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Omni Loop presents an intriguing premise. Zoya Lowe (Mary-Louise Parker), a brilliant quantum physicist, finds herself caught in a time loop while a mysterious black hole grows in her chest. Yes, you read that correctly. Zoya also has just one week to live, but the troubled woman already knows that because shes been repeatedly experiencing this very last week of her life for quite some time. In fact, shes lost track of just how many times shes endured her very own Groundhog Day.

In an attempt to survive her dilemma, Zoya leans into these peculiarities, but alas, she cant find a cure for her mysterious predicament and illness until one day, when she meets a gifted student named Paula (the ubiquitous Ayo Edebiri). Teaming up, the duo embarks on saving Zoyas life and unlocking the mysteries of time travel in the process. Several quantum detours filter into the mix in...

Inspired by the "star-driven genre movies" of the '80s and '90s, actor-turned-producer, writer, and director Max Minghella returned to the Toronto International Film Festival with his sophomore feature, Shell. Starring Kate Hudson and his The Handmaid's Tale co-star Elisabeth Moss, this "love letter" is a darkly comedic body horror movie that examines the societal issues of beauty standards and questions the lengths we'll go to achieve them.

Kaia Gerber is embracing her status as a nepo baby despite its stigma! In addition to being a rising star in Hollywood, Kaia is also establishing herself in the modeling industry, following in the footsteps of her mother, supermodel Cindy Crawford.

While making a name for herself in the entertainment business, Kaia consistently honors her mother, who helped pave the way for her. At the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) premiere of her latest project, Shell, Kaia paid homage to her mom in a white Hervé Leger dress, a replica of the one Cindy Crawford wore at the 1993 Academy Awards.

Kaia Gerber recreates her mom Cindy Crawford’s 1993 Academy Awards look by wearing a white bandage dress by Hervé Leger at the TIFF premiere of her new movie, Shell (Credit: Captive Camera / Cover Images)

Looking like the spitting image of her supermodel mom, Kaia donned a white bodycon dress crafted...

Director Max Minghella wears his cinematic influences on his sleeves with sophomore feature effort Shell, a body horror dark comedy written by Jack Stanley (The Passenger).

Elisabeth Moss (The Invisible Man) finds herself embarking on a scary new beauty treatment as aging actor Samantha Lake. She quickly befriends Zoe Shannon (Kate Hudson), CEO of health & wellness company Shell. When their patients start to go missing, including starlet Chloe Benson (Kaia Gerber), Samantha realizes Shell may be protecting a monstrous secret.

The escapist love letter to ’90s cinema leans into dark comedy, but embraces everything from Paul Verhoeven to Soapdish, Species, and Sliver, if that’s any indicator of genre range here. Bloody Disgusting spoke with Minghella, who made his feature directorial debut with 2018’s Teen Spirit, about the genre-bender out of TIFF, where the film had its World Premiere.

The filmmaker revealed more about his influences, but mores o his...

Spoiler Alert: This story contains plot details for “Nikki Beach, or: So Many Ways to Lose,” Season 3, Episode 6 of HBO’s “Industry,” now streaming on Max.

Last week, “Industry” ended on a rare cliffhanger: with Yasmin (Marisa Abela), the publishing heiress turned finance associate turned tabloid target, seemingly confessing to the murder of her disgraced, missing father Charles (Adam Levy). This week, the HBO drama finally shows its audience what happened on that fateful yacht ride in Mallorca. In an extended flashback, we learn that Yasmin didn’t technically kill Charles — she simply failed to alert anyone when Charles jumped into the water, a futile attempt to emotionally manipulate his daughter in the midst of an explosive fight.

Written by Joseph Charlton, directed by Isabella Eklöf, and overseen by co-creators and showrunners Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, the episode puts a spotlight on a character who’s become the de...

The Deb had the honor of being the closing film at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, and Rebel Wilson's directorial debut left quite an impression. The Australian star, whose film is based on the stage play by Hannah Reilly, leans into her comic roots by bringing to the festival a cheeky, outrageous musical about two teens who come together to participate in a small town's annual debutante ball. The Deb's timing feels fortuitous; it feels like a natural companion to the Mean Girls musical released earlier this year.

