📺 “Carrie” Trailer: Horror Filmmaker Mike Flanagan Reimagines Stephen King’s Classic for the Social Media Age with Summer H. Howell as Carrie White in New Amazon Series — Premiering Wednesday, October 7th on Prime Video

We know what you’re thinking: another Carrie remake? Haven’t we tried this before? And let’s be honest, it didn’t exactly turn out great.

And while it’s hard to argue that director Brian De Palma’s classic adaptation of Stephen King’s novel will always stand as one of the great supernatural horror films of the 1970s, that doesn’t mean this new series doesn’t have a few perks. For one, it comes from Mike Flanagan, arguably one of the biggest horror voices working today.

With popular horror miniseries like The Haunting of Hill House and Midnight Mass, not to mention his Stephen King adaptations like Gerald’s Game and Doctor Sleep, Flanagan has proved he has a knack for making audiences squirm while also giving them characters they actually care about. He’s also proven himself quite adept at turning King’s words into something cinematic without losing the emotional weight of the novels.

Though admittedly, this new Carrie adaptation feels like a completely different beast. Relative newcomer Summer H. Howell (Time Cut, Night of the Reaper) has been given the daunting task of stepping into Carrie White’s shoes as a socially awkward teenager struggling with relentless bullying at school and a home life that offers little escape.

Stephen King’s classic story follows a young girl who has been homeschooled by her deeply religious mother, only to be sent to public school for the first time and become the target of some extremely cruel bullying. Now set in the social media age, where online harassment is not only commonplace but also a daily reality, Carrie finds herself even more out of step with the world around her. Of course, we know the story by now: telekinetic powers begin to emerge from all that fear, anger, and humiliation, creating a powder keg just waiting to explode. And explode it does.

Amber Midthunder co-stars as the school’s P.E. teacher and Matthew Lillard as the principal, while Kate Siegel, Rahul Kohli, Heather Graham, and Michael Trucco round out the adult cast. Meanwhile, Siena Agudong, Josie Totah, Thalia Dudek, Alison Thornton, Arthur Conti, and Joel Oulette take on the teenage roles surrounding Carrie’s increasingly volatile high-school world.

Samantha Sloyan, a frequent Mike Flanagan actress who also had a memorable guest arc appearance on The Pitt, co-stars as Margaret White, Carrie’s deeply religious and fiercely controlling mother.

Flanagan serves as showrunner and directs the first two and final two episodes, while Kate Siegel, Axelle Carolyn, Kyra Sedgwick, and Hiromi Kamata each step behind the camera for one episode.

Carrie is set to debut Wednesday, October 7th on Prime Video, just in time to make the Halloween season a little bloodier. But don’t worry... it’s only pig’s blood.

📺 “Below” Trailer: Josh Hartnett, Mackenzie Davis and Charlie Heaton Face a Mysterious Sea Creature in Netflix’s Newfoundland-Set Horror Mystery Series — Streaming Thursday, October 8th on Netflix

There’s something in the water. And if this were a normal day at the beach, it might be nothing more than a curious fish or a swimmer making waves. But this is a new sea-creature thriller starring Josh Hartnett, so if there’s something in the water, you better believe it’s not coming over to say hello. And you probably don’t want to stick around long enough to find out exactly what it is.

In Netflix’s latest supernatural thriller series, Below, Hartnett stars as Calvin Penney, a stubborn but big-hearted fisherman trying to protect his family and small Newfoundland community when a mysterious sea creature begins terrorizing the coast. Calvin already carries a strange history with the water after his father’s unexplained death, so when the town’s skepticism slowly gives way to panic and fear, he realizes the threat isn’t some drunken story told by local fishermen, but a full-blown nightmare waiting to happen.

Also starring Mackenzie Davis as marine researcher Fonda Howander, who teams up with Calvin to figure out exactly what’s lurking beneath the water before it’s too late, while Stranger Things actor Charlie Heaton plays Calvin’s son, Wade, who may have witnessed the mysterious creature emerging from beneath an enormous iceberg that suddenly appeared just outside the bay. Rounding out the cast are Willow Kean, Ruby Stokes, Rohan Campbell, Natasha Henstridge, and Mary Walsh.

Created by Jesse McKeown, whose previous producing and writing credits include The Umbrella Academy and The Sinner, the six-episode series appears to be a throwback to old-school creature features, where the mystery is just as important as the monster itself. And because it’s set in Newfoundland, a rugged Atlantic region of Canada, expect plenty of that distinct local accent that gives the story a certain seafaring charm.

Below is slated to premiere Thursday, October 8th on Netflix.

📺 “American Horror Story: 13” Trailer: Jessica Lange, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, and More Return for a Franchise-Wide Greatest-Hits Nightmare — Premiering Thursday, September 24th on FX, Streaming on Hulu / Disney+

American Horror Story has been terrifying audiences for 12 seasons now, giving us some of the most bizarre and twisted characters TV has ever seen. So for its 13th season, and with the number 13 carrying a little extra supernatural baggage, the series is going full greatest hits.

The new season brings back fan-favorite witches, ghosts, killers, and monsters from across the anthology’s twisted history. It’s kind of like a multiverse, with characters from different seasons crossing paths in one massive American Horror Story event. It’s like AHS: Doomsday, sort of speak.

But here’s the thing: every season usually tells a different standalone story while bringing back many of the same actors. So, if this season is pulling characters from across the anthology’s history, some cast members will be doing double duty... and even triple duty, playing multiple characters from different seasons.

So, if you thought AHS couldn’t get any weirder... well, apparently they took that as a challenge.

So, who’s coming back?

Fans can expect Jessica Lange, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Angela Bassett, Emma Roberts, Gabourey Sidibe, Frances Conroy, Billie Lourd, Leslie Grossman, Jamie Brewer, and John Carroll Lynch, among plenty of other familiar faces.

And which characters are coming back?

That’s where things get really wild. Jessica Lange alone is returning as Constance Langdon, Sister Jude, Fiona Goode, and Elsa Mars, while Sarah Paulson and Evan Peters will also be juggling multiple familiar roles. Fans can also expect AHS characters like Madison Montgomery, Marie Laveau, Queenie, Myrtle Snow, Twisty the Clown, Adelaide Langdon, and Winter Anderson to return.

And so, how will it all work?

Hmm. That’s a good question. It seems that’s still part of the mystery... and maybe the fun, too. Somehow, all these different characters, timelines, and nightmares are being pulled together for one massive crossover event. It’s a circus sideshow act like never before.

The number 13 has always been an omen of bad luck and things better left unexplained. So naturally, American Horror Story is treating it like an invitation.

AHS: 13 is scheduled to premiere Thursday, September 24th on FX, with streaming on Hulu / Disney+.

📺 “Prison Break: Black Creek” Now-In-Production Teasers: Get a Cryptic First Look at the Next Chapter in the ‘Prison Break’ Universe — Coming Soon to Hulu / Disney+

Prison walls have a funny way of looking the same. The same goes for prison shows. Only this time, this new series now in production is actually connected to one we already know and love: Prison Break. Set in the same world, we’re probably in for another elaborate escape plan where, somehow, secretly coded tattoos may come in handy. This time, though, the protagonist is Cassidy Collins (Emily Browning), a corrections officer working inside one of America’s deadliest prisons. Her connection to inmate Tommy (Drake Rodger) appears to be one of the big mysteries driving the story. Just how they’re tied together, and how far Cassidy is willing to go for him, remains to be seen. Also starring Lukas Gage, Sam Trammell, Chris Coy, Kerry Bishé, and Robin Weigert, the series comes from Mayans M.C. showrunner Elgin James and brings a fresh group of inmates, officers, and outsiders into the Prison Break universe.

📺 “The Good Daughter” Trailer: Meghann Fahy and Rose Byrne Play Sisters Confronting a Violent Past in Karin Slaughter’s Mystery-Thriller Miniseries with Brendan Gleeson — Streams Thursday, November 12th on Peacock

There’s nothing like a little trauma to keep a family bonded for life. But sometimes those shared, painful memories become the very thing that tears siblings apart. The White Lotus’s Meghann Fahy and Oscar nominee Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You) star as sisters Charlie and Sam Quinn. After surviving a brutal act of violence that shattered their family and left their mother dead, the two grow up carrying the same trauma in very different ways. Charlie is now a lawyer still living in Pikeville, while Sam has built a life away from home. But when another similar act of violence rocks their small-town community, the sisters are reunited and forced to confront a past they thought they could forget. Co-starring Brendan Gleeson as their estranged lawyer father, Rusty, the mystery thriller is based on Karin Slaughter’s 2017 novel, with Slaughter herself adapting the story for television.

📺 “Cupertino” Trailer: Mike Colter and Rachel Keller Take Silicon Valley’s Tech Bros to Court in New David-vs.-Goliath Legal Drama From ‘The Good Wife’ Creators Robert and Michelle King — Premieres Thursday, October 8th on CBS and Paramount+

In order to fight for the little man, you have to be willing to take on the big guy. In this case, the big guy is Silicon Valley and all its well-funded tech bros. Mike Colter and Rachel Keller star as a pair of attorneys who take on the tech industry’s powerful elite and fight for the people getting crushed underneath them. From Robert and Michelle King, the creators of The Good Wife, Evil, and Elsbeth, the series heads straight into the heart of Silicon Valley and asks a simple question: who is courageous enough (or dumb enough) to take these people to court? It’s a David-and-Goliath story about a small law firm taking the cases no one else will touch and forcing tech giants to answer when things go wrong. Also starring Ella Stiller, Busy Philipps, and Renée Elise Goldsberry.

📺 “The Rainmaker: Season 2” Trailer: Rudy Is Back in Court with Two New Cases in John Grisham’s Hit Legal Drama Starring Milo Callaghan, Lana Parrilla, P.J. Byrne, and Madison Iseman — Returns Friday, October 16th on USA Network

In the first season of this hit legal drama, based on John Grisham’s best-selling novel and the film adaptation, Rudy Baylor (Milo Callaghan) was still learning the ropes but already had little patience for playing by the rules. He returns for Season 2 with more confidence, a sharper instinct for sniffing out the BS, and two new cases waiting for him. Alongside his boss Bruiser (Lana Parrilla) and paralegal Deck (P.J. Byrne), Rudy takes on the case of a young boy in juvenile detention, only to discover the stakes are much bigger than expected. Meanwhile, Bruiser’s not-so-innocent ex-husband (played by new cast member Austin Nichols) comes back to town needing legal help after getting mixed up with some very bad people. Madison Iseman also returns as Sarah Plankmore, Rudy’s ex-girlfriend turned courtroom rival, and she appears ready to make things very personal. The pressure is on, this time both inside and outside the courtroom.

📺 “Dexter: Resurrection: Season 2” Teaser: Michael C. Hall Returns as Dexter Morgan for Another Killer Season — Returns Friday, October 30th on Paramount+

He’s the ultimate antihero. In fact, he might be the ultimate anti-villain: a psychopath who somehow manages to put his murderous impulses to good use. And now Dexter is seeing things a little clearer these days as he returns for a second season of his spinoff series. Michael C. Hall is back as everyone’s favorite serial killer, seeking out those who deserve a taste of their own medicine. Dexter hasn’t stopped running around New York. He’s again rubbing elbows with some of the most notorious serial killers in the country. Dan Stevens will be joining Season 2 as the Five Borough Killer, while Succession Emmy winner Brian Cox takes on the role of the notorious New York Ripper. They’ll be joined by Gabriel Luna as the Sleepy-Eyed Stranger, with Krysten Ritter returning as Lady Vengeance, along with Uma Thurman as Charley. It’s another season of guilty by association. Only this time, the guilt is warranted... and Dexter may have finally met his matches.

📺 “The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon: Season 4” Teaser: Norman Reedus and Melissa McBride Begin Their Final Journey Home — Coming in 2027 on AMC and AMC+

Last time we saw Daryl (Norman Reedus), he had reunited with Carol (Melissa McBride), and the two were stuck in zombie-infested Spain looking for a way back home to America. Now, as they head into the fourth and final season of this Walking Dead spinoff series, it doesn’t look like they’re getting the homecoming they were hoping for. TV legend Jimmy Smits joins the cast for the final season as Captain Alejandro Perkins, a former U.S. Navy officer and medical doctor who has found his own way to survive the apocalypse. In a series that started out in France, then slowly made its way toward home, Daryl and Carol have certainly seen it all. But we have a feeling their final journey may be the toughest road yet.

📺 “NCIS: Origins: Season 3” Trailer: Austin Stowell Returns as a Young Gibbs While Mark Harmon Finally Confronts His Past in New Season of Spinoff-Prequel Series — Premieres Tuesday, October 6th on CBS and Paramount+

Mark Harmon had an extensive run on NCIS, playing Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs for nearly 19 seasons. But if you think they’re done with his story, think again. Harmon mainly serves as narrator as this prequel series looks back at Gibbs’s early years. It returns for a third season, with Austin Stowell back as a young Gibbs still finding his footing at Camp Pendleton. Set during the 1990s, Gibbs is still learning the job, working under Mike Franks (Kyle Schmid) while the team takes on cases that help shape the agent he’ll eventually become. No high-tech gadgets or modern-day methods to crack the case... it’s the era of analog detective work and good old-fashioned instincts. Also starring Mariel Molino, Patrick Fischler, and Bobby Moynihan, this season finds Gibbs tackling a case that will haunt him for the rest of his career, while the older Gibbs finally gets a chance to confront what happened all those years ago.

📺 “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Season 28” Trailer: Mariska Hargitay Returns as Olivia Benson for Another Round of Cases and Hard Questions — Premiering on ‘Law & Order‘ Thursday Nights, Starting October 8th on NBC, Streaming Next Day on Peacock

Thanks to NBC and Peacock, Thursday nights are now home to the latest seasons of their long-running Law & Order franchise. So mark your calendars, because Thursday nights have officially become Law & Order night. Mariska Hargitay returns once again as Captain Olivia Benson, leading the Special Victims Unit into another season of difficult cases and even harder questions about justice. After more than 25 years, you’d think the writers would have run out of cases by now. But then again, the old adage is: if there are no more crimes, the cops are out of business. The same goes for Law & Order franchise. As long as there are cases to investigate, Benson and her squad still have work to do.

📺 “Doc: Season 3” Trailer: Molly Parker Returns as Dr. Amy Larsen as Old Memories and New Cases Come Back to Haunt Her — Premieres Tuesday, September 22nd on FOX, Streaming Next Day on Hulu / Disney+

We’ve heard some wild premises for medical shows, but this one has to be up there: a brilliant chief physician gets into a car accident and loses the last eight years of her memory. Suddenly, she’s behind on years of medical advances and has to relearn parts of the job. And here’s the kicker: she’s actually much nicer than the person everyone remembers. A lot of that comes down to what she no longer remembers; losing her child and the painful divorce that followed, trauma that had left her bitter and distant over the years. Molly Parker returns as Dr. Amy Larsen, a doctor whose brain injury has inadvertently made her a better person and co-worker, even as those painful memories start creeping back. A new season means new cases to solve and new memories to unlock, as Dr. Larsen proves once again that sometimes the best medicine doesn’t come from the brain, but from the heart.

📺 “P-Valley: Season 3” Teaser: Nicco Annan, Brandee Evans, and J. Alphonse Nicholson Return as New Money Shakes Up Chucalissa in Katori Hall’s Steamy Southern Drama — Premieres Friday, December 4th on STARZ

Mississippi has a certain reputation in popular culture. In movies and TV, the state has often been portrayed as a place where the heat is thick, the nights are long, and trouble is never too far away. Showrunner Katori Hall takes all those elements, turns up the camp and sensuality, and throws them together in one show. Returning for its third season, this STARZ original heads back to Chucalissa, where ambition, money, and sex are all part of the same hustle as the Promise Land Casino brings brand-new opportunities to town, along with plenty of dangerous complications. Nicco Annan returns as Uncle Clifford, still looking to expand the exotic dance club The Pynk, while Mercedes Woodbine (Brandee Evans), Lil’ Murda (J. Alphonse Nicholson), Roulette (Gail Bean), and Keyshawn (Shannon Thornton) each chase their own piece of the action. Time to turn the music up and turn those inhibitions down.

🎥 “Sam Morril: Incorrect” Trailer: Comic Sam Morril Takes Aim at Bad Sex, Famous Assassinations, and Everything Else You Probably Shouldn’t Joke About — Streams Tuesday, September 29th on Netflix

Stand-up comedian Sam Morril, like many comics, is known for his countless podcast appearances. Now he gets the chance to really take center stage with his new Netflix comedy special. And no topic is off-limits, as Morril takes aim at everything from terrible one-night stands to famous assassinations and even his own questionable approach to pest control. It’s gonna be a night of laughs and uncomfortable truths, with the kind of jokes you probably shouldn’t repeat at work.

🎥 “Oh, Mary!” Teaser: Cole Escola Brings Their Tony-Winning Mary Todd Lincoln Stage Comedy to HBO — Coming in 2027 on HBO and HBO Max

Tony Award-winning comedian and playwright Cole Escola is bringing their acclaimed stage comedy about Mary Todd Lincoln to HBO. The 80-minute one-act play has Escola taking on the role of Abraham Lincoln’s wife, Mary Todd, as the First Lady wrestles with unrequited dreams, alcoholism, and a desperate desire to get back onstage. What started as an Off-Broadway comedy eventually became a Broadway sensation, earning multiple Tony nominations and wins. This HBO presentation was captured during the show’s London production and is set to stream sometime next year.

📺 “The Howard Stern Show” Trailer: Baba Booey! Howard Stern Takes His Legendary Radio Show from SiriusXM to HBO — Premieres Thursday, September 17th on HBO Max

And Baba Booey to you all! ’90s shock-jock icon Howard Stern isn’t quite the wild man he once was, but that doesn’t make his celebrity interviews any less entertaining. Stern is bringing his long-running radio show to HBO Max, giving viewers a front-row seat to his interviews and unpredictable studio conversations. In what looks like a mix of classic material and possibly newer celebrity interviews, Stern once again shows why he remains such a strong interviewer, putting his guests at ease and drawing out a level of honesty we don’t usually get from other talk shows. Anyone who grew up listening to Stern on the radio or watching him on E! might want to check out this latest era of Howard Stern, now on HBO Max.

📺 “The Wargame” U.K. Trailer: Former British Politicians and British Military Leaders Face a Simulated Russian Missile Attack in Sky’s High-Stakes Crisis-Room Experiment — Premieres Monday, September 21st on Sky and NOW in the U.K.

Reality TV ain’t exactly our cup of tea, but this one looks really intriguing. It’s a four-part British docu-reality series built around a crisis-room scenario, with former politicians, military leaders, diplomats, and intelligence experts forced to respond as a simulated Russian attack on the UK unfolds in real time. Consider it an emergency exercise designed to see how experienced leaders might respond to a crisis so alarming that even a simulated one feels a little too real. What if the world is on the brink of an all-out war? Do we really want to know how our leaders would handle it? The answer might be more terrifying than the scenario itself.

📺 “Avatar: Seven Havens” Trailer: Pavi Becomes Korra’s Earthbending Successor in Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko’s New ‘Avatar’ Fantasy Adventure — Premieres Friday, October 9th on Paramount+

Hailing from Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, the co-creators of Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra, comes a new chapter in the much-beloved animated Avatar universe. This new fantasy series follows Pavi, a young Earthbender who discovers she’s the next Avatar after Korra, only to learn that this time the title makes her a target instead of a savior. With both humans and spirits hunting her down, Pavi must team up with her long-lost twin, Nisha, uncover the truth about their mysterious origins, and somehow keep the Seven Havens from falling. It’s just another magical adventure where the stakes happen to include the fate of civilization itself.

📺 “Haunted Hotel: Season 2” Teaser: Abaddon Takes Over Netflix’s Homepage and Declares War on KPop Demon Hunters — Returns Friday, October 9th on Netflix

Here’s an interesting promo for one of Netflix’s uniquely twisted adult animated comedy series, which returns for a second season this October. It’s Abaddon, a demon stuck in a boy’s body, and he’s breaking through the fourth wall... quite literally. Abaddon takes over Netflix’s homepage as he vents his hatred for KPop Demon Hunters in the Season 2 teaser. With a returning voice cast that includes Will Forte, Eliza Coupe, Skyler Gisondo, Natalie Palamides, and Jimmi Simpson as Abaddon, this darkly comic animated show is ready to take over your screen when it returns next month. So expect plenty of supernatural mayhem, twisted humor, and demonic trouble when the hotel reopens its doors.

📺 “Krypto Saves the Day!: Season 2” Trailer: Superman and Supergirl’s Super-Powered Dog Runs Loose in Five All-New Animated Shorts — Streaming Now, Thursday, September 10th on DC Kids YouTube and HBO Max

If you thought Krypto didn’t get enough screen time in the live-action films... well, get ready for him to really take a bite out of the spotlight in the second season of DC’s family-friendly comedy, consisting of five all-new animated shorts. Maybe this is a little more appropriate. After all, it looks like a superhero farce, heavy on the slapstick and canine mischief. Superman, Supergirl, and Lobo join in on the canine chaos as this cartoon lets that super-powered dog run loose and wild... and have a little fun with the DC universe. Where’s a Kryptonite leash when you need one?

📺 “Dustfall” International Trailer: Anna Torv Investigates a Disturbing Case in Emma Freeman’s New Australian Crime Thriller — Premiering Sunday, October 11th on ABC iview in Australia

You may have seen Anna Torv in countless American shows, namely Fringe, Mindhunter, and The Last of Us. But the Australian actress returns home for her latest mystery-thriller series. Torv stars as Detective Tig Pollard, who takes on a harrowing sexual-assault case that turns even darker when a key suspect is found dead. Australian producer-director Emma Freeman, who also worked with Torv on the ’80s Aussie newsroom drama series The Newsreader, directs all six episodes of this twisty crime thriller, with Kate Box, Zoe Phillips, Lila McGuire, and Juliet Stevenson rounding out the cast.

📺 “The Split Up” U.K. Trailer: Ritu Arya Faces Family Pressure and High-Stakes Divorce Cases in BBC’s New Legal Drama — Premieres Sunday, September 20th on BBC

There are some family traditions where you’re expected to follow in your parents’ footsteps. But when your father runs a powerful law firm, that comes with a lot of pressure... and even bigger expectations. Ritu Arya, from Bait and The Umbrella Academy, stars as Aria Kishan, a rising lawyer expected to inherit the family firm. The problem? Aria isn’t sure the life her father planned for her is the one she actually wants. And in a British-South Asian family, going against your parents’ wishes can feel like breaking a sacred rule. Also starring Sanjeev Bhaskar, Mawaan Rizwan, and Sindhu Vee, with Jameela Jamil making a guest appearance, the series mixes messy divorce cases, cultural expectations, and the pressure of keeping family and career from tearing each other apart.

📺 “Signora Volpe: Season 3” Trailer: Emilia Fox Returns as an Ex-Spy Solving Murders Against the Italian Countryside — Streams Monday, October 5th on Acorn TV

Death. Murder. Important people. And one ex-spy stuck right in the middle of it all. It’s just another season of this British mystery series, with Emilia Fox returning as Sylvia Fox, the former British spy who can’t seem to enjoy retirement without stumbling into another murder investigation. Sylvia is back in Italy, taking in the view and the many pleasures of a quieter life. But when fresh murders start piling up, retirement once again takes a back seat to solving the case. If you like your detective stories with a beautiful backdrop, this one comes with Italian scenery, old-world charm, and just enough murder to spoil the view.

📺 “4 Blocks Zero” Trailer: The Hamady Family’s Criminal Legacy Begins in 1990s Berlin in This Prequel to the German Crime Series Starring Rami Fadel Khalaf and Tariq Al-Saies — Premieres Friday, September 25th on HBO Max

This prequel to the German crime drama 4 Blocks takes us back to 1990s Berlin and the early years of the Hamady family. Rami Fadel Khalaf stars as Malik Hamady, a father trying to build a better life for his family after fleeing Lebanon. But when his brother-in-law Ibrahim (Tariq Al-Saies) is released after eight years in prison, Malik’s plans for a fresh start begin to unravel, pulling the family deeper into Berlin’s criminal underworld. Co-directed by Özgür Yıldırım, who also worked on the original 4 Blocks, this eight-part series traces how the Hamady family’s criminal legacy first began.

📺 “Beyond Society” Trailer: ‘Society of the Snow’ Director J.A. Bayona Revisits the Survivors of the 1972 Andes Disaster and the Lives They Faced After the Rescue in This 3-Part Doc — Streams Friday, December 18th on Netflix

J.A. Bayona told the harrowing true story of the 1972 Andes flight disaster in his Oscar-nominated 2023 Spanish-language survival drama Society of the Snow. Now, the Spanish filmmaker returns to the same subject matter, digging deeper into what happened after the survivors finally came home. In this new three-part documentary, the unbelievable true story of survival continues beyond the mountains, as plane crash survivors and the families of those who never returned reveal what happened after the rescue. Surviving the freezing temperatures and brutal conditions of the icy Andes was harrowing enough. But the story didn’t stop there. Coming back to society after surviving such horrendous conditions, only to be met with intense public attention and the burden of carrying that experience with them, presented an entirely different struggle. Sure, everybody wants to talk about the cannibalism. But there are other parts of this story that have rarely been given the same attention.

🎥 “Chilean Mine Rescue: Race Against Time” Trailer: National Geographic Revisits the 69-Day Rescue of 33 Miners Trapped Beneath Chile’s Atacama Desert — Premieres September 25th on National Geographic, Streaming September 26th on Disney+ and Hulu

It was a story that shocked the world: 33 Chilean miners trapped underground after a devastating mine collapse. What followed was an extraordinary 69-day race against time to find the men and somehow bring them back to the surface alive. In this new three-part documentary series for National Geographic, the 2010 disaster is revisited through firsthand accounts, unseen footage, and the people who lived through the rescue. Tracing every nail-biting step, the docuseries follows the miners’ fight to survive underground and the massive effort to bring them home alive.

📺 “Africa: Earth’s Wild Home” Trailer: Wunmi Mosaku Narrates National Geographic’s Stunning Journey Through Africa’s Wildlife and Landscapes — Premieres Friday, October 2nd on National Geographic, Streaming Next Day on Disney+ / Hulu

What makes nature documentaries so damn appealing is that they transport viewers into the inner lives of animals in their natural habitats. And one place that never fails to deliver is Africa. In this new nature documentary special from National Geographic, Oscar-nominated Nigerian-born actress Wunmi Mosaku, of Sinners and Loki fame, narrates as cameras travel deep into Africa’s wildest landscapes, getting closer to the animals, environments, and people working to protect them. It’s Africa like you’ve never seen it before, with wild, colorful landscapes that look straight out of a postcard, yet still carry the fierce intensity of the animals fighting to survive within them.

tv trailers of the week

And so we’re back from Labor Day weekend, and we hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. But now, let’s see what’s coming our way with this week’s new releases.

September always feels like the perfect transitional month, as we slowly move out of the summer season and into the fall slate. Somewhere in that shift, you usually get a little bit of everything. There are bound to be a few leftovers hanging around, but expect a few surprises along the way, too.

This week brings a long-awaited sequel to give Spider-Man his biggest challenge yet, along with a handful of mid-budget flicks to choose from. On the TV side, there’s a scattering of new releases as well.

Overall, it’s not exactly a jam-packed week, but there are still plenty of new movies and shows to sort through and keep on our radar. So scroll down and see if anything catches your eye.

• 🎥 In Theaters This Week

• 🎦 Streaming This Week

• ✅ On VOD This Week

• 📺 On TV This Week

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🎥 Hope
(Wed, Sept 9th — wide release)

Big-city landmarks usually take the hit in alien-invasion movies, but this one sends the threat somewhere smaller: a quiet South Korean town with no idea what’s coming. Directed by The Wailing filmmaker Na Hong-jin, this Korean sci-fi action thriller follows a police chief (Hwang Jung-min) as strange local incidents point to something far more disturbing than a wild animal in the woods. Jo In-sung and Jung Ho-yeon, along with Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Cameron Britton, and Taylor Russell, also star. This is close encounters of the wrong kind.

🎥 The Uprising
(Thurs, Sept 10th — wide release)

Filmmaker Paul Greengrass trades modern thrillers for 14th-century England in this sweeping medieval epic about the 1381 Peasants’ Revolt. Andrew Garfield stars as Wat Tyler, an impoverished man pushed by crushing taxes and royal oppression into leading a rebellion against King Richard II (Woody Norman). With Jamie Bell, Stephen Dillane, Tom Hollander, Thomasin McKenzie, Jonny Lee Miller, Cosmo Jarvis, and Katherine Waterston also aboard, this looks like history told from the mud up, where the tired, the fed up, and the angry finally get heard.

🎥 The Passion of the Christ
(Thurs, Sept 10th — re-release; One-Week Fathom Screening Event)

More than 20 years after its theatrical release, Mel Gibson’s biblical epic returns to theaters in a newly remastered 4K presentation. Starring Jim Caviezel as Jesus, the film became a box-office phenomenon and one of the highest-grossing independently distributed films in U.S. history. The re-release will also include a first look at Gibson’s upcoming two-part sequel, The Resurrection of the Christ: Part One, due in 2027.

🎥 Practical Magic 2
(Fri, Sept 11th — wide release)

To break the family curse, the Owens sisters Sally and Gillian (Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman) return nearly three decades later to confront the dark magic that started it all. This time, Sally’s daughters Kylie (Joey King) and Antonia (Maisie Williams) uncover secrets that send the family from Massachusetts to the United Kingdom, where their magical bloodline began. Xolo Maridueña and Lee Pace also star, with Susanne Bier directing. Sure, love still has a price, but the Owens women may finally break the spell for good.

🎥 Runner
(Fri, Sept 11th — wide release)

One life-saving delivery, one ticking clock, and no room for delays. Alan Ritchson stars as a former soldier turned delivery driver tasked with transporting a donated liver to a sick girl before time runs out. When black-market hijackers target the package, the job becomes a full-throttle chase. Owen Wilson co-stars as an unlikely ally, with Scott Waugh directing the kind of action movie where traffic turns into a demolition derby.

🎥 The Fix
(Fri, Sept 11th — wide release)

Sometimes a macho action thriller is exactly what the doctor ordered: tactical vests, gritted teeth, bad decisions, and Liam Neeson growling through the chaos. In this military action thriller, Zachary Levi stars as the field leader of a war-scarred CIA team sent into Tehran for a rescue mission that quickly turns personal. Neeson plays the hardened veteran mentor, with Titus Welliver and Wes Chatham adding extra grit, because when a mission goes sideways, you want a few hard faces in the room.

🎥 Oasis: Don’t Look Back In Anger
(Fri, Sept 11th — IMAX release)

Some reunions come with guitars. Others come with decades of baggage. Oasis’ new music documentary follows Noel and Liam Gallagher as they reunite the band for the Live ’25 tour, moving from rehearsals and backstage moments to the roar of the stage. After years of feuds, breakups, and fan speculation, the question is simple: have the Gallagher brothers mellowed, or are they still ready to blow at any moment? Either way, that question deserves an IMAX documentary experience.

🎥 On a String
(Fri, Sept 11th — limited release)

A Juilliard-trained musician tries to survive New York City’s classical music scene, one odd job at a time. Isabel Hagen writes, directs, and stars as a freelancer bouncing between gigs while sharing an apartment with her oddball family. Dylan Baker, Eric Bogosian, Frederick Weller, and Jamie Lee round out the cast in this offbeat indie comedy about art, work, family, and the strange places a paycheck can send you.

🎥 Don’t Move
(Fri, Sept 11th — limited release)

Every step could be their last after a church retreat leads a group into the wrong stretch of the Ozark wilderness. Lyndsy Fonseca stars as Megan, who must keep the survivors together when a prehistoric arachnid hidden in a maze of webs starts hunting by vibration. At first, suspicion falls on the group troublemaker, but the real threat is much larger... and far less human. Stillness may be their only chance. That is, if they can stop moving long enough to survive.

🎥 Black Zombie
(Fri, Sept 11th — limited release)

When it comes to zombies, most of us know the genre, but not necessarily the history behind it. In this new documentary, filmmaker Maya Annik Bedward traces the zombie’s roots to colonial Haiti, where it began as a symbol of enslavement and a person stripped of freedom and will. Hollywood eventually transformed that idea into the flesh-eating monster we know today. Now it’s time to look back at where it all started.

🎥 If I Go Will They Miss Me
(Fri, Sept 11th — limited release; in LA)

In a child’s eyes, parents can feel larger than life, sometimes almost godlike. In this inner-city L.A. drama from writer-director Walter Thompson-Hernández, Danielle Brooks and J. Alphonse Nicholson play the parents of a twelve-year-old boy (Bodhi Dell) who idolizes his recently returned father. But life in Watts soon chips away at that myth. Based on the director’s short film, it explores childhood imagination, family struggles, and growing up when a child’s reality refuses to stay small.

🎥 The Condor Daughter (La Hija Cóndor)
(Fri, Sept 11th — limited release; in NY)

One of cinema’s great gifts is how it can carry us somewhere unfamiliar and make that world feel less foreign. This Bolivian drama travels high into the Andes to follow Clara, a teenage girl caught between ancestral customs and dreams beyond her mountain homeland. Written and directed by Álvaro Olmos Torrico and starring Marisol Vallejo Montaño, the film looks at a Quechua community where heritage, tradition, and ambition pull in different directions.

🎦 Streaming This Week
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🎦 Untold Mr. T: I Pity the Fool
(Tues, Sept 8th — premiering on Netflix)

Before the mohawk, gold chains, and “I pity the fool,” there was Laurence Tureaud. This feature documentary traces the Chicago native’s road to Hollywood and the discipline and self-invention that shaped the larger-than-life persona audiences came to know through Rocky III and The A-Team. Directed by Scott Weintrob, the latest standalone entry in Netflix’s Untold series gives Mr. T the chance to tell his story in his own words, looking back at the man behind the image and the values that helped make him such an enduring figure.

🎦 Drawn Together
(Wed, Sept 9th — premiering on Prime Video)

She has money, independence, and a glamorous New York life until a kidnapping turns everything upside down. Based on Mercedes Ron’s romantic thriller Marfil, the film stars Elite’s Ester Expósito as wealthy heiress Marfil Cortés. When her father assigns the mysterious Sebastian Moore (Hugo Diego García) as her bodyguard, their constant clashes give way to attraction.

🎦 Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Again?
(Wed, Sept 9th — premiering on Netflix)

The couples are back, but this time the wedding drama belongs to the next generation. As Marcus and Angela’s daughter prepares to marry, old friends reunite and familiar tensions quickly return. Watching their grown children repeat old patterns forces the parents to reconsider the examples they set. Written and directed by Tyler Perry, this ensemble comedy-drama turns another family celebration into a fresh round of romantic chaos.

🎦 Call My Agent! The Movie
(Thurs, Sept 10th — premiering on Netflix)

Five years after the French workplace comedy ended, the gang is back for a feature-length reunion. Camille Cottin returns as former talent agent Andréa Martel, now directing a studio movie and discovering that managing a film set may be even harder than managing movie stars. With returning cast members and cameos from George Clooney, Laetitia Casta, and Vincent Macaigne, the revival once again takes aim at celebrity egos and filmmaking absurdities.

🎦 Supergirl
(Thurs, Sept 10th — streaming on HBO Max)

Mess with Krypto, and Supergirl takes it personally. Milly Alcock stars as Kara Zor-El in director Craig Gillespie’s DC adventure, launching a galaxy-spanning revenge mission after space pirate Krem of the Yellow Hills (Matthias Schoenaerts) poisons her loyal dog. Joined by Ruthye Marye Knoll (Eve Ridley) and crossing paths with Jason Momoa’s Lobo, Kara carries plenty of grief, rage, and maybe a little booze along for the ride.

🎦 Go Team!
(Fri, Sept 11th — premiering on Netflix)

Team building gets brutally honest when employees at a struggling Spanish cheese company learn their jobs are on the line. What begins as a weekend of trust exercises and corporate slogans quickly turns into a competition for survival. Alexandra Jiménez, Maribel Verdú, Pedro Casablanc, and Raúl Tejón star in this Spanish workplace comedy, where loyalty gives way to self-preservation and Human Resources’ retreat goes very much off plan.

🎦 The Delivery Girl
(Fri, Sept 11th — premiering on TUBI)

An insurance adjuster’s quiet life starts falling apart when a food-delivery worker becomes dangerously obsessed with him, turning an ordinary encounter into something far more threatening. Charlie Newhart stars alongside Teisha Brown, Ayla Thompson, Mic Larry, and Brittnee Stephenson in this Shiek Mahmud-Bey-directed Tubi original thriller that makes a simple food delivery feel a little less harmless and a lot more like a trap.

🎦 Mārama
(Fri, Sept 11th — streaming on Shudder)

A young Māori woman (Ariana Osborne), exiled in Victorian England, finds her already fragile sense of identity beginning to unravel as secrets from her colonial past are exposed. With Toby Stephens co-starring as the man tied directly to that damage, her search for justice starts slipping into explosive vengeance, threatening to consume her in this New Zealand period thriller where ancestral wounds refuse to heal, or be forgotten.

🎦 Rich Flu
(Fri, Sept 11th — streaming on Hulu / Disney+)

Money becomes the deadliest thing in the room in this dystopian class-war thriller from The Platform director Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia. Mary Elizabeth Winstead stars as a woman caught in the panic when a mysterious virus begins killing the wealthy, sending billionaires, millionaires, and anyone with too much cash scrambling to unload their fortunes before money itself becomes a death sentence. Call it trickle-down terror!

🎦 In the Grey
(Sat, Sept 12th — streaming on STARZ)

Jake Gyllenhaal, Henry Cavill, and Eiza González team up for Guy Ritchie’s latest snarky action thriller, playing elite operatives sent to recover stolen billions from a ruthless dictator. What should be a slick recovery job quickly turns into a messy fight filled with double-crosses, political turmoil, and plenty of gunfire. Once the bullets start flying, subtlety is clearly not part of the mission plan.

✅ On VOD This Week
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✅ Moana
(Tues, Sept 8th — on VOD/Digital)

A young wayfinder answers the Ocean’s call and ventures beyond Motunui’s reef for the first time, hoping to restore prosperity to her people. Catherine Lagaʻaia leads Disney’s live-action reimagining, with Dwayne Johnson returning as the demigod Maui. Directed by Thomas Kail, the fantasy adventure brings the island community’s story into live action while keeping its central journey intact: sometimes protecting home means having the courage to leave it.

✅ Mutiny
(Tues, Sept 8th — on VOD/Digital)

Jason Statham on a cargo ship full of bad guys is pretty much the whole sales pitch. He stars as a former London cop framed for his billionaire boss’s murder, sending him straight into an international conspiracy. Annabelle Wallis, Roland Møller, and Adrian Lester co-star, with Plane director Jean-François Richet behind the camera. Before long, the ship becomes a floating battlefield, giving Statham plenty of room to kick ass and take names!

✅ One Night Only
(Tues, Sept 8th — on VOD/Digital)

Sometimes it only takes one night to find a real connection, even on a night built for anything but commitment. Monica Barbaro and Callum Turner star as two strangers navigating New York City’s government-sanctioned hookup holiday. Written and directed by Will Gluck (Anyone but You), this high-concept rom-com follows their late-night misadventures as something unexpected begins to grow between them.

✅ Hot Spot
(Tues, Sept 8th — on VOD/Digital)

Polish actor Andrzej Konopka stars as a private investigator whose latest case pulls him into a conspiracy involving citywide surveillance and an AI system that may be twisting the truth. Directed by Agnieszka Smoczyńska (The Lure), the cyberpunk thriller co-stars Noomi Rapace as a mysterious refugee dubbed a “cyber witch” for a strange ability that may offer hope to a rising rebellion. It’s an ’80s-tinged fever dream where technology is everywhere, even in the places it was never meant to be.

✅ Sheep in the Box
(Tues, Sept 8th — on VOD/Digital)

A humanoid robot identical to their dead son enters the home of two grieving parents in Hirokazu Kore-eda’s near-future family drama. Haruka Ayase, Daigo Yamamoto, and Kuwaki Rimu star in a science-fiction story built around a deeply human question: can recreating someone’s appearance bring back the bond that was lost, or does it only make their absence harder to bear?

✅ Cookie Queens
(Tues, Sept 8th — on VOD/Digital)

Four young women compete to become top Girl Scout Cookie sellers in this coming-of-age documentary from director Alysa Nahmias. Looking beyond sales totals and familiar cookie-season traditions, the film explores the ambition, pressure, joy and tension the girls experience while learning that success involves far more than moving boxes.

✅ Drive Through Fire
(Fri, Sept 11th — on VOD/Digital)

Michael Jai White stars as a veteran detective chasing a desperate father (Jim Carlson) forced to drive the getaway car in a deadly robbery. The case soon reveals the driver may be another victim, leading to a larger trafficking operation. Veep’s Dan Bakkedahl plays against type as a ruthless enforcer, with Jennifer Bond and Kate Duffy co-starring in this action thriller about how deep the criminal network really goes.

📺 On TV This Week
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📺 The Drop: A Snowfall Saga
(Tues, Sept 8th — on FX and Hulu / Disney+)

Set in 1990s Los Angeles, this Snowfall spinoff shifts from the crack trade to the rise of West Coast rap. Gail Bean and Isaiah John return as Wanda Bell and Leon Simmons, whose lives begin moving in different directions as Wanda pursues a music-industry career and Leon seeks redemption through a free legal clinic. Asante Blackk, Peyton Alex Smith, and Brandon Mychal Smith join the ensemble.

📺 Stavros Halkias: Uncle Stav
(Tues, Sept 8th — on Netflix)

Lately, Stavros Halkias has been popping up in projects like Bugonia, Tony, and Netflix’s Tires, but he hasn’t forgotten what got him into show business: stand-up. He returns to the stage for a new Netflix special about his Greek family and the particular chaos of becoming “Uncle Stav”. This time, his blunt, self-deprecating humor tackles the everyday absurdities of getting older and, maybe, just a little wiser.

📺 The Paper: Season 2
(Wed, Sept 9th — on Peacock)

After an award sweep, Toledo Truth-Teller editor Ned Sampson decides to take on a powerful private club. Domhnall Gleeson returns for the second season of this workplace mockumentary, alongside Sabrina Impacciatore, Chelsea Frei, Melvin Gregg, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Ramona Young, and Oscar Nuñez. As the newsroom gains confidence, its latest crusade proves that publishing the story may be easier than dealing with the aftermath of a public fight.

📺 Last Seen
(Wed, Sept 9th — on Apple TV)

Eleven years after his daughter vanished, former detective Ian Ridley hears a distress call from a teenage girl he believes may be her. Patrick Brammall stars in this six-episode Australian thriller as a police dispatcher whose grief and instincts push him beyond the limits of his job. Adapted from Ryan David Jahn’s novel The Dispatcher, the mystery turns one voice on the line into Ian’s first real lead in over a decade.

📺 Band of Brothers: Legacy
(Wed, Sept 9th — on HBO Max)

Twenty-five years after its original run, HBO’s Band of Brothers remains one of television’s defining World War II dramas. In this reunion special, several cast members return to reflect on the experience of making the Emmy-winning miniseries and the legacy it left behind. But the focus ultimately returns to the real men behind the story, the soldiers whose courage inspired the series, including those who never had the chance to tell their own stories.

📺 Made in Korea: Season 2
(Wed, Sept 9th — on Hulu / Disney+)

This 70s-era Korean political thriller returns for a second season, jumping nine years ahead as Baek Kitae (Hyun Bin) rises through the Korean Central Intelligence Agency and moves closer to the center of power. But with a dangerous new rival and prosecutor Jang Keon-young (Jung Woo-sung) still in his way, Kitae learns that gaining power was only the beginning. Holding onto it may prove even harder.

📺 NFL Play Action
(Wed, Sept 9th — on Paramount+)

Football is only part of the game. There’s a whole culture surrounding it. Hosted by Kyle Brandt and co-hosted by Ally Love, this weekly sports magazine series covers the NFL’s biggest matchups, players, and storylines while also digging into the league’s fashion, food, and entertainment. The 13-episode, family-friendly series offers a 30-minute weekly look at everything happening around the NFL.

📺 NFL Melbourne Game 2026
(Wed, Sept 9th — on Netflix LIVE)

Netflix delivers another addition to its live-event lineup: the Los Angeles Rams versus the San Francisco 49ers in Melbourne, Australia. It’s another step in the NFL’s push to take American football global, while giving Netflix another chance to grow its live sports presence. So, who’s ready for some football... and a little shrimp on the barbie?

📺 Colin From Accounts: Season 3
(Thurs, Sept 10th — on Paramount+)

One injured dog and an accidental wardrobe malfunction later, Ashley and Gordon have somehow built a relationship just as messy and endearing as the way they met. Harriet Dyer and Patrick Brammall return for a new season of the Aussie rom-com, this time dealing with the fallout from Gordon’s botched proposal. Marriage may be the next step, but first they have to decide if the relationship itself can survive.

📺 Crew Girl
(Thurs, Sept 10th — on Netflix)

After a financial scandal involving her businessman father leaves him on the run, gifted young rower Teagan (Miku Martineau) is forced to transfer to a local prep school with no girls’ team. Her only way back on the water is as coxswain for the boys’ varsity crew, where winning over a boat full of oversized egos may be harder than the race itself. Jessica Paré co-stars in this coming-of-age Netflix drama about one girl’s fight to keep her dream afloat.

📺 The Perfect Lie (De Eetclub)
(Thurs, Sept 10th — on Netflix)

After joining an affluent dining club in Bergen, Karen (Loes Haverkort) is pulled into a mystery when a villa fire kills family friend Evert. As she starts questioning what really happened, adultery, jealousy, money, and loyalty begin to crack the group’s polished image. Adapted from Saskia Noort’s novel, this Dutch psychological thriller turns a privileged social circle into a dangerous web of secrets.

📺 102 Minutes Inside the Towers
(Fri, Sept 11th — on History; Streams Next Day on Hulu / Disney+)

Twenty-five years after September 11, this documentary special revisits the 102 minutes between the first impact and the collapse of the second Twin Tower. Survivors, first responders, office workers, window washers, and security personnel recount the confusion, fear, and split-second decisions that shaped their escape. Executive produced by Robin Roberts, the special combines first-hand testimony with immersive reconstruction to preserve the human stories behind the attacks.

The Terrors of Jordan Mendoza
(Sun, Sept 13th — At Midnight, on Adult Swim)

Sketch comedian Jordan Mendoza is a very scared man. And his subconscious won’t give him a break, either. In each quarter-hour sketch-comedy episode, he tumbles through absurd, dreamlike scenarios where everyday fears take on a surreal, horrifying, and often hilarious form. Created, directed, and starring Mendoza, the series features a litany of guest appearances, including Fred Armisen, Martha Kelly, Lake Bell, Marc Maron, Toby Huss, Clea DuVall, Thomas Lennon, and Steve Buscemi. For Jordan, waking up may be the least frightening part.

📺 High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam
(Sun, Sept 13th — on TNT)

After Saddam Hussein’s capture in December 2003, CIA analyst John Nixon (Joel Kinnaman) is sent to confirm his identity and becomes the first American officer to interrogate him. Waleed Zuaiter, Dar Salim, Tom Berenger, and Lena Góra co-star in this four-part limited series, adapted from Nixon’s memoir. Directed by Leslie Greif, the TNT political thriller explores how decisions made in rooms of power can shape the world with lasting consequences.

this week's releases

🎥 “Ink” Teaser Trailer: Jack O’Connell, Guy Pearce, and Claire Foy Chronicle the Rise of The Sun and the Birth of Tabloid-Driven Journalism in Danny Boyle’s New Newsroom Drama — In Select Theaters December 11th, Streaming January 8th on Netflix

They often say, “If it bleeds, it leads.” It’s the idea that the most salacious stories get the front page of the newspaper. But what if all the stories were gossip-fueled sensationalism designed to grab your attention rather than actually inform you?

Well, you have a world where most of society is more interested in being entertained than informed. And what is supposed to be news starts sounding more like trashy blather dressed up as actual journalism.

Sounds awfully familiar, doesn’t it?

Well, Oscar-winning filmmaker Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire, Trainspotting, 28 Days Later) is exploring the possible moment when news started turning into tabloid-driven entertainment (at least on the UK side of things) with his latest film, Ink.

Starring Jack O’Connell, Guy Pearce, and Claire Foy, the drama dramatizes the birth of The Sun, one of the UK’s most controversial (and also best-selling) newspapers, considered one of the first to bring a more sensationalized style of journalism into the mainstream. Sex, scandal, and spectacle become just as important as the news itself. And it may have helped pave the way for the kind of tabloid-driven news culture we still see today.

Set in the late 1960s and based on James Graham’s acclaimed stage play, the story follows the team behind The Sun as they set out to reinvent the newspaper and, in the process, change the face of British journalism.

O’Connell plays chief editor Larry Lamb, tasked with turning the struggling paper into something people actually want to read. Foy plays one of the reporters helping drive that change, becoming part of a newsroom that’s more interested in grabbing readers than playing by the old rules. Pearce plays a young Rupert Murdoch, the Australian tycoon who became the new owner of The Sun and would eventually bring that same aggressive, attention-driven approach to the U.S. years later with the launch of Fox News.

Ink is set to make its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival this month. It’s also set to open in select theaters on December 11th before arriving on Netflix in the U.S. and Latin America on January 8th.

