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‘ELIO’ – Somewhere Out There You’ll Find Yourself
In ELIO earth is ghetto and he wants to leave. Turns out that’s a good decision in this emotionally hefty and thematically electrifying adventure.
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‘Happy Birthday’ Is A Wistful Quest for a Wish Come True
Winner of multiple Tribeca awards, Happy Birthday is a gorgeous tale of childhood, class, and the quest for a birthday wish.
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The ‘Materialists’ Debate
Is Materialists a visually stunning take on modern love or a shallow swipe at the cost of dating? William and Sherin go 1v1 in a debate about Celine Song’s latest—where they agree, where they clash,…
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BIG MONSTER FEELINGS Today at the Lightreel Film Festival
Some of your favorite RIOTERS & Friends are at Union Market today to defend out picks for best monster scenes in the movies.
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‘The Life of Chuck’ Loves the Lights Out
Mike Flanagan brings a faithful touch to The Life of Chuck, adapted from Stephen King’s If It Bleeds, then Tom Hiddleston and Jacob Tremblay make it dance
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‘Dan Da Dan: Evil Eye’ Is the Genre-Defying Shonen Shojo Alien Horror Anime Fever Dream We Couldn’t Wait to Get Back
Dan Da Dan: Evil Eye feels like Shonen and Shojo fell asleep on date night and had a fever dream after binge-watching Japanese horror classics.
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Dan Da Dan Season 1 Blu-ray Unboxing – Exclusive Features & Why You NEED This!
Julian is here with an unboxing of the Dan Da Dan Season 1 Blu-ray for RIOTUS, and trust us—you WANT this.
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House of Blight By Maxym M. Martineau
n the first book in The Threadmender Chronicles (set to be a duology), Maxym M. Martineau weaves a somewhat familiar but nicely crafted fantasy / romantasy about magical plagues, healing, and its costs.
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Lady Knight By Amalie Howard
Amalie Howard’s second book in The Diamonds series, follows Queen Bee with a Regency-era romp that blends feminist ideals, Robin Hood-esque heists, and a slow-burn romance
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Fountain of Youth: A Family Feuding, Family-Friendly Treasure Hunt with Familiar Genre Beats
Guy Ritchie’s Fountain of Youth dives into the treasure hunter genre with a mix of historical intrigue, sibling drama, and globe-trotting adventure.
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‘Lilo & Stitch’ Live-Action: Experiment 626 Returns with Maximum Vibes, Mixed Results
The alien trickster god of destruction is back in the live-action LILO & STITCH but are good waves and nostalgic vibes enough?
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Family, Fury, and Fast Cars: ‘Duster’ Brings ’70s Crime Drama and Hijinks to Life
A cherry-red Plymouth, a charming getaway driver, and a secret agent woman with an impeccable ‘fro collide in ‘Duster’
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Superman (2025) Thoughts On the Trailer: These Are the Things that Turn Boy Scouts into Super men
The new Superman (2025) trailer has dropped and, yeah, we’re kind of thinking we’re back. Here are the first thoughts that got us hyped for this summer blockbuster.
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Shhh, Alexander Skarsgård’s ‘Murderbot’ is Watching Dramas – Stop Being Annoying or Die
In a universe where artificial intelligence is supposed to follow orders like life-or-death vending machines, Murderbot just wants you to shut up so he can binge space dramas (or die)
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It’s Time to Meet the First Immortal in the Official Trailer for ‘The Old Guard 2’
UMA THURMAN IS OUR VILLAIN?! OH, WE’RE SAT.
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REVISITED: The Old Guard
Here’s a throwback to when Gina Prince-Bythewood’s paranormal actioner, starring Charlize Theron and KiKi Layne, achieved velocity and took us for a spin: our original review for The Old Guard
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EPISODE APPETIZER: Poker Face S2 Launches with “The Game is a Foot” “Last Looks” & “Whack-a-Mole”
Poker Face Season 2. What more do you need: Poker Face is Back! (okay, there’s more in our Season 2 and triple-header premiere preview)
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Falling for Mr. Darcy is Easy, But “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life”
Falling for Mr. Darcy is easy. Living up to Jane Austen’s standards is messy.
