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Snitch v. Deadbeat Season 1 Episode 19 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage,” titled “Snitch v. Deadbeat,” promises to bring a mix of humor and family drama. Set to air on CBS, this episode focuses on Mandy’s efforts to help her grandmother, Meemaw, collect money from her father, who has been losing bets.

In this episode, viewers will see Mandy stepping up to support Meemaw as she confronts her dad about his gambling habits. The stakes are high, and the tension between family members is sure to create some memorable moments. Mandy’s determination to help Meemaw might lead to unexpected situations as she navigates her father’s reluctance to pay up.

Meanwhile, Georgie finds himself caught in the middle of this family conflict. He tries to intervene and mediate between his grandmother and father-in-law, hoping to ease the tension.

Gerard Butler has movies scattered across every streaming service, but one of them is due to depart its home soon. Butler stars alongside Dune: Prophecy veteran Travis Fimmel in Kandahar, the 2023 conspiracy thriller following a CIA operative and his translator who flee from special forces in Afghanistan after exposing a covert mission. Kandahar has been streaming on Hulu for months now, but the streamer has announced that it will depart the platform on May 31, which still leaves more than a month for Butler’s fans to check out the film. Kandahar finished its run in theaters after grossing only $9 million, and the film earned a 45% rating from critics but a solid 82% rating from general audiences on the aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes.

Mitchell Lafortune wrote the screenplay for Kandahar, and Ric Roman Waugh was tapped to direct the film. Lafortune’s only other writing credit in his career has come from Last Breath,...

The upcoming episode of “Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage,” titled “Snitch v. Deadbeat,” promises to bring plenty of laughs and family drama. Set to air on Thursday, May 1, 2025, at 8:00 Pm on CBS, this episode dives into the complicated relationships within the family. Mandy finds herself in a tricky situation when her grandmother, Meemaw, needs help collecting money from her dad. It seems that he has lost some bets, and now it is up to Mandy to step in and sort things out.

Meanwhile, Georgie takes on the role of peacemaker, trying to intervene between Meemaw and his father-in-law. The tension between the two could lead to some hilarious and unexpected moments. Viewers can expect a mix of humor and heartfelt moments as the family navigates their way through this financial mess.

As the episode unfolds, it will be interesting to see how Mandy balances her loyalty to her family...

The Rock is going through a bit of a weird time in his career. Ever since 2022's "Black Adam" underperformed and he pretended it didn't, the good will he'd accrued throughout several decades has been dissipating. The former WWE star, who recently returned to his wrestling roots, has seemed to flounder, and reports of disgusting on-set habits haven't helped in that regard. But "Red One," his Christmas movie for Amazon, seemed to do well and his aforementioned pro-wrestling return might go some way to restoring the public's faith in a man who at one time seemed to be one of the most-liked figures in Hollywood.

Long before any of this played out, however, and even before he became the massive movie star he eventually did, The Rock was starring in some middling action thrillers in his quest to conquer Hollywood. In recent years, we've seen some of these neglected entries in his filmography resurface,...

Action icon Jason Statham continues to fly the flag for crowd-pleasing action movie fare, with the actor and martial artist now joining forces with the perfect director for another tale of a man with a mysterious past who is forced to fight for justice. The action thriller project does not yet have a title, but is now shooting in Enniskerry, Ireland, and will see The Stath working under the direction of Ric Roman Waugh, who is best known for helming the Gerard Butler-led Angel Has Fallen and Greenland.

Enniskerry hosted the Disney sequel Disenchanted back in 2022, but rather than the music and whimsy of that fantastical comedy, Jason Statham will instead tear through the picturesque village as a man who, after saving a girl from drowning, finds himself the target of a local gang. Enniskerry will stand-in for Scotland in the movie, with a shot of Statham posing with...

For a film that you would be hard-pressed to find on a list of Dwayne Johnson’s best movies, Snitch is one of those movies that just keeps coming back time and time again on free streaming platforms. This time, the 2013 movie has resurfaced on Tubi and has been holding strong mid-top 10 for the best part of a week.

Snitch centers on John Matthews (Johnson), a father whose teenage son lands in prison after unwittingly accepting a package filled with illegal substances. The tough sentencing guidelines mean a hefty prison sentence, but Matthews offers to infiltrate a dangerous cartel on behalf of the DEA, all in hopes of reducing his son’s sentence. Unlike Johnson’s usual roles that are all about brutal showdowns and brute strength, this time he relies more on his emotions and has to play a role that relies on more than his muscles.

Surprisingly, the...

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The vast and wonderful world of Harry Potter was packed with quirky and magical things that the Wizards did, and Quidditch was one of the most fascinating elements of the franchise. A popular wizarding pastime, Quidditch was also played competitively at Hogwarts and at the international level. The fictional sport involved two teams of seven, who competed with each other to score the most points and ultimately catch the Golden Snitch.

