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Cuties controversy draws backlash The social media campaign waged against Netflix over it’s sexualized portrayal of children in Maïmouna Doucouré‘s Cuties (2020) has resulted in an eight fold spike in subscriber cancellations since September ninth, the day after the release of the controversial film. Advertisement On Saturday, September twelfth, Netflix’s U.S. cancellation rate reached a multiyear high according to data analytics company YipitData. While the #CancelNetflix hashtag continues trending on social media, it is possible the spate of cancellations will continue over the next several days, according to the firm....

Table of Contents Dracula TrailerPlot Synopsis Cast and crewDracula Trailer Dracula Trailer BBC & Netflix‘s Dracula (2019) TV mini-series trailer has been released and stars Claes Bang, John Heffernan, Tim Ingall, Youssef Kerkour, and Morfydd Clark. Plot Synopsis Dracula‘s plot synopsis: “In Transylvania in 1897, the blood-drinking Count is drawing his plans against Victorian London, and judging by the teaser, the series will be full of gruesome nastiness that will not be for the faint of heart....

Table of Contents DVD, Blu-ray, 4K Ultra, and Digital Releases January 26, 2022Movies (DVD, Blu-ray, 4K Ultra)Re-releases (DVD, Blu-ray, 4k Ultra)TV and Web SeriesDigital HDThoughts on This Week’s In-home Releases DVD, Blu-ray, 4K Ultra, and Digital Releases January 26, 2022 New films and TV shows have been released on DVD, Blu-ray, 4K Ultra, and Digital HD this week, including new Criterion Collection films. Some of these releases are on single discs while others come in large collections, filled with extras, behind-the-scenes footage, and cloud capabilities....

Table of Contents Eden TrailerPlot SynopsisCast and crewEden Trailer Eden Trailer Yasuhiro Irie‘s Eden (2020) teaser trailer has been released by Netflix. Eden‘s concept designer is Toshihiro Kawamoto. Plot Synopsis Eden‘s plot synopsis: “The next science fiction series, Eden, is set thousands of years into the future, where a city known as “Eden 3” is inhabited only by robots whose ancient masters have long since disappeared. In a routine task, two farm robots accidentally awaken from stasis to a human baby, which led them to question everything they were taught to believe – that humans were nothing more than a forbidden ancient myth....

Table of Contents Pedro Pascal cast as Reed Richards in Fantastic FourMore on Mr. Fantastic and His Shifting Origin Story Pedro Pascal cast as Reed Richards in Fantastic Four Pedro Pascal has been cast as Reed Richards / Mr. Fantastic in Marvel Studio’s upcoming film Fantastic Four. Pascal is currently the lead actor in Disney+’s The Mandalorian and HBO’s The Last of Us. On Mr. Fantastic: “Mister Fantastic (Dr. Reed Richards) is a superhero character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics....

Table of Contents FBI: International Close to the Sun TrailerCastSeries Plot SynopsisFBI: International Close to the Sun Trailer FBI: International Close to the Sun Trailer CBS‘s FBI: International: Season 1, Episode 10: Close to the Sun TV show trailer has been released. Advertisement Cast FBI: International stars Luke Kleintank, Heida Reed, Carter Redwood, Vinessa Vidotto, and Christiane Paul. Series Plot Synopsis FBI: International‘s plot synopsis: “From Emmy Award winner Dick Wolf and the team behind FBI and the “Law & Order” brand, fast-paced drama FBI: INTERNATIONAL is the third iteration of the successful FBI brand that follows the elite operatives of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s International Fly Team....

Table of Contents FBI: International Copper Pots and Daggers TrailerCastSeries Plot SynopsisOn TV Show TrailersThe Feature TV Show TrailerFBI: International Copper Pots and Daggers Trailer FBI: International Copper Pots and Daggers Trailer CBS‘s FBI: International: Season 2, Episode 4: Copper Pots and Daggers TV show trailer has been released. Advertisement Cast FBI: International stars Luke Kleintank, Heida Reed, Carter Redwood, Vinessa Vidotto, and Christiane Paul. Series Plot Synopsis FBI: International‘s plot synopsis: “From Emmy Award winner Dick Wolf and the team behind FBI and the “Law & Order” brand, fast-paced drama FBI: INTERNATIONAL is the third iteration of the successful FBI brand that follows the elite operatives of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s International Fly Team....

Table of Contents FBI: Most Wanted El Pincho TrailerCastSeries Plot SynopsisFBI: Most Wanted El Pincho Trailer FBI: Most Wanted El Pincho Trailer CBS‘s FBI: Most Wanted: Season 3, Episode 12: El Pincho TV show trailer has been released. Advertisement Cast FBI: Most Wanted stars Julian McMahon, Kellan Lutz, Roxy Sternberg, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Nathaniel Arcand, Miguel Gomez, YaYa Gosselin, Jen Landon, and James Carpinello. Series Plot Synopsis FBI: Most Wanted‘s plot synopsis: “The series centers on FBI’s Fugitive Task Force, a small and unique team designed to track and capture notorious fugitives on the Bureau’s Most Wanted List....

Table of Contents 2020 SDCC Fear the Walking Dead Season 6 Trailer, Panel, and Premiere DatePlot SynopsisCast and crew2020 SDCC Fear the Walking Dead Season 6 Trailer2020 SDCC Fear the Walking Dead Panel 2020 SDCC Fear the Walking Dead Season 6 Trailer, Panel, and Premiere Date AMC has released the second teaser trailer for Fear the Walking Dead: Season 6 at the 2020 San Diego Comic Con (Comic-con@Home). The first Fear the Walking Dead: Season 6 teaser trailer can be viewed here....