The Deb

Director Rebel WilsonWriters Hannah Reilly, Meg Washington, Rebel WilsonCast Ben Turland, Susan Prior, Sheree da Costa, Ioane Saula, Naomi Sequeira, Steph Tisdell, Tara Morice, Shane Jacobson, Hal Cumpston, Rebel WilsonCharacter(s) Razzie, Dimity, Damo, Shell, Lucinda, Janette, Tish, Mitch, Rick, DancerRuntime 121 MinutesGenres Comedy, Musical The Rebel Wilson Musical Comedy Is Entertaining

The film follows queen bee Maeve (Charlotte MacInnes...

Shell is a film made with the intention of being a guilty pleasure. It wants to be the film one would encounter on cable in the middle of the day or late at night. Many films have become popular this way, especially before the days of streaming: scrappy little films with a campy sense of humor and talented cast getting to play around and stretch their acting muscles in ways that feel low-stakes for their career. Worst case scenario, the film becomes a curiosity — not good, but fascinating enough in its badness. And the best-case scenario is becoming one of those hidden gems that have a second life on home video.

That’s clearly what director Max Minghella is aiming for with Shell, a campy horror dark comedy about the unfairness of beauty standards in modern society. Six years after his directorial debut, Teen Spirit, Minghella is back at the...

Much like Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance, director Max Minghella‘s Shell explores the hells of aging in Hollywood with vibrant style and biting wit. That both employ body horror, harken back to golden eras of the industry, and screened at TIFF will further draw inevitable comparisons. Yet they couldn’t be further removed in just about every way. While Shell centers around an aging actor who embarks on a risky beauty regimen in a desperate bid to retain relevancy, Minghella opts to use it as a vehicle to craft an escapist love letter to ’90s cinema.

Samantha Lake (Elisabeth Moss) never quite reached the career highs as her breakout lead role in a cloying family television during her youth. Even worse, she’s practically aged out of Hollywood. At the ripe age of forty (a joke), Sam finds that her past roles no longer impress the daying pool and...

It’s a shame for Max Minghella’s “Shell,” a broadly comedic body horror film about an actress who undergoes a strange treatment to cling to youth, that it’s coming out after Coralie Fargeat’s “The Substance” made such a big, bold and bloody splash at Cannes. Not only will this largely less successful film inevitably live in the shadow of that far more audacious one, but it will likely be compared to it in a litany of ways that don’t do it any favors.

However, there is always a big tent for horror and just because each shares a similar premise doesn’t mean that they can’t find their own joy in their respective executions. This is especially true as there’s something uniquely silly about “Shell” near the end, but it takes quite a while to get there. Even with a more gleeful performance by Kate Hudson,...

In Shell, we meet Samantha Lake, an actress whose career is waning due to Hollywood’s emphasis on youth over talent. Hoping to stay relevant, she turns to renowned wellness entrepreneur Zoe Shannon and her company Shell. Their anti-aging treatments seem too good to be true—and surely enough, there are deeper forces at work beneath the glossy surface.

As Samantha delves further into Shell’s promises of rejuvenation, we start to see cracks in the flawless veneer. Strange side effects emerge, and not everything is as it seems. Minghella’s stylish direction and a stellar cast including Moss and Hudson keep the mystery intriguing. But does the story deliver on its unsettling hints? And what do we really discover about shadows lurking behind Tinseltown’s façade of beauty?

Through Samantha’s journey into Shell’s strange world, this film has the potential to offer social commentary and thrills. Let...

Endeavor Group Holdings and Tko Group CEO Ari Emanuel predicted Wednesday there will be just five or six major streamers or content providers left when the media industry consolidation dust settles.

“I think you’re in a situation where you have Paramount, Warner, Disney, Comcast; there’s other players. I think there will probably be five or six remaining streamer or content providers. Netflix, Amazon, we’re all going to see what happens with Apple, YouTube,” Emanuel said during the Img x RedBird Summit. “Then we probably have two remaining over the next five years from that group, and for some people that supply them — whether they be actors, writers, directors, non-scripted or sports. That’s a very good, healthy ecosystem with people that will have very big and deep pockets. That will take approximately two to three years to play out.”

