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Sure, big-budget blockbusters do steal the spotlight, but nothing can beat the real cinematic gold that often slips quietly under the underrated movies list. Over the past decade, while franchises soared, a wave of underrated gems emerged quietly and made their mark, without fanfare, red-carpet buzz, or viral memes. Yep, we’re talking about the films that didn’t break box office records but definitely broke our hearts, bent genres, and left cinephiles like us whispering, ‘How did more people not see this?’

From sleeper thrillers to indie darlings, deadpan comedies to moody dramas, there’s a long list of some of the best storytelling that absolutely went unnoticed. Perhaps they had poor marketing, or maybe they released their product next to a Marvel monster. Or maybe they were just too weird, wild, or wonderful for the mainstream crowd. But whatever the reason may be, they undoubtedly deserved better, and...

This week's episode of the Pilot TV Podcast isn't just good, folks — it's Matthew Goode! Yes, the star of Netflix's latest streaming hit, crime drama Dept. Q, joins us on the show this week to talk murder, creative collaboration, the scent of death, and, er, golf with our very own Jordan King. [41:02 — 57:30 approx.] Speaking of golf, over in the reviews section we're hitting the links with Owen Wilson in Stick on Apple TV+, as well as exploring the boundaries of sibling rivalry with Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks in The Better Sister on Prime, and hunting for missing bullion with Hugh Bonneville in The Gold Season 2 on BBC1.

Elsewhere, James Dyer, Boyd Hilton, and Kay Ribeiro dig into a listener's question on pointless TV shows, dive into this week's telly news — from Hacks' renewal to the latest Harry Potter casting — and, as a special treat for the maths geeks among you,...

El Parque Natural de Somiedo está entre las opciones de Lionsgate para recrear la arena de los Quincuagésimos Juegos del Hambre. © Getty Images

Atención, tributos: Somiedo podría convertirse en el escenario de Los juegos del hambre: Amanecer en la cosecha, según ha informado El Comercio, que asegura que Lionsgate ha incluido el Parque Natural asturiano entre sus posibles localizaciones para el rodaje.

De hecho, el equipo de localización ya ha movido ficha y ha enviado a expertos a la zona para evaluar su potencial como plató cinematográfico. Con sus frondosos bosques y su lago rodeado de imponentes montañas, el paisaje encajaría perfectamente con la estética de las arenas vistas en entregas anteriores entregas de la saga de Suzanne Collins. De ser elegido, el rodaje en este enclave podría extenderse durante cinco días.

La precuela Los Juegos del Hambre: Amanecer en la cosecha ha cosechado (nunca mejor dicho) un elenco de lujo,...

In the latest murder-mystery limited drama series, estranged sisters, played by Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks, put their pasts on hold to handle a bigger dilemma: a murder.

“The Better Sister,” based on the bestselling novel of the same name, premiered on Prime Video Thursday. When Chloe (Biel) finds her partner Adam in a pool of his own blood in their Hamptons house, her life turns upside down. She is forced to reunite with her estranged sister Nicky (Banks), who happens to be Adam’s ex-wife. This messy situation is heightened by the fact that Chloe and her adoptive son Ethan, who is also Nicky’s biological son, are the prime suspects in the murder case.

In addition to starring in the limited series, Biel and Banks executive produced, alongside showrunners Olivia Milch and Regina Corrado for Tomorrow Studios.

Keep reading for the full cast of this limited series

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[This story contains spoilers from all eight episodes of Prime Video’s The Better Sister.]

When crafting Prime Video’s eight-episode limited series The Better Sister, starring Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks, showrunners Olivia Milch and Regina Corrado asked themselves, “What is the most uncomfortable path we can take and can we bear telling it this way?”

That path proves to be a spiderweb of mysteries as Milch and Corrado explore both the unraveling of a whodunit and the trauma and history between two estranged sisters Nicky (Banks) and Chloe (Biel). Adapted from Alafair Burke’s novel of the same name, Biel and Banks star as sisters seemingly living opposite lives — Chloe with an established career and devoted family that includes lawyer husband Adam (Corey Stoll) and teenage son Ethan (Maxwell Acee Donovan), while Nicky struggles to stay clean. However, when Adam is murdered, the two sisters must come together, especially when Ethan is accused of the murder. To make matters more complicated,...

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From a genre perspective, Scott Frank's latest project for Netflix has little in common with his previous two shows for the streaming service, the Emmy-winning limited series The Queen’s Gambit and Godless. But like them, Dept. Q is must-see TV.

Adapted from the best-selling Department Q crime novels by Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen, the nine-episode series (now streaming) stars Matthew Goode as Dci Carl Morck, an acerbic detective returning to work months after a routine welfare check leaves a young cop dead, his best friend and partner paralyzed from the waist down, and him with a bullet wound to the neck and mandated therapy. When his embattled Edinburgh police station needs a PR win, Morck is assigned to...