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Marvel’s Thunderbolts*: A Support Group for Reformed Anti-Villains That Does the Work
Thunderbolts* comes with an arsenal full of surprises—some we’ll tell you, some we won’t
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‘The Legend of Ochi’ Swept Us into a New World and We Can’t Wait to See More
In The Legend of Ochi an extraordinary tale begins in space between what we fear and what we feel.
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‘The Wedding Banquet’ 2025 is Something Borrowed, Something New, Something Queer, Something True
A wild wedding that’s high on oops energy, Ahn’s ‘The Wedding Banquet’ brings its own dishes to the pot luck
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I Don’t Think the Makers of Will Trent Understand How We Feel About Cricket (but they’re about to)
We’re 14 episodes into Will Trent Season 3 and we’re still not over Cricket and that shattering KABOOM. Showrunners, Liz Heldens and Daniel T. Thomsen, where’s the romance we were promised?
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Ryan Coogler’s SINNERS – If the Vampires don’t get you the Folklore, Family, and the Music will.
SINNERS isn’t a horror movie but it’ll grab you by the throat and take a bite
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Series Appetizer: North of North – Feels Like Home and Messy New Beginnings
If Northern Exposure had a Gen Z daughter with a 10-follower TikTok and a strong sense of cultural pride, who’s also the jokey cousin of Alaska Daily, that girl would be North of North
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Is G20 A Fierce, Fun, and Frenzied Ride? Yes, Madame President
G20 is a wild ride that’s a whole lot of fun. (Even if it says “nope” to logic) we’re riding with this electrifying, adrenaline-fueled thriller
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Doctor Who Ncuti Gatwa and Companion Varada Sethu tell us about Season 2 and We Preview “The Robot Revolution”
We talk with Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu about Doctor Who – Season 2 and why “The Robot Revolution” is all about the power of words (and we preview the season too)
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Series Appetizer: Shinichiro Watanabe’s ‘Lazarus’ – Episodes 1-5
Shinichiro Watanabe is back, and this time, he’s not just riffing on jazz or hip-hop—he’s spinning a new record of existential dread, high-octane action, and introspective musings in Lazarus
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Episode Appetizer: To Be Hero X – “Nice” [Episode 1]
Halfway through the first episode, To Be Hero X starts cooking. Y’all better come get you some of these fractured heroes
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A Very Good Boy, DC Studios Releases A Sneak Peek at its Upcoming SUPERMAN (and Kypto)
4-minute Sneak Peek at the upcoming SUPERMAN and yeah, it’s looking good
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Series Appetizer: WITCH WATCH [Episodes 1–3]
Childhood friends Nico and Morihito are about to learn that being roommates gets complicated when one of you can’t control their spells and the other takes “protective duties” way too seriously.
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Season Appetizer: Survival of the Thickest – Season Two
Mavis has some explaining to do in S2 of ‘Survival of the Thickest’ and it’s a funny story laced with chaotic emotions
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DANIELLE BROOKS Dancing at the ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Fan Event is a New Form of Happiness
Danielle Brooks dancing during a Fan Event for ‘A Minecraft Movie’ is a new form of happiness
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Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall, How Did ‘Snow White’ Take this Fall?
Can the gorgeous sets and fluffy woodland creatures make Disney Princess-magic happen in this newest take on Snow White? We had hopes, but not quite
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Give Us More Nice Things: ‘Pretty Pretty Please I Don’t Want to be a Magical Girl’
Your magical girl expectations are about to get hit with a “wop, wop, wop, wop, wop” in Pretty Pretty Please I Don’t Want to be a Magical Girl (lead pipe included for efficiency)
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‘Mickey 17’ Is a Saucy and Sinister Space Satire Seasoned with a Lot of Love
Bong Joon Ho makes fractured fairytales for the thinkers and dreamers, but it’s never the same unnervingly sweet yet frightening tale twice. And now because of Mickey 17, “sauce” is forever sinister.
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‘Daredevil: Born Again’ The Nightmare That’s Too Good to Wake Up From
When I say the creatives behind Daredevil: Born Again bless us with a pure, uncut street brawl between two extraordinary individuals, one that leaves you unsure whether to get closer or run, please believe me.…
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REVISITED: ‘Nine Days’ the Movie I Want More People to Watch
Edson Oda’s Nine Days is a “before life” twin to Kore-eda’s After Life and the things that make life worth the risk of living
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REVISITED: Marvel’s Daredevil S3 – The First Six
Time for a look back at one of our favorite series—Marvel’s Daredevil Season 3. “The applause you’re hearing is for Vincent D’Onofrio’s unstoppable, bone chillingly good bad-guy.”