Each team had three Chasers, two Beaters, one Keeper, and one Seeker, who had to handle three types of flying balls while zooming around on their broomsticks.

Here’s A Look At Kang Ha-Neul’s Role In Yadang: The Snitch (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Kang Ha-Neul is one of the most talented actors from South Korea. Over the years, the actor has delivered stunning performances with Forgotten, Midnight Runners, When the Camellia Blooms, and the latest Squid Game Season 2.

Kang Ha-Neul will be soon seen in not one but two new avatars in the movies Yadang: The Snitch and Streamers. Let’s take a look at his transformation for Yadang: The Snitch.

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Kang Ha-Neul Is The Snitch In Upcoming Korean Thriller Yadang

The plot of Yadang: The Snitch is fairly straightforward. Kang Ha-Neul plays the titular snitch named Lee Kang-soo, who goes by the name Yadang. He controls the drug trade but also delivers news from the drug underworld to the police. When a new...

Jason Statham’s upcoming film Mutiny has now been given a release date, according to Deadline. Lionsgate has given the new action thriller an opening on January 9, 2026. That weekend is currently not sporting competition from any other films, but it will be following up the opening week of Universal’s M3GAN spin-off Soulm8te, which could be its only formidable challenge at the box office after the popularity of the original M3GAN.

Lionsgate, MadRiver, and Punch Palace are teaming up to release the film in theaters. Lindsay Michel and J.P. Davis wrote the screenplay for Mutiny, with principal photography beginning last September in the UK. Statham produces through his newly-founded Punch Palace Productions, with Marc Butan via his MadRiver Pictures studio.

In Mutiny, after his billionaire industrialist boss is murdered in front of him, Cole Reed is set up to take the fall for the crime— leaving him on the run...

Statham would recently get promoted to the lead in the fourth Expendables film, which was directed by Scott Waugh. Now, Deadline reports that Statham will be working with the director’s brother, Ric Roman Waugh, whose credits include Greenland, Snitch and Angel Has Fallen. The film will be an action thriller that is currently untitled, but the film is now being said to be underway in the U.K. and Ireland for Black Bear. The company introduced the film to the Cannes market, co-representing the U.S. rights with Range Select, and plans to take it to the European Film Market.

The untitled action-thriller is based on a script by Ward Parry with revisions by Christian Contreras. Not much is known about the film, but the description of the movie’s plot says Statham “will play a man pulled back towards the ghosts of his violent past.” Statham will be...

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Earthquake Underground (2/29)

When a massive earthquake submerges several subway cars underground, a group of misfit passengers band together to get to the surface or die trying.

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An unflinching look at the true scope and scale of gun violence in America, as told by those who’ve experienced it first-hand.

Love You To Death: Mommy’S Missing (2/14)

The case of a missing mother reveals twisted family secrets that leave a trail of flames, arrests, and deaths in their wake.

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Harvey Levin and his team of TMZ experts discuss Miley Cyrus’ meteoric rise to fame and debate her biggest scandals and successes.

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The shooting of a beloved Cleveland firefighter leads detectives to uncover a shocking plot for money gone very wrong.

There's a common misconception surrounding James Potter's character created by the Harry Potter movies, but HBO's upcoming remake can set the record straight. Since James died before the events of Harry Potter, details regarding his character were revealed slowly over time. Harry had to learn about his father from people who knew him, and this only began to happen once he started school at Hogwarts. However, one of the first things Harry discovered about James in the Harry Potter movies was actually incorrect and has led to a misconception that has now lasted decades.

The fact that Harry was a lot like James in Harry Potter was a key part of the story. At first, the Boy Who Lived took great pride in being told how similar he was to his father. They had the same messy black hair and similar glasses, and those who saw Harry's face knew...

A Dwayne Johnsonaction movie that grossed $428 million is getting a new streaming home. Decades after making his WWE debut, Johnson is now one of the most recognizable movie stars on the planet. Following his jump to acting, Johnson appeared in a number of action movies, like The Rundown (2003), Faster (2010), Fast Five (2011), Snitch (2013), and Pain & Gain (2013). More recently, Johnson has embraced more family-friendly fare, but that doesn't mean he's left his action roots behind.

The mid and late 2010s saw the release of a handful of classic Johnson action movies, but the budgets got larger and they became action blockbusters instead of genre movies in the mid-budget space, reflecting the actor's growing star power. In addition to several Fast & Furious movies, Johnson starred in San Andreas in 2015 before going on to have a big year in 2018, starring in two buzzy titles. One of these titles was Skyscraper, which was ultimately a disappointment,...

