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Netflix is the biggest streaming platform in the world, and it can be easily said that it has the best content library when it comes to TV shows and movies. In this article, we are going to list the best of the best shows currently available on the streaming service. We avoided popular titles like Love is Blind and Too Hot To Handle as we are not going to include reality TV shows in this list. Check out the best TV shows you can watch right now on Netflix below.

Mr. Robot Credit – USA Network

Mr. Robot is a psychological thriller drama series created by Sam Esmail. The USA Network series follows Elliot Alderson, a cybersecurity engineer and vigilante hacker who is recruited into a hacker group trying to bring down the most powerful individuals in the world,...

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Netflix is ready with an entertainment-packed July this year. While, we are already know all the brilliant films and TV shows that will be leaving Netflix in the upcoming month, we will also see the premiere of many highly anticipated Netflix original movies and TV shows, including the highly anticipated sequels of The Old Guard and Happy Gilmore and a new season of the brilliant fantasy series The Sandman. Just like every month, Netflix is ready to overload you with great content. So, we’re here to tell you about the seven new movies and shows coming to Netflix in July 2025.

Yellowjackets Season 2 (July 1) Credit – Showtime

Yellowjackets is a psychological mystery horror survival thriller series co-created by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson. Season 2 of the Showtime series continues the story of the girls’ soccer team, who have survived the summer in the wilderness,...

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Angelina Jolie is one of the most iconic actresses in the film industry, and she has starred in some extremely entertaining films in her three-decade-long career, but she also starred in some duds along the way. After making her screen debut as a child in the 1982 film Lookin’ to Get Out, Jolie has starred in at least 55 films, and some of them are among the most popular, like Mr. & Mrs. Smith and Salt, but there were also some embarrassing films like The Tourist or the Lara Croft sequel. So, we decided to compile a list of her 5 worst films that hold embarrassingly low critic ratings on Rotten Tomatoes.

5. The Tourist (Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Columbia Pictures

The Tourist is a romantic thriller film directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Christopher McQuarrie and Julian Fellowes.

Hello, friend. One of the greatest thrillers ever to grace the small screen is now all set to land on Netflix for the first time in the United States. Beginning way back in 2015 and wrapping up with its fourth season six years ago, the series stars Oscar-winner Rami Malek as a hacker who finds himself at the center of a complex conspiracy when a shadowy organization decides to take down the corrupt corporation he works for. Now, after all this time, U.S. audiences will finally be able to answer the ultimate question: Who is Mr. Robot?

The news that Mr. Robot in its entirety will finally land on Netflix was revealed by the streamer via X/Twitter. Created by Sam Esmail for USA Network, the series stars Rami Malek as lead character Elliot Alderson, with the rest of the cast comprised of Christian Slater, Carly Chaikin, Portia Doubleday, Martin Wallström,...

Stars: Meryl Streep, Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, Jane Kaczmarek, George Martin, David Clennon, Dianne Wiest, Frances Conroy | Written by Michael Cristofer | Directed by Ulu Grosbard

Meryl Streep and Robert De Niro are wonderful Hollywood actors who, together, have won 5 Academy Awards: 2 for De Niro and 3 for Streep. They have acted on screen together several times in their careers. Including their first on-screen film, 1979’s The Deer Hunter, followed by Marvin’s Room (1996) and The Good House (2013).

In between these films, in 1984, right at the height of De Niro’s popularity, he was cast alongside the lovely Streep for a romantic drama entitled Falling in Love. Now this film just celebrated its 40th anniversary. So, what better time for a Blu-ray debut?

Sometimes magic is the only thing that’s real. Falling in Love is a shining example of the magic that’s created when two of Hollywood’s biggest and...

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Zero Day is a political techno-thriller drama series created by Eric Newman. The Netflix series follows Former President George Mullen, who is appointed as the head of the Zero Day Commission to investigate a devastating cyberattack on the people of the United States. Zero Day stars Robert De Niro, Lizzy Caplan, Jesse Plemons, Joan Allen, Connie Britton, Bill Camp, Dan Stevens, Angela Bassett, Matthew Modine, and McKinley Belcher III. So, if you loved the conspiracy thriller story, nail-biting drama, and compelling characters in Zero Day, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

Designated Survivor (Netflix & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Netflix

Designated Survivor is a political conspiracy thriller drama series created by David Guggenheim. The ABC and later Netflix series follows Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Thomas Kirkman, who suddenly becomes the President of...

Maybe Kathy Bates won’t have to rip up her next acceptance speech.

Bates just earned two more SAG nominations for the CBS freshman series Matlock and the Max film The Great Lillian Hall — her ninth and 10th nomination of her career. She won two Sags in 1997 and 1999 for The Late Shift and Primary Colors, respectively. She’s already an Oscar winner for Misery and a two-time Emmy winner for American Horror Story and Two and A Half Men.

