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Solo Leveling's second season is finally underway, and is showcasing exactly why the success of its first season wasn't a fluke. Picking up where Season One left off, the opening episode, titled "You Aren't E-Rank, Are You?", was packed with all the action the series has become known for. Coming across a gate that turns red the moment the group of hunters passes through, Sung Jinwoo along with Song-Yi face immediate danger from beasts well outside their rank.

Luckily for both the fans who have long awaited the series' return and the hunters whose lives are at stake, Jinwoo wasted no time in putting his newly acquired shadow army to work. Tasked with defeating a pack of Ice Bears, the shadows had an impressive showing but unfortunately drained Jinwoo's MP quickly, and were ultimately wiped out by the colossal leader of the pack. Just as it seemed the series' protagonist...

El elenco de voces incluye a Beyoncé y a su hija. © Disney

Ya está aquí el nuevo tráiler de Mufasa: El rey león, la nueva película, precuela de animación fotorrealista del remake de la de 1994 El rey león, que se estrenó en 2019.

Mufasa: El rey león, se centra en los primeros años del que acabaría siendo el soberano de la Roca de la Manada, así como en su amenazador hermano pequeño Scar. La historia se cuenta en flashbacks y presenta a Mufasa como un cachorro huérfano, perdido y solo hasta que conoce a un simpático león llamado Taka, heredero de un linaje real. Este encuentro fortuito pone en marcha el viaje de un extraordinario grupo de inadaptados que buscan su destino y sus lazos se pondrán a prueba mientras trabajan juntos para escapar de un enemigo amenazador y letal.

Las voces que dan vida a los personajes en su versión...

Fear is the Rider, described as an ode to “gore-drenched Ozploitation slashers of the 1970s,” sees a woman pursued in the Australian Outback by a pack of ruthless serial killers. While that already has our attention, Deadline reports the nod to gory slashers has lined up an impressive cast so far.

Ben Mendelsohn (Star Wars: Rogue One), Abbey Lee, Toby Wallace (The Bikeriders) and Eliza Scanlen (Caddo Lake) have been cast in lead roles.

As for plot, the film follows “a lone woman, searching for her missing mother, who is pursued into the Australian Outback by a terrifying family of serial killers, with only an ex-con and a young girl willing to help her.”

Fear is the Rider is an adaptation of the novel The Hunted by Gabriel Bergmoser, written and directed by John Michael McDonagh‘s (The Guard).

Daniel Henshall (Mickey 17), Brenton Thwaites (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales...

Exclusive: Heading into the American Film Market, Film Constellation and CAA Media Finance will be looking to scare up deals on writer-director John Michael McDonagh’s (The Guard) Fear Is The Rider.

An adaptation of the novel The Hunted by Gabriel Bergmoser, the team has attached Ben Mendelsohn (Star Wars: Rogue One) Abbey Lee (Horizons: An American Saga), Toby Wallace (The Bikeriders) and Eliza Scanlen (Babyteeth) in lead roles.

In a nod to the gore-drenched Ozploitation slashers of the 1970s, the film follows a lone woman, searching for her missing mother, who is pursued into the Australian Outback by a terrifying family of serial killers, with only an ex-con and a young girl willing to help her.

Pic is being produced by McDonagh and Elizabeth Eves’ House of Un-American Activities (The Forgiven), Trevor Matthews and Nick Gordon of Brookstreet Pictures (The Brutalist) and Kate Glover (Foe). The film is set...

If you’ve been wondering how to beat Uber-Foe in Astro Bot, then you’re in the right place! Not only are we going to give you tips on how to beat it, but we are also going to tell you how to best navigate the Orbital Blitz level in this Uber-Foe guide.

While not a very overt reference, Orbital Blitz makes many a callback to the Wipeout games by way of the discoverable bots hidden throughout the level. However, the subtle reference doesn’t mean the level is any less fun than the others, and the boss helps make it even better!

How to Reach Uber-Foe in Orbital Blitz? Astro’s jaunt through space comes with a personal rocket on his back. | Credits: YouTube – WoW Quests

Astro’s arrival at the level itself will require some adept maneuvering of his glider to ensure he doesn’t get knocked off by the various moving contraptions.

Watching a Jeremy Saulnier thriller is a unique experience. Each film offers an interesting yet differing take and viewpoint, all while chilling the audience to the bone. Blue Ruin explores revenge by way of a mysterious, unfurling plotline; Green Room is the best horror film about the Neo-Nazi punk rock scene ever made, ultimately curling back into subtle (hair-raising) satire, and Hold The Dark explores animalistic mythos and portrays Alaska as its never been seen on film before. In his new thriller Rebel Ridge, director Saulnier teams up with rising star Aaron Pierre to explore themes of law and corruption sure to keep the audience in maddening, spell-binding suspense from beginning to end.