Dwayne Johnson remains one of the most recognizable actors working in Hollywood today, and is widely known for starring in and producing family-friendly fare. Getting his start as a wrestler in the WWE, Johnson's first major movie role was as the Scorpion King in The Mummy Returns (2001), a role he used to springboard into other films like The Scorpion King (2002), The Rundown (2003), and Walking Tall (2004).

Johnson continued his tough-guy acting persona throughout the late 2000s and into the 2010s, appearing in movies like Faster (2010), Snitch (2013), and San Andreas (2015), as well as several Fast & Furious movies. Though he continues to play more serious characters occasionally, the recent years of Johnson's career have seen him taking on a number of lighter and more comedic roles, particularly in four-quadrant movies for the whole family. When it comes to beloved family fare, there's perhaps no greater Johnson movie than his 2016 animated adventure.

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After Dwayne Johnson made his screen acting debut as The Scorpion King in The Mummy Returns, Johnson returned to this role in his feature-film starring debut, the 2002 spin-off The Scorpion King, for which he was paid $5.5 million, a record-breaking salary for a first-time leading man. The success of The Scorpion King led to starring roles in the action films Doom, The Rundown, and Walking Tall, and while Johnson’s starring vehicles throughout the 2000s had varying levels of success, the actor established himself as a durable action star who was destined for superstardom.

At the dawn of the 2010s, Johnson’s established salary had eclipsed $10 million per film, as Johnson, who received his first...

Extraction is an action thriller, an original Netflix movie starring Chris Hemsworth as Tyler Rake. The film is based on Ciudad, a graphic novel by Ande Parks, Joe Russo, Anthony Russo, Fernando León González, and Eric Skillman. Extraction was so successful that Netflix announced a sequel in 2021. In 2023, Extraction 2 landed on the streaming service. Extraction 3 is in production right now.

It might be hard to imagine these incredible action films with anyone other than Chris Hemsworth at the forefront, but Chris was not the original choice for Tyler Rake. Instead, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson would star as the former Australian Sasr operator. Despite being relatively new, the film was stuck in production limbo for many years. Talks of Extraction first surfaced in 2012 and many things changed from 2012 to 2020, including the lead.

Extraction's Production First Started in 2012 Originally, Extraction was Going to be Named Ciudad, After the Graphic Novel...

Have you heard of "the butterfly effect?" No, not the 2004 Ashton Kutcher vehicle, but the principle associated with figures as various as meteorologist Edward Norton Lorenz and sci-fi author Ray Bradbury, all about how the slightest change in conditions can result in widespread changes over a period of time. History is full of such examples, where instead of obvious life changing events there exist small moments (or a series of moments) that change the futures of multiple people. As with most things regarding history, these cruxes can only be identified in hindsight, and sometimes they turn out to be surprisingly unlikely.

For example: who would've ever thought that the 2020 Netflix action film "Extraction" would have been such a turning point for the careers of the Russo brothers, Dwayne Johnson, and its star, Chris Hemsworth? For starters, "Extraction" itself was originally going to be a very different film: when first put together,...

There are few actors with as many ups and downs as Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. The actor, wrestler, and lifestyle guru earned his celebrity through hard work. However, Dwayne Johnson’s track record has been spotty. One moment, he reached a new career high, especially during his “Franchise Viagra” era. However, the next moment, he misses with a big budget franchise tentpole film.

A common complaint against Johnson has been his insistence to appear in movies where he plays himself. Unfortunately, his 2024 ends with Red One and Moana 2, which seem to fall in that camp. With the bad reviews of Red One dominating most of the coverage, we want to focus on his better movies. Below are five of his best.

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Dwayne Johnson, despite being a super famous brand nowadays, has tried his hand at different kinds of roles in the past, even as he was being pegged as the next Arnold Schwarzenegger. While there are no shortage of “safe bets” where he got to play a role he was at home with, his resume will still included films like Southland Tales, Be Cool and Snitch, where his size was a factor, but he wasn’t an all-out badass. Johnson would even dabble in family movies. He will next be featured in Red One, which comes from his Jumanji director Jake Kasdan and puts an action twist on the holiday.

Recently, GQ profiled Johnson and spoke with him, Benny Safdie and Emily Blunt on his upcoming dramatic turn in The Smashing Machine. The story of Mark Kerr deals with an athlete who faced depression, and Safdie mentions that he knew Johnson...

The Story: After causing a deadly accident while driving drunk, a family man (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) is sent to a maximum security penitentiary. There, he’s recruited by the Aryan Brotherhood, and coerced into acts of violence that threaten to erase any trace of the man he once was.