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A Passenger Princess Takes the Wheel in ‘Lesbian Space Princess’
Princess Saira has 24-hours to call forth the ancient magic of her feminine woo-woo or her ex-girlfriend is gonna die. Time for a space quest
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‘My Dead Friend Zoe’ Haunted to Heal
A loving though sarcastic poltergeist helps a woman rediscover life after war
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SERIES APPETIZER: ‘Grosse Pointe Garden Society’ Might Get Lost in the Weeds but it Might be Going Somewhere
Welcome to Grosse Pointe, where the properties are pricey, the secrets are buried, and the body count is growing faster than the grass.
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‘Reacher’ S3 – Breaking Necks and Stomping Emotions
Reacher Season 3 is a high-octane game of espionage, romance, neck-breaking, revenge, explosions, giggles, and People Thinking Reacher Won’t Kill Them When He Will. And I can’t wait to press play again.
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‘I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I’m Trapped in a Rom-Com’ – Intergalactic Scooby Gangs and Big Bangs
Chaos, comedy, and a lot of alien anatomy with a sprinkle of spicy love
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Viola Davis is Our Heroic Madame President in the Upcoming ‘G20’
A new Viola Davis dream comes true with the high-octane political thriller G20 (and it has Ramón Rodríguez too)
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‘Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales’ – A Fond Farewell to Emily, Wendell, and Shadow
It’s hard to say goodbye to the Emily Wilde series but ‘Compendium of Lost Tales’ makes it worth it
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‘LOVE HURTS’ – Action Romance Always Does (Here’s More of Them)
What do you do when you love over-the-top action and romance? You watch these movies.
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‘Clean Slate’ – Southern Roots and Second Chances
Going home is hard work but healing in Prime Video’s Clean Slate
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Dreaming of ‘The Colors Within’
Three kids with sparkling auras form a band in the new GKIDS anime feature
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‘Paradise’ Has Fallen and the Future is…
Paradise is an apocalyptic, political thriller and murder mystery with a major spoiler and two main questions: Who killed the President? and why is the setting more important than the murder?
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REVISITED: ‘OKJA’ a Fractured Fairytale
While we wait for the existential SF shenanigans of Bong Joon Ho’s Mickey 17, starring Robert Pattinson and Naomi Ackie, let’s take a look back at Bong’s cautionary fairytale Okja.
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‘The Night Agent’ Season 2: No Good Choices
The second season of The Night Agent ups the ante with tougher decisions and grayer morality
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Paramount Pictures Unveils Amazing Cast for ‘Children of Blood and Bone’!
Tomi Adeyemi’s world of Orisha comes to life with the announcement of the ‘Children of Blood and Bone’ adaptation’s principal cast, featuring Thuso Mbedu, Damson Idris, Amandla Stenberg, and Tosin Cole
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Episode Appetizer: ‘SAKAMOTO DAYS’ [Episode 1]
The Legendary Assassin, Taro Sakamoto, arrives on Netflix today in SAKAMOTO DAYS. Here’s why you should watch
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Episode Appetizer: Will Trent “Sunny-Side Up” Season 3 Premiere – Part 2
Just when he thought he was out, they pull Will Trent back in for the second part of the 2-part Season 3 premiere “Sunny-Side Up”
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‘SAKAMOTO DAYS’ Hits Hard with Final Trailer and English Cast Introduction
What happens when a legendary assassin gets “reincarnated” as a convenience store Batman by the power of love: SAKAMOTO DAYS
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The Starlight Heir – A Tale of Royals, Romantasy, and the Risk of Ruin
Set in a world enriched by multicultural mythology, The Starlight Heir offers a vividly imagined universe where Suraya and Roshan will either learn to trust each other or die trying
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Episode Appetizer: Will Trent “I’m a Guest Here” Season 3 Premiere – Part 1
Everybody’s mad at Will Trent in the 2-part Season 3 premiere
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Episode Appetizer: Medaka Kuroiwa Is Impervious to My Charms [Episode 1]
Mona-chan’s new classmate, Medaka, is impervious to her charms, and this queen bee can’t take it
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Episode Appetizer: ZENSHU – “First Stroke” [Episode 1]
MAPPA flexes its anime muscles once again with the original series ZENSHU
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REVISITED: The Recruit – The Spy Who Landed In It
We infiltrate the new CIA-inspired comedy thriller, The Recruit, at the Spy Museum with Noah Centineo and Laura Haddock
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Arise from the Shadow – ‘Solo Leveling’ Is Back!