Messy family drama can make for very entertaining storytelling, especially if there's any kind of crime involved. In the new Prime Video limited series "The Better Sister," based on the novel of the same name by Alafair Burke, family secrets become very public fodder when lawyer, father, and husband Adam Macintosh (Corey Stoll) is brutally murdered. Now his wife Chloe (Jessica Biel), the editor-in-chief of a fictional magazine, is left to pick up the pieces and potentially try to clear her own name. There's just one problem: her husband Adam is also her estranged sister Nicky's (Elizabeth Banks) ex-husband, and she's been raising Nicky and Adam's son Ethan (Maxwell Acee Donovan) almost as if he were her own. Ugly family secrets being revealed could derail what's left of Chloe's perfect little life, and now she will have to fight for it all. 

The series was created by Craig Gillespie, who...

[This story contains spoilers from all eight episodes of Prime Video’s The Better Sister.]

What’s a family without some drama? But add in a murder, lingering secrets and scandals and you get the recipe for Prime Video’s The Better Sister starring Elizabeth Banks and Jessica Biel.

Biel and Banks star in the eight-episode series, from showrunners Olivia Milch and Regina Corrado and adapted from Alafair Burke’s novel of the same name, as estranged sisters Chloe Taylor (Biel) and Nicky Macintosh (Banks) who despite living opposite lives — Chloe leads a picturesque existence with her lawyer husband Adam (Corey Stoll) and teenage son Ethan (Maxwell Acee Donovan), while Nicky struggles to stay clean — must come together when Chloe’s husband is murdered. To make matters more complicated, Nicky is also Adam’s ex and Ethan’s biological mother.

While viewers follow the mystery of who killed Adam, they get glimpses into Nick and Chloe’s harrowing past, trauma and the mistakes that haunt them.

Sometimes, you have to wonder about the universe’s sense of timing.

Take, for instance, the launch of The Better Sister, the new Prime Video limited series where Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks play a pair of financially and socially disparate sisters in crisis. The series comes a week after the launch of Sirens, another limited series on Netflix about a pair of financially and socially disparate sisters in crisis, played by Meghann Fahy and Milly Alcock.

While likely a quirk of advantageous late-spring programming, comparisons between the two series are inevitable, especially concerning how they handle their respective sisterly relationships. This coincidence may even suggest a trend, as Hollywood grapples with what stories resonate in the evolving post-streaming era.

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Warning: This post contains spoilers from The Better Sister episode 8 and references to domestic abuse from this point forward.

Following Nicky's bombshell reveal at the end of episode 7, The Better Sister episode 8 opens with a flashback to how it all went down. Nicky sits in her car across the street from Adam and Chloe's house and watches Adam get out of a cab. She steels herself to ring the doorbell, and even though Adam isn't happy to see her, she barges inside looking for Chloe. She confronts him about abusing Chloe and refuses to leave, which turns the situation violent.

Adam grabs Nicky and tries to pull her out of the house. The fight continues until Nicky pulls out a pocketknife and stabs Adam multiple times in self defense. When he collapses, she retrieves the knife from his hand and rushes out in a panic. Prior to killing Adam, Nicky...

Warning: This post contains spoilers from The Better Sister episode 7 and references to domestic abuse from this point forward.

After Chloe bravely shared her truth on the stand in episode 6, The Better Sister episode 7 begins with a flashback featuring a graphic depiction of Adam's physical abuse. Ethan watches from the balcony of the apartment as his father shoves his mother against the wall and firmly presses on her chest. He watches Chloe remove herself from his grasp and exclaim that if he touches her again, she'll kill him. That's why Ethan thought she killed him.

In real time, she assures Ethan that she didn't kill his dad. They still have to answer that question. Even with it hanging in the air, Chloe and Nicky are getting along and giving Ethan a loving home. They reminisce about their childhood, Shadow/Wallace Lake, and other fond memories. Before heading into the city,...

This post contains spoilers from The Better Sister episode 6 from this point forward.

Ethan's bombshell at the end of episode 5, that he had been writing mean comments about Chloe online, creates immediate mayhem in The Better Sister episode 6. After a flashback to Adam in confession, which attempts to shade in his motives but rings hollow, the real drama begins. Nicky's angry that Ethan had to aim for Chloe's attention online.

They put on quite the display in the courtroom lobby, with Nicky giving a push that leads to Chloe missing Nicky's face a landing a hit on Nan. Nicky slaps Chloe back, her unruly behavior forcing Nan to handcuff her and put her in the back of her squad car. No one's pressing charges for the altercation, and Michelle pulls the sisters away for a chat.