The Players: Starring: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Omari Hardwick, Lake Bell, Jon Bernthal, Emory Cohen & Jeffrey Donovan. Written and directed by Ric Roman Waugh.

The History: Shot Caller was released with very little fanfare last summer. A low-key VOD release from Saban, which nonetheless received some pretty good reviews when it played the festival circuit, it forms a loose trilogy for director Ric Roman Waugh, following his earlier Felon and Snitch. Originally a Relativity production, that company’s bankruptcy sent the finished film into a tailspin, hence the limited release. Given how VOD numbers are rarely revealed, it’s impossible to know how the film did financially,...

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When you're out and about collecting Field Guide pages for a quest in Hogwarts Legacy, you will come across a fellow student, Sophronia Franklin. She has a knack for trivia, and you will need to complete one of her quizzes to get your hands on a Field Guide page. Sophronia will ask questions relating to magic and the Wizarding World, which might be easy for fans of the franchise to solve. However, for the unacquainted, it could prove to be challenging eventually.

There are a lot of collectibles in Hogwarts Legacy and one of them is the seemingly overwhelming Field Guide pages. To get one featuring the Transformation Book, you will need to visit Sophronia in the Library. You can also earn some extra rewards if you take part in additional quizzes and get every answer right.

Dwayne Johnson's The Rundown has become a surprise hit on Netflix 21 years later. Released in 2003, director Peter Berg's The Rundown marks one of Johnson's first major movie roles. The film sees the former WWE wrestler starring as Beck, a bounty hunter who teams up with the son of a powerful loan shark to seek out a legendary lost treasure in the Amazon. The movie, which also stars Seann William Scott, Rosario Dawson, and Christopher Walken, was a notable box office failure.

Now, new data from Netflix reveals that The Rundown was the eighth most popular movie on the service in the U.S. for the week of September 2 8. While exact viewership data isn't provided, the Johnson movie beats 3:10 to Yuma (2007) and Trolls Band Together (2023). The Rundown falls short of other titles like Shark Tale (2004), The Union (2024), Migration (2023), Aloha (2015), Sonic the Hedgehog (2020), The Deliverance (2024), and, in the number one spot,...

Right at the end of the first season pass in Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions is the Hagrid Papercraft Mask: a carefully crafted reference to a classic meme. Poking fun at Hagrid's infamously polygonal appearance in an early Harry Potter game on the original PlayStation, the PS1 Hagrid meme has been around for quite a while. Now, it can be earned by players willing to grind.

Although Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions lacks microtransactions, it still features a season pass with rewards to be earned. This is a fairly stock standard season pass model, with players earning Xp by finishing matches and completing daily and weekly challenges. However, there's no premium track or premium rewards, so PS1 Hagrid can be unlocked by anyone who owns the game.

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Catching the Golden Snitch is less important in Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions, particularly when compared to the books and movies. In other media, catching the Golden Snitch in a Quidditch match ended the match and awarded the team that caught it with a massive 150 points. The Snitch is less impressive in-game but can still provide a substantial score boost when caught.

As the smallest and fastest ball in Quidditch, the Snitch remains difficult to catch. However, longtime fans of the Wizarding World should note two major changes made to the Snitch. Catching the Snitch no longer ends the game and only grants 30 points instead of 150. However, 30 points can still mean the difference between victory and defeat.

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Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions is finally adapting the beloved titular sport for a modern audience, the first Quidditch-focused game since Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup on the Gamecube. Players around the world will be able to take to the skies on their brooms as Beaters, Keepers, Seekers, and Chasers. However, while the rules of Quidditch have been kept mostly intact for Quidditch Champions, there have been a few alterations.

Quidditch Champions released on September 3, 2024 for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox X/S, and Nintendo Switch.

Perhaps the biggest change in Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions is a tweak to how the Golden Snitch works. While players will still be able to zoom about on their brooms as their favorite wizards and witches from the Harry Potter universe or as their own customized character, they may be surprised to find it isn't quite how they remember it from the books and films.

The 1990s left a legacy of action films that leaned heavily on stunt work and practical effects. The genre was defined by thrillers like Sylvester Stallone's Cliffhanger, which is now confirmed for a sequel more than 30 years later.

Cliffhanger 2 is moving forward after receiving more than $5.5 million in funding from the Australian Film Commission, per Screen Daily. The project received a boost of over $2 million in 2023 from Fff Bayern, a German production fund. The sequel starts filming in September or October with Jean-Franois Richet as director; Mark Bianculli (Hunters) is developing the screenplay. The film was confirmed as early as April 2023 with Ric Roman Waugh initially at the helm. Sylvester Stallone is reprising his role as Ranger Gabriel "Gabe" Walker from the 1993 original, and per plot details, the sequel finds him pursuing the same passion.