Bates received a 2025 Golden Globe nomination for playing Madeline Matlock in the clever update of the old ’80s series that starred Andy Griffith. Video of the 76-year-old actress went viral on Sunday after she was filmed ripping up her acceptance speech after Shōgun’s Anna Sawai took the Globe for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series.

Bates was the only actress to receive a SAG nomination for a drama on broadcast TV.

Fallout season 2 gets a new production update, confirming that filming has been delayed due to the California wildfires. Based on the beloved video game franchise of the same name, the Prime Video series premiered last year, becoming a major viewership hit.

Deadline now shares a new update regarding Fallout season 2, revealing that the show was set to resume filming this week on Wednesday after a holiday break. Due to the devastating wildfires that are currently raging throughout parts of Southern California, however, this filming date has tentatively been pushed back to Friday. It sounds like there's the possibility that it will be pushed back further depending on the status of the fires.

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Set 200 years after an apocalypse, Fallout follows residents of luxury shelters as they re-enter a post-nuclear world. Confronted with a bizarre and violent landscape,...

Angelina Jolie is one of the most celebrated actors of her generation, and one of Hollywood's most notable humanitarians. She's done vitally important work on behalf of refugees for the United Nations, and has also taken up for women's rights in the third world. She's an extraordinary person, but it all started with acting -- and overcoming the potential stigma of being what the kids nowadays call a "nepo-baby."

Yes, Angelina Jolie is the daughter of actors Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand. Her father was a pivotal actor in the New Hollywood movement of the 1960s and '70s, starring in such trailblazing films as "Midnight Cowboy," "Deliverance," and "Coming Home" (for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor). Jolie got her first film role alongside her father in Hal Ashby's ill-fated comedy "Lookin' to Get Out" in 1982, but didn't return to movies until 1993 as the lead...

TV shows have a way of pulling viewers into the lives of their characters, often taking us on emotional rollercoasters. Following an interesting storyline can easily render anyone emotionally attached to the outcomes on screen, resulting in them getting annoyed when a character makes the most infuriating decision possible. Whether it's a seemingly irrational choice, a betrayal of trust, or a complete dismissal of personal growth, these moments feel like gut punches in real life.

Frustrating decisions are, unfortunately, a hallmark of TV storytelling, whether in popular, long-running shows or smaller, niche series. From Sex and the City's characters' regular exploits to The Sopranos' divisive ending, some of the most iconic titles on TV have offered some of the most baffling character choices. The trend cuts across every genre on television, ensuring no one is safe from emotional twists — whether you're enjoying a comedy, romance, or high-stakes drama.

Buffy...

UK sales, production and distribution outfit Signature Entertainment has boarded international sales for Michael Cristofer’s The Great Lillian Hall, which stars Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates and Pierce Brosnan, with sales launching at the upcoming AFM.

A Broadway actress battles on-coming dementia as she prepares for her next big role on the stage.

Further cast includes Lily Rabe and Jesse Williams.

American Beauty producer Bruce Cohen, I, Tonya producer Steven Rogers, Scott Thigpen and Marie Halliday serve as producers.

US filmmaker Cristofer’s previous directing credits include The Night Clerk.

Signature’s executive vice president of international sales Ella Field...

When you think of romance films, the first thing that pops to mind is clichd stories, predictable narratives of 'will-they-won't-they,' and happy endings with couples sailing off into their new lives. While some of great romance movies have been released in 2024 and some are exceptionally well-executed, many other aspects of this genre often go overlooked. Films that push the boundaries of what it means to be in love, gritty, action storylines, or spicy romantic films that take a sinister turn are anything but the normal tropes.

Darker, more intense romance films such as the thrilling, action-packed ride of Quentin Tarantino-written True Romance or the erotic roleplay and power dynamic relationship of Secretary often produce some of the best romance films of all time. Films that don't fully turn their backs on every clich but twist, elevate, and put their own unique spin on them. Combined with unique narratives and intensely passionate relationships,...

Angelina Jolie: a name that rings like a clarion call in the world of action-adventure cinema! If Hollywood had a Hall of Fame for butt-kicking heroines, she’d be the first inductee, no questions asked. From her iconic role as Lara Croft in Tomb Raider to Mr. & Mrs. Smith, the mother of six has gracefully danced through the action genre like a ballerina in combat boots.

Angelina Jolie in Original Sin (2001) | Credit: MGM Distribution Co.

But let’s not forget that the actress, 49, is more than just a fierce femme fatale; she’s tempted audiences in films like Changeling, and Original Sin. Nonetheless, it’s the latter that landed her in a bit of a pickle. Well, it all started when she made some comments regarding his co-star Antonio Banderas’ ex-wife that didn’t sit too well with the public.