🎥 “Atonement” Trailer: One Fatal Decision During the Iraq War Leads to a Decades-Later Search for Forgiveness in This Powerful True-Story War Drama Starring Kenneth Branagh, Boyd Holbrook and Hiam Abbass — Hitting Theaters October 2nd

The hardest part isn’t saying you’re sorry. It’s having the other person hear your apology and then deciding whether they can ever forgive you. That’s the agonizing process behind genuine atonement. And it’s something that feels increasingly rare these days, when so many people would rather dig in, double down, and refuse to admit they were wrong. Or worse yet, blame the other side.

Based on true events, this powerful war drama tells the story of a U.S. Marine whose split-second decision during the Iraq War devastated an innocent Iraqi family. The decision to open fire on an approaching car becomes the worst decision this soldier will ever make. Years later, still haunted by what happened, he makes the difficult choice to confront the people whose lives were forever changed by his actions.

Written and directed by Reed Van Dyk, who makes his feature-film debut after receiving an Academy Award nomination for his 2017 live-action short DeKalb Elementary, Atonement stars Kenneth Branagh as the New Yorker journalist helping uncover the untold story behind the case and interviewing those involved.

Boyd Holbrook (Narcos, A Complete Unknown) takes on the role of the Marine struggling with the consequences of what he did, while Palestinian-French actress Hiam Abbass (Succession) plays the Iraqi family matriarch who is asked to confront the American soldier whose decision to open fire during a Baghdad firefight devastated her family forever.

Told through both a reconstruction of those events and their painful aftermath, the film ultimately asks a difficult question: when the damage is this profound and can never truly be undone, is forgiveness even possible?

Atonement is coming to theaters October 2nd.

🎥 “Fortitude” Trailer: Ed Skrein, Matthew Goode, Nicolas Cage, and Michael Sheen Wage World War II with Fake Tanks, Double Agents, and One of History’s Most Audacious Deceptions in Director Simon West’s New WWII Action Flick — Coming Soon to Theaters

There was a time when World War II films were considered almost blasphemous if they weren’t treated with the utmost seriousness. For a filmmaker to make even the slightest joke about that particular war would have been considered in poor taste.

Well, times have changed. Enough time has passed that filmmakers can now take a more revisionist approach to the era, and maybe have a little fun with it. So, with that in mind, here is Fortitude, an action-driven, darkly comic historical drama about one of the greatest deceptions of World War II.

Based on the real-life World War II operation where Allied intelligence created an elaborate deception to fool the Nazis in the lead-up to D-Day, complete with fake, blow-up rubber tanks and misleading radio messages, the film takes a look at some of the ridiculous lengths the Allied forces went to in order to win the war.

Boasting an all-star cast that includes Nicolas Cage, Matthew Goode, Ed Skrein, Alice Eve, Ron Perlman, Ben Kingsley, Jordi Mollà, Lukas Haas and Art Malik with Michael Sheen as Winston Churchill, the film follows British spy-soldiers Dudley Clarke (Skrein) and Thomas Argyll “TAR” Robertson (Goode) as they recruit a motley team of spies, double agents, and intelligence operatives to pull off one of the greatest operations of World War II... which also happens to be one of its most absurd.

Directed by Simon West, best known for helming the equally bonkers ’90s action flick Con Air, the film also marks something of a reunion with Nicolas Cage. The film, itself, follows a recent trend of World War II actioners that are less interested in treating the era with solemn reverence and more willing to lean into its stranger, more outrageous true stories.

Fortitude will be coming soon to theaters.

🎥 “Street Fighter” New Trailer: Noah Centineo and Andrew Koji Enter the World Warrior Tournament as Ken and Ryu in a New Action Film Based on Capcom’s Iconic ’90s Fighting Game — Arriving In Theaters October 16th

How do you adapt a video game built around a global fight tournament and a roster of larger-than-life fighters? Well, you make sure every punch is personal, and the fight is about more than winning a title. But when you’re talking about one of the most iconic fighting video games of the ’90s, you’d better make sure it delivers something fans recognize. Get the look right. Get the vibe right. And don’t forget the callbacks and nods that made the game memorable in the first place.

Directed by Kitao Sakurai, who seems to understand the assignment, this latest attempt to bring the Street Fighter games to the big screen looks like it’s trying to give fans the characters, attitude, and that famous arcade energy they’re hoping for.

Here, Noah Centineo (soon to play John Rambo in the new Rambo reboot) and Andrew Koji (from Snake Eyes and Warrior) star as fighters Ken Masters and Ryu, who are thrown back into combat when Chun-Li (Callina Liang) recruits them for the World Warrior Tournament. Once as close as brothers, Ken and Ryu enter the tournament carrying a fractured past, but they’ll soon learn they need to rely on each other again if they’re going to survive.

With each round comes a new opponent, crazier than the last, and these so-called street fighters aren’t only battling for the title... they’re fighting to settle old scores, old rivalries, and prove the one left standing isn’t just the best, but perhaps the most dangerous fighter of them all.

Also starring Joe “Roman Reigns” Anoai as Akuma, David Dastmalchian as M. Bison, Cody Rhodes as Guile, Andrew Schulz as Dan Hibiki, Eric André as Don Sauvage, Vidyut Jammwal as Dhalsim, Orville Peck as Vega, Olivier Richters as Zangief, Hirooki Goto as E. Honda, Rayna Vallandingham as Juli, Alexander Volkanovski as Joe, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson as Balrog, and Jason Momoa as Blanka, this isn’t just a video game adaptation. It’s a throwback to the kind of action films where the heroes were larger than life, the villains chewed the scenery, and every fight ended with someone crashing through a wall... or worse yet, a few broken bones and cracked jaws.

Street Fighter arrives in theaters October 16th.

🎥 “The Last Photograph” Trailer: Filmmaker Zack Snyder Goes More Intimate and Surreal with Fra Fee and Stuart Martin in His Haunting New Drama-Thriller — World Premiere at TIFF September 13th

Zack Snyder is a filmmaker known for his big, operatic visual spectacles. And that style has worked well for him, as he’s mostly tackled larger-than-life action movies (300, Sucker Punch), comic book adaptations (Watchmen, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice), and genre films (Dawn of the Dead, Army of the Dead). But with his latest feature, The Last Photograph, Snyder is going a little more intimate and, dare we say, a little more artsy.

Set to make its debut at TIFF this month, Fra Fee stars as a washed-up war photographer who agrees to help an ex-DEA operative (Stuart Martin) search for his missing niece and nephew. As they travel deeper into the mountains of South America, the two men find themselves moving farther from civilization and closer to something increasingly surreal. The journey may have started as a search for two missing children, but the deeper they travel, the more it becomes a reckoning with the ghosts they’ve both been carrying.

In typical Zack Snyder fashion, the film appears to lean into high-resolution digital imagery, giving it a stark, almost photographic look, like something out of a Life magazine photo spread. It’s a mix of high-contrast, deep-focus photography and haunting, music video-like imagery, which is pretty much what you’d expect from a filmmaker like Snyder.

Snyder has recently worked with Netflix on his Rebel Moon sci-fi films and the zombie actioner Army of the Dead. This film, however, appears to be independently produced by Snyder alongside his longtime producing partner and wife, Deborah Snyder. As of now, it doesn’t have a distributor, and we don’t know whether it will eventually make its way to Netflix, as we believe he may still have an overall deal with the streamer.

The Last Photograph is currently scheduled to make its world premiere at TIFF next week, where we’ll likely learn more about its potential distribution.

🎥 “You Can See Everything” Teaser: Comedian Nathan Fielder Asks Convicted Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes If She’s “Being Real” in A24’s Secretly Filmed Documentary — In U.S. Theaters This October

Wait, what?

So, Nathan Fielder made a documentary about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes... and Holmes actually agreed to be in it? Wait, what’s going on here? Is this real, or another elaborate Nathan Fielder prank where we, the audience, are led to believe we’re watching one thing while something else is happening?

That’s right: Nathan Fielder, the deadpan comedian and star of hit semi-scripted shows like Nathan for You and The Rehearsal, has teamed up with documentarian Lance Oppenheim (Some Kind of Heaven, HBO’s Ren Faire and the upcoming Primetime) for a new project that not only features convicted tech fraudster Elizabeth Holmes, but lets us hear her in what appears to be her own natural voice.

In what might be the most bizarre wrinkle of all, Holmes is currently serving a lengthy prison sentence, and the project reportedly began filming 34 days before she reported to prison in 2023.

In true Nathan Fielder form, the first teaser for the upcoming feature-length documentary has Fielder speaking directly to Holmes and asking if she is “being real right now.”

A dewy-eyed Holmes responds, “I’m always being real,” before the camera pulls back to reveal a quiet domestic scene with a small baby at her feet.

Well, something tells us this is exactly the image she wants us to see. Or perhaps this is exactly what Fielder wants us to see, since the whole project seems designed to make us question what’s real, what’s performed, and who is controlling the image.

Despite numerous exposés and dramatizations of her life, Holmes has remained one of the most elusive figures in the recent history of Silicon Valley scandal. Which again makes us question how and why Fielder wanted to tackle a subject like this in the first place. But who knows, perhaps he is the perfect person to cover such a slippery, mysterious figure like Holmes.

From A24 and co-directed by Fielder and Oppenheim, You Can See Everything is coming to U.S. theaters this October. Just imagine the popcorn bucket for this one... hmm.

🎥 “Being Heumann” Teaser: Ruth Madeley Takes on the Role of Disability Rights Activist Judy Heumann in CODA Director Siân Heder’s Inspirational True-Story Drama With Mark Ruffalo — In Select Theaters November 6th, Streaming November 13th on Apple TV

From Siân Heder, writer-director of the Oscar-winning CODA, comes an uplifting period drama about how sometimes you have to take the fight directly to those in power. British actress Ruth Madeley, of Doctor Who fame, takes on the role of real-life disability rights activist Judy Heumann. In this David-versus-Goliath true story, Judy is a young disabled woman and activist who, in 1977, leads a nationwide protest to occupy federal buildings in what would become known as the Section 504 sit-ins. Refusing to leave, the protesters begin what would become a nearly month-long sit-in, hoping to pressure the government into enforcing disability rights legislation. Judy and her fellow protesters are able to organize support from multiple activist groups, including the Black Panther Party and antiwar activists, in a rare show of solidarity for the era. Mark Ruffalo, Dylan O’Brien, Rob Delaney, Ray Fisher, and Daniel Durant round out the cast in this unbelievable true story about how one person fought against the odds... and won.

🎥 “Mouse” Trailer: Katherine Mallen Kupferer and Sophie Okonedo Form an Unexpected Bond Through Shared Grief in Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson’s Heart-Wrenching Family Drama — In Theaters November 6th

What do you do when someone you love passes away unexpectedly? Perhaps it’s not about what you do, but who you turn to for support and understanding. In this new emotionally wrought family drama from Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson, the directors of the equally heart-wrenching Ghostlight, the story begins in the aftermath of an unexpected death. For Minnie (Katherine Mallen Kupferer), it was her close high school friend, Callie (Chloe Coleman). For Helen (Sophie Okonedo), it was her teenage daughter. But as these two women grieve in their own way, they find themselves turning to each other, forming an unexpected bond through their shared loss and leading them down a path neither expected to take. Also starring David Hyde Pierce and Tara Mallen, the film could certainly be seen as a tear-jerker, but it might also be that emotional hug we sometimes need when life hits us the hardest.

🎥 “The Beast” Teaser Trailer: Samuel L. Jackson Plays the U.S. President Who Turns His Heavily Armed Presidential Limo Into a High-Speed Tank in Renny Harlin’s New Action Thriller with Joel Kinnaman — In Theaters October 9th

Samuel L. Jackson once again reunites with director Renny Harlin (Deep Blue Sea, The Long Kiss Goodnight) for this new action thriller, where he plays the U.S. president. Jackson is joined by Joel Kinnaman, playing the president’s Secret Service agent. When a deadly unit of terrorist agents attacks the president’s convoy, he and his personal security guard are left with no other choice but to take cover in the vehicle built to protect the commander-in-chief at all costs: codename... the Beast! Equipped with highly classified weaponry and offensive capabilities, this four-wheeled fortress essentially becomes a high-speed tank. But what do they do now? Do they drive away and find an escape? Or do they let the Beast loose and blast every last muthaf-cker standing in their way?

🎥 “Focker-In-Law” International Trailer: Ben Stiller Becomes the Difficult Parent as Ariana Grande Joins the Family in the Fourth ‘Meet the Parents’ Comedy with Robert De Niro — In Theaters November 25th

For Greg Focker (Ben Stiller), earning his place in the family’s “circle of trust” wasn’t just a victory... it was a rite of passage. So he’ll be damned if his son’s fiancée, Olivia (Ariana Grande), gets an easy ride. In this long-awaited fourth installment of the comedy franchise, it’s Greg’s turn to be the parent who’s impossible to impress. He goes head-to-head with Olivia, his son’s surprisingly formidable bride-to-be. Meanwhile, Robert De Niro’s Grandpa Jack already seems won over by her, leaving Greg as the old stick-in-the-mud refusing to give the couple his blessing. Well, at least not yet. It’ll take a weekend full of awkward encounters and family friction to find out whether Greg can make room for one more Focker. Owen Wilson, Blythe Danner, and Teri Polo return, while Skyler Gisondo and Beanie Feldstein take on the roles of Greg and Pam’s now-grown children, Henry and Samantha. Just when you thought things couldn’t get any more Focked up, along comes Ariana Grande to give Greg a taste of his own family’s medicine.

🎥 “George Michael: The Faith Tour” Trailer: Previously Unseen 35mm Footage Brings the Pop Icon’s Legendary 1988 Paris Tour to the Big Screen — In Theaters and IMAX December 11th

He had the voice, the style, the stage presence... and he definitely had the songwriting talent. This year marks the 10th anniversary of George Michael’s death in 2016, yet his music still lives on. In this newly restored concert film, previously unseen 35mm footage from his 1988 Paris Tour brings Michael back to the big screen at the height of his creative and performing powers. For those who never got the chance to see the legend in all his glory, this is likely the closest thing to being there at the height of the mania, as he made the leap from pop star to global superstar. Featuring music from his blockbuster Faith album (including “Faith,” “Father Figure,” and “I Want Your Sex”), the concert captures George Michael at the moment he left his Wham! days behind and fully stepped into his own as a solo superstar.

🎥 “Angel and the Badman” Trailer: Zachary Levi Plays a Wounded Gunslinger Given One Last Shot at Redemption in Julio Quintana’s Old-School Western Throwback with Meg Fraser, Neal McDonough, and Tommy Lee Jones — In Theaters October 9th

There comes a time in a man’s life, good or bad, when he has to stand up and decide what kind of man he’s going to be. Here, that choice falls to Zachary Levi’s wounded gunslinger, Quirt Evans, in this old-school western throwback that also stars Meg Fraser, Neal McDonough, and Tommy Lee Jones. Quirt is on the run when he’s shot and taken in by a rancher’s family. After he wakes up, nearly healed by a kind-hearted young woman named Penny (Fraser), he finds himself facing a life he never expected; one that asks him to become an honorable man. But when trouble arrives in town looking for him, Quirt learns that leaving his old life behind won’t be as easy as putting down his gun.

🎥 “Mum, I’m Alien Pregnant” International Trailer: A Very Bizarre Alien Encounter Leads to One Seriously Twisted Pregnancy in This New Zealand Sci-Fi Horror-Comedy Starring Hannah Lynch — Coming Soon

Pregnancy horror is a subgenre that taps into the anxieties of bodily change and the fear that something unfamiliar may be growing inside you. New Zealand horror, however, tends to bring a very different flavor, often mixing the grotesque with twisted humor and a distinctly deadpan delivery. Keep that in mind, because this sci-fi-tinged pregnancy horror comes from New Zealand-based filmmaking duo Sean Wallace and Jordan Mark Windsor, who go by the collective name ... (wait for it) THUNDERLIPS. Hannah Lynch stars as a young woman whose life is turned upside down after she accidentally becomes pregnant following a bizarre encounter with a suspected humanoid alien (Arlo Green) sporting a tentacle-like penis. Not sure what to do... or how to even begin explaining it, the would-be mother must navigate skeptical doctors, a useless baby daddy, an oversharing mum, and a pregnancy that is anything but normal.

🎥 “Extra Geography” U.K. Trailer: Two Best Friends Decide to Fall in Love With Their Geography Teacher in This Awkward British Coming-of-Age Comedy-Drama Starring Marni Duggan, Galaxie Clear and Alice Englert — In UK Cinemas October 2nd

Anyone familiar with American teen films knows that high school can be a difficult time for a kid. But you’d think the British boarding school system might be a little different... maybe a little more sophisticated, a little less chaotic, and a little less confusing. Well, this new British coming-of-age comedy-drama aims to prove otherwise. Starring newcomers Marni Duggan and Galaxie Clear, and directed by TV helmer Molly Manners in her feature debut, the film follows two teenage best friends at an English boarding school who decide to fall in love with the next person they see... which just happens to be their geeky geography teacher, played by Alice Englert, of Top of the Lake and Star City. What begins as a silly teenage experiment soon becomes a messy lesson in first love and the awkward business of growing up.

🎥 “Winter of the Crow” Trailer: Lesley Manville Is Trapped in 1981 Warsaw After Witnessing a Murder by the Secret Police in Kasia Adamik’s Cold War Thriller — In U.S. Theaters October 9th

Let’s travel back to Warsaw in 1981, when political unrest gave way to an increasingly dangerous crackdown by Poland’s government. Anyone who happened to get caught in the middle could suddenly find themselves detained... or worse, branded a threat to the state. Lesley Manville, of Phantom Thread and The Crown fame, takes on the role of a British psychiatry professor who finds herself trapped in a Cold War nightmare after traveling to Warsaw for what was supposed to be a routine academic visit. As martial law descends on Poland, she inadvertently captures photographic evidence of a student’s murder by the secret police, putting herself directly in their crosshairs and turning her visit into a desperate fight to escape the country. Inspired by Olga Tokarczuk’s short story, this tense political thriller, directed by Polish filmmaker Kasia Adamik, is a reminder that sometimes the most gripping stories are the ones rooted in history.

🎥 “The Unknown” U.S. Teaser Trailer: A Parisian Photographer Wakes Up in a Mysterious Woman’s Body in Arthur Harari’s Body-Switching Thriller Starring Léa Seydoux and Niels Schneider — Coming Soon, via NEON

What if you woke up in somebody else’s body? It’s a terrifying idea. But what if you also woke up as the opposite sex? Léa Seydoux enters that nightmarish scenario in this body-switching thriller from the co-writer of Anatomy of a Fall. When a Parisian street photographer (Niels Schneider) follows a mysterious woman (Seydoux) after a late-night party, he wakes the next morning in her body. Stunned, confused, and unable to understand what happened, he sets off in her body to figure out who she is, what happened to him, and whether he can ever get back to his own life. Harari co-writes and directs this mind-twisting psychological thriller, turning identity displacement into a strange, unsettling search for the self. It’s dark, cerebral, and unmistakably French. Ça m’intrigue.

🎥 “Wuthering Heights: House of the Damned” Trailer: Emily Brontë’s Doomed Romance Gets a Full-Blown Horror Makeover With Ghosts, Bloodlust and Human Sacrifice, Starring Ross Townsend-Green, Sky Cheema, Elle O’Hara and Nicola Wright — On VOD/Digital October 16th

Emerald Fennell’s recent version of the classic Emily Brontë novel proves you can take plenty of creative liberties with the source material. So why not go even further? That’s right, people. A full-on supernatural horror version of Brontë’s classic story of doomed romance. Only this time, the heartbreak comes with human sacrifice, as Heathcliff is willing to do just about anything to bring Catherine back from the dead. Starring Ross Townsend-Green, Sky Cheema, Elle O’Hara, and Nicola Wright, and directed by Rebecca J. Matthews, this ambitious indie mashup pushes the familiar gothic romance into much darker territory. Some may say Wuthering Heights has already been pushed far enough. Others might argue that a little extra horror is exactly what the story needed.

🎥 “Tyler Perry’s Doing Life” Trailer: A Former Correctional Officer and an Ex-Con Reconnect Years After a Prison Riot in Tyler Perry’s New Heartfelt Romantic Drama Starring Naomi Baker and Jay Reeves — Streams October 2nd on Netflix

Somehow Tyler Perry has squeezed yet another feature film onto his already crowded slate of movies and television projects. This time, the writer-director-producer mogul gets a little more intimate with this urban drama about two people finding an unexpected connection while struggling through very different hardships. Naomi Baker stars as a former correctional officer who was pregnant when her life was spared during a brutal prison riot by an inmate (Jay Reeves), who protected her and helped get her to safety. Years later, after staying in touch through letters, the two reunite and begin an unexpected relationship. But now it’s not prison bars keeping them apart, it’s suspicious family members questioning whether they truly belong together. Perry, not exactly a filmmaker known for subtlety, seems to be leaning hard into the emotional stakes of a single mother looking for love, companionship, and support, and a good-hearted ex-convict searching for redemption, purpose, and a second chance.

🎥 “Maserati: The Brothers” Teaser: The Story Behind an Italian Motoring Dynasty Comes to Life in This Racing Biopic Starring Michele Morrone, Al Pacino, Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Alba and Andy García — Coming Soon

Maserati is one of the most recognizable names in Italian motoring. So if you’re going to make a historical biopic about the origins of the legendary automaker, you better have a cast that can live up to the name. Jessica Alba, Andy García, and Oscar winners Al Pacino and Anthony Hopkins are among the notable names in the ensemble, as filmmaker Bobby Moresco sets out to deliver a heart-pounding biographical racing drama tracing the rivalry and sacrifice behind the birth of an automotive legend. Italian actors Michele Morrone, Salvatore Esposito, and Lorenzo De Moor take on key roles as Alfieri, Bindo, and Carlo Maserati, the three brothers whose shared ambition and determination would help reshape the future of Italian motoring. This Italian-American co-production brings the Maserati family origins to the screen as a sweeping epic about how brotherhood, despite their differences, can ultimately build a legacy that lasts far beyond the finish line.

🎥 “The Florist” Trailer: Dennis Quaid Is a Mild-Mannered Florist With a Deadly Side in This Action-Thriller Co-Starring Jean Reno and Sky Katz — On VOD/Digital October 9th

His job is to arrange flowers. But that doesn’t mean he can’t rearrange your face. Dennis Quaid stars as Carl Rikker, a mild-mannered florist who just happens to moonlight as a professional assassin. So when a young, distraught woman (Sky Katz) witnesses police corruption and suddenly crosses his path, Carl finds himself with something far more complicated than another assignment: someone he may actually have to protect. Also starring action icon Jean Reno and directed by Babak Najafi (London Has Fallen), this action-thriller puts a surprisingly human twist on the hired-killer formula. So, how do you want your roses... nicely trimmed and blood red?

🎥 “One Last Shot” Trailer: Scott Adkins Returns as Navy SEAL Jake Harris in Another Explosive One-Take-Style Action Thriller with Dolph Lundgren — On Digital and DVD September 22nd

During this divisive political time, when everyone seems to retreat to their own corners, as red-blooded Americans, can we all agree on one thing: an action movie set within the halls of power is always better when things are blowing up and guns are blazing? No, you say? How about action stars Scott Adkins and Dolph Lundgren teaming up to sweeten the deal? Sure, they’re not American. But at this point, action fans will take their heroes wherever they can get them. Adkins reprises his role as seasoned Navy SEAL Jake Harris... and YES, this is a sequel to two previous action films. Like those movies, this one is edited to feel as if it unfolds in one continuous shot. Jake is called back into action when a former comrade turns domestic terrorist and threatens to seize control of the U.S. missile-defense network. Things blow up. Gunfights galore. And for action fans, all is right with the world.

🎥 “Come With Me” Trailer: Theo Rossi Reunites with ‘Sons of Anarchy’ Co-Star Ron Perlman in Director Aaron Harvey’s Indie Thriller About Grief, Anger, and Violent Rhetoric — In Select Theaters September 4th

Theo Rossi reunites with his Sons of Anarchy co-star Ron Perlman in this Aaron Harvey-directed indie thriller about a working-class man whose life completely shatters after a deeply traumatic home invasion. With pressure mounting at work and the loss of his best friend still weighing on him, Rossi’s Simon finds himself drawn deeper into the hate-filled rhetoric of a controversial shock-jock radio host (Perlman). Before long, he’s no longer just listening... he’s putting the DJ’s violent rhetoric into action.

🎥 “Angel’s Egg: 4K Restoration” Trailer: Mamoru Oshii and Yoshitaka Amano’s Haunting 1985 Anime Classic Restored in Stunning 4K — Collector’s Edition Arrives September 22nd

Sometimes anime gets put into a box, labeled as belonging to only certain genres or audiences. But this anime classic is proof of just how far the medium can stretch. Mamoru Oshii, director of Ghost in the Shell, and legendary illustrator Yoshitaka Amano joined forces in the mid-1980s for an experimental post-apocalyptic science fantasy that became a groundbreaking anime classic and inspired generations of artists and animators. Now newly restored in 4K, the atmospheric film returns with its haunting underwater city, surreal Gothic imagery, and dreamlike fantasy intact. At the center is a young girl protecting a mysterious egg she believes holds an angel, while a boy carrying a gun searches for a bird he once saw in a dream. Strange, beautiful, and deeply enigmatic, this remains a powerful reminder that anime has never belonged inside a neat little box.

🎥 “Begotten: 4K Restoration” Trailer: E. Elias Merhige’s Underground Experimental Horror Oddity Returns to Theaters with Its Grain, Shadows, and Black-and-White Creepiness Intact — In Theaters October 1st

There are rare films that can truly shock you just by how strange and deeply bizarre they are. This is one of them. Filmmaker E. Elias Merhige made one of the most disturbing and uncompromising underground films in history with this black-and-white, mostly dialogue-free experimental horror film. It lived for decades as an underground oddity, passed around by horror fans and experimental-film obsessives like some forbidden artifact. Merhige would later direct music videos for Marilyn Manson and earn acclaim for his cult horror film Shadow of the Vampire, which brought Willem Dafoe an Oscar nomination for playing Nosferatu actor Max Schreck as if he really were a vampire. But Merhige may end up being best remembered for his first experimental horror film, a work that still continues to creep people out even now. It’s receiving the 4K restoration treatment, but just remember: some of that grain is part of the experience. It was creepypasta before creepypasta had a name.

🎥 “Dracula: 4K Restoration” Trailer: Hammer’s 1958 Horror Classic Returns With Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and Long-Missing Footage Restored in 4K — Back in Theaters This October and Out on Limited Collector’s Edition October 26th

If there’s one performance that comes close to rivaling Bela Lugosi’s classic take on Dracula, it’s Christopher Lee’s. Sixty-eight years after its original release, this iconic Hammer classic is returning in a newly restored 4K presentation, bringing Lee’s towering version of Dracula back to the screen in all its blood-soaked Gothic glory. Also includes long-missing footage from the original Japanese cut. As one of the films that helped define the Hammer horror era, its influence still looms large over the genre. With Peter Cushing (aka Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars) playing Doctor Van Helsing, the film pits two screen legends against each other in a classic battle of good versus evil. And as we inch closer to Halloween, there’s no better time to revisit some true horror classics... preferably in 4K! If you’re going back to the classics, you might as well see them in the highest definition possible, am I right?

🎥 “La Bola Negra” Teaser: Cannes-Winning Spanish Drama Spans Three Generations of Love, Desire, and Freedom, Starring Guitarricadelafuente with Penélope Cruz and Glenn Close — In Theaters October 16th and on Netflix December 2nd

Winner for Best Directing at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, this Spanish drama spans three generations of men whose lives are connected through desire, love, and the lingering weight of history. Starring Spanish singer-songwriter sensation Guitarricadelafuente alongside Miguel Bernardeau and Carlos González, with Penélope Cruz and Glenn Close, the film moves across three distinct periods of Spanish history—1932, 1937, and 2017—as long-buried secrets echo through the lives of three men seeking the freedom to live on their own terms. Directed by duo Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo (Holy Camp!), the drama weaves their stories together into a sweeping portrait of how the past continues to shape lives, identities, and personal experiences decades later.

🎥 “Barry and Me” U.S. Trailer: A 12-Year-Old Orphan Boy and a Saint Bernard Find Hope in the Swiss Alps in This Heartfelt Swiss Family Adventure Flick — On VOD/Digital September 18th

A 12-year-old orphan. A courageous Saint Bernard dog. The Swiss Alps. Now that sounds like the makings of one helluva inspirational adventure. Set in the 18th century, this Swiss family drama follows young orphan George (Paco von Wyss), who is sent to live at a mountain monastery, where his lonely new life begins to change after he rescues a starving Saint Bernard puppy named Barry. Soon, the boy’s bond with his dog is tested when the rules of the monastery threaten to separate them, forcing George to choose between obedience and protecting the companion who has given him hope.

🎥 “One in a Million” Trailer: A Young Syrian Refugee Comes of Age Across Borders in This Decade-Spanning Sundance-Winning Documentary — Opening in N.Y. October 21st, Expanding Nationwide This Fall

Some films take a few months to shoot, others even years to complete. But this Sundance-winning documentary took ten years to film, following a young Syrian girl named Israa from childhood to adulthood against the backdrop of a devastating war and the displacement that followed. Filmmakers Itab Azzam and Jack MacInnes follow Israa and her family across borders and through a decade of upheaval, capturing her journey from an 11-year-old refugee to a young woman in Germany trying to understand where she truly belongs. Ambitious, heartbreaking, and deeply personal, the documentary turns one family’s experience into a moving portrait of what it truly means to be a refugee and asylum seeker.

🎥 “Once Upon a Time in Harlem” Trailer: Rare 1972 Footage Brings Harlem Renaissance Legends Back Together in a Remarkable Cultural Time Capsule — In Theaters October 16th

It’s 1972. Harlem is not only a New York neighborhood but a cultural hub shaped by generations of Black artists, writers, musicians, and intellectuals. To be a fly on the wall at one of their gatherings would be like watching cultural history unfold in real time. David Greaves, son of documentary filmmaker William Greaves, completes his father’s project decades later, restoring rare, previously unseen 16mm footage of one remarkable Harlem gathering where leading figures and intellectuals of the Harlem Renaissance came together to reminisce, debate, laugh, and reflect on the movement they helped shape. More than just a historical document, it captures and preserves a rare firsthand record of a generation discussing its own legacy in their own words.

🎥 “The Widower: ’Til Death Do Us Part” Trailer: A Husband’s Troubling Past Turns One Murder Investigation Into a Twisted Mystery in This New True-Crime Doc — Streams September 30th on Netflix

When a reporter says this is one of the craziest stories they’ve ever covered in their career, that should tell you just how bizarre this true-crime story is going to get. In this new investigative documentary, a journalist and homicide detective dig into the strange murder case of Sharon Randolph, a woman killed by a home intruder who was then shot dead by Sharon’s husband, Thomas. But the deeper investigators dig into Thomas’s past, the stranger the story becomes. Sharon was his sixth wife, and of his five previous marriages, four of his wives were already dead. Now comes the big question: did Thomas plan the whole thing, or was he a victim himself? The truth may be even stranger than it first appears.

🎥 “Everest: The Other Side” Trailer: ‘Free Solo’ Directors Follow Mountain Climbers Hilaree Nelson and Jim Morrison’s Extraordinary Dream to Hike Up and Ski Everest’s North Face — In Theaters and IMAX October 30th

We can’t imagine why someone would want to climb the highest mountains in the world. But the fact that people do is a remarkable example of the human spirit. That ambition, dedication, endurance, and need to push beyond what seems possible can only be considered part of what makes us human. And for expert mountaineers and skiers Hilaree Nelson and Jim Morrison, Everest wasn’t just another mountain to conquer... it was the ultimate challenge, and a dream they wanted to pursue together. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, the directors of Free Solo and Meru, capture that dream in this deeply personal documentary about the extreme limits of human endurance, as Hilaree and Jim set out to climb and ski Everest’s direct North Face. It’s a feat no one had ever accomplished before.

🎥 “How to Live on Earth” Trailer: Benedict Cumberbatch Hosts a Hopeful New Documentary Exploring How Humanity Can Build a Better Future by Working With Nature — Premiering Globally on YouTube September 20th

Imagine a future where humanity can work together to build a safer, more sustainable environment for everyone. Sounds like a pipe dream? Well, Benedict Cumberbatch is here to show us how it might actually be possible. The Doctor Strange star hosts this thought-provoking documentary, traveling across the globe to meet scientists, farmers, engineers, and communities exploring practical ways humanity can work with nature rather than against it. From restoring ecosystems to rethinking how we build our cities and produce our food, the film looks at real-world ideas already being put into action. So just when you thought the planet might be beyond saving, this hopeful doc argues that the answers may already be all around us.

🎥 “The Librarians” Trailer: A New Documentary Goes Inside America’s Heated Battle Over Book Bans, LGBTQIA+ Stories and the Freedom to Read — Available on VOD/Digital October 6th

Everybody seems to be triggered these days. But how many would imagine that books, or perhaps simply the existence of certain books, could trigger such vitriol? This new documentary explores the nationwide battle over censorship, education, and who gets to decide what people are allowed to read, while focusing on the unlikely people bearing the brunt of the fight: librarians. Caught between following the rules and defending the freedom to read, librarians have somehow become symbols in a much larger cultural battle over LGBTQIA+ representation, educational access, and First Amendment rights. Documentary filmmaker Kim A. Snyder takes a particular look at Texas, where a list targeting hundreds of books dealing with race and LGBTQIA+ stories helped ignite a much broader fight over what belongs on library shelves... and who ultimately gets to make that decision.

🎥 “Miss Representation: Rise Up” Trailer: Jennifer Siebel Newsom Examines How AI, Deepfakes and Online Abuse Are Targeting Women and Girls in the Digital Age in This New Doc — Coming Soon

In this age of social media, online bullying isn’t just a little name-calling. It can become a full-on assault of constant harassment and abuse. We’ve all seen it play out across our feeds, sometimes unfolding in real time. Now, with the emergence of AI and deepfakes, these attacks can become even more hurtful and much harder to escape. In this new documentary, Jennifer Siebel Newsom takes a hard look at the many women and girls facing harassment, misogyny, and technology-enabled abuse in the digital age. It’s not just bad tweets anymore. Abusers can steal women’s images, manipulate them with AI, and turn them into deepfakes designed to humiliate, threaten, or silence them.

🎥 “Schumacher ’94: The Birth of a Legend” Trailer: Michael Schumacher’s First World Championship Roars Back to Life in Netflix’s Formula 1 Documentary — Streams October 2nd on Netflix

Before seven world championships made him a Formula 1 icon, Michael Schumacher had to get through the season that made him one. This Netflix documentary revisits his turbulent 1994 breakthrough through personal interviews and archival footage, tracing the pressure, ambition, and speed behind his first World Championship win. Every legend has an origin story; Schumacher’s begins at full throttle.

🎥 “Gone with the Wind” Trailer: Producer David O. Selznick’s 1939 American Epic Returns to the Big Screen for Fathom Entertainment’s Big Screen Classics Event — In Theaters October 10th–14th

“Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.”

That line remains one of the most iconic movie quotes in cinema history. The film has also had its fair share of controversies, along with some undeniable triumphs: notably Hattie McDaniel’s historic Academy Award-winning performance, which made her the first African American to win an Oscar. But whatever you think about this David O. Selznick-produced epic, it has become one of the most influential and debated films in American cinema history. With its sweeping storytelling, larger-than-life characters, and depiction of the Civil War and Reconstruction-era American South through a decidedly rose-colored lens, the film remains as culturally complicated as it is cinematically iconic. Now, the 1939 classic is returning to theaters this October as part of Fathom Entertainment’s Big Screen Classics event, giving audiences another chance to experience the epic on the big screen... and perhaps debate its significance all over again.

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📺 “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” Trailer: Dominic McLaughlin Heads to Hogwarts as HBO Reimagines the Wizarding World for a New Generation with Arabella Stanton, Alastair Stout, John Lithgow, Janet McTeer, Nick Frost, and Paapa Essiedu — Premiering This Christmas on HBO and HBO Max

We’re of two minds when it comes to this new Harry Potter series. On one hand, why redo the books when they’ve already been turned into a hugely successful film franchise that audiences have loved for years? On the flip side, television gives the story much more room to explore the characters and subplots the movies simply didn’t have time to tackle. Putting aside the other controversies surrounding the series, one thing seems certain: it’s Harry Potter, damn it. People are going to watch no matter what. That alone makes it one of the most anticipated shows of the year.

Featuring an entirely new cast that includes newcomers Dominic McLaughlin as Harry Potter, Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger and Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley, along with John Lithgow as Albus Dumbledore, Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall, Nick Frost as Rubeus Hagrid and Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape, this new adaptation sets out to introduce the books to a whole new generation while also giving longtime fans a chance to see more of the story and details that never made it into the original films.

With acclaimed TV director Mark Mylod (Succession, Game of Thrones) helming multiple episodes and Emmy winner Francesca Gardiner (Succession, Killing Eve) serving as showrunner, the first season of the HBO series will follow Harry’s first year at Hogwarts, from discovering the wizarding world and forming his friendship with Ron and Hermione to uncovering the mystery surrounding the Philosopher’s Stone.

The plan is for each season to adapt one book in the series, following Harry’s journey as he grows from an uncertain young wizard into the person destined to confront the dark forces threatening the wizarding world; namely Lord Voldemort, aka He Who Must Not Be Named.

And whenever there’s a plan to revisit and reboot a franchise this beloved, you can expect plenty of online backlash. That started with the very first production announcement, continued through the cast reveals, and picked up again with the release of the teaser trailer a few months ago.

We don’t expect that kind of backlash to slow down anytime soon, especially now that the original Harry Potter films have become beloved classics in their own right and mean so much to the generation that grew up with them.

That being said, there’s clearly a huge amount of interest in this new fantasy series, and Potter fans will likely be tuning in from day one to see whether HBO can recapture the same magic as the original films, while perhaps finding a little new magic of its own.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is scheduled to premiere this Christmas on HBO and HBO Max.

📺 “East of Eden” Trailer: Florence Pugh Takes Center Stage in Zoe Kazan’s Seven-Part Adaptation of John Steinbeck’s Sweeping Trask Family Saga with Christopher Abbott and Mike Faist — Premiering Thursday, October 1st on Netflix

John Steinbeck’s classic 1952 novel East of Eden was famously adapted into an equally classic 1955 feature film, notably featuring one of only three major film performances by James Dean before his death later that same year.

But here’s the thing: Steinbeck considered the novel his magnum opus. And for good reason. The book is a sprawling multigenerational family saga that explores inherited burdens, morality, personal regret and the choices people make against the changing landscape of California, from the post-Civil War era through World War I.

The James Dean movie, however, focused primarily on the latter portion of Steinbeck’s novel, centering on brothers Cal and Aron Trask while leaving much of the earlier multigenerational story untouched.

Fast forward more than 70 years, and Netflix is giving Steinbeck’s sprawling Trask family saga much more room to breathe with this seven-part limited series. This time, Florence Pugh takes on the pivotal role of Cathy Ames, a character who is central to the novel but was kept largely at a distance and used more as a mystery in the 1955 film adaptation. So there’s a good chance this new miniseries will feel considerably different in both tone and structure from the James Dean film.

And here’s another interesting connection between the film and this new miniseries: series creator Zoe Kazan is the granddaughter of legendary filmmaker Elia Kazan, who directed the 1955 adaptation.

A notable actress in her own right, known for starring in The Big Sick and HBO’s The Deuce, Zoe takes on writing and co-showrunning duties for the Netflix series, bringing the Steinbeck story full circle in a very personal way. Her previous screenwriting credits include Ruby Sparks and Wildlife, both collaborations with her longtime partner Paul Dano.

Joining Florence Pugh in the cast are recently announced X-Men star Christopher Abbott as Adam Trask and Challengers breakout Mike Faist as his half-brother Charles. Pugh’s Cathy Ames becomes the scandal-ridden and deeply troubled woman whose arrival dramatically alters both brothers’ lives, setting off a chain reaction of resentment, betrayal and family trauma that will echo across generations.

Also in the cast is Tracy Letts as Cyrus Trask, Adam and Charles’s stern, domineering war-veteran father, while Hoon Lee, Martha Plimpton, Ciarán Hinds, Joseph Zada and Joe Anders round out the ensemble.

With Jeb Stuart also serving as co-showrunner, Australian filmmaker Garth Davis (known for directing the Oscar-nominated Lion and episodes of the acclaimed miniseries Top of the Lake) directs the first four episodes of this new East of Eden adaptation. French filmmaker Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre (Lady Chatterley’s Lover, The Mustang) takes over directing duties for the final three episodes.

East of Eden is due to premiere October 1st on Netflix, with all seven episodes arriving at once.

📺 “Kill Jackie” Trailer: Catherine Zeta-Jones Is a Former Drug Smuggler Forced Back Into Her Violent Past in This Darkly Comic Crime Series with Daniel Ings, Óscar Jaenada, and Ron Perlman — Premiering October 2nd on AMC+

The Godfather Part III may not be considered the strongest entry in the franchise, but it did give us one of its most memorable lines: “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!” Thus, it helped cement one of the most enduring gangster-movie tropes: the former criminal who thinks they’ve escaped the life, only to get dragged right back into it.

Catherine Zeta-Jones is Jackie Price, a tough broad who has built herself a successful empire selling fine art to the rich and famous. She has the perfect life with her husband and daughter. But Jackie also has a past she thought she had left behind: she was once an international drug smuggler dealing with some of the most dangerous people in the criminal underworld.

Now after 20 years of keeping that part of her past buried, Jackie discovers that an elite group of assassins known as the Seven Demons has been hired to kill her, putting not only her own life in grave danger but also threatening the family and comfortable new life she has spent decades building.

Left with no other choice, Jackie must lean back into her violent instincts to protect everything she has built... and everyone she loves. That means she must hunt down and kill the assassins before they can get to her first.

Kill Jackie is a new darkly comic crime thriller from showrunner Tom Butterworth, with Killing Eve veteran Damon Thomas serving as lead director and co-creator.

Zeta-Jones is joined by actor Daniel Ings as Jackie’s clueless businessman husband. Coming off a breakout performance in the Game of Thrones spinoff A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, Ings plays a man seemingly unaware of just how dangerous his wife’s past really is, but who is about to get pulled straight into the middle of an increasingly dangerous mess.

Hattie Hook, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Óscar Jaenada, Darci Shaw, Raff Law, Enzo Cilenti, Christine Adams, Julian Barratt and Ron Perlman also round out the cast.

Kill Jackie is slated to premiere October 2nd on AMC+ in the U.S., with new episodes arriving weekly. Amazon Prime Video will stream the series in the U.K.

📺 “Tulsa King: Season 4” Teaser: Sylvester Stallone’s Dwight Manfredi Fights to Keep His Criminal Empire From Crumbling — Premiering Friday, October 16th on Paramount+

If you come at the king, you best not miss. Sylvester Stallone returns for another season as mobster Dwight Manfredi, still fighting to hold onto the empire he built in Tulsa. Once out of prison, Dwight was essentially sent into exile in Tulsa to spend his remaining days—only to turn the town into a hotbed of criminality. Now he runs the show, but being at the top means everyone is looking for a way to knock him off. Swimming through a sea of corruption, murder, and deadly sharks, Dwight ain’t folding any time soon. Because in this dirty business, it’s not the dirtiest who’s left standing. It’s the one who knows exactly when to get his hands dirty.

📺 “The Terrors of Jordan Mendoza” Trailer: Sketch Comedian Jordan Mendoza Turns Everyday Fears Into Surreal Dark Comedy With Thomas Lennon, Marc Maron, Martha Kelly, Steve Buscemi, and More — Premiering Sunday, September 13th at Midnight on Adult Swim

Sketch comedian and comedy writer Jordan Mendoza has rounded up an impressive list of guest stars to join him in this surreal horror-comedy series. Starring as a frightened man stumbling through a series of absurd and unsettling dream-like scenarios, both whimsical and frightening, Mendoza turns familiar fears into a twisted dark comedy. From UFO sighting press conferences and strange workplace encounters to soldiers at war, slam poetry, and an awkward career day, no everyday anxiety is safe from getting a little weird. Fred Armisen, Martha Kelly, Marc Maron, Toby Huss, Thomas Lennon, and Steve Buscemi are among the big-name guest stars joining Mendoza as things get progressively stranger... and funnier.

📺 “Abbott Elementary: Season 6” Promo: Quinta Brunson and the Gang Head Back to Class With a Schoolhouse Rock!-Inspired Animated Throwback — Premieres Wednesday, October 7th on ABC and Streaming Next Day on Hulu

Anyone raised on ’70s cartoons probably has fond memories of Schoolhouse Rock! and its earworm jingles designed to make learning fun and memorable. Quinta Brunson’s hit sitcom about a group of dedicated Philadelphia public-school teachers returns for another season, using Schoolhouse Rock! as the inspiration for this animated promo. Starring Quinta Brunson, Tyler James Williams, Janelle James, Chris Perfetti, Lisa Ann Walter, William Stanford Davis, and Sheryl Lee Ralph, the Emmy-winning comedy heads back to class with the same sharp humor and warm ensemble chemistry that made it a favorite. A new season means a fresh batch of classroom headaches, staffroom drama, and lessons nobody planned for.

📺 “Sheriff Country: Season 2” Trailer: Morena Baccarin’s Sheriff Mickey Fox Faces Family Trouble on Both Sides of the Badge as Ben McKenzie Joins the Mix — Premiering Friday, October 9th on CBS and Paramount+

When it comes to law enforcement, family dynamics can make the line between duty and loyalty a little harder to draw. Deadpool’s Morena Baccarin returns for another season as hard-nosed Sheriff Mickey Fox. Her idea of protecting her town is simple: don’t mess with her unless you wanna feel the full brunt of the badge. But when it comes to arresting her ex-con father (W. Earl Brown) and dealing with a mother (Rachel Ticotin) she hasn’t seen in years, doling out justice gets a whole lot more personal. Meanwhile, her responsibilities as sheriff don’t get any easier, with problems continuing to pile up around her. And to make it even more of a family affair, Baccarin’s real-life husband, Ben McKenzie, will be popping in for a few episodes as a fellow sheriff to stir things up. Co-starring Matt Lauria and Christopher Gorham, expect plenty of family drama, small-town trouble, and a sheriff caught somewhere in the middle.

📺 “Marshals: Season 2” Trailer: Luke Grimes Returns as Kayce Dutton, Facing the Personal Cost of Protecting Montana — Airs Sunday, October 4th on CBS and Paramount+

Luke Grimes returns as Kayce Dutton in this Yellowstone spinoff, now entering its second season. After joining the U.S. Marshals and becoming part of an elite unit, Kayce begins to feel the psychological toll of protecting Montana from any riffraff looking to bring violence to the region. He thought he could leave that kind of brutality behind with the Yellowstone Ranch, but once it starts affecting his teenage son Tate (Brecken Merrill), the job becomes impossible to keep at arm’s length. Logan Marshall-Green, Arielle Kebbel, and Ash Santos also return, while Yellowstone regulars Gil Birmingham and Mo Brings Plenty are back as Thomas Rainwater and Mo. This new season asks whether Kayce Dutton is a “good man,” but the answer may depend on how far he’s willing to go to protect his family and do his job. For a Dutton, home is everything, but family is what you fight for.

📺 “R.J. Decker: Season 2” Trailer: Scott Speedman Returns as South Florida’s Laid-Back P.I. for Stranger Cases and Bigger Trouble — Premieres Tuesday, September 15th on ABC and Streaming Next Day on Hulu / Disney+

In Florida, everything’s a little different; including the private eyes. They’re a little more laid-back, a little more tipsy, and never short on island wear. Scott Speedman returns for a new season as ex-con, former photojournalist, and newly minted private investigator R.J. Decker. His assignments are the same as any other private eye. The big difference? The backdrop looks a whole lot more like a tropical postcard. And in this new season, Decker finds himself taking on even stranger cases, as South Florida seems to attract all the weirdos on the wrong side of the law. But one of his biggest cases hits much closer to home when Decker’s former flame, Emi Ochoa (Jaina Lee Ortiz), becomes convinced her father was killed by the cartel and asks him to get to the bottom of it. You know what they say: you can’t catch any fish without a little bait. And in Florida, Decker never seems to be short on any..

📺 “S.W.A.T. Exiles” Trailer: Shemar Moore’s Hondo Leads a New Unit of Misfits While Hunting a Mole From Within — Premieres Friday, September 25th on STARZ

Shemar Moore is back to reprise his role as LAPD S.W.A.T. Sergeant Daniel “Hondo” Harrelson in this S.W.A.T. spinoff series centered on a new tactical unit of rejects and misfits. Hondo was once viewed as a LAPD legend, but after a fatal shooting on the job and his refusal to bury the truth, he was forced into retirement. Now he’s getting a second chance to do some good, leading a group of young officers the department has written off. They might not be the department’s first choice, but Hondo will make sure they get the chance to prove they belong. That’s until he discovers a mole within his unit, turning the real mission into smoking out the traitor before the team comes crashing down from the inside. From Lucifer executive producer Jason Ning, the new series takes the S.W.A.T. franchise from CBS to STARZ, bringing with it plenty of attitude and swagger.

📺 “NCIS: Season 24” Trailer: Michael Weatherly’s Tony DiNozzo Is Back as He Rejoins the Team in This Long-Running Procedural Drama with Sean Murray, Wilmer Valderrama, Katrina Law, and Gary Cole — Airs Tuesday, October 6th on CBS and Paramount+

It’s been 24 seasons, so what could possibly get fans excited now? How about bringing back an old favorite? That’s right, Michael Weatherly is returning as former NCIS field agent Tony DiNozzo. It’s another season of the long-running CBS crime series, and that means more murder cases to solve, more bodies turning up, and more criminals to chase down. Just when you thought the season before its big 25th milestone might play it on the safe side, saving a little for next year, the series is back at it with all-new missions to tackle. Also returning are Sean Murray, Wilmer Valderrama, Katrina Law, Gary Cole, Brian Dietzen, and Diona Reasonover, proving this procedural drama might be getting a little long in the tooth, but we all know why this series has lasted so long: it’s comfort food for those who love a little murder mystery before bedtime.