El elenco de voces incluye a Beyoncé y a su hija. © Disney

Con motivo de la D23 Expo de Disney, se ha publicado un nuevo tráiler de Mufasa: El rey león, la nueva película, la precuela de animación fotorrealista del remake de la película de 1994 El rey león, que se estrenó en 2019.

Mufasa: El rey león, se centra en los primeros años del que acabaría siendo el soberano de la Roca de la Manada, así como en su amenazador hermano pequeño Scar. La historia se cuenta en flashbacks y presenta a Mufasa como un cachorro huérfano, perdido y solo hasta que conoce a un simpático león llamado Taka, heredero de un linaje real. Este encuentro fortuito pone en marcha el viaje de un extraordinario grupo de inadaptados que buscan su destino y sus lazos se pondrán a prueba mientras trabajan juntos para escapar de un enemigo amenazador y letal.

Las...

Un exmarine se ve inmerso en una trama de corrupción rural. © Netflix

Netflix ha presentado el tráiler y póster de Rebel Ridge, del aclamado director y guionista Jeremy Saulnier (Green Room).

Rebel Ridge sigue a Terry Richmond (Aaron Pierre), que llega al pueblo de Shelby Springs con una misión sencilla pero urgente: pagar la fianza de su primo y salvarlo de un peligro inminente. Pero cuando los ahorros de su vida son confiscados injustamente por las fuerzas del orden, Terry debe enfrentarse al jefe de la policía local Sandy Burnne (Don Johnson) y a sus aguerridos agentes. Terry encuentra una aliada inesperada en la secretaria judicial Summer McBride (AnnaSophia Robb) y ambos se enredan en una conspiración profundamente arraigada en el remoto municipio.

El thriller está protagonizado por Aaron Pierre (Foe), Don Johnson (Corrupción en Miami), AnnaSophia Robb (Un puente hacia Terabithia), David Denman (Eric), Emory Cohen (Bikeriders. La ley...

We’ve been waiting months to find out whether or not Aaron Taylor-Johnson (The Fall Guy) has actually landed the role of James Bond – but in the meantime, he’s working on the race-against-the-clock thriller Fuze, which is currently filming in London and has Hell or High Water director David Mackenzie at the helm. We first heard of this project back in February, and since then Taylor-Johnson has been joined in the cast by Theo James (Divergent), Sam Worthington (Avatar), Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Loki), Elham Ehsas (The Kite Runner), and Honor Swinton-Byrne (The Souvenir), and now Deadline reports that Saffron Hocking (Top Boy) has also been added to the cast.

Details on the characters being played by these cast members are being kept under wraps.

Scripted by Ben Hopkins, who has previously written Simon Magus, Janice Beard, The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz, The Market, Lost in Karastan, Hasret: Sehnsucht, Marionette,...

Saoirse Ronan protagoniza este drama ambientado en la Segunda Guerra Mundial. © Apple TV+

La película “Blitz”, dirigida por el aclamado cineasta Steve McQueen, inaugurará el Festival de Cine de Londres – saltándose los Festivales de Venecia, Toronto y Telluride – y ya tiene fecha de estreno en Apple TV+.

“Blitz” sigue el épico viaje de George (Elliott Heffernan), un niño de 9 años, a través del Londres de la Segunda Guerra Mundial cuando su madre, Rita (Saoirse Ronan), lo envía a un lugar seguro en la campiña inglesa. George, desafiante y decidido a volver a casa con Rita y su abuelo Gerald (Paul Weller) en el este de Londres, emprende una aventura en la que se enfrenta a inmensos peligros, mientras una angustiada Rita busca a su hijo desaparecido.

Escrita y dirigida por Steve McQueen, la película está protagonizada por Saoirse Ronan y el debutante Elliott Heffernan, con Harris Dickinson (“El Clan de Hierro...

El elenco de voces incluye a Beyoncé y a su hija. © Disney

Ya se ha publicado el primer tráiler y póster de “Mufasa: El Rey León”, la nueva película, la precuela de animación fotorrealista del remake de la película de 1994 “El Rey León”, que se estrenó en 2019.

En “Mufasa: El Rey León”, Rafiki debe transmitir la leyenda de Mufasa a la joven cachorro de león Kiara, hija de Simba y Nala, con Timón y Pumba aportando su estilo característico. La historia se cuenta en flashbacks y presenta a Mufasa como un cachorro huérfano, perdido y solo hasta que conoce a un simpático león llamado Taka, heredero de un linaje real. Este encuentro fortuito pone en marcha el viaje de un extraordinario grupo de inadaptados que buscan su destino y sus lazos se pondrán a prueba mientras trabajan juntos para escapar de un enemigo amenazador y letal.