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Get ready for a magical September with Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions coming to PlayStation Plus as a limited Day-One release. Experience the iconic Wizarding World sport as a Beater, Seeker, Chaser, or Keeper with leveled-up characters and full customization options. While not a full game, the free 30-day trial offers a taste of the action before deciding if it's worth purchasing for ongoing play.

PlayStation Plus subscribers are in for a magical September as the service is gaining a highly-anticipated release as a limited Day-One launch. When it comes to the world of sports video games, most of the more successful titles are based on real-life sports, often incorporating licensed teams and players to cater to fans wanting something more relatable. While some studios have attempted to incorporate fantasy elements into the sports genre, none have managed to break through into the mainstream, which makes this upcoming title particularly exciting.

Jon Bernthal has played several complex characters with shades of grey in many films and TV projects. He is a versatile actor who has always shined in great supporting roles in films like Snitch, Fury, and The Accountant. However, his most popular role was in the Marvel show The Punisher where he played the titular antihero.

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The character is set to return in next year’s Daredevil: Born Again. It has been some years since he played the character and thus his body needed some training to get in shape as well as some weapons training for his character. At GalaxyCon Raleigh, which was held recently, Bernthal revealed that he trained with former Punisher star Thomas Jane for the show.

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Exclusive: Melina Kanakaredes, perhaps best known for her role as Stella Bonasera in CSI: NY, has signed with Cesd for representation.

Kanakaredes starred as Detective Stella Bonasera on all six seasons of CSI: NY, which aired on CBS from 2004-2010.

Most recently she can be seen as Nancy Dunlop on Showtime’s Billions. Previously, she starred in NBC’s Providence and also appeared on The Resident, The Practice, Leaving L.A. and NYPD Blue. She also had an arc on the ABC series, Notorious, opposite Piper Perabo and Daniel Sunjata as well as a recurring on the Netflix animated series Blood of Zeus.

In the feature space, Kanakaredes can be seen in the thriller drama, Snitch, alongside Dwayne Johnson and Susan Sarandon, Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief, and more.

Kanakaredes continues to be managed by Alissa Vradenburg at Untitled Entertainment.

Dwayne Johnson is now an A-list actor who has immense star power. He has been in some major franchises including Fast and the Furious and Jumanji. Johnson is a big part of the audience’s interest in these franchises and their huge commercial successes. However, Johnson had to work his way up in the industry when she started in the 2000s.

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Johnson had a passion project that he wanted to star in ever since he became an actor. At the time, Johnson did not have the star power and stature big enough to pitch studios to greenlight a film. The actor had to build up his career for 15 years and even turned down a major franchise to bring his passion project to the big screen.

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If you’ve ever watched a Dwayne Johnson film or wrestling match, you’ll know a thing for sure: he has several seriously iconic catchphrases. From ‘If you smell what The Rock is cooking?’ to ‘It doesn’t matter what you think!’ the man has the ability to deliver a line that will leave you grinning, cheering, or just plain confused.

Over the years, he has coined and popularized numerous catchphrases, which have become synonymous with his image. However, recently, The Rock ended up receiving some hilarious trolling after it was discovered that he actually owns the trademark for over 20 of his most famous catchphrases.

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Yes, The Rock is now the owner of ‘Roody Poo’, ‘Candy As*’, and even Jabroni. Even so, jokes and memes about his unexpected ownership of some extremely ridiculous phrases began to appear everywhere, and the internet could not contain its amusement.

This coming month, the free streamer Tubi is adding dozens of new titles to its library, from Academy Award-nominated genre-bending thrillers like 2019’s “The Lighthouse” to rom-coms that have dominated culture for decades, such as Nora Ephron’s quintessential “When Harry Met Sally.”

Check out The Streamable’s picks for the best of Tubi’s February additions, and find out everything coming to the platform this month!

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Barry Jenkins follows up his Oscar-winning “Moonlight” with another Oscar nominee in this adaptation of James Baldwin’s novel of the same name. KiKi Layne and Stephan James lead the cast as Tish and Fonny a devoted couple who have been friends since childhood who dream of a future together but whose plans are derailed when Fonny is arrested...

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A New Year means lots of removals from Netflix and January 1st is looking busy, with over 100 movies set to leave the service already. Below, we’ll be keeping track of all the Netflix departures for the first month of 2024.

First, a few housekeeping notes as to how Netflix removals work before we dive in. Due to licensing agreements, shows and movies added to Netflix aren’t added forever. Instead, they’re essentially rented for a fixed period. All the shows below have their current window on Netflix ending and will likely be bound for a rival streaming service.

We list titles slightly differently from other outlets, with our listings being the actual day of removal. If you want to watch any titles scheduled to expire on January 1st, for example, you’ll need to watch by the end of December 31st.