Table of Contents Film Independent Spirit Awards 2021 NominationsFilm Independent Spirit Awards 2021 Nominations Film Independent Spirit Awards 2021 Nominations Never Rarely Sometimes Always, Little America, Minari, and the other nominations for the 36th Annual Film Independent Spirit Awards have been announced. The 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards “are awards dedicated to independent filmmakers. Winners were typically presented with acrylic glass pyramids containing suspended shoestrings representing the paltry budgets of independent films…The Independent Spirit Awards are presented by Film Independent, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers....

Table of Contents 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards Winners2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards Winners Full List 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards Winners Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Bear, Joyland, and the other winners of the 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards have been announced. The 38th Annual Film Independent Spirit Awards “are awards dedicated to independent filmmakers…The Independent Spirit Awards are presented by Film Independent, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers....

After Yang Review After Yang (2021) Film Review from the 44th Annual Sundance Film Festival, a movie directed by Kogonada and starring Colin Farrell, Jodie Turner-Smith, Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja, Justin H. Min, Haley Lu Richardson, Orlagh Cassidy, Ritchie Coster, Sarita Choudhury, Clifton Collins Jr., Ava DeMary, Adeline Kerns, Ansley Kerns, Brett Dier, Eve Lindley, Nana Mensah, An-Li Bogan and Deborah Hedwall. When the very talented filmmaker Kogonada made the 2017 masterpiece Columbus, he was instantly crowned a film-making genius by the indie movie crowd....

Blink Review Blink (2022) Film Review from the 29th Annual South by Southwest Film Festival, a movie directed by Spenser Cohen, written by Spenser Cohen and Anna Halberg, starring Sophie Thatcher, Alicia Coppola, and Scot Nery. Advertisement A brutalized young woman named Mary gets admitted to the hospital, clearly fearful but unable to move a muscle or communicate except by blinking to yes-or-no questions. Mary relates an attack by a person, neither male nor female....

Downhill Review Downhill (2020) Film Review, a movie directed by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, and starring Will Ferrell, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Miranda Otto, Zach Woods, Kristofer Hivju, Zoe Chao, Jono Bergmann, Kimberly Rydell, Nadiv Molcho, Matt Lindquist, Ammon Jacob Ford, Julian Grey, and Giulio Berruti. Advertisement This comedic drama is a remake of Swedish director Ruben Östlund’s 2014 Force Majeure. The film puts together an unexpected duo of Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, two comedic icons, so you’d expect the film to be funny, especially with the trailer leading the audience to that assumption....

Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014) Film Review, a movie directed by Ridley Scott, and starring Aaron Paul, Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley, John Turturro, Indira Varma, Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, María Valverde, Emun Elliott, Golshifteh Farahani, Hiam Abbass, Dar Salim, Serhat Metin, and Kane Headley-Cummings. The story of Moses isn’t anything new to Hollywood. The Prince of Egypt and The Ten Commandments instantly come to mind. What director Ridley Scott does bring to the epic biblical tale are scientific answers to the plagues of Egypt, a white Moses, and enough CGI animals to make a CGI zoo....

God’s Country Review God’s Country (2021) Film Review from the 45th Annual Sundance Film Festival, a movie directed by Julian Higgins, starring Thandiwe Newton, Jeremy Bobb, Joris Jarsky, Jefferson White, Kai Lennox, and Tanaya Beatty. Advertisement This movie is about the attempt to outrun grief and disillusionment, and how it failed–as it usually does–for a displaced big city police officer. Called a ‘fresh start’ for some, or a ‘geographical cure’ for others, it amounts to the same thing....

Polite Society Review Polite Society (2023) Film Review from the 45th Annual Sundance Film Festival, a movie directed by Nida Manzoor, starring Priya Kansara, Rita Arya, Renu Brindle, Rekha John-Cheriyan, Seraphina Beh, Ella Bruccoleri, Shona Babayemi, Akshay Khanna, and Su McLaughlin. Strong performances, snappy retorts, and razor-sharp editing energize this bizarre genre mosaic, Polite Society. Advertisement Every once in a while, a film is so derivative it has the potential, if cleverly enough, to evolve into a subgenre of its own....

Stars at Noon Review Stars at Noon (2022) Film Review, a movie directed by Claire Denis, written by Andrew Litvack and Claire Denis and starring Margaret Qualley, Joe Alwyn, Benny Safdie, Danny Ramirez, John C. Reilly and Nick Romano. Andie MacDowell’s daughter, Margaret Qualley, becomes an automatic movie star in the first twenty minutes or so of Claire Denis’ new hit-and-miss film, Stars at Noon. When Qualley comes onto the screen, she has an alluring appeal about her which makes her performance so exciting to watch....

Till Death Review Till Death (2021) Film Review, a movie directed by S.K. Dale, and starring Megan Fox, Eoin Macken, Callan Mulvey, Jack Roth, Aml Ameen, Stefani Rozhko, Lili Rich and Teodora Djuric. In the heat of the summer comes an icy new nail-biting thriller directed by S.K. Dale. It’s called Till Death and stars Megan Fox in, perhaps, her most demanding role to date. With suspense and terror at every turn, expect Dale’s new film to keep audiences enthralled for its entire running time....

Titane Review Titane (2021) Film Review, a movie directed by Julia Ducournau and starring Vincent Lindon, Agathe Rousselle, Garance Marillier, Lais Salameh, Mara Cisse, Marin Judas, Diong-Keba Tacu, Myriem Akheddiou, Bertrand Bonello, Celine Carrere, Adele Guigue, Thibault Cathalifaud, Dominique Frot, Lamine Cissokho, Florence Janas and Olivia Venner. Titane is a movie that pushes the boundaries of what is possible in cinema. It was directed by Julia Ducournau who stunned the movie world with her terrific film Raw from several years back....