Las voces que dan...

The 21st Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) Awards, which highlight Irish filmmakers, television creators and performers, saw Pat Collins’ That They May Face The Rising Sun win Best Film in an upset. Despite earning a second-best 11 nominations, the top award was its only win.

Lies We Tell all with three wins: for Director Lisa Mulcahy, Lead Actress Agnes O’Casey, and Best Script. It came in with 13nominations.

Oscar-winner Cillian Murphy repeated his Best Actor win at the Academy Awards for Oppenheimer with a win for Lead Actor. In the supporting categories, Paul Mescal won for All of Us Strangers and Alison Oliver topped all for Saltburn.

Oppenheimer was named Best International Film, Emma Stone was Best Actress, and Paul Giamatti won International Actor for The Holdovers.

In the television drama categories, Kin was the winner for series, directing, script, lead actress Clare Dune, and supporting actress Maria Doyle Kennedy.

Filmmaker...

Cillian Murphy, Kin season two and Paul Mescal were among the winners of the Irish Film & Television Awards 2024, which were handed out during a ceremony in Dublin on Saturday.

Lies We Tell, about an orphaned teenage heiress in 19th-century Ireland who is forced to embrace the dark legacy of her family, led the nominations for the movie portion of the awards with 13 and went home with three. It was followed by That They May Face the Rising Sun, which took home the best film prize, and Double Blind, with 11 each. Rising Sun is an adaptation of John McGahern’s novel about passion, war and migration, while Double Blind is a horror film about an experimental drug trial that goes wrong.

Among the lead acting nominees were such big names as Murphy, Barry Keoghan, Andrew Scott, Pierce Brosnan, Saoirse Ronan, Eve Hewson and Jessie Buckley. Murphy took home the best actor...

This post contains spoilers for the movie "Foe."

Garth Davis' 2023 sci-fi film "Foe" is a somber, confusing mess of a film that calls its shots early on, but remains mysterious regardless. It's set in the near future of 2065 when the Earth's natural resources are dwindling. Hen (Saoirse Ronan) and her husband Junior (Paul Mescal) live in a remote family home that has been in Junior's family for generations. The trees around their house have all died and their marriage seems to be on the rocks; they fight and sleep in separate beds. Junior is also wary of visitors, assuming that Hen is having affairs ... which she might have had in the past. 

One evening, Junior and Hen are visited by a man named Terrance (Aaron Pierce) whom Hen met years before. Terrance works for a well-moneyed astronautics corporation called OuterMore. OuterMore is planning a grand migration project that would relocate...

Cillian Murphy, Andrew Scott and Saoirse Ronan are among the nominees at the 21st Irish Film and Television Awards.

Fresh off his Oscar win, Murphy (Oppenheimer) is nominated for lead actor along with Scott (All Of Us Strangers). They are joined by Saltburn’s Barry Keoghan, The Last Rifleman’s Pierce Brosnan, That They May Face They Rising Sun’s Barry Ward and David Wilmot from Lies We Tell, the film with the most IFTA nominations on 13.

Lisa Mulcahy’s period drama is also up for best film, lead actress, supporting actor, director, script and seven craft awards. It had...

Nominations are out for the 21st Irish Film & Television Awards with Lisa Mulcahy’s thriller Lies We Tell leading the pack on the feature side at 13, and crime drama Kin heading up the TV fields with 11 (scroll down for the ful list of nominees). The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) will hand out its prizes on April 20 in Dublin.

Alongside Lies We Tell in the Best Film category are Double Blind, Flora and Son, Lola, That They May Face the Rising Sun and Verdigris. Each of those films also scored a mention for their directors.

In what was a banner year for Irish talent, there are several awards season notables vying for Best Actor as well, including Oppenheimer Oscar winner Cillian Murphy, Saltburn’s Barry Keoghan and All of Us Strangers’ Andrew Scott.

The Best International Film race includes All of Us Strangers, Oppenheimer, Past Lives, Poor Things, Saltburn and The Holdovers.

Lies We Tell, with 13, That They May Face the Rising Sun and Double Blind, with 11 each, are leading the nominations for the movie portion of the Irish Film & Television Awards 2024.

Lies We Tell is about an orphaned teenage heiress in 19th-century Ireland who is forced to embrace the dark legacy of her family when she becomes the ward of an uncle determined to marry her off. Rising Sun is an adaptation of John McGahern’s novel of passion, war, and migration. Double Blind is a horror film about an experimental drug trial that goes horribly wrong. Andrew Legge’s Lola, a science fiction drama set in 1940, received seven noms on Thursday.