Without a real second suspect, it's crunch time for Michelle to find someone else to point the finger to.

This post contains spoilers from The Better Sister episode 5 from this point forward.

Following her relapse in episode 4, The Better Sister episode 5 opens with a flashback to the early days of Nicky and Adam's relationship. He studies in a booth at the diner she works at and teases him with a small bottle of liquor. She takes a swig and Adam seems to push her to stop drinking. She tosses the bottle in the trash can after having some friendly banter with regulars.

Nicky wakes up worse for the wear and remembers sleeping with the cater waiter at the wake. She heads to a local bar for a drink and ends up releasing herself from some of the ghosts following her around. Oddly enough, an older man at the bar walks her through a conversation with her dad, who she pictures at the end of the bar. It's an emotional...

“The Better Sister” (TV Series 2025) is yet another iteration of now-stale templates revolving around watching rich people go through tragedy, hell, tackle grief, and recover their footing. Throw in a sprinkling of trauma, unresolved past issues, threat of intimate partner violence, a son seeming to repeat addiction patterns, and behold a new show with the same old, tired trappings. There’s barely any fresh, seductive storytelling, so your eyes will quickly glaze over as the murder mystery deepens into a tale of two estranged sisters finding their way back to each other, reconnecting after several years, misunderstandings, and escalated anxieties over sharing a son.

The show makes a great fuss about attempting to empathise with strained ties, psychological disarray, and scan where healing can be possible. But little lands, most of it buried between predictability and repetition. It lacks characters who can be adequately viper-like and charismatic enough to warrant attention.

[Warning: The following contains Major spoilers for The Better Sister Season 1 finale.] Prime Video‘s The Better Sister debuted its full eight-episode season on May 29, delivering a family drama full of unexpected twists that were part of the Alafair Burke novel on which its based as well as its own changes to the source material. In the video interview above, stars Jessica Biel, Elizabeth Banks, Gloria Reuben, Corey Stoll, Lorraine Toussaint, and more break down that ending twist, what it means, and how we got there. The show is billed as a limited series, and this season covered the book plot in full, but The Better Sister finale left the door wide open for more mysteries to be solved. The showrunners and stars also address the possibility of a second season in the video above. The Better Sister, based on the novel by bestselling author Alafair Burke, is an eight-episode electric thriller about the terrible things that...

Episode 3 ended with the shocking reveal of Chloe and Jake's secret affair, but The Better Sister episode 4 takes an unexpected turn, opening with Chloe experiencing a strange dream set during her and Nicky’s father’s funeral. Here's a recap of what all happens in the fourth episode of the thriller series titled "Gazpacho."

Warning: Major spoilers are ahead from The Better Sister episode 4.

(l-r) Cassandra Freeman (Janie), Elizabeth Banks (Nicky), Gabriel Sloyer (Jake), and Jessica Biel (Chloe) in The Better Sister | Jojo Whilden/Prime Video Nicky reveals to Chloe a dark secret from her past

In Chloe’s dream, she talks with the ghost of her deceased father, who soon leaves her alone to converse with the funeral guests. Chloe then notices her mother pounding on her father’s casket, seemingly trying to keep it shut. Suddenly, a young Ethan appears, and Chloe looks down to see him holding a gun.

Jessica Biel's new Prime Video thriller series continues a rather exciting TV streak that started back in 2017. Biel first climbed into fame in 1996 when she played Mary Camden in the family drama 7th Heaven, but in the years that followed, she focused predominantly on a movie career. Some of her notable projects include The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), Blade: Trinity (2004), The Illusionist (2006), The A-Team (2010), Hitchcock (2012), and more. Biel didn't dive back into a regular TV role until 2017's The Sinner, a project that performed exceptionally well and earned the actor Golden Globe and Emmy nominations.

The Sinner holds an impressive 92% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes, and though Biel stepped off the screen after season 1 to focus wholly on her executive producer role, the series has continued to perform well. In the eight years since, Biel has taken up other TV roles, including Linetown (2019), and Candy (2022 to present). These series performed exceptionally well with critics,...

There's no denying that Prime Video does thrillers really well, and their newest original offering, The Better Sister, seems to be continuing its string of hits. Debuting today, May 29, the series is impressing critics on Rotten Tomatoes, who have given it a 90% score right out of the gate.

Based on the 2019 novel by Alafair Burke, Martin Carr from Cbr says the new thriller "shakes up expectations," while critic Jeanine T. Abraham notes that of all the "series about rich people vacationing at their summer homes by the beach," The Better Sister is "the best of the bunch."

Starring Jessical Biel and Elizabeth Banks, the new thriller is filled with twists, misdirections, and all the sibling drama you'd expect. However, this one does seem like a cut above the rest based on the synopsis, which makes us want to see it even without reading any of the reviews:

"Chloe (Biel), a high-profile media executive,...