📺 “Fire Country: Season 5” Trailer: Max Thieriot’s Bode Leone Jumps Back Into the Fire as Station 42 Faces New Wildfires — Premieres Friday, October 9th on CBS and Paramount+

Max Thieriot returns to jump back into the fire. Once a convict seeking a shorter sentence through a Northern California firefighting program, Bode Leone (Thieriot) now walks free while continuing his path toward redemption with Cal Fire. In season five, massive wildfires bring dangerous rescues and unpredictable threats, giving Bode and the rest of the Station 42 crew another reason to put everything on the line to protect their community… and maybe find a place where they truly belong. Sure, firefighters may seem fearless, but it’s not the thrill that keeps them going; it’s the chance to find redemption in every life they save.

📺 “Trespasses” U.S. Trailer: “Furious” Star Lola Petticrew and Tom Cullen Embark on a Forbidden Romance Set During the Troubles in This Four-Part Irish Drama with Gillian Anderson — Premieres Sunday, September 20th on PBS and the PBS App

Irish actress Lola Petticrew just might be the talk of the town after her breakout performance in one of the buzziest TV series of the year, Hulu’s serial-killer thriller Furious. But just before that, she appeared in this Irish drama, which is now getting its U.S. debut this month. Petticrew stars as Cushla, a young Catholic schoolteacher in 1975 Belfast who becomes romantically involved with Michael (Tom Cullen), an older, married Protestant barrister known for defending IRA suspects. Gillian Anderson plays Cushla’s alcoholic mother, Gina, whose drinking problems leave Cushla carrying much of the responsibility at home. It all becomes an explosive mix of forbidden romance, family pressure, and political tension. Based on the novel by Louise Kennedy, the four-episode Irish drama was adapted for television by writer Ailbhe Keogan and directed by Dawn Shadforth.

📺 “Pierre” U.K. Trailer: David Harewood Takes on a Fractured Legal System as a Down-on-His-Luck Lawyer in This New British Crime Series With Michele Austin and Jason Flemyng — Coming October 2026 to UK’s Channel 4

David Harewood is a man on a mission in this British legal drama, playing a West London duty solicitor determined to uncover the truth behind the suspicious death of a young client. Harewood, best known for starring on American shows such as Homeland and Supergirl, returns to his home country of England to dive into a fractured legal system meant to deliver justice, but increasingly strained by cuts, corruption, and institutional pressure. As a down-on-his-luck criminal lawyer, Harewood’s Pierre Jeffreys is a man of conviction, but conviction alone won’t keep his struggling practice afloat. When one case shockingly turns into an unsolved homicide, Pierre refuses to accept the official story and starts digging for answers. What he discovers pulls him into a web of institutional corruption that could cost him his career, his family, and everything he’s fighting to protect.

📺 “Scrubs: Season 2” New Promo: Zach Braff, Donald Faison, and Sarah Chalke Poke Fun at the Classic Operation Board Game — Premiering Wednesday, September 30th on ABC and Hulu / Disney+

It’s a real-life game of Operation in full effect. Those lovable doctors at Sacred Heart poke a little fun at the classic board game in this new promo for season two of the Scrubs revival. J.D. (Zach Braff), Turk (Donald Faison), and Elliot Reid (Sarah Chalke) return for another round of hospital hijinks, now as seasoned veterans guiding a new generation of young physicians who may know the medicine but still have plenty to learn about being doctors. The Bill Lawrence-created medical sitcom has only grown more beloved since ending its initial run, becoming a comfort-watch favorite for fans who never really left Sacred Heart behind. And after all these years, the show continues to prove that laughter is, indeed, the best medicine.

📺 “Maxton Hall: The World Between Us: Season 3” Trailer: Ruby and James Face Their Biggest Test Yet in the Final Season of the German Romance Drama — Premieres Wednesday, December 9th on Prime Video

This German coming-of-age drama series, based on Mona Kasten’s romance novel trilogy, returns for one final season. Starring Harriet Herbig-Matten and Damian Hardung, the story once again follows Ruby and James as their relationship faces its biggest test yet. After being suspended from Maxton Hall College, Ruby finds her future (and her dream of attending Oxford) suddenly hanging in the balance. Meanwhile, James stands by her as she fights to clear her name, even as new revelations put their relationship under pressure. They say love can conquer anything thrown at it… now it’s time to prove it.

📺 “Stavros Halkias: Uncle Stav” Promo Short: Stavros Halkias Goes Full Mission: Impossible in Matt Johnson’s Spy-Movie Parody — Streaming Tuesday, September 8th on Netflix

If you’ve ever wondered what Stavros Halkias might look like as an action star, hanging from the ceiling in a tight black suit… well, here’s your chance. The stand-up comedian spoofs Tom Cruise’s famous Mission: Impossible ceiling-drop scene in this new comedy short, serving as a promo for Stavros’s upcoming Netflix comedy special. Filmmaker Matt Johnson, who recently directed Stavros in the biopic Tony, also directs and appears in the parody, watching in horror as the comedian gets a little too excited about hacking a CIA computer that happens to have some eyebrow-raising photos on its desktop. Talk about some classified material... for your eyes only, huh?

📺 “Nimesh Patel: Buy the Dip” Sneak Peek: Stand-up Comic Nimesh Patel Takes Aim at Parenting, His Indian Family, and a Certain Famous Patel — Streams Tuesday, September 22nd on Netflix

As the first Indian-American comedy writer on Saturday Night Live, stand-up comic Nimesh Patel brings that same biting wit to the stage. In his Netflix comedy special, Patel spares no one, taking aim at parenting, his Indian family, and other well-known Patels, including a certain FBI director who has a funny way of making headlines lately.

📺 “Band of Brothers: Legacy” Trailer: Cast Members Reunite 25 Years Later to Reflect on the Emmy-Winning WWII Miniseries and the Soldiers Who Inspired It in This New Behind-the-Scenes Reunion Special — Streams Wednesday, September 9th on HBO Max

HBO’s award-winning Band of Brothers miniseries remains one of the defining World War II dramas in television history. Everyone involved in the production, including the cast and crew, still holds the profound experience of making it close to their hearts. Now, 25 years after its initial airing, several cast members have returned for this reunion special chronicling the legacy of the Emmy-winning war series. And once again, they set out to highlight the true heroes behind the story: the soldiers whose courage became history, including those who never lived long enough to tell it themselves.

📺 “A Killer Story” Trailer: Investigative Journalist Joe Sexton Reexamines a Decades-Spanning Double-Murder Case and Questions Whether Justice Was Really Served in HBO’s Three-Part True-Crime Series — Debuts Thursday, September 10th on HBO and HBO Max

The truth isn’t always as clear-cut as you might think. In this new HBO true-crime miniseries, investigative journalist Joe Sexton digs into a decades-spanning double-murder case that refuses to offer an easy answer. The case was closed, and a woman was convicted and sent to prison. But was justice served? Joe teams up with a homemaker-turned-citizen sleuth and her husband to uncover whether Dana Chandler was actually guilty of murdering her ex-husband and his girlfriend. It turns out this obscure double-homicide case in Topeka, Kansas, raised much deeper questions about the justice system... and whether the evidence was ever as concrete as it seemed.

📺 “Not a Stranger” Trailer: A Seemingly Ordinary Nanny Brings Growing Unease Into a Young Couple’s Home in This Turkish Psychological Thriller Starring Elçin Sangu, Ozan Dolunay, and Melis Sezen — Streams Thursday, September 17th on Netflix

In this Turkish psychological drama series, a mother’s attempt to reclaim her old life becomes increasingly worrisome after she and her husband invite a seemingly ordinary nanny into their home to look after their newborn child. What begins as a practical arrangement with a woman meant to make their lives easier quickly turns into something far more unsettling as strange changes begin to take hold inside the home. It seems the person they invited in has become the source of growing unease and suspicion. Starring Elçin Sangu, Ozan Dolunay, Melis Sezen, and Cemal Hünal, this Turkish thriller turns a simple act of trust into something increasingly hard to shake.

📺 “Crime and Punishment in America” Trailer: Ken Burns-Produced Four-Part PBS Documentary Traces 250 Years of Crime, Punishment, and Justice — Airing Over Four Consecutive Nights From Monday, November 16th Through Thursday, November 19th on PBS

Leave it to the Ken Burns team to deliver another in-depth, comprehensive four-part documentary about America—this time chronicling the history of the country’s criminal justice system. Since the birth of the nation 250 years ago, Americans have wrestled with questions of crime, punishment, and what justice should actually mean. Director Lynn Novick, known for her numerous collaborations with award-winning documentarian Ken Burns, who also serves as an executive producer, examines how those ideas have evolved over more than two centuries. For every crime, there’s a punishment. But the bigger question is how you build a system that delivers justice without losing sight of mercy and reform.

📺 “The Unbelievable: Encounters with Dan Aykroyd” Trailer: Dan Aykroyd Hosts Eight Strange Tales of Ghosts, UFOs, Aliens, and the Unexplained — Now Streaming on Hulu / Disney+

Here’s some fun trivia: Dan Aykroyd didn’t just co-write and star in Ghostbusters, he’s actually a true believer, with a long-standing fascination with the paranormal and unexplained. Aykroyd brings that same enthusiasm to this paranormal anthology series, digging into strange encounters involving ghosts, UFOs, aliens, and other things that defy easy explanation. Before you know it, Halloween season will soon be here again, and what better way to get into the mood than with eight strange tales hosted by your favorite Ghostbuster? Now streaming on Hulu.

📺 “NFL Melbourne Game 2026” Trailer: San Francisco 49ers Face the Los Angeles Rams in a Historic Australia Showdown as the NFL Goes Global — Streams Live Thursday, September 10th on Netflix

Netflix continues to expand its live-event lineup, this time with an NFL regular-season game as the Los Angeles Rams face the San Francisco 49ers in Melbourne, Australia. It’s another step in the NFL’s push to take American football global, while giving Netflix another chance to build its live sports presence. As sports become one of the last true forms of appointment viewing, this team-up between the NFL and Netflix feels like a natural progression. So, who’s ready for some football... and a little shrimp on the barbie?

tv trailers of the week

This week marks the first week of September, and it’s already looking packed with new releases on both the big and small screens. So if you’re looking for a little breathing room after a couple of months dominated by big box-office smashes and buzzworthy shows, just know that September isn’t exactly slowing things down.

New movies, new TV shows, returning favorites, and plenty of smaller releases are all competing for our attention this week. So once again, the bigger question isn’t what to watch, it’s where to start. Luckily, we’ve jotted down a list of some of the most notable releases coming out over the next couple of days. So, whether you’re heading to the cinemas this weekend or planning to kick off your shoes, plop yourself on the couch, and watch something at home, there’s plenty to choose from. So, scroll down and let’s see what you can add to your never-ending watchlist.

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🎥 Fall 2: Deadpoint
(Wed, Sept 2nd — wide release)

Five thousand feet up, there’s nowhere left but down. In this sequel to 2022’s vertigo-inducing thriller, Harriet Slater stars as Jax, a grieving climber who heads to Mount Kwan with her late sister’s friend Luce (Arsema Thomas), hoping the dangerous trek will bring some kind of closure. Instead, a rockslide strands them high above the ground as the route collapses around them. Sometimes the best way to honor a recently departed loved one is simply to stay alive.

🎥 Katy Perry: The Lifetimes Tour – Live from Paris
(Wed, Sept 2nd — IMAX release)

Pop star Katy Perry brings Paris straight to the biggest screen she can find. Filmed from more than 60 camera angles across two sold-out performances at Accor Arena, this concert extravaganza captures the choreography, costume changes, crowd energy, and career-spanning hits of the Lifetimes Tour. From intimate fan moments to full-scale arena anthems, Perry turns two nights in Paris into a front-row seat built for IMAX.

🎥 Sara Bareilles: Good Grief
(Wed, Sept 2nd — limited release)

Seven years after her last studio album, Sara Bareilles heads back into the recording room with some of her closest musical collaborators. Filmed over a six-day session, Bareilles and her band work through new songs inspired by personal hardship and the long disruption of the pandemic. Rather than treating the process like a standard making-of, this music documentary focuses on the conversations, experiments, and relationships behind her new album, where sorrow and joy often sit side by side in the same song.

🎥 The Hunger Games: All Five Films
(Wed, Sept 2nd — Special Re-release Event, via Fathom Entertainment)

So, this is your chance to revisit all five Hunger Games films right before the new prequel arrives in theaters. Thanks to a special Fathom Entertainment event, the franchise is returning to the big screen this week, which will include an exclusive sneak peek at The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping. So, it’s the perfect time to return to Panem! And watch Katniss Everdeen emerge as the symbolic leader of a rebellion against the Capitol. For Hunger Games fans, the odds are in your favor.

🎥 Onslaught
(Fri, Sept 4th — wide release)

Filmmaker Adam Wingard returns to his genre-mashup roots with this gonzo action throwback starring Adria Arjona as a former military sniper battling PTSD while raising her young daughter in a desert trailer park. But when genetically engineered super soldiers escape a nearby secret military base and invade her home, she’s forced back into combat for one more deadly battle. Locked and loaded, she’s about to remind everyone that some mothers are better suited for the battlefield than the sidelines.

🎥 By Any Means
(Fri, Sept 4th — wide release)

You can’t fight fire with fire, but you can definitely fight dirty when the other side refuses to play by rules. In this historical crime drama based on true events, Mark Wahlberg stars as notorious Mafia hitman Greg Scarpa, who is recruited to work alongside a Black FBI agent (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) investigating the murders of civil-rights leaders in 1960s Mississippi. It’s an unlikely alliance, with the FBI relying on a man whose methods are anything but by the book. The film revisits a dark chapter in American history, when activists were targeted and killed, and seeking justice meant crossing lines the law normally wouldn’t.

🎥 The Sun Never Sets
(Fri, Sept 4th — expands)

There comes a point in adulthood when the future we imagined starts to feel less certain. Joe Swanberg’s latest relationship drama explores that uncertainty, with Dakota Fanning as a woman reconsidering the life she thought she wanted. When her long-term boyfriend (Jake Johnson) asks for space, she returns home and reconnects with a former flame (Cory Michael Smith), creating a complicated love triangle between the future she was building and the past she thought she had left behind.

🎥 Tom and Jerry: Forbidden Compass
(Fri, Sept 4th — limited release)

As the Tom and Jerry franchise’s first fully computer-animated feature, this Chinese co-production sends the iconic rivals into unfamiliar territory. Tom and Jerry’s latest chase takes them farther than ever when a mysterious compass whisks the feuding duo from a museum into a fantastical world inspired by Chinese mythology. Surrounded by magical creatures and ancient lore, the longtime rivals must work together if they hope to find their way home.

🎥 Dear You
(Fri, Sept 4th — limited release)

Drowning in debt, a young Chinese man (Zheng Runqi) travels from Chaoshan to Thailand searching for the grandfather he believes abandoned his family. Instead, a trail of letters reveals years of sacrifice behind his absence. Filmmaker Lan Hongchun turns the journey into a moving drama about migration, devotion, and inheritance, where reconnecting with the past proves worth more than anything money could ever buy.

🎥 American Summer
(Fri, Sept 4th — limited release)

In this nostalgia-laden summer drama, Steve Guttenberg plays Mikey, looking back on the season when his younger self (Logan Gray) discovered baseball, friendship, and first love with Kelly, played by Mia Talerico and Christie Brinkley at different ages. Writer-director Michael W. Gray gives this coming-of-age story a bittersweet edge, looking back on those sunlit days when summers seemed endless and anything felt possible.

🎥 Ever After
(Fri, Sept 4th — limited release)

It’s a lineup of horror favorites, including Kane Hodder, Michael Berryman, and Malcolm McDowell, alongside Mark Sheppard and Bonnie Aarons. In this blood-soaked grindhouse chiller, a group of friends heads to a remote forest lodge for one last celebratory weekend, only to encounter violent fanatics who believe they’re characters from classic fairy tales. With Little Red Riding Hood, the Big Bad Wolf, an evil witch, and Prince Charming transformed into murderous villains, surviving the night means refusing to play by their twisted storybook rules.

🎥 The Girl in the River
(Fri, Sept 4th — limited release)

Devon Sawa, Maggie Grace, Tiffany Haddish, and Ralph Macchio lead the cast of this twisty crime thriller, where the murder of one child and the disappearance of her twin draw two specialists into a small town. As the case grows more disturbing, a seasoned criminologist and forensic psychologist race to find the surviving girl and uncover the killer. What begins as professional curiosity soon becomes something more personal, as solving one murder may be their only chance to stop another.

🎥 Come With Me
(Fri, Sept 4th — limited release)

Theo Rossi reunites with Sons of Anarchy co-star Ron Perlman in this indie thriller about Simon, a working-class man whose lives unravels after a deeply traumatic home invasion. While grieving his best friend and facing mounting pressure at work, Simon (Rossi) becomes consumed by the hate-filled rhetoric of a local shock-jock radio host (Perlman), eventually turning the DJ’s violent words into violent action himself... with deadly consequences.

🎥 Barbara Forever
(Fri, Sept 4th — limited release)

Experimental ’60s filmmaker Barbara Hammer left behind more than a body of work; she created an entirely new way of seeing the world. Drawing from her films, recordings, writings, and personal archives, this documentary traces the pioneering lesbian avant-garde artist’s five-decade career, exploring queer passion, aging, illness, and creativity. Guided by Hammer’s own voice and longtime collaborator Florrie Burke, the film might feel less like a biography and more like a conversation with an artist still speaking through her work.

🎥 Cocoon: One Summer of Girlhood
(Fri, Sept 4th — limited release)

A quiet island summer is shattered by war when best friends San and Mayu are taken from school and sent to care for wounded soldiers inside a cave hospital. As the casualties mount, their friendship becomes one of the few things they can still hold onto. Directed by Yukimitsu Ina and adapted from Machiko Kyo’s manga, this wartime anime drama follows two young girls as childhood gives way to the realities of conflict.

🎥 Akira: 4K Restoration
(Fri, Sept 4th — re-release)

Neo-Tokyo is calling again as Katsuhiro Otomo’s landmark anime returns to theaters in 4K. After Tetsuo is pulled into a military experiment and develops terrifying powers, Kaneda’s attempt to save him spirals into rebellion and destruction. Decades later, this cyberpunk classic still hits hard, reminding us just how much it changed what animation could be.

🎥 Cars: 20th Anniversary
(Fri, Sept 4th — re-release)

Lightning McQueen is taking another lap around the big screen. Owen Wilson voices the rookie racer whose Piston Cup dreams are interrupted when he gets stranded in Radiator Springs. There, Sally, Doc Hudson, Mater, and the rest of the town teach him there’s more to life than winning. Pixar’s road-trip favorite returns to theaters for its 20th anniversary.

🎥 The Nutty Professor: 30th Anniversary
(Fri, Sept 4th — re-release)

Eddie Murphy’s classic comedy celebrates its 30th anniversary with a return to theaters this weekend. A remake of the Jerry Lewis comedy, the film lets Murphy put his own comic spin on kind-hearted professor Sherman Klump, whose experimental weight-loss serum transforms him into the thin, wildly confident Buddy Love. But when Buddy begins taking over Sherman’s career and personal life, he must regain control before his increasingly powerful alter ego pushes him out for good.

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🎥 “Fjord” Trailer: Sebastian Stan Fights to Keep His Family Together in Cristian Mungiu’s Palme d’Or-Winning Drama with Renate Reinsve — In Theaters October 9th

Here’s a hot take: Sebastian Stan just might have the best post-MCU career of anyone from the Avengers team. He’s proven himself more than willing to take on difficult, sometimes deeply unflattering roles: see his Oscar-nominated performance as Donald Trump in The Apprentice or his Emmy-nominated turn as Tommy Lee in Pam & Tommy. Stan seems perfectly happy pushing himself far outside the superhero world, and with all the buzz surrounding his latest film, that fearlessness might just put him back in the Oscar conversation later this year.

In the upcoming thought-provoking drama Fjord, the Romanian-born American actor gets the opportunity to play a Romanian family man forced to face a terrible accusation involving the safety of his children.

Stan plays Mihai, who is happily married to his Norwegian wife, Lisbet (Oscar nominee Renate Reinsve, of Sentimental Value). But when one of their children arrives at school with bruises, the family suddenly finds itself under suspicion of abuse. And due to Norway’s strict child-protection rules, the children are taken away from their parents while authorities investigate the allegations.

Mihai must now defend himself, his religious beliefs, and his right to keep his family together against a system that has already begun questioning everything he stands for.

Written and directed by acclaimed Romanian filmmaker Cristian Mungiu, who previously won the Palme d’Or for his 2007 abortion drama 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, the film marked the director’s return to Cannes, where he once again took home the festival’s top prize.

Fjord will likely spark plenty of conversations when it arrives in U.S. theaters on October 9th.

🎥 “UNABOMBER” Trailer: Jacob Tremblay Plays a Young Ted Kaczynski in Netflix’s True-Crime Drama with Russell Crowe and Shailene Woodley — Debuting September 25th on Netflix

Picture the infamous Unabomber in your mind, and you’ll likely conjure an image of him in a hood, with a thick beard and dark glasses. But have you ever thought about what he was like as a young man, just trying to fit into a world that seemed increasingly difficult for him to understand?

This new Netflix drama-thriller casts Jacob Tremblay (The Life of Chuck, Room) as the young Ted Kaczynski, tracing his journey from disaffected Harvard prodigy to one of America’s most notorious domestic terrorists. And if you want to understand how someone can become so disconnected from society, you first have to take into account how they got there in the first place.

Danish filmmaker Janus Metz, known for the tennis biopic Borg vs McEnroe, as well as directing episodes of Andor and True Detective, takes on the notorious true-crime story, splitting the film between Kaczynski’s troubled youth and the FBI investigation decades later.

Oscar winner Russell Crowe co-stars as Professor Henry Murray, the Harvard psychologist who subjects Kaczynski to a series of controversial psychological experiments while he’s a student; perhaps at a time when he’s already forming his deep distrust of authority figures.

Meanwhile, Shailene Woodley plays FBI agent Joanne Miller, who leads the investigation decades later as agents begin closing in on Kaczynski, now living off-grid in a remote Montana cabin.

Also co-starring Annabelle Wallis, Alexander Ludwig, Steven Ogg, and Marc Menchaca, UNABOMBER seems less interested in simply turning Kaczynski into a monster than in examining how a brilliant, deeply alienated young man became one. The film debuts on Netflix September 25th.

🎥 “A Talent for Murder” Trailer: Helen Mirren Gets Deliciously Mean as Author Patricia Highsmith in Anton Corbijn’s Twisty Murder-Within-a-Murder Thriller with Alden Ehrenreich and Olivia Cooke — Coming to Theaters October 23rd

At a spry 81, you’d think there’s not much Helen Mirren could do at this point that would surprise us. But darn it, she keeps on surprising us with her bold, unexpected choices. Here, Mirren cranks up the crotchety and leans into her deliciously mean side as Patricia Highsmith, the famed author behind such twisted murder thrillers as The Talented Mr. Ripley and Strangers on a Train.

Based on the play Switzerland by Joanna Murray-Smith, A Talent for Murder tells the fictional story of an encounter between Highsmith and a young literary agent sent to convince her to write one final Tom Ripley novel. Over the course of one contentious night, they formulate a dastardly little murder tale that starts to feel almost too real, as Highsmith demands that her young visitor not only write about murder, but get inside the mind of a murderer.

Alden Ehrenreich, of Weapons and Solo: A Star Wars Story, stars opposite Mirren as the young agent manipulated into concocting a twisty murder yarn that begins to stretch the imagination. House of the Dragon star Olivia Cooke plays the woman at the center of their fictional plot, a potential victim in their twisted Ripley tale. As the story takes shape, she becomes not only a figment of his imagination, but also a presence that begins to feel disturbingly real.

Famed Dutch photographer, music-video director, and filmmaker Anton Corbijn directs this twisty murder-within-a-murder thriller. It marks his first feature film since directing the 2015 James Dean and photographer Dennis Stock bio-drama Life. Corbijn is also known for directing the Joy Division biopic Control, as well as the acclaimed espionage thrillers A Most Wanted Man and The American.

A Talent for Murder is slated to open in theaters on October 23rd.

🎥 “Queen at Sea” Trailer: Juliette Binoche and Tom Courtenay Face the Heartbreaking Decisions That Come With Caring for a Loved One with Dementia in Lance Hammer’s Emotionally Charged Drama with Anna Calder-Marshall — Hitting Theaters October 30th

One must get to a certain age when the idea of aging has to be considered more seriously. Rarely do people think or want to think about what it would be like to grow old and truly be dependent on others for basic care. No one wants to believe they’ll reach a point where they can no longer make important decisions for themselves. And yet most families will eventually reach this stage in life, where everyone must come together to make the tough decisions no one really wants to face.

Queen at Sea is a new gut-wrenching family drama that explores some of the hard truths of growing older and what to do when a loved one can no longer care for themselves. Yup. Break out those tissues because this looks like one hell of an emotional gut-punch, especially for anyone who is currently dealing with an elderly loved one.

Oscar-winner Juliette Binoche delivers what certainly appears to be a heartbreaking performance as a daughter struggling to decide what is best for her mother as dementia begins taking away her ability to make critical decisions for herself. Those decisions become exponentially more complicated when she begins to clash with her stepfather over what is truly best for her mother.

Veteran British actor Tom Courtenay (45 Years) seemingly delivers an equally heart-wrenching performance as an elderly husband struggling to protect his seriously ailing wife (Anna Calder-Marshall), while facing the very real possibility that she may need a level of care he can no longer provide.

Written and directed by Lance Hammer, who made the 2008 Sundance-winning drama Ballast, this drama gets to the heart of what families fear about aging: the very thought of losing control of your faculties to the point where loved ones must step in and make the hardest decisions on your behalf.

Queen at Sea earned rave reviews on the festival circuit earlier this year and will soon be making its way to U.S. theaters on October 30th.

🎥 “Nickels” Trailer: Rob Riggle Searches for Signs of His Late Brother in This Supernatural-tinged Family Drama with Aaron Holliday, Bitsie Tulloch, Odessa A’zion, and Rebecca Gayheart — In Select Theaters and on VOD/Digital October 2nd

Comedian Rob Riggle has made us laugh for years, whether in countless sketches on The Daily Show or through laugh-out-loud appearances in comedies like Step Brothers, 22 Jump Street, and The Hangover. But Riggle changes his tune a bit here, taking on a more dramatic role in the emotionally driven supernatural family drama Nickels.

The funny man plays a devoted family man who has spent most of his life grieving the tragic death of his older brother, who was killed in a terrible motorcycle accident 30 years ago. As someone who tends to detect certain signs and symbolic indicators— like random nickels, for instance, Riggle’s character can’t help but see that his next-door neighbor’s son seems to share a strange spiritual connection with his late brother following a similar motorcycle accident that leaves the teen badly injured. Now, he must grapple with the possibility that his late brother may somehow have returned through this boy, causing an emotional and spiritual crisis within his own family.

Also starring Superman & Lois actress Bitsie Tulloch as Riggle’s wife and Marty Supreme breakout Odessa A’zion as their teenage daughter, along with Cocaine Bear’s Aaron Holliday as the injured teen next door, the film is directed by Spencer King (The Wilderness) and written by Tim Tuchrello.

Vinessa Shaw, Tom Arnold, and Rebecca Gayheart, who plays a spiritual medium, round out the cast of this heartfelt drama about unresolved grief and how some signs can’t be ignored.

Nickels is hitting select theaters and VOD/Digital on October 2nd.

🎥 “Trust Me, I’m a Doctor” Trailer: Kal Penn Gets Caught in the Anna Nicole Smith Media Circus in Thane Economou’s Biographical Courtroom Drama with Abbie Cornish and Linda Hamilton — Arriving In Theaters October 16th

You may have heard the tragic life story of ’90s model Anna Nicole Smith. But many might not know the story of the doctor who was pulled into the legal firestorm surrounding her untimely death.

In writer-director Thane Economou’s biographical courtroom drama Trust Me, I’m a Doctor, Harold & Kumar star Kal Penn takes on the role of Dr. Sandeep Kapoor, the real-life physician who was pulled into the inner circle of former Playboy Bunny and reality television star Anna Nicole Smith during the tumultuous period leading up to her tragic accidental overdose death. Lured by fame and celebrity, Dr. Kapoor narrates his stranger-than-fiction life story of a doctor swept into a tabloid circus that would ultimately put his career, reputation, and freedom on the line as he faces a high-profile drug-conspiracy trial.

Also starring Abbie Cornish as Anna Nicole Smith and David Julian Hirsh as her personal lawyer, Howard K. Stern, along with Linda Hamilton as defense attorney Ellyn Garofalo, the film travels back to a time when celebrity trials were becoming wall-to-wall tabloid coverage, and the court of public opinion could carry just as much weight as the one inside the courtroom.

Trust Me, I’m a Doctor arrives in theaters October 16th.

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🎥 “Pendulum” Trailer: Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Phoebe Dynevor Seek Healing at a Sinister Spiritual Retreat in Darren Aronofsky-Produced Thriller from the Writer of ‘Black Swan’ — In Theaters January 1st

From producer Darren Aronofsky and the writer of Black Swan comes a new psychological thriller where grief and manipulation become dangerously difficult to tell apart. Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Phoebe Dynevor star as a grieving couple who travel to a New Mexico retreat hoping to heal after a traumatic event. To their unsettling surprise, they instead find themselves drawn into a spiritual cult where healing isn’t so much the focus as devotion. Screenwriter Mark Heyman makes his feature directorial debut with this unnerving thriller about how unsuspecting souls can be pulled into something sinister when they’re at their most vulnerable.

🎥 “The Social Reckoning” New Trailer: Mikey Madison and Jeremy Allen White Take on Facebook in Aaron Sorkin’s Social Network Companion Piece with Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg — In Theaters October 9th

Everyone loves The Social Network. After all, it’s now considered a modern masterpiece; a film that helped define the social-media era. But it didn’t necessarily tell the whole story, nor could it have anticipated what Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook would eventually become. Aaron Sorkin will try to rectify that with this new companion piece, shifting the focus to the consequences of what Facebook became... and who Zuckerberg is now. Oscar winner Mikey Madison plays Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, while The Bear’s Jeremy Allen White is Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz, who helps her break open the story. What’s the big secret? Only that Facebook executives are fully aware of the harm their social-media platforms can cause while publicly downplaying the risks. Succession’s Jeremy Strong plays an older, far more image-conscious Zuckerberg who knows full well that controlling the narrative is just as important as controlling the company’s public image.

🎥 “Ali G: Who Iz I?” Trailer: Sacha Baron Cohen Brings Back His Famously Clueless Alter Ego for a New Prank-Filled Comedy — In Theaters October 23rd

It’s been over 20 years, but comedian Sacha Baron Cohen is returning to one of his first breakout characters... the one that helped make him an international star. And also made a lot of people think he was a blithering idiot. It’s the return of Ali G! Cohen’s famously idiotic alter ego is back, still armed with the same misplaced confidence and complete lack of self-awareness. Cohen himself makes his directorial debut with this long-awaited follow-up to the 2002 cult comedy Ali G Indahouse, which itself spun off from the popular sketch talk show Da Ali G Show. Using the structure of a prank and stunt show, this documentary-style feature-length comedy has Ali G once again throwing himself into ridiculous situations with absolutely no idea what he’s doing... but with the full confidence of someone who thinks he does. Booyakasha!

🎥 “Avengers: Endgame: Encore” Trailer: Marvel Brings the Infinity Saga Finale Back to Theaters with an Exclusive Look at ‘Avengers: Doomsday’”’ — Back In Theaters September 25th

You still remember the favorite moments. You still know the lines. You still remember cheering when it all came down to those two words: “Avengers... assemble.” Ahead of what’s shaping up to be one of the year’s most anticipated movies, Avengers: Doomsday, Marvel has decided to bring Avengers: Endgame back to theaters for a special Encore presentation. But it won’t be exactly the same theatrical experience, as this re-release will reportedly include four minutes of new footage connected to the events leading into Doomsday. Marvel fans are already buzzing about what those extra minutes could reveal, with Avengers: Doomsday set to debut in December. And with this re-release event set for next month, you know the buzz around Doomsday is only going to get louder.

🎥 “The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth” Title Announcement Teaser: Brad Pitt Returns as Cliff Booth in David Fincher’s Quentin Tarantino-Scripted Sequel — In IMAX November 25th and on Netflix December 23rd

It has an official title and release date! Director David Fincher reunites with Brad Pitt for their fourth feature collaboration, with Quentin Tarantino supplying the screenplay for a quasi-sequel to Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood. Pitt reprises his Oscar-winning role as Cliff Booth, the stuntman, driver, and Hollywood fixer, now stepping into his own standalone story. Taking place in 1977 Los Angeles, eight years after Tarantino’s film, Cliff is off on a new set of “mis-adventures.” Marking one of the rare films written by Tarantino but not directed by him, the project puts his characters and dialogue in the hands of Fincher’s distinct filmmaking style, adding another layer of excitement to an already unusual collaboration. This is also one of the rare original Netflix features to receive an exclusive IMAX release, opening in November nearly a month before it arrives on streaming.

🎥 “The Love Hypothesis” Trailer: Lili Reinhart and Tom Bateman Put Their Chemistry to the Test in This Quirky Fake-Dating Rom-Com Based On Ali Hazelwood’s Bestseller — Streams September 23rd on Prime Video

The thing about romance is that it’s unpredictable. Chemistry between two people isn’t something you can test in a lab. But that doesn’t stop Lili Reinhart’s science-minded Ph.D. candidate Olive Smith from putting love to the test anyway. In this quirky rom-com based on Ali Hazelwood’s bestselling novel, Olive’s carefully controlled academic life gets complicated when one impulsive agreement leads to a fake relationship with the science department’s intimidating professor, Dr. Adam Carlsen (Tom Bateman). She needs to convince her best friend she’s moved on from a crush, while he has his own career-minded reasons for wanting to appear romantically attached. Their fake romance, however, starts feeling a little too real. And love has a funny way of turning even the most carefully controlled experiment into something completely unpredictable.

🎥 “A Prayer for the Dying” Trailer: Johnny Flynn Tries to Hold a Frontier Town Together as a Deadly Outbreak Spreads in Dara Van Dusen’s Western Thriller with John C. Reilly — In Theaters October 9th

When crisis hits, a community must pull together and help one another. This is a story about what happens when it does the opposite, and quickly falls apart. Set in post-Civil War Wisconsin, Johnny Flynn stars as Jacob Hansen, a haunted veteran searching for peace in a remote immigrant community. When an outbreak begins tearing through the settlement, Jacob suddenly finds himself responsible for keeping the peace and maintaining order. But when the disease starts taking more lives than the local doctor (played here by John C. Reilly) can handle, his pleas for quarantine fall on deaf ears, turning fear into panic and neighbors against one another. Jacob soon finds himself overwhelmed as well, giving in to desperation and defeat. Based on Stewart O’Nan’s novel and directed by Norwegian-American filmmaker Dara Van Dusen, the film suggests that surviving the frontier may depend less on individual strength than on whether a community can hold together through the worst of times.

🎥 “The History of Concrete” Trailer: Street Reporter John Wilson Finds the People, Art, and Humor Behind the World’s Most Ordinary Building Material in This New Documnetary — In Theaters September 18th

We step on it. We use it to build our cities. We see it every day in our streets. Yet has anyone ever stopped to really think about concrete? Well, John Wilson has. And he’s made a whole movie about it. As a street journalist and documentarian who earned a cult following with his HBO series How To with John Wilson, he brings his trademark dry wit to exploring the world of... what else, concrete. Using the unorthodox subject matter as a starting point, Wilson explores the people, workers, and artists whose lives revolve around this most ordinary of materials. The result looks to be an amusing exploration of how people build their lives and livelihoods around something most of us take for granted.

🎥 “Possible Love” Trailer: Filmmaker Lee Chang-dong Returns Eight Years After ‘Burning’ with a New Korean Relationship Drama About Class, Desire, and Two Marriages Coming Apart — In Select Theaters October 23rd and on Netflix November 6th

Acclaimed Korean filmmaker Lee Chang-dong returns with his first film in eight years, following the award-winning psychological thriller Burning. Once again, he explores themes of class, desire, and dissatisfaction through the lives of two married couples. Starring Sul Kyung-gu, Jeon Do-yeon, Cho Yeo-jeong, and Zo In-sung, the film follows recently laid-off Ho-seok and his wife Mi-ok as they cross paths with affluent filmmaker Ye-ji and her husband Sang-woo. What starts as a chance encounter gradually becomes more intimate, forcing each of them to confront desires and attractions they’ve kept hidden from themselves.

🎥 “Breeder” Trailer: A College Student Becomes the New Stud in a Twisted Breeding Experiment in New Horror Thriller Starring Daniel Doheny, Dot-Marie Jones, and Maddie Phillips — In Theaters October 16th

A college student agrees to meet a mysterious poodle breeder for a secretive research project. What could possibly go wrong? In this new horror thriller, Daniel Doheny stars as a broke college student lured to a remote ranch with the promise of research funding in exchange for helping with her unusual work. It seems this dog breeder, played by Glee’s Dot-Marie Jones, has just moved on to human subjects, and he just became her new stud. Also starring Gen V’s Maddie Phillips and Yellowstone’s Tanaya Beatty, writer-director Alex Goyette makes his feature directing debut with this twisted tale of what happens when science experiments go way too far... and completely off the ranch.

🎥 “Last Chance Motel” Trailer: Danielle Harris and Scout Taylor-Compton Co-Direct and Star in This Blood-Soaked Motel Slasher with Heather Langenkamp and Shane West — On VOD / Digital October 6th

Some motels are built for comfort, and others are built to make sure you never leave. Actresses Danielle Harris and Scout Taylor-Compton, who have built significant careers in horror as scream queens, team up not only to star but also to co-direct this blood-soaked throwback horror thriller. They play a pair of newlyweds heading to their wedding who decide to stop at a roadside motel for the night. It turns out to be the worst decision they could have made, as the desert lodge is run by psychopaths, including one played by A Nightmare on Elm Street icon Heather Langenkamp. Also co-starring Shane West, Monica Keena, Sierra McCormick, Zachary Roozen, and Robert Allen Mukes, the film packs plenty of familiar horror faces into one very bad night at a motel where the service is to die for.

🎥 “Bloody Tennis” Trailer: An Elite Tennis Academy Takes Competition to Bloody New Extremes in Nikias Chryssos’ Sports-Horror Thriller Starring Sandra Guldberg Kampp, Helena Zengel, and Elina Löwensohn — Streaming September 25th on Shudder

Tennis is a game for athletes looking to push themselves physically and mentally to near perfection. How they get there is probably the bigger question. In this new horror thriller, Sandra Guldberg Kampp, from Apple’s sci-fi series Foundation, stars as Sophie, a young tennis player admitted to an elite academy in Southern Europe, where the pursuit of greatness requires more than sweat and tears. Surrounded by fiercely competitive young athletes, Sophie quickly learns that everyone is willing to push themselves to the limit for a shot at greatness... even if it means consuming human blood for a competitive edge. Written and directed by Nikias Chryssos and co-starring Helena Zengel, Tracy Gotoas, Lucie Zhang, and Lily Taieb, with Elina Löwensohn as the headmistress and Zlatko Burić, tennis isn’t just a game at this academy... it’s a blood sport. Literally.

🎥 “Goody Goody” Trailer: A Home Birth Goes Horribly Wrong in This Snowbound Pregnancy Horror Starring Colleen Foy and Samantha Robinson — Streaming September 18th on Shudder

A natural birth is supposed to be an intimate and peaceful experience where a mother welcomes her newborn child into the world. But no one said anything about doing it during a raging blizzard... or having the whole experience turn into a full-on nightmare. In this new pregnancy horror, Colleen Foy stars as an experienced midwife sent to oversee a home birth at a remote property, only to realize the mother-to-be (Samantha Robinson) is having anything but a normal delivery. Soon the lights go out. The snow starts falling harder. Contractions become more intense as the mother’s belly starts moving in ways it probably shouldn’t. Then things really start going crazy as the night wears on. Written and directed by Raymond Creamer, this aims to prove that some births are probably meant to happen in a hospital. Just for the peace of mind... in case things go horrifically wrong.

🎥 “Ghost in the Shell: 30th Anniversary” Re-Release Trailer: Director Mamoru Oshii’s Landmark Cyberpunk Anime Returns to the Big Screen in 4K — In Theaters September 18th

Considered by many to be a classic of cyberpunk anime, this adaptation of Masamune Shirow’s uber-popular manga is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. And while there have been attempts to remake it, notably with a much-panned live-action take, none have come close to matching the original animated film. Now newly restored in 4K, this Mamoru Oshii-directed sci-fi anime epic follows cybernetic government agent Major Motoko Kusanagi as she and Section 9 hunt down the Puppet Master, a mysterious hacker capable of infiltrating human minds and rewriting their memories. With incredible visuals and a haunting cyberpunk aesthetic, it remains one of the premier anime films of the 1990s and ranks among cinema’s most influential works of science fiction.

🎥 “The Fix” Trailer: Zachary Levi and Liam Neeson Lead a CIA Rescue Mission That Goes Sideways Deep Inside Tehran in This Action Thriller — In Theaters September 11th

The fix is in. What was supposed to be a straightforward rescue mission turns into a fight for survival deep inside Tehran in this military action thriller starring Zachary Levi and Liam Neeson. Written and directed by Guy Moshe and also starring Wes Chatham and Titus Welliver, the film follows a war-scarred CIA team looking for redemption after a previous mission ends in tragedy. Now tasked with a dangerous off-the-books rescue, the team heads into Tehran with little room for error and even less chance of making it out clean. But when their target turns out to be more complicated than expected, the team must figure out whether they were lied to... or deliberately sent into a trap.

🎥 “Ghost in the Cell” Trailer: Some of Indonesia’s Worst Criminals Are Trapped with an Invisible Killer in Joko Anwar’s Blood-Soaked Supernatural Prison Thriller — In Theaters October 2nd

In a prison full of some of the worst criminals and murderers, fear is a constant companion. The question is: what scares the worst of the worst? Perhaps it’s knowing there may always be something worse waiting in the dark. In this new Indonesian prison thriller from writer-director Joko Anwar, a high-security facility already ruled by violent gangs and a tyrannical warden suddenly has something far more terrifying stalking its cells. When prisoners are found brutally mutilated and displayed as warnings, the inmates realize that whatever is hunting them isn’t human... and may be impossible to fight. Starring Abimana Aryasatya, Almanzo Konoralma, and Aming Sugandhi, this blood-soaked, darkly comedic action-thriller forces hardened criminals to face the one enemy they can’t intimidate... or even see.

🎥 “Sylvania” Trailer: Kerry Bishé Hits the Road with a Family on the Brink in Kyle Smith’s Throwback Indie Road-Trip Dramedy With Morgan Beck, Graham Verchere, and Paul Dillon — Coming Soon

A road trip. A couple on the verge of divorce. Screwed-up parents and a teenager looking for some guidance. Wait... is this a classic indie road film where all the answers to life’s problems can be found somewhere down the highway? In writer-director Kyle Smith’s heartfelt throwback dramedy, Halt and Catch Fire star Kerry Bishé plays Gracie, a mother whose marriage is nearing the end just as family obligations pull everyone back into the car. While traveling from Chicago to visit Gracie’s estranged father Frank (Paul Dillon), whose early-stage dementia has made living alone increasingly difficult, Gracie, her husband Stewart (Morgan Beck), their teenage son (Graham Verchere), and their four-month-old baby find themselves dealing with the kind of family baggage no road trip can outrun. Some marriages aren’t meant to last, but others just need a few more miles on the road before anyone can say for sure.

🎥 “Tiny Fugitives” Trailer: Five Kids Take on Johnny Knoxville in This R-Rated Summer Camp Comedy From the Producers Behind ‘Good Boys’ and ‘Blockers’ — In Theaters September 18th

It’s five kids versus Johnny Knoxville. The odds are pretty even, if you ask us. In this summer camp comedy, Benjamin Pajak, Aaron Harris, Isa Bernal Steiner, Jai Soundar, and Alyssa Gervasi star as a group of twelve-year-olds determined to stake their claim on summer camp for good. But when veteran camp counselor Bob (Knoxville) arrives on the scene with a mission to put an end to their plans, things quickly devolve into an all-out fight for control of the camp. May the best man... or kid win.

🎥 “Call My Agent! The Movie” Trailer: Camille Cottin Trades A-List Clients for the Director’s Chair in the Feature-Length Revival of the French Workplace Comedy — Debuts September 10th on Netflix

It’s the popular French workplace comedy that poked fun at celebrity culture and the bloated egos of movie stars. Now, five years after the series ended, it returns as a feature-length revival. Once again, French actress and comedian Camille Cottin stars as Andréa Martel, the former talent agent to the stars. She has traded her list of A-list clients for the director’s chair to helm a studio picture. But she soon finds that making a movie may be even harder than managing the stars in one. Packed with notable guest cameos, including George Clooney, Laetitia Casta, and Vincent Macaigne as themselves, the film also sees the return of cast regulars Laure Calamy, Thibault de Montalembert, Grégory Montel, Nicolas Maury, Fanny Sidney, Liliane Rovère, and Ophélia Kolb. Sometimes the best way to make a movie is to poke fun at the people making it.

🎥 “The Room Below” Trailer: Alyssa Sutherland’s Grief Takes a Monstrous Turn in This Psychological Horror Flick with Jonathan Rhys Meyers — On VOD / Digital September 1st

Pain is nothing to underestimate, especially when it can manifest in disturbing ways. Evil Dead Rise star Alyssa Sutherland plays Mia Levine, a grieving mother who kidnaps a young boy in a desperate attempt to replace the son she lost to cancer. As a professional children’s book author, Mia finds herself grappling not only with unimaginable grief, but with an unfettered imagination that begins to take her somewhere increasingly disturbing, pushing her to do the unthinkable. Co-starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers as retired detective whose investigation into the missing boy begins closing in on Mia’s unraveling world, writer-director Kurt Martin offers a psychological creature horror where pain and sadness become something monstrous.

🎥 “Influence” Trailer: A Rejected Filmmaker Kidnaps the Social-Media Star Who Turned Her Down in Ryan Moore’s Darkly Comic Indie Thriller Starring Cheyenne Perez and Grace Kaufman — On VOD / Digital September 4th

In order to make your dreams come true, you might have to destroy someone else’s. In this new indie thriller, Cheyenne Perez plays Patricia, a budding filmmaker who kidnaps social-media influencer Ashley (Grace Kaufman) after she rejects an offer to star in her movie. Deeply hurt after being rejected multiple times, Patricia becomes increasingly unhinged, staging a kidnapping to force Ashley to answer for the rejection; and finally listen to what she has to say. Written, directed, produced, shot, and edited by Ryan Moore, the film turns one filmmaker’s bruised ambition into a darkly comic battle over rejection, obsession, and control.

🎥 “Lion Fist” Trailer: Martial Artist Mathis Landwehr Fights His Way Through an Underground Tournament to Save His Son in This Throwback Action Flick — On VOD / Digital September 15th

Miss those old days of ’90s-era action flicks where tough guys settled everything with their fists? German martial artist Mathis Landwehr is here to fill that void, starring as Joe Bernardt, a fighter and newly released convict who enters a brutal underground tournament for the $100,000 prize that could pay for a life-saving operation for his seriously ill son. Under the tutelage of Grandmaster Wu (Yanlong Li), Joe prepares to kick and punch his way through a savage competition stacked with some of the toughest fighters around. For someone who has been fighting his whole life, this one may be the only fight that truly matters.

🎥 “Drive Through Fire” Trailer: Michael Jai White Hunts Down a Desperate Getaway Driver Caught in a Deadly Criminal Operation in This Action Thriller with Jim Carlson and Dan Bakkedahl — On VOD / Digital September 11th

Michael Jai White is no stranger to action films, having spent much of his career appearing in low-to-mid budget genre fare. However, comic actor Dan Bakkedahl, of Veep fame, is relatively new to the action game, playing against type here as one of the film’s main villains. White stars as a veteran detective trailing a desperate father (Jim Carlson) who has been forced to become the getaway driver in a deadly robbery. He soon discovers the driver may be a victim rather than a willing criminal as the case exposes a much larger operation involving the trafficking of women. Also starring Jennifer Bond and Kate Duffy, with Bakkedahl as a menacing enforcer trying to clean up loose ends, this action thriller turns one desperate getaway into a fight to expose just how deep the criminal operation runs.

🎥 “A Chinese Ghost Story: 4K Restoration” Blu-Ray Trailer: Leslie Cheung Battles Ghosts and Demons in Ching Siu-Tung’s Genre-Bending Hong Kong Fantasy Classic — Coming to 4K Blu-ray October 26th via Arrow Video U.K.

When people think of ’70s and ’80s Chinese martial-arts films, they often forget there was another popular subgenre running alongside them: supernatural martial-arts horror. These films helped inspire countless genre mashups, blending martial-arts action with ghosts, romance, comedy, and supernatural horror. One of the most prominent to come out of the ’80s was this supernatural fantasy classic from legendary Hong Kong filmmaker and action choreographer Ching Siu-Tung, known for The Swordsman trilogy and Duel to the Death. In this genre-bending 1987 epic, Hong Kong icon Leslie Cheung plays a timid tax collector who falls for a beautiful ghost and is drawn into a supernatural battle of demons, swordplay, and a romance that crosses the line between life and death. Newly restored in 4K, Arrow Video is set to release the film as part of its upcoming 4K Blu-ray trilogy collection.