Angelina Jolie and the Sizzling Scandal of Original Sin

Ah,...

Fargo is one of the most brilliant and weird series that has probably ever been made. While the series is brilliant and gets better with each season, the wait between each season is very long because the creator Noah Hawley is attached to many projects, and he doesn’t have much time to create new seasons every year. So, if you love the surreal humor, psychological thriller, and crime drama aspects of Fargo here are some similar shows you should check out next.

Twin Peaks (Paramount+ & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – ABC

Twin Peaks is a surreal psychological mystery drama series created by Mark Frost and David Lynch. The ABC series follows the story of Dale Cooper, an eccentric FBI agent as he visits a quaint little town, Twin Peaks to investigate the murder of a 17-year-old girl, the homecoming queen with the help of local Sheriff Harry S. Truman.

Emmy voters are now halfway through final balloting for this year’s awards, making decisions about which drama and comedy series, limited series, talk series, variety series and specials, structured and unstructured reality programs, reality competition shows, animated programs, documentary and nonfiction programs and game shows they like best.

And, oh yeah, they’re also picking their favorite TV movies, although they probably won’t have to think too long or too hard about what seems to have become the Emmys’ least consequential category.

It wasn’t always like that. The Outstanding TV Movie category has produced some notable television, including “Death of a Salesman” with Lee J. Cobb, the ultimate tearjerker “Brian’s Song,” the shocking “Special Bulletin”and 21st century standouts “The Gathering Storm,” “Recount,” “Grey Gardens,” “Behind the Candelabra” and even last year’s winner, “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.”

Over the years, the category has often been...

Watching onscreen romance scenes between actors often makes us wonder if they ever crossed the limits of their professional relationships. One onscreen couple whose passionate sequences made significant headlines after corrupting people’s intrusive thoughts was Angelina Jolie and her Original Sin co-star Antonio Banderas.

Angelina Jolie and Antonio Banderas in Original Sin (2001) | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Rosa Productions

Starring in their 2001 steamy noir, Angelina Jolie and Antonio Banderas became the center of intense speculation over their rumored real-life romance, fueled by their on-screen chemistry. However, after the movie bombed at the box office, Banderas debunked speculations by claiming that filming love scenes with Jolie wasn’t pleasurable at all.

Angelina Jolie’s Rumored Romance with Original Sin Co-Star

In 2001, starring in Michael Cristofer’s steamy noir Original Sin, Angelina Jolie and Antonio Banderas became the center of media buzz. Considering their raunchy scenes in the movie, people wondered if they were hitting it off in reality.

“The Great Lillian Hall” reunites three “American Horror Story” actresses to deliver a tour de force in TV movies. Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, and Lily Rabe all star in this HBO TV Movie, directed by Michael Cristofer, that follows the careers of fictional Broadway actress Lillian Hall.

It’s Lange who plays Lillian and the veteran actress has turned in another masterclass in acting. She has always been a commanding screen presence and that doesn’t change here as she depicts a legendary actress as a triumph on stage but a nervous wreck in rehearsals while she battles with early dementia. It’s always a treat watching icons play icons (Lange did this again in “Feud: Bette and Joan”) and while Lillian is fictional, the impact is no less felt. Critics agree, this could be Lange’s greatest performance yet.

Caryn James (The Hollywood Reporter) observed: “Jessica Lange is perfection...

Shows like ‘True Detective,’ ‘Hacks,’ ’ The Sympathizer,’ and others are putting their best foot forward for Emmy voters.

The Primetime Emmy Awards are still three months out, but campaign season is in full gear. The nomination round of voting began this week and runs through Monday, June 24. As is often the case, Warner Bros. Discovery has dozens of titles up for consideration between the premium prestige programs of HBO and the buzzy streaming-exclusive shows on Max. To help remind voters of the series that they loved over the past year, Max is launching For Your Consideration (FYC) panels featuring the cast, producers, and crews of titles to make the case for their nominations. Subscribers can find a large selection of panels on Max now, and those who aren’t already signed up for Max can take advantage of the streamer’s limited-time free trial to check out the panels and the shows themselves!

(This Interview Contains Spoilers About The HBO Film)

For Mac Quayle, composing the score for the HBO film project “The Great Lillian Hall” proved something of a departure from his most recent projects, which have included nine seasons of the FX anthology “American Horror Story,” the Fox/ABC procedural “9-1-1” and the Netflix drama “Leave the World Behind.” “Lillian Hall” tells the story of a legendary Broadway star (Jessica Lange) fearfully facing the ticking clock of time while doggedly working to defy it following a dementia diagnosis. In talking to director Michael Cristofer about the music, “we recognized this is an intimate story about Lillian Hall and this sudden dementia that she’s experiencing,” Quayle recalls. “We thought that (when) it needed some music that it shouldn’t be too big, it needed to have a little more intimate sound. So we chose as our palette nine strings and piano,...