The previous episode ended with Ethan’s arrest for Adam’s murder. In episode 3 of The Better Sister, the story turns its attention to Ethan’s court hearing. A hidden romantic relationship also comes to light, one that some viewers may have suspected all along.

Spoilers ahead from The Better Sister episode 3.

Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks in The Better Sister | Prime Video Ethan's hearing begins

The third episode opens with a flashback to the day Ethan brought a gun to school. After being picked up by Chloe and Adam, they confront him about why he did it. While Chloe is more gentle with him, Adam is visibly angry and confrontational, demanding answers. The flashback ends, and we're taken to Chloe's penthouse, where she browses through her phone. She comes across a new article discussing Ethan's arrest. The doorbell then rings, and she opens the door to let Catherine in.

There have been several TV series recently centering on the intricacies of sisterhood. From Netflix’s “Sirens” to Peacock’s “Long Bright River,” this particular sibling connection is having a moment. Now, Prime Video’s limited thriller, “The Better Sister,” based on the best-selling novel by Alafair Burke and adapted to television by Olivia Milch and Regina Corrado, is showcasing two very different and estranged sisters, torn apart by lies and forced to come together again after a shocking crime rocks their worlds. Despite its electric premise, which includes murder, secrets, affairs and a high-profile trial, the show is underwhelming.

“The Better Sister” opens at dusk. Chloe Taylor (Jessica Biel), an editor-in-chief at a popular magazine, is seen leaving her mentor Catherine Lancaster’s (Lorraine Toussaint) Hamptons estate. After a short drive to her own home, Chloe enters and fiddles around a bit in the kitchen before stepping into the living room.

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The Better Sister is a crime thriller drama series created by Olivia Milch and Regina Corrado. Based on the 2019 novel of the same name by Alafair Burke, the Prime Video series follows Chloe and Nicky, two estranged sisters who reunite after Chloe’s husband is murdered and her son becomes the prime suspect. The Better Sister stars Jessica Biel, Elizabeth Banks, Corey Stoll, Maxwell Acee Donovan, Kim Dicken, and Bobby Naderi. So, if you loved the thrilling story, intense drama, and compelling characters in The Better Sister, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

Bad Sisters (Apple TV+) Credit – Apple TV+

Bad Sisters is an Irish dark comedy mystery crime thriller drama series created by Sharon Horgan, Dave Finkel, and Brett Baer. Based on the Belgian series titled Clan by Malin-Sarah Gozin, the Apple TV...

This post contains spoilers from The Better Sister from this point forward.

A new page-turning beach read has come to life on screen in a thrilling limited series, this time in the form of Prime Video's The Better Sister, an adaptation of Alafair Burke's novel of the same name. Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks star in the series as estranged sisters who come back into each other's lives when one's husband is murdered and her son is the suspect.

But there's much, much more to the story of Chloe (Biel) and Nicky (Banks). While Chloe was married to Adam (Corey Stoll) when he was murdered, Nicky was previously married to him. And the son who's the suspect? That would be Nicky's too, though he was raised by Chloe. It's an entire tangled web that baffles both the public and the detectives trying to find out what happened.

Throughout the eight-episode season,...

Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks star in The Better Sister, a new limited series streaming on Prime Video. In the eight-episode show based on Alafair Burke’s novel of the same name, the two play estranged sisters, Chloe and Nicky, who are forced to reunite and confront buried family secrets after the shocking murder of Chloe’s husband, Adam.

The first episode introduces us to the characters, the world, and the brutal murder that sets everything in motion. We get a glimpse into Chloe’s seemingly perfect life, her successful career, her teenage son Ethan, and her marriage to Adam, before it’s all shattered by tragedy. We're then introduced to Nicky, who reenters Chloe's life and shakes things up.

Below, we shared a breakdown of what all goes down in the premiere of the thriller series. So, now is your chance to exit this article if you don't want to be spoiled.

Imagine you come back home from a party to find your husband bleeding on the floor. In minutes, your perfect white dress is stained in red, like your reputation is going to be soon enough. On the other hand, your sister is an addict and is dealing with her own problems when she hears the news and comes back into your (now) fancy life. What follows is a series of events revealing many shocking family secrets. This is the basic premise of The Better Sister, and it’s sure to keep you on your toes from start to finish. Chloe runs a successful magazine, is married to a loving husband named Adam, and is raising a teenage son named Ethan. Well, was married to a loving husband named Adam. When Adam is found dead, Nicky, Chloe’s estranged sister, comes back into her life for surprising reasons.

What follows is...

On Thursday May 29 2025, Bravo broadcasts The Kelly Clarkson Show!