🎥 “Queen Budapest: 40th Anniversary” Trailer: Queen’s Historic 1986 Concert Film with Freddie Mercury Returns Newly Restored in 4K — In IMAX Theaters October 7th, with Encore Screenings October 10th

If you don’t know much about Queen, you probably know this much: they knew how to put on a great rock show and were arguably one of the greatest live bands in history. And Freddie Mercury was, without a doubt, one of the greatest frontmen of all time. Newly restored in 4K from the original 35mm footage, with newly remixed audio, this concert film was originally shot before more than 80,000 fans at Budapest’s Népstadion during Queen’s 1986 Magic Tour. Now, for its 40th anniversary, it returns to the big screen, giving a new generation of fans a chance to see exactly why Queen remains one of the greatest live bands in rock history.

🎥 “Unzipped: 4K Restoration” Trailer: Isaac Mizrahi Takes Us Behind the Runway in This Classic ’90s Fashion Documentary Featuring Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, and Kate Moss — In Theaters September 25th

The ’90s were the age of the supermodel. And during that decade, designer Isaac Mizrahi was perhaps one of fashion’s biggest personalities. Newly restored in 4K, this classic 1995 documentary dives into Mizrahi’s creative process as he prepares his fall 1994 collection, from early sketches and fittings to backstage nerves and the final runway show. It’s a fascinating look at fashion in the ’90s, when everything felt bigger and bolder... including the designers, models, and personalities who were becoming celebrities in their own right.

🎥 “Go Team!” Trailer: A Corporate Team-Building Retreat Turns Into a Fight for Job Security in This Spanish Workplace Comedy Starring Alexandra Jiménez, Maribel Verdú, Pedro Casablanc, and Raúl Tejón — Streams September 11th on Netflix

In this Spanish workplace comedy, Alexandra Jiménez, Maribel Verdú, Pedro Casablanc, and Raúl Tejón star as office workers at a struggling cheese company sent on a rural team-building retreat. The goal is to build better teamwork and learn how to function as a unit, so the employees arrive expecting little more than awkward exercises and forced corporate bonding. What they get instead is something entirely different: a corporate survival game where everyone learns that some of them won’t have a job by the end of the weekend. Directed by Diego Núñez Irigoyen and written by Adolfo Valor and Cristóbal Garrido, the film turns a routine company retreat into an increasingly desperate fight for job security.

🎥 “Alpha” Trailer: Alia Bhatt and Sharvari Star in This High-Octane Female-Driven Indian Spy Thriller Set Within the YRF Spy Universe — Streams August 28th on Netflix

Indian cinema is known for its grand spectacle and elaborate action sequences, and this looks to be no exception. This hyperkinetic spy thriller seems to be packed with enough high-octane energy to keep audiences glued to the screen. Starring Alia Bhatt (RRR) and Sharvari (Munjya) as two highly trained operatives, the film throws them into a world of covert missions where loyalty is constantly tested and it’s never entirely clear who can be trusted. Directed by Shiv Rawail and co-starring Anil Kapoor and Bobby Deol, the film marks a female-led entry in the YRF Spy Universe. So expect plenty of slow-motion action scenes, only to be ramped up with camera movements so fast they practically whip you through the action.

🎥 “Godzilla Minus Zero” Behind-the-Scenes Featurette: Takashi Yamazaki Returns to Rebuild Godzilla from the Ground Up in the Follow-Up to the Oscar-Winning ‘Godzilla Minus One’ — In Theaters and IMAX November 6th

Go behind the scenes of the making of the highly anticipated sequel to the Oscar-winning Godzilla Minus One, which saw war-torn Japan devastated by the arrival of a giant nuclear-born monster. The film earned widespread acclaim for its visual effects, created by a tight-knit team of artists led by writer-director and visual-effects supervisor Takashi Yamazaki. He returns to not only helm the production but also oversee its visual effects once again as the story picks up two years after the events of the first film. Godzilla has appeared in countless movies over the decades, but this may be one of the rare franchises where the visual-effects team behind the monster has become almost as fascinating as Godzilla himself.

🎥 “The Passion of the Christ” Re-Release Promo: Mel Gibson’s Biblical Epic Returns to Theaters with a First Look at ‘The Resurrection of the Christ: Part One’ — Back In Theaters September 10th–17th via Fathom Entertainment

More than 20 years after its original theatrical release, Mel Gibson’s biblical epic returns to the big screen in a newly remastered 4K presentation. Starring Jim Caviezel as Jesus, the film became a box-office smash and one of the highest-grossing independently distributed films in U.S. history. With Gibson currently working on the long-awaited two-part sequel, The Resurrection of the Christ, this new re-release will include a first look at Part One, which is set to open in 2027.

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📺 “The Gentlemen: Season 2” Trailer: Theo James Wants More Power as Eddie and Susie Take On Bobby Glass in Guy Ritchie’s Gangster Series With Kaya Scodelario, Ray Winstone, and Hugh Bonneville — Returning Thursday, September 3rd on Netflix

The thing about the drug game is, it’s not necessarily the crime you have to worry about... it’s the criminals. One false move, and the people you thought were partners can quickly become your biggest enemies. In a world where tensions run high and trust can disappear just as quickly as the money, all you’ve got is respect and your instincts. And if one of them fails you, the other might not be enough to keep you alive.

Theo James returns for Season 2 of Guy Ritchie’s gangster crime series as Eddie Horniman, now fully immersed in the criminal empire he once stumbled into. Initially reluctant to get involved in the family weed business, Eddie, an English aristocrat and the Duke of Halstead, has now gotten a taste for power and an appetite for ambition. He wants to expand the operation beyond England, putting him increasingly at odds with mob king Bobby Glass (Ray Winstone). But with Bobby’s daughter, who happens to be Eddie’s partner in crime, Susie Glass (Kaya Scodelario), caught between them, Eddie’s expansion plans could put more than just the business at risk. But then again, they often say, no risk, no reward. In this case, however, risk means death, and reward means more power and money than Eddie could ever need. But once he steps over that line, there’s no coming back to the gentleman’s life he came from.

Based on Ritchie’s 2019 film of the same name, The Gentlemen is a spiritual spin-off set in the same London cannabis underworld, where deals are made with bullets and blood often serves as the ink on the dotted line.

The Netflix series, which has already been greenlit for a third season, has been in the news lately, as Meghan Markle (the American actress from Suits turned Duchess of Sussex) was rumored to be making her acting return with a role in the series. Though nothing has been confirmed yet, Markle is already getting plenty of backlash in England for even considering a return to her former profession, since apparently stepping back into the acting world is still viewed as a no-no and not exactly respectable in the eyes of the British monarchy. Go figure. That being said, the monarchy isn’t exactly the barometer for respectability these days.

“All bets are off,” a Netflix casting executive cryptically responded in a recent interview when asked about the reports surrounding Markle’s possible role in Season 3. What exactly does that even mean? Your guess is as good as any.

Also starring Daniel Ings, Joely Richardson, Vinnie Jones, Giancarlo Esposito, Hugh Bonneville, Michele Morrone, and Maya Jama, with Ritchie returning as both executive producer and director, The Gentlemen: Season 2 returns September 3rd on Netflix.

📺 “Brothers” Trailer: Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson Wonder If Their Real-Life Friendship Is Actually a Family Affair in Apple’s New Comedy Series — Premiering Wednesday, September 23rd on Apple TV

Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson are often confused for each other, mainly because they’re both from Texas and have those distinctive Texas drawls. They both also have wild stories about living it up and embracing carefree lifestyles. And yes, sometimes a little marijuana is involved... along with a pair of bongos.

But here’s a wild idea: what if those similarities weren’t coincidental? What if they were somehow inherited, maybe even genetic? Like brothers.

In this new Apple comedy series, McConaughey and Harrelson, who are actually close friends in real life, play heightened versions of themselves in a semi-biographical yarn about discovering they might actually be related. It’s a family secret that puts their friendship to the test. The ultimate test.

Created and developed by showrunner Lee Eisenberg (Jury Duty, Bad Teacher) and Schitt’s Creek producer-writer David West Read, along with McConaughey and Harrelson, this satirical series pokes fun at their celebrity personas, real-life friendship, and the possibility that their brotherly bond may be more literal than either of them ever imagined.

Also starring Holland Taylor as McConaughey’s wisecracking mother, Ma Mac, as well as Brittany Ishibashi as Harrelson’s wife, Joy, with Natalie Martinez, Nolan Almeida, Ella Grace Helton, Noah Carganilla, Highdee Kuan, and Oona Yaffe rounding out the cast, the comedy series offers two of Hollywood’s most recognizable personalities a chance to poke fun at themselves and each other as they try to live by the mantra: “Just keep livin’, man. L-I-V-I-N.”

Brothers is slated to premiere Wednesday, September 23rd, on Apple TV with its first two episodes, followed by new episodes weekly through November 4th.

📺 “12 12 12” Teaser: Anthony Mackie Hunts Jamie Dornan in Apple’s New Three-Timeline Heist Thriller — Premieres Friday, November 13th on Apple TV

12 months to plan. 12 hours to execute. And if not caught within 12 days... the thief may disappear for good. Anthony Mackie stars as a relentless FBI agent hunting a career criminal (played by Jamie Dornan) across Europe in this new Apple original series, where one elaborate heist unfolds across three timelines: the planning, the execution, and the escape. Created by Dudi Appleton and Jim Keeble, and directed in part by The Falcon and the Winter Soldier helmer Kari Skogland, the eight-episode crime thriller turns every stage of the heist into part of the chase.

📺 “Youth” Trailer: Sharon Horgan Turns 50, Gets Divorced, and Goes Looking for Sex, Love, and a Second Act in HBO’s New Comedy-Drama Series — Premiering Sunday, September 20th on HBO / HBO Max

Irish comedian Sharon Horgan has turned the real-life messiness of parenting, marriage, and relationships into a thriving television career, with hit shows like Catastrophe, Bad Sisters, and Divorce. Now she’s turning her anxiety about becoming an empty nester into her new HBO series, where she plays Alex, a newly divorced 50-year-old literary agent juggling sex, love, aging parents, and a son who isn’t quite as grown-up as he should be. Co-starring Rupert Friend, Sharlene Whyte, and Aran Murphy, Horgan aims to get to the heart of every 50-year-old woman’s fear... waking up one day and wondering where the hell your youth went.

📺 “Eternally Yours” Trailer: Allegra Edwards and Ed Weeks Are Married Vampires Facing Their Biggest Family Crisis Yet in CBS’ New Supernatural Comedy From the Creators of ‘Ghosts’ — Premieres Thursday, October 8th on CBS and Paramount+

Parenting is hard. Marriage is hard. Parenting while trying to keep a five-century vampire marriage together? Well, that’s a whole different kind of family problem. In this new CBS sitcom from Joe Port and Joe Wiseman, the creators of the American version of Ghosts, Allegra Edwards (Upload) and Ed Weeks (The Mindy Project) star as Liz and Charles, a married vampire couple whose five-century relationship gets complicated when their daughter falls for a human. Don’t you hate it when your kid starts dating outside their own species? Jeez! Also starring Parker Young, Helen J Shen, Jaren Lewison, and Rose Abdoo, this supernatural comedy may be aiming for the funny bone, but it might just go for the jugular, too.

📺 “DOC: Season 3” Trailer: Molly Parker Returns as Dr. Amy Larsen Faces Her Forgotten Past Alongside New Cast Member Blair Underwood in FOX’s Medical Drama — Returning Tuesday, September 22nd on FOX

Is there a doctor in the house... preferably one with their memory still intact. Oh no? Okay, then Dr. Amy Larsen will have to do. Molly Parker returns for Season 3 of the hit FOX medical drama, where she plays a brilliant physician still rebuilding her life after a serious car accident left her with a brain injury that wiped away the last eight years of her memory, including the death of her child and her divorce. Still recovering, Dr. Larsen continues piecing together the life she lost while trying to move forward with the one she has now. The problem is, those missing years were incredibly painful, and somewhere along the way, she became incredibly difficult to work with. Now she has to come to grips with who she was... and decide the kind of doctor she wants to be; one who can take on the most difficult cases without sliding back into that angry person she once became.

📺 “Outlander: Blood of My Blood: Season 2” Trailer: Hermione Corfield, Jeremy Irvine, Harriet Slater, and Jamie Roy Return as Two Generations of Star-Crossed Lovers Battle History, Separation, and Time Itself in Prequel Spinoff Series — Premieres Friday, September 18th on STARZ

Love has a funny way of stretching across centuries in the world of Outlander. In this new season of the prequel spinoff, Hermione Corfield, Jeremy Irvine, Harriet Slater, and Jamie Roy return as Julia, Henry, Ellen, and Brian, two pairs of star-crossed lovers whose marriages will eventually give rise to Claire and Jamie Fraser and their own time-bending romance. In Season 2, Julia, Henry, Ellen, and Brian once again find themselves fighting history, family obligation, war, and separation as they struggle to stay together, while a strange formation of magical stones serves as a gateway through time... where one can step through, but there’s no telling what waits on the other side.

📺 “Sweetpea: Season 2” Teaser: Ella Purnell’s Killer Wallflower Faces a Dangerous Copycat in the Darkly Comic Thriller — Coming to Sky UK This November and STARZ USA in Early 2027

When she’s not fighting post-apocalyptic ghouls, mutated monsters, and evil conspiracists in Amazon’s Fallout, Ella Purnell can be seen starring in this darkly comic thriller, tapping into her darker side with a growing kill list and a taste for revenge. Whereas she plays the innocent, naive underground survivalist in Fallout, Purnell is anything but innocent here, playing a wallflower-turned-killer who has fully embraced her darker impulses. In Season 2, Purnell’s Rhiannon discovers that a copycat murderer is threatening to expose everything she’s been hiding. Worse yet, she has no idea whether the killer is trying to imitate her, communicate with her, or set her up to take the fall.

📺 “Stranger Things: Tales From ’85: Season 2” Trailer: Netflix’s Animated ‘Stranger Things’”’ Spinoff Returns for a Second Season with Another Possible Gate to the Upside Down — Premieres Thursday, September 17th on Netflix

Just when you thought there couldn’t possibly be any more “strange” stories to tell, here comes a second season of the animated Stranger Things spinoff series, set between events in the live-action timeline. While much of the original series takes place during summer break or around the school year, the animated show continues its winter setting, once again following Eleven, Mike, Will, Dustin, Lucas, Max, and Nikki. This time around, ghostly apparitions and swarms of creatures known as hate sprites suggest another gate to the Upside Down may be forming beneath Hawkins. Executive produced by the Duffer Brothers, Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen, and showrunner Eric Robles, the animated series keeps its Saturday-morning-cartoon vibe with a supernatural bent, giving Stranger Things fans a little more time in Hawkins.

📺 “JAY-Z in 8” Trailer: JAY-Z and Rick Rubin Sit Down for an Eight-Part Conversation About Music, Life, and the Creative Process — Premieres Friday, September 18th on HBO / HBO Max

Two of music’s most influential figures in hip-hop have come together for one long conversation. And they’re talking about everything from music and lyrics to life experience and the creative process. Grammy Award-winning rapper and mogul JAY-Z joins his longtime collaborator, legendary record producer Rick Rubin, for an eight-part HBO documentary series. As friends, collaborators, music wizards, and two artists with decades of history between them, the pair dig into the songs and experiences that helped reshape not only hip-hop, but the music landscape as a whole.

🎥 “Get Jiro” Trailer: A Sushi Master Cuts His Way Through a Dystopian Los Angeles Where Chefs Rule and Diners Kill for Reservations in Adult Swim’s Animated Action Satire Based on Anthony Bourdain and Joel Rose’s Graphic Novel — Premiering Saturday, October 3rd on Adult Swim / Toonami

Cooks are known for having sharp knife skills and even sharper tempers. But sometimes, when push comes to shove, those knives aren’t just for the food... they’re for protecting turf. Inspired by the late Anthony Bourdain and Joel Rose’s 2012 graphic novel, this Adult Swim animated action satire takes us to a future Los Angeles where chefs rule and diners are willing to kill for a reservation. In dystopian Downtown L.A., whoever can chop up sushi as quickly and cleanly as they can a human body controls the streets. And that man just happens to be named Jiro.

📺 “Stavros Halkias: Uncle Stav” Trailer: Comedian Stavros Halkias Gets Candid About Family and Getting Older in His New Netflix Stand-Up Special — Debuts Tuesday, September 8th on Netflix

While lately he’s been acting in projects like Bugonia, Tony, and Netflix’s Tires, comedian Stavros Halkias hasn’t forgotten what got him into show business in the first place: stand-up comedy. He returns to the stage with a new Netflix special centered on his Greek family and the particular chaos that comes with becoming Uncle Stav. And this time around, his blunt, self-deprecating humor takes on the everyday absurdities of getting older and, maybe, a little wiser.

📺 “The Varnell Hill Show” Trailer: Tommy Davidson Brings His Fan-Favorite ‘Martin’ Character Back for a Long-Overdue Late-Night Comeback in New Spin-off Series — Premieres Tuesday, September 1st on BET / Paramount+

Iconic In Living Color comedian Tommy Davidson gets the chance to reprise one of his most memorable characters, Varnell Hill, nearly three decades after his appearance on the classic ’90s sitcom Martin. In this spinoff comedy series, Varnell is now the host of his own long-running late-night show, where changing tastes, network pressure, and an unruly staff threaten the empire he built around his outsized personality. Also starring Kym Whitley, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Nick Cafero, Emmanuel Hudson, and Chris Williams, with Martin Lawrence making a special appearance, this long-overdue comeback brings Varnell Hill back where he always wanted to be: center stage.

📺 “Agatha Christie’s Tommy & Tuppence” Trailer: Josh Dylan and Antonia Thomas Bring Christie’s Amateur Sleuths Into the Modern Age in BritBox’s Contemporary British Mystery Series — Premiering Tuesday, September 15th on BritBox

Forget that old Agatha Christie mystery you remember... ’cuz this new whodunit gives one of Christie’s classic detective tales a contemporary spin. Based on Christie’s Tommy and Tuppence stories, the six-part British series stars Josh Dylan (Masters of the Air) and Antonia Thomas (The Good Doctor) as the titular amateur sleuths, stumbling from one mystery into the next. Set in the present day, where smartphones and social media now sit alongside the usual clues, suspects, and red herrings, Tommy and Tuppence discover that solving crimes may be easier than figuring out their own complicated relationship. Should they, would they, might they? Between the mysteries and their messy romance, Tommy and Tuppence may be the one case neither can quite solve.

📺 “City of Blood” Trailer: Lea Drinda and Soma Pysall Face a Vampire Power Grab in Hulu’s Dystopian German Thriller — Streams Wednesday, September 16th on Hulu

Imagine a future Berlin: the climate is collapsing, the wealthy live beneath a climate-controlled dome, and everyone else is left to survive the heat, crime, and corruption outside. Plus, blood has become the city’s most valuable currency... due to vampires! Adapted from the graphic novel Berlinoir, created by Philipp Kadelbach and Elena Lyubarskaya, and executive produced by actor Daniel Brühl, this new German dystopian thriller series stars Lea Drinda and Soma Pysall as estranged sisters who reunite as a looming election reveals a vampire plot to take control of the city. In this fractured world, whoever controls the blood supply may end up controlling Berlin.

📺 “The Scandal” Teaser: Son Ye-jin Challenges Ji Chang-wook to a Dangerous Game of Seduction in Netflix’s Joseon-Era “Dangerous Liaisons” Adaptation — Premiering Friday, September 18th on Netflix

A game of desire may have begun with seduction, but sometimes the players have other ideas. In this new Korean period drama, Lady Cho (Son Ye-jin) turns attraction into a dangerous wager when she challenges famed lover Cho Won (Ji Chang-wook) to seduce the unsuspecting Hui-yeon (Nana). The classic 18th-century French novel Dangerous Liaisons once again serves as the inspiration, relocating its games of lust, manipulation, and betrayal to Joseon-era Korea. But if you think the change of setting will somehow lessen the salaciousness between these three players, don’t fret... these games are every bit as wicked.

📺 “The Gold: Season 2” Trailer: Britain’s Brink’s-Mat Heist Drama Returns as Hugh Bonneville Hunts the Missing Gold Across an Expanding Criminal Network — Debuts Sunday, October 18th on MASTERPIECE PBS in the U.S.

Inspired by one of Britain’s most notorious heists, this fact-inspired British crime drama stars Hugh Bonneville, Charlotte Spencer, Emun Elliott, and Jack Lowden as it follows the far-reaching aftermath of the 1983 Brink’s-Mat robbery. After airing in the UK last year, Season 2 now makes its way to the States, with the hunt for the missing gold expanding into international money laundering, corruption, and organized crime.

📺 “Real Men: Season 2” Trailer: Four Friends Keep Trying to Figure Out Modern Manhood in Netflix’s Italian Comedy — Streams Wednesday, October 7th on Netflix

What does it take to be a real man? Apparently, a lot of unlearning. Returning for a new season, this Italian comedy series follows four longtime friends (played by Maurizio Lastrico, Matteo Martari, Francesco Montanari, and Pietro Sermonti) as they try to navigate changing ideas of masculinity while juggling relationships, family, new jobs, and the old habits they can’t quite shake. In a world where the rules of modern manhood keep changing, these four guys are still trying to figure out where they fit.

📺 “Cassie Workman Is Witchy AF” Trailer: Australian Comedian Cassie Workman Goes Deep Into Witchcraft and Occult Weirdness in This Lilly Wachowski-Produced Offbeat Talk Show / Supernatural Comedy Series — Premiering Wednesday, September 16th via ETCH’s YouTube Channel

From executive producer Lilly Wachowski, of The Matrix franchise, comes an offbeat comedy series like no other. Part occult deep dive, part supernatural curiosity, and part irreverent comedy, this online talk-show comedy series follows Australian trans comedian Cassie Workman as she explores the strange world of witchcraft, folklore, ritual magic, and everything in between. There’s camp, gender fluidity, and plenty of occult weirdness to keep viewers under its spell. After all, everyone is welcome... for a little witchy fun.

📺 “NFL Play Action” Trailer: Kyle Brandt and Ally Love Break Down the NFL’s Biggest Games, Storylines, and Off-Field Culture in Paramount’s New Weekly Sports Series — Debuts Wednesday, September 9th on Paramount+

Are you ready for some football?! And if so, get ready for plenty of sports commentary to go with it, because everybody seems to have something to say about the upcoming season. Case in point: this new Paramount+ football show, which takes a weekly look at the NFL both on and off the field. Hosted by sports commentator Kyle Brandt and co-hosted by sports personality Ally Love, the series covers the week’s biggest matchups, players, and storylines while also getting into the fashion, food, and entertainment surrounding the game. It’s football season again, so get ready for big games and even bigger opinions about everything happening on and off the field.

📺 “The Program: Texas Tech” Trailer: Dennis Quaid Narrates an All-Access Look at the Red Raiders’ Historic 2025 Football Season — Debuts Friday, September 4th on Paramount+

There’s no football like Texas football. In this four-episode documentary, Texas Tech opens its doors for an all-access look at the Red Raiders’ historic 2025 season. Narrated by Texas-born actor Dennis Quaid, the docuseries follows the players, coaches, university, and West Texas community, digging into the stories that fueled a landmark campaign and made the season about much more than football.

tv trailers of the week

With only a week to go before we flip the calendar page from August to September, the month is closing out with a surprisingly packed slate of new releases. There’s nothing too massive or high-profile here, but there is plenty of variety, with theaters making room for a mix of lower- and mid-budget films across just about every genre. And on the TV side, things aren’t exactly slowing down either, with a solid mix of new and returning shows arriving this week.

Like always, we’ve compiled this week’s major releases, because keeping track of everything arriving across theaters, streaming, VOD, and television has only gotten harder. That’s why we’re here: to sort through the clutter and make it a little easier for moviegoers and TV fans to figure out what’s actually coming out this week.

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• 🎦 Streaming This Week

• ✅ On VOD This Week

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🎥 Ghost: 2 Big To Rig
(Wed, Aug 26th and Thurs, Aug 27th — limited IMAX engagement)

Swedish arena rock band Ghost brings its Skeletour tour to the big screen in this concert film from director Amir Chamdin. Shot during two sold-out September 2025 shows at Mexico City’s Palacio de los Deportes, the film captures Tobias Forge as his stage alter ego, Papa V Perpetua, leading Ghost through the elaborate staging, masked pageantry, and arena-sized rock that have defined this chapter of the band’s touring history.

🎥 American Martyr: The Stanley Rother Story
(Wed, Aug 26th & Fri, Aug 28th — limited engagement)

Martin Sheen narrates this feature-length documentary about Father Stanley Rother, an Oklahoma-born priest who devoted his life to serving the Indigenous Tz’utujil community of Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala. As civil war and violence spread around him, Rother chose to remain with the people he served, despite the growing danger to his own life. The film follows a life shaped by faith, courage, sacrifice, and a deep sense of responsibility to others.

🎥 The Dog Stars
(Fri, Aug 28th — wide release)

Jacob Elordi follows his Oscar-nominated turn as Frankenstein’s Monster by facing the end of the world in Ridley Scott’s post-apocalyptic survival drama. Here, Elordi plays Hig, a young pilot living alongside Josh Brolin’s hardened survivalist, Bangley. When a mysterious radio transmission suggests there may be life beyond their isolated homestead, Hig ventures into a ruined world filled with dangerous scavengers. With Margaret Qualley, Allison Janney, Benedict Wong, and Guy Pearce, this adaptation of Peter Heller’s novel asks what makes survival worth fighting for.

🎥 Coyote vs. ACME
(Fri, Aug 28th — wide release)

After a lifetime of defective rockets, collapsing traps, and one Road Runner he still can’t catch, Wile E. Coyote finally takes ACME to court. Will Forte stars as the struggling attorney who takes his case, only to face John Cena as the lawyer defending the corporation behind all those malfunctioning gadgets. Built around decades of classic Looney Tunes destruction, Dave Green directs this live-action/animated legal comedy that was once scrapped by Warner Bros. but has now been given a second life.

🎥 Buddy
(Fri, Aug 28th — wide release)

From Casper Kelly, creator of the warped ’80s sitcom spoof / viral short Too Many Cooks, comes a new twisted comedy about a children’s show where happiness is mandatory and refusing to smile has deadly consequences. In the relentlessly cheerful world of It’s Buddy!, young performers sing, dance, and follow the rules until one child refuses to play along with the show’s bright orange unicorn host, Buddy. Delaney Quinn leads a cast including Cristin Milioti, Topher Grace, Keegan-Michael Key, Michael Shannon, and Patton Oswalt in this darkly satirical take on 1990s children’s television.

🎥 Idiots
(Fri, Aug 28th — wide release)

Dave Franco and O’Shea Jackson Jr. play two guys who barely have their own lives together but somehow get hired to transport a wealthy teenager (Mason Thames) to rehab. What should be a straightforward drive quickly goes off the rails when their passenger pulls them into drugs, crime, and increasingly dangerous trouble with a cast of oddball characters (Peter Dinklage, Nicholas Braun, Kiernan Shipka). Actor-filmmaker Macon Blair (The Toxic Avenger) writes and directs this chaotic road comedy about three people spectacularly unqualified to make good decisions.

🎥 Finding Emily
(Fri, Aug 28th — wide release)

Love can be maddening... especially when you’re texting the wrong person. Musician Owen (Spike Fearn) teams up with psychology student Sami (Angourie Rice) to track down the girl he believes is his soulmate after a phone-number mix-up. Their campus-wide search soon becomes a viral story of unrequited love, while unexpected feelings begin growing between Owen and Sami, proving the heart rarely follows a straight line in this British rom-com.

🎥 It Ends
(Fri, Aug 21st — expands)

One wrong turn can sometimes last forever. In this existential horror thriller, Phinehas Yoon, Akira Jackson, Noah Toth, and Mitchell Cole play four recent college graduates whose late-night food run lands them on an endless two-lane road, where the surrounding woods hide otherworldly threats. They soon realize they’re trapped on a road to nowhere... one that may never end.

🎥 Colony
(Fri, Aug 28th — limited release)

From Train to Busan filmmaker Yeon Sang-ho comes another relentless outbreak thriller, this time set inside a sealed conference facility where a mutating virus is turning people into something faster, smarter, and harder to escape. Gianna Jun stars as a biotechnology professor trapped inside as quarantine collapses and survival becomes increasingly desperate. This new zombie horror asks one terrifying question: what happens when the infected start learning faster than the living can survive?

🎥 Just Play Dead
(Fri, Aug 28th — limited releases; in select theaters)

Samuel L. Jackson and Eva Green play a married couple whose insurance scam turns into a battle over who gets to survive it. Jack (Jackson) plans to fake his murder, collect $30 million, and frame his wife’s lover. Nora (Green) has another idea: kill Jack for real and keep the money herself. Casino Royale director Martin Campbell turns their competing schemes into a twisty crime caper fueled by betrayal, deception, and one very dangerous marriage.

🎥 The Sun Never Sets
(Fri, Aug 28th — limited releases)

There comes a point in adulthood when the future we imagined starts to feel less certain. Joe Swanberg’s latest relationship drama explores that uncertainty, with Dakota Fanning as a woman reconsidering the life she thought she wanted. When her long-term boyfriend (Jake Johnson) asks for space, she returns home and reconnects with a former flame (Cory Michael Smith), creating a complicated love triangle between the future she was building and the past she thought she had left behind.

🎥 Beyond Belief
(Fri, Aug 28th — limited release)

Carson Lueders stars as Andy, a teenage rocker chasing dreams of music stardom while still dealing with the loss of his father. Set in the 1980s, this faith-driven coming-of-age drama follows Andy after a mysterious voice tells him to run, sending his life in an unexpected direction. As his ambitions give way to bigger questions about faith and purpose, he must decide whether the future he wants is really the one he’s meant to follow.

🎥 The Salt Path
(Fri, Aug 28th — limited release)

Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs star as a husband and wife who lose their home and make the impulsive decision to walk 630 miles along England’s rugged South West Coast. Directed by acclaimed theater director Marianne Elliott (War Horse), this husband-and-wife road drama follows the couple through exhaustion, storms, and uncertainty as their journey becomes a search for dignity, endurance, and a new understanding of what home means after nearly everything has been taken away.

🎥 Legend of the White Dragon
(Fri, Aug 28th — limited release)

The late actor and mixed martial artist Jason David Frank, best known for Power Rangers, stars in this action-fantasy adventure as a fugitive warrior trying to clear his name and find his way back to his family. Mark Dacascos, Jason Faunt, Rachele Brooke Smith, Andrew Bachelor, David Ramsey, and the late Michael Madsen join him for one final dragon-sized battle, where redemption may be the hardest fight of all. When the city needs a hero, hiding is no longer an option.

🎥 Filipiñana
(Fri, Aug 28th — limited release)

Paradise looks a little different when you’re the one keeping it pristine while everyone else gets to enjoy it. Rafael Manuel’s Sundance-winning debut follows Isabel, a 17-year-old from rural Philippines who takes a job at an exclusive country club outside Manila, where every chore reveals a rigid social order. Executive produced by acclaimed filmmaker Jia Zhangke (A Touch of Sin) and shot by cinematographer Xenia Patricia (100 Nights of Hero), this quietly unsettling drama turns a manicured resort into a sharp study of class, control, and privilege.

🎥 Hanging by a Wire
(Fri, Aug 28th — limited release)

A routine school commute turns into a fight for survival when a cable car carrying eight passengers, including six schoolboys, is left dangling above a ravine in northern Pakistan. Mohammed Ali Naqvi’s documentary reconstructs the 2023 Battagram rescue through firsthand accounts, news footage, drone imagery, and reenactments as local rescuers and authorities race to bring everyone to safety before the remaining cable gives way.

🎥 Boorman and the Devil
(Fri, Aug 28th — limited release; in NY)

Some films fail so loudly they become legends. David Kittredge’s documentary revisits John Boorman’s Exorcist II: The Heretic, the critically savaged sequel that nearly derailed his career. Boorman joins Linda Blair, Joe Dante, Mike Flanagan, Karyn Kusama, and others to unpack the production, backlash, and cult reputation that followed. More than a defense of a notorious misfire, the film asks whether some movies simply need decades before audiences are ready to look again and reconsider what they once dismissed.

🎥 Dead Janitors Club
(Fri, Aug 28th — limited theaters)

Crime doesn’t clean itself. Felix Merback stars as Jeff, a broke porn shop worker who takes a better-paying job with a shady crime-scene cleanup crew operating outside the law. What starts as easy money quickly gets messier as Jeff and his coworkers are pulled deeper into the crimes they’re supposed to erase. Directed by Kenny Gage and Devon Downs, with Jake Busey and Gary Busey co-starring, this horror-crime comedy turns cleanup work into a dangerous side hustle.

🎥 Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth And Nothing Butt
(Fri, Aug 28th — limited theaters)

Few bands wore their freak flag louder than the Butthole Surfers. Their name alone gives you a pretty good idea of just how unorthodox they’ve always been. Tom Stern’s documentary follows the San Antonio art-punk legends from their 1980s underground beginnings through cult fame and mainstream recognition with the ’90s hit “Pepper.” Using archival footage, interviews, animation, and surreal reenactments, the film captures the reckless creativity of a band that pushed artistic boundaries and influenced generations.

🎥 Gandahar: 4K restoration
(Fri, Aug 28th — re-release)

Legendary French animator René Laloux’s (Fantastic Planet) final feature follows Sylvain, a young warrior investigating an army of automata turning Gandahar’s people to stone. His search leads to abandoned mutants called the Deformed and a massive living brain tied to the invasion across centuries. With Philippe Caza’s surreal designs and Gabriel Yared’s score, this newly 4K-restored animated science-fantasy blends time travel, ecological collapse, and political guilt into a cosmic warning about the future that feels strangely relevant today.

🎥 Terminator 2: Judgment Day — 35th Anniversary
(Fri, Aug 28th thru Wed, Sept 2nd — re-release)

Thirty-five years later, it remains one of those rare sequels that didn’t just go bigger... it made everything matter more. James Cameron expanded the mythology while transforming Linda Hamilton’s Sarah Connor into a hardened survivor and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s T-800 into an unlikely father figure for Edward Furlong’s John Connor. Beneath the killer cyborgs and blockbuster spectacle is a surprisingly human story about compassion, sacrifice, and choosing a better future. Now back in theaters this weekend, T2 remains proof that great sequels don’t have to repeat the original... they can redefine it into something even more memorable.

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🎥 “Never After Dark” Trailer: A Routine Exorcism Takes a Dark Turn in Dave Boyle’s Japanese Horror Thriller Starring Shogun’s Moeka Hoshi — Arriving In U.S. Theaters September 25th

What makes J-horror so effective is the way it often treats the spirit world as something woven into everyday life. Perhaps it’s because Japanese culture approaches death differently, whereas much of the Western world tends to treat death as finite. In Japan... or at least in its horror films, death is often something that still feels very much present. A spiritual world is only a thin veil away, existing alongside the living rather than somewhere beyond them.

That’s the core idea behind Never After Dark, a new Japanese supernatural horror that assumes the line between the living and the dead is thinner than we think. It’s also a reason why the film feels like it might immediately be under our skin.

Written and directed by American filmmaker Dave Boyle, who previously served as showrunner and lead director of Netflix’s House of Ninjas, the film stars Japanese actress Moeka Hoshi (especially memorable in the Emmy-winning miniseries Shogun) as Airi, a wandering medium who helps restless spirits cross out of the living world. Her latest job takes her to an isolated country house, where what seems like a routine exorcism becomes far more dangerous after she encounters an apparition unlike anything she’s faced before.

Co-starring Kurumi Inagaki as Airi’s dead sister Miku, who remains by her side in spirit, along with Kento Kaku, Tae Kimura, and Mutsuo Yoshioka, the film earned strong reviews when it screened earlier this year at SXSW, where it took home the Audience Award in the Midnighter section.

Never After Dark is coming to U.S. theaters September 25th. Come for the ghosts, but don’t underestimate how intense things can get when the dead refuse to leave after dark.

🎥 “Crawlers” Trailer: Matilda Lutz Has Nowhere to Run From a Swarm of Venomous Spiders in This Horror Flick — Hitting Theaters October 16th

They say the average person accidentally swallows eight spiders a year in their sleep. It’s an urban legend, of course, but one designed to prey on people’s very real fear of spiders. And if history is any indication, spiders have long ranked among our most common phobias.

And we get it. Just look at those long legs, stretching out slowly as they creep across the floor and ceiling. Yikes! That image alone is enough to have us pulling a stocking over our heads before going night-night. But even though the vast majority of spiders are harmless to humans, that doesn’t make them any less scary... as this new horror thriller is likely to prove.

Directed by Spanish horror filmmaker Ángel Gómez Hernández, Crawlers stars Italian actress Matilda Lutz (Red Sonja, Revenge) as Serena, an apartment building manager who soon finds herself forced to keep her residents alive when a venomous spider infestation sends the complex into lockdown.

From the very first creepy imagery in the trailer, the director seems to know exactly how to make viewers uncomfortable with the thought that sleep offers little protection from whatever might be crawling nearby. And anyone with a serious case of arachnophobia might just want to sit this one out, as from the looks of things, the film will likely make even the most hardened spider supporter squirm in their seat.

Crawlers is set to open in U.S. theaters October 16th. And just remember: if the spiders don’t get you, the fear of them just might.

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🎥 “Best of the Best” Trailer: Maitreyi Ramakrishnan and Priyanka Kedia Dance Their Way Through Friendship, Rivalries, and UCLA’s Bollywood-Fusion Scene — Premeiring September 18th on Netflix

Some kids go to college to get more knowledge. Then there are those who go off to college to get their dance on. Never Have I Ever star Maitreyi Ramakrishnan plays Maya in this college comedy about culture, friendship, and the competitive world of Bollywood-fusion dance. When Maya and her childhood best friend Anjali (Priyanka Kedia, of Disclosure Day) join UCLA’s competitive dance team, their lifelong bond is tested by rehearsals, rivalries, and the pressure to win. Holding them (and the rest of their teammates) together is the dream of making it all the way to the U.S. Championship. With plenty of Bollywood-inspired flair, they just might have what it takes to dance their way to the top. Also starring Hasan Minhaj, Lilly Singh, Janina Gavankar, and Ankur Rathee, and directed by Lena Khan (Disney’s Flora & Ulysses), the film proves that to be the best, you’ve got to dance with the best.

🎥 “Dune: Part Three” Promo: Denis Villeneuve’s Epic Finale Is Already Sending Fans Scrambling for IMAX Tickets — Hitting Theaters December 18th

If you’re gonna watch something this epic, you gotta see it on the biggest screen possible, right? Director Denis Villeneuve’s third and final installment of his Dune trilogy is building enough buzz and hype to feel like a major cinematic event before it even hits theaters. Though it doesn’t open until December, movie fans are already crashing websites this week trying to score IMAX tickets. So, if you haven’t been swept up by the hype, here’s a new promo to get you in the right mood. Because apparently December is Dunember now.

🎥 “Onslaught” Promo Clip: Adria Arjona Stocks Up for a Bloody Fight in Adam Wingard’s New Action-Horror Thriller — In Theaters September 4th

If you’re getting ready for battle, you’re going to need a few supplies. Adria Arjona plays Celeste, a former Army sniper and single mother, in this new action-packed, genre-infused thriller from Godzilla x Kong director Adam Wingard. When Celeste’s trailer park is suddenly invaded by a rogue squad of genetically engineered super soldiers, she’s forced to tap back into the lethal skills she learned during her time at war. And in this new promo, we see Celeste stocking up for an epic showdown that might make it a good idea to have a chainsaw handy. Because you never know when you’ll need to saw something clean off.

🎥 “Double Trouble” Trailer: Real-Life Sisters Madeleine and Violet McGraw Get Caught in a Vegas Jewelry Heist Alongside Andrew Koji in This Family Action Comedy — In Theaters October 9th

Real-life sisters Madeleine McGraw (The Black Phone) and Violet McGraw (M3GAN) get to share the screen together as... what else? Sisters! When Charlotte (Madeleine) and Willow (Violet) travel to Las Vegas on a family vacation, they unexpectedly find themselves caught in the middle of a high-stakes jewelry heist involving a priceless diamond gauntlet. With bumbling henchmen and an international thief on their trail, the girls turn to David, a jaded former MI6 operative now working security, played by martial arts star Andrew Koji (Bullet Train, Snake Eyes), for help. This family action comedy turns sibling teamwork into the ultimate Vegas survival plan, where quick thinking might be just as useful as a good right hook.

🎥 “Buddy” New Teaser: A Cheerful Orange Unicorn Hides a Dark Side in Casper Kelly’s Twisted Children’s-Show Comedy Starring Cristin Milioti — In Theaters August 28th

The marketing campaign for this new twisted comedy, featuring a bright orange unicorn mascot named Buddy, has slowly rolled out a few teasers, giving us a taste of the dark side hiding just beneath all that cheerful children’s-show imagery. From Casper Kelly, the creator of the twisted sitcom spoof Too Many Cooks, the film features a stellar cast that includes Cristin Milioti, Topher Grace, Keegan-Michael Key, Michael Shannon, and Patton Oswalt. And it looks ready to put a dark spin on the bright, cheerful world of children’s television. Think Barney, if he were secretly running the show like a smiling little tyrant.

🎥 “If I Go Will They Miss Me” Trailer: Childhood Mythology Meets the Hard Realities of Life in Watts in Walter Thompson-Hernández’s New L.A. Drama Starring Bodhi Dell, Danielle Brooks and J. Alphonse Nicholson — In Theaters September 18th

In a child’s eyes, parents can seem larger than life. Sometimes they can even seem like gods. In this new inner-city L.A. drama from writer-director Walter Thompson-Hernández, that idea is given flesh and blood, with Danielle Brooks (Orange Is the New Black, The Color Purple) and J. Alphonse Nicholson (P-Valley) playing the parents of a twelve-year-old boy (Bodhi Dell) who sees his recently returned father as something close to a god. But the hard realities of his family and Watts neighborhood soon begin to strip away any notion that his father is invincible. With gorgeously shot imagery of inner-city life, the film, based on the filmmaker’s own short film, aims to blur the line between childhood mythology and the hard realities of growing up in a tough L.A. neighborhood.

🎥 “Vampire’s Kiss: 4K Restoration” Trailer: Nicolas Cage Goes Full Cage in This Bizarre ’80s New York Vampire Cult Classic — Out Now on UHD and Blu-ray in the U.K. via Radiance

It features one of Nicolas Cage’s most memorable performances, as a fast-talking Manhattan literary agent convinced he’s slowly turning into a vampire. This was Cage uncaged, years before he built a reputation as one of Hollywood’s most unpredictable actors. Directed by Robert Bierman and written by After Hours screenwriter Joseph Minion, the film turns ’80s Manhattan yuppie culture into a darkly comic descent into paranoia and madness. Cage, in one of his most gloriously unhinged early leading roles, plays a fast-talking Manhattanite who believes he’s transforming into a bloodsucking ghoul. Leaning into the tropes of old-school vampire movies, he even buys himself a pair of fangs and fully commits to the delusion. Mostly remembered for Cage and the unconventional acting choices that would come to define his career, the film remains one of the stranger cult artifacts of 1980s New York cinema. Now it’s been restored in 4K for a new UHD and Blu-ray release.

🎥 “Kwaidan: 4K Restoration” Trailer: Masaki Kobayashi’s Haunting Japanese Ghost Story Anthology Returns to the Big Screen in Its Original Three-Hour Cut — Opening September 11th in New York

It’s considered one of the great Japanese ghost films ever made, blending folklore with haunting, surreal imagery and supernatural scares. It’s the kind of film that deserves to be studied and experienced, not simply watched. Thankfully, Janus Films has given it a new 4K restoration, bringing master filmmaker Masaki Kobayashi’s original three-hour cut back to the big screen. Starring Tatsuya Nakadai, Rentarō Mikuni, Keiko Kishi, and Katsuo Nakamura, the film brings four ghost stories collected by writer Lafcadio Hearn to life through tales of betrayal, punishment, and supernatural encounters. Mostly set in feudal Japan, these four eerie stories prove that every culture has its own way of dealing with the dead.

🎥 “My Brother’s Wedding: 4K Restoration” Trailer: Charles Burnett’s 1983 South Central Los Angeles Indie Classic Returns to the Big Screen — Opening September 18th in NY and Austin

He’s one of the great voices of American indie cinema, though sadly his films have often been overlooked. But filmmaker Charles Burnett (Killer of Sheep, To Sleep with Anger, and The Glass Shield) is finally getting a much-needed rediscovery. Burnett’s 1983 cult classic is getting a new 4K restoration and another chance to find the audience it deserves. Starring Everett Silas, Jessie Holmes, and Gaye Shannon-Burnett, the film follows Pierce Mundy, an aimless young man caught between family obligations, neighborhood loyalty, and a future he still hasn’t figured out. A grounded portrait of everyday Black life in a South Central Los Angeles neighborhood, the film remains one of Burnett’s most observant works about family, community, and working-class life.

🎥 “Underworld” 4K Restoration Trailer: Clive Barker and George Pavlou’s ’80s Body-Horror Cult Classic Goes Underground — On 4K UHD September 7th via Arrow Video

Now for a little ’80s horror awesomeness, where the hair was as big as the practical effects! Horror maestro Clive Barker and director George Pavlou’s 1985 cult classic is getting the 4K restoration treatment. Arrow Video is bringing both the theatrical and extended cuts together in a new two-disc limited edition. Starring Larry Lamb, Nicola Cowper, Denholm Elliott, Steven Berkoff, and Ingrid Pitt, this body-horror, sci-fi noir mashup grew out of Barker’s early screen work, years before Hellraiser. Lamb stars as private investigator Roy Bain, hired to recover Nicole (Cowper) after she’s kidnapped by a hidden community of drug-addicted mutants who believe her mysterious immunity could be their only hope for a cure. And from there, things get even weirder.

🎥 “Untold Mr. T: I Pity the Fool” Trailer: Mr. T Looks Back at the Man Behind the Mohawk, Gold Chains, and Larger-Than-Life ’80s Persona in This New Doc — Streaming September 8th on Netflix

“I pity the fool”... who doesn’t take the time to check out this documentary. Anyone raised in the ’80s knew Mr. T as one of the decade’s most beloved and instantly recognizable pop-culture icons. Somewhat of a rarity, he wasn’t just an actor or a cartoon figure, but a larger-than-life personality who became a pop-culture brand all his own. “Stay in school, kids! Don’t do drugs! Love your mama!” He was one of those rare motivational voices who never came across as disingenuous. In this new documentary installment of Netflix’s ongoing Untold series, Mr. T gets to tell his own story, looking back at the man behind the mohawk, gold chains, and bandanas and getting to the heart of how that bad-ass persona became one of the most recognizable figures of the ’80s.

🎥 “Pulp: What Do You Do for an Encore?” Trailer: Jarvis Cocker Looks Back on Four Decades of Music in Garth Jennings’ Colorful New Concert Doc — In U.S. Theaters September 24th, Streaming September 25th on MUBI

Garth Jennings, the acclaimed music video director turned filmmaker behind The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Sing, and Sing 2, has now taken on the task of documenting British rock band Pulp’s triumphant return to the stage. Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker and the rest of the band look back on four decades of music, breakups, reunions, and the road that brought them back together for their biggest arena show yet. While it seems to be a trend lately to make documentaries about band reunions, this one feels more like a cinematic experience and less like a nostalgia trip. It’s both a behind-the-scenes look at four decades of the band’s history and a colorful concert film designed to make audiences feel like they’re right there in the crowd. Feel the sweat, the energy, and more importantly... the music!

🎥 “Oasis: Don’t Look Back In Anger” Trailer: Brit Rockers Liam and Noel Gallagher Reunite Their Iconic Band in New Music Doc — In Select Theaters and IMAX September 11th

They were the bad boys of ’90s Brit rock. The fights between the Gallagher brothers were the stuff of legend. So when Oasis finally broke up, it didn’t exactly stun the world. But it did leave fans asking the same question for years: would they ever reunite? This new music documentary goes behind the scenes as Noel and Liam Gallagher reunite Oasis for their Live ’25 tour, capturing rehearsals, backstage moments, and the band’s return to the stage. Have the years apart mellowed them out a bit? Now that they’re older, are they any less combustible? The answer deserves more than a reunion tour... it deserves a IMAX documentary.

🎥 “Sara Bareilles: Good Grief” Trailer: Six Days in the Studio Capture Sara Bareilles Making Her First Studio Album in Seven Years — Hitting Theaters September 2nd

Seven years is a long time to stay out of the recording studio. So Sara Bareilles decided it was time to make another album; her first studio record in seven years. And lucky for us, she brought a camera crew along to see whether it would all come together or fall apart. Directed by Josh Alexander, this intimate music documentary follows Bareilles and her longtime collaborators through six concentrated days of recording, capturing the conversations, uncertainty, laughter, and grief that shape the music. Sometimes the hardest part of making something new is finally committing to that first note.

🎥 “Dolph: Unbreakable” Trailer: Dolph Lundgren Looks Back at His Rise From Action-Movie Icon to the Personal Battles That Tested Him Most — On VOD/Digital October 6th

To many, he was Russian boxer Ivan Drago in Rocky IV. To some, he was He-Man in the ’80s cheesefest Masters of the Universe, or perhaps best known as the first actor to play Frank Castle on the big screen in the poorly received 1989 Marvel action film The Punisher. But here’s the thing: Dolph Lundgren was more than just an ’80s and ’90s action hero. He was an Olympic-level athlete, a European karate champion with a master’s degree in chemical engineering, and a fourth-degree black belt in Kyokushin karate. The man can do it all. And so his life and many careers are the subject of this new documentary, chronicling Lundgren’s rise to fame, personal struggles, career resurgence, and battle with cancer. So if you’ve ever wanted to know the real Dolph Lundgren, here’s your chance.