Exclusive: Coming off 5 successful seasons of Mayans M.C., Emmy Award-nominee Jd Pardo has signed a first-look deal with FX Productions to develop new television programming for FX.

Pardo portrayed Ezekiel “Ez” Reyes on the hit Sons of Anarchy spinoff, created by Kurt Sutter and Elgin James, from 2018 to 2023. On-screen, Pardo’s Ez went from prospect to influential member of the M.C. to leader of it all by series end. Pardo also grew professionally and creatively, he began his journey as the show’s lead actor, later adding producer to his credits to making his directorial debut in the Season 5 episode titled, “I See The Black Light.”

Additionally, Pardo was also recently seen starring in Prime Video’s action-thriller series The Terminal List, alongside Chris Pratt. He will next be in Prime Video’s reimagining of the 1989 MGM film Road House, starring alongside Jake Gyllenhaal. Directed by Doug Liman, the...

Max will be losing a significant number of beloved movies and TV shows in December, including a handful of Christmas favorites. Titles like Elf, The Master, Happy Feet, A Christmas Carol, A Christmas Story, The Polar Express, Fred Claus, Scream (1 through 3), Misery, Spotlight, and dozens more are included on the list. While content removals are a regular part of the streaming landscape, the move comes at a time when Warner Bros. Discovery has placed an increased focus on Max's profitability.

Max is set to lose dozens of movies and TV shows in December, according to a dispiriting new post. Although not the most popular streaming service, Max (formerly HBO Max) has remained a key competitor in the space for a number of years now, boasting a strong library of HBO shows and beloved Warner Bros. films, among many other titles.

Now, according to a new post from filmmaker Mark Hughes on X,...

The Golden Snitch is worth too many points in Quidditch, and it can quickly undo a team's hard-earned lead and potentially lead to a loss. Prior to the Snitch, Quidditch led to the extinction of the Golden Snidget bird, as demand for the bird increased with the popularity of the sport. The focus on the Snitch in Quidditch scenes in the Harry Potter movies makes the game seem more one-dimensional and less exciting than it could have been.

Quidditch is one of the most interesting aspects of the Harry Potter universe, and there are differing opinions on the best and worst parts of the fictional sport. However, there is one aspect in particular that detracts from the game's excitement. With most team sports in the real world, the action is confined to the field. The fact that most of the action in Quidditch consists of high-octane broom flight and avoiding violent,...

Update 5.2 will enhance content discovery for Samsung TV Plus users, and create a new kids experience that will make finding age-appropriate content a snap.

Samsung TV Plus may be the best free streaming service you’re not watching. The streamer is available on all Samsung smart TVs made between 2016 and 2023, Galaxy devices, Smart Monitors, Family Hub refrigerators and the web, so you don’t have to own a single Samsung device in order to give it a try for yourself.

Viewership of Samsung TV Plus has risen 60% year-over-year. The streamer is releasing version 5.2, a massive update. New features include hubs for kids’ content, music, and much more. Learn More Tba samsung.com Has Samsung TV Plus Grown in the Past Year?

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Ebony Media Group, the company behind Ebony Magazine, has teamed up with Lionsgate to announce the launch of their joint venture, Ebony TV by Lionsgate.

With access to Lionsgate’s expansive library of titles, the Fast channel will be available on Samsung TV Plus starting on Oct. 11 with programming that includes popular titles such as “The Great Debaters,” starring Denzel Washington and Forest Whitaker; “Snitch,” featuring Dwayne Johnson; “Dear White People,” starring Tessa Thompson; “If Beale Street Could Talk”; Tyler Perry’s “I Can Do Bad All by Myself”; and “Jackie Brown,” starring Pam Grier. The channel will also feature shows such as “Are We There Yet?” and “Kevin Hart: What the Fit.”

By the end of the month, Ebony TV will become available on The Roku Channel, Tubi, and Amazon Freevee.

“Ebony has long been an outlet our culture could count on for news and entertainment,” said Ebony CEO Eden Bridgeman Sklenar.

Lionsgate is teaming up with Ebony Media Group to launch a new free, ad-supported streaming television (Fast) channel focused on the African-American point of view.

The offering, which will feature award-winning films and popular series that celebrate Black culture, will officially launch on Oct. 11 via Samsung TV Plus (channel 1054), followed by additional platforms including The Roku Channel, Tubi, and Amazon Freevee by the end of the month.

