Netflix has a number of films that it is hoping will make waves this awards season. And one of those films is Malcolm Washington’s “The Piano Lesson.”

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As seen in the trailer, “The Piano Lesson” tells the story a prized heirloom piano that is causing issues between siblings. The film stars Samuel L.

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Liz Feldman‘s “Dead To Me” found a second life at Netflix, so it only make sense her follow-up series lands on the streamer too. But while Feldman’s previous show took a darkly comedic look at therapy, her new one, “No Good Deed,” tackles another topic entirely: the highs and lows of buying or selling a home.

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Lisa Kudrow and Ray Romano star in the upcoming series, on Netflix next month, as an empty-nester couple who decide to sell off their beloved LA villa.  But what should be relatively normal transaction becomes to stuff of comedic nightmares when potential buyers how far they’re willing to go to own their dream home.

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Flying a little under the radar right now—presumably because it’s a U.K.-only show, at least at the moment—is a new upcoming series called “The Listeners.” It’s intriguing on its own, but the talent involved makes it even more enticing. A provocative, haunting drama starring Rebecca Hall (“Christine,” “The Town,” “Vicky Christina Barcelona”), “The Listeners” is produced by Fremantle company Element Pictures (“Normal People,” “The Favourite,” “Poor Things”) and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Janicza Bravo, known for directing “Zola” and episodes of “Poker Face,” and “Mrs.

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After a strong showing at the Cannes Film Festival, “The Girl With The Needle” hits US theater next month, hoping to capture nominations this awards season. But does Denmark’s entry for the Best International Feature Film Oscar have a chance against “Emilia Pérez,” “I’m Still Here,” and others?

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Can one detective solve the case of a lifetime? Former Scotland Yard detective Millie-Jean Black is about to discover in “Get Millie Black.” The limited series sees this respected sleuth facing a seemingly unsolvable case. What she discovers during her investigation could change everything.

‘Black’ hails from Booker Prize award-winning author Marlon James, who created the project and serves as executive producer.

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Back in early September, Gia Coppola‘s “The Last Showgirl” hit the festival circuit like a lightning bolt.  Here’s Coppola, with her first film since 2020’s “Mainstream,” with a short, probing look at Las Vegas with a devastating lead turn from Pamela Anderson no one knew the “Baywatch” star was capable of.  This is the stuff of awards season magic, right?

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Hulu looks to get 2025 off to a strong start with “Paradise,” which features a cast full of Emmy winners and nominees, headlined by the always entertaining Sterling K. Brown.

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In the series, Brown plays Xavier Collins, a secret service agent who’s the last person to see the US President alive before his assassination.

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Colman Domingo, action star? Believe it or not, that’s what Netflix‘s “The Madness” has in store for subscribers later this month. It’s quite an about-face for the Oscar-nominated actor, but for those who’ve seen Domingo’s turns in “Zola” and “Drive-Away Dolls,” maybe it’s not so surprising?

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But those roles were villainous and broadly comedic.

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There has been a lot of hype surrounding “Back in Action.” From the moment it was announced, folks have been excited to see the film, since it was the movie that brought Cameron Diaz out of retirement. Now, we’re only a couple of months away from checking it out.

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As seen in the trailer for the film, “Back in Action” stars Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx as a married couple with a secret past.

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As one of the biggest pop stars the UK (and the world) has ever seen, it only makes sense for Robbie Williams to want a make a biopic on his terms, his way. But, reader, bear with us for a moment.  Williams’ terms for a movie about his life are a little …off-base, as you’ll see in the new trailer for “Better Man.”

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Parts of “Better Man” make sense on paper.

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Winner of the Best Director prize at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival and selected at the Toronto International Film Festival and the New York Film Festival, celebrated Zambian Welsh writer-director Rungano Nyoni’s “On Becoming A Guinea Fowl” has received nothing but rave reviews since it debuted on the festival circuit earlier this year. Seven years after her widely acclaimed BAFTA-winning debut “I Am Not a Witch,” she finally returns with a surrealist drama about family secrets.

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Is Peter Sutherland ready to join Night Action? Fans of “The Night Agent” are eager to find out after the well-received first season. This hit action thriller was Netflix’s most-watched series (by views) in 2023 and is currently the service’s 7th most popular English series of all time. There’s good news for those waiting for the next ‘Agent’ adventure. Netflix is debuting the anticipated second season in early 2025, with a third season to begin filming later this year.

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Recently, we had Disney release a Disney+ 2025 sizzle reel. In the footage shown, there were new looks at some FX shows that are coming to Hulu and Disney+. Those include “Alien: Earth,” “Chad Powers,” “The Bear,” and “Good American Family.” Now, all of those shows will be some of the most anticipated of the next year.