🎥 “Funny Money: The Dane Cook Story” Trailer: Comedian Dane Cook Confronts the Ultimate Family Betrayal After His Brother Steals Millions in This Revealing Doc — On VOD/Digital September 29th

Comedian Dane Cook has one hell of a remarkable story about making it in a business that seemed nearly impossible to break into. But this isn’t about fame. It’s about what success can do to the people you trust most. And sometimes, it really does feel like money is the root of all evil. In this new documentary from director Brett Harvey, Cook looks back at the shocking discovery that his own brother had stolen millions from him right under his nose. After a lifetime of trust and shared history, Dane is forced to confront the ultimate betrayal from the person he thought he could trust most. It’s a devastating breach that took years to recover from as Cook worked to rebuild both his life and what had been taken from him. In a career filled with jokes, this was no laughing matter.

🎥 “Run Terry Run” Trailer: Terry Fox’s Legendary 1980 Marathon of Hope Comes to Life Through Never-Before-Seen Footage in This Inspiring New Documentary — In Canadian Theaters October 9th

Do you need a good inspirational story where sheer determination turned one man’s impossible dream into a reality? In this sports documentary, director Sean Menard revisits Terry Fox’s legendary 1980 Marathon of Hope through long-unseen footage, unheard audio, and material from the Fox family archive. Fox was a Canadian man who lost his leg to cancer and decided to run across Canada on an artificial leg to raise money and awareness for cancer research. The run became a nationwide movement, inspiring Canadians across the country and turning Fox into a lasting symbol of courage and determination. Still considered a beloved figure in Canada, Fox’s legacy continues as the fight for more cancer research feels more urgent than ever.

🎥 “No Limbs No Limits: The NickV Story” Trailer: Nick Vujicic Shares His Remarkable Journey From Childhood Struggles to Becoming a Global Voice of Hope — In Theaters September 25th via Fathom Entertainment

Everyone has a story to tell. But Nick has one that’s almost impossible to imagine. In this inspirational documentary, Australian evangelist and motivational speaker Nick Vujicic looks back on a life shaped by extraordinary physical challenges. Born without arms or legs, he faced isolation, bullying, depression, and a childhood spent wondering what kind of future was even possible. But his journey took him from those darkest moments to becoming a global motivational speaker, author, husband, father, and a source of hope for people around the world.

🎥 “cocoon – One Summer of Girlhood” Trailer: Two Schoolgirls Face the Horrors of War in Yukimitsu Ina’s Wartime Anime Drama Based on Machiko Kyo’s Manga — In Theaters September 4th

A peaceful island summer gives way to war when best friends San and Mayu are pulled from their all-girls school and ordered to nurse wounded soldiers inside a cave hospital. As casualties mount, the girls cling to their friendship while the world around them strips away the safety of childhood. Directed by Yukimitsu Ina and based on Machiko Kyo’s manga, this intimate wartime anime drama looks squarely at conflict through the young lives it consumes.

🎥 “Mononoke The Movie: Chapter III – The Curse of the Serpent” Trailer: The Medicine Seller Faces His Most Dangerous Mononoke Yet in the Anime Trilogy’s Final Chapter — Streams September 29th on Netflix

Directed by Tomoaki Koshida under Kenji Nakamura’s chief direction, this final chapter of the anime saga brings the ornate supernatural trilogy to a close. Sometimes, the most terrifying spirits come from actual human emotions and very real human pain. Here, the Medicine Seller returns to the Ōoku for one final exorcism after tragedy inside the imperial palace gives rise to a monstrous serpent mononoke. To defeat it, he must uncover the spirit’s Form, Truth, and Reason, tracing the curse back through buried grudges and secrets within the women’s quarters.

🎥 “The Condor Daughter” Trailer: A Young Bolivian Woman Is Torn Between Ancestral Tradition and Ambitious Dreams in Writer-Director Álvaro Olmos Torrico’s Quechua-and-Spanish-Language Andean Drama — Opening September 11th in New York and September 18th in Los Angeles

One of the best things cinema has to offer is its ability to transport audiences to places they’ve never been and introduce them to cultures they may know little about. This new Bolivian drama does exactly that, taking us high into the Bolivian Andes to tell the story of a teenage girl named Clara who finds herself caught between ancestral tradition and dreams of a life beyond the mountains. Written and directed by Bolivian filmmaker Álvaro Olmos Torrico and starring Marisol Vallejo Montaño as Clara, the film offers a glimpse into a remote Quechua community where long-held traditions and personal ambition begin to conflict.

🎥 “The Fisherman” Trailer: A Retired Ghanaian Fisherman, a Sarcastic Talking Fish, and One Last Dream Take the Road to Accra — Opening September 18th at NY’s Quad Cinema

Retirement can’t stop Atta Oko from chasing one last dream. When the aging Ghanaian fisherman sets out to earn enough for a boat of his own, a sarcastic talking fish and three eccentric young associates join him on the journey to Accra. Written and directed by Zoey Martinson, this magical-realist comedy turns wounded pride, generational clashes, and unlikely friendships into a warm search for purpose and independence.

🎥 “Orion” Trailer: Drew Van Acker Returns From a Deadly Space Mission With No Memory in This Psychological Astronaut Thriller with Andrew McCarthy and Debby Ryan — Coming Soon in the Fall

Ground Control to Major Tom... things just got a little weird. In this new psychological thriller, Drew Van Acker stars as Apollo, an astronaut who returns from a catastrophic space mission with his crewmates dead and his memory shattered. As he tries to piece together what happened, an intelligence specialist (played by ‘80s icon Andrew McCarthy) begins questioning whether Apollo came back alone. Also starring Debby Ryan and directed by Jaco Bouwer (Gaia), the film sets out to prove that even in space, no one knows what might have attached itself for the ride home.

🎥 “Valley View Motel” Teaser Trailer: A Botched Diamond Heist Leads to Murder, Organ Trafficking, and One Very Bad Motel Stay in This Darkly Comic ’70s-Set Crime Thriller — World Premiere August 31st at TUBI FrightFest London

A botched 1977 diamond heist sends two lifelong friends racing to a remote Pennsylvania motel, where hiding out proves more dangerous than the robbery itself in this offbeat indie caper starring Corin Clay, Laura Im, Judy J. Lee, and Michael Thyer. The motel owners are running a murderous black-market organ scheme, a hitman is closing in on the stolen stones, and trust between Cliff and Reg starts falling apart fast. Written and directed by Kevin Ignatius and Nick Psinakis, this darkly comic neo-noir turns one bad getaway into a bloody collision of criminals, amateurs, and stolen diamonds nobody should’ve touched in the first place.

🎥 “Ever After” Trailer: Fairy-Tale Characters Turn Into Murderous Villains in Laszlo Illes’ Grindhouse Horror Flick Starring Mark Sheppard, Bonnie Aarons, Kane Hodder, and Malcolm McDowell — In Theaters September 4th

A group of friends heads to a remote forest lodge for one last celebratory weekend, only to discover violent fanatics who believe they’re characters from classic fairy tales. With Little Red Riding Hood, the Big Bad Wolf, an evil witch, and Prince Charming turned into murderous villains, surviving the night means refusing to play by their twisted storybook rules. Writer-director Laszlo Illes brings horror veterans like Mark Sheppard, Bonnie Aarons, Michael Berryman, Kane Hodder, and Malcolm McDowell along for the blood-soaked ride where fairy tales meet grindhouse.

🎥 “Battle Cabin” Trailer: A Survivalist Must Leave His Fortified Home to Rescue His Wife in This Indie Post-Apocalyptic Action Thriller Starring Josh McKenzie — On VOD/Digital September 29th

The world has gone dark, and one man has to leave the only safe place he has left in this indie post-apocalyptic action thriller. After a global attack wipes out electricity, government, and civil order, Kellan (Josh McKenzie) abandons his fortified homestead to rescue his wife, only to face murderous thieves tied to his past. Forced to think like a soldier, he devises a battle plan and forms an uneasy alliance with a hardened warrior. In a lawless world, survival becomes deeply personal.

🎥 “Turning Point: Generation 9/11” Trailer: Twenty-Five Years Later, This New Doc Examines the Lives Shaped by the 9/11 Attacks and the War on Terror — Streaming September 2nd on Netflix

September 11 became history while an entire generation was still growing up with its consequences. Twenty-five years later, director Brian Knappenberger follows children who lost parents, journalists who came of age during the War on Terror, young Afghans raised through decades of conflict, and U.S. Marines facing the withdrawal from Afghanistan. Part of Netflix’s Turning Point documentary series, the film looks beyond the attacks themselves to explore how grief, trauma, war, memories, and responsibility continue shaping lives decades later.

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📺 “The Pitt: Season 3” Teaser: Noah Wyle’s Dr. Robby Returns From Sabbatical for Another Intense Shift at Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center in HBO’s Emmy-Winning Medical Series with Sepideh Moafi, Patrick Ball, Katherine LaNasa, and More — Premiering January 2027 on HBO Max

Robby returns!

Last season of the Emmy Award-winning medical series The Pitt was building toward Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch’s much-needed three-month sabbatical: a cross-country bike ride that had many worried he might never return. After years of difficult cases and carrying the emotional weight of the ER, it wasn’t hard to wonder whether Robby might finally be done with his job at Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center.

But if there’s no Robby, there’s no show, right? Some fans might disagree, but Noah Wyle is the heart and soul of The Pitt.

So, Season 3 brings us another intense day in the ER; a familiar rhythm for the HBO series, where life-or-death decisions are made in seconds, often with no time to second-guess them. It’s also another first day back on the job, this time with Robby returning from his sabbatical, echoing last season’s return of Dr. Langdon (Patrick Ball) from rehab.

“Try not to kill anyone today,” Dr. Santos (Isa Briones) sarcastically tells Dr. Whitaker (Gerran Howell) in the first teaser trailer for Season 3. “Yeah, you too,” Whitaker quickly shoots back before the two bump fists and head out of the locker room to start their workday.

That little exchange is a good example of the gallows humor and close-knit camaraderie between the doctors and nurses who somehow keep each other going through some seriously intense shifts. And while Season 3’s plot is still mostly under wraps, viewers can expect more tough ER cases, difficult decisions, and plenty of friction (friendly or not) between staff members.

One relationship to keep an eye on is Robby’s workplace dynamic with Dr. Al-Hashimi (played by newly Emmy-nominated Sepideh Moafi), especially after where last season’s finale left things between them. Ooooh, fireworks are brewing.

Executive produced by showrunner R. Scott Gemmill, with Wyle also serving as a writer and producer, the series is coming off five Emmy Award wins, including Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Lead Actor for Wyle, Outstanding Supporting Actress for Katherine LaNasa as Nurse Evans, and Outstanding Guest Actor for Shawn Hatosy as Dr. Abbot. The show also recently picked up a whopping 25 Emmy nominations for Season 2, including nods across all the major acting categories.

Okay, The Pitt might have a reputation for being your parents’ or co-worker’s favorite show, but we say: what’s wrong with that? And if you’re not already watching, why aren’t you? Season 3 isn’t just another long shift at Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center; it’s also another chance for you to hop on board. It’s set to debut in January 2027 on HBO Max.

📺 “The Diplomat: Season 4” Teaser: Keri Russell Scrambles to Keep the Peace as Allison Janney and Rufus Sewell Push the U.S. Toward War in Netflix’s Award-Winning Political Thriller — Premiering Thursday, October 15th on Netflix

A diplomat’s job is to keep relations between their country and foreign governments running as smoothly as possible. That means a lot of state dinners, cocktail parties, and diplomatic conferences. Sounds boring, right? Well, you haven’t seen what Keri Russell’s Kate Wyler has had to deal with over the past three seasons of this award-winning Netflix series.

Aside from preventing a global crisis from getting worse, dealing with a U.S. president’s surprise deadly heart attack, and a vice president’s own illegal scheme, Kate’s diplomatic duties have been anything but routine. What’s even worse, her own estranged husband, former diplomat Hal Wyler (Rufus Sewell), has only made matters more complicated, especially now that he’s the new vice president to a morally compromised U.S. president, Grace Penn (Allison Janney), and has become caught up in her dangerous political scheme to push the country toward war.

For political junkies out there who love watching smart people do terrible things to keep the scales of power balanced, this show is for you. For TV watchers who like to see an unbelievably complicated marriage where both partners teeter between codependency and chaotic self-destruction, this show is for you, too. And for those who just want to see Keri Russell do some of the best acting of her career as a woman trying to hold together international peace while her own marriage keeps sabotaging her efforts while also falling into some sort of emotional free fall, this show is for you as well.

Created and executive produced by Debora Cahn (The West Wing, Homeland), the series co-stars Bradley Whitford as First Gentleman Todd Penn, along with Ato Essandoh as Deputy Chief Stuart Hayford, Ali Ahn as former CIA London Station Chief Eidra Park, Nana Mensah as former White House Chief of Staff Billie Appiah, and Rory Kinnear as hot-tempered U.K. Prime Minister Nicol Trowbridge.

Season 4 of The Diplomat will have Kate facing her most dangerous political crisis yet, as Grace and Hal’s alliance in the White House forces her to present a united front with First Gentleman Todd Penn, even as both of their marriages threaten to muddle everything. Can they stonewall their respective spouses’ political operations before the U.S. government is pushed into a military conflict with Russia? Or do they play good little political spouses and fall in line?

The Diplomat: Season 4 is due to premiere Thursday, October 15 on Netflix.

📺 “Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story” Trailer: Ella Beatty Takes on America’s Most Infamous Axe-Murder Mystery in Ryan Murphy’s True-Crime Anthology with Charlie Hunnam, Rebecca Hall, and Vicky Krieps — Premiering Thursday, September 17th on Netflix

We, meaning society at large, have always been fascinated by the darker side of human nature. It’s in our stories. It’s in our books, movies, and TV shows. True crime is a relatively new genre label thrown around to describe dark stories rooted in real crimes, real victims, and the people accused of committing them. But our fascination with true crime dates back long before the label itself.

And the shocking true story of Lizzie Borden has captivated our imagination for more than a century because it goes against everything we imagine a respectable 19th-century woman was supposed to be. Women of that era have often been portrayed as proper, restrained, and socially oppressed, but rarely as women suspected of such brutal violence.

Ryan Murphy, not necessarily a man known for bringing nuance to sensational true-crime stories, has now set his sights on Lizzie Borden for the next season of Netflix’s horror-tinged Monster anthology series. With previous seasons revolving around infamous figures like Jeffrey Dahmer, the Menendez brothers, and Ed Gein, Lizzie becomes the anthology’s first female subject.

Ella Beatty (Feud: Capote vs. The Swans) stars as the infamous Lizzie Borden, with the new season revisiting the 1892 murders that turned her into one of America’s most enduring true-crime figures and folk legends, even inspiring that creepy nursery rhyme that has kept her name alive for generations.

Joining Beatty is returning Monster star Charlie Hunnam, fresh off his Emmy-nominated performance as Ed Gein last season, this time playing Lizzie’s father, Andrew Borden. They’re joined by Rebecca Hall as Lizzie’s stepmother, Abby Borden; Billie Lourd as her sister, Emma Borden; and Jessica Barden as stage actress Nance O’Neil, who was rumored to have had a romantic relationship with Lizzie later in life.

Ryan Murphy regular Sarah Paulson will also have a role this season, while returning Monster actress Vicky Krieps plays Lizzie’s Irish live-in maid, Bridget Sullivan, who appears to serve as something of the show’s sympathetic narrator.

Created and executive produced by Murphy and Ian Brennan, with Max Winkler directing the first episode, Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story is due to premiere Thursday, September 17th on Netflix.

📺 “The Drop: A Snowfall Saga” Trailer: Gail Bean and Isaiah John Return as Wanda and Leon as They Enter the ’90s West Coast Rap Game in FX’s “Snowfall” Spinoff — Premiering Tuesday, September 8th on FX and Hulu / Disney+

Snowfall was one of the last projects filmmaker John Singleton worked on before his untimely death in 2019. And in many ways, it felt like a return to the world of his earlier films, particularly Boyz n the Hood, bringing him back to the streets and neighborhoods of South Central Los Angeles.

Only this time, the story was set in the early 1980s during the rise of the crack cocaine epidemic. It followed the growing drug trade through South Central Los Angeles through the eyes of one clever teenager (played by Damson Idris), who would go on to become one of the biggest cocaine suppliers on the West Coast.

After running for six seasons, several of them produced after Singleton’s death, Snowfall became a ratings favorite and a major hit for FX. It also helped launch the career of Damson Idris, who became one of the show’s breakout stars. And while it never got much Emmy love, fans loved it. Really, who needs awards when you’ve got a loyal fanbase, right? Which is probably why the world of Snowfall is coming back next month with a spinoff series.

The Drop: A Snowfall Saga brings back Gail Bean and Isaiah John as Wanda Bell and Leon Simmons, picking up their story in 1990s Los Angeles as the fallout from the crack epidemic gives way to the rise of West Coast rap.

The couple, once deeply tied to the drug empire at the center of Snowfall, are now trying to build very different lives for themselves. This time, Wanda and Leon are taking some of the skills they learned in the drug game and applying them to a new hustle. Wanda starts building a crew of rap artists and music collaborators, while Leon tries to keep them from getting pulled back into the world they escaped.

Asante Blackk (When They See Us, This Is Us) takes on the role of Lamar Kinsey, a local South Central L.A. rap producer and DJ who just might have what it takes to make some real noise. He’s soon pulled into Wanda’s plans as she tries to turn that talent into something bigger.

’90s gangsta rap, West Coast culture, and the pressure of surviving the L.A. streets all feel like territory Snowfall was built to explore. We imagine fans are already marking their calendars.

Created and developed by Malcolm Spellman (Empire, Hip Hop Uncovered, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier), with Snowfall executive producers Dave Andron and Thomas Schlamme also aboard, the FX series co-stars Peyton Alex Smith, Simmie “Buddy” Sims III, and Brandon Mychal Smith.

The Drop: A Snowfall Saga premieres Tuesday, September 8th on FX and Hulu / Disney+.

📺 “The Terminal List: Season 2” Teaser: Chris Pratt’s James Reece Returns for a Dangerous New Mission in Amazon’s Military Espionage Thriller with Constance Wu and Gabriel Luna — Premieres Wednesday, October 21st on Prime Video

Chris Pratt like you’ve never seen him before. He’s emotionally confused and perhaps psychologically damaged. A sad Pratt just might be a dangerous Pratt. You know that happy-go-lucky spirit that tends to shine through his performances? Well, it’s pretty much gone as Pratt returns as former Navy SEAL James Reece, a man being pulled even deeper into the dangerous world of covert warfare. Season 2 of the hit Amazon series has Reece moving beyond his personal war of revenge and into a much larger world of espionage, recruited for a mission tailor-made for his skills… but maybe not for his state of mind. Co-starring Tom Hopper as Raife Hastings and Constance Wu returning as journalist Katie Buranek, with Gabriel Luna, Dar Salim, Luke Hemsworth, Olga Kurylenko, and more joining the Season 2 ensemble, Pratt’s James Reece now finds himself in a much murkier world, where figuring out who to trust might be just as important as knowing when to pull the trigger.

📺 “Line of Fire” Trailer: Peter Krause and Hope Davis Lead a Family of Federal Agents Hunting a Rogue Assassin in NBC’s New Crime Drama from ‘Quantico’ Creator Josh Safran — Airing Monday, September 21st on NBC, Streaming Next Day on Peacock

Some folks have a family business to live up to. For the Hollingsworths, the family business could get them killed. In this new NBC crime drama from Quantico creator Josh Safran, nearly everyone in the Hollingsworth family carries a badge, just not for the same agency. Their careers stretch across the FBI, U.S. Marshals, Secret Service, and Department of Justice, which makes things complicated when a murder case grows into a deadly conspiracy. Peter Krause stars as Secret Service supervisor Mike Hollingsworth, with Hope Davis as U.S. Marshal Jane Hollingsworth. Their children include a federal investigator (played by Kat Cunning), a DOJ analyst (Tommy O’Brien), and the president’s daughter’s personal security guard and secret lover (Taylor Bloom). When a rogue assassin is on the loose and killing government agents, all those separate badges and departments suddenly have to work together. But catching the person behind it means trusting one another, and that could be a problem if someone in the family is hiding something. Either way, family dinners are about to get even more uncomfortable.

📺 “A Different World” Trailer: Dwayne and Whitley’s Daughter Takes on Hillman College in Netflix’s Next-Generation Revival Starring Maleah Joi Moon Along with Kadeem Hardison, Jasmine Guy, and More — Debuts Thursday, September 24th on Netflix

It’s been nearly 40 years since TV viewers were first introduced to a whole different world at Hillman College. Now, the landmark sitcom is back with a modern revival. And if you thought Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) and Whitley (Jasmine Guy) were a couple of young campus mavericks, just wait until you meet their daughter. Maleah Joi Moon leads the ensemble as Dwayne and Whitley’s free-spirited youngest daughter, Deborah Wayne, who arrives at Hillman determined to make a name for herself beyond her parents’ legacy. Alongside a new class of Hillman students, Deborah navigates friendship, romance, ambition, and the pressure of living up to a family name deeply rooted in the school’s history. Executive produced by Felicia Pride and Debbie Allen, who also directs episodes, the series also stars Alijah Kai Haggins, Cornell Young IV, Jordan Aaron Hall, Kennedi Reece, Chibuikem Uche, Cliff “Method Man” Smith, and Norman Nixon Jr. Just remember, at Hillman, education might come first, but figuring out who you are is still part of the curriculum.

📺 “Slow Horses: Season 6” Trailer: Gary Oldman’s Slough House Misfits Are on the Run in Apple’s Acclaimed British Spy Series with Jack Lowden and Kristin Scott Thomas — Premiering Wednesday, September 16th on Apple TV

In a world where TV shows can take years between seasons, and streaming originals regularly hit a low ceiling when it comes to longevity, along comes an Apple original series that somehow bucks both trends. Gary Oldman returns for (get this) Season 6 of the award-winning British spy series, once again leading Slough House’s wonderfully dysfunctional band of disgraced MI5 agents. A regular Emmy contender, Oldman gets another chance to sink his teeth into Jackson Lamb, the always disheveled, sharp-tongued spymaster who somehow manages to stay a few steps ahead of everyone else despite his uncouth appearance. This time around, Lamb and his misfit crew, including Jack Lowden, Saskia Reeves, Rosalind Eleazar, and Christopher Chung, find themselves on the run after Diana Taverner (Kristin Scott Thomas) pulls them into a dangerous game of retaliation and revenge. When England is in trouble, you don’t call James Bond... you call Slough House, the guys MI5 would rather forget but always seem to need when things go sideways.

📺 “The Creep Tapes: Season 3” Trailer: Mark Duplass’ Peachfuzz Returns for Six More Deeply Uncomfortable Tapes — Streams Tuesday, September 15th on Shudder and AMC+

Peachfuzz might be a weird-sounding name for a serial killer, but somehow Mark Duplass makes it work. After the cult success of the found-footage films, Peachfuzz is back for another season of the franchise’s small-screen incarnation. Duplass plays a seemingly socially awkward loner who places ads looking for videographers. The catch is that he’s secretly a serial killer, and the people who agree to film him soon realize they’ve signed up for much more than a simple camera job. Season 3 of the Shudder original series gives Peachfuzz a new roster of unsuspecting victims, including Rekha Shankar, Chris Gethard, Kate Siegel, Nic Hamilton, Elliott Fulham, Ora Duplass, and more. Six tapes in total, which means six more deeply uncomfortable encounters where picking up a camera is probably the first mistake.

📺 “Golden Axe” Trailer: SEGA’s Classic Fantasy Video Game Gets an Adult Animated Makeover with Liam McIntyre, Lisa Gilroy, Matthew Rhys, and Danny Pudi — Premieres Wednesday, September 16th on Paramount+

Based on SEGA’s iconic 1989 sword-and-sorcery fantasy beat-’em-up video game, where three warriors battle their way across Yuria to defeat the evil giant Death Adder, this animated comedy series takes a more playful approach to the original adventure. It turns its battle-tested heroes into one seriously dysfunctional questing party and adds an eager but painfully inexperienced adventurer to the mix. Featuring the voices of Liam McIntyre (Spartacus) as Ax Battler, Lisa Gilroy (Interior Chinatown) as Tyris Flare, Matthew Rhys (Widow’s Bay) as Gilius Thunderhead, and Danny Pudi (Community) as overeager newcomer Hampton Squib, this new adult animated comedy from Star Trek: Lower Decks creator Mike McMahan and American Dad! writer-producer Joe Chandler asks a pretty simple question: what happens when saving the world means surviving your own party first?

📺 “Best Medicine: Season 2” Trailer: Josh Charles’ Brilliant but Blood-Phobic Small-Town Doctor Returns for a New Season of FOX’s Comedy Series with Abigail Spencer and Annie Potts — Returning Tuesday, September 22nd on FOX, Streaming Next Day on Hulu / Disney+

He’s a brilliant doctor with one hell of a bedside manner. Dr. Martin Best (Josh Charles) traded his prestigious Boston surgical career for life as a general practitioner in a small East Coast fishing town where everyone knows your name... and maybe a few of your secrets. Despite his high intelligence and ability to diagnose even the hardest-to-detect illnesses, Martin has one slight problem: he faints at the sight of blood. A big no-no for any doctor, especially a former surgeon, and if word gets out, there goes his medical license. Based on the British series and also starring Abigail Spencer, Annie Potts, Josh Segarra, and Cree, the new season finds Charles turning up both Martin’s awkward charm and cranky disposition as he tackles stranger cases, strained relationships, and a town increasingly curious about whether its brilliant but difficult doctor plans to stay or pack his bags for good.

📺 “NCIS: New York” Teaser: LL Cool J Brings Sam Hanna to the Big Apple Alongside Scott Caan and Jennifer Beals — Airing Tuesday, October 6th on CBS and Paramount+

If you’d told us one of the dopest rappers of the ’80s and ’90s would reinvent himself as a longtime TV actor in one of television’s longest-running franchises, we would’ve said, “Yeah, we know... Ice-T.” But LL Cool J would’ve been a pretty good answer, too. That’s right, the man who gave us “Mama Said Knock You Out” and “Going Back to Cali” is now headlining another NCIS spinoff, bringing his character Sam Hanna from Los Angeles to the streets of New York. LL Cool J (that’s James Todd Smith for those in the know) proves that natural charisma can take you a long way—from hip-hop stages to a decades-long run as one of TV’s most dependable action stars. Also starring Scott Caan and Jennifer Beals, and led by showrunner Byron Balasco, this new NCIS series takes the franchise to the Big Apple with a brand-new field office dealing with some very New York-sized problems.

📺 “Scrubs (Revival): Season 2” Teaser: Zach Braff and Donald Faison Return to Sacred Heart for More Medical Mayhem — Airing Wednesday, September 30th on ABC; Streaming on Hulu / Disney+

No one wants their doctors acting like a bunch of overgrown children... unless, of course, they work at Sacred Heart and those doctors are J.D. and Turk. In that case, let the tomfoolery begin. Zach Braff and Donald Faison return as the longtime friends face another round of younger interns, changing hospital pressures, and the kind of personal complications medicine can’t fix with a chart. Sarah Chalke, Judy Reyes, and John C. McGinley are also back as the revival keeps one foot in the old Sacred Heart while making room for a new generation of doctors... where years of experience still don’t guarantee maturity.

📺 “Hollywood Arts” Teaser: Daniella Monet Returns as Trina Vega, Trading Student Life for Substitute Teaching in the “Victorious” Spinoff Series — Streams Thursday, October 15th on Netflix

Hollywood Arts is back in session, and somehow Trina Vega is now the adult in the room. Former Nickelodeon star Daniella Monet returns to her Victorious role as Trina heads back to her old performing-arts school, this time as a substitute teacher who’s still waiting for her own big break. But as she helps a new group of students chase their dreams, she starts to realize she might actually be pretty good at this teaching thing. With Yvette Nicole Brown back as Principal Helen and a whole new class of ambitious young performers, Trina may finally find her place at Hollywood Arts... just not the one she expected.

📺 “The Terrors of Jordan Mendoza” First Look Trailer: Comedian Jordan Mendoza Turns His Worst Fears Into Adult Swim’s New Surreal Horror-Comedy Series — Coming Soon

Sketch comedian Jordan Mendoza is a very scared man, and his subconscious knows exactly how to use that against him. In Adult Swim’s surreal quarter-hour comedy, Mendoza plays a version of himself as he tumbles through bizarre dreamscapes where everyday anxieties turn into horror-movie scenarios, unsettling images, and punch lines. Mendoza is a one-man show as he creates, directs, executive produces, and stars in this surrealist horror-comedy series, where fear becomes the fuel for every bizarre new sketch. If sleep is supposed to offer an escape, Mendoza’s nightmares have other plans.

📺 “Made in Korea: Season 2” Trailer: Hyun Bin Rises Through the KCIA as a New Rival Threatens His Hold on Power in Hulu’s Korean Thriller Series — Premieres September 9th on Hulu / Disney+

The Korean political thriller is back for a second season, jumping nine years ahead as Baek Kitae (Hyun Bin) rises through the Korean Central Intelligence Agency and gets closer to the center of power. But the higher he climbs, the more dangerous the opposition becomes, with a powerful new rival threatening everything he has built and prosecutor Jang Keon-young (Jung Woo-sung) still standing in his way. As Korea’s 1970s political struggles intensify, Kitae’s criminal ambitions and official authority become increasingly difficult to separate. Power has gotten him this far; now comes the harder part—holding onto it.

📺 “Dalliance” Trailer: Hugo Weaving and Heather Mitchell Shake Up a Lifetime of Love and Marriage in Paramount’s Australian Ensemble Drama — Streams Thursday, August 27th on Paramount+

One spark can shake up a lifetime of relationships in this Australian import. Aussie icon Hugo Weaving (The Matrix, The Lord of the Rings) stars as retired cameraman Billy, who unexpectedly connects with chef Dani (Heather Mitchell), setting off a chain reaction through their close-knit Sydney circle of friends in their 60s. As marriages crack, old wounds reopen, and new relationships take hold, everyone is forced to reconsider the choices that got them here. This six-part Paramount+ drama proves that desire, regret, and second chances don’t necessarily disappear with age. Sometimes, those things only get messier as we get older.

📺 “Vigil: Series 3” Trailer: Suranne Jones and Rose Leslie Head to the Arctic for an Increasingly Complicated Murder Investigation — Streams Sunday, August 30th in the U.K. on BBC iPlayer

At the edge of the Arctic, the weather isn’t the only thing that’s ice-cold. Sometimes, an investigation can turn just as cold as the climate. Suranne Jones and Rose Leslie return as DCI Amy Silva and DI Kirsten Longacre in this twisty British crime thriller, with their latest case taking them deep into the unforgiving polar region. Sent to a remote research station after a member of a covert British special-forces mission is shot dead, the duo finds themselves in the middle of an increasingly complicated murder investigation. With extreme conditions limiting movement and trust in short supply, the detectives must piece together what happened before the killing and determine whether the station’s scientific work is somehow connected to the murder.

📺 “Ludwig: Season 2” Trailer: David Mitchell Returns to Crack Impossible Crimes While Searching for His Missing Twin — Streams Tuesday, October 13th on BritBox in U.S.

A missing twin is one puzzle John “Ludwig” Taylor still can’t solve. Now officially working as a Crime Scene Consultant for Cambridge Police, the brilliant but socially awkward puzzle-setter takes on seemingly impossible crimes while quietly continuing the search for his missing brother James with sister-in-law Lucy (Anna Maxwell Martin). David Mitchell returns as Ludwig, with Stephen Merchant, Karl Pilkington, Mark Bonnar, Sian Clifford, and more joining the mix as his police work starts getting uncomfortably close to the mystery he’s not supposed to be investigating. Solving murders may come naturally to Ludwig, but finding his brother remains the one answer he just can’t crack.

📺 “The Traitors: New Blood” Trailer: Alan Cumming Opens the Castle to a New Group of Everyday Americans Ready to Lie, Scheme, and Betray — Premieres Thursday, September 17th on NBC; Streaming Next Day on Peacock

It’s the game where lying isn’t a vice... it’s a virtue. Alan Cumming returns as the castle’s impeccably dressed host, welcoming a new group of everyday Americans into a game where contestants must figure out who among them is secretly working against the group. After becoming an online phenomenon—and likely a favorite among your reality-TV-obsessed family and friends—the series is back to put a fresh group of players through the same rigorous game of trust, deception, and betrayal. And with a host who seems born for theatrical mischief, Cumming makes every accusation, banishment, and betrayal part of the fun.

📺 “Graveyard: Season 3” Trailer: Birce Akalay Reunites Her Team for Another Harrowing Case in Netflix’s Turkish Crime Series — Arrives Friday, August 28th on Netflix

Netflix’s Turkish crime series returns for Season 3 as Commissioner Önem Özülkü (Birce Akalay) and her specialized team are brought back together after being disbanded. A disturbing new case puts them back on the job, uncovering fresh files, buried truths, and old wounds as they once again investigate crimes involving violence against women. With institutional resistance mounting and the case taking a personal toll, the search for justice becomes as much about what’s been hidden as what they can actually prove.

📺 “One Hundred Years of Solitude: Grand Finale” Trailer: Netflix’s Spanish-Language Family Saga Comes to an End with a Feature-Length Final Chapter — Streams Wednesday, August 26th on Netflix

Macondo is running out of time. Netflix’s Spanish-language adaptation of Gabriel García Márquez’s landmark novel has unfolded across 16 episodes, and now the Buendía family is facing the final turn of a curse that has followed seven generations through love, war, memory, and loss. Claudio Cataño and Marleyda Soto lead the ensemble as the town’s tangled history moves toward the prophecy buried deep within its foundations, with Laura Mora directing the final chapter. The series now comes to a close with a practically feature-length finale, where oblivion may prove to be the Buendía family’s final inheritance.

Netflix Unveils Its Latest Anime Originals: Watch the New Trailers!

Netflix is mostly known for being the home of some very popular original streaming shows and movies, some leaning into prestigious dramas, mainstream crowd-pleasers, and hugely popular reality shows. But for those who aren’t necessarily into the anime genre, you might not even realize that Netflix has slowly but surely become a major platform for anime lovers. The streaming giant recently announced its latest upcoming slate of anime originals at this week’s Anime NYC, and we quickly run down their trailers for you below.

📺 “Blue Eye Samurai: Season 2” Teaser: Mizu Takes Her Revenge Beyond Japan and Into London — Coming January 2027 on Netflix

The Emmy-winning samurai anime returns as Mizu (Maya Erskine) takes her revenge beyond Japan and into London, hunting the remaining men tied to her birth while facing new allies, old enemies, and demons she can’t cut down. Back in Edo, Akemi (Brenda Song), Taigen (Darren Barnet), and Ringo (Masi Oka) forge their own paths as Mizu discovers leaving Japan doesn’t mean escaping her past.

📺 “Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2” Teaser: A Washed-Up Edgerunner and Vengeful Netrunner Cross Paths in a New Standalone Night City Story — Premieres Tuesday, October 20th on Netflix

In this second season of the cyberpunk anime, washed-up edgerunner Weak (Kentaro Tone) searches for purpose after losing the chrome that made him a legend, while netrunner D (Koki Uchiyama) hunts the killer who destroyed her clan. Their paths cross with filmmaker Roman Carax and survivor Talia, pulling them into a story where revenge, legacy, and spectacle are impossible to separate.

📺 “Bass X Machina” Teaser: Brian Tyree Henry Becomes Judge, Jury, and Executioner in LeSean Thomas’ Steampunk Western — Premieres Tuesday, November 3rd on Netflix

In a lawless steampunk West filled with outlaws, machines, and supernatural horrors, Bass (Brian Tyree Henry) is forced to become judge, jury, and executioner to protect his family. But as the violence escalates, every victory threatens to push his loved ones further away. Created by animator LeSean Thomas (Yasuke, Cannon Busters), this animated western asks how far a father can go before protection becomes something else.

📺 “Fool Night” Teaser + Featurette: A Young Man Weighs Becoming a Plant to Survive a Dying World in Netflix’s Dystopian Anime — Premieres Thursday, November 26th on Netflix

In a future of permanent winter, humanity survives by transforming dying people into plants that produce oxygen. For impoverished Toshiro Kamiya (Koki Uchiyama), Transfloration offers money for his family and an escape from a life he can barely afford. But accepting it means giving up his body, forcing him to decide what his life is worth to a society that values what he can become.

📺 “Sakamoto Days: Season 2” Character Trailer: Taro Sakamoto Goes Undercover at Assassin School as the Netflix Anime Returns — Coming January 2027

Retired assassin Taro Sakamoto is going back to school. Disguised as his wife Aoi, Sakamoto infiltrates the JCC academy as a student teacher while Shin poses as a student, hoping to uncover information. But between dangerous recruits, veteran assassins, old friends, and an attack on ORDER members in Kyoto, this semester may reveal more about Sakamoto’s past than he ever bargained for again.

📺 “LEGO One Piece” Trailer: Usopp Retells the Straw Hats’ Greatest Adventures Brick by Brick in Netflix’s Two-Part Animated Special — Streaming Tuesday, September 29th on Netflix

In this two-part LEGO special, Usopp (voiced by Jacob Romero) catches new recruit Chopper up on the Straw Hats’ adventures, retelling Luffy, Nami, Zoro, Sanji, and his own journey from the East Blue into the Grand Line. With pirates, monsters, and plenty of exaggeration, their greatest hits get rebuilt brick by brick in LEGO form.

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🎥 “Whalefall” New Trailer: Austin Abrams Gets Swallowed Whole by a Sperm Whale in Brian Duffield’s Survival Thriller with Josh Brolin — Hitting Theaters October 16th

You’ve heard that old expression about being trapped inside the “belly of the beast.” It has biblical roots in the story of Jonah, who once found himself swallowed whole by a “great fish.” But these are just tales of old, meant to teach us a lesson; a metaphor for perseverance and faith. It’s not something anyone expects to experience literally.

But what if someone actually made a movie about being swallowed by, say, a whale? Well, someone did. And judging by the new full-length trailer, it could turn out to be one of the year’s more unexpected movie surprises.

Since the release of its teaser trailer a couple of months back, Whalefall has been generating a lot of online buzz, as it looks quite epic and will likely have people on the edge of their seats... and perhaps rethinking the ocean altogether.

After all, the ocean remains one of the last great unexplored frontiers. And few creatures have fascinated us quite like whales—real-life giant monsters. We’ve spent years fearing snakes, rats, spiders, bats, and sharks. Now Whalefall looks ready to add whales to the list.

Starring Austin Abrams, of Euphoria, Weapons, and the soon-to-be Resident Evil reboot, alongside his Weapons co-star Josh Brolin, the film is a survival drama-thriller about a young diver named Jay Gardiner (Abrams), who accidentally gets gulped up by a massive sperm whale, and now he has only 60 minutes of air left. Brolin plays Jay’s late father, Mitt Gardiner, whose hard-earned lessons may become the key to his son’s own survival as he reaches back to the things his father once taught him. We’re guessing, however, that surviving inside a whale’s belly was never one of those lessons.

Directed by Brian Duffield, the filmmaker behind the cult hits Spontaneous and No One Will Save You, and working from a script he co-wrote with Daniel Kraus, author of the novel on which the film is based, Whalefall also co-stars Elisabeth Shue, John Ortiz, Jane Levy, and Emily Rudd.

If you ever thought being eaten by a whale might be the most horrifying thing imaginable, well, this film seems determined to prove that surviving the ordeal might be even worse. And yes! Sperm whales are known for eating squid and small fish. But then again, that didn’t stop Pinocchio from ending up inside one.

Whalefall is due to wash ashore in theaters on October 16th.

🎥 “California Schemin” Trailer: James McAvoy Co-Stars and Directs the True Story of Two Scottish Rappers Who Fooled the Music Industry by Pretending to Be American, Starring Séamus McLean Ross and Samuel Bottomley — In U.S. Theaters October 9th

Here’s a question to ponder: Say you get to live out your lifelong dream. But in order to do it, you also have to live a lie. Could you do it? Could you keep it up, knowing one slip-up could expose the whole damn thing?

Scottish actor James McAvoy makes his feature directorial debut with California Schemin’, a hip-hop dramedy based on a true story about just how far you’d go to make your dream come true. Imagine something like Milli Vanilli, but if they did all their own rapping and were only lying about where they came from.

Starring Séamus McLean Ross and Samuel Bottomley, the film tells the incredible true story of Silibil N’ Brains, two rising rappers who, in the early 2000s, were on the verge of their big break. The problem? They were actually a couple of Scots pretending to be American, complete with fake California accents and a made-up backstory explaining why they were living in Scotland.

In a genre built on authenticity, Silibil N’ Brains—aka Gavin Bain (McLean Ross) and Billy Boyd (Bottomley)—were building their entire music career on a fabrication, convinced that if people knew they were Scottish rappers, they wouldn’t be taken seriously. The thing is, it worked. It worked almost too well, as they found themselves on the verge of signing a record deal, going on a global tour, and performing alongside other artists. But sometimes a lie takes on a life of its own. That’s when keeping the story straight becomes harder than telling the truth.

Also starring Lucy Halliday and Rebekah Murrell, with McAvoy appearing as record-label boss Anthony Reid, California Schemin’ dramatizes a story previously featured in Jeanie Finlay’s 2013 documentary The Great Hip Hop Hoax.

The film already opened in the UK earlier this year and is now set to hit U.S. theaters beginning October 9th, with further expansion on October 16th and 23rd.

🎥 “Ghost Soldier” Trailer: Jim Caviezel Goes to War Against Corporate Land Grabbers in William Eubank’s Old-School Action Thriller — Arriving In Theaters November 6th

What are the core elements of a good Western? Well, you gotta have a hero who doesn’t say much. He’s fighting for something worth protecting. And when trouble comes looking for him, he doesn’t back down or run away. Throw in some ruthless land grabbers and a good old-fashioned fight over who gets to call the land their own.

So, how do you bring that into a modern setting? Easy. No more horses. No more cowboy hats or six-shooters. Make the hero a former Special Forces soldier and swap the Old West arsenal for tactical gear and high-tech weaponry. Hell yeah!

That’s basically the setup for this new Jim Caviezel action thriller, Ghost Soldier, which feels like an old-school Western dropped into the modern day. There’s a little ’80s action-movie attitude in there too. You know the kind, where the bad guys are just plain bad, and the good guys can be even worse when someone deserves what’s coming to them.

Caviezel stars as Henry “Fitz” Fitzgerald, a former Special Forces soldier and advanced weapons developer who has withdrawn from the world and settled into a quiet, off-the-grid life in his Wyoming hometown. But when a powerful foreign corporation moves in and tries to seize his neighbors’ land, Fitz decides it’s time to come out of retirement. Which means asking these corporate goons to leave the property immediately... and making damn sure they don’t come back, in a very Steven Seagal kind of way.

Of course, it wouldn’t be an action movie without some pushback and a whole lot of retaliation. So, cue the high-tech weaponry, serious gunfights, and Fitz showing these guys exactly why picking a fight with him was a very bad idea.

Co-starring Garret Dillahunt, Carlos Gómez, Olivia Thirlby, Beau Knapp, and Shea Whigham, the film is the latest from director William Eubank, the filmmaker behind the cult sci-fi horror flick Underwater and the military action-thriller Land of Bad. He’s also known for his 2014 Sundance breakout hit The Signal.

Ghost Soldier seems to be tapping right into Eubank’s fondness for tactical hardware, while also showing plenty of love for the kind of old-school action flicks that once had names like Stallone and Schwarzenegger up on the marquee.

The film is slated to hit theaters November 6th.

🎥 “Wildwood” New Trailer: A Teenage Girl Enters a Hidden Forest to Rescue Her Baby Brother in LAIKA’s New Stop-Motion Fantasy Adventure From Director Travis Knight — Coming to Theaters October 23rd

Okay, we’re going to admit it. That new He-Man movie was surprisingly awesome. And maybe it didn’t deserve all that hate... nor the box-office beating it took this summer. But here’s the most impressive part: the same creative team behind Masters of the Universe was also working on this new LAIKA joint. Now that’s a pretty impressive one-two punch, if you ask us.

Director Travis Knight and screenwriter Chris Butler, who just worked together on bringing He-Man to the big screen, are now turning their attention to something completely different: a dark, handcrafted stop-motion fantasy adventure that looks ready to tug at the heartstrings just as much as it dazzles the eyes. And given their track record (they’re also the team behind Kubo and the Two Strings and ParaNorman, two of LAIKA’s most beloved films), this new stop-motion adventure could turn out to be something pretty special when it arrives this October.

Wildwood is a fairy tale-like fantasy that follows Prue McKeel, a tenacious teenage girl who witnesses a murder of crows snatch her baby brother and carry him deep into the forest. With her classmate Curtis along for the journey, she sets off into a hidden magical world filled with talking animals, warring factions, bandits, and ancient powers—all while trying to find her brother and bring him home.

The story is based on Colin Meloy’s beloved fantasy novel, adapted for the screen by Butler. And like most LAIKA films, the voice cast features an impressive roster, including Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Jacob Tremblay, Carey Mulligan, Mahershala Ali, Angela Bassett, Awkwafina, Jake Johnson, Charlie Day, Amandla Stenberg, Jemaine Clement, Maya Erskine, Tantoo Cardinal, Tom Waits, and Richard E. Grant.

Knight took a lot of heat for directing the live-action Masters of the Universe, which has sadly turned into one of the summer’s biggest box-office bombs. But Wildwood looks like a reminder that stop-motion fantasy is still very much his home turf, and maybe just what he needs to get back on his feet.

Wildwood opens in theaters October 23rd.

🎥 “Club Kid” Trailer: I Love LA’s Jordan Firstman Becomes an Unexpected Dad in A24’s Queer Party-Kid Dramedy with Cara Delevingne, Diego Calva and Reggie Absolom— In Theaters November 6th

Jordan Firstman, who you might have seen in comedy series like FX’s English Teacher and HBO’s I Love LA, makes his biggest leap yet with Club Kid, his feature directorial debut. The film has been generating plenty of buzz since premiering at Cannes in the Un Certain Regard section. And Firstman didn’t just direct it; he wrote and stars in it too.

Firstman plays Peter, a washed-up New York party promoter whose life still revolves around late nights, drugs, and chasing the next big party. But everything takes a sharp left turn when a 10-year-old boy suddenly shows up claiming to be the son he never knew he had. Now forced to deal with the responsibilities of being both an adult and a parent, Peter has to reevaluate his life while making room for someone who suddenly depends on him.

But that doesn’t necessarily mean giving up everything that made his old life fun. Peter tries to figure out a way to balance the party life he knows with the responsibilities of suddenly being a dad to a kid who, at times, seems more grown-up than he is.

Also starring Reggie Absolom as Peter’s son, alongside Cara Delevingne, Diego Calva, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, and Colleen Camp, this queer-friendly party-kid dramedy is about what happens when growing up finally hits you like a bucket of cold water to the face. Suddenly, all the things that once felt exciting and carefree start looking a little different when someone else is counting on you to be the adult in the room.

Club Kid was acquired by A24 and will open in theaters on November 6th.

🎥 “Without Blood” Trailer: Salma Hayek Pinault Confronts a Painful Past in Angelina Jolie’s Intimate Adaptation of Alessandro Baricco’s Wartime Novel with Demián Bichir — In Theaters September 18th

Salma Hayek Pinault and Angelina Jolie!

These two powerhouse women have come together. But if you’re expecting something glamorous or larger-than-life, think again. Instead, they’ve teamed up for something far more intimate, somber, and emotionally bruising.

Jolie is back in the director’s chair for her fifth feature, Without Blood, adapting Alessandro Baricco’s novel into an emotionally charged drama starring Hayek Pinault as Nina, a woman driven by revenge after losing her family during a devastating war years ago.

Also starring Demián Bichir and Juan Minujín, the film unfolds across decades, as the trauma of war and the loss of Nina’s family fuel her lifelong search for answers and resolution.

“Revenge is the drug that allows us to fight,” Nina says in the film’s trailer. She’s sitting across from a man (Bichir) from her traumatic past, someone she believes holds the answers to what happened to her family all those years ago.

Told through what appears to be flashbacks and a present-day confrontation, Nina slowly pieces together the events that shattered her family and the role this man may have played in them. It’s revenge she wants, but something tells us the truth may not give her the satisfaction she’s been searching for.

Jolie also wrote the adapted screenplay, based on the acclaimed 2002 short novel Senza sangue (aka Without Blood) by Italian author Alessandro Baricco (Novecento). The book tells a fictional story about a wartime massacre in an undisclosed Latin country during a brutal conflict. Many years later, an older Nina sits face-to-face with a man connected to the tragedy, forcing them both to confront the past.

Judging from the footage, this certainly feels like a role we haven’t seen Salma Hayek Pinault tackle in quite some time; perhaps not since her Oscar-nominated performance in Frida.

Without Blood is coming to theaters September 18th.

It’s the middle of August, and you’d think by now the movie and TV slate would be starting to wind down. But nope. There’s still quite a bit left on the calendar, with a surprisingly wide variety of things to choose from.