Among the lead acting nominees are such big names as Cillian Murphy, Barry Keoghan, Andrew Scott, Pierce Brosnan, Saoirse Ronan, Eve Hewson, and Jessie Buckley. The best supporting film actor category, meanwhile, includes Kenneth Branagh and Paul Mescal.

And...

Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender. As other formal (and informal) polls suggest, competitions are fluid and subject to change based on buzz and events. Predictions are updated every Thursday.

Visit the prediction pages for the respective ceremonies via the links below:

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Best Achievement in Sound

Weekly Commentary: In the highly competitive sound category, “Oppenheimer” production sound mixer Willie D. Burton could become the first Black person to win three Oscars in the category, an historic achievement. A victory for “Oppenheimer” would also grant Universal Pictures its 10th statue,...

Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender. As other formal (and informal) polls suggest, competitions are fluid and subject to change based on buzz and events. Predictions are updated every Thursday.

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Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling “Poor Things” – Willem Dafoe

Weekly Commentary: Another deathmatch between two movies — Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein biopic “Maestro” and Yorgos Lanthimos’ sci-fi comedy “Poor Things.”

“Maestro” won big at the Makeup and Hair guild while “Poor Things” took home the BAFTA prize.

Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender. As other formal (and informal) polls suggest, competitions are fluid and subject to change based on buzz and events. Predictions are updated every Thursday.

Visit the prediction pages for the respective ceremonies via the links below:

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Best Adapted Screenplay Oppenheimer, from left: Florence Pugh as Jean Tatlock, Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer, 2023. © Universal Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection

Weekly Commentary: Cord Jefferson stands on the brink of potentially making history in the adapted screenplay category with “American Fiction,” potentially becoming only the second...

Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender. As other formal (and informal) polls suggest, competitions are fluid and subject to change based on buzz and events. Predictions are updated every Thursday.

Visit the prediction pages for the respective ceremonies via the links below:

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Best Supporting Actor Barbie, Ryan Gosling, 2023. © Warner Bos. / Courtesy Everett Collection

Weekly Commentary: There’s no way to prove this statement, but I think Robert Downey Jr is winning by such a wide margin for his work in “Oppenheimer.”

With Critics Choice, Golden Globes, SAG and BAFTA in his pocket,...

The stars are stepping out for Milan Fashion Week!

Callum Turner, Uma Thurman, and Sam Claflin posed for photos while arriving at the Tom Ford Fashion Show on Thursday (February 22) in Milan, Italy.

Other stars in attendance included Sharon Stone, The Holdovers actor Dominic Sessa, Foe actor Aaron Pierre, Penny Dreadful actress Eva Green, The Witcher actress Freya Allan, and Stranger Things actor Jamie Campbell Bower.

Models in attendance included Jourdan Dunn, Iris Law, Amber Valletta, Alex Wok, and Jake Bongiovi.

Last weekend, Callum and new girlfriend Dua Lipa made one hot couple as they stepped out for a 2024 BAFTAs after-party together in London. Check out the photos here!

If you missed it, Sam recently reunited with one of his Hunger Games co-stars.

Click through the gallery inside for 55+ pictures of the stars arriving at the fashion show…...

The 44th annual London Critics’ Circle Film Awards were held this afternoon at London’s May Fair Hotel.

The awards are given by the 210-member Film Section of the Critics' Circle, the UK's longest-standing and most prestigious critics' organisation. The vast majority of Film Review’s roster of critics are members of the London Film Critics’ Circle, including Executive Editor James Cameron-Wilson, Mansel Stimpson, Michael Darvell, George Savvides and Wendy Lloyd.

This year All of Us Strangers led with 9 nominations, followed by Oppenheimer with 7 nominations. Jonathan Glazer's German-language drama The Zone of Interest and Andrew Haigh's All of Us Strangers brought home the most wins at three each. In this year's awards, critics voted in two new categories: Animated Film and Breakthrough Performance. The inaugural Derek Malcolm Award for Innovation was presented to cinematic trailblazer Colman Domingo and Jeffrey Wright became the 33rd recipient of the London Critics' top honour,...

Jonathan Glazer’s German-language drama The Zone of Interest claimed the top honor, film of the year, at the 44th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards on Sunday, along with the best director and a technical award. Emma Stone was honored as actress of the year for her work in Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things.

Meanwhile, All of Us Strangers star Andrew Scott picked up the actor of the year award, with the Andrew Haigh drama overall claiming three nods, just like The Zone of Interest. The London critics also named Da’Vine Joy Randolph supporting actress of the year for her role in The Holdovers and May December‘s Charles Melton supporting actor of the year. Stone, Randolph and Melton accepted their awards via video messages.