Tune in today for the epic return of Solo Leveling! Season 2 -Arise From the Shadow-
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Lethal Weapon: Although Things Explode it Really is a Christmas Movie (but what if it’s a Holiday Rom-Com?)
What if Murtaugh and Riggs were destined to meet under the mistletoe and Lethal Weapon is a holiday rom-com?
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‘NOSFERATU’ – A Twisted Game of Beauty and Beast
Welcome, seekers of terror. As the accursed sun sets, let us light our lanterns and follow this gothic tale of obsession known as Robert Eggers’ NOSFERATU
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Superman is Bleeding: First Look at David Corenswet in James Gunn’s 2025 Hero’s Return
Superman is bleeding!? What’s going on in James Gunn’s Superman (2025) and how fast can we get it
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Mufasa Leaps into the Legend
Did Mufasa: The Lion King shake the 2019 version and become a worthy heir to the original?
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‘Laid’ and How the New Peacock Series Seduced Me
I got into a f*cked-up rom-com situationship with the new Peacock series LAID and I’m not sorry
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‘Carry-On’ is a Non-Stop High-Octane Thriller that Combusts into Action
It’s Captive Christmas Season and ‘Carry-On’ with Taron Egerton, Jason Bateman, and Danielle Deadwyler is the new action-thriller for your Hostage Eve celebrations
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Watch Julian Go 1v1 on ‘Critics Debate’: Gladiator 2
The Darkseid Rioter, Julian Lytle, Joins Critic Box as Guest Critic for Gladiator 2 Debate versus Joonatan Itkonen
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The RIOTUS ANIME Society’s: Most Loved Anime of 2024
The 2024 Anime series we couldn’t stop watching and won’t stop talking about
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The Method to ‘The Madness’ – Colman Domingo Becomes a Fugitive for Netflix
Muncie Daniels, a sharp-tongued TV pundit, stumble into a murder conspiracy that makes him Public Enemy Number One
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To Those Who Ground Us – Elphaba Is Us, Defying Gravity
From books to Broadway to the cinema, Elphaba harmonizes with the voices society leaves on mute
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‘Exhibiting Forgiveness’ the Colors and Cords of Healing
A successful American painter struggles with the return of his estranged father and his mother’s pleas for forgiveness
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A Mother Goes Feral to Break Free in ‘NIGHTBITCH’
What happens when women go feral? Nightbitch is a trippy, surrealist excavation of motherhood. transformation, and going wild
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The ‘Champions of Magic’ are Chasing The Unbelievable
The Champions of Magic—Chasing The Unbelievable is now at the Kennedy Center D.C. from Nov 19 to Dec 1.
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REVISITED: ‘The Idea of You’ Gets the Idea, but I’m Not In Love
A look back at Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine in ‘The Idea of You’ from Prime Video and why it was a Movie of the Wee
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SERIES APPETIZER: ‘A Man on the Inside’ is A Soft and Cozy Comedy
Mike Schur and Ted Danson are good together. That must be why Netflix teamed up with Schur to create A Man on the Inside, his new collaboration with Danson.
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Popular. ‘Wicked’ is Gonna Be Popular.
After the infinite marketing campaign, the merchandising, and the meme wars: Is this Wicked the Wicked we’ve longed and waited for?
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Waiting for the Spice to Flow In ‘Dune: Prophecy’
In Dune: Prophecy “Victory is celebrated in the light, but it is won in the darkness.”
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CrissCROSSed: A Cage Match for the Alex Cross Championship
Which actor played Cross better? RIOTUS presents a three-man cage match for the Alex Cross championship belt.
