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"What if it wasn't just a storm…?" IFC Midnight has unveiled an official trailer for a mysterious new horror thriller titled We Need to Do Something, made by filmmaker Sean King O'Grady. It already premiered at Tribeca earlier this year. The concept involves a big, crazy apocalyptic storm rolling in and a family trapped by the storm in their house. But that's not it… There's some other kind of strange, evil forces lurking around, causing things to become even scarier as they remai

Spiral is now available on 4K UHD, Blu-ray, DVD, and digitally. The Saw spin-off stars Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson in the lead roles and is directed by Saw II-IV director Darren Lynn Bousman in his return to helming the horror series. While it exists in the Saw universe, it’s very much its own thing and provides a fresh experience thanks to the work of director of photography Jordan Oram.
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Peacock has announced that Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol will premiere weekly on Thursdays beginning September 16, 2021. The date was revealed yesterday via a custom puzzle hidden within The New York Times. To decode it yourself, click on the Twitter thread below!Fans of Dan Brown’s #TheLostSymbol: it’s your time! Solve this crossword to reveal the truth. pic.twitter.com/r9bTUQHAKP
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Felicity Jones has said she is “not interested” in watching films without women in them.
The actor, next starring in The Last Letter From Your Lover, opened up about her taste in film and the history of cinema as split between men and women.READ MORE: ‘The Aeronauts’ review: Hawkings reunite in airborne biopic that soars above expectations“It’s just extraordinary, when you look back at the history of cinema, just how much of that has been dominated by a m

The PlayStation Now August 2021 lineup is loaded with a trio of games that have little in common, except high critical reception. The three games in question are Nier: Automata, Ghostrunner, and Undertale and they’ll be available on August 3.
Nier: Automata is a 2017 action RPG from Bayonetta developer PlatinumGames. While a little bit of a departure from the first entry, this title was renowned for its rich, complex storytelling, multiple endings, and absurdity. And even though it is

"Space ain't what it used to be." Creators Steven Calcote and Lillian Diaz-Przybyl, along with Butcher Bird Studios, have released the final cut of their revolutionary sci-fi series Orbital Redux. All eight episodes are now available to watch on the Dust site. The first season was performed and broadcast live in 2018, with live music and live special effects - initially on Legendary Digital's Alpha platform. "It incorporated interactive audience elements that allowed the viewers to become part

Amazon Studios has announced that production on the upcoming first season of their highly-anticipated Lord of the Rings series has finally been completed in New Zealand. The filming wrap also comes with the release of the first official image from the untitled series which you can check out below, providing us a glimpse of the first episode.
Hailing from J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay, Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings series has been slated to make its long-awaited debut on Thursday, Sept

Magnolia Selects has unveiled their full lineup of titles available to stream starting in August 2021, including Marrowbone, from the producers of Pan’s Labyrinth and starring The Queen’s Gambit Anya Taylor-Joy, George MacKay (Captain Fantastic), Charlie Heaton (Stranger Things), and Mia Goth (Mayday) in a tale about four siblings who move to America with their mother to escape a troubled past. When she dies, they vow to stay together, no matter what. But when a ghostly presence torm

Bleecker Street has released the official Together trailer for Stephen Daldry’s upcoming comedy-drama feature, centering around two partners who are forced to reevaluate their relationship while in a lockdown together. Starring Golden Globe nominee James McAvoy and Emmy nominee Sharon Horgan, the film is scheduled to make its debut in U.S. theaters on August 27.
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Together is the story of a family, like so m

Aubrey Plaza (Parks and Recreation, Safety Not Guaranteed, Ingrid Goes West) is attached to star in Olga Dies Dreaming, a Hulu drama pilot that was ordered by the streamer in April, according to Variety. The pilot is based on the upcoming novel of the same name by Xóchitl Gonzalez.
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Olga Dies Dreaming tells the story of a Nuyorican brother and sister (Plaza) from a gentrifying Sunset Park, Brooklyn, reckoning with

Actor Jay Pickett, best known for his work on such daytime soap operas as General Hospital and Port Charles, died last week in Idaho while acting in a western he co-wrote, Treasure Valley. He was 60 years old. At the time of this writing, Pickett’s cause of death has not been released, but the film’s director Travis Mills believes that the longtime actor suffered a heart attack while sitting on a horse.
“Jay Pickett, our leading man, writer, producer, and creator of this movie