Season 6 Episode 160 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “The Kelly Clarkson Show” promises a lively mix of entertainment and insightful discussions. This episode, airing on Bravo, features a variety of guests and segments that highlight both fun and important topics.

One of the highlights is the popular segment “Kellyoke,” where Kelly Clarkson will perform a new song. Fans can expect her to showcase her incredible vocal talent and bring her unique style to the performance. This segment often brings a lot of energy to the show, and viewers can look forward to a memorable rendition.

Elizabeth Banks will join Kelly as a guest, bringing her charm and wit to the conversation. Known for her work in film and television, Banks is sure to share some interesting stories and insights about her latest projects. Alongside her, actor Josh Holloway will also make an appearance,...

In the ever-expanding televisual landscape, where narratives of domestic discord often curtsy to the macabre, The Better Sister Season 1 presents its opening gambit. We meet Chloe Taylor (Jessica Biel), a woman seemingly sculpted from the very marble of modern aspiration – a high-powered publishing executive, her life an enviable edifice of success, her hair a marvel of geometric precision that likely requires its own T-square. This meticulously constructed reality, however, proves as fragile as a champagne flute in a mosh pit.

The series wastes little time in applying a sledgehammer to this polished veneer: Chloe stumbles upon her husband, Adam (Corey Stoll), dispatched with a notable lack of subtlety in their presumably tasteful home. This violent act immediately sends tremors through the family unit, not least towards her teenage stepson, Ethan, whose adolescent angst now acquires a far sharper, more sinister edge.

And just as the crime scene tape goes up,...

‘The Better Sister’ drops Thursday, May 29 with eight episodes of family drama and dark secrets.

I was hooked on Jessica Biel the moment I watched Season 1 of “The Sinner” — she was sharp, haunted, and totally magnetic. Now she’s back in murder mystery mode with “The Better Sister,” a dark new limited series on Prime Video that pairs her with Elizabeth Banks as estranged sisters thrown back into each other’s lives after a brutal killing. The twist? The victim is Banks’s ex-husband… and Biel’s current one. Add a teenage son, some tabloid chaos, and a whole lot of buried secrets, and you’ve got a tangled family drama just waiting to unravel. Here’s everything you need to know before “The Better Sister” drops all eight episodes on Thursday, May 29 only on Prime Video.

How to watch ‘The Better Sister’ When: Thursday, May 29, 2025, at 3 a.m. Et...

Not every book needs a multi-episode television adaptation. And based on how most of those adaptations turn out, most do not. As adapted from Alafair Burke’s 2019 novel of the same name, however, Amazon’s The Better Sister features characters trapped in a familial web so tangled that it all but justifies its existence.

High-powered publishing exec Chloe Taylor (Jessica Biel) is married to lawyer Adam (Corey Stoll), who used to be married to Chloe’s alcoholic sister, Nicky (Elizabeth Banks). Adam and Nicky’s teenage son, Ethan (Maxwell Acee Donovan), has been raised for most of his life in a world of wealth and privilege by Chloe, who moved to New York with Adam and Ethan when Nicky’s addiction took a particularly dangerous turn. Chloe has managed to keep her salacious past from the general public, but when Adam is murdered, her personal affairs are thrust into the spotlight—and Nicky comes calling,...

Plot: Chloe (Jessica Biel) navigates life with husband Adam (Corey Stoll) and son Ethan (Maxwell Acee Donovan) while her sister Nicky (Elizabeth Banks) battles addiction. Adam’s murder unveils long-hidden family secrets, shaking their world.

Review: Sibling rivalry is a concept as old as time. In extreme cases, duos like Cain and Abel, the Boleyn sisters, and Liam and Noah Gallagher of Oasis come to mind. People say blood runs thicker than water, but it’s difficult to see the forest for the trees when the floodgates burst. In rare cases, a heartfelt chat over a glass of wine or beer can resolve most issues. However, when a decades-long rift is made deeper by murder, there isn’t enough Cabernet Sauvignon or IPAs to repair the widening damage.

In The Better Sister, created by Olivia Milch and Regina Corrado, based on the novel by Alafair Burke, Chloe (Jessica Biel) and...

Jessica Biel tells Gold Derby she couldn't have been more "excited" to find out who would be playing her sister on Prime Video's The Better Sister. "Me, too!" echoes Elizabeth Banks. In addition to playing estranged siblings Chloe (Biel) and Nicky (Banks), who are forced to come together after someone they know is murdered, the actresses both serve as executive producers under showrunner Regina Corrado. The murder-mystery limited series is based on the 2019 novel by Alafair Burke.

"These are hard characters," Biel tells us (watch the full interview above). "These are challenging roles. You want to know that you have a partner who you can trust and who you know is going to bring it every day.