Emanuel’s comments, which came during a panel...

In Shell, Elisabeth Moss stars as Samantha Lake, a thirty-something actress whose career is already on the decline due to Hollywoods penchant for prioritizing beauty and youth over talent. When Samantha seeks out help via wellness guru Zoe Shannon (Kate Hudson) and her company, also called Shell, her life transforms overnight. Naturally, this is all too good to be true.

Shell

Director Max MinghellaRelease Date September 13, 2024Writers Jack StanleyCast Odain Watson, Felix Rossi, Luke Samuels, Julie Chang, Zach Sowers, Lisa Ellee, Eric Satterberg, Monica Garcia, Desiree Alexandra Estrada, Colette Goodman, Jilana Stewart, Ziwe, Este Haim, Spencer Neville, Kaia Gerber, Lionel Boyce, Arian Moayed, Brandon Keener, Peter MacNicol, Peri Gilpin, Kate Hudson, Amy Landecker, Elisabeth Moss, Blake Lee, Dustin Milligan, Mary Lynn RajskubRating RGenres Thriller, Horror

There are a lot of elements that work in Shell, from its stylish production design to the cast, which also includes Kaia Gerber, Elizabeth Berkley,...

Treasure Trackers: "Treasure Trackers follows California surfer Leah who must relocate to the small town of Carterville, where she bands together fellow misfits Marshy and Tessa to track down the town’s mythic treasure. When the trio uncovers the truth behind the treasure’s Halloween curse, they must outsmart the high school troublemakers before an evil spirit is accidentally released."

The Halloween family fantasy adventure, Treasure Trackers, will be available for purchase on digital platforms starting 10/1.

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Goldilocks Release Details: Goldilocks and the Three Bears: Death and Porridge is now out on most digital platforms in North America, including Fandango at Home, Google Play, Microsoft, Spectrum on demand, Vudu, and DirecTV, Apple TV and Amazon next week. It’s out in the UK and other countries around the world on October 7th.

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Shell is Max Minghella’s second feature film as a director. Dubbed a “dark comedy and body horror about society’s obsession with youth and good looks,” it stars none other than his The Handmaid’s Tale colleague Elisabeth Moss as a struggling actress opposite Kate Hudson as the CEO of a mysterious, and potentially monstrous, beauty company.

The ensemble cast also includes the likes of Kaia Gerber (Saturday Night, Palm Royale), Elizabeth Berkley (Showgirls, Saved by the Bell), Arian Moayed (Succession), and Este Haim (Licorice Pizza).

In an interview with THR‘s Georg Szalai ahead of the movie’s world premiere in the Special Presentations lineup of the Toronto Film Festival, Minghella discussed how different his experience on Shell was from his first film as a director, what inspired the tone of the movie, and why it has a lot of Look Who’s Talking.

While I was watching Shell,...

Elisabeth Moss (The Invisible Man) finds herself embarking on a scary new beauty treatment in Shell, the upcoming body horror dark comedy from director Max Minghella.

We can exclusively unveil the new poster that teases some of the madness ahead of the film’s world premiere at TIFF. If the poster below is any indication, someone or something is harboring a monstrous beauty secret.

Kate Hudson and Kaia Gerber star alongside Moss in Minghella’s sophomore effort.

In the film, “Down on her luck actress Samantha Lake (Moss) is invited into the ultra glamorous world of Zoe Shannon (Hudson), CEO of health & wellness company Shell. When their patients start to go missing, including starlet Chloe Benson (Gerber), Samantha realizes Shell may be protecting a monstrous secret.”

The body horror dark comedy was penned by Jack Stanley, the scribe behind last year’s riveting thriller The Passenger.

Minghella made his feature...

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No role is easy, but at just 22-years-old, Freya Allan has already had to do a considerable amount of heavy lifting playing characters in dire situations with the weight of the world on their shoulders. After comparing the pressure The Witchers Ciri is under to the challenges her Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes character, Mae, faces in the film, Allan laughed and said, Clearly they look at me and go, 'Yeah, shes got a lot going on. Shell do the job. Allan may have been humble about it, but roles like Ciri and Mae could never soar without an actor capable of capturing and giving an audience access to their complex internal worlds.