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Women Talking lets women talk United Artists Releasing “What follows is an act of female imagination,” reads the title card for Sarah Polley’s searing and clear-eyed drama “Women Talking.” Based on Miriam Toews’s 2018 novel of the same name, “Women Talking” takes place in a fictional religious community in 2010 but is inspired by the real mass rape of the women in an ultraconservative Mennonite community in Bolivia. Instead of lingering on the horrors of the acts — which include young women and girls being drugged and raped periodically while they slept — “Women Talking” chooses instead to focus on the aftermath, when the men have been arrested and the women have gathered to decide what to do next....

An emotionally taxing experience Universal Pictures In a press junket covered by The Hollywood Reporter, Steven Spielberg spoke about the massive responsibility that came with writing “The Fabelmans,” one that he first thought he could handle but eventually began to loom over him: “I thought it was going to be a lot easier than it turned out to be because I’ve certainly known the material and all the characters for my entire life....

Hugh Grant Joined Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Because It Reminded Him Of Monty Python [Comic-Con] Paramount By Witney Seibold/July 21, 2022 5:17 pm EST “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves,” due in theaters in 2023, will be the fourth feature film to be based on Gary Gygax’s zeitgeist-altering, fantasy-based role-playing game. In 2000, director Courtney Solomon released a widely razzed film starring Jeremy Irons, Thora Birch, and ’90s It-boy Justin Whalen....

Abracadabra! I sit on his knee. 20th Century Studios Released in 1978, “Magic” stars Anthony Hopkins as Charles “Corky” Withers, a struggling magician who gets more than he bargained for when he integrates a ventriloquist dummy (dubbed “Fats”) into his act. If the premise alone doesn’t get the hairs standing on the back of your neck, perhaps the film’s trailer will: Helmed by Richard Attenborough (the director of “Gandhi” and star of “The Great Escape” and “Jurassic Park”) from a script that “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” and “The Princess Bride” scribe William Goldman wrote based on his own novel, “Magic” left an impression on a young Akela Cooper....

Netflix’s $200 Million The Gray Man Only Spent 8 Days Atop Its Streaming Rankings Netflix By Jeremy Mathai/Aug. 2, 2022 3:30 pm EST Ever hear that saying about how you’ve made your bed and now you have to lie in it? Anyway, on a completely different and unrelated note, it would seem that Netflix’s preferred viewership metrics may have come back to bite the streaming service with their most recent crown jewel....

Wolf Children – Funimation GKIDS Country: Japan Genre: Fantasy family drama Director: Mamoru Hosoda Cast: Aoi Miyazaki, Takao Osawa. Hosoda’s gentle 2012 film Wolf Children follows Hana, a university student who falls in love with a man who transforms into a wolf. They have two children together before the wolf man is tragically killed, and soon the pressures of single motherhood and prying eyes force Hana to move to the countryside to protect her wolf children....

Rollerball Universal Pictures To understand how Hollywood could think rollerskating (not even blading mind you) could plausibly be the sport of the future, you’d have to recall how popular disco-ball lit rinks were in 1975. This movie doesn’t hold up, but I swear, it was interesting at one point. James Caan stars as Jonathon E. He’s the big rollerball star in this dystopian future, set in the year — wait for it — 2018!...

The Bear Episode 7 Became A One-Shot Episode Shortly Before Filming FX By Erin Brady/July 6, 2022 9:26 pm EST If you have been thinking that “The Bear” – the dark comedy series produced by FX for Hulu which has been taking the internet by storm — seemingly came out of nowhere, you’re not wrong. The show was scarcely promoted before its release but quickly gained a following due to its anxiety-inducing scenarios and heartfelt writing....

The Daily Stream: Private Benjamin Is An Unapologetic Feminist Icon Warner Bros. By Ariel Fisher/Sept. 21, 2022 10:00 pm EST (Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.) The Movie: “Private Benjamin” (1980) Where You Can Stream It: Showtime The Pitch: Judy Benjamin (Goldie Hawn) has dreamed of one thing since she was eight years old, according to the film’s opening title card: essentially, to be a wife....

Who’s who: Meet the new cast of The Rings of Power Prime Video A new fellowship has been announced for “The Rings of Power” season 2 and, if they’re anywhere near as perfectly cast as the original ensemble, we may be in for something special. Prime Video announced seven diverse new names as “recurring cast members” who’ll be joining the next stage of this story, which is currently filming in the U....