On May 31, 2024, “The Great Lillian Hall” premiered on HBO to predominantly positive reviews from critics. In the film, Oscar, Emmy and Tony winner Jessica Lange plays the titular character, a Broadway star battling dementia as she prepares for a big role on the Great White Way. The movie reunites Lange with her “American Horror Story” co-stars Kathy Bates and Lily Rabe, who play Lillian’s assistant and daughter, respectively. Pierce Brosnan and Jesse Williams also star.

The HBO movie is loosely inspired by actress Marian Seldes, who was the aunt of the film’s screenwriter, Elisabeth Seldes Annacone. Michael Cristofer directed the movie for HBO Films. Read our full review round-up below.

See Jessica Lange (‘Mother Play’) explores ‘what it means to be lonely’ within 12 minutes of haunting silence

Caryn James of The Hollywood Reporter writes, “Jessica Lange is perfection as the fictional actress Lillian Hall, known for decades as...

“The Great Lillian Hall” is a new documentary feature, directed by Michael Cristofer, starring Jessica Lange, Kathy Batws, Pierce Brosnan, Lily Rabe, Jesse Williams, Noshir Dalal, Allison Mackie, Lauren Buglioli and Katerina Eichenberger, now streaming on Max:

“…’Lillian Hall, a Broadway actress, has never missed a performance throughout her long, illustrious career. Yet in the rehearsals her confidence is challenged…

“…as people and events conspire to take away her ability to do what she loves most…”

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Jessica Lange shines in The Great Lillian Hall, receiving praise for her award-worthy performance in this HBO original movie. The film is inspired by the life of stage actress Marian Seldes, blending real-life events with a compelling fictional narrative. The Cherry Orchard, a play by Chekhov, plays a significant role in the film, adding depth to the story of Lillian Hall's dementia.

In The Great Lillian Hall, the titular character is a legendary Broadway actress who gets diagnosed with dementia while rehearsing to open a major production. Jessica Lange stars as Lillian Hall, delivering a brilliant performance as a woman whose mood and mental state changes throughout the film. With Lily Rabe and Kathy Bates also featured, the HBO movie is an American Horror Story reunion that was 10 years in the making. Other cast members include Pierce Brosnan, Jesse Williams, Michael Rose, and Cindy Hogan.

The Great Lillian Hall...

Warning! This article contains Spoilers for The Great Lillian Hall.

The Great Lillian Hall is a poignant film with Lange, Rabe, and Bates leading the way in a touching portrayal of an aging Broadway star. The final shot of a ghost light signifies Lillian's journey and its ending, beautifully captured by Cristofer's direction. The film delves into complex relationships, the symbolism of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, and the difficulty of letting go.

The Great Lillian Hall is a new HBO original movie streaming on Max starring Jessica Lange as the titular character, a legendary Broadway actress who deals with a dementia diagnosis while preparing for the opening of her new play. Also featured in the cast are Jesse Williams, Lily Rabe, Pierce Brosnan, and Kathy Bates. The HBO movie serves as an American Horror Story Reunion 10 years after the end of AHS: Coven, which featured Lange, Rabe,...

In “The Great Lillian Hall,” Jessica Lange plays a veteran theater actress — a legend of the Broadway stage — who is always putting on airs, reciting bits from her favorite roles, and carrying on in the tradition of fabled actresses who get known for playing characters like Blanche DuBois because they’ve actually got a lot of Blanche in them. (They believe their own illusions.) Yet just because Lillian Hall is a flamboyant grand dame doesn’t mean that she’s not showing you who she is. Lange, a beauty at 75, has a face that has only grown more expressive with the years. In “The Great Lillian Hall,” that face is a map of emotion we read. Even when Lillian is being deceptive (even when she’s deceiving herself), the majesty of her feelings shines through.

There’s a moving scene in which she’s seated on a porch with her adult daughter,...

Depending on how Russian your sense of humor is, Anton Chekhov’s “The Cherry Orchard” could be classified as either the darkest of comedies or a tragedy that sometimes manages to be mildly humorous. The play follows a past-their-prime family of Russian aristocrats who are forced to sell their eponymous orchard, which they spent most of their lives ignoring and neglecting. But once it’s time to actually part ways, they become overwhelmed by morose nostalgia as they struggle to let go of something that they assumed would always be there. It’s both a brilliant satire of wealth-induced decadence and a somber exploration of how humans struggle to say goodbye at the ends of their eras.