And while some of the summer’s biggest movies are still making waves at the box office… for instance, the latest Spider-Man movie seems unstoppable at the moment, while Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is still drawing huge box office numbers, there are plenty of new releases coming in this weekend hoping to make a dent of their own, and maybe even take the top spot.

TV, meanwhile, seems to be taking a little bit of a breather this week, with only a handful of new shows arriving. So if you’ve been meaning to catch up on something, this might be a good week to do it.

And like always, we’ve rounded up most of the major releases coming over the next few days, whether they’re hitting theaters, streaming, VOD, or TV. So scroll down and take a look. We’re sure there’s something here that’ll catch your eye.

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• 🎦 Streaming This Week

• ✅ On VOD This Week

• 📺 On TV This Week

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🎥 Your Letter
(Mon, Aug 17th — Crunchyroll Anime Nights theatrical event)

After defending a classmate and becoming the target of bullies, So-ri transfers to a quiet countryside school, where she discovers a letter left in her desk by Ho-yeon, the student who sat there before her. Adapted by director Kim Yong-hwan from Hyeon A Cho’s webtoon, this South Korean animated coming-of-age story follows a trail of letters that leads So-ri beyond isolation and toward unexpected friendship and a fresh start ahead.

🎥 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: Texas Chain Saw Day
(Tues, Aug 18th — one-night theatrical rerelease)

August 18 belongs to Leatherface. Dark Sky Films and Fathom Entertainment are bringing Tobe Hooper’s restored horror landmark back to theaters nationwide for “Texas Chain Saw Day,” commemorating the date the film’s story begins in 1973. Five young travelers crossing rural Texas stumble into the home of a cannibalistic family, where an encounter with the chainsaw-wielding Leatherface turns an ordinary weekend trip into a nightmare of epic proportions.

🎥 Insidious: Out of the Further
(Fri, Aug 21st — wide release)

Amelia Eve stars as Gemma, a young mother who discovers she can enter the purgatorial realm that has haunted the Insidious universe. The problem? She can also bring its inhabitants back with her. Once the demons understand what she can do, Gemma and her daughter become the center of a new demonic invasion. With Lin Shaye returning as paranormal investigator Elise Rainier, escaping The Further just became the easy part. It’s now about keeping what’s inside it from escaping into our world.

🎥 Mutiny
(Fri, Aug 21st — wide release)

Jason Statham on a cargo ship full of bad guys is pretty much the whole sales pitch. Here, Statham stars as a former London cop working security for a billionaire who is framed after his boss is murdered, sending him on the run and straight into an international conspiracy. Annabelle Wallis, Roland Møller, and Adrian Lester co-star, with Plane director Jean-François Richet behind the camera. What starts as a mission to clear his name quickly turns the ship into a floating battlefield, giving Statham plenty of room to do what Statham does best: kick ass and take names!

🎥 Spa Weekend
(Fri, Aug 21st — wide release)

Leslie Mann, Isla Fisher, Michelle Buteau, and Anna Faris star as lifelong friends who head to a luxury spa after careers, relationships, families, and everyday exhaustion push their bond to the breaking point. This raunchy midlife comedy turns a weekend of self-care into some seriously overdue fun. The facials and massage may be optional; the meltdown is clearly included.

🎥 Hot Spot
(Fri, Aug 21st — wide release)

In this AI dystopian thriller, Polish actor Andrzej Konopka stars as a private investigator whose latest case pulls him into a larger conspiracy involving citywide surveillance and an AI system that may be distorting more than the truth. Directed by cult Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Smoczyńska (The Lure), with Noomi Rapace co-starring as a mysterious refugee labeled a “cyber witch” for a strange ability that may offer hope to a rising rebellion. It’s a cyberpunk mystery filtered through an ’80s retro-tinged fever dream where technology is all-consuming as well as impossible to trust.

🎥 Tony
(Fri, Aug 21st — expands wide)

Before Anthony Bourdain became a culinary icon, he was merely a 19-year-old aspiring writer searching for direction. Dominic Sessa stars in Matt Johnson’s 1976-set origin story, which sends the young Tony to Provincetown for a summer job at a Cape Cod restaurant. Hired by a commanding chef (Antonio Banderas), he is pulled into the frantic, profane, and seductive world of professional kitchens, where pressure, precision, and hard work begin reshaping his own ambitions. What starts as seasonal work quickly becomes the spark that changes the course of his life.

🎥 It Ends
(Fri, Aug 21st — limited release)

One wrong turn can sometimes last forever. In this existential horror thriller, Phinehas Yoon, Akira Jackson, Noah Toth, and Mitchell Cole play four recent college graduates whose late-night food run lands them on an endless two-lane road, where the surrounding woods hide otherworldly threats. They soon realize they’re trapped on a road to nowhere... one that may never end.

🎥 The Magic Faraway Tree
(Fri, Aug 21st — limited release)

Claire Foy and Andrew Garfield star as parents who move their family to the English countryside, where their young children discover a magical tree leading to ever-changing worlds above the clouds. Each climb brings new wonders, dangers, and storybook surprises, turning a family adventure into an extraordinary journey to places where anything can happen. Based on Enid Blyton’s beloved children’s books, this whimsical fantasy asks what happens when imagination becomes a place you can actually visit.

🎥 Dreams in Nightmares
(Fri, Aug 21st — limited release)

Denée Benton stars as Z, whose life takes an unexpected turn after a layoff sends her across the Midwest in search of a friend who has vanished off the grid. Joined by her two closest friends, the trip becomes something larger than a search for answers. Co-starring Mars Storm Rucker, Dezi Bing, Sasha Compère, and Jasmin Savoy Brown, writer-director Shatara Michelle Ford’s tender road movie follows Z as she confronts love, identity, belonging, and what it means to truly live on her own terms.

🎥 Paper Flowers
(Fri, Aug 21st — limited release)

Based on Shalin Shah’s true life story and his viral essay “Thank You, Cancer,” this life-affirming drama stars Kapil Talwalkar as Shalin, a 22-year-old USC graduate whose promising future is upended by a diagnosis of rare, aggressive cancer. As illness reshapes his relationships with family, friends, and his girlfriend, Shalin begins searching for meaning in the time he has left. Also starring Olivia Liang, Karan Soni, Faran Tahir, and Meera Simhan, director Mahesh Pailoor’s biographical drama finds purpose in gratitude, love, and the choices we make in a time of great uncertainty.

🎥 Blood Shine
(Fri, Aug 21st — limited release; in select theaters)

David Call stars as troubled horror filmmaker Brighton, whose retreat to upstate New York takes a terrifying turn when he encounters Clara (played by Emily Bennett, who also co-wrote and co-directed with partner Justin Brooks), a religious zealot convinced that suffering can transform him into a god. Taken captive and subjected to sadistic rituals, Brighton is forced into a brutal test of faith where pain is treated as a pathway to divine transformation.

🎥 Bury the Devil
(Fri, Aug 21st — limited release, in select theaters)

Shot in real time as a single continuous take, horror filmmaker Adam O’Brien sets the stage for a nighttime nightmare as a hospice nurse (Emmanuelle Lussier Martinez) begins her overnight shift at an isolated old house, where a dementia patient (Dawn Ford) starts behaving in frighteningly unfamiliar ways. Trapped inside as a demonic presence seeps through the cracks of the home, the caregiver must determine what is real, who can be trusted, and whether either of them will survive until morning.

🎥 Never Stop Chasing
(Fri, Aug 21st — limited release)

Storm chaser Reed Timmer makes a living driving toward the weather everyone else is trying to escape. With his crew and the armored Dominator 3 truck, he pursues some of the world’s most violent tornadoes, getting as close as possible. The documentary looks beyond the adrenaline and spectacle to the obsession, friendships, danger, and human cost behind storm chasing, turning each pursuit into an intimate portrait of the people willing to risk everything for one more look inside the storm.

🎥 The Last Picture Shows
(Fri, Aug 21st — limited release; in L.A.)

Small-town movie theaters are becoming a rare breed these days. This indie documentary travels from one surviving cinema house to another, looking at the theaters that once served as gathering places, local landmarks, and shared venues for movie-loving communities. Now, mostly empty marquees and vacant seats tell one side of the story, while the owners and communities still fighting to keep the lights on tell the other. This road-trip love letter looks back at a time when going to the movies meant more than watching a film... it meant experiencing something together.

🎥 The Marching Band
(Fri, Aug 21st — limited release; in N.Y.)

Music becomes common ground between two brothers who never knew each other existed. Benjamin Lavernhe stars as a celebrated orchestra conductor who discovers his long-lost sibling (Pierre Lottin) is a school cafeteria worker and trombonist in a local marching band. Emmanuel Courcol directs this French comedy-drama about two very different lives brought together by an unexpected family connection, with music giving them a way to bridge the years they lost.

🎥 Castle in the Sky: 40th Anniversary
(Sat, August 22nd thru Wed, August 26th — via Fathom Entertainment screenings)

Hayao Miyazaki’s animated adventure returns for its 40th anniversary, with Pazu and Sheeta racing toward the legendary floating city of Laputa while pirates, soldiers, and government agents pursue them. At the center of it all is Sheeta’s crystal and the power hidden within it.

🎦 Streaming This Week
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🎦 Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing
(Wed, Aug 19th — premiering on Netflix)

Following the death of Boeing whistleblower John Barnett, filmmaker Rory Kennedy returns to the aviation giant she investigated in Downfall: The Case Against Boeing. With producing partner Mark Bailey, Kennedy brings forward new voices from inside the company alongside footage and testimony examining allegations around manufacturing culture, cost-cutting, and weakened quality control. This updated investigation asks what has changed since the earlier film, and whether meaningful accountability has followed.

🎦 Novak Djokovic: The Wolf in Winter
(Thurs, Aug 20th — premiering on Prime Video)

Amid recent health concerns, tennis legend Novak Djokovic steps into the spotlight away from the court in this feature-length sports documentary from director Jason Hehir. Built around behind-the-scenes access, the film looks at Djokovic’s career, legacy, and the competitive drive that continues to define the later stage of his time in professional tennis.

🎦 We Are Pat
(Thurs, Aug 20th — streaming on Peacock)

Some punchlines don’t age well, but sometimes the joke changes with the times. Director Rowan Haber revisits Saturday Night Live’s “It’s Pat” through today’s conversations around gender, comedy, queer identity, and representation. Featuring Julia Sweeney, the SNL comedian behind the iconic character, alongside a lineup of comics and cultural voices, this Tribeca Films documentary turns a familiar pop-culture oddity into a sharper look at how comedy evolves.

🎦 Passenger
(Thurs, Aug 20th — streaming on Paramount+)

The open road turns into a dead-end nightmare in this supernatural horror thriller from horror director André Øvredal. Jacob Scipio and Lou Llobell star as a van-life couple whose dream getaway spirals after they witness a deadly roadside accident and find themselves stalked by a demonic presence that refuses to let them outrun it. Melissa Leo co-stars as a fellow traveler who knows the road hides something far worse than bad directions.

🎦 My Husband’s Sister
(Fri, Aug 21st — premiering on Tubi)

Mikhail Keize stars as Liam, a reformed con artist whose second chance begins to collapse when a murderous figure from his past targets the woman who helped him start over. With Marcia Harvey, Joyce Glenn, and Tina Fears co-starring, this Tubi Original turns a household into a dangerous web of hidden identities and old crimes... and a suspenseful fight over whether one’s past can ever really let go.

🎦 Mother Mary
(Fri, Aug 21st — streaming on HBO Max)

Anne Hathaway stars as a pop icon in freefall who retreats to a rural German farmhouse to reunite with her estranged friend and costume designer (Michaela Coel) to create a dress meant to mark a bold comeback. But as old wounds reopen and the creative process turns combative, visually inventive filmmaker David Lowery shapes this surreal, music-laced drama into a psychological unraveling where identity, ego, and art become impossible to separate.

🎦 She Dances
(Fri, Aug 21st — streaming on Peacock)

Steve Zahn hits the road with his real-life daughter Audrey Zahn in this emotional family dramedy about a divorced father trying to reconnect with his teenage daughter on the way to a regional dance competition. Directed by actor Rick Gomez from a script co-written with Zahn, the film co-stars Ethan Hawke, Mackenzie Ziegler, Sonequa Martin-Green, and Rosemarie DeWitt. Sometimes the hardest road trip is the one where the real destination is forgiveness.

🎦 Rosebush Pruning
(Fri, Aug 21st — streaming on MUBI)

Jamie Bell stars as the estranged black sheep of a wealthy, dysfunctional family (Callum Turner, Riley Keough, and Lukas Gage) who returns home with his new girlfriend (Elle Fanning). What begins as an uneasy family dinner quickly becomes a pressure cooker of buried resentment, manipulation, and psychological chaos. With Tracy Letts as the domineering, sharp-tongued patriarch, this homecoming makes family feel less like a warm hug and more like a knife in the back. Loosely inspired by Marco Bellocchio’s Fists in the Pocket, director Karim Aïnouz (Firebrand) and The Lobster co-writer Efthimis Filippou turn family dysfunction into a warning that sometimes the people closest to you can do the most damage.

🎦 I Swear
(Sat, Aug 22nd — streaming on Netflix)

BAFTA winner Robert Aramayo delivers a raw, transformative performance in this award-winning true-story drama, playing John Davidson, a young Scotsman whose severe Tourette syndrome turns everyday life into an unpredictable battle as he comes of age in 1980s Scotland. With Maxine Peake as his fiercely protective guardian and supporting turns from Shirley Henderson and Peter Mullan, the struggle shifts from suppression to self-acceptance, pushing him to embrace his voice rather than hide it.

🎦 The Christophers
(Sat, Aug 22nd — streaming on Hulu)

A reclusive pop art painter (Ian McKellen) becomes the centerpiece of a quiet con when his estranged children enlist a skilled restorer (Michaela Coel) to secretly finish his abandoned paintings before passing them off as rediscovered works. Reuniting director Steven Soderbergh with writer Ed Solomon, this art-world drama turns questions of legacy and authorship into a sly, ticking-clock scheme where the truth may be the most valuable forgery of all.

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✅ Toy Story 5
(Tues, Aug 18th — on VOD/Digital)

The toys are back, and this time the enemy may be progress itself. Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Jessie, and the rest of Bonnie’s toys find themselves facing Lilypad, a cheerful Wi-Fi-enabled smart tablet that instantly grabs Bonnie’s total attention. Directed by Pixar vet Andrew Stanton, with Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, and Joan Cusack returning alongside Greta Lee, Melissa Villaseñor, Craig Robinson, Conan O’Brien, and others in the voice cast, Pixar’s latest sequel once again turns a child’s playroom into a bitter battlefield of relevance, where sometimes the toy with the most wear and tear still has the most heart.

✅ Rose of Nevada
(Tues, Aug 18th — on VOD/Digital)

A vanished fishing boat returns from nowhere, and that’s only the beginning of the problem. Callum Turner and George MacKay star as desperate men who take jobs aboard a vessel that mysteriously reappears decades after disappearing at sea. Writer-director Mark Jenkin’s eerie maritime thriller pushes its crew into a time-bending mystery where memory, fate, and folklore start pulling in the same dangerous direction.

✅ Horsegirls
(Tues, Aug 18th — on VOD/Digital)

Lillian Carrier stars as Margarita, a 22-year-old woman with autism who finds freedom in the wonderfully specific world of hobbyhorsing. As her mother’s illness returns, that passion becomes more than an escape... it becomes a declaration of independence. Written and directed by first-time feature filmmaker Lauren Meyering, this heartfelt debut turns an unlikely arena into a moving story about family, self-determination, and letting go.

✅ Yellow Eyes
(Tues, Aug 18th — on VOD/Digital)

Michael Kunicki stars as Brad, whose discovery of a strange cursed idol leaves him increasingly under the grip of a sinister entity while the people around him struggle to understand what is happening. Directed by Jesse Korman and produced by Joe Swanberg, this supernatural horror thriller builds its threat around demonic possession and the fear that whatever Brad has uncovered may already be consuming him.

✅ The Kung Fu Kid
(Tues, Aug 18th — on VOD/Digital)

In this animated martial-arts comedy, a rural teenager heads to Shanghai with more than a trophy on the line. Hoping to pay his father’s medical debt with the winnings, he joins a local kung fu gym and enters Shanghai Fight Night, where elite competitors bring fighting styles from around the world into the ring. The film turns its underdog tournament into a clash between modern fighting styles and Chinese martial-arts tradition, where discipline, technique, and heart may still count for something.

✅ Atlas King
(Fri, Aug 21st — on VOD/Digital)

Michael Bisping stars as Atlas King, an MMA legend who returns home for his best friend’s funeral and finds the town controlled by local crime boss Clay Emerson (Cuba Gooding Jr.). When his friend’s son Tommy is pulled into underground fighting and a heist, Atlas is forced back into the violent world he thought he had escaped. This indie action thriller suggests that no matter how many fights you win, the biggest fight might be the one waiting for you back home.

✅ Blood Shine
(Fri, Aug 21st — on VOD/Digital)

David Call stars as troubled horror filmmaker Brighton, whose retreat to upstate New York takes a terrifying turn when he encounters Clara (played by Emily Bennett, who also co-wrote and co-directed with partner Justin Brooks), a religious zealot convinced that suffering can transform him into a god. Taken captive and subjected to sadistic rituals, Brighton is forced into a brutal test of faith where pain is treated as a pathway to divine transformation.

✅ Bury the Devil
(Fri, Aug 21st — on VOD/Digital)

Shot in real time as a single continuous take, horror filmmaker Adam O’Brien sets the stage for a nighttime nightmare as a hospice nurse (Emmanuelle Lussier Martinez) begins her overnight shift at an isolated old house, where a dementia patient (Dawn Ford) starts behaving in frighteningly unfamiliar ways. Trapped inside as a demonic presence seeps through the cracks of the home, the caregiver must determine what is real, who can be trusted, and whether either of them will survive until morning.

✅ Peter Asher: Everywhere Man
(Fri, Aug 21st — on VOD/Digital)

Some music careers happen center stage, while others quietly shape everything around them. This documentary looks back at the life and career of Peter Asher, from his early pop-music days to his influential work as a producer and manager. With Paul McCartney, James Taylor, and Linda Ronstadt among the film’s voices, it traces a career woven through several major chapters of music history.

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📺 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Season 18
(Mon, Aug 17th — on FXX / Hulu)

If you were looking for maturity at Paddy’s Pub, you’ve come to the wrong place. Charlie, Mac, Dennis, Dee, and Frank return for another season of selfish schemes involving inheritance, automation, conspiracy theories, sobriety culture, school, and a Renaissance Faire. With Charlie Day, Rob Mac, Glenn Howerton, Kaitlin Olson, and Danny DeVito back in action, Season 18 proves that after nearly two decades, the Gang remains impressively committed to learning absolutely nothing from experience… or each other.

📺 Average Joe: Season 2
(Wed, Aug 19th — on Paramount+)

Deon Cole returns as Joe Washington, a Philly plumber whose attempt to reclaim a normal life ends when a new Russian-mob threat puts his family in danger. Reuniting with his crew, Joe is forced to follow a trail from Pittsburgh to Cape Town, where family secrets and dangerous enemies await. With Katlego Lebogang and Hakeem Kae-Kazim joining the action, Season 2 sends an “Average Joe“ back into extraordinary trouble, where every move leads to another bad situation.

📺 Lion
(Wed, Aug 19th — on National Geographic; Next Day on Disney+ / Hulu)

From executive producers Jon Favreau and Mike Gunton, this National Geographic nature documentary special follows Kio, a lion cub growing from vulnerable youth into a contender for leadership. Filmed over four years, Kio experiences loss, exile, and family bonds as fierce rivals test his endurance and instinct, resulting in a coming-of-age story shaped by the uncertainty of the wild. With Oscar-winner Hans Zimmer contributing to the score, Kio’s journey becomes the real-life making of a king.

📺 Outer Banks: Season 5 (Final Season)
(Thurs, Aug 20th — on Netflix)

One last treasure hunt begins with a debt the Pogues cannot leave unpaid. Reeling from a personal tragedy, John B (Chase Stokes), Sarah (Madelyn Cline), Kiara (Madison Bailey), Pope (Jonathan Daviss), and Cleo (Carlacia Grant) chase revenge, redemption, and a stolen artifact that could change their fortunes. With rivals circling closer, the friends form an uneasy alliance with Rafe (Drew Starkey). Season 5, the final season, sends the Pogues into one last race for a future they’ve always fought to claim.

📺 Blood Sacrifice
(Thurs, Aug 20th — on Netflix)

When two Swedish police officers are lured to an empty house in the Stockholm archipelago and murdered, local law enforcement becomes the target of a calculated killing campaign. Investigator Thomas (Jakob Oftebro) is forced to work with Alfred (Peter Andersson), his estranged father and former detective, as they race to identify the killer before another officer becomes the next victim. Created by Hijack creator George Kay and directed by Kristoffer Nyholm, this five-part Swedish thriller turns a murder investigation into a ticking-clock race where old family wounds may be as dangerous as the killer they’re hunting.

📺 Conan O’Brien Must Go: Season 3
(Fri, Aug 21st — on HBO / HBO Max)

In this new four-episode third season of his hit travel show, Conan O’Brien resumes his unorthodox international outreach with four new countries to visit and apparently no plans to preserve his dignity. Each trip begins with a fan connection from his podcast before expanding into improvised encounters with local culture, food, and customs. Conan is less a travel guide than a willing participant in making himself the butt of the joke. A clown, if you will, with a heavily stamped passport.

📺 Stillwater: Season 5
(Fri, Aug 21st — on Apple TV)

Stillwater, the wise panda, returns alongside siblings Karl, Addy, and Michael for five new heartfelt stories about everyday frustrations, fears, and feelings that can seem enormous from a child’s point of view. Based on Jon J. Muth’s Zen books, this animated series uses patient questions and gentle humor to show how a little mindfulness can create space between feeling something and reacting to it.

📺 The Dynasty: UConn Huskies
(Fri, Aug 21st — on Apple TV)

Twelve national championships do not just happen by accident. This three-part sports docuseries traces four decades of UConn women’s basketball under legendary head coach Geno Auriemma, using archival footage and voices from generations of players, coaches, rivals, and alumni to chart the program’s rise from overlooked contender to college basketball powerhouse. Featuring Sue Bird, Paige Bueckers, Rebecca Lobo, Maya Moore, Breanna Stewart, and Diana Taurasi, the series offers a firsthand look at the players who helped build a dynasty.

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🎥 “Just Play Dead” Trailer: Samuel L. Jackson and Eva Green Plot Against Each Other in Director Martin Campbell’s Twisty Neo-Noir Crime Thriller — In Select Theaters August 28th, and on VOD/Digital September 1st

There was a story Samuel L. Jackson once revealed years ago that in almost every movie he agrees to do, he first puts together the look of his character, starting with the wig and hairstyle, then perhaps the clothing next. Well, in his latest film, those choices definitely stand out because he’s made some pretty bold ones with this character.

In the new darkly comic, twisty crime thriller Just Play Dead, the Pulp Fiction star re-teams with director Martin Campbell, having previously worked with him on the assassin thriller The Protégé, and plays Jack Wolfe, a wealthy criminal mastermind plotting to fake his own death for a $30 million insurance payout.

The plan, if successful, will require the help of Jack’s estranged wife, Nora (played by Eva Green), who will get a cut of the money for her trouble. She’ll also have to draw an unsuspecting mark into their scheme and seduce him to help sell her husband’s fake death.

The problem is, Nora has a better idea: kill Jack for real, frame her lover (Jason Fernández) for the murder, and keep the fortune all for herself. Bingo, bango!

Also co-starring María Pedraza and Eoin Macken and written by Dan Gordon, the film feels like a throwback to the kind of shamelessly sleazy neo-noir thrillers where double-crosses, a little pulp, and a few outrageous wigs go a long way.

Just Play Dead is due to open in select theaters August 28th before arriving on VOD and digital September 1st.

🎥 “Animals” Teaser Trailer: A Kidnapping Plot Threatens Ben Affleck’s Political Campaign and Family in Netflix’s Thriller with Kerry Washington — In Select Theaters and on Netflix October 9th

Anyone who follows a political campaign closely knows politics is personal. And does it get any more personal than having your child kidnapped and held for ransom?

Ben Affleck directs and stars in this new Netflix political thriller, Animals, playing Mark Kimball, a Los Angeles mayoral candidate in a hotly contested race whose carefully managed campaign is thrown into crisis when his son suddenly goes missing and is later revealed to have been kidnapped for ransom. With Kerry Washington playing his wife, Abigail, the couple are forced into a desperate race to assemble the ransom while trying to figure out who is behind the kidnapping.

Meanwhile, Mark’s trusted political adviser (Steven Yeun) is scrambling behind the scenes to keep the campaign from unraveling as the kidnapping plot threatens to turn a private crisis into a very public media disaster. They say there’s no such thing as bad press, but this is one story the campaign wouldn’t be able to spin its way out of once word gets out.

Taking place over one harrowing night, Gillian Anderson joins the fray as a very discreet consultant whose expertise in dealing with such crises makes her exactly the kind of person Mark and Abigail need, especially when some decisions require acting quickly, quietly, and with extreme discretion.

Co-starring Adriana Paz, Luis Gerardo Méndez, and Ray Fisher, the film marks Affleck’s latest project for Netflix and his production company, Artists Equity, following their previous collaboration, The Rip, the gritty cop thriller that became a huge hit for the streamer back in January.

Animals is scheduled to open in select theaters and also stream on Netflix October 9th.

🎥 “Rolling Loud: The Movie” Trailer: Owen Wilson Loses His Son in the Middle of the Massive Hip-Hop Festival in Jeremy Garelick’s New Comedy — In Theaters October 2nd

We’re living in a strange world when movies are being made as commercials for productions and brands. But we never would have imagined that live concert events themselves would be turned into feature films too.

Rolling Loud is mostly known as a massive hip-hop music festival where some of the biggest rap artists and thousands of fans come together for one very loud weekend. Now, apparently, it’s also the setting for a new comedy starring Owen Wilson. Go figure!

Written and directed by Jeremy Garelick (The Wedding Ringer, Murder Mystery 2), Wilson stars as a cautious father who sneaks his 13-year-old son into Rolling Loud in hopes of reconnecting with him. As his attempts to be the “cool dad” quickly backfire, things go from bad to worse when he loses his son somewhere in the massive festival crowd.

He’s soon forced to navigate mosh pits, restricted backstage areas, and a parade of eccentric strangers (played by Matt Rife, Christine Ko, Henry Winkler, Sexyy Red, and Ty Dolla $ign) as he desperately tries to track the kid down before the night is over. Sometimes your job as a parent is simply making sure your kid gets home in one piece... even if it means diving headfirst into the world’s loudest concert to find him.

Rolling Loud is coming to theaters October 2nd.

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🎥 “Heart of the Beast” New Trailer: Brad Pitt and His Combat Dog Fight to Survive the Alaskan Wilderness in David Ayer’s Survival Thriller — In Theaters September 25th

There is no stronger bond than that between a man and his dog. But when a man and his dog share the same scars of war, that bond becomes unbreakable. In director David Ayer’s new canine survival drama, Brad Pitt stars as Special Forces officer James Belmont, who finds himself stranded deep in the Alaskan wilderness after a plane crash with only his dog Odin by his side. Odin isn’t your average dog... he is James’s longtime combat partner, having survived the horrors of war alongside him and bearing the scars to prove it, including a missing leg now replaced by a titanium prosthetic. But just when they thought they were done with life-or-death operations, it seems they have one more mission to complete. And the objective is still the same: survive and come home together. Also co-starring J.K. Simmons, the film sets out to prove that sometimes the will to live is greater when you have a loyal partner there to keep you moving.

🎥 “By Any Means” Final Trailer: Mark Wahlberg’s Mafia Enforcer Joins Forces with Yahya Abdul-Mateen II’s FBI Agent in Elegance Bratton’s 1960s Civil Rights Thriller — Coming to Theaters September 4th

Sometimes you have to play hardball. And when you’re dealing with people who don’t play by the rules, sometimes you have to play by theirs. In this new historical crime drama based on true events, Mark Wahlberg, with some noticeable prosthetic makeup, plays notorious mafia hitman Greg Scarpa, who is recruited to work alongside a young Black FBI agent (played by Emmy-nominated Wonder Man star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) investigating the murders of civil-rights leaders in 1960s Mississippi. It’s a pairing no one saw coming, as the FBI turns to a man whose methods are anything but by the book. Directed by The Inspection filmmaker Elegance Bratton, the film dramatizes a particularly dark chapter in America’s history, when civil-rights leaders were being targeted and killed for their activism. And the only way to seek justice meant operating outside the law. You know what they say: you can’t fight fire with fire... but you can sure as hell fight dirty.

🎥 “Beware Boiúna” Trailer: A Colossal Snake Hunts Kiana Madeira, Jessica Rothe, and Logan Marshall-Green Through the Amazon in Mike P. Nelson’s Jungle Horror — In Theaters October 2nd

Show of hands: who here loves giant snake thrillers? To be fair, there aren’t exactly a ton of them, with maybe the classic ’90s cheesefest Anaconda ranking as one of the genre’s most memorable standouts. But we say it’s about time the giant-snake thriller slithered back into the conversation. Well, here’s one that just might have enough bite to satisfy our craving. Starring Kiana Madeira, Jessica Rothe, and Logan Marshall-Green, this new jungle horror follows a group of medical workers on a mission deep into the Amazon. Things take a deadly turn when they awaken Boiúna, a colossal ancient predator that quickly reminds them who really rules the jungle. Directed by genre helmer Mike P. Nelson (The Domestics, V/H/S/85), the film reminds us that giant snakes aren’t only terrifying; they also make one hell of a movie monster. Throw in a few questionable Cajun accents, and you’ve got yourself one gloriously pulpy creature feature.

🎥 “The Musical” Trailer: Will Brill Turns a Middle-School Play Into an Elaborate Revenge Scheme Against Rob Lowe in This Dark Comedy with Gillian Jacobs — In Theaters September 18th

Revenge is a dish best served cold... and served with help from some middle-school kids. Will Brill, the Tony Award-winning actor from the Broadway breakout Stereophonic, stars as Doug Leibowitz, a frustrated playwright stuck teaching middle-school drama to a bunch of snot-nosed kids while still dreaming of making it in New York. When he learns that his ex-girlfriend Abigail (Gillian Jacobs) is seeing the school’s obnoxiously sunny principal, Brady (Rob Lowe)—who also happens to be his number-one rival—Doug sets out to use the school musical as the ultimate act of revenge. Using his class of rug rats as his little evil helpers, Doug secretly stages the most inappropriate school play imaginable in hopes of bringing Brady down. Written by Alexander Heller and directed by actress Giselle Bonilla, this darkly comic teacher-revenge caper turns petty jealousy into a full-blown midlife meltdown in which the children become unwitting accomplices to one man’s increasingly unhinged payback scheme.

🎥 “Idiots” Final Trailer: Dave Franco and O’Shea Jackson Jr. Take a Rehab Transport Job From Hell in Macon Blair’s Dark Road Comedy — In Theaters August 28th

The job is relatively simple: transport one wealthy, troubled teenager to rehab. What could possibly go wrong? Everything, apparently. In this dark road comedy from writer-director Macon Blair (I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore, The Toxic Avenger), Dave Franco and O’Shea Jackson Jr. play two down-on-their-luck drivers hired to deliver a rich, drug-addicted social media influencer (Mason Thames) to a rehab facility for a mandatory stay. Problem is, on the way there, their unruly passenger manages to attract exactly the kind of trouble that can turn a seemingly straightforward road trip into a series of increasingly disastrous detours. Co-starring Kiernan Shipka, Nicholas Braun, and Peter Dinklage as some of the oddball characters they encounter along the way, the film shows a side of America where every roadside stop reveals another seedy corner just waiting to make things worse.

🎥 “Ken Russell’s The Devils: 4K Restoration” Trailer: The Controversial 1971 Religious Horror Classic Returns in Russell’s Definitive Version Starring Oliver Reed and Vanessa Redgrave — In Theaters October 16th for One Week Only

For decades, it was banned in several countries and publicly condemned by the Vatican, earning a reputation as one of the most controversial films of its era. But can we get an amen here? ’Cause it just might be a damn miracle. This 1971 cult classic is finally returning in a definitive 4K restoration, assembled from the original camera negative and guided by writer-director Ken Russell’s privately constructed 2004 edit. Starring Oliver Reed and Vanessa Redgrave, this psychedelic historical horror plunges into religion, politics, sexual repression, and institutional power. Reed plays a charismatic 17th-century Catholic priest whose defiance puts him in the crosshairs of those seeking control of Loudun. The result is a surrealist collision of religious hysteria, accusations of demonic possession, and ruthless political manipulation. Denounced for its provocative religious imagery, sexuality, and blasphemous excess, the film became nearly as infamous for the controversy surrounding it. Now fans can see the closest version yet to Russell’s original cut.

🎥 “Made” 25th Anniversary Trailer: Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn’s Cult 2001 Crime Flick Gets the 4K SteelBook Treatment — Available 4K UHD on September 15th

Before he was the man behind The Mandalorian, The Jungle Book, and Iron Man, Jon Favreau made his feature directing debut on a much smaller scale. He also brought his best pal Vince Vaughn along for the ride, five years after the pair broke through with Swingers, the ’90s indie hangout comedy Favreau wrote that helped launch both of their careers. Favreau followed Swingers with his 2001 directorial debut, reuniting with Vaughn for another story about two friends whose personalities have a way of getting them into trouble. Twenty-five years later, that debut is getting the 4K UHD SteelBook treatment, bringing the boys back for another go-round. In this offbeat crime caper, Favreau and Vaughn play Bobby and Ricky, a pair of longtime friends and low-level criminals whose trip to New York for a seemingly simple money-laundering job quickly becomes anything but. Working for local crime boss Max (Peter Falk), Bobby knows the assignment calls for discretion, while Ricky seems determined to act like he’s starring in his own gangster movie, turning a simple job into a comedy of bruised egos and bad decisions. Perhaps it’s time to get Made all over again.

🎥 “Ueck” Trailer: New Documentary Offers One Final Look at Bob Uecker, the Voice, Wit, and Larger-Than-Life Personality Known as “Mr. Baseball” — Expands to Theaters Throughout August

Bob Uecker was one of those rare baseball personalities who truly crossed over into pop culture. To many, he was the undeniably funny baseball announcer with a dry, self-deprecating wit. But to those raised in the ’80s, he was the wisecracking dad on the beloved sitcom Mr. Belvedere. He was certainly a one-of-a-kind talent. He was certainly a one-of-a-kind talent. And in this new documentary, we get one final look at the man who was more than just the voice behind the microphone. Filmed over the final three years of Uecker’s life, co-directors Steve Farr and Michael T. Vollmann trace his unlikely journey from backup catcher to broadcaster, actor, and beloved “Mr. Baseball.” As sports become more commercialized and less personal, Uecker might be one of the last baseball personalities who feels truly larger than the game.

🎥 “Untold Raygun: Breaking Badly” Trailer: Rachael “Raygun” Gunn Revisits Her Viral Olympic Moment and Tells Her Side of the Story — Streams September 1st on Netflix

She became one of the most discussed Olympians of the 2024 Paris Games... but not for the best of reasons. Rachael “Raygun” Gunn is a competitive break dancer with a distinctive style. There’s no question about that. The question was whether she belonged on the Olympic stage. In this new Netflix sports documentary, the latest installment in its ongoing Untold series, the Australian academic and competitive breaker revisits her unlikely road to Paris and the viral backlash that followed. Mocked relentlessly online as clips of her unconventional dance routine spread around the world, Raygun now gets the chance to tell her side of the story. Going viral made Raygun one of the most recognizable Olympians of the Paris Games, but recognition isn’t the same as knowing the real story.

🎥 “Sunny Dancer” U.S. Trailer: Bella Ramsey Heads to “Chemo Camp” in George Jaques’ Irreverent Coming-of-Age Dramedy with Neil Patrick Harris, Jessica Gunning, and James Norton — In U.S. Theaters September 18th

The Last of Us star Bella Ramsey gets to put her survival skills to use in a very different kind of coming-of-age story. In this irreverent dramedy, Ramsey plays Ivy, a 17-year-old cancer survivor who wants nothing more than to get back to being a normal teenager. But her parents have other plans: a summer at a camp for teenagers affected by cancer, a place Ivy quickly dismisses as “Chemo Camp.” But as much as she resists the forced fun and therapeutic bonding, Ivy soon finds herself connecting with a group of fellow misfits who understand exactly what she’s trying to leave behind. Written and directed by George Jaques, with Neil Patrick Harris co-starring as camp leader Patrick alongside Jessica Gunning and James Norton, the film suggests anyone can survive the hard part, but figuring out how to live afterward may be the real challenge.

🎥 “Big Girls Don’t Cry” U.S. Trailer: Newcomer Ani Palmer Chases Adulthood and Acceptance in Jane Campion-Produced New Zealand Coming-of-Age Drama From Writer-Director Paloma Schneideman — In U.S. Select Theaters October 9th

Fourteen is old enough to want everything adulthood promises. And young enough to have no idea what any of it costs. In this New Zealand coming-of-age drama executive produced by Oscar-winner Jane Campion, newcomer Ani Palmer stars as Sid, a 14-year-old growing up in rural New Zealand during the summer of 2006 and desperate to prove she’s ready for the grown-up world. After hanging out with a group of older girls whose confidence she envies, Sid begins testing the limits of friendship, sex, identity, and rebellion in hopes of earning a place among them. Co-starring Rain Spencer and Noah Taylor, the film marks writer-director Paloma Schneideman’s feature debut with a story that gets to the heart of how badly young people want to belong before they’ve figured out who they are.

🎥 “Down the Arm of God” International Trailer: Caleb Landry Jones Stars as a Texas Pastor Fighting to Help the Unhoused in Director Peter Brunner’s Homelessness Drama — Coming Soon

Caleb Landry Jones has never been afraid of playing characters pushed to the edge, nor of taking on films that venture into uncomfortable territory. In his latest, he stars (as well as co-writes with director Peter Brunner) as a young Texas pastor whose attempt to help local unhoused people through a brutal winter puts him at odds with his own congregation. Inspired by true events, co-starring India Marie Cross, Nick Stahl, and Mena Suvari, and produced by Luc Besson, the film aims to explore the uneasy divide between those willing to help and those unwilling to act. The homelessness problem isn’t just a personal one... it’s a communal one. And everyone has a role in deciding how we deal with it.

🎥 “Drawn Together” Trailer: Ester Expósito and Hugo Diego García Blur the Line Between Protection and Desire in Amazon’s Romantic Thriller Based on Mercedes Ron’s Best-Seller — Streams September 9th on Prime Video

She has money, independence, and a carefully glamorous New York life until a kidnapping leaves her questioning everything she thought she knew. In this film adaptation of Mercedes Ron’s best-selling romantic thriller novel Marfil, Ester Expósito (from the Netflix series Elite) stars as Marfil Cortés, a wealthy young Spanish heiress living in New York. When her powerful father assigns the enigmatic Sebastian Moore (Hugo Diego García) as her personal bodyguard, Marfil’s refusal to be controlled clashes with his determination to keep her safe. However, their growing attraction to each other is complicated by escalating threats that bring them both together and apart. Directed by Sky Rojo helmer Óscar Pedraza, the film aims to mix slow-burn romance with a dangerous game of desire and hidden motives.

🎥 “Take Me Home” Trailer: Liz Sargent Directs Her Sister Anna in an Intimate Drama About Disability, Independence, and Family — Opening September 23rd in New York and October 7th in Los Angeles

Everyone wants what most people take for granted: the freedom to shape their own life in the way they see fit. From Korean American filmmaker Liz Sargent and starring her own sister, Anna Sargent, this intimate semi-biographical drama, based on the filmmaker’s own short film, explores the difficult line between protection and independence. When Anna experiences a family crisis that disrupts the disability support she depends on, she finds herself struggling with the bureaucracy meant to help during crises involving housing, finances, and caregiving. The film, winner of the 2025 AT&T Untold Stories program, asks whether love alone can overcome the structural barriers standing in the way.

🎥 “Penny Lane Is Dead” Trailer: A Beach House Party Turns Gory in Mia’Kate Russell’s Darkly Comic Australian Horror Flick — Streaming August 28th on Shudder

It was supposed to be a wild get-together with the gals. But one bad idea was about to ruin the fun in a hurry. In this new darkly comic Australian horror flick from hair & makeup artist-turned-filmmaker Mia’Kate Russell, a group of friends heads to an isolated beach house for a celebration that quickly spirals out of control after a prank goes horribly wrong. Drug-laced cupcakes kick off a night that quickly turns from reckless fun to bloody mayhem when some uninvited guests decide to crash the party and turn everything up to 11... including the bloodshed. Starring Alexandra Jensen, Ben O’Toole, and Steve Le Marquand, this Shudder exclusive reminds us that it’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt... or bludgeoned beyond recognition.

🎥 “Gator Face” Trailer: A Gator-Faced Maniac Stalks a Group of Friends Through the Florida Swamps in This New Indie Slasher — On VOD/Digital September 15th

A man with a gator on his face stalks a group of young people with an old, rusty axe. Enough said. You know the deal. It’s another slasher horror pulling from familiar genre tropes, with shades of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Halloween, and plenty of others. Starring Tabitha Brownstone, Amariah Dionne and Nikolas Kolasinski, the indie film follows a group of friends whose Florida vacation takes a gruesome turn when they become stranded in a remote swamp controlled by a violent cult. Stuck in a Florida swamp? Can only mean one thing: beware of gators! More specifically, beware of a gator-faced maniac with an axe... and the cult he belongs to.

🎥 “Yellow Eyes” Trailer: A Mysterious Idol Unleashes a Sinister Force in Jesse Korman’s Supernatural Horror Flick Produced by Joe Swanberg — On VOD/Digital August 18th

Filmmaker Joe Swanberg isn’t exactly the first name that comes to mind when you think supernatural horror. But the mumblecore veteran is lending his services as a producer for this new horror flick from musician/director Jesse Korman, where a mysterious idol brings evil to whoever comes under its influence. Starring Michael Kunicki, Nena Martins, Margo O’Connell, and DeVaughn Loman, the film follows Brad (Kunicki) as the idol begins to alter his behavior and perception, leaving those around him to wonder whether what’s happening is psychological, supernatural, or something far worse. If we’ve learned anything from horror movies, mysterious idols are usually best left exactly where you found them.

🎥 “Hollow Trees” Trailer: A Shape-Shifting Creature Stalks Survivors in Cathal Fitzpatrick’s Post-Dystopian Irish Horror Starring Tom Kerrisk — Coming Soon

There are indie horror films, and then there are indie Irish horror films. The difference? Other than the gorgeous scenery, Irish chillers tend to come steeped in the uneasy feeling that something is lurking just out of sight. In this new post-dystopian chiller, that feeling gets even worse when the thing hiding in the shadows can look human. From writer-director Cathal Fitzpatrick, Tom Kerrisk stars as Kent, one of two survivors scraping by in a shattered postwar landscape where food, shelter, and safety are only part of the problem. But when Kent encounters a creature capable of imitating human beings, survival suddenly depends on knowing whether the figure standing near distance is actually who they appear to be. Winner of Best Independent Irish Film at the Galway Film Fleadh, this stripped-down creature feature proves the scariest thing in a broken world may be the unknown face peeking back from the darkness.

🎥 “Dark Hollow” Trailer: A Young Mother Hunts a Monster That Emerges from an Appalachian Coal Mine in Daniel Byers’ Creature Feature — Out on VOD/Digital September 4th

When a horrifying creature rises from an Appalachian coal mine, a young mother is forced to stop running and start hunting. Writer-director Daniel Byers turns mine shafts, backwoods terrain, and an abandoned coal-mining community into hostile ground as this mysterious threat moves closer to her home. This creature feature flips the chase, sending its heroine toward the darkness below; because sometimes protecting what matters means confronting the terror buried beneath your own backyard.

🎥 “Gentle Monster” Trailer: Léa Seydoux Questions How Well She Knows Her Husband in Marie Kreutzer’s Psychological French Drama — In Select Theaters October 30th and Streaming November 18th on Netflix

Whoa, that’s a ’90s flashback we didn’t see coming. French actress Léa Seydoux offers her own version of Charles & Eddie’s 1992 one-hit wonder “Would I Lie to You?” in this first footage from Corsage filmmaker Marie Kreutzer’s new film. The James Bond star is seen sitting at a piano, singing the song as she plays. Here in this new French psychological drama, also starring Laurence Rupp, Jella Haase, and Catherine Deneuve, Seydoux plays Lucy Weiss, a concert pianist who moves her family to the countryside after her husband suffers from severe burnout. What follows is a brutal wake-up call when police raid their new home before dawn and take Philip into custody over an unspeakable accusation. With her husband under suspicion and their young son caught in the fallout, Lucy is forced to come to the unsettling realization that Philip may not be the man she thought she knew.

🎥 “Winter of the Crow” International Trailer: Lesley Manville Witnesses a Secret Police Murder as Martial Law Descends on 1981 Poland in Kasia Adamik’s Political Thriller — In UK Theaters October 16th

Warsaw, 1981: one photograph turns an ordinary visitor into a hunted witness. Lesley Manville stars as British psychiatry professor Joan Andrews, who arrives just as martial law descends on Poland and secretly captures photo evidence of a student’s murder by the secret police. Directed by Polish filmmaker Kasia Adamik and inspired by Olga Tokarczuk’s short story, this tense political thriller follows Joan through a city where survival is determined by who she can trust, and whether she’s willing to risk everything to expose what she saw.

🎥 “Dear You” Trailer: A Debt-Ridden Grandson Uncovers a Family Legacy of Love and Sacrifice in Lan Hongchun’s Moving Teochew-Language Chinese Drama — In U.S. Theaters September 4th

While drowning in debt, a young Chinese man (Zheng Runqi) travels from China’s Chaoshan region to Thailand searching for the grandfather he believes abandoned his family years ago. Instead of finding the financial lifeline he expected, a trail of letters reveals a lifetime of sacrifice hidden behind his grandfather’s absence. Chinese filmmaker Lan Hongchun turns one desperate journey into a moving family drama about migration, devotion, and what inheritance truly means. Sometimes discovering a forgotten connection to your family’s past can be worth more than anything money could ever buy.

🎥 “Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Again?” Trailer: Netflix Sequel Reunites Tyler Perry, Tasha Smith, Michael Jai White, Jill Scott, and More for Another Trip Down the Aisle — Streaming September 9th on Netflix

In this sequel to Why Did I Get Married? and Why Did I Get Married Too?, Tyler Perry reunites the ensemble (Tasha Smith, Michael Jai White, Jill Scott, Lamman Rucker, Richard T. Jones, and Sharon Leal) as Marcus and Angela’s daughter prepares to marry, bringing longtime friends together for a wedding that exposes unresolved family tensions and lessons passed down without anyone noticing. As the next generation mirrors the marriages they grew up watching, the parents are forced to confront what changed, what didn’t, and why.

🎥 “Black Zombie” Trailer: New Historical Horror Documentary Examines the Zombie Genre’s Roots in Colonial Haiti and Its Transformation into Modern Horror — In Theaters September 11th

When it comes to zombies, most people know the genre. But many may not know the history or the roots behind it. In this new historical horror documentary, filmmaker Maya Annik Bedward digs into the zombie’s origins in colonial Haiti, tracing how a symbol of enslavement eventually became one of horror cinema’s most recognizable monsters. What started as a symbolic metaphor for a person stripped of their freedom and will was eventually transformed by Hollywood into something entirely different. So, the next time you turn on a new zombie movie or zombie show, remember these flesh-eating monsters have an untold history rooted in something far more real than one might have imagined.

🎥 “Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie” Trailer: Oscar-Winning Documentarian Alex Gibney Chronicles The Satanic Verses Author Salman Rushdie’s Recovery After the 2022 Attack That Nearly Took His Life — Coming to Theaters September 17th

He had a fatwa hanging over his head, but it didn’t stop him from writing about the things that mattered to him. Salman Rushdie is a world-renowned author who knows what it means to live under threat. This new documentary from Oscar- and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side, Going Clear, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room) chronicles Rushdie’s recovery after the 2022 attack that nearly took his life. After decades of living under threat following the fatwa issued over The Satanic Verses, Rushdie now reflects on the violence, recovery, and determination to keep writing.

🎥 “André Leon Talley: Style Is Forever” Trailer: New Documentary Celebrates the Vogue Trailblazer’s Bigger-Than-Life Style, Influence, and Legacy — In Theaters and On VOD/Digital October 9th

Fashion trailblazer and Vogue editor André Leon Talley pioneered the way for greater inclusion in an industry that didn’t always make room for people who looked like him or came from backgrounds like his. Directors Zach Stafford and Clay Haskell trace the trailblazing editor’s nearly five-decade influence through unseen footage and interviews with Vogue honcho Anna Wintour, fashion designers Tom Ford and Diane von Furstenberg, and others. From the segregated South to Vogue’s front desk, Talley’s life became a testament to style, ambition, his bigger-than-life personality, and the power of being completely and unapologetically yourself.

🎥 “Sentient” Trailer: Investigative Documentary Examines the Ethical Cost of Animal Testing in the Name of Scientific Progress — Coming Soon

Veteran Australian journalist Tony Jones follows primatologist-turned-advocate Dr. Lisa Jones-Engel into the largely hidden world of laboratory animal research, examining the ethical cost of experimentation on both animals and the people who perform it. Drawing on testimony, evidence, and conflicting perspectives, this investigative documentary asks how much suffering we are willing to accept in the name of scientific progress.