Among the other winners of the night were Paul Mescal, honored as British/Irish performer for his body of work in 2023, and Mia McKenna-Bruce who received...

Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone Of Interest and Andrew Haigh’s All Of Us Strangers lead the winners at the 2024 London Film Critics’ Circle awards, with three prizes each.

At the ceremony held this evening in London, The Zone Of Interest received film of the year, director of the year and the technical achievement award – the latter for Mica Levi and Johnnie Burn for music and sound.

Scroll down for the full list of winners

All Of Us Strangers received British/Irish film of the year, actor of the year for Andrew Scott, and was one of the films credited...

James Franco and girlfriend Izabel Pakzad are going strong!

The happy couple stepped out together for Milan Fashion Week last week.

James, 44, and Izabel, 28, sat front row at the Fendi Fashion Show held during Milan Menswear Fall/Winter 2024-2025 on Saturday (January 13) in Milan, Italy.

Other stars also at the fashion show included Games of Thrones‘ Kit Harington, Red, White, & Royal Blue actor Nicholas Galitzine, Foe actor Aaron Pierre, Pose actor Jeremy Pope, model Lucky Blue Smith, Us actor Winston Duke, and The Crown actor Ed McVey.

“A Fendi life is one lived between town and country,” read the brand’s show notes, juxtaposing countryside charm with city sophistication led by Fendi men’s artistic director Silvia Venturini Fendi. Watch the runway show below!

Fendi Men’s Fall/Winter 2024-25 Fashion Show...

Foe Movie Review Rating:

Star Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal, and Aaron Pierre

Director: Garth Davis

Foe Movie Review Is Out! (Picture Credit: Youtube)

What’s Good: Ronan and Mescal are young and beautiful, and the premise is intriguing.

What’s Bad: The film needs to learn how to use its premise efficiently, and neither lead has chemistry.

Loo Break: There are a lot of loo breaks in here as the film goes for the slow-burn method but doesn’t know when to drop the bomb and how the climax should affect the rest of the film.

Watch or Not?: It would be best to avoid this for more exciting and compelling romance or science fiction films.

Language: English (with subtitles).

Available On: Amazon Prime Video

Runtime: 111 Minutes.

User Rating:

To create a romantic film is to be sure that you can establish, develop, and showcase a human relationship based on love,...

Foe's ending reveals that Junior was a clone all along, surprising viewers who may be familiar with classic sci-fi twists. Hen prefers the clone of Junior over her real husband, leading to the dissolution of their relationship. It is unclear whether Junior is aware that Hen has been replaced with an AI clone, adding to the ambiguity of the ending.

Warning! This article contains spoilers for Foe (2023)

While Foe’s ending might seem pretty hard to decipher, the sci-fi movie’s twist is actually quite predictable for longtime genre viewers. Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan star in Foe, an adaptation of the novel of the same name by author Iain Reid. Reid’s earlier book I’m Thinking of Ending Things was brought to life onscreen in 2020 by director Charlie Kaufman, although that trippy psychological horror movie took numerous major liberties with the source material. Foe director Garth Davis offers...

Foe's story and best ideas were already ruined by a similar episode from Black Mirror season 6, "Beyond The Sea". The film, Foe, failed to live up to expectations despite a star-studded cast and generally positive reviews of the literary source material. Foe's shortcomings were accentuated by the success of Black Mirror's "Beyond The Sea" episode, which had a superior command of tone and more effective world-building.

Although Paul Mescal's sci-fi movie Foe was received very poorly by critics, the film's story and best ideas were already ruined by an episode from Black Mirror season 6. Based on author Iain Reid's dystopian futuristic novel of the same name, Foe tells the story of a married couple, one-half of whom is replaced by a biomechanical duplicate during his enforced absence. Despite the interesting premise and generally positive literary reviews, the movie failed to live up to expectations.

In addition to Paul Mescal,...

The film adaptation of "Foe" introduces the existence of AI replacements right from the beginning, setting up the sci-fi elements of the plot more prominently. The movie focuses on Hen's perspective rather than Junior's, providing a feminist lens to the story and emphasizing her emotional journey. The film delves deeper into the emotional dynamics of Hen and Junior's relationship, while the book explores the larger issues humanity faces through their marriage.

This article contains spoilers for both the film Foe (2023) and the book Foe (2018) by Iain Reid.

The film, Foe, is based on the novel of the same name by Iain Reid, and though there are many similarities between the source material and the adaptation, the film does make some changes. Iain Reid has written other novels that have been turned into films, including the mind-bending I'm Thinking of Ending Things that Charlie Kaufman helmed. Foe was directed by Garth Davis,...