So it’s fitting that, whether she knows it or not, Lillian Hall’s (Jessica Lange) upcoming turn as Madame Lyubov Andreievna Ranevskaya in “The Cherry Orchard” will be her final performance. Michael Cristofer...

I am a sucker for movies about Broadway and those who spend their lives in the theatre. Of course the crown jewel of the genre is the Oscar-winning All About Eve, but there are so many others including 1933’s Morning Glory which won a young Katherine Hepburn her first Academy Award, as well as its rarely seen remake, 1958’s underrated Stage Struck. Ginger Rogers did a good one, too: Forever Female. The list goes on and on and now includes a stellar new entry, The Great Lillian Hall which gives the great Jessica Lange a challenging role worth her talents.

Premiering on HBO May 31, just barely under the wire for Emmy consideration, Lange’s performance as a stage legend facing dementia should send chills down the spine of any other contenders for Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie this season. This veteran star simply knocks it out of the park.

Jessica Lange is perfection as the fictional actress Lillian Hall, known for decades as a revered star of the theater. During rehearsals for her starring role in The Cherry Orchard, she is having unusual difficulty memorizing her lines, and before long learns that the cause is early dementia. Despite that ominous theme, The Great Lillian Hall is a lovely tribute to life in the theater, with all its personal compromises, and a showcase for Lange, who deftly shows the character as a vulnerable woman and also displays the distinct style of Lillian the bravura actress.

Lillian is such a star that she is the key to the box office in the Broadway revival of Chekhov. The film’s trajectory takes her through rehearsals, and in and out of her personal life as she grapples with her diagnosis, in a plot driven by the question of whether she’ll make it to opening night.

Jessica Lange may have hinted at her own retirement for years, but the legendary actress is actually playing it out onscreen with her latest film “The Great Lillian Hall.”

Lange stars as the titular (fictional) iconic stage actress who grapples with her own legacy amid a dementia diagnosis. Her daughter (Lily Rabe) struggles with separating her mother Lillian from her Broadway fame, while Kathy Bates, Jesse Williams, and Pierce Brosnan round out the cast.

“I have lived my entire life in a place that creates illusions,” Lange says in the trailer as Lillian. Yet upon her cognizant decline, what’s real anymore, anyway?

“The Great Lillian Hall” is directed by Michael Cristofer. The official synopsis reads: “As beloved Broadway star Lillian Hall (Lange) pours her heart, soul, and time into preparing for her next big role, she finds herself blindsided by confusion and forgetfulness. Battling against all odds to make it to opening night,...

The Great Lillian Hall reunites AHS: Coven stars, bringing a sense of nostalgia to fans of the iconic season. The movie features Jessica Lange, Lily Rabe, and Kathy Bates in a story unrelated to AHS, promising compelling performances from the talented cast. Even after a decade, the AHS actors' reunion adds familiarity and excitement to The Great Lillian Hall, sparking interest in their evolved artistry.

Ten years after American Horror Story: Coven's release, an upcoming HBO film is reuniting its key cast members. Serving as the third installment of the FX horror anthology series, American Horror Story: Coven ranks among the highest-viewed seasons of the franchise and even boasts an impressive Rotten Tomatoes score of 85%. After its release in 2013, the season even earned seventeen Primetime Emmy Award nominations, making it one of the most successful additions to the Ryan Murphy franchise.

Although many factors contributed to the season's success,...

HBO Films has acquired The Great Lillian Hall, starring Jessica Lange, for premiere on Friday, May 31, the eve of the June 1 Emmy eligibility cutoff date. The film will air on HBO at 8 pm Et/Pt and will stream on Max.

Per the logline: As beloved Broadway star Lillian Hall (Lange) pours her heart, soul, and time into preparing for her next big role, she finds herself blindsided by confusion and forgetfulness. Battling against all odds to make it to opening night, while holding on to her fading memories and identity, she must navigate a tumultuous emotional journey – balancing her desire for the spotlight and the stark demands of the real world.

In addition to Lange, the cast includes Kathy Bates, Lily Rabe, Jesse Williams, and Pierce Brosnan.

The Great Lillian Hall is directed by Michael Cristofer; written by Elisabeth Seldes Annacone; produced by Bruce Cohen, Steven Rogers, Scott Thigpen, and...

Cognitive decline is waiting in the wings for The Great Lillian Hall in the trailer for the HBO’s star-packed new film.

The premium cable network shook up the 2024 Emmy race with its 11th hour acquisition of the showbiz-themed film starring Jessica Lange as an iconic Broadway diva facing the ultimate test.