Ebony TV by Lionsgate’s programming will include the Golden Globe-nominated drama “The Great Debaters,” starring Denzel Washington and Forest Whitaker; the Dwayne Johnson starrer “Snitch;” “Dear White People,” starring Tessa Thompson;” “If Beale Street Could Talk,” starring KiKi Layne; Tyler Perry’s “I Can Do Bad All by Myself,” starring Taraji P. Henson; and Quentin Tarantino’s “Jackie Brown,” starring Pam Grier. The channel will also feature shows such as “Are We There Yet?” and “Kevin Hart: What the Fit.”

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Ebony Media Group has partnered with Lionsgate to launch Ebony TV by Lionsgate, a new Fast channel geared to Black audiences.

Channels targeting Black viewers make up just 2% of all available Fast channels in the U.S., even though African Americans represent 14% of the U.S. population. Starting tomorrow, Ebony TV will be available on Samsung TV Plus (channel 1054), followed by additional platforms including The Roku Channel, Tubi, and Amazon Freevee by the end of the month.

Some of the programming planned for Ebony TV that’s been curated from Liongate’s 18,000-title library includes The Great Debaters starring Denzel Washington and Forest Whitaker; the Dwayne Johnson starrer Snitch; Dear White People with Tessa Thompson; If Beale Street Could Talk, starring KiKi Layne; I Can Do Bad All by Myself, starring Taraji P. Henson; and Jackie Brown, starring Pam Grier. The channel will also feature shows such as Are We There Yet?...

The summer of Suits continued past Labor Day, as the legal drama set a streaming chart record for most weeks as the No. 1 overall title.

The former USA series, which streams on Netflix and Peacock, spent its 12th consecutive week at the top of Nielsen’s rankings, which go back three years. It had 2.36 billion minutes of viewing for the week of Sept. 4-10, falling by only 4 percent from the previous week. Suits‘ 12th week at No. 1 overall broke a tie with Netflix’s Ozark, which had 11 weeks at No. 1 over several seasons.

Five titles had more than a billion minutes of viewing for the week, with Netflix’s Virgin River (1.92 billion minutes of watch time) coming in second behind Suits. One Piece (1.39 billion minutes), the streaming debut of The Little Mermaid (1.37 billion) and Swat (1.04 billion) — which jumped 62 percent week to week — also crossed that threshold.

In the original series...

The movie Snitch was inspired by the real experiences of DEA agent James Settembrino but changed many events for a more thrilling story. James Settembrino's son Joey was actually set up by a friend and did not get released from prison in real life. The true story did not involve drug kingpins or gangs, and James Settembrino did not go into witness protection or have an accomplice like the character Daniel in the movie.

The Rock's 2013 film Snitch was inspired by a true story, but the two stories are far from similar, with the movie changing quite a few events from what really happened. Dwayne Johnson plays John Matthews, a father desperately trying to keep his son Jason out of prison. With the threat of a ten-year minimum prison sentence, John meets an attorney who agrees to reduce Jason's sentence in exchange for him informing on a drug dealer. This...

Tomorrow, “Barbie” (Warner Bros.) will make its home-viewing debut at $24.99 for rental, $29.99 for digital download, and will presumably sweep all #1 positions for weeks to come. The extent may depend on the as-yet undated PVOD arrivals of “Oppenheimer,” “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning: Part One,” and “Sound of Freedom.”

For now, our usual chart lineup is down one list: Google Play mysteriously has the same films in the same order for more than a week. In that universe, “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” is still #1 while “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” has yet to chart.

“Strays” Courtesy Universal Pictures

Other #1 slots reflect the ways iTunes and Vudu calculate their lists. “No Hard Feelings” (Sony), which had an early rental price reduction to $5.99 after success at $19.99, is #1 on iTunes, which calculates by transactions. Just-released R-rated comedy “Strays” (Universal) leads at Vudu, which ranks by revenue.

“No Hard Feelings” is in sixth place at Vudu,...

Dwayne Johnson's movies may not be performing well at the box office, but they are dominating Netflix's Top 10, including a forgotten action thriller from 2013. Red Notice, featuring Johnson alongside Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot, is currently the most watched original movie on Netflix. Johnson's film Snitch from 2013 has entered the Global Top 10 of English-language movies on Netflix, showcasing his continued popularity on the streaming platform.

Dwayne Johnson may have left behind his title as the king of the box office in recent years, but he's still dominating Netflix's Top 10 thanks to a seemly forgotten action thriller from 2013, Snitch, which was not so well received when it debuted in cinemas a decade ago.

Despite some heavily criticized projects, The Rock has become one of the biggest names within Hollywood, especially when it comes to huge blockbusters. However, in the last couple of years, many of his movies have not...

Snitch, a forgotten thriller starring Dwayne Johnson, has become a surprise hit on Netflix a decade after its release, generating 4.1 million hours viewed. The movie follows a father who goes undercover to help convict a drug dealer and save his son. Snitch's success on Netflix places it alongside popular contemporary films like Heart of Stone and You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah.