Paul Mescal's breakout performance in Normal People earned him critical acclaim and he recieved an Oscar nomination for Aftersun, showcasing his subtle and committed acting style. Mescal's willingness to take risks and choose complex characters is evident in his film choices, including a sci-fi thriller, a musical retelling of Carmen, and a psychological drama. While some of Mescal's films may vary in quality, his performances remain consistently interesting and committed, solidifying his status as an exciting up-and-coming actor.

Paul Mescal has made a name for himself as one of the most exciting up-and-coming actors today, and, despite having only appeared in six feature films, looks set to become a household name for many years to come. With a breakout performance as Connell in the Irish BBC miniseries Normal People, Mescal has already earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his role in the emotional drama Aftersun. With...

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.

All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (Raven Jackson)

A film that feels uprooted from deep beneath the earth, Raven Jackson’s poetic, patient debut is a distillation of cinema to its purest form, a stunning patchwork of experience and memory. Tethered around the life of Mack, a Black woman from Mississippi, as we witness glimpses of her childhood, teenage years, and beyond, All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt becomes a sensory experience unlike anything else this year. Shot in beautiful 35mm by Jomo Fray and edited by Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s collaborator Lee Chatametikool, there’s a reverence for nature and joy for human connection that seems all too rarified in today’s landscape of American filmmaking. – Jordan R.

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Happy New Year! As expected, the new year brings a slew of notable new titles to the various ever-growing streaming libraries, giving you plenty to watch in January 2024.

Whether you’re looking to catch up on 2023 releases or looking ahead to shiny new 2024 horror or sci-fi titles, January has it all.

These ten noteworthy horror titles will be available for streaming this month on some of the most popular streaming services out there. Here’s when/where you can watch them.

All Fun and Games – Hulu (January 4)

Salem teens discover a cursed knife that unleashes a demon that forces them to play gruesome, deadly versions of childhood games in Ari Costa and Eren Celeboglu’s teen horror movie. The 2023 horror release stars “Strange Things” actor Natalia Dyer alongside Asa Butterfield. The cast also includes Keith David, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth (Pinocchio), Annabeth Gish (“The Fall of the House of Usher”), Laurel Marsden...

Clockwise from left: Foe (Amazon Studios), Mad Max (American International Pictures), The Passenger (Paramount Home Entertainment)Image: The A.V. Club

Amazon’s Prime Video revs up the new year with new originals and several movies focused on automobiles and other modes of transportation. A few short months before Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga...

US actor Jeffrey Wright will be honoured with the Dilys Powell award for excellence in film

Andrew Haigh’s All Of Us Strangers leads the 44th London Critics’ Circle Award nominations with nine nods, followed by Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer on seven.

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Haigh’s romantic drama is up for best film, best screenwriter and acting nominations for stars Andrew Scott, Claire Foy and Paul Mescal. Scott and Mescal are also nominated in British/Irish performer of the year, which recognises an actor’s body of work, as is Cillian Murphy, Carey Mulligan and Tilda Swinton.

Andrew Haigh’s drama All of Us Strangers has landed nine London Critics’ Circle Awards nominations, ahead of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, which has scored seven.

Celine Song’s Past Lives, Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things and Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest garnered six noms apiece, while Greta Gerwig’s Barbie notched five. Scroll down for full list of nominations.

All of the films are in the running for the critics’ Film of the Year accolade, alongside the French courtroom drama Anatomy of a Fall, Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers, Todd Haynes’ May December and Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon.

In the acting categories, Andrew Scott, Paul Giamatti and Cillian Murphy and lead actresses Lily Gladstone, Sandra Hüller, Greta Lee and Emma Stone all feature.

The winners will be announced at a ceremony in London on February 4 with actor-writer-comic Anna Leong Brophy reprising her role as host.

Paul Mescal (Foe) and Andrew Scott (Fleabag) are always on each other’s minds in a new trailer for All of Us Strangers, the latest project from filmmaker Andrew Haigh, the visionary behind favorites like Weekend and Looking: The Movie. With neon lights and tender glances between the two leading men, the latest teaser for the upcoming Searchlight Pictures production makes viewers feel the love, joy, and heartbreak the film will provide when it arrives in theaters on December 22.

by Cláudio Alves

...but not even he could make Foe worth watching.

Since Normal People hit the small screen in 2020, the Irish actor has enjoyed a rise to fame like few before. Still, his breakthrough performance as Connell Waldron could have been a one-hit wonder with its staggering vulnerability never to be repeated. Thankfully, that wasn't to be. Though his big-screen debut, The Lost Daughter, didn't ask much from the Maynooth-born hunk with perpetually sad eyes, the 2022 double feature of Aftersun and God's Creatures revealed surprising range. So much so that he secured his first Oscar nomination for the Charlotte Wells stunner, a rare honor for its kind of understated work.