"And I believed that we were sisters," Banks chuckles. "I believed it was possible, and that I was the big sister, which I am in real life. It just felt very correct. You...

Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks couldn’t be better matched as sisters who’ve landed on the opposite ends of easy street. It’s entertaining to watch the women act opposite each other, biting into their succulent roles as siblings in a long-simmering feud. In Prime Video’s “The Better Sister,” airing on May 29th, this pair harbors so many shared secrets they would need a storage unit to contain them.

Over eight twisty, turbulent episodes, past one shocking reveal and over another cliffhanger, the audience is invited to guess if one sister is superior to the other. The most successful is Chloe (Biel). The chilly Anna Wintour-ish married magazine editor glides through a glamorous life with a Manhattan penthouse and prime Easthampton real estate. In contrast, Nicky (Banks), the funky eldest and underdog, struggles back in their native Cleveland. The hot mess alcoholic stumbles one day at a...

The Hunger Games series of films has gained newfound relevance this year, in part thanks to the upcoming film adaptation of the novel Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins, in addition to the release of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes film in 2023. Lionsgate has been driving up hype for the next movie in the franchise, which will undoubtedly lead fans to revisit the original films. Thankfully, the first four Hunger Games titles will all be available under one streaming platform starting next month, giving viewers plenty of time to catch up on the series before the next entry is released in theaters.

Starting June 2025, The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay Parts 1 & 2 will all be available to stream on Max. Each film is based on one of the books in the series by Suzanne Collins, and tells the story of Katniss Everdeen, a young woman who, after being...

What to Watch on Ott This Week: May 26 to June 1, 2025 (Photo Credit – Instagram/Netflix)

Wondering what to watch this week? We’ve got you covered! Netflix is bringing three exciting titles, each in a different language, including two from South India and one from the UK. Over on JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar, there’s a brand-new addition to the MCU and a fresh Hindi series. Surprisingly, ZEE5 joined the party with three new releases! Dept. Q, Captain America: Brave New World, Criminal Justice S4, and more are set to hit Ott this week. Curious to know the titles, plot summaries, and trailers for all these and more? Just scroll down!

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Hit: The Third Case (Telugu) May 29, 2025

Hit: The Third Case is an action thriller written and directed by Sailesh Kolanu. It stars Nani as a cop from the Homicide Intervention Team (Hit) from Visakhapatnam, who is sent...

On Wednesday May 28 2025, NBC broadcasts The Kelly Clarkson Show!

Season 6 Episode 160 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “The Kelly Clarkson Show” promises to be an exciting mix of music, celebrity interviews, and engaging segments. This episode will feature the popular segment “Kellyoke,” where Kelly Clarkson will perform a new song that fans are sure to enjoy. The energy of her performance is expected to set a lively tone for the show.

Elizabeth Banks will be joining Kelly for a conversation. Known for her work in film and television, Banks will likely share insights about her latest projects and experiences in the entertainment industry. Her charm and humor are anticipated to bring a fun dynamic to the interview.

Josh Holloway, famous for his role in “Lost,” will also appear on the show. His presence is sure to delight fans, as he discusses his career and upcoming roles. The chemistry between Kelly...

If there's one thing that we can't get enough of in the streaming world, it's a good, juicy limited series. The more psychologically thrilling the better. The more murder and mystery the better! That's exactly what Prime Video's new thriller limited series The Better Sister is serving up when it premieres on Thursday, May 29 care of stars and executive producers Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks.

Based on the book of the same name by Alafair Burke, The Better Sister centers on public figure Chloe Taylor (Jessica Biel), whose seemingly perfect life hits the breaks when her lawyer husband Adam (Corey Stoll) ends up murdered. As the cops zero in on her teenage son Ethan (Maxwell Acee Donovan) as a suspect, Chloe's estranged sister Nicky (Elizabeth Banks) arrives to drudge up the past.

The Better Sister explores the tragic secrets that drove the sisters away from each other, not limited to sharing a husband.

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This June, Max is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the highly anticipated return of the period drama series The Gilded Age to the streaming release of the hit film A Minecraft Movie. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Max next month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the 5 best films coming to Max in June 2025 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (June 1) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 90% Credit – Lionsgate

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is a dystopian action thriller film directed by Francis Lawrence from a screenplay co-written by Simon Beaufoy and Michael DeBruyn. Based on the 2009 novel Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins, the 2013 sequel film continues the story of Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark after...

The first half of "Community" season 1 was all about the show finding its balance. It constantly tested different character dynamics to see what worked best before eventually striking gold with Troy (Donald Glover) and Abed (Danny Pudi). By the time the first "Community" Halloween episode came along, it seemed like the show had fully hit its groove. The study group was now a perfectly tight-knit, codependent body with a comfortable repertoire the series' writers could always rely on. Maybe that's why, when season 1 returned from winter break with "Investigative Journalism," the writers decided to throw a massive wrench into the study group's dynamics and see what happened. That wrench was, of course, Jack Black.