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Exclusive: Lily Rabe, Jodie Turner-Smith, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and newcomer Lucy Thomas have joined the cast of A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, which will star Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell and be directed by Kogonada. Sony Pictures will release the Imperative Entertainment and 30West’s romance film in theaters globally.

The script is written by Seth Reiss. Imperative’s Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas and Ryan Friedkin will produce the feature along with Reiss and Youree Henley. Executive producers include Kogonada, Ilene Feldman and Original Films’ Ori Eisen. 30West is financing.

Plot details are under wraps, but A Big Bold Beautiful Journey is described as an imaginative tale of two strangers and the extraordinary emotional journey that connects them.

Rabe most recently was seen in David E. Kelley’s Love and Death on Max alongside Elizabeth Olsen, Jesse Plemons and Patrick Fugit, and she also appeared in Bill Lawrence’s Shrinking for...

This article contains casting spoilers for all eight episodes of Fallout.

The Fallout gaming franchise presents a big storytelling universe to play in. And that’s exactly what drew showrunners Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner to the Prime Video TV adaptation in the first place.

“It’s more creatively interesting to be able to build our own story in the world that they’ve carved out for us,” Wagner told Den of Geek. “That’s historically been the trajectory of Fallout. It’s traded hands many times, with different creative teams taking it over. It’s kept it fresh, kept it relevant. We chose to just vainly look at this as our Fallout.”

Of course, a big storytelling universe also requires a big cast to fill it up. Prime Video’s Fallout isn’t wanting for compelling lead characters thanks to Lucy MacLean (Ella Purnell), Maximus (Aaron Moten), and The Ghoul...

When Angelina Jolie Dragged The Interviewer In The Pool With Her After Golden Globe Win For Gia (Picture Credit: Facebook)

Angelina Jolie mostly has a very composed demeanor in public but has a wild side at a young age. The actress has played a mother, a lover, an agent, and more in her career and has gained a lot of accolades for her work, including her film Gia. She won a Golden Globes award for it, and the fans and the journalist Jeremy Louwerse will never forget how she celebrated. Jolie jumped into the pool after the ceremony and pulled Jeremy in, damaging the microphone.

Gia is a biographical film by Michael Cristofer that came out in 1998. It is about the life and times of Gia Carangi. She was one of the first supermodels. The film also featured Mila Kunis and Elizabeth Mitchell in significant roles. Jolie was seen in...

Rose Gregorio, who received a Tony nomination for her performance as the browbeaten daughter of Geraldine Fitzgerald’s declining old woman in the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama The Shadow Box, has died. She was 97.

Gregorio died Aug. 17 of natural causes in her Greenwich Village home, her nephew Robert Grosbard told The Hollywood Reporter.

Gregorio was married to Belgium-born stage and film director Ulu Grosbard from 1965 until his death in 2012, and she appeared for him as the ex-wife of Dustin Hoffman’s character in Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? (1971); as a local madam in True Confessions (1981); and as the mother of Treat Williams’ character in The Deep End of the Ocean (1999).

On television, she had a recurring role on NBC’s ER as Nurse Carol Hathaway’s (Julianna Margulies) mom from 1996-99.

Gregorio also landed a Drama Desk nom and a Clarence Derwent...

Works & Process at the Guggenheim presents Champion—an opera by Terence Blanchard, with a libretto by Michael Cristofer—featuring performances by members of the cast and a moderated discussion about the work’s forthcoming company premiere at the Metropolitan Opera. Tickets available now at worksandprocess.org.

Champion

An Opera by Terence Blanchard

Libretto by Michael Cristofer

Monday, March 20, 7:30Pm

Tickets 35–45, Choose What You Pay

Experience highlights from six-time Grammy-winning composer Terence Blanchard’s haunting “opera in jazz.” Following their triumphant 2021 collaboration on Fire Shut Up in My Bones, Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin, director James Robinson, and choreographer Camille A. Brown reunite with Blanchard to explore the life of boxer Emile Griffith. Blanchard’s first opera, Champion tells the story of Griffith’s rise from obscurity to world champion, his struggle with his sexuality, and how a knockout of a homophobic rival in the early 1960s led to tragedy.

The USA Network hacking thriller "Mr. Robot" is one of the best and most underrated dramas of the past decade. Initially, "Mr. Robot" seemed like a risky project. While writer-director Sam Esmail established his merits as a creator with his highly underrated feature film directorial debut, "Comet," he had yet to prove himself as the showrunner of a complex narrative series. Rami Malek was rising star thanks to his role on HBO's "The Pacific," but the character of Elliot Alderson was very different from anything that he had done before.