🎥 “Spirited Away: 25th Anniversary” Trailer: Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar-Winning Fantasy Returns to Theaters for Studio Ghibli Fest 2026 — October 17th–21st Via Fathom Entertainment

Hayao Miyazaki’s Academy Award-winning anime fantasy returns to theaters as part of Studio Ghibli Fest 2026, following a ten-year-old girl forced to work in Yubaba’s magical bathhouse after her parents are transformed into pigs. With help from Haku and unlikely friends, Chihiro must remember who she is, and find the courage to make it home again. Relive the magic of this beloved classic, introduce it to a new generation, or simply get lost in Miyazaki’s spirit world all over again.

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This year was especially exciting because the big rumor heading into the weekend was that Disney would finally reveal the new X-Men cast. And for the most part, that turned out to be true. We didn’t get the entire lineup, but several new names were announced, including a few genuine surprises in Inde Navarrette as Rogue and Maya Boyd as Storm, while confirming previously rumored names like Kit Connor as Scott Summers, Christopher Abbott as Professor Charles Xavier, and Samara Weaving as Emma Frost. Adam Driver was another big name announced this weekend, joining the new X-Men cast as its latest villain: Nathaniel Milbury, better known as Mr. Sinister.

More details from the X-Men panel can be found over at Marvel.com.

So while much of the talk was centered on X-Men, plenty of Marvel fans were also wondering about Avengers: Doomsday, the massive MCU crossover event arriving later this year in December. Would we be getting a new preview? And what about Lucasfilm and Star Wars? What does Disney+ have coming down the pipeline? Will we be seeing new trailers for that?

Well, the short answer is... yes!

Disney dropped a number of new trailers and previews online from D23, and we’ve rounded them all up below in case you weren’t able to keep up with everything. So take a looksee!

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🎥 “Avengers: Doomsday” D23 Special Look: Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom Faces Reed Richards as the Avengers, Fantastic Four and X-Men Unite — Hitting Theaters December 18th

We don’t know about you, but we were pretty disappointed with the last Avengers: Doomsday trailer, as it didn’t necessarily conjure up much of anything for us. And we weren’t alone with that sentiment, as a lot of fans online have expressed similar feelings. Well, word must have gotten back to Marvel, because this new special look from D23 really amps up the emotion and, more importantly, the excitement for a movie that’s already shaping up to be absolutely massive, even if the buzz online has been a little less than enthusiastic and hypercritical. The MCU really needs a big win, and after the super-successful box office performance of Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the studio is coming into this one with a lot of momentum.

Featuring practically every superhero team in the MCU, including some we haven’t seen in quite a while, Doomsday is bringing together the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, Wakanda, and veteran X-Men for one massive multiversal showdown. They’re all there to face off against Doctor Doom, the existential threat pulling these very different worlds toward the same point of destruction. Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr. returns to the MCU to take on the role of Doom, the movie’s big bad, who appears to have some connection to the Fantastic Four’s universe. In one particularly tense scene in the new trailer, Reed Richards (Pedro Pascal) confronts Doom and pleads with him to stop whatever he’s doing. We’re still not getting too much from Doom himself, although this may be our best look at the character so far.

Boasting a who’s who of MCU talent, led by Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, and countless others, and marking the return of Infinity War and Endgame directors Anthony and Joe Russo, Avengers: Doomsday is set to hit theaters on December 18th.

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📺 “VisionQuest” Trailer: Paul Bettany’s Vision Faces His Past, James Spader’s Ultron and Some Unexpected Daddy Issues — Premiering Wednesday, October 14th on Disney+

Another big reveal this D23 weekend was the first footage from VisionQuest, the highly anticipated WandaVision spinoff series featuring Paul Bettany returning as everyone’s lovable synthezoid, Vision.

When we last saw Vision, he had been rebuilt and was left searching for a sense of purpose beyond the memories and commands embedded in his synthetic mind. And whereas WandaVision explored the inner, conflicted mind of Wanda Maximoff, aka the Scarlet Witch, this new MCU series appears to be doing something similar, as it also dives into Vision’s own internal struggle with identity and, dare we say... daddy issues.

That’s right! James Spader is back not only as the voice of Ultron, but also as the human embodiment (a rather shaggy, bearded one) of the brilliant but flawed master AI program that essentially gave birth to what would become Vision. There had been rumors that Spader would be returning, and now this trailer confirms it.

But the question is: why is Ultron back? Is he merely a data fragment, a lingering echo within Vision’s reconstructed mind, or something far more complex... perhaps a reassembled consciousness there to mentor Vision in his own journey of fatherhood?

Yes, believe it or not, it seems Vision will have to learn to be a father to Thomas Shepard (played by Ruaridh Mollica), a mysterious young man who may have a deeper connection to the family he thought he had lost.

Also co-starring Todd Stashwick, T’Nia Miller, Lauren Morais, Orla Brady, Diane Morgan, Emily Hampshire, and James D’Arcy, the series comes from showrunner Terry Matalas, whose credits include 12 Monkeys and Star Trek: Picard Season 3.

VisionQuest is scheduled to premiere Wednesday, October 14th, exclusively on Disney+.

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📺 “Ahsoka: Season 2” Teaser Trailer: Rosario Dawson Returns as Ahsoka as Hayden Christensen’s Anakin and Lars Mikkelsen’s Thrawn Reenter the Fight — Premiering Wednesday, January 20, 2027 on Disney+

It can’t be a D23 event without some Star Wars love, right? Enter Rosario Dawson, looking badass and swinging a lightsaber!

This year, Lucasfilm delivered with the first look at Ahsoka: Season 2, which won’t be arriving until early 2027. But despite it being an early preview, it certainly doesn’t skimp on the footage, as it reveals Hayden Christensen will be back as Anakin Skywalker in Force ghost form. He will once again confront his former Padawan with a few unfinished lessons as Dawson’s Ahsoka finds herself stranded far from home while Grand Admiral Thrawn (Lars Mikkelsen) begins rallying the remnants of the Empire.

Dawson also seemed like the perfect casting choice to play an older Ahsoka, carrying the character’s strength and quiet confidence into live action. And while, if you asked us, the first season (apart from a few standout episodes) felt like a missed opportunity to fully flesh out the character, it really does seem like Season 2 just might be the one that finally gets there. Fingers crossed the producers and writers behind the show figured out how to give Ahsoka the depth and character development that felt a little lacking the first time around.

Also returning for Season 2 are Eman Esfandi as Ezra Bridger, Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Hera Syndulla, Natasha Liu Bordizzo as Sabine Wren, Ivanna Sakhno as Shin Hati, and Ariana Greenblatt as young Ahsoka Tano.

Meanwhile, Game of Thrones actor Rory McCann will be taking over the role of fallen Jedi Baylan Skoll, who was originally played by Ray Stevenson, who sadly passed away following the completion of the first season.

Created by Dave Filoni and drawing from characters and storylines from his beloved animated Star Wars series, Ahsoka: Season 2 arrives Wednesday, January 20th, exclusively on Disney+.

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📺 “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Season 3” Trailer: Walker Scobell Faces the Titan’s Curse as Percy’s Latest Quest Uncovers a Prophecy That Could Doom Olympus — Premiering Friday, November 20th on Disney+

On the Disney+ front, D23 showed off the full trailer for Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Season 3, giving fans their first extended look at the show’s adaptation of Rick Riordan’s The Titan’s Curse.

Walker Scobell is back as the titular demigod Percy Jackson, who finds himself embarking on his most urgent quest yet after Annabeth Chase (Leah Sava Jeffries) is captured by the forces of Kronos. Like most Percy Jackson adventures, this one also has him setting out on a perilous rescue mission with Grover (Aryan Simhadri), only to find himself caught up in a much larger conflict involving a chained goddess, the Titan’s curse, and a prophecy that could determine the fate of Olympus.

So, it seems Percy just can’t catch a break. For once, you’d think he could just have a normal school year without any godly crisis getting in the way.

Also starring Tamara Smart, Charlie Bushnell, Ming-Na Wen, and Andra Day, and executive produced by Rick Riordan, Jonathan E. Steinberg, Dan Shotz, and others, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Season 3 is coming to Disney+ on November 20th.

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🎥 “The Bluey Movie” Teaser: Bluey, Bingo, Bandit and Chilli Take Their Family Adventures to the Big Screen — In Theaters August 6th, 2027

Just to prove that D23 isn’t all about superheroes and Jedi, there’s pretty much something for everyone. A Bluey movie is coming! So, parents and their cartoon-loving children, rejoice.

Bluey, Bingo, Bandit, and Chilli are getting the big-screen treatment in their first feature-length adventure, with series creator Joe Brumm writing and directing. If you thought TV screens could barely contain all that Heeler family energy, just wait until Bluey and company are blown up to theater-sized proportions.

The film will also make the jump to CG animation, bringing the familiar world of the series to life as the story expands from its seven-minute roots into a full-length theatrical experience. A red balloon will be involved somehow, but know this: whatever adventure awaits, families will likely be turning out in droves.

The family-friendly animated series, which originated in Australia and has run for over 50 seven-minute-long episodes, has become a worldwide phenomenon, turning ordinary parents into hardcore Bluey-heads right alongside their children.

The film will be coming out in theaters on August 6, 2027.

Word to the wise: if you have any friends with kids, you may want to pass this trailer along now and prepare yourself for an earful about how Bluey is basically the biggest thing in their household.

For those who weren’t able to make it to D23 this year—well, count us among you. We were watching everything trickle in from afar, scrolling through the feeds, following the updates, and hitting refresh like everyone else.

But along the way, we also came across a collection of videos posted by various YouTube channels that give us a look at the event straight from the audience. So we gathered a few of them here. So, check them out below.

📺 “MobLand: Season 2” Trailer: Tom Hardy Gets Caught in the Middle of a Fractured Crime Family in Hit British Gangster Series with Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren — Premiering Friday, September 18th on Paramount+

MobLand may have been built as a Tom Hardy vehicle, giving the actor plenty of room to unleash that familiar ferocious intensity inside a slick British gangster world. But the show’s real secret weapon might be Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren, who seem to be having an absolute blast. Playing against type, Brosnan and Mirren are Conrad and Maeve Harrigan, a married pair of mob bosses with questionable judgment and matching violent streaks. And when they feel even slightly threatened, they don’t exactly respond with restraint. In fact, their severe lack of self-control is why their entire empire is on the verge of collapsing to rubble.

Season 2 finds the Harrigans facing trouble from all sides as rising rivals begin circling their criminal dynasty, forcing Conrad and Maeve to put on a united front while tensions inside the family threaten to tear everything apart. Tom Hardy’s Harry Da Souza, a loyal foot soldier and fix-it man, is stuck in the middle, trying to keep the family’s problems contained while cleaning up their perpetual messes, which tend to involve plenty of dead bodies and escalating internal power struggles.

It’s nothing Harry hasn’t seen before, but working for the Harrigans isn’t a 9-to-5 job... it’s an all-consuming headache. And if his bosses keep making increasingly reckless decisions, he’ll soon realize that keeping them out of danger might be an impossible task. The sharks are circling, alliances are fracturing, and war is knocking at the door. Though instead of tap, tap, tap... it’s more like rat-a-tat-tat!

Also returning to Season 2 are Paddy Considine as Conrad and Maeve’s level-headed son Kevin Harrigan, Joanne Froggatt as Harry’s long-suffering wife Jan Da Souza, Anson Boon as Conrad and Maeve’s psychopathic, good-for-nothing grandson Eddie Harrigan, Mandeep Dhillon as Conrad’s illegitimate daughter Seraphina Harrigan, Janet McTeer as rival Kat McAllister, and Toby Jones as crooked detective Colin Tattersall.

Lara Pulver, Jasmine Jobson, and Teddie Allen are also returning, while Johnny Flynn and Ophelia Lovibond are joining the cast of this new season.

Created by Ronan Bennett (Top Boy, Gunpowder, The Day of the Jackal), the series is executive produced by Bennett, Guy Ritchie, Tom Hardy, and others, with Ritchie also directing a number of episodes, including Season 2’s opener.

MobLand has been a critical and ratings hit for Paramount+, despite rumors of on-set arguments between Hardy and producers. Nevertheless, the series will come roaring back Friday, September 18th on the streaming platform.

📺 “Neagley” Trailer: Maria Sten Steps Out on Her Own as Hard-Nosed Gumshoe Frances Neagley in Amazon’s ‘Reacher’ Spinoff Series with Alan Ritchson — Premiering Wednesday, September 16th on Prime Video

Just when you think Jack Reacher couldn’t get any bigger, think again! Sure, the dude has muscles on his muscles, and he’s built like a brick wall that somehow learned to strut from city to city. But we’re not talking about his physicality... we’re talking about his universe. Because believe it or not, the Reacher world is expanding.

Reacher’s close friend and trusted ally, Frances Neagley, is getting her own spinoff series. And if you ever thought, “Couldn’t this show use a little feminine perspective without losing its hard-hitting edge?” Well, this is exactly that moment you have been waiting for.

Danish actress Maria Sten, who spent three seasons guest-starring on Reacher, returns as ex-military investigator Frances Neagley, now working as a private eye in Chicago. But when the suspicious death of a close friend sends her looking for answers in the Windy City, she uncovers a larger conspiracy someone is determined to keep buried forever.

And as Reacher fans know all too well, whenever someone is murdered and cops start looking the other way, it can only mean one thing: someone needs to rattle the cage to see what shakes loose. And if Reacher ain’t there to do it, Neagley is more than ready to take on that fight herself.

Executive produced by co-showrunners Nick Santora and Nicholas Wootton, along with Reacher author Lee Child, Don Granger, Sam Hill, Adam Higgs, and Lisa Kussner, the series also stars Greyston Holt, Adeline Rudolph, Jasper Jones, Matthew Del Negro, and Damon Herriman, with Alan Ritchson making a guest appearance as Jack Reacher.

Reacher may be dropping in for a visit, but make no mistake, Neagley is the one steering this ship. And from the looks of things, she suffers no fools, especially ones looking to test her patience. The new series is due to premiere Wednesday, September 16th on Prime Video.

📺 “Chad Powers: Season 2” Trailer: Glen Powell’s Disguised Quarterback Tries to Keep His Double Life From Falling Apart in Hulu’s Football Comedy — Premieres Thursday, September 3rd on Hulu / Disney +

Imagine if Ted Lasso and Mrs. Doubtfire had a baby. It would be Chad Powers. Now, that little metaphor works both as a literal mashup and a surprisingly accurate description of the show’s entire ridiculous premise.

Because, you see, it relies on the same kind of suspension of disbelief as Mrs. Doubtfire: somehow nobody recognizes the guy underneath all that prosthetic makeup, while still carrying the feel-good underdog DNA of Ted Lasso. Plus, in some weird metaphysical universe where Lasso and Doubtfire somehow managed to have a baby, you have to admit... it might look an awful lot like Chad Powers.

Glen Powell returns for Season 2 of his football comedy as disgraced quarterback Russ Holliday, whose fake alter ego has somehow gone from desperate second-chance disguise to bona fide college football superstar.

For those who haven’t kept up with the show, the premise is rather simple: a fallen and disgraced football star tries to stage a comeback by disguising himself as the socially awkward but surprisingly gifted Chad Powers and earning a spot on the struggling South Georgia Catfish. Now, keeping up the lie while leading his team to the playoffs becomes harder as coaches and teammates begin to suspect there’s more to their superstar quarterback than meets the eye.

Season 2 continues Chad’s struggles to keep his secret intact while the man behind the makeup, Russ Holliday (Powell), begins to favor his alter ego over the disgraced man he used to be. But something tells us the façade is all heading toward a breaking point, where this house of cards could come crashing down around both of them.

Created by Glen Powell and Michael Waldron (of Loki fame) and based on Eli Manning’s undercover prank segment from ESPN’s Eli’s Places (which, come to think of it, gives us yet another Ted Lasso connection), the series also sees the return of Steve Zahn as Coach Jake Hudson, Quentin Plair as Coach Byrd, Perry Mattfeld as Ricky, Wynn Everett as Tricia Yeager, and Frankie Rodriguez as Danny.

Chad Powers: Season 2 is slated to premiere September 3rd, with all six episodes dropping on Hulu / Disney+.

📺 “American Hostage” Trailer: Jon Hamm Faces a Live-On-Air Hostage Crisis in This True-Crime Thriller Series with Giovanni Ribisi — Premieres Sunday, September 20th on MGM+

Filmmaker Gus Van Sant kicked off this year with Dead Man’s Wire, the stranger-than-fiction true story of a 1977 hostage situation that held a media storm in Indianapolis captive for more than three days. Didn’t catch that one? Well, good news: the same bizarre story is getting another go-around, this time as an eight-part TV series starring Mad Men’s Jon Hamm. But instead of putting the hostage-taker at the center of the story, Hamm plays Fred Heckman, the real-life local radio reporter who suddenly found himself in the middle of an increasingly volatile three-day standoff.

In the upcoming limited series American Hostage, Giovanni Ribisi stars opposite Hamm as Tony Kiritsis, a frustrated homeowner who takes mortgage executive Dick Hall (played by Kristoffer Polaha) hostage with a shotgun rigged to a dead man’s switch, demanding to be interviewed live on Heckman’s radio program. Tony wants to tell his side of the story: how a failed real-estate deal left him facing foreclosure and convinced that Hall’s mortgage company had deliberately sabotaged him. Soon, word gets out to the local news, and Tony is quickly hailed as both a folk hero and a dangerous vigilante by the media and the public.

Meanwhile, Heckman (Hamm) isn’t just covering the story as an ordinary radio journalist—he’s becoming part of it. With police and hostage negotiators working around the clock to keep Kiritsis from escalating the situation any further, Heckman finds himself torn between reporting the truth and doing what feels morally right.

The bigger question? When does reporting on a story start to blur into total participation? And at what point does telling the truth start to change the story itself when the person telling it is directly involved? These seem to be the questions the series is most interested in exploring, which gives it a noticeably different angle from Gus Van Sant’s film.

Created and co-showrun by Shawn Ryan (The Shield, The Night Agent) and Eileen Myers (Big Love, Mad Dogs), the series also stars Mireille Enos, William Jackson Harper, Jonathan Tucker, and Kat Cunning, with Adam Arkin and Nina Lopez-Corrado directing and executive producing.

American Hostage will have a two-episode premiere on Sunday, September 20th on MGM+.

📺 “A Tale of Two Cities” Trailer: Kit Harington Trades Westeros for the French Revolution in This New Four-Part Adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Classic With Mirren Mack and François Civil — Premiering Sunday, September 6th on MGM+

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times... it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness.”

To be fair, for many of us who first encountered those famous opening words in school, their meaning likely went right over our heads. These days, though, that sentiment feels more relevant than ever. From George R.R. Martin to Charles Dickens, Game of Thrones star Kit Harington moves from one sprawling world of power, politics, and bloodshed to another in this new four-part adaptation of Dickens’s classic novel about lives caught in the growing fury of the French Revolution. Harington stars as Sydney Carton, a brilliant but erratic 18th-century lawyer drawn into the tangled affairs of Lucie Manette (Mirren Mack, of 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple) and accused French émigré Charles Darnay (François Civil, of Beating Hearts). As Lucie searches for the father she thought she had lost forever, she, Sydney, and Charles find themselves caught in a knotty triangle of love, respect, and sacrifice, just as revolution begins to erupt in Paris. Created and written by Daniel West (Gunpowder, Top Boy) and directed by Richard Clark (Outlander, Doctor Who), the limited series turns Dickens’s familiar tale into an intimate story of how living through great times can often mean surviving the worst of them.

📺 “Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story” Teaser: Ella Beatty Takes Up the Axe as Lizzie Borden in Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s Netflix True-Crime Anthology with Charlie Hunnam and Rebecca Hall — Debuting Thursday, September 17th on Netflix

Just when you thought Ryan Murphy had run out of American true-crime folk-horror tales to revisit, here comes another swing of the axe, so to speak. Sure, you’ve heard that famous twisted nursery rhyme before, and maybe even know the story behind the trial, but this time Lizzie Borden gets the full Ryan Murphy treatment as she becomes the latest subject of his and Ian Brennan’s Monster anthology. Starring Ella Beatty (Feud: Capote vs. The Swans) as the notorious accused axe murderer, the series heads back to 1892 Fall River, Massachusetts, where the brutal deaths of Andrew and Abby Borden turned Lizzie into one of America’s most enduring true-crime legends. Charlie Hunnam, coming off an Emmy-nominated performance as serial killer Ed Gein, joins Rebecca Hall as Lizzie’s father and stepmother, while Billie Lourd, Vicky Krieps, Jessica Barden, and Sarah Paulson round out the cast. The rhyme may end with 41 whacks, but Murphy and Brennan seem far more interested in everything that made the story so infamous in the first place. And in their hands, you better believe Lizzie Borden’s story is going to get... dare we say, pretty blunt.

📺 “American Horror Story: Season 13 (AHS 13)” Teaser: Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk Bring Jessica Lange, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Angela Bassett, and Kathy Bates Back as the Anthology Digs Into Its Own Past — Premiering Thursday, September 24th on FX, via Hulu / Disney+

If you had told us a horror anthology series from Ryan Murphy would last more than a decade, we probably would’ve had our doubts. But here we are! Another year. Another new season... and another reason to lose a little sleep. Like always, this new installment starts from scratch while bringing back some familiar faces for an all-new horror story that reaches deep into the anthology’s canon. Season 13 will draw on earlier seasons, including Murder House, Coven, Hotel, and Apocalypse, with returning performers and fan-favorite characters coming back as well. Jessica Lange, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Angela Bassett, Kathy Bates, and Emma Roberts are among the familiar faces returning, with Ariana Grande joining the ensemble for this latest trip into the AHS universe. After twelve seasons of screams, it looks like the past is finally coming back to haunt everyone.

📺 “Last Seen” Trailer: Patrick Brammall Chases a Voice He Believes Is His Missing Daughter in Apple TV’s Six-Part Australian Thriller with Maxine Peake and Brendan Cowell — Streaming Wednesday, September 9th on Apple TV

When you call emergency services, your best hope is a dispatcher trained to hear every tiny detail. But what if one of those details happens to be a voice and a name he thought he’d never hear again? In this new thriller series, Australian actor Patrick Brammall (Colin from Accounts) stars as a former detective turned police dispatcher who picks up an emergency call from a distressed young woman and becomes convinced she is his long-lost daughter, who vanished eleven years earlier. The mystery behind the caller’s identity sends him back into the case that destroyed his family, forcing him to risk his job, his judgment, and whatever is left of his broken family’s peace for a glimmer of impossible hope. Co-starring Maxine Peake and Brendan Cowell, and based on Ryan David Jahn’s novel The Dispatcher, this new Aussie import asks how far a parent would go for one more chance to bring a lost child home.

📺 “The Paper: Season 2” Trailer: Domhnall Gleeson Chases a New Journalistic Goal in Greg Daniels and Michael Koman’s ‘Office’ Spinoff with Sabrina Impacciatore, Chelsea Frei & Oscar Nuñez — Premiering Wednesday, September 9th on Peacock

Reporting on the news isn’t just about getting the story right. Sometimes it’s about surviving the people sitting three desks away. Domhnall Gleeson returns as Ned Sampson, the well-meaning editor of the Toledo Truth-Teller, where a recent sweep at the Ohio Journalism Awards has given his scrappy newsroom a little more confidence than it probably knows what to do with. This Office spinoff from Greg Daniels and Michael Koman heads into Season 2 with Ned searching for a new journalistic crusade, only to set his sights on a powerful local private club while putting the paper’s hard-earned comeback at risk. Joining Gleeson are Sabrina Impacciatore, Chelsea Frei, Melvin Gregg, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Ramona Young, and returning Office alum Oscar Nuñez as the cameras keep rolling on a small-town newsroom that may be covering local stories, but still has more than enough drama of its own... especially during hurricane season.

📺 “Crew Girl” Trailer: Miku Martineau Rocks the Boat to Fight for Her Future in Netflix’s New Coming-of-Age Rowing Drama — Premieres Thursday, September 10th on Netflix

Moving to a new school is never easy for a teenager. Moving into one where your sports career and your future both need rebuilding is an entirely different challenge. In this new coming-of-age Netflix series, Miku Martineau (Kate, Star Trek: Section 31) stars as Teagan, a gifted young rower who, after a public scandal involving her father’s shady business practices leaves him on the run, transfers to a local prep school with no girls’ team, forcing her to take the only seat available: coxswain for a boys’ varsity crew. To get back on the water, she’ll have to win over a boat full of ego-inflated boys who aren’t exactly eager to follow the new girl’s lead. Also co-starring Mad Men’s Jessica Paré, along with Sam Braun, Kyle Clark, and Thomas Cadrot, this Vivian Lin-created teen drama steers prep-school pressure, family fallout, and competitive rowing toward one question: can Teagan make the team move as one before the boat, along with her whole future, sinks with it?

📺 “Coven Academy” Teaser: Teenage Witches Take On Growing Pains, Forbidden Love, and Ancient Forces in This New Supernatural Coming-of-Age Series Starring Malina Pauli Weissman and Tiffani Thiessen — Premiering Thursday, October 1st on Freeform, Disney+ / Hulu

Every teenager has growing pains, but when those teenagers are witches, well... those growing pains tend to come with spells, secrets, and a little supernatural trouble. In this new supernatural coming-of-age series, Malina Pauli Weissman (from Netflix’s A Series of Unfortunate Events) and Saved by the Bell icon Tiffani Thiessen star in a story about three teenage witches-in-training who must learn to control their unpredictable powers while protecting New Orleans from dangerous ancient forces. You know the story! Young teens with powers are basically young teens with hormones: unpredictable, emotional, and occasionally explosive. Throw in a little witchiness, forbidden love, and supernatural danger, and you’ve got a coming-of-age series built for the Halloween season. Co-starring Malachi Barton, Louis Thresher, and Jordan Leftwich, and created by Tim Federle (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series), sometimes all a teen has to do is work a little magic.

📺 “Adults: Season 2” Trailer: Five Roommates Keep Failing Their Way Through Adulthood in FX’s Ensemble Comedy with Malik Elassal, Lucy Freyer, Jack Innanen, Amita Rao, and Owen Thiele — Returns Thursday, August 27th on FXX and Hulu / Disney+

Adulthood is hard. Especially for a group of roommates who can barely keep their own lives together, let alone each other’s. In the second season of this Nick Kroll-produced comedy series, Samir (Malik Elassal), Billie (Lucy Freyer), Paul Baker (Jack Innanen), Issa (Amita Rao), and Anton (Owen Thiele) are back under one roof, still trying to figure out jobs, relationships, loyalty, and that whole capital-R Responsibility thing. While they may be getting older, actually growing up remains very much a work in progress. Created by Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw, being an adult isn’t exactly something this group has mastered yet, but that doesn’t stop them from trying.

📺 “The Perfect Lie” Trailer: Loes Haverkort Joins a Wealthy Dining Club Where Secrets Turn Deadly in Netflix’s Dutch Psychological Thriller Series — Premieres Thursday, September 10th on Netflix

In this new Dutch psychological thriller series based on Saskia Noort’s bestseller, the perfect dinner party only works if everyone knows which secrets stay off the table. After moving her family to a well-to-do neighborhood in Bergen, Karen (Loes Haverkort) is welcomed into an exclusive circle of wealthy couples whose extravagant dinners belong to a carefully refined social world built on status and silence. But when a villa burns and a friend (Edwin Jonker) dies, that easygoing intimacy begins to crack, sending Karen after answers that expose adultery, jealousy, financial schemes, and loyalties strong enough to protect... and kill for. Sometimes the most dangerous lie is the one everybody agrees to keep.

📺 “Mousetrap” Trailer: A Desperate Writer Has His Identity Stolen and Turns to a Ruthless Loan Shark for Help in Netflix’s New Korean Thriller Series Starring Ryu Jun-yeol and Sul Kyung-gu — Premiering Friday, August 28th on Netflix

Money can be lost. Status can disappear. But the most precious thing a person owns is their identity. And once that’s taken, what exactly is left? In this new Korean psychological crime thriller series, a reclusive novelist (Ryu Jun-yeol) discovers that a mysterious figure known as the Rat has stolen his identity and taken control of his life. In an attempt to reclaim it, the writer turns to the ruthless loan shark (Sul Kyung-gu) who once hunted him over money, forming an unlikely alliance to track down the man who replaced him. Created by Kim Hong-sun and Lee Jae-gon and based on Ludvico’s webtoon Field Mouse, this thriller suggests that sometimes, to catch a rat, you have to step into the trap yourself.

📺 “Four Hands, Two Sonatas” Trailer: Song Kang and Lee Jun-young Turn Piano Rivalry Into Something Deeper in This Korean Coming-of-Age Drama — Streams Saturday, August 29th on Netflix

Two pianists. One keyboard. And enough ambition to burn through every note. In this new Korean coming-of-age series, Song Kang and Lee Jun-young play two young musicians from opposite worlds whose rivalry at an elite music school slowly gives way to friendship and something neither of them was quite prepared for. Written by Shin Yi-won and directed by Park Hyun-suk (Stranger 2, Song of the Bandits), the series reminds us that a little competition can bring out the best and worst in us. But once two musicians start playing in sync, no matter what brought them there, music becomes the main thing holding them together.

📺 “Death of the Pastor’s Wife” Trailer: The Troubling Marriage and Shocking Death of Mica Miller Are Examined in Netflix’s Three-Part True-Crime Documentary Series — Premiering Wednesday, August 26th on Netflix

Marriage is supposed to be about love, companionship, and maybe even a little happily ever after. Well, Netflix is about to ruin that lovely idea with another chilling true-crime story about a marriage that went horribly wrong. In this new three-part true-crime documentary series, directors Julia Willoughby Nason and Mike Gasparro examine the life and death of Mica Miller, whose marriage to Myrtle Beach pastor John-Paul Miller became the focus of troubling allegations. Through firsthand accounts and previously unseen footage, friends and family begin piecing together the circumstances that surrounded Mica’s life before her shocking death. What they find only raises more questions than answers, pushing them to look closer at what was happening behind closed doors.

📺 “Tea with Judi Dench” Trailer: Judi Dench Sits Down with Close Friend Ian McKellen for Tea and Stories — Premiering Monday, August 31st on SKY in the U.K.

We can’t think of anyone better than Judi Dench to sit down and share a cup of tea with. And when she’s sharing that tea with one of her closest friends, like Sir Ian McKellen, you know the conversation will be well worth your time. In this new British television special, Dench and McKellen sit down for a spot of tea and have a nice chat about six decades onstage, Shakespeare, fame, stage fright, success, failure, and the insecurities they never quite get over. It’s just two close friends spinning tales, trading memories, and reflecting on lives spent in the spotlight. Now who’s up for a little tea time with Dench?

📺 “Ludwig: Series 2” Trailer: David Mitchell Returns to Crack an Impossible Murder Case While Chasing the Mystery of His Missing Twin — Premieres Thursday, August 20th on BBC iPlayer and BBC One in the U.K.

If you need to solve a murder, call the police. But if you need to solve a murder that looks more like a puzzle, call Ludwig. British comedian David Mitchell, of Peep Show fame, returns as master puzzle-setter John “Ludwig” Taylor, who’s now officially working as a crime-scene consultant for the Cambridge Police Authority. But when his identical twin brother remains missing, Ludwig finds himself juggling impossible murder cases with the one mystery he still can’t solve. Also co-starring Anna Maxwell Martin, Dipo Ola, Ralph Ineson, Karl Pilkington, Mark Bonnar, and Sian Clifford, the second season gives Ludwig plenty of new suspects, secrets, and impossible clues to untangle.

📺 “Stillwater: Season 5” Trailer: Apple TV’s Peabody-Winning Panda Returns with More Gentle Lessons, Big Feelings, and a Little Humor — Debuts Friday, August 21st on Apple TV

It’s the Peabody-winning children’s show that proves sometimes the best way to work through a problem is to slow down and have a little fun. In this new fifth season, Stillwater the panda returns, once again helping siblings Karl, Addy, and Michael navigate the everyday frustrations and feelings that can seem pretty enormous when you’re a kid. Based on Jon J Muth’s bestselling Zen book series, this animated Apple TV favorite uses earnest stories and a little humor to remind us that sometimes changing how you look at a problem can make all the difference.

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🎥 “Verity” Trailer: Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson & Josh Hartnett Get Tangled in This Tawdry Psychological Thriller Based on Colleen Hoover’s Bestselling Novel — In Theaters October 2nd

The surprise box office success of last year’s The Housemaid proved there’s a pretty sizable audience out there for shamelessly trashy thrillers about two women entering the same beautiful home and quickly realizing there probably isn’t enough room for both of them.

Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried turned domestic routine into a twisted game of psychological warfare, and audiences clearly enjoyed watching them go at it. Meanwhile, perhaps to a lesser degree, the recent The Hand That Rocks the Cradle remake took another swing at that same familiar setup: an outsider steps into someone else’s family, gets a little too comfortable, and before long the home becomes a battleground. Because in these kinds of thrillers, letting the wrong person through the front door is usually just the first bad decision of many.

Now Verity looks ready to join that particular club. You know, the tawdry psychological-thriller club, only this time with Dakota Johnson, Anne Hathaway, and Josh Hartnett adding a nice layer of psychosexual tension to the whole thing.

Only Johnson isn’t here to clean the house or watch the kids. She’s stepping into the home of a woman who, at least on the surface, doesn’t appear capable of putting up much of a fight.

Anne Hathaway, who certainly seems game to get down and dirty in this genre, plays the other woman in this scenario. And judging by the trailer, she may be the most dangerous person in the house despite being a world-famous novelist who, after a recent accident, has been left nearly paralyzed and unable to speak or move on her own.

Johnson plays a ghostwriter who has been brought in by the publisher to find out why Hathaway’s character hasn’t finished her book and, if possible, write the remaining pages before the impending deadline. It’s a job that requires Johnson to study the author’s writing voice, dig through her private notes, and poke around in her personal life, including getting a little too close to Hathaway’s husband, played here by Josh Hartnett.

Obviously, trying to step into someone else’s identity can blur a few boundaries. But what happens when you start becoming a little too comfortable living their life? And what happens when the woman you’re slowly becoming turns out to be someone you probably should have been running from in the first place?

Judging from the footage, that may be exactly what this film is going for, with Hathaway’s character seemingly manipulating Johnson, pulling her deeper into secrets she never wanted uncovered.

And we wouldn’t blame you if you think this is all some kind of twisted psychosexual game Hathaway’s character is playing, because judging by the trailer, that may be exactly what’s going on.

And just a quick note: Hathaway has turned 2026 into one hell of a year for her career, coming off The Devil Wears Prada sequel and Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. But what really stands out is how willing she’s been to take on some pretty audacious roles. No two characters she’s played this year feel remotely the same. And this might be one of the strangest characters Hathaway has taken on this year. And remember, it’s the same year that also includes Mother Mary.

Based on the bestselling novel by It Ends with Us author Colleen Hoover, Verity is directed by Michael Showalter, the comedian-turned-filmmaker behind The Big Sick and The Eyes of Tammy Faye. The script comes from TV writer-producer Nick Antosca, whose credits include The Act, Channel Zero, and the recent Cape Fear remake series.

The film is due to arrive in theaters October 2nd.

🎥 “Paper Tiger” Teaser Trailer: Adam Driver and Miles Teller Walk Into Trouble in James Gray’s Throwback New York Crime Drama with Scarlett Johansson — In Select Theaters November 13th, Nationwide November 20th

Anyone with an inkling of filmmaker James Gray’s work knows that New York City is his signature setting. It’s his north star. His home base. Gray began his career with gritty New York crime dramas, starting with his impressive 1994 debut, Little Odessa, set within the Russian-Jewish community of Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. He followed it with films like The Yards and We Own the Night, once again exploring New York crime, local law enforcement, and the families caught in the middle.

Gray, much like many New York-born filmmakers, has his own point of view on what the city means to him. And like all great New York filmmakers, no two perspectives are exactly the same. Martin Scorsese’s New York isn’t Woody Allen’s New York. Spike Lee’s Brooklyn isn’t Sidney Lumet’s Manhattan. Each filmmaker sees the city through their own experiences, families, and memories.

For Gray, New York has often been a deeply personal place, less a postcard version of the city than a collection of neighborhoods and communities where family history, ambition, loyalty, and regret all seem to live on the same block.

And likely because he was raised on 1970s cinema, Gray seems to have a strong affinity for that era. It’s an influence that runs throughout his filmography, from the atmosphere and deliberate ’70s-style pacing to morally complicated characters who constantly toe the line between right and wrong.

And while Gray has stepped outside that world with films like the historical explorer drama The Lost City of Z and the Brad Pitt–starring astronaut thriller Ad Astra, he returned home for something personal with his semi-autobiographical 2022 drama Armageddon Time. Once again set in New York, it offered a fascinating exploration of privilege between two historically marginalized yet very different families, set against the social divides of early-1980s New York.

Now, with Paper Tiger, it feels like Gray has come full circle. He’s back in familiar territory with a throwback early 1980s New York crime story that feels like a mix of classic Lumet, the grittiness of Scorsese, and the kind of morally murky character drama that Gray has been drawn to since the beginning of his career.

Starring Miles Teller, Adam Driver, and Scarlett Johansson, Paper Tiger centers on two brothers pursuing what seems like a promising opportunity, only to be drawn into something far more dangerous than either of them expected.

Here, Driver and Teller play Gary and Irwin Pearl. Gary is a well-connected former police detective running around the city with his fingers in various schemes. His ties to the Russian mafia may have inadvertently put both him and his family in serious danger. Meanwhile, Irwin is an engineer and family man who lives with his wife Hester (Scarlett Johansson) and their two sons. Struggling to get by, he never fully realizes just how much trouble his brother’s connections could bring to their doorstep, let alone how quickly Gary’s problems could become his own.

Two brothers, one city, and one deal that could cost them everything. In other words, it’s classic James Gray.

Written and directed by Gray, Paper Tiger is set to premiere next month at New York Film Festival before landing in select theaters November 13th, followed by a nationwide rollout on November 20th.

🎥 “Josephine” Trailer: Channing Tatum and Gemma Chan Fight to Protect Their Daughter in Beth de Araújo’s Sundance-Winning Drama — In Theaters November 20th

Protecting an innocent child isn’t just a parent’s duty; it’s an entire society’s responsibility to keep them safe. At least, that’s the general consensus, right?

This new film starring Channing Tatum and Gemma Chan will explore what happens when that sense of responsibility begins to break down. When parents face one of their greatest fears, yet must also contend with a whole system meant to protect their child that instead begins to work against them.

In the upcoming thought-provoking drama Josephine, Tatum and Chan star as the loving parents of an eight-year-old girl who becomes the sole witness to a brutal crime. While playing in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, Josephine (played by newcomer Mason Reeves in her acting debut) witnesses a savage act of violence while hiding behind a tree.

When she tells her parents what happened, they do what any parent would do: report it to the proper authorities. But as the process of seeking justice begins to drag on, Josephine starts to unravel under the weight of what she saw.

First, the trauma begins to take a toll on Josephine and her parents. Then comes an even harder question: what exactly did she see, and how much of it can she still remember clearly? As her account comes under greater scrutiny, the pressure only builds on a family already struggling to keep it together.

Written and directed by Beth de Araújo, following up her acclaimed debut thriller Soft & Quiet, Josephine premiered earlier this year to rave reviews at Sundance, where it was awarded both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award.

The film is already being touted as one of the year’s best, with Mason Reeves’ debut performance earning particular praise. And judging from the trailer, it certainly looks like an intense and emotionally raw experience. It will likely be a stomach-turning ordeal for any parent who has ever worried about being unable to protect their child from the ugliness of the world.

Josephine is arriving in theaters November 20th.

August is in full effect, and while the summer movie season may be winding down, this week is surprisingly packed with new releases. Some big, some small, and plenty in between. Unlike the last couple of weeks, there’s actually a little bit of everything arriving over the next few days.

Television, meanwhile, is taking a bit of a breather. That doesn’t mean there aren’t a few big-ticket shows worth checking out, but for once, the movies are doing most of the heavy lifting.

So, like always, we’ve rounded up most of the major releases coming this week, both on the big screen and the small. And we won’t judge you if you have no idea what’s coming out. At this point, with new movies and shows dropping across every platform imaginable, keeping track of the release calendar can feel like a full-time job.

That’s where we come in. We’ve sorted through the pile and put together a handy list of what’s arriving over the next several days. So scroll down and enjoy!

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🎥 KATSEYE: WILD HEARTS
(Wed, Aug 12th — limited theatrical screenings)

KATSEYE pulls back the curtain on what it really takes to become a global pop group. Following the members from the pressure cooker of Dream Academy through viral success, chart milestones, personal setbacks, and plenty of sacrifices along the way, the documentary shows there’s a lot more happening behind the scenes than the polished performances suggest. Mixing intimate interviews and unseen footage with videos from their EYEKONS fan community, the film captures everything that went into shaping KATSEYE’s rise.

🎥 The End of Oak Street
(Fri, Aug 14th — wide release)

There goes the neighborhood! But to where is the real question? Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor star as parents who are suddenly forced to hold their family together after a cosmic event rips their once-familiar neighborhood out of suburbia and drops it into a strange prehistoric world. Written and directed by It Follows filmmaker David Robert Mitchell, this sci-fi mystery turns ordinary suburbia into hostile prehistoric terrain, where roaming dinosaurs are now part of the neighborhood.

🎥 The Rivals of Amziah King
(Fri, Aug 14th — wide release)

Things are about to get sticky in rural Oklahoma. Matthew McConaughey stars as Amziah King, a bluegrass-loving beekeeper running a successful honey operation with a ragtag group of misfits. Things get complicated when his estranged foster daughter Kateri (Angelina LookingGlass) returns after a devastating loss, giving the two a chance to repair their relationship, while a dangerous local bigwig (Kurt Russell) looks to muscle in on Amziah’s business. Written and directed by The Vast of Night’s Andrew Patterson, this mixes family, bluegrass, and beekeeping with a fight over who gets to control the hive.

🎥 The Wrong Girls
(Fri, Aug 14th — wide release)

There are the right people for the job, and then there are Frankie and Molly. Kristen Stewart and Alia Shawkat star as two bong-loving best friends whose latest get-rich scheme goes completely sideways after they swallow an entire vial of an experimental psychedelic drug instead of selling it. Now they may have developed telepathic powers, their cats can talk, and some very dangerous people want what they’ve got. Written and directed by Dylan Meyer and also starring LaKeith Stanfield, Kate McKinnon, Geena Davis, with Seth Rogen lending his voice to one of the cats, this wild stoner comedy suggests that sometimes getting high isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

🎥 PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie
(Fri, Aug 14th — wide release)

The PAW Patrol pups are going prehistoric. After a mysterious storm sends their ship crashing onto an uncharted island, the team finds itself surrounded by dinosaurs. There they meet Rex, a dino-savvy pup who knows the island well. But when Mayor Humdinger starts mining for natural resources and accidentally wakes a dormant volcano, the pups must stop him and save the island before their latest adventure ends in extinction.

🎥 The Brink of War
(Fri, Aug 14th — wide release)

The Cold War was at a breaking point and one false move could have changed everything. Jeff Daniels stars as President Ronald Reagan opposite Jared Harris as Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev as the two attempt to negotiate a deal to reduce their nuclear arsenals. With U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz (J.K. Simmons) caught in the pressure, this historical drama revisits a moment when a single meeting could move the world toward peace, or dangerously close to catastrophe.

🎥 Six: The Musical Live!
(Fri, Aug 14th — One Night Only Theatrical Event)

The Tony Award-winning musical turns Tudor history into a full-blown pop concert, and now it’s becoming a one-night-only theatrical event. Captured live at London’s Vaudeville Theatre, this filmed performance reunites the six original West End Queens as the wives of Henry VIII step out of his shadow and take center stage to tell their side of the story with powerhouse vocals, sharp humor, and plenty of attitude.

🎥 Nimrods
(Fri, Aug 14th — limited release)

Mason Thames, Kylr Coffman, and Ryan Foust star as three high school friends and bandmates who think they’ve landed the gig of a lifetime: opening for Green Day on New Year’s Eve. The only problem? It’s all an elaborate prank. Hitting the road for Los Angeles armed with guitars and big dreams, they find themselves chasing a rock-star fantasy that quickly becomes one bad decision after another. Written and directed by Lee Kirk and also starring Mckenna Grace and Jenna Fischer, this coming-of-age rock comedy features Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and Tré Cool appearing as themselves.

🎥 Union County
(Fri, Aug 14th — limited release)

Recovery is only the beginning of a long road. Will Poulter stars as Cody Parsons, an Ohio man trying to put his life back together after completing a court-mandated rehab program. Recovering from drug addiction, Cody is left to face the much harder challenge of staying sober and figuring out what comes next. Noah Centineo co-stars as his brother Jack, who is also fighting his own share of personal demons. Written and directed by Adam Meeks, this grounded indie drama focuses on the everyday struggle of recovery rather than turning addiction into another salacious headline.

🎥 All Night Wrong
(Fri, Aug 14th — limited release)

Some first dates end with an awkward goodbye. This one comes with a stolen car, a backpack full of cash, and a bloodied body in the trunk. Zach Cherry and Maria Bakalova star as two online strangers whose hookup turns into a night of increasingly bad decisions after they wind up with a car belonging to someone dangerous. Calling the police isn’t an option, and surviving the night may be the closest either gets to a happy ending.

🎥 American Doctor
(Fri, Aug 14th — limited release; in select theaters)

Three American doctors from Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian backgrounds enter Gaza with the same goal: save lives. Director Poh Si Teng’s vérité documentary follows them inside besieged hospitals, where devastated infrastructure and mass casualties turn even basic medical care into an enormous challenge. But what they witness doesn’t stay behind when they return home. Back in the United States, the doctors take their experiences into the media and the halls of Congress, speaking out for the patients and colleagues they left behind as medicine and politics become increasingly difficult to separate.

🎥 An Eye for an Eye
(Fri, Aug 14th — limited release; via Jolt.Film)

Tahereh killed her abusive husband in self-defense. Now her life depends on whether her family can raise the money demanded by his relatives. Directors Tanaz Eshaghian and Farzad Jafari follow her son Mohsen as he races to secure the Diya and the forgiveness that could stop his mother’s execution. Through private negotiations and legal pressure, the documentary examines a system shaped by patriarchal values and religious law, where money can ultimately determine who lives and who dies.

🎥 Elijah Peel
(Fri, Aug 14th — limited release)

Robert Malcolm Cumming stars as Elijah Peel, a fading rock star whose years of addiction and excess catch up with him after a heart attack nearly kills him. Forced to face the damage left behind, Elijah begins searching for a second chance. Inspired by a true story, this drama follows his path toward faith, healing, and forgiveness, as a friendship helps him find a reason to keep going when giving up might have been easier.

🎥 Train to Busan: 10th Anniversary
(Fri, Aug 14th — re-release)

All aboard for one of the wildest train rides in modern zombie cinema. Yeon Sang-ho’s now-classic horror thriller traps a father and daughter on a speeding train as a zombie outbreak tears across South Korea, turning every carriage into another fight to stay alive. Starring Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, Don Lee, and Kim Su-an, this 10th anniversary 4K theatrical re-release brings all the panic, momentum, and heartbreak back to the big screen. Just remember to fasten your seat belt... if you can find one.

🎥 Your Name: 10th Anniversary
(Fri, Aug 14th — re-release)

Body-swapping is complicated enough without discovering your connection might be written in the stars. This beloved 2016 anime romance returns in a new 4K remaster for its 10th anniversary. Rural teenager Mitsuha and Tokyo student Taki begin waking up in each other’s bodies, but when the switching suddenly stops, Taki goes looking for her and discovers their strange bond may be tied to something much bigger.

🎥 Wet Hot American Summer: 25th Anniversary
(Fri, Aug 14th — limited release; re-release)

David Wain’s 2001 cult comedy returns to theaters for its 25th anniversary, reminding audiences just how ridiculously chaotic the last day of summer camp can get. Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler, Bradley Cooper, Elizabeth Banks, Molly Shannon, Christopher Meloni, Janeane Garofalo, and more make up the stacked ensemble as romances fall apart, a talent show approaches, and NASA’s Skylab threatens to come crashing down. After two and a half decades, it’s still one of the strangest and funniest ways to say goodbye to summer.

🎥 Mysterious Skin: 4K Remaster
(Fri, Aug 14th — limited release; re-release)

Gregg Araki’s acclaimed adaptation of Scott Heim’s novel returns to theaters in a new 4K restoration. Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Brady Corbet star as Neil and Brian, two young men whose lives have gone in very different directions since childhood. While Neil has become reckless and emotionally distant, Brian believes he was abducted by a UFO. When their paths cross again, buried memories begin to surface, forcing both to confront the painful truth connecting their pasts.

🎥 Gypsy 83: The Director’s Cut
(Fri, Aug 14th — limited release; in NY’s Quad)

Todd Stephens’ 2001 queer goth road movie is heading back to theaters in a newly restored 4K director’s cut. Sara Rue and Birkett Turton star as Gypsy and Clive, two Ohio misfits who hit the road for New York’s Stevie Nicks-themed festival, “Night of 1000 Stevies,” hoping to find a place where they actually belong. Expanded with more than 40 minutes of never-before-seen footage, this 25th anniversary release is a coming-of-age road trip fueled by black eyeliner, big dreams, The Cure, and a whole lot of Stevie Nicks.

🎥 Billy Liar: 4K Restoration
(Fri, Aug 14th — limited release; in NY’s Film Forum)

Fantasy is cheaper than freedom, at least for Billy Fisher. Directed by John Schlesinger (Midnight Cowboy, Marathon Man), this 1963 British New Wave classic returns in a new 4K restoration. Tom Courtenay stars in the title role as a young undertaker’s clerk who spends most of his time escaping into elaborate daydreams, even as his job, family, and increasingly tangled love life keep dragging him back to reality. Also starring Julie Christie, this sharp comedy-drama gives Billy’s restless imagination another chance to run wild on the big screen.