The Talented Mr. Ripley Taught Matt Damon How Dangerous Stunts Can Be Paramount Pictures By Shania Russell/July 12, 2022 11:19 am EST Moviemaking is a tricky beast all on its own, but when combined with the complicated artistry of stuntwork, things have the potential to get dangerous in an instant. For every action movie and thriller, there is a terrifying story about something that could’ve gone terribly wrong — and a dozen more about how the crew banded together to pull off something incredible....

More room for Sherlock Netflix While Sherlock was very much a supporting player in “Enola Homes,” the sequel will see him working side-by-side with his sister as they try and solve the same mystery. With Mycroft out of the picture, “That then meant though that we had to then concentrate on Sherlock, which has some advantages in the sense and that it becomes a sharp pencil if you like,” Bradbeer told Collider....

Why Terrifier 2’s Ending Underwent A Major Change Cinedigm/Bloody Disgusting By Matthew Bilodeau/Nov. 8, 2022 1:34 pm EST This article contains major spoilers for “Terrifier 2.” The Halloween season may be behind us, but “Terrifier 2” fever is still going strong. For well over a month, the hardcore splatter flick has become a box office sensation in the world of independent horror, along with ushering in the era of the MegaSlasher, according to Mike Flanagan....

Abbott Elementary season 2 trailer Based on the trailer, Janine (Brunson) is still doing the most, leading what looks to be a development mixer for a new mentorship program that … no one is as enthused about as she is. Gregory (Williams) has finally embraced his position as an educator rather than an administrator, and his budding friendship with school custodian Mr. Johnson (William Stanford Davis) looks to be in full bloom....

Black As Night Director Maritte Lee Go Brings A Fresh Perspective To An Ancient Horror [Interview] “Welcome to the Blumhouse” is back with four new films, each focused on telling a scary story from a marginalized community. The coming-of-age vampire horror “Black as Night” stars Asjha Cooper as Shawna, a 15-year-old in New Orleans whose high school concerns are thrown by the wayside when her drug-addicted mom gets bitten by a vampire....

Can You See Pearl Without Seeing X? Director Ti West Has The Answer [Exclusive] A24 By Mike Shutt/Sept. 16, 2022 7:00 am EST I was not the biggest fan of Ti West’s 1970s-set slasher film “X” from earlier this year. I really enjoyed the first half when it was an exploration of low-budget porn during the genre’s golden age, and when it goes into full-on slasher mode, I start to check out (as I do with most slasher movies)....

Catching The Killer Was Never Really The Point Of True Detective HBO By Ernesto Valenzuela/Aug. 21, 2022 11:00 pm EST Directed by Cary Fukunaga and written by Nic Pizzolatto, “True Detective” season 1 could be considered the high point of the anthology series, which is in the middle of getting season 4 off the ground. The critically acclaimed first season led to a fast-tracked second season, which ultimately was met with a mixed reception....

Cool Stuff: Berserk: The Golden Age Arc Is Getting An Uncensored ‘Memorial Edition’ Blu-Ray Release Studio 4°C By Devin Meenan/Dec. 10, 2022 4:12 pm EST “Berserk,” the dark fantasy manga created by the late Kentaro Miura, is the story of Guts, a wandering swordsman who battles the demonic Apostles and their masters, the God Hand. The series has run since 1989 and its ending still isn’t in sight, but its most famous story arc is “The Golden Age....

Every Brooklyn Nine-Nine Halloween Heist, Ranked NBCUniversal Television By Jessica Scott/Oct. 17, 2022 1:18 pm EST Many beloved television shows are known for having stellar Halloween episodes. “Roseanne” and “Bob’s Burgers” truly shine in their spooky specials, and “The Simpsons” has created an institution within an institution with its annual “Treehouse of Horror” installments. “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” shows a similar love for the holiday, kicking the show’s wacky antics up a notch for each season’s Halloween Heist....

Every Episode Of Firefly Ranked Worst To Best Fans mourn what might’ve been the way Independents look back on the Unification War, but there’s no profit to be had in wishing things were different. “Firefly” gave us 14 wonderful episodes before flying off quietly into that good night. At least there was a form of closure in the 2005 film “Serenity,” and the story goes on in a series of graphic novels....