Showtime has officially renewed Emmy winner and series creator Lena Waithe’s hit drama series The Chi for a fifth season, which is slated to debut in 2022. The renewal comes after the series had just aired its fourth season finale last night. The latest season is currently on pace to become the most-streamed Showtime series ever, with an average of 4.2 million weekly viewers.
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The Chi is a timely

A number of white fibreglass elephant statues have been removed from an Oscars venue, rejecting the legacy of D.W. Griffith.READ MORE: How to watch all of this year’s Oscars films in the UKThe Los Angeles Times reports that the new owners of the Hollywood & Highland shopping centre are removing the statues and “all of the faux Mesopotamian elements” as part of a new makeover.
The elephant statues were used on the set of the 1916 film Intolerance, directe

A number of white fibreglass elephant statues have been removed from Hollywood & Highland shopping centre, rejecting the legacy of D.W. Griffith.READ MORE: How to watch all of this year’s Oscars films in the UKThe Los Angeles Times reports that the new owners of the centre are removing the statues and “all of the faux Mesopotamian elements” as part of a new makeover.
The elephant statues were used on the set of the 1916 film Intolerance, directed by D.W.

Arrow Video has announced the August 2021 lineup of their new subscription-based ARROW platform, available to subscribers in the US, Canada, the UK, and Ireland.
The August lineup leads with the ARROW release of Noel David Taylor’s bizarre filmmaking comedy Man Under Table. The feature debut from writer/director Noel David Taylor, who also stars as Guy, a beleaguered, hilariously obnoxious scriptwriter navigating his way through the chaotic indie film scene in a dystopian Los Angeles, Man

Noel Clarke has officially left his production company Unstoppable Film and TV, following allegations of sexual misconduct and bullying from earlier this year.
All3Media, the production company which backed Clarke’s Unstoppable in 2018, told Variety in a statement: “Noel Clarke has left Unstoppable Film and TV. Jason Maza has also left the company.”
Clarke was put under investigation by All3Media shortly after The Guardian published an exposé including testimon

What's wrong with grandmother? Sony Pictures Spain has released the first official trailer for a new horror film titled La Abuela, the latest from [REC] 1-3 director Paco Plaza. This is already set to premiere at the San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain before opening there starting in October, though there's no US release confirmed yet. A Paris model must return home to Madrid where her grandmother, who had brought her up, just had a stroke. But spending just a few days with this relative turn

Jay Pickett, who is best known for his recurring role on General Hospital, has died on the set of his upcoming film.
The 60-year-old actor was filming western Treasure Valley, which he both wrote and starred in, when he died sitting on a horse, according to co-star Jim Heffel.
“Jay Pickett decided to ride off into the Heavens,” Heffel wrote in a Facebooktribute. “I lost a good friend and the world lost a great person.”
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Netflix has announced the release date for their upcoming biographical drama feature titled Worth, starring Michael Keaton, Stanley Tucci, and Amy Ryan. The post 9-11 drama has been slated to make its debut on Friday, September 3. The date announcement also came with the release of the first key art poster which you can check out below, providing us our first look at the leading trio’s characters.An attorney learns a lesson in empathy when he is faced with the near-impossible task of deter

ComingSoon.net is excited to debut the exclusive trailer for Skyler Lawson’s independent thriller Whelm in his directorial debut.  The film is executive produced by Lawson under his Endrow Pictures banner and produced by Lawson, Ed Herrera, and Noelle Hubbell.
The movie will open on Digital platforms on August 3 by Gravitas Ventures. Endrow Pictures will screen the film in 35mm format at select theaters as a roadshow. The Whelm 35mm Roadshow will open at the Fine Arts Theatr

"What I'm trying to say… I sort of love you." Bleecker Street has released an official trailer for a film titled Together, a new comedy from British filmmaker Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot, The Hours, The Reader). Yet another new pandemic lockdown film, this one addressing a relationship. It is the story of a family, like so many, who found a way to survive - together. This hilarious and heartbreaking story intimately shows two partners forced to re-evaluate themselves and their relations