Garth Davis' Foe is the first significant stumble in a mostly impeccable resume. Still, that need not be the end-all-be-all of Mescal's 2023…...

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.

Birth/Rebirth (Laura Moss)

Likely a film that some will find underwhelming due to its lowkey, mostly affectless style, it’s a rather impressive feat of narrative economy that manages to separate itself from the seemingly endless indie horror crop. Directed by Laura Moss, there’s the sense they either don’t have much of a feel for the genre or rather harbors a general disdain for the shorthands it’s fallen into (hopefully they don’t get absorbed into bad studio product soon), the film’s tendencies refreshingly feel free of the trappings of calling-card cinema. – Ethan V. (full review)

Where to Stream: Shudder, AMC+

The Curse (Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie)

Following up the discomfitingly brilliant The Rehearsal, Nathan Fielder...

Small world: Daisy Ridley and Ben Mendelsohn have both starred in acclaimed Star Wars films (The Force Awakens and Rogue One). Years later, they're sporting American accents for a tense new thriller with characters that probably didn't come as much of a challenge to play for either Hollywood star. The Marsh King's Daughter feels like a tale we've heard before, and not just because it's based on a book (by Karen Dionne). The whole thing feels like a combination of past films like Room, Eye for an Eye, Cape Fear, Captain Fantastic, and even Where the Crawdads Sing.

Still, it's a delight seeing Ridley return to the spotlight, especially since she's clearly committed to this starring role. And a splash of Mendelsohn in any feature never fails, right? Though it does become sadly obvious about halfway through The Marsh King's Daughter that the pair deserve a juicier feature, an effect...

Exclusive: Saoirse Ronan (Foe) has found her next project in Bad Apples, a biting satirical comedy with thriller elements, for which HanWay Films is launching worldwide sales at AFM. Marking the English language debut of Swedish writer-director Jonatan Etzler (One More Time), the film to be produced by Pulse Films is targeting a UK shoot — under an Equity contract — in spring 2024.

Written by Jess O’Kane, Bad Apples adapts Rasmus Lindgren’s debut novel De Oönskade. The film tells the story of Maria (Ronan), a primary school teacher doing her best to inspire a class of 10-year-olds but unable to because of one unruly and chaotic student. With her career in question and the child’s behavior spiraling, she makes a series of bad decisions that lead to her accidentally taking and locking this “bad apple” in her home. Maria tries desperately to backtrack, but when the class starts flourishing and...

Foe's finale reveals a shocking twist: the Jr. character is actually an AI, explaining the emotional fluctuations and torn feelings of the characters. The movie explores themes of marital disconnection and the longing for a different life, highlighting the importance of empathy, compassion, and communication in relationships. The ending of Foe revolves around the concepts of acceptance and the realization that soul mates and true love may be just as fickle as binary codes and algorithms.

The following contains spoilers for Foe, now playing in select theaters.

It's perhaps not much of a stretch to say Normal People's Paul Mescal is one of Hollywood's hottest actors right now. He's been praised by indie audiences after movies such as The Lost Daughter, Aftersun and God's Creatures. He's also set to star in Gladiator 2, which will surely raise his star power.

While fans await that Roman war story, Mescal is...

Universal has ‘Trolls Band Together’, MetFilm has ‘Foe’ with Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal and Aaron Pierre.

Crime epic Killers Of The Flower Moon sets a new record for widest opening for director Martin Scorsese this weekend, starting in 701 cinemas – 200 cinemas more than the director’s previous widest opening.

Produced by Apple Studios, the film is released theatrically by Paramount Pictures in many international territories including UK-Ireland.

Killers is adapted by Scorsese and Eric Roth from David Grann’s 2017 nonfiction book of the same name. The narrative follows a series of murders of the Osage people in Oklahoma after oil is...

Foe offers a unique take on the failing marriage narrative by incorporating climate change and AI, creating an intimate story that breaks away from typical futuristic elements. The film's visuals are both breathtaking and devastating, capturing the desolate landscape and the rekindling of the couple's relationship amidst the surrounding death. While Foe lacks in the thriller department and the pacing may feel slow at times, it is captivating to watch, thanks to riveting visuals and strong performances from Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal, and Aaron Pierre.

Foe adds a unique layer to the failing marriage narrative. Directed by Garth Davis from a screenplay he co-wrote with Iain Reid, who authored the novel the film is based on, Foe takes into account the consequences of climate change and AI to deliver an intimate story that isn’t par for the course when the aforementioned are involved. You won’t find a stereotypical futuristic city,...