🎥 Point Break: 35th Anniversary
(Sun, Aug 16th & Wed, Aug 19th — re-release)

Kathryn Bigelow’s 1991 action classic returns to theaters in restored 4K, with Keanu Reeves starring as rookie FBI agent Johnny Utah, who goes undercover among Southern California surfers while hunting the masked bank robbers known as the Ex-Presidents. Patrick Swayze’s Bodhi pulls Johnny deeper into a world of freedom, danger, and “pure adrenaline,” turning a simple investigation into something far more personal. Thirty-five years later, the rush still hits like a tidal wave.

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🎥 “Primetime” Trailer: Robert Pattinson Steps Into the Uncomfortable World of Dateline Host Chris Hansen in This New True-Crime Drama About the Rise of the Hidden-Camera Sting Series ‘To Catch a Predator’ — Hitting Theaters September 25th

Robert Pattinson is having a hell of a year. He kicked off 2026 with the thought-provoking relationship drama The Drama, starring opposite Zendaya as a couple rethinking their wedding after a devastating revelation. He then shared the screen with her again, among many other big-name stars, in Christopher Nolan’s summer epic The Odyssey. Pattinson is also set to reunite with Zendaya one more time later this year in the highly anticipated Dune: Part Three.

But in one of the rare Pattinson projects this year without Zendaya in the credits, he’s stepping into a very different kind of spotlight. Which is good, because we were beginning to think these two had become a package deal.

In Primetime, Pattinson plays Chris Hansen (yes, that Chris Hansen!) in a drama inspired by the rise of the Dateline program To Catch a Predator, where hidden cameras, police stings, television ethics, and the hunger for appointment viewing all get tangled up in one very uncomfortable broadcast machine.

Directed by Lance Oppenheim, the filmmaker behind the acclaimed documentary Some Kind of Heaven, the film seems to examine how true crime, reality television, and law enforcement can become a messy combination that may start with good intentions but eventually turns justice into something made for the cameras. It raises the question: Where is the line between watching online predators face consequences and turning that deeply disturbing, awkward confrontation into primetime entertainment?

Also co-starring Merritt Wever, Skyler Gisondo, Phoebe Bridgers, Matthew Maher, and Bokeem Woodbine, Primetime looks to give Pattinson one more unconventional role in a year already full of big swings. And judging from what he’s done already, he seems right at home taking the strangest possible parts and still finding new ways to surprise us.

Primetime is set to open in theaters September 25th.

🎥 “Insidious: Out of the Further” Final Trailer: A Young Mother Opens the Door to The Further in Blumhouse’s Latest Supernatural Horror Sequel Starring Amelia Eve, Brandon Perea, and Lin Shaye — Arriving in Theaters August 21st

To be totally honest, when we think of successful horror franchises, Insidious might not be the first one that comes to mind. But five movies in, this franchise has quietly become one of Blumhouse’s most reliable horror film series in its catalog. And if you think about it, it makes sense, since every family has an innate fear of an unseen force that could possibly harm the people closest to them.

Now, with Insidious: Out of the Further, the franchise is opening the door one more time. Only in this case, The Further may not be where the living get trapped. It may be where the dead finally find their way out. And that could only mean one thing: home is about to become the scariest place to hide.

Starring Amelia Eve, Brandon Perea, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, and franchise regular Lin Shaye as spiritual medium Elise Rainier, Insidious: Out of the Further follows a young mother who discovers she can travel into The Further, only to realize she can also bring its demons back with her. While raising her young daughter in the house where she grew up, Gemma’s connection to the spirit realm turns from a terrifying gift to an open invitation, as the evil inside The Further begins looking for a way into the living world.

Horror filmmaker Jacob Chase, who previously turned his short film Larry into the 2020 supernatural thriller Come Play, writes and directs this new installment, seemingly bringing his brand of creepy childhood terror into the Insidious universe.

So, if you’re looking for a good little scare with plenty of the franchise’s signature jump scares this month, this one might do the trick as the film heads into the tail end of summer, turning those last warm nights into something a little more... shall we say, insidious.

Produced by franchise creators James Wan and Leigh Whannell, along with Jason Blum, Insidious: Out of the Further opens August 21st.

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🎥 “Sacrifice” International Trailer: Chris Evans Gets Chosen for Human Sacrifice in Romain Gavras’ Darkly Satirical Eco-Hostage Caper Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Salma Hayek Pinault, Vincent Cassel, John Malkovich, and Charli XCX, — Coming Soon

Chris Evans has a reputation for being one of those rare Hollywood stars who doesn’t seem too full of himself, which makes this a pretty perfect bit of casting, since he plays a world-famous actor very much trapped inside his own bloated ego. In this new darkly satirical hostage caper, Evans stars as Mike Tyler, a big-time movie star attending a glamorous charity gala when a radical eco-terrorist group, led by Anya Taylor-Joy, storms the event and selects him as one of three human sacrifices meant to save the planet. Directed by music-video veteran Romain Gavras, following up his much-underseen French riot thriller Athena, his latest feature turns celebrity vanity, billionaire excess, and apocalyptic belief into one very chaotic night. Also starring Salma Hayek Pinault, Vincent Cassel, Ambika Mod, Sam Richardson, John Malkovich, and Charli XCX, the film suggests that saving the world may require a little “sacrifice,” so why not choose the people already acting like they own it?

🎥 “The Only Living Pickpocket in New York” Trailer: John Turturro Plays a Veteran Pickpocket Caught in a Cashless City in Noah Segan’s New York Crime Flick with Steve Buscemi, Giancarlo Esposito, and Tatiana Maslany — In NY and LA October 23rd, Followed by a Nationwide Release on October 30th

Welcome to New York City, where you always have to stay alert because you never know who might be reaching for what isn’t theirs. John Turturro stars as a veteran pickpocket trying to survive in a cashless city in this new crime comedy-drama, alongside Giancarlo Esposito, Steve Buscemi, Will Price, Tatiana Maslany, and Jamie Lee Curtis. Turturro’s Harry Lehman lives carefully and quietly, until one lifted wallet leaves him holding a valuable USB drive and running from a crime family that wants it back. In a city this big, one bad grab can make everything feel very small in a hurry. Written and directed by actor-filmmaker Noah Segan, known for his collaborations with Rian Johnson, the film is billed as a warts-and-all love letter to New York, where the old-school thief is becoming just as endangered as the cash he used to steal.

🎥 “The X-Files: I Want to Believe — Vrach Frankenshteyn” Trailer: Chris Carter’s Long-Rumored Director’s Cut Brings Mulder and Scully (David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson) Back to a Darker X-Files Case — Streams August 14th on Hulu / Disney+

After years of rumors and one recent false-start release date, Chris Carter is finally getting to premiere his director’s cut of The X-Files: I Want to Believe. The darker new version, titled Vrach Frankenshteyn, brings Mulder and Scully (played by David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson) back into one of their most unsettling standalone cases, involving a missing FBI agent, a disgraced priest with psychic visions (played by Billy Connolly) and a frozen trail leading toward human experimentation and body-horror secrets. This cut, which fans have been anticipating for years, is said to restore Carter’s original horror-driven vision, giving the 2008 film a more disturbing shape than the version that first hit theaters. So, the truth is still out there, only now it looks a lot uglier.

🎥 “Madden” New Promo: Nicolas Cage Becomes Legendary Football Coach-Commentator John Madden in David O. Russell’s Biographical Sports Drama with Christian Bale as Raiders Owner Al Davis — Premiering November 18th on Prime Video

If you think NFL football, you think John Madden. And if you think November, you probably think of the annual Thanksgiving football game. But this year, Nicolas Cage is giving the calendar another reason to circle the month. David O. Russell’s new Amazon original sports drama, now set for Nov. 18th, follows Madden (played by Cage under heavy prosthetic makeup) from his days reshaping the Oakland Raiders with Al Davis (played by Christian Bale under considerably less prosthetic work) to his second act as a broadcasting icon and the name behind one of the most influential football video games ever made. Kathryn Hahn co-stars as Madden’s beloved wife Virginia in a story about the coach, communicator, and larger-than-life personality who helped change how America watched, played, and understood the game.

🎥 “The Deputy” Trailer: Duke Nicholson Loses a Corpse and Uncovers a Small-Town Conspiracy in This Offbeat Crime Flick with William H. Macy, Stephen Dorff, Julia Fox, Billie Lourd, and Tiffany Haddish — In Theaters and on VOD/Digital September 25th

First rule of a crime scene: make sure the dead body is secured. But in a small town full of buried secrets, even corpses have a way of disappearing. Duke Nicholson, Jack Nicholson’s grandson, makes his leading-role debut as a rookie deputy assigned to guard a dead body, only to watch his simple assignment spiral into a conspiracy involving decades of corruption, crooked power, and people willing to kill to keep the truth from coming out. Also starring William H. Macy, Tiffany Haddish, Stephen Dorff, Julia Fox, Devon Ross, and Billie Lourd, and directed by Matt Sukkar, this small-town crime flick proves that some cases are easier to bury than solve.

🎥 “Appofeniacs” Trailer: Deepfakes Spark Paranoia and Real-World Violence in Chris Marrs Piliero’s Dark Satirical AI Horror-Thriller Starring Aaron Holliday, Simran Jehani, Jermaine Fowler, and Sean Gunn — In Theaters October 2nd

There’s an old line often credited to Mark Twain: “A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.” Now imagine a new AI world where lies can travel in split seconds. The truth doesn’t have a chance to keep up. That fear lies at the core of this new tech horror-thriller, where deepfakes don’t just distort reality... they unleash real-world violence. Written and directed by music video helmer Chris Marrs Piliero, this dark satirical AI thriller follows a group of interconnected people caught in a spiral of paranoia, fabricated evidence, and deadly consequences, proving that the scariest part of a fake image is what real people are willing to do once they believe it. Starring Aaron Holliday, Simran Jehani, Sean Gunn, Paige Searcy, Jermaine Fowler, and Michael Abbott Jr., the film offers one simple warning: be careful what you believe online.

🎥 “April X” Trailer: Heated Rivalry’s Connor Storrie Enters a Futuristic Underworld in This Sci-Fi Noir Action-Thriller About Stolen Memories and a Missing Sister — In Theaters September 18th

Connor Storrie, the breakout from the hit series Heated Rivalry, trades hockey sticks for black-market body parts in this sci-fi noir thriller, starring as Bax, a hustler searching for his missing twin sister, April (Lilly Krug), in a futuristic post-Soviet city. In a place where dreams can be recorded, memories can be stolen, and reality is starting to crack, Bax follows her trail through a neon-lit underworld where every clue brings him closer to the truth... and further into danger. Directed by Michel K. Parandi, this dystopian actioner tests the bond between a brother and sister in a world where even memory can be bought, stolen, or rewritten.

🎥 “Rage of Stars” Trailer: Polish Filmmaker Lukasz Rog Goes Big with a Microbudget Sci-Fi Action Thriller Shot Like a Hollywood Blockbuster — Coming to Theaters Worldwide October 16th

Who says you need a big budget to make a Hollywood-level action blockbuster? Polish filmmaker Lukasz Rog looks ready to test that theory with this ambitious sci-fi action thriller set in a near future where the world is already spiraling toward disaster. Filmed on a reported $500,000 budget, the film follows an elite special-operations officer (Andrea Tivadar) whose terrifying visions may be the only warning sign connecting missing children, strange occult forces, and a catastrophe closing in fast. Shot with the explosive visual language of a Michael Bay-style action spectacle, but likely made on one of Bay’s catering bills, this might be a roadmap for filmmakers out there trying to go big without waiting for Hollywood money.

🎥 “The History of Concrete” Teaser: Filmmaker John Wilson Brings His Eye for Everyday Absurdity to a Deadpan Documentary Comedy About Concrete — In Theaters September 18th

Street observer and filmmaker John Wilson earned a cult following with HBO’s wonderfully eccentric comedy docuseries How To with John Wilson, where he wandered through New York City documenting ordinary life in all its strange little details. Now he brings that same observational deadpan humor to his first feature documentary, which somehow aims to turn one of the world’s most boring-sounding materials into a funny, oddly personal look at art, ambition, and the business of making movies. Who knows, maybe there’s something more in concrete that we’re not seeing, but John Wilson seems more than willing to find out.

🎥 “Confinement” Trailer: ‘Game of Thrones’ Star Nathalie Emmanuel Faces a Sinister Family Obsession in Director Peter Howitt’s Pregnancy Thriller — Available on VOD/Digital September 1st

Nathalie Emmanuel has gone from serving queens and dragons to facing a family that may be even harder to survive. In this new thriller, the Game of Thrones actress plays a pregnant widow who accepts help from her late husband’s estranged relatives, only to realize their hospitality comes with a terrifying fixation on her unborn child. Uh-oh. Just when you thought family was supposed to make things easier, they turn out to be the very reason she may not make it out. Directed by Peter Howitt (Sliding Doors, Johnny English) and co-starring Claire Forlani, Ben Cura, and Eloise Lovell Anderson, this one turns a quiet country estate into a very bad place to be expecting.

🎥 “Last Train to Fortune” Trailer: Malcolm McDowell and James Paxton Hit the Dusty Trail in Adam Rifkin’s Old-Fashioned Frontier Western — Opening in Select Theaters September 17th Before VOD/Digital Release on November 6th

At 83, veteran actor Malcolm McDowell could probably afford to choose roles that keep him comfortably seated. Instead, he’s heading back into the saddle for this old-fashioned frontier western, playing a bookish English schoolteacher who misses the last train to Fortune and winds up making a desperate deal with an outlaw. In writer-director Adam Rifkin’s (Detroit Rock City, The Last Movie Star) retro western drama, James Paxton (son of the late Bill Paxton) plays the outlaw tasked with getting McDowell’s schoolteacher safely to town, turning a simple payday into a dusty road adventure full of gunfights, jailbreaks, saloons, and one unlikely friendship.

🎥 “The Beloved” International Trailer: Javier Bardem Plays a Celebrated Filmmaker Pulling His Estranged Daughter Into a Dangerous Creative Reunion in Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s New Spanish Drama — Coming Soon

Oscar-winner Javier Bardem has kept himself busy these days, moving from blockbusters to prestige dramas, but whenever he gets the chance to return to his home country for a new Spanish-language feature, that’s where he really gets to let loose. In Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s latest drama, Bardem plays an acclaimed filmmaker whose charm and ego become dangerous tools when he reunites with his estranged daughter (played here by Victoria Luengo) and pulls her into his new film. Think of it as an examination of how art, ego, and family trauma can cloud the way we see the people who hurt us, especially when they are still trying to direct the story.

🎥 “Parasomnia” Trailer: Night Terrors Become All Too Real in James Ross II’s Supernatural Horror Thriller Starring Jasmine Mathews — Streams September 4th on Shudder

Sleep is a time for peace and quiet. The only problem is, closing your eyes might mean letting something terrifying in. Jasmine Mathews, from Amazon’s The Tomorrow War, stars as Riley, a young woman tormented by night terrors and unresolved tragedy, only to suspect that the demonic figure stalking her dreams has found a way into the real world. Talk about a rude awakening! Written and directed by James Ross II and based on his award-winning short Don’t Blink, this supernatural horror film asks what happens when the thing waiting in your sleep refuses to stay in the dream world and starts hunting in ours.

🎥 “Hansel & Gretel’s Halloween” Trailer: Six Teens Enter a Candy-Coated Maze in Directors Marcus Mallard and Logan Walcher’s Twisted Indie Horror Take on the Classic Fairy Tale — Coming Soon

Halloween candy is supposed to be a treat, but in this twisted take on Hansel and Gretel, every sweet bite comes with a deadly catch. In this horror-fantasy thriller, six teenagers enter a candy-coated maze on Halloween night, only to find themselves trapped inside the Witch’s deadly game. Starring Griffin Edge and Alexia Berry as Hansel and Gretel, with Christy Tate as the Witch, this indie horror turns one of the most beloved fairy tales into a modern survival story where resisting temptation may be the only way out.

🎥 “Nobody’s Violence” International Trailer: French-Canadian Filmmaker Denis Côté Explores Mercy, Death, and Moral Cost in His Latest Dystopian Drama Starring Larissa Corriveau — Coming Soon

In French-Canadian filmmaker Denis Côté’s latest, mercy doesn’t arrive as comfort. It arrives as a service. Set in a damaged dystopian world, the film stars Quebec actress Larissa Corriveau as Mira, a traveling young woman whose job is to help people die. Seen as both a figure of mercy and an executioner, she moves through a broken landscape where every act of compassion comes with a moral cost. After its festival run, the film is expected to make its way to wider audiences soon.

🎥 “The Secret Woman” Trailer: Natalie Madueño Uncovers a Forgotten Life and a Dangerous Family Secret in New Danish Psychological Thriller with Claes Bang and Pål Sverre Hagen — Premieres August 28th on Netflix

A woman with memory loss, a past she doesn’t remember, and a family she can no longer recognize. It’s the kind of mystery where every answer only makes the truth feel more dangerous. In this new psychological thriller, Danish-Spanish actress Natalie Madueño stars as an amnesiac woman whose life is turned upside down when a stranger claims she is actually a missing wife and mother tied to a powerful shipping family. But the closer she gets to the life she supposedly left behind, the more she begins to wonder whether her forgotten past is hiding something far more sinister. Directed by Barbara Topsøe-Rothenborg and also starring Claes Bang, Pål Sverre Hagen, and Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, the film is based on the bestselling mystery novel by Anna Ekberg.

🎥 “Madness: Take It Or Leave It” 4K Restoration Trailer: Legendary ’80s Ska Band Reenact Their Scruffy North London Beginnings in Dave Robinson’s Classic 1981 Music Film — Back in UK and Irish Cinemas October 2nd, with a New Blu-ray Release October 19th

Forty-five years ago, Madness, one of Britain’s most recognizable ska bands, was still figuring things out in the pubs, clubs, and streets of North London. And like plenty of bands from that era, they eventually wound up with their own movie. The difference here is that the guys played themselves, basically reenacting the arguments, dead-end jobs, rehearsals, and early gigs that led to all the “madness.” Now newly restored in 4K by the BFI, Dave Robinson’s scruffy 1981 music film is heading back to the big screen and getting a fresh disc release. So yeah, maybe it’s time to go “One Step Beyoooooond!”

🎥 “Repo! The Genetic Opera” Blu-Ray Trailer: Darren Lynn Bousman’s Cult Horror Rock Opera Gets a Filmmaker-Approved Steelbook — Own It October 13th on 4K UHD

You like your musicals dark, twisted, and just a little deranged? Well, golly, this might be the one for you. Director Darren Lynn Bousman, of Saw fame, brings his cult horror rock opera back in a new 4K UHD Steelbook, where surgery comes with a payment plan... and a missed bill comes with a blade. Originally released in 2008 and starring Alexa PenaVega, Anthony Head, the late Paul Sorvino, Sarah Brightman, and Paris Hilton, this little goth-rock ditty tells the story of a future where organ transplants save lives, payment plans rule the world, and missing a bill means the Repo Man comes to collect. All set to a blast of industrial rock and gothic theatrics, it’s a genre-bender if we ever saw one.

🎥 “Underworld” Trailer: Arrow Video Unearths Clive Barker’s Grimy ’80s Body-Horror Noir for a New Limited Edition Release — Out on 4K UHD, September 7th in the UK

Long before Clive Barker became synonymous with puzzle boxes and Cenobites, the horror author tried his hand at mutant body-horror noir with this grimy 1985 chiller, now getting a new 4K restoration from Arrow Video. Set beneath the city of London, the George Pavlou-directed film follows a private investigator (Larry Lamb) hired to rescue a woman (Nicola Cowper) kidnapped by drug-addicted mutants, only to descend into a hidden world of experimentation and bodies pushed past the point of return. For those who love long-lost ’80s horror oddities, this one looks ready to crawl back out of the underground and into your Blu-Ray collection.

🎥 “Ju-On: The Grudge” 4K Restoration Trailer: Takashi Shimizu’s J-Horror Classic Brings Kayako and Her Deadly Curse Back in 4K — Coming Soon from Arrow Video

You can count Takashi Shimizu’s 2002 ghost-horror classic as one of the J-horror movies that really helped put the genre on the international map, turning Kayako (and that impossible-to-forget death rattle) into a horror icon. Now, more than two decades later, Arrow Video is giving the film a new 4K restoration, which feels like a pretty good excuse to step back inside that house. The story follows social worker Rika Nishina (Megumi Okina), who visits a quiet suburban home and quickly realizes something is very wrong. The house is carrying a deadly curse tied to the murdered Saeki family, and once Rika walks through the door, she becomes part of it. The curse spreads from one victim to the next, proving that leaving the house doesn’t necessarily mean you’ve escaped it. Just when you thought the curse had finally gone quiet... Kayako is back in 4K. Eeek!

🎥 “Tekkonkinkreet: 20th Anniversary” Trailer: Director Michael Arias’ Cult 2006 Anime Crime Fantasy Gets a New Restoration — Own It September 1st on 4K UHD and Blu-ray

Looking to add something strangely bold and beautifully animated to your anime shelf? Well, STUDIO4°C’s kinetic animated crime fantasy is making the jump to 4K UHD, bringing Tekkonkinkreet back with a sharper look at Treasure Town and the two brothers fighting to protect it. Directed by visual-effects artist Michael Arias (The Animatrix) and adapted from Taiyo Matsumoto’s manga, the film follows Black and White, two orphaned brothers whose fight to save their city pulls them into a battle with yakuza, ruthless developers, assassins, and the darker corners of Black’s own mind. Restored in 4K, this 2026 cult favorite returns with its bruised beauty, restless energy, and big emotional heart still fully intact.

🎥 “Muyi” International Trailer: Julien Chheng’s Gorgeously Colorful Animated Adventure Follows a Young Girl Into the Secrets of a Forbidden Village — Screening at This Year’s TIFF Before Opening in French Theaters January 20th, 2027

Some of the best animated films are the ones that take you to a world you have never seen before. And that seems to be the case with this gorgeously water-colored animated adventure from French animation filmmaker Julien Chheng (Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia). Set in a secluded mountaintop village in China where men are forbidden, the film follows young Mu Yi as one curious decision opens the door to old legends, angry spirits, and a magical journey into her family’s hidden past. Sometimes, breaking the rules is the only way for a child to fully understand why they were made in the first place.

🎥 “Viva Carmen!” International Trailer: Sébastien Laudenbach’s Visually Dazzling Animated Take on Carmen Gives Opera’s Most Famous Tragedy a New Surprise — Screening at This Year’s TIFF Before Opening in French Theaters December 16th

Some stories are so famous you think the ending is already written. But this gorgeously animated take on Carmen asks: what if a group of street kids decided tragedy needed a rewrite? Set in 1820 Seville, the film, from acclaimed French animator Sébastien Laudenbach, director of the award-winning hand-painted feature The Girl Without Hands, follows young Salva and a band of street children who set out to protect Carmen after a vision reveals the tragic fate waiting for her. Sometimes, even opera needs a little surprise.

🎥 “Papercuts: My Life as an Indie Animator” Trailer: Animator Eric Power Turns Two Decades of Handmade Animation Into a Personal Memoir About the Cost of Creating — On VOD/Digital August 11th

Independent animator Eric Power pulls back the paper curtain on more than two decades of building animated films by hand, turning his own career into a cut-paper memoir about creativity, pressure, persistence, and the tiny sacrifices hiding behind every finished piece. It is a behind-the-scenes look at the kind of filmmaking where the artist does almost everything himself, and where every papercut becomes part of the picture.

🎥 “Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe” Trailer: Hathaway Noa Leads a Rebellion Against the Earth Federation in This Political Mecha Anime Sequel — Streams August 31st on Netflix

In this second chapter of the Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway trilogy, rebel leader Hathaway Noa (Kensho Ono) continues his war against the corrupt Earth Federation while a mysterious woman named Gigi Andalucia (Reina Ueda) begins pulling apart the identity he has worked so hard to protect. In the tradition of classic mecha anime, this political sci-fi drama mixes towering mobile-suit battles with rebellion and the personal cost of fighting for a cause.

🎥 “Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear” Trailer: Blink-182 Drummer Travis Barker Reflects on the Plane Crash That Changed His Life in New Hulu Documentary — Premieres August 13th on Hulu

Famed rock drummer Travis Barker made his name by driving the beat and making every drum hit as loud as possible. Then a plane crash nearly silenced him, altering his life forever. This Hulu original documentary traces Barker’s rise, survival, and long road back from the tragedy that nearly stopped the music for good. Directed by Justin Krook and Michael Dwyer, this Hulu original documentary examines how the Blink-182 drummer survived unimaginable personal trauma yet found a way back to his life, family, and music, proving that every downbeat gets a chance to find a new tempo.

🎥 “Untold: The Testimony of Vince Young” Trailer: Netflix’s New Sports Documentary Looks Beyond the Rose Bowl Glory to Tell the More Complicated Story of Football Legend Vince Young — Streams August 25th on Netflix

Before the NFL pressure, the injuries, and the headlines, Vince Young was the Texas Longhorns quarterback who delivered one of the most unforgettable performances in college football history. Netflix’s latest Untold documentary looks back at the man behind that legendary Rose Bowl run, tracing how sudden fame, massive expectations, personal loss, and a complicated pro career turned a highlight-reel hero into a much more human story.

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📺 “War” Teaser Trailer: Dominic West and Sienna Miller Turn Divorce Into an All-Out Legal Battle in HBO’s New British Drama — Premiering Thursday, October 1st on HBO and HBO Max

Divorce is one of the most painful things that can happen to two people who once loved each other. No matter how well-intentioned a couple may be when they enter a marriage, they rarely consider what happens when it falls apart. Add wealth and fame to the equation, and you’ve got yourself more than a little breakup... you’ve got war.

The Crown’s Dominic West and Anatomy of a Scandal’s Sienna Miller star as two very public figures who find themselves at the center of one of the biggest divorce trials in Britain’s legal history in the upcoming eight-episode drama War.

West’s Morgan Henderson is a tech entrepreneur, while Miller’s Carla Duval is a well-known film star. He has the money. She has the fame. And both have high-powered divorce lawyers convincing their respective clients that they are each the “wronged party”; making anything close to an amicable split nearly impossible.

The new series is written and created by prolific British TV writer-producer George Kay, the creator behind Idris Elba’s tense Apple TV hostage thriller Hijack and co-creator of the twisty French caper series Lupin. Kay is also behind the forthcoming Netflix Swedish detective series Blood Sacrifice (watch the newly released teaser below).

Seemingly drawing on real-life high-profile divorce battles, the British series will examine the legal strategies and personal fallout as each party tries to paint the other as the villain and themselves as the true victim. But as we all know, there are two sides to every story. And in a divorce, the truth usually gets lost somewhere in the middle.

Co-starring Phoebe Fox, James McArdle, Archie Renaux, Nina Sosanya, and Pip Torrens, War is slated to premiere Thursday, October 1st on HBO and HBO Max.

📺 “High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam” Trailer: Joel Kinnaman Stars as the CIA Agent in Charge of Interrogating Saddam Hussein in TNT’s Four-Part Political Thriller — Debuting Sunday, September 13th on TNT

It’s been a while since we’ve heard much from TNT, but the cable network may finally have something to spark interest with its latest limited series. This new drama thriller takes TV viewers back to December 2003, when the world was glued to the news of Saddam Hussein’s capture after U.S. forces pulled him from a small underground hideout in Iraq. But as it turns out, the manhunt was only part of the story.

High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam is a new four-episode miniseries starring Joel Kinnaman (Suicide Squad, For All Mankind) as CIA analyst John Nixon, tasked with identifying and interrogating Saddam Hussein after his capture. Inspired by true events, the drama traces the events leading up to and following his capture, focusing on the high-stakes interrogation that unfolds behind closed doors.

Nixon was the first American intelligence officer to positively identify and interrogate the former Iraqi dictator. And rather than approaching that encounter as a straightforward political history lesson, it seems this drama aims to turn those conversations into the center of a psychological chess match between two men sitting on opposite sides of history, each trying to assert control... and perhaps each trying to shape the narrative through his own version of the truth.

Waleed Zuaiter, the actor and co-producer of the 2013 Oscar-nominated Palestinian drama Omar, takes on the task of portraying Saddam Hussein as a complex, commanding figure at the center of the interrogation, seemingly defiant to the bitter end.

Meanwhile, it seems Kinnaman’s John Nixon may have gone into the interrogation convinced that Saddam was hiding the truth about Iraq’s supposed weapons of mass destruction. The implications of what he discovers, however, could force him to question not only the intelligence that led them there, but the entire justification for the war.

Based on Nixon’s memoir, directed and developed by Leslie Greif, the co-creator of The Offer, the limited series also co-stars Tom Berenger, Lena Góra, Talia Balsam, and Matt Barr.

High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam debuts Sunday, September 13th on TNT.

📺 “Outer Banks: Season 5” Final Trailer: Chase Stokes, Madelyn Cline & the Pogues Return for One Last Treasure Hunt in the Final Season of Netflix’s Hit Teen Adventure Drama — Premiering Thursday, August 20th on Netflix

To be honest, when Netflix first launched Outer Banks, it felt like it might just be another quick grab at a younger audience, especially since that was clearly their fastest-growing demographic at the time. But we certainly didn’t expect it to go the distance, let alone make it to five seasons. Not only has it done that, but it also ended up launching the careers of breakout stars like Chase Stokes, Madelyn Cline, Drew Starkey, Carlacia Grant, Madison Bailey, Rudy Pankow, and Jonathan Daviss.

For anyone new to it, the Netflix series, created by Jonas Pate, Josh Pate (Surface), and novelist Shannon Burke, is set along the coastal Outer Banks of North Carolina. It follows a tight-knit group of working-class teens known as the Pogues, who get pulled into a dangerous treasure hunt that constantly puts them up against their wealthy rivals, the Kooks, along with a whole range of other threats along the way.

Over the past four seasons, the Pogues have chased treasure, dodged danger, dealt with plenty of bad dudes, and still somehow managed to find their way back to each other every time. And through it all, fans have stayed right there with them.

Now, as the series heads into its final fifth season, the story begins in grief following the events of Season 4. JJ (Pankow) is gone, the Blue Crown has been lost, and John B (Stokes), Sarah (Cline), Kiara (Bailey), Pope (Daviss), and Cleo (Grant) are left carrying a loss that could either bring them closer together or completely pull them apart.

With revenge now driving the chase, Season 5 feels less like just another adventure and more like the Pogues’ final chance to settle everything before their story comes to a close. And we’re sure, for fans, this final ride is going to be a bittersweet one.

And with the summer winding down, it only adds a little more bittersweetness to the idea that Outer Banks: Season 5 offers a fitting farewell to the Pogues with its final treasure-hunting adventure. And from the looks of it, it’s going to be every bit as adventurous and emotional as ever when it premieres Thursday, August 20th on Netflix.

📺 “Star Wars: Visions Presents: The Ninth Jedi” Final Trailer: Would-Be Jedi Kara Searches for Her Lightsaber-Maker Father in This New Eight-Episode Anime Series Based on the Fan-Favorite ‘Visions’ Shorts — Streaming Now on Disney+ and Hulu

The Force has always been about choosing between light and dark. But what happens when that choice becomes less and less clear? In this new anime continuation of the Star Wars: Visions shorts “The Ninth Jedi” and “Child of Hope,” Kara (Chinatsu Akasaki / Kimiko Glenn), the daughter of a kidnapped lightsaber maker, trains under Margrave Juro (Tetsuo Kanao / Andrew Kishino) while searching for her father, Lah Zhima (Shinichiro Miki / Simu Liu), across a galaxy hunted by forces determined to wipe out the Jedi. Trying to understand her own connection to the Force, Kara joins a small group of Jedi-in-training on a mission that could reveal whether light and dark were ever as simple as they seemed. While taking one of the most compelling standalone stories in Star Wars: Visions and expanding it into a full eight-episode adventure, the series gives Kara’s journey more room to explore what it really means to choose a side.

📺 “Conan O’Brien Must Go: Season 3” Trailer: Conan Takes His Shameless Travel Comedy to Four More Countries... and Once Again Makes a Fool of Himself — Premieres Friday, August 21st on HBO and HBO Max

Conan O’Brien is at his best when he’s front and center, acting ridiculously and shamelessly foolish in all his self-effacing glory. That’s likely why he’s so perfectly suited to hosting his own travel show, fully committing to the bit while gleefully playing up every embarrassing version of the “ugly American tourist” stereotype. In the third season of his HBO travel comedy series, Conan heads to four different countries to meet fans, stumble through local traditions, and turn himself into the main attraction for all the wrong reasons. The joke is rarely on the places he visits. It’s on Conan, who somehow manages to embarrass himself internationally while still finding a genuine connection beneath all the nonsense. So, if you happen to be in the country Conan is visiting, don’t be too embarrassed to laugh at him... chances are, everyone else already is. Because, from the looks of things, making a fool of himself abroad is pretty much the whole mission.

📺 “Average Joe: Season 2” Trailer: Deon Cole Takes His Darkly Comic Crime Series From Pittsburgh to South Africa — Premieres Wednesday, August 19th on Paramount+

Comedian Deon Cole may have started his career writing jokes for The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien and Conan, but he has since made a smooth transition into acting, stealing scenes in shows like Black-ish and taking on more dramatic roles in films such as the Western actioner The Harder They Fall, the musical adaptation of The Color Purple, and, most recently, playing Don King in the Michael Jackson biopic Michael. With the second season of his hit BET series, Cole puts that sharp comic timing to work while showing another side of himself as Joe, an ordinary plumber and family man whose late father’s mob ties have pulled him and his loved ones deeper into a dangerous criminal world. This time, Joe’s troubles follow him far beyond Pittsburgh, sending him and his crew to Cape Town, SoutH Africa after a new threat tied to the Russian mob puts his family directly in the crosshairs. Co-starring Michael Trucco, Malcolm Barrett, Cynthia Kaye McWilliams, Katlego Lebogang, and Hakeem Kae-Kazim, this darkly comic crime series proves that being an “average Joe” doesn’t always mean living an average life.

📺 “Colin From Accounts: Season 3” U.S. Trailer: Ashley and Gordon (Harriet Dyer and Patrick Brammall) Face the Fallout From a Painfully Botched Proposal in the Hit Aussie Rom-Com Series — Premieres Thursday, September 10th on Paramount+

It starts with the most adorable meet-cute imaginable, only to quickly turn into one of the most awkward and random romantic encounters ever. One injured dog and an accidental wardrobe malfunction later, Ashley and Gordon have gone on to build a relationship that’s somehow just as messy and oddly endearing as the way it began. Creators and stars Harriet Dyer and Patrick Brammall, who are also a real-life married couple, return for a brand-new season of their hit Aussie rom-com series, where love is only one bad decision away from becoming a full-blown crisis. This time around, Ashley and Gordon are dealing with the fallout from Gordon’s painfully botched proposal, forcing them to figure out whether they’re actually ready for marriage... or just barely holding together the relationship they already have. Looking for some heartfelt romance with a slightly sharper edge? Give this Aussie gem a try, as it has quietly become one of the better romantic comedies on television.

📺 “The Shards” Music Video Promo: Ryan Murphy and Bret Easton Ellis Take Us Back to 1981 Los Angeles for a Little Sex, Teen Angst, Murder, and ’80s Music Videos — Streaming Now on FX, Hulu, and Disney+

Looking for a time machine back to the ’80s? Ryan Murphy and Bret Easton Ellis may have found one. By the looks of this new promo, their latest FX series doesn’t simply revisit the decade... it drops us right into the neon glow and VHS haze of an early 80s music video. Based on Ellis’s semi-autobiographical novel, the series takes place in 1981 Los Angeles and stars Igby Rigney as Bret, an aspiring writer finishing his senior year at an elite prep school where money, sex, and jealousy are all part of the daily routine. But when magnetic new student Robert Mallory (Homer Gere) enters Bret’s inner circle just as a serial killer begins targeting teenagers across the city, attraction quickly gives way to suspicion and obsession. With Kaia Gerber, Hayes Warner, and Graham Campbell rounding out the cast, this retro-soaked teen-gone-bad mystery-thriller suggests that a little paranoia may be healthy... especially when the object of your obsession might also be a killer.

📺 “Blood Sacrifice” Trailer: Jakob Oftebro and Peter Andersson Star as Detectives Hunting a Killer in a New Swedish Crime-Thriller Series From Hijack Creator George Kay — Premieres Thursday, August 20th on Netflix

George Kay, the British writer and producer behind Hijack, Lupin and HBO’s upcoming War, is back with another crime mystery. This time, he brings the suspense to the Swedish islands. During the brightness of a Swedish summer, two police officers respond to a call at an empty house and walk straight into a carefully planned execution. The attack is only the beginning. As the police realize someone is targeting their own, investigator Thomas (Jakob Oftebro) is forced to work with his estranged father, former detective Alfred (Peter Andersson). With another officer potentially next on the list, the two men must put years of bad blood aside long enough to catch the killer before it’s too late.

📺 “Made in Korea: Season 2” Teaser: Power, Revenge, and Family Rivalry Drive This New Season of the Korean Political Thriller, Starring Hyun Bin — Streams Wednesday, September 9th on Hulu / Disney+

Nine years can change a man... or simply give him more time to tighten his grip on power. In the new season of this sprawling Korean political crime series, undercover agent turned smuggler Baek Kitae (Hyun Bin) has risen to the height of his influence, but prosecutor Jang Geonyoung (Jung Woo-sung) is finally ready to strike back. Meanwhile, Kitae’s brother Baek Kihyun (Woo Do-hwan) begins chasing power on his own terms, creating a family rift that could bring everything Kitae has built crashing down. In a world built on secrets and corruption, the people closest to you may be the ones capable of doing the most damage.

📺 “Tyler Perry’s Beauty in Black: Season 3” Trailer: Taylor Polidore Williams Fights to Hold Onto Power in Netflix’s Soapy Family Drama as the Bellarie Clan Strikes Back — Streams Thursday, August 27th on Netflix

Power inside the Bellarie family has always come with a price, and Kimmie may finally be the one holding the bill. Tyler Perry returns as creator, writer, and director for Season 3, with Taylor Polidore Williams leading the cast as Kimmie alongside Crystle Stewart, Ricco Ross, Charles Malik Whitfield, Terrell Carter, Debbi Morgan, Richard Lawson, Julian Horton, and Steven G. Norfleet. After fighting her way from the club floor to the top of the Beauty in Black empire, Kimmie enters the new season with more control than ever. But staying on top proves more dangerous than getting there, as the Bellarie family closes ranks and prepares to take back everything Kimmie claimed.

📺 “Lion” Trailer: A Vulnerable Cub Grows Into a Leader in National Geographic’s Four-Part Wildlife Series — Premieres Wednesday, August 19th on National Geographic and Streams Thursday, August 20th on Disney+ / Hulu

Every king’s journey has to start somewhere. For lion cub Kio, that begins not with a crown, but as a vulnerable youngster trying to survive the dangers surrounding his pride. In this new four-part nature docuseries, cameras follow Kio over four years as loss, exile, and fierce rivals push him from cubhood toward becoming a leader. Every king has to earn his roar before he can lead the pride, and this little guy has a long road ahead of him before he’s ready to claim that crown.

📺 “102 Minutes Inside the Towers” Trailer: Survivors Recount the Fight to Escape the World Trade Center in Robin Roberts’ 9/11 Documentary Special — Premieres Friday, September 11th at 8/7 on HISTORY

For 102 minutes on September 11, 2001, the people inside the World Trade Center towers faced an unimaginable disaster that those watching from the outside could never fully see or understand, even after the world watched it unfold live on television. Executive produced by Good Morning America host and journalist Robin Roberts, this HISTORY documentary special brings together survivors, office workers, security personnel, window washers, and first responders to recount what happened inside the buildings... and how they miraculously found a way out.

📺 “Disney Worldbuilders” Trailer: Leslie Iwerks’ Documentary Special Looks at How Disney Turns Big Ideas Into Worlds You Can Step Inside — Streaming Thursday, August 20th on Disney+

Building a world takes more than six days. It takes patience, persistence, and a whole lot of imagination. No better example exists than the world builders at Disney, where ideas don’t just become stories; they become places people can actually step inside. That creative journey sits at the heart of Leslie Iwerks’ new documentary, which looks at how some of Disney’s biggest worlds are dreamed up, designed, and brought to life for everyone to experience. This Disney special gives viewers an early look at the artists, filmmakers, executives, and Imagineers who turn personal sparks of inspiration into full-scale worlds built to last.

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There are two kinds of moviegoers who love Christmas movies. Some prefer the sugar-filled comedies packed with holiday cheer and candy-coated sentiment. Then there are those of us who want something darker, stranger, and a little more twisted than the typical Christmas fare.

Violent Night, the David Harbour–starring vehicle, rightfully fits into the latter category, as it’s definitely not something you would show the whole family... unless they’re all hopped up on eggnog and looking for some blood-soaked holiday entertainment. Released back in 2022, the film became an unexpected seasonal hit by turning Santa Claus into a hard-drinking, hammer-swinging action hero with a serious grudge against anyone on the naughty list.

For anyone who cringes whenever a relative flips on the Hallmark Channel or queues up another predictable Christmas rom-com, Violent Night became the perfect antidote to all that holiday fluff. It’s dark, bloody, twisted, and absolutely hilarious—provided you can check your brain at the door, preferably right next to the stockings and any remaining sense of holiday decency. But as much fun as we had with the first Violent Night, we’re still a little surprised it’s getting a sequel, since it felt more like a perfectly contained burst of holiday mayhem than the start of a full-blown franchise.

But after watching the sequel’s first official trailer, we can confidently say this return trip to Santa’s naughty list looks every bit as deranged, brutal, and ridiculously entertaining as the original. Anyone who wasn’t a fan of the first film will likely find little here to change their mind. Consider it another lump of coal in their stocking. But for those who fully embraced its bone-crunching action and pitch-black holiday humor—yes, count us among those who loved watching David Harbour chew up the scenery as a burly, murderous Santa Claus—this sequel looks ready to leave another blood-red gift under the tree this Christmas season.

And while the first film felt like a cross between Die Hard and Silent Night, Deadly Night, this upcoming sequel seems more interested in cranking the action up to Troma-like levels of cartoonish carnage. Which, once again, is very much to our liking... and to anyone who prefers their holiday movies to come with a little blood, bad taste, and absolutely no concern for delicate sensibilities.

This time around, Harbour’s Santa finds himself on the naughty list after apparently “forgetting the meaning of Christmas.” Until he rediscovers it, he’s stripped of his magical powers, putting the entire holiday in jeopardy. But if you think old Saint Nick is going to sit idly by while a local strip mall is taken over by heavily armed bad guys, you’d better think again. Magic powers or not, this Santa is still ready to exact the kind of carnage usually reserved for the very top of the naughty list. Out come the axe, bruised knuckles, and anything sharp enough to do some real damage.

Kristen Bell joins the cast as Mrs. Claus. And if you thought Harbour’s Mr. Claus was outrageously dangerous, Bell looks ready to prove the better half may be even more unhinged.

Jared Harris, Joe Pantoliano, Daniela Melchior, and Andrew Bachelor round out the cast of this wildly over-the-top, action-crammed sequel, which aims to turn the Christmas season into one long, blood-splattered beatdown where the naughty don’t make it to see New Year’s Day.

Once again directed by Norwegian filmmaker Tommy Wirkola, who helmed the first film as well as this year’s ridiculously silly yet entertaining Netflix shark thriller Thrash, Violent Night 2 is slated to open in theaters on December 4th.

Guess Christmas is coming early for anyone who prefers their holiday cheer served with broken bones and severed body parts. Ho, ho, ho!

🎥 “Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother” Trailer: Mahershala Ali Wields a Blade and Fights to Protect His Children in Bassam Tariq’s Houston-Set Action Thriller — In Select Theaters September 25th, Nationwide in October

Picture this: a man with a large blade emerges from the dust and smoke, looking every bit like a warrior ready for battle. Then comes the surprise... he’s carrying a small child at his side.

Yes, the image of a lone samurai traveling with a child has crossed cultures, genres, and generations—from the classic Japanese manga and film saga Lone Wolf and Cub to more recent sci-fi fare like The Mandalorian. There’s just something irresistible about watching a hardened assassin, trained to survive almost anything, suddenly saddled with the one responsibility no weapon can prepare him for: taking care of a child.

Mahershala Ali is the latest actor to step into that tradition, playing a professional hitman suddenly charged with raising and protecting his newborn baby and teenage children in the thriller Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother.

For years, the two-time Oscar winner remained at the center of public discussion over his planned role as Blade in the MCU. It was a project that endured years of delays, director departures, script changes, and enough production turmoil to finally push Ali to move on. And while Ali’s departure is understandable, it did leave many wondering what his version of Blade might have looked like.

And while there are no vampires in this new movie, it does offer a glimpse of how Ali might have approached the Blade character—likely with the same ferocity and sincerity he brings to Latif, a devout retired assassin who finds himself at the end of his rope following the devastating death of his wife and suddenly responsible for protecting the children left in his care.

From what we can tell, Ali’s Latif lives by a certain moral code—one that is stretched to its limits as he’s forced to make hard choices for the benefit of his children.

“I thought I was your sword. Now I have to fill her shoes... I’m breaking.”

Latif confesses in the trailer, seemingly pleading with a higher power for strength and guidance as images show him swinging a thin wooden bat at a playground with his children.

In another scene, Latif visits a government assistance office and asks a social worker for help:

“I’m here for the breast milk. My wife passed away, and Zez is breastfed. She’s allergic to formula.”

But his request is denied because he doesn’t have the required prescription.

It’s such a compelling setup for a character who feels familiar: a reformed outlaw with a violent past who believes he has finally left that life behind, only to be pulled back in by financial pressure, grief, and a system that offers little support.

Left with few options, Latif returns to Houston’s criminal underworld, hoping one last job might give his children the stability he can no longer provide on his own. With a blade as his weapon of choice, as guns are no longer part of his code, Latif once again finds himself surrounded by blood, death, and violence.

John Cho co-stars as a cowboy-hat-wearing antagonist who appears to share a dark history with Ali’s Latif, drawing the former assassin back into his inner circle. We’re not sure whether Cho’s character wants him dead or whether Latif has made him his next target. Either way, the trailer promises plenty of action, giving Ali several chances to show off the blade work that inevitably leaves us wondering what his version of Marvel’s vampire hunter might have looked like.

Co-starring Abubakr Ali, Laith Nakli, Tramell Tillman, Tiffany Boone, and Giancarlo Esposito, the film is written and directed by Bassam Tariq, best known for the acclaimed Riz Ahmed–starring hip-hop drama Mogul Mowgli and the award-winning documentary These Birds Walk.

Interesting note: Tariq was previously selected by Mahershala Ali to direct Marvel’s Blade before departing the troubled production. That shared history between director and star makes this reunion especially intriguing, though it would only be speculation to say their frustrations directly gave birth to this project. Still, it’s hard not to wonder whether some of the ideas, themes, and character work they once hoped to explore together found a new home here. Perhaps this is the Blade movie they never got to make... just without the vampires or the Marvel label. In a lot of ways, that might work in their favor.

Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother is slated to make its world premiere in September at TIFF before landing in limited release on September 25th, followed by a nationwide rollout in October.

🎥 “Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo” Teaser Trailer: Shun Oguri Stars as a Corrupt Cop Spiraling Through Addiction, Revenge, and a Missing-Person Case in Takashi Miike’s Twisted Crime Thriller with Lily James — Premiering at TIFF in September

Released back in 1992, Abel Ferrara’s crime film Bad Lieutenant featured an astonishing performance from Harvey Keitel as a corrupt New York police officer at the end of his moral rope. The film has since become a cult classic and is widely regarded as one of Ferrara’s masterpieces. It is also remembered for its graphic depiction of heroin use, as well as an infamous nude scene involving Keitel’s character during a drug-induced stupor.

Partly because it is such a distinctly ’90s New York film, it was never really thought of as anything more than a singular, self-contained piece of work. Then, in 2009, filmmaker Werner Herzog came along with Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, a loose reimagining that transplanted the story to Louisiana and placed Nicolas Cage at the center of its own drug-fueled descent. Like its predecessor, the film became a cult classic and is best remembered for Cage’s gloriously unrestrained performance as a crooked detective spiraling deeper into addiction, paranoia, and madness.

Surely, there can’t be any more Bad Lieutenant movies, right? After all, stories about corrupt cops aren’t exactly rare, and the title never felt like the foundation for a conventional franchise.

Oh, wait! Here comes legendary Japanese filmmaker Takashi Miike—the man behind Audition, Ichi the Killer, 13 Assassins, and countless others—with his own take on the Bad Lieutenant legacy. After helming more than 100 feature films, the prolific director isn’t exactly known for playing it safe, nor for passing up the chance to put his own twisted stamp on familiar material.

With Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo, Miike taps Japanese actor Shun Oguri (Godzilla vs. Kong and Netflix’s Human Vapor) as the titular bad lieutenant, a cop neck-deep in corruption and addiction. But when the daughter of a powerful American family goes missing, Tokyo’s worst detective may be the only man reckless enough to find her, placing him on a collision course with an uncompromising FBI agent and a former yakuza hitman seeking revenge.

Lily James (Pam & Tommy, The Iron Claw), Shotaro Mamiya, and WWE wrestler Liv Morgan round out the cast, with Miike directing from a script penned by Audition and 13 Assassins screenwriter Daisuke Tengan.

Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo is slated to make its world premiere in September at TIFF. Already acquired by NEON, the film will be released at a later date.