All of these concerns evaporated after the first season reached its conclusion. With its stylistic direction, relevant social themes, electrifying soundtrack, and shocking twists, "Mr. Robot" was unlike anything else on television. It seems closer to an arthouse film than anything. The show contains allusions to such classics as "Blade Runner," "The Matrix," "Pi," and "Taxi Driver." "Mr. Robot" continued...

HBO’s “The Last Movie Stars,” Ethan Hawkes’ exceptional six-part series on Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, works on so many levels. For baby boomers who grew up watching the Oscar-winning couple, the series is a strong emotional tug at the heartstrings. For actors and those who love acting, it’s a primer on the craft. For those who love and admire the fact they remained married for 50 years, it’s a perceptive depiction of the highs, lows and struggles of a marriage. And by peeling away the legend of their union, you end up admiring and loving Newman and Woodward more than ever. And be prepared to blubber several times in the final episode.

The couple collaborated on 16 movies and three plays. And in honor of “The Last Movie Stars,” here’s a look at several of those projects.

The two fell in love while working on William Inge’s 1953 Pulitzer-Prize-winning romantic drama ‘Picnic.

Leonard Soloway, whose six-decade career as a stage general manager and producer included 59 Broadway shows that won more than 40 Tony Awards, died Saturday in Palm Springs, California. He was 93.

His death was announced on Facebook by his nephew Jeffrey Lesser. “He was a huge presence in my life and so many others,” Lesser wrote. “With him goes an era of old Broadway that is dying out. He lived an amazing and full life and brought so many of us along for the ride.”

Soloway, whose life and career was chronicled in the 2019 documentary Leonard Soloway’s Broadway, had a hand in dozens of Broadway’s most notable productions since the 1960s, from his job as house or general manager for 1961’s How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, 1967’s one-woman show Marlene Dietrich, the 1976 revival of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? starring Colleen Dewhurst and Ben Gazzara and...

Thyberg is currently on the festival circuit.

Warner Bros has signed Swedish filmmaker Ninja Thyberg to write and direct a remake of George Miller’s 1987 fantasy-comedy The Witches Of Eastwick. Thyberg is presently on the festival circuit with her debut feature Pleasure.

The deal was signed last week for the project, which will shoot in the US at a date to-be-determined. Thyberg is about to start writing the script; it is not yet confirmed if her screenplay will be based on Miller’s version which was adapted by writer Michael Cristofer, or on John Updike’s 1984 novel of the same...

Exclusive: Meryl Streep is set to star in Places, Please, a film drama that will be directed by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Michael Cristofer from a script by UCLA Mfa alum Elisabeth Seldes Annacone (The Changing Room). The film is a love letter to Broadway, where both Streep and Cristofer started their careers. In an interview here, they describe their start together on a Broadway performance of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, which figures in the film. Their comments on the stage, and how Broadway can reemerge from its pandemic plight, are included below.

Places, Please will shoot this summer in New York, and will be introduced to buyers for the virtual Berlin Market, with CAA Media Finance repping domestic distribution rights and Filmnation handling international sales. Streep, Steven Rogers and Jane Rosenthal (The Irishman) will produce. Berry Welsh will executive produce.

In the film, Streep will play Lillian Hall,...

Stars: Tye Sheridan, Ana de Armas, Helen Hunt, John Leguizamo, Johnathon Schaech, Jacque Gray, Joey Miyashima | Written and Directed by Michael Cristofer

Written and directed by Michael Cristofer, The Night Clerk, which landed on Netflix here in the UK a few weeks ago, is a dark thriller about a young man named Bart (Tye Sheridan) with Asperger Syndrome, a form of autism, who works as a clerk on a night-shift at a hotel. Here, after installing cameras in the rooms of the hotel, Bart watches the guests in order to learn about human interactions to better educate himself on the norms of human relationships. It’s during his voyeurism that Bart witnesses a woman being murdered in her hotel room. The whole situation unravels with Bart becoming the prime suspect, all the while he makes a connection with a hotel guest named Andrea (Ana de Armas) who seemingly is in...

Another day, another fresh batch of Netflix releases, as the streaming giant continues to build its catalogue of titles. While there haven’t been too many new additions today, there are still some intriguing films and programs that are worth checking out, including the fourth season of Queen of the South, and crime drama The Night Clerk.

What other titles, then, were put up today for Netflix subscribers, you ask? Well, the full list of movies and series are as follows:

4 New Movies Added Today

365 Days (2020)

Forensic (2020)

Project Papa (2018)

The Night Clerk (2020)

1 New TV Series Added Today

Queen of the South (Season 4)

On the series side, Queen of the South is an adaptation of a telenovela, and airs first on the USA Network before moving onto Netflix. The show focuses on the rise of Alice Braga’s Teresa Mendoza, who escapes poverty by developing a drug empire from Mexico.