Coming off from scoring his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor, Strand Releasing has released the official trailer for the upcoming U.S. release of Riz Ahmed’s latest drama film titled Mogul Mowgli. It interestingly bears some little similarities to Ahmed’s acclaimed movie Sound of Metal as they both feature the 38-year-old actor as a musician who gets suddenly stricken by an illness.
The Mogul Mowgli trailer features Ahmed as a rising rapper who must face his past while d

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will not be taking the Scarlett Johansson route following the Video On Demand release of his new film, it has been claimed.READ MORE: Jungle Cruise film review: a classic summer blockbuster souped up for the modern ageLike Johansson’s Marvel entry Black Widow, Johnson’s new film Jungle Cruise was released simultaneously in cinemas and Disney+ Premier for $29.99 last Friday (July 30). Deadline reports that Jungle Cruise had bought in $91.8mil

"Don't worry. We'll put our heads together and think of something." Ready for something a bit strange and fun to enjoy? Watch this entertaining short film Heads Together, a Dutch creation from an animation trio known as Job, Joris & Marieke - based in Utrecht. Vimeo premiered this online after a few years of playing at film festivals around the world. It's a surreal story about three friends who exchange heads by accident and are forced to adapt to each other's life and experience how they

ComingSoon is debuting an exclusive clip from the upcoming documentary On the Trail of UFOs: Dark Sky. The doc will be available to purchase or rent on August 3 on a number of platforms from 1091 Pictures, including iTunes, Amazon Prime Video, Vudu, and FandangoNOW.
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Cryptid documentarian Seth Breedlove and paranormal researcher Shannon LeGro continue their search for the truth behind the enigma of unidentified f

Free Guy star Ryan Reynolds took to Twitter to share a brand new promo for 20th Century Studios’ long-awaited action comedy film, introducing another character named Dude, who is also played by Reynolds. The film is currently slated to hit the theaters next week on August 13.
The new Free Guy video, features the Deadpool star in another confessional-style promo as he talks about the process of physically transforming into Dude. It also includes a brief clip of the titular NPC character as

Comedian Rebel Wilson has shared a photo of herself as Britney Spears for an upcoming Netflix film.
The image shows Wilson as Spears in her music video for her 1999 hit ‘(You Drive Me) Crazy’. The scene is part of the actor’s new comedy Senior Year, in which she plays a cheerleader who attempts to reclaim her high-school life after being in a coma for 20 years.READ MORE: Soundtrack Of My Life: Rebel Wilson“My life is CRAZY right now ps [love] you Britney,” Wils

Netflix has finally released the official trailer for the upcoming fifth and final installment of their hit global series Money Heist, which is scheduled to make its return this September 3 with Season 5 Volume 1.
The video, which you can check out below, highlights the team’s efforts to fight off the military as they try to survive without the guidance of the Professor, who has been held captive by the ruthless Alicia. Because of this, Lisbon has now become the de facto leader of the team

A new trailer for Tom Hardy’s Venom: Let There By Carnage has arrived, and reveals key details of Woody Harrelson’s villain.
Carnage, also known as Cletus Kasady, was introduced in a post-credits sequence at the end of the original Venom film. The new trailer now shows not only the origin of Carnage, but what to expect from his destructive powers.READ MORE: ‘Venom 2’: release date, plot details, cast and everything we know so farIt also shows additional footage of fellow

The Russo Brothers took to Instagram to confirm that production on Netflix’s upcoming action-thriller film The Gray Man has finally been completed after over three months of filming. The star-studded feature will be led by Golden Globe winner Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans, whose characters will go head-to-head in this espionage and manhunt story.
 
