to receiving positive feedback from many critics, the film has also performed quite well at the box office and has now surpassed the $350 million milestone in worldwide earnings. After adding a solid $14.7 million this weekend from international markets, the film’s overseas total has climbed to $231 million. Combined with its North American gross of $123.7 million, the Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried starrer now stands at a global haul of $354.7 million, according to box office analyst Luiz Fernando. The Housemaid – Box Office Summary North America: $123.7 million International: $231 million Worldwide: $354.7 million With this performance, The Housemaid currently ranks as the 20th-highest-grossing release of 2025, sitting just behind Ryan Coogler’s Oscar-nominated film Sinners, which has earned $368.8 million worldwide. That brings us to the key …

Sydney Sweeney Starring Erotic Thriller Beats Anyone But You To Become Her Highest-Grossing Film Domestically

Sydney Sweeney Starring Erotic Thriller Beats Anyone But You To Become Her Highest-Grossing Film Domestically

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The Housemaid North America Box Office Update (Photo Credit –Facebook) Sydney Sweeney has officially delivered the biggest hit of her career in the United States. The Euphoria star, who had a tumultuous 2025 both on and off screen, has been among the top names circulating at the box office right now, and rightfully so. Her Christmas release, The Housemaid, which opened during the holiday period on December 19, has been on a spectacular run at the box office both domestically and overseas. Now, it has achieved a major feat in just 24 days since its release. Let’s see how much the movie earned this weekend. The Housemaid Box Office Performance The Lionsgate erotic thriller, reportedly made on a budget of $35 million, has already grossed far beyond its break-even mark. The film now sits only a few million short of the $200 million mark worldwide. Domestic earnings in the United States stand at around $94.86 million (till January 12, 2026), while international markets have contributed a strong sum of about $98.34 million (as last reported). …

Sydney Sweeney Starrer Erotic Thriller Delivers Lionsgate’s Most Prolific Theatrical Run In Years

Sydney Sweeney Starrer Erotic Thriller Delivers Lionsgate’s Most Prolific Theatrical Run In Years

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The Housemaid North America Box Office Update (Photo Credit –YouTube) Lionsgate’s The Housemaid, with Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried in the lead, has kicked off 2026 with strong box office momentum. The daily US charts place the film back in the top three, after it surpassed Timothee Chalamet’s Marty Supreme in daily earnings. Only James Cameron’s Avatar: Fire and Ash and Disney’s billion-dollar animated sequel Zootopia 2 stand above it in daily numbers. Lionsgate Eyes A Major Domestic Milestone The Housemaid also moves closer to a key studio milestone as its domestic earnings are nearing the $100 million mark, a level no Lionsgate title has reached since The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes in 2023. The Housemaid Box Office Numbers Show Steady Growth The movie’s current worldwide earnings stand at $77.1 million, as per Box Office Mojo. Domestic collections account for $60.8 million (as on January 1, 2026) from 3,042 theatres across the United States, whereas overseas markets have added $16.3 million (last reported) from 10 regions, including the United Kingdom, Australia, and New …

Nicole Kidman is not ready for memes on erotic drama Babygirl: ‘I may be terribly upset’ | Hollywood

Nicole Kidman is not ready for memes on erotic drama Babygirl: ‘I may be terribly upset’ | Hollywood

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Dec 05, 2024 10:04 AM IST Nicole Kidman is bracing for the release of her upcoming erotic drama Babygirl, and how the internet reacts to the scenes in the film. Nicole Kidman takes on the most challenging role of her career in Babygirl. The actor is receiving a lot of award season attention for her performance in the erotic drama, and was also declared the Best Actress at the National Board of Review awards. But if there’s anything that might bother Nicole about the film, it will be the memes that will emerge once the film releases in theatres later this month during Christmas. (Also read: Nicole Kidman determined to reconnect with kids she shares with ex-husband Tom Cruise: Report) Nicole Kidman in a still from Babygirl. What Nicole said During a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, when Nicole was asked whether she finds it to be a compliment when she is memed, she said: “Of course. You’ve got to let go and be able to make fun of yourself. It’s very much an …

Nicole Kidman says shooting erotic thriller Babygirl was like a ‘jump off the cliff’: This was an area I’d never been | Hollywood

Nicole Kidman says shooting erotic thriller Babygirl was like a ‘jump off the cliff’: This was an area I’d never been | Hollywood