Black's character was named Buddy (no last name given), and his main thing was that he was annoying. He spent the episode trying and failing to become a part of the group, incapable of picking up...

A new week has arrived, and for a lot of people, it's the unofficial start of the summer season. It's the week after Memorial Day weekend, which means summer and all of its fun activities has arrived. But if you're looking to keep things casual and sneak away indoors after enjoying a fun long weekend out in the sun, there are so many great new shows releasing on Netflix and streaming this week.

On top of exciting new shows making their premieres or returns this week, we also have a number of new episodes to enjoy throughout the week, including three season finale and a dreaded but highly anticipated series finale. Hacks season 4, Your Friends and Neighbors season 1, and MobLand season 1 all come to a close as The Handmaid's Tale says farewell with its series ender.

But shows ending for the season or ending forever only makes room on our...

The Better Sister tells two stories about two different sets of siblings, one fictional, one real. Officially, the Prime Video series (premiering May 29) is an adaptation of the 2019 novel by Alafair Burke, about a pair of estranged siblings, played by Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks, reuniting when one’s husband is murdered. But it’s also a way for the show’s creator, Olivia Milch, to work through the family dynamics with her own sister, Elizabeth Milch (who’s also a Better Sister producer), and their dad David Milch, the...

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La serie animada más irreverente del multiverso regresa con su octava temporada, en la que Rick y Morty continúan desafiando las leyes del espacio-tiempo con nuevas y disparatadas aventuras que no te puedes perder si eres fan de sus anteriores entregas.

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Tras su paso triunfal por la Berlinale, llega a Movistar Plus+ esta miniserie bélica dirigida por Justin Kurzel y basada en la novela ganadora del Booker de Richard Flanagan. Protagonizada por Jacob Elordi, que deja atrás su faceta de bad boy en Euphoria para encarnar a Dorrigo Evans, un médico australiano que, tras ser prisionero de guerra japonés en 1943, se ve obligado a trabajar en la construcción del ferrocarril entre Tailandia y Birmania,...

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Peacock is ready with an entertainment-packed June this year. The upcoming month will see the release of the much-anticipated Season 4 of the sci-fi comedy-drama series Resident Alien, as well as the streaming release of the new Syfy series Revival. Just like every month, Peacock is ready to overload you with great content. So, we’re here to tell you about the seven new movies and TV shows coming to Peacock in June 2025.

Night Swim (June 5) Credit – Universal Pictures

Night Swim is a 2024 supernatural horror film written and directed by Bryce McGuire. Based on McGuire and Rob Blackhurst’s 2014 short film of the same name, it revolves around the Warren family as they move into a suburban house and discover a swimming pool in their backyard. However, they soon realize that the pool is haunted by a sinister entity.

The Kelly Clarkson Show is rolling into the final week of May with a mix of fresh segments and high-wattage guests—plus a couple of strategic reruns—on NBC‘s daytime slate. The week kicks off Monday, May 26, with a repeat featuring Patricia Clarkson and Susan Kelechi Watson, alongside authors R.J. Halbert and Amy Grant. Also on […]

‘The Kelly Clarkson Show’: Natalie Portman, Elizabeth Banks, Jessica Biel Lead Starry Week As NBC Talker Mixes New Episodes With Select Repeats...

Amanda Peethas been in some of your favorite movies and television shows. Her most recent show, Your Friends & Neighbors, is a hit on Apple TV+. But she also played a small role in the hit '90s show Seinfeld. According to Peet though, it wasn't her most pleasant experience. Peet joined Elizabeth Banks on Watch What Happens Live and played a game with host Andy Cohen that got them to open up about their IMDb profiles. Which led to Cohen bringing up Seinfeld.

"You played a waitress that went out with Jerry,” Cohen said about the episode that Peet was in. He then asked, “How did the episode turn out?” According to Peet, she said that it wasn't a great experience getting to work with comedy legends like Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. But to be fair to the cast, Peet shared that it was her own...

There's nothing like a good sports movie. Even at their worst, you can expect a rousing, feel-good romp or a fascinating deep dive into the mind of an athletically gifted individual. Hollywood has no shortage of stories in which a last-second shot or touchdown determines a character's fate, and audiences turn up in droves to see heroes like Rocky Balboa or Daniel Larusso overcome their demons and vanquish their opponents to achieve eternal fame and glory.