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"Welcome to the world, little guy." Shudder has unveiled an official US trailer for an indie horror thriller called Mosquito State, which originally premiered at last year's Venice Film Festival. It also played at the Sitges Film Festival and Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, and will debut streaming on Shudder starting this month. Set in 2007, the film is about a Wall Street analyst living in his apartment overlooking Central Park who brings back some strange mosquitos which begin to swarm i

Sony Pictures has dropped a Venom: Let There Be Carnage trailer for its upcoming Marvel sequel starring Tom Hardy and Woody Harrelson. The video, which you can check out in the player below, features Eddie Brock as he continues struggling to control the titular symbiote’s aggression in order to avoid detection from powerful people. It also highlights the Carnage transformation of Harrelson’s villainous Cletus Kasady, who seemingly feels a strange connection to Eddie. In addition to a

"All I ever wanted in this world… is carnage." Who's hungry - it's time to meet the vicious red symbiote! Sony Pictures has released the second official trailer for the Marvel sequel titled Venom: Let There Be Carnage, aka just Venom 2. The first trailer for this dropped at the beginning of the summer, but with more VFX finished now we can get a much better look at Carnage vs Venom in this new trailer. Directed by Andy Serkis, this new sequel introduces us to the other fan-favorite villa

"We'll catch these dirtbags tonight." Well Go USA has debuted the full US trailer for the Hong Kong action film Raging Fire, from filmmaker Benny Chan (who passed away last year - this is his final film). Raging Fire will arrive in the US starting in a few weeks this August, after already opening first in China & HK - we posted a teaser a few months back. Donnie Yen stars as Shan, a righteous cop who's is admired by the police force for solving so many cases. One day, his past comes back to

Dan Mazer, the co-writer of Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, has said that he isn’t convinced by Rudy Giuliani’s excuse for his suspicious behaviour in the film.
The screenwriter, who is also Sacha Baron Cohen’s creative partner, spoke to The Daily Beast about the particular scene, which saw Giuliani appear to undo his trousers while in a hotel room with actor Maria Bakalova.READ MORE: Jagshemash! Borat’s Rudy Giuliani sting proves we need him now more than everGiuliani h

Quentin Tarantino has revealed that he has not watched Natural Born Killers in its entirety.
Speaking on Brian Koppelman’s podcast The Moment, the filmmaker addressed his much-publicised disdain of the film, which is based upon his script.READ MORE: Oliver Stone on dropping acid during ‘Nam, his failed Bob Marley biopic and the psychedelic allure of Jim Morrison“One of the things about that script in particular is that I was trying to make it on the page, so when you read it, y

Dave Bautista has become the first Marvel star to weigh in on Scarlett Johansson’s legal action against Disney.
Johansson launched the legal battle following the company’s decision to release Black Widow on its streaming service at the same time it landed in cinemas.READ MORE: Black Widow review: Marvel’s cinematic web ensnares a new generationThe lawsuit claims that the move has heavily impacted ticket sales of the Avengers spin-off. Attorneys representing Johan

The forthcoming new and authorised Led Zeppelin documentary Becoming Led Zeppelin has finally been completed.
Directed by Bernard MacMahon, the film was first announced back in May 2019 to mark the band’s 50th anniversary in 2018.READ MORE: Led Zeppelin – rank the albumsMacMahon has today (August 2) confirmed the film’s title, Becoming Led Zeppelin, and announced that work on the documentary has been completed.
“Becoming Led Zeppelin is a film that no one thought cou

Amanda Knox has accused Stillwater director Tom McCarthy and star Matt Damon of profiting off her experiences by “distorting” her character, “at the expense of [her] reputation”.
In 2009, Knox and her then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were wrongfully convicted of the 2007 murder of Knox’s roommate Meredith Kercher, following a trial that was marked by media speculation about her character.
Knox spent four years in prison following her conviction, and was acquitted i

Matt Damon has said he recently decided to stop using a homophobic slur after his daughter criticised him for doing so.
The Oscar-winning actor explained that he made a “joke” using what his daughter described as “the f-slur for a homosexual” only months ago.
Damon told The Sunday Times that his daughter criticised him for using the term and she subsequently “left the table”.
The actor then told her: “Come on, that’s a joke! I say it in the movie&n

A campaign to have Amber Heard removed from the cast of Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom had “no impact” on casting decisions, according to the film’s producer.READ MORE: Aquaman – stars Jason Momoa and Patrick Wilson and director James Wan on the Superman of the seaIn a recent episode of Deadline‘s Hero Nation Podcast, producer Peter Safran addressed the campaign, started after she filed a lawsuit against ex-husband Johnny Depp, and how it never influenced th