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Oct 20, 2024 04:05 PM IST Nicole Kidman attended a special screening of Babygirl with co-star Harris Dickinson and director Halina Reijn in Los Angeles. Nicole Kidman received some of the best reviews of her career for Babygirl when it premiered at the Venice Film Festival in September. The actor ended up winning the prestigious Volpi Cup, the award for Best Actress at the closing ceremony of the festival. (Also read: Babygirl trailer: Nicole Kidman gets exactly what she wants in the riskiest role of her career. Watch) Nicole Kidman attends the Academy Museum Gala fundraiser at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni(REUTERS) In a new screening of the film at Los Angeles, the actor was present alongside co-star Harris Dickinson and director Halina Reijn to talk about the process of shooting the erotic thriller. As reported by People, she said how shooting the film required ‘an enormous amount of trust’ and it almost felt like a ‘jump off a clip’ on certain days where she did not know how …

Customs can’t confiscate body massager because it could used as erotic toy: Bombay HC | Mumbai news

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The Bombay high court on Wednesday upheld an order passed by the Central Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, ordering the release of some consignments of body massagers confiscated by the Commissioner of Customs. The commissioner had held that the imported goods could also be used as “adult erotic toys” and were, therefore, prohibited. The Commissioner had also imposed penalties on three traders for importing the “prohibited” goods. (File photo) “Merely because the goods can be subjected to an alternative use, of the nature the Commissioner contemplated, this can never be the test to hold that the goods were prohibited when they otherwise satisfied the test of goods which could be imported and sold,” said the division bench of Justice GS Kulkarni and Justice Kishore C Sant. Hindustan Times – your fastest source for breaking news! Read now. On April 6, 2022, the Commissioner held that the goods—Caresmith Wave Body Massagers—were “prohibited goods” under a 1964 Customs Notification and were required to be confiscated under the Customs Act, 1962. Also Read: Bombay HC protects woman’s …

Thank You For Coming Review: More Erratic Than Erotic

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Bhumi, Shibani and Dolly in a still from the film. (Courtesy: YouTube) At under two hours, Karan Boolani’s Thank You for Coming is by no stretch of the imagination a long film. But the frothy jabber-fest of a sex comedy, written by Radhika Anand and stand-up comic Prashasti Singh, quickly outlives its welcome. The film not only fails to rid itself of its flabby frivolity but it also makes the audience wade through massive amounts of verbiage that often lapses into unintelligible blabber. Laboured, hackneyed and exhausting, Thank You for Coming makes the same point over and over again until it has absolutely nothing, fresh or otherwise, left to say. It takes an eternity to find some sort of rhythm. When it eventually does – the film’s second half is far better than the first, which isn’t necessarily saying much given how wayward the kick-off is – it moves forward (and sometimes even backwards) only in fits and starts, goes into repetitive loops, froths at the mouth and gets exceedingly antsy.   More erratic than erotic, …

Fair Play review: Chloe Domont’s erotic financial drama is an instant classic

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Fair Play begins and ends with blood. Chloe Domont’s blistering directorial debut, that premiered at the U.S. Dramatic Competition at Sundance this year, also features one of the most shocking sex scenes that will certainly emerge as the most talked-about aspects as it prepares itself for release (Netflix bought the global rights for a $20 million deal.) Yet, none of these prerogatives can prepare you for the hydrogen-bomb of a film that is Fair Play. It is one of those breakout films that feels like a classic even on the first watch. (Also read: Magazine Dreams review: Elijah Bynum’s powerful character study is a volcanic mix of Travis Bickle and Jake LaMotta) When Emily (Bridgerton’s Phoebe Dynevor) discovers that Luke (Alden Ehrenreich) has been planning to surprise her with a proposal, she is the one who promptly says yes. They are young and beautiful, and run away from the party to reach their modest New York apartment which they share. Yet, as we soon realize, it not just the only thing that these two young …

Raj Kapoor’s Confession On His Mother Saying “Seeing Her N*de Must Have Left Deep Erotic” Resurfaced By KRK, Netizens Call Him A ‘Shameless Person’

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KRK Brutally Trolled Over Resurfacing Raj Kapoor’s Old Controversial Confessions On His Mother! ( Photo Credit – Still from Ek Din Bik Jaayega Mati Ke Mol ) KRK is known for his controversial tweets. But his latest post has left many in disbelief. The self-proclaimed critic has shared an old interview of veteran actor Raj Kapoor, where he spoke about being a worshipper of n*dity. If that isn’t enough, the late star also spoke about how he felt erotic by seeing his mother n*ked during the shower. Scroll below for all the details! Kapoor had a scandalous love life. Although he was married to Krishna Malhotra, many claim that she was his father’s first cousin. While he was married to her, he also had alleged extramarital affairs with Nargis Dutt, Vyjayantimala and South actress Padmini. All of his relationships were confirmed by his son Rishi Kapoor in his biography Khullam Khulla. During an interview with Sunday Magazine’s Sumit Mitra back in 1986, Raj Kapoor had spoken about his affection for n*dity. He had said, “I …