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Exclusive Sneak Peek: ‘The Irrational’ – “Anatomy of a Fall” 205
This one is for fans of The Irrational! Today, we’re debuting an exclusive clip from tonight’s gripping new episode
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Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, and Shawn Levy Told Us All Their Secrets from ‘DEADPOOl & WOLVERINE’
The Critics Choice Association (CCA) invited us to a Deadpool & Wolverine press conference with Shawn Levy, Ryan Reynolds, and Hugh Jackman, and we have notes (not for them, for you, like secrets)
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‘MARTHA’ and That’s on Period
An unapologetic documentary that unveils the true story of Martha Stewart, the woman who turned lifestyle into a billion-dollar empire
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Who’s the Hunter, Who’s the Hunted in ‘The Day of the Jackal’
A relentless MI6 agent, Bianca, scrambles to unmask an elusive assassin, the Jackal, after he goes one kill too far…
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‘Invincible Fight Girl’ Cannot Be Stopped and We Don’t Want It To
Invincible Fight Girl is energy x emotion, animated to capture the essence of wrestling and lots of shonen action that makes us excited to hop onto this journey
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Why Are We ‘HERE’
The new Robert Zemeckis movie starring Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Paul Bettany, and Kelly Reilly, HERE struggles to be anything more than experimental
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‘The Diplomat’ Season 2 Goes Tick Tick Tick Boom
The Diplomat Season 2 is a ticking time bomb you can’t wait to detonate
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I Need to Talk to You About ‘Shrinking’ Season 2
When the finales of my favorite Soothing Shows flickered out, I started chasing those feelings of discovery again. That’s when Shrinking appeared on Apple TV+
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‘The Lincoln Lawyer’ Season 3 is a Thrill Ride
When the third season begins to pop and sizzle on-screen, it’s clear why Netflix was quick to renew The Lincoln Lawyer
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Alliance of Women Film Journalists’ Movie of the Week: ‘Woman of the Hour’
Woman of the Hour, the directorial debut from Anna Kendrick, is coming to Netflix this week and it shakes you up
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‘Saturday Night’ Feels Live
‘Saturday Night’ captures the real-time tension and chaos behind the scenes, as the cast and crew scramble to prepare for the first live show.
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‘Disclaimer’ This Series will Burn You
‘Disclaimer’ is intricate, moving back and forth in time to reveal the events surrounding the death of Jonathan Brigstocke from multiple viewpoints
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‘We Live in Time’ Keeps Us Waiting
In We Live in Time, director John Crowley and writer Nick Payne present a buzzy ‘slice-of-tribulation’ that—despite its loveliness and tender performances—trades its early warmth for subtle dissatisfaction
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‘The Outrun’ Learning to Bloom in a Hopeless Place
he Outrun, adapted from Amy Liptrot’s poignant memoir, pulls us into the struggles of a woman grappling with addiction amidst the starkly stunning landscapes of the Orkney Islands
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Hear Me Out: ‘Megalopolis’ is the Fourth in a Franchise of Cyberpunk Films
Megalopolis is the undeniable fourth movie in a franchise that starts with 1927’s Metropolis and is passed down to Dark City and The Matrix
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Season Appetizer: ‘FOUND’ Season 2 – Accountability Kills
Season two of NBC’s FOUND is set to premiere tonight with Sir on the loose, promising to deliver a thrilling arc to keep viewers shook
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REVISITED: ‘Joker’ The Diary of a Lone Gunman
Villains are meant to be wrong. Sometimes empathized with, sometimes correct in theory but ultimately wrong in their ideology, methodology, or both. That is their glory. And their purpose… Sup, Killmonger? Oh hey, Heisenberg…that understanding is…
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Series Appetizer: Rom-Com Fans Will Want to Watch ‘Nobody Wants This’
Kristen Bell returns to the rom-com series scene as Joanne, an agnostic podcaster whose life takes a turn when she meets Noah, an offbeat rabbi played by Adam Brody
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Series Appetizer: ‘Brilliant Minds’ Scores with Mystery Medicine and Team Dynamics
Being crabby but brilliant is a prerequisite for good TV doctoring. The prickly doctors with good hearts are just so much fun to watch and NBC’s ‘Brilliant Minds” proves it.
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‘Omni Loop’ Threw Me for One
Imagine living with a black hole of regret in your chest. You couldn’t. Solving that problem is an Omni Loop