Still, fact often triumphs over fiction. The only thing better than watching Roy Hobbs (Robert Redford) hit the game-winning home run in "The Natural" is seeing Scott Hatteberg (Chris Pratt) do the same in "Moneyball" -- and knowing it actually happened. True-life tales hit harder because they don't rely on fictional elements to deliver crowd-pleasing thrills. One could argue these stories are more powerful because they prove that magic is more than Hollywood hocus-pocus.

At the May 20, 2025, premiere of The Better Sister in New York City, Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks wore strikingly different fashion moods, but both brought serious star power.

With her 5ft 6¾ in (169.5 cm) frame elevated further by heels and fluid tailoring, Biel subtly towered over her 5ft 4½ in (163.8 cm) co-star.

Jessica Biel paired her ab-baring Michael Kors suit with pointed black heels, while Elizabeth Banks added sleek stilettos to her sculptural Rosie Assoulin gown lined with multicolored stripes (Credit: Roger Wong / INSTARimages)

Biel turned heads in a daring all-black Michael Kors Collection look that blurred the line between suiting and lingerie. She layered a dramatic longline blazer over billowy, wide-leg trousers that skimmed her pointy black heels, exposing her black triangle bra for a fashion-forward, ab-baring moment.

Beside her, Banks brightened up the carpet in a sculptural black Rosie Assoulin Resort 2024 gown with an asymmetric neckline and thigh-high slit that...

To help you anticipate and navigate all that television has to offer across broadcast, cable and streaming, TVLine offers daily, weekly and monthly What to Watch digests, as well as an overview of every new TV show premiering in 2025.

This week, you’ll find 25 premieres (including the debuts of Adults, The Better Sister and The Librarians: The Next Chapter, and the returns of America’s Got Talent, And Just Like That… and Rick and Morty), 15 finales (including Doctor Who, The Last of Us and the very last episode of The Handmaid’s Tale) and so much more.

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Elle Fanning is officially stepping into the world of The Hunger Games! After weeks of rumors, it has now been confirmed that the actress will be playing the role of Effie Trinket in Sunrise on the Reaping, the upcoming prequel to the popular movie series. While fans may remember Elizabeth Banks in this role from the original movies, Fanning is all set to bring her own unique spin to the character. Excited to see her in Panem?

We are too! But before she steps into the Capitol’s spotlight, why don’t we explore some of her best work so far? Well! Fanning has been in the industry since she was a child and has participated in diverse roles and projects. So, here are the top five must-watch Elle Fanning movies to check out before you see her acting chops in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.

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Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks star as siblings with a complicated relationship in Prime Video’s The Better Sister. Based on Alafair Burke’s bestselling novel, the limited series will release all eight episodes on May 29, 2025.

“Chloe, a high-profile media executive, lives a picturesque life with her handsome lawyer husband Adam and teenage son Ethan by her side while her estranged sister Nicky struggles to make ends meet and stay clean,” reads Prime Video’s synopsis. “When Adam is brutally murdered, the prime suspect sends shockwaves through the family, reuniting the two sisters as they try to untangle a complicated family history to discover the truth behind his death.”

Jessica Biel stars as Chloe Taylor, Elizabeth Banks is Nicky Macintosh, and Corey Stoll is Adam Macintosh. Kim Dickens plays Detective Nancy Guidry, Maxwell Acee Donovan is Ethan Macintosh, Bobby Naderi is Detective Matt Bowen, Gabriel Sloyer is Jake Rodriguez, Gloria Reuben plays Michelle Sander,...

Original Hunger Games star Elizabeth Banks expresses enthusiasm for the casting of a returning character in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping. After five previous movies, the world of Suzanne Collins' beloved young adult book franchise is now set to return to the big screen once more with a new film from director Francis Lawrence. Based on Collins' novel of the same name, the Sunrise on the Reaping story follows Haymitch Abernathy (Joseph Zada) as he competes in the 50th Hunger Games, with Elle Fanning recently confirmed to be playing the returning Effie Trinket.

In a recent interview with People at the premiere of The Better Sister, Banks reacts to the news that Fanning will be playing Effie in Sunrise on the Reaping. Banks, who played Effie in the four original Hunger Games movies, reveals that she's already texted Fanning about it, sharing that she thinks the star is...

Production for the next Hunger Games film, Sunrise on the Reaping, is about to begin. Lionsgate has announced a variety of cast members to star in the franchise's prequel, but before you indulge in Haymitch's story in the 2nd Quarter Quell, you can watch where this saga all began, as the original trilogy has found a new streaming home next month.

The Hunger Games and its three sequels, Catching Fire and Mockingjay Part 1 and Part 2, will enter HBO Max next month. These films are based on the same books and starred Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Stanley Tucci, and Donald Sutherland. Ever since the first movie was released in 2012, all four films have generated over $2.9 billion at the global box office, plus it received a lot of praises from fans and critics alike on Rotten Tomatoes, with Catching Fire described as the best film in...