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Hokum sees Adam Scott portray a less likable character than viewers are used to. Known for his lighter roles in films and television shows like the romantic comedy, Sleeping with Other People, where he appears alongside Jason Sudeikis and Alison Brie, or the cult-classic, Parks and Recreation, where he plays the hilarious Ben Wyatt, a state auditor turned city manager, and, most recently as the relatable and self-deprecating Mark Scout, in the Apple TV+ thriller, Severance, Hokum marks a real departure for Scott, with his Ohm Bauman described as a bit of a “jerk.” Inspired loosely by Disney’s Pinocchio, the…

Taking place in a specialist sports boarding school in France, Valery Carnoy’s Wild Foxes follows the lives of childhood best friends and aspirant boxers Camille (Sam Kircher) and Matteo (Faycal Anaflous). Camille, the academy’s star boxer, stands slightly apart from the group with a more watchful, inward presence, while Matteo, presents a more rowdy and restless energy.  Get more Little White Lies The story kicks in when Camille’s rise to greatness is halted by a near-fatal fall he suffers while in the woods with Matteo. This tense moment is flagged by a heartwrenching scream that comes while Camille is as he dangles on the edge of a cliff, and…

China Aster is the solo project of Guernsey-born, London-based Josh Moore. Launched in 2022 with debut single “If I Could Dance,” the project blends art-pop ambition with philosophical undertones.The name China Aster is lifted from a debt-ridden character in Herman Melville’s The Confidence Man, hinting at the literary and conceptual layers beneath the glossy surface. Moore studied Fine Art at Goldsmiths, drawing inspiration from utopian thinkers such as Karl Marx, Ernst Bloch, and Nikolai Fyodorov — influences that quietly inform his lyrical themes of hope, rationality, memory, and political imagination.Described by BBC Introducing as “very fresh and new,” and praised by…

A never-before-seen, 2-and-a-half-hour cut of Gremlins secretly screened late last week in Los Angeles, revealing much more gremlin chaos and extended character arcs were originally filmed for the beloved 1984 horror classic.According to The Hollywood Reporter, an exclusive group of horror filmmakers — including Final Destination: Bloodlines directors Adam B. Stein and Zach Lipovsky, Ready or Not writer Guy Busick, and M3GAN screenwriter Akela Cooper — received a cryptic text message inviting them to a mysterious screening with the promise of watching “a movie no one has ever seen.”“You will never forgive yourself [for missing it],” the text reportedly claimed.That…

One of cinema’s quirkiest characters and Hollywood’s resident rock icon, Jack Black, has been part of numerous big-name franchises. Later this year, he’ll rejoin Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, and Karen Gillan to take on yet another adventure in the Jumanji franchise. Pushed back from a December 11 theatrical release to December 25, making it the perfect Christmas treat, Jumanji: Open World, a sequel to Jumanji: The Next Level, also sees Dan Hildebrand and Jack Jewkes join the cast for a threequel that recently premiered some pulse-racing first footage at CinemaCon. The next Jumanji movie is sure to keep Black’s streak…

Warning: This article contains SPOILERS for The Boys season 5, episode 5, “One Shots.” Powerful supes have been commonplace in The Boys, and while Homelander has long set the bar on how menacing these so-called heroes can be, a few others have come close to catching him. The likes of Soldier Boy, Marie Moreau, and even Homelander’s own son, Ryan, have shown signs that they may not be too far off matching the central villain. With the revelation that V-One exists in The Boys season 5, it could make some of these supes stronger and potentially even immortal, hence why…

Romy keeps fantasising about Samuel, and it’s implied that BDSM now plays some role in her marriage. But, as in many erotic films, the threat posed by desire is eventually smoothed over and neutralised. Her life returns to normal, and what has happened with Samuel is folded neatly back into her relationship and job. Despite the hint that the fantasy persists it stays contained, safely quarantined within the couple and the world they already inhabit.Pillion takes a different route but arrives somewhere fairly similar. Colin and Ray’s relationship is imperfect, a sometimes uneasy meeting of fantasy and reality – but, as in Babygirl,…

The Dutch Queer Coming-of-Age Drama Filmed in Black and White — Tom and Ajani Leave the Rural Netherlands for Amsterdam’s LGBTQ+ Scene and Discover That Freedom Has Its Own Set of ExpectationsTom and Ajani are 19, closeted, and in a secret relationship in the conservative rural town of Ootmarsum in the Netherlands. Tom is an introvert shaped by unsupportive parents — bisexual, resistant to labels, an Ingmar Bergman devotee who wants to make arthouse films. Ajani is extroverted, confident, and ready to fully inhabit the Amsterdam queer scene the moment they arrive. What they expected to be the same dream…

Greta Gerwig’s follow-up to Barbie is going to take a little longer than expected — but it’s also getting a full-fledged release in theaters, even though Gerwig is making it for Netflix.That’s probably because Gerwig’s Barbie follow-up is a big-budget adaptation of a book in the Chronicles of Narnia franchise. Gerwig is tackling The Magician’s Nephew, first published in 1955 by C.S. Lewis. Although it was the penultimate book in the series in terms of publication order, it’s actually the first in terms of the chronology of events so it makes an appropriate starting point for a new film series.Gerwig’s Narnia movie was previously set to open in…

World-building, the elements of a story that make its fictional setting feel real and lived-in—from geography to history to all sorts of in-world rules—is essential in almost any kind of genre film. But few genres demand strong world-building more than fantasy, and thankfully, the large number of fantasy masterpieces that can be counted among the best movies from their era all have some incredible world-building. Whether it’s a well-constructed magic system, a carefully designed set of magical creatures, or simply incredible sets and production design, there are tons of ways for a fantasy film to get world-building right; and these…