Much can be done and discussed through the craft of cinema, but at the end of the day it's a visual medium above all else. It's always refreshing, then, to see a truly visual work on the silver screen, something that capitalizes on the beauty of the world around us, taking us to parts of Earth that are wholly new to us. Garth Davis' new feature Foe, now in theaters, brings us to the picturesque Australian countryside, with the help of Oscar-winning production designer Patrice Vermette and acclaimed cinematographer Mátyás Erdély.

We recently caught up with Erdély to learn more about the creative process behind visualizing the script and source material, a novel of the same name by Iain Reid (I'm Thinking of Ending Things). Starring Paul Mescal (Aftersun), Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird), and Aaron Pierre (The Underground Railroad), Foe is a dark love story about a disparate couple named...

Director Garth Davis wanted to explore the complexities of the human condition in his latest film, Foe, which is a science fiction thriller adaptation of Iain Reid's novel. Davis praised the small cast, including Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal, and Aaron Pierre, for their professionalism, creativity, and willingness to go beyond the script to explore their characters' emotions. The opening scene of the film, in which the characters display various emotions without revealing vital information, was the most challenging for the cast and required extensive rehearsals. The scene sets the stage for the complexity of the story.

Director Garth Davis sat down with Screenrant to discuss his latest film and working with Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal.

After directing Lion (2016) and Mary Magdalene (2018), Davis wanted to try his talents with a science-fiction film.

I was desperate for it. I mean, in a way I can do these big sweeping things,...

The year is 2065. Earth is dying. Somewhere in the blighted midwest, our story begins. A squat trapezoidal car pulls up to a house, not too close, but close enough to wake up the man who's been sleeping on the couch, Junior (Paul Mescal), who is on the outs with his wife, Henrietta (Saoirse Ronan) – who goes by Hen, for short. A man appears at the door. With a rifle in hand, Junior wants to know who he is and what he wants. Hen says to let him in.

The film is Foe, directed by Garth Davis, with a script co-written by Davis and the original novel's author, Iain Reid (I'm Thinking of Ending Things). It's a lovely, sensitive, character-driven story with an extravagant setup that more or less mines the same subjects that have been the heart of storytelling since time immemorial. That is until its biggest reveal is that...

The film Foe explores the tumultuous relationship of a married couple set in a desolate future, posing philosophical questions about love and humanity. The visual contrast in the film between a rural setting and futuristic machines reflects the stagnation in the couple's relationship and the resistance to change. The production designer, Patrice Vermette, drew inspiration from Andrew Wyeth's paintings to create a setting that symbolizes a refusal to adapt and change, ultimately leading to the couple's downfall.

Foe is a new sci-fi thriller set on a desolate version of the Earth in 2065, wherein a married couple's already tumultuous relationship is pushed to the edge by AI. Based on a book of the same name by I'm Thinking of Ending Things author Iain Reid, the film explores philosophical questions about what it means to love and to be human. The film has a very small cast, with only three main...

Outer space. Chicken farms. A dystopian society. Human replicants. These are just some of the ingredients of Prime Videos' new sci-fi feature Foe, which is now in theaters before heading to Prime. Starring A-listers Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird) and Paul Mescal (Aftersun), Garth Davis' new feature is adapted from Iain Reid's 2018 novel and is rich with visual components that could make for a stunning big-screen project. Ronan and Mescal play Hen and Junior, a seemingly happily married couple living on a farm in the year 2065, as Earth is crumbling around them. Then, a mysterious visitor (Aaron Pierre) pays them a visit and offers Junior a chance to venture into space for a year and help humanity branch out to perhaps more promising terrain. But there's more than what meets the eye for each of these three characters...

In honor of the release of the film, which has faced mixed reviews thus far,...

Amazon Studios' new sci-fi drama Foe accidentally retreads an acclaimed episode from Charlie Brooker's Netflix series, the one starring Domnhall Gleeson as a human replicant. With science fiction, it's probably inevitable that story elements overlap between different projects, but the problems with Foe don't stop there. Oscar nominees Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal give it their all, but the plot falls victim to clichés and underdeveloped twists and turns that often lead us scratching our heads.

Friend, Foe, or Femme Fatale?

Friend or foe? That seems to be the question at hand in this new sci-fi thriller from director Garth Davis, though it's not the only question we'll be asking ourselves by the end. This is not a galaxy far, far away, but rather a dystopian planet Earth, reminiscent of Christopher Nolan's vision in his 2014 film Interstellar. It's indeed the future, year 2065 to be exact, but Junior (Mescal...