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How far are you willing to go for revenge? That’s the question at the heart of the new film, “The Amateur.”

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As seen in the trailer for the film, “The Amateur” tells the story of a CIA surveillance employee who finds out that his wife has been murdered. Initially, he begs his bosses to put him out in the field so that he can get revenge.

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If you were around in the 1990s or old enough to remember anyhow, the millennial Y2K phenomenon is both a panic and hilarious joke to some. In 1999, as the new year approached, Y2K referred to the potential computer errors related to the formatting and storage of calendar data for dates in and after the year 2000. The paranoid suspected a kind of global collapse and crisis where everything digital stopped working. Of course, nothing happened, and the less unreasonable of us just partied that night like nothing had happened.

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With November quickly passing by, we are about to be in the thick of awards season. And one of the films that is expected to make some noise is Walter Salles’ “I’m Still Here.”

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As seen in the trailer, “I’m Still Here” is a Brazilian film that tells that story of Eunice Paiva, a mother of five children in 1971.

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It’s not all that often you see Ben Stiller star in a film. Lately, he’s mainly stayed behind the camera as a filmmaker. But for “Nutcrackers,” we see Still return to comedy as a leading man.

As seen in the trailer, “Nutcrackers” tells the story of a work-obsessed man who finds himself having to take care of his four rambunctious nephews, who are dealing with the loss of their parents.

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Bridget Jones is back! Eight years after the release of the third film in the franchise, “Bridget Jones’s Baby,” the film series returns with “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy.” 

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As seen in the trailer, “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy” finds the character in a new stage in her life, as a widow.

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We’ve said it before; we’ll say it again: Spanish filmmaker Jaume Collet-Serra (“Black Adam”) loves his planes, trains, and automobile-set thrillers. Some of those films include“The Commuter,” “Non-Stop,” and “Run All Night.” While he’s made some detours like “Jungle Cruise,” and “Black Adam,”  Collet-Serra’s latest thriller, “Carry-On,” is an airport/airplane thriller about a mysterious man who blackmails a TSA agent in order to get a hazardous package onto an airplane.

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Yesterday, we saw Max release a sizzle reel teasing what’s to come in 2025. Today, it’s Disney’s turn, and wow, they have quite the list of projects arriving next year on Disney+. 

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As seen in the new sizzle reel for 2025, we get looks at some of the biggest projects arriving on TV screens in the new year.

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Since his nearly half-decade-old, internationally co-produced “Nowhere Special,” Uberto Pasolini has returned to the director’s chair with “The Return.” Retelling the Greek epic Homer’s “The Odyssey,” the story tells of Odysseus, who, upon returning, realizes things are not the same as when he left twenty years ago for the Trojan War. Now, both his wife and son are in danger, and it is up to him to confront it all and save his family.

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If you’ve been following Phases 4 and 5 closely, Marvel Studios is banking on audiences being further enthralled by the multiverse and will be all-in with their animated series “What-If…?,” which takes its name from the string of comic books that saw various heroes, villains, and side characters taking on alternate personas/events thanks to the multiverse and our guide Uatu The Watcher voiced by Jeffrey Wright (“The Batman”).

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As we approach the end of 2024, it’s time to look ahead at what’s coming next year. And for HBO and Max, there’s quite a bit of noteworthy series arriving. As seen in the new sizzle reel of 2025 series, it looks like there’s quite a bit to be excited about coming to HBO and Max. 

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As for the biggest series in the sizzle reel, we’ve got fresh looks at “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,” “The White Lotus” Season 3, “Peacemaker” Season 2, and “The Last of Us” Season 2.

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“Mission: Impossible-Dead Reckoning Part One” did not do well at the box office.  Despite an extensive promotion campaign which included a heavily circulated clip of Tom Cruise literally driving a motorcycle off the cliff of a mountain, the movie just did not click with audiences.  Failing to capture the lightning in a bottle success of Cruise’s previous 2022 effort “Top Gun: Maverick.”  Some attributed the movie’s poor performance to the ‘Barbenheimer’ craze that took over summer 2023. 

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Yesterday, at the first-ever Brazil D23 fan event, Marvel Studios debuted a brand-new trailer and poster for “Captain America: Brave New World,” which opens in theaters on February 14, 2025.

Anthony Mackie, who plays Sam Wilson/Captain America, and Danny Ramirez, who portrays Joaquin Torres/Falcon, were on hand to greet fans before the new trailer was shown to the excited Brazil D23 crowd.

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