Coming off a 19-year directing hiatus, after the much-maligned Angelina Jolie thriller “Original Sin,” writer/director Michael Cristofer’s newest film, “The Night Clerk,” is the type of amateurish inert sexual thriller that will, fortunately or not, end up forgotten in a pile of VOD releases. One that wastes a talented cast, including Ana de Armas, who, with “Knives Out” and the upcoming “No Time to Die,” will hopefully be moving out of these lazily typecast films sometime soon.

Continue reading ‘The Night Clerk’: Tye Sheridan and Ana de Armas Can’t Save This Inert Noir [Review] at The Playlist.

Take a look at Saban Films upcoming crime thriller "The Night Clerk", written and directed by Michael Cristofer, starring Tye Sheridan, Helen Hunt, Ana de Armas and John Leguizamo, opening February 21, 2020:

"...a 'peeping' front desk clerk at a hotel is suspected of a crime that occurs during his shift..."

Cast also includes Jacque Gray, Cindy Perez, D.L. Walker,Walter Platz, Pam Eichner, Ischa Bee, Stacey Ann Turner and Adam Colvin.

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Night Clerk"...

The Night Clerk is an indie thriller that never lives up to its promise. The film's Hitchcockian themes are established early on. A socially awkward voyeur with Aspberger's syndrome uses his job at a hotel to spy on guests. What follows next is murder, mystery, a femme fatale, and an earnest detective hot on the trail. Sounds juicy right? The Night Clerk is initially compelling, but loses steam considerably as the narrative wanes. A good lead performance can't overcome a weak climax.

Tye Sheridan stars as Bart Bromley, an autistic young man who works the overnight shift at a local hotel. Bart lives with his mother (Helen Hunt), but spends all of his spare time locked away in their home's basement. Bart has installed hidden cameras in a hotel room. He records the guests, then uses the videos to practice social interaction. Bart can't look people in the eye. His shoulders droop.

In “The Night Clerk,” Tye Sheridan and a very busy Ana de Armas star as a hotel clerk with Asperger’s and the solicitous beauty who shows up after a murder. The chemistry between Sheridan and de Armas is involving. The casting of Helen Hunt as a enabling mother and John Leguizamo as a police detective holds promise. And some of the choices by writer-director Michael Cristofer and cinematographer Noah Greenberg intrigue. But the thriller — in theaters, on demand and available via digital HD on Feb. 21 — never tips into must-catch territory.

Even before the death of a woman checked into the hotel, things get very strange very quickly. Bart (Sheridan) spies on the guests, sometimes on his laptop during the nighttime hours at the suites-style hotel. More often, as he sits in his basement-level apartment surveying an array of monitors that capture different angles on the mundane actions of travelers:...

High art and low art is at war with itself in The Night Clerk, a thriller with aims to be something more. At times, this independent film offers up an intriguing look at an unusual protagonist. At other points, however, it falls victim to cheesy B movie tropes, torpedoing its effectiveness. A surprisingly stacked cast is underwhelming, largely due to the material, preventing them from elevating things much. For every moment that compels, at least one other confounds. This flick has the kernel of something interesting within it, but sadly it’s too far concealed within mediocrity to be worthy of a recommendation. Opening this week, it’s a misfire, all in all. The film is a thriller with some light character study elements thrown in. Bart Bromley (Tye Sheridan) is a night clerk at a hotel chain. Highly intelligent but on the autism spectrum, Bart spends his days observing people,...

Spy Hard: Cristofer Returns with Faulty Noir

It’s been nearly twenty years since Pulitzer Prize winning scribe Michael Cristofer has developed a theatrical feature, last on hand with 2001’s steamy erotic thriller Original Sin, which featured Antonio Banderas and re-teamed the director with his Gia (1998) star, Angelina Jolie. He’s back with The Night Clerk, an original treatment which makes an unwieldy attempt at mining the grey zone of culpability with a lead protagonist who suffers from Asperger’s but has all the problematic voyeuristic tendencies of a Hitchcockian hero in peril.…...

There’s a scene in Michael Cristofer’s The Night Clerk where lead character Bart Bromley (Tye Sheridan) misreads a situation and kisses a woman. His Asperger’s kicks into overdrive, merging a contrite apology with verbal self-flagellation before promising to never do anything so misguided and potentially damaging again. Impulse conquered conditioning for a split second and he’s ready to retreat so far within himself that he’ll never go out in public again thanks to shame—something that wouldn’t be too difficult since he’s already exiled himself to his mother’s basement and only leaves when it’s time to work his evening shift at the local hotel. It’s a very human reaction dialed to eleven and yet seemingly out of character considering he also records people without permission inside their rooms.

Cristofer says he got the idea for this film after thinking about the impact of new,...