Snitch, a largely forgotten thriller starring Dwayne Johnson, has become a hit on Netflix a decade after its release. The movie follows John Matthews (Johnson) going undercover to inform on a drug dealer after his son is arrested for possessing a package of illegal drugs and refuses to falsify evidence to pin the blame on another person. After Snitch was released in theaters on February 22, 2013, it went on to make a total of $57.9 million worldwide off a budget of $25 million.

Netflix has now unveiled...

The filming of Snitch took place in the southern United States, where the diverse locations were used effectively to enhance the storytelling. The cast includes Dwayne Johnson, Rafi Gavron, Barry Pepper, Benjamin Bratt, Harold Perrineau, Susan Sarandon, and Jon Bernthal. Filming primarily occurred in the Shreveport-Bossier City Metropolitan Area of Louisiana, with a few scenes shot in Texas. The budget constraints seemingly influenced the choice of locations.

The entirety of filming for Snitch took place in the southern United States, where the cast and crew took advantage of the versatility of the region's locations to tell the story. The 2013 action thriller movie starred Dwayne Johnson as John Matthews, a construction company owner whose estranged son, Jason Collins, played by Rafi Gavron, got in trouble with the Drug Enforcement Agency when he was framed by his friend. To bail his son out and prove his innocence, John agreed to go undercover...

Warning: Major spoilers for Snitch below!

In Snitch, John puts his family at risk to save his son from a harsh sentence under federal mandatory minimum sentencing laws. John and Daniel team up to change the DEA deal and turn the tables on the cartel, leading to a dangerous truck chase and crash. The movie ends with John's son being released from prison, but John and his family must go into witness protection due to their enemies. Daniel receives a reward for his help.

The ending of Snitch sees Dwayne Johnson's John putting himself and his family at risk to get his son out of prison. Snitch opens with John's son Jason (Rafi Gavron) being arrested by the DEA after reluctantly accepting a package he knows to be filled with drugs from a friend. Despite having no prior convictions Jason faces a minimum of ten years in prison under a hardline law,...

Four (an unusually high number) recent studio theatrical releases added PVOD home availability over the last week. No question which among them scored best — “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” (Disney) took the #1 slot on all charts.

Consumer options vary among the titles. “Indiana Jones” can immediately be digitally downloaded for $19.99. “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” (Paramount) is $19.99 for a 48 hour rental, as is “The Last Voyage of the Demeter” (Universal). “Mutant” can be purchased for $24.99. Meanwhile, Disney released “The Boogeyman” at a $14.99 initial rental price.

The rush to open could be related to two factors — holiday viewing, but also the anticipated (but not yet confirmed) release of “Barbie” (Warner Bros.) as early as Tuesday. Presales are available on multiple sites, but none yet list a specific date.

Oddly, only “Indiana Jones” among the four new entries made all three charts. “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” was released Friday,...

Spooky season is upon us and Max is getting in on the action.

New to the streamer in September are “Annabelle” (2014), “Annabelle: Creation” (2017) and “Annabelle Comes Home” (2019), as well as “The Curse of La Llorona” (2019) — all spin-offs from “The Conjuring” universe.

Other horror entries include “It” (2017), “It: Chapter Two” (2019), eight “Friday the 13th” films (from the 1980 cult classic to 1989’s “Jason Takes Manhattan”) and six “Children of the Corn” sequels.

As previously reported, over 200 episodes of AMC Networks’ television series are coming to Max in September at no additional cost to subscribers, spreading their availability beyond AMC+. Shows that are part of the partnership include “Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire” Season 1; ”Dark Winds” Season 1; “Gangs of London” Seasons 1 and 2; “Fear the Walking Dead” Seasons 1-7; “Killing Eve” Seasons 1-4; “A Discovery of Witches” Seasons 1-3; and “Ride with Norman Reedus” Seasons 1-5.

If fright flicks aren’t your thing,...

There’s an interesting experiment going on over at Max in September, as from the first of the month you’ll be able to find seven AMC+ series streaming for 60 days on the service. If you’ve been dying to check out some of their best shows but just haven’t had access to them, now’s your chance! Max will be streaming Fear the Walking Dead seasons 1-7, Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire season one, Dark Winds season one, Gangs of London seasons 1-2, Ride with Norman Reedus seasons 1-5, A Discovery of Witches seasons 1-3, and Killing Eve seasons 1-4.

Also on Max this September is the original animated series Young Love, a Matthew A. Cherry project which seeks to expand on the critically acclaimed short film, Hair Love. Sam Jay has a new stand-up special on HBO, too. Sam Jay: Salute or Shoot Me will...