There’s so much to unpack in “Divinity,” the new gonzo, sci-fi-ish hallucinatory mindf*ck from filmmaker Eddie Alcazar, a director, writer, producer, and game developer who makes his feature-length debut with this bold, experimental new work. For one, Steven Soderbergh is an executive producer, and when the filmmaker co-signs as an exec on a young, new filmmaker, chances are the work is worth seeing. And as per usual, that’s absolutely the case with “Divinity,” a fresh and innovative new work unlike anything you’ve seen in recent years.

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It’s been a strange last decade of acting for Aaron Eckhart. Everyone knows the actor as Harvey Dent from Christopher Nolan‘s 2008 blockbuster “The Dark Knight. But since then, Eckhart’s done mostly B-movies, actioners, and dramas that barely make waves at the box office. And for every hidden gem he’s done in recent years, like 2020’s “Wander,” there’s something like 2014’s “I, Frankenstein” that’s so abysmal one wonders why Eckhart signed on to make the pic.

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Eddie Alcazar’s latest movie, “Divinity,” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and had many varied, sometimes puzzled, but dazzled, reactions. Alcazar is no stranger to giving viewers unique moviegoing experiences, and it seems like “Divinity” will be his most ambitious piece of work yet. Alcazar is a director, writer, producer, and game developer. Unbothered by genre constraints, his multi-technique approach to visual storytelling explores undiscovered cinematic territories. He coined “Meta-Scope” to describe a visionary technique that blends live-action and stop-motion.

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When you hear the word “nun,” you don’t normally think of Bella Thorne. But pair that with sex and drugs, and the combination starts to make a little more sense. With the release of the “Habit” trailer, audiences can now see all of that in one movie.

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The trailer opens with Thorne and her friends, dressed as nuns, beating up a man in an alleyway.

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Sometimes, there’s a combination of actors on a project that demands your attention. Sure, that could be said about Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt in “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” But that pairing is a no-brainer. What’s even more compelling are the combos that just seem super strange, such as Mickey Rourke and Bella Thorne, as seen in the new film, “Girl.”

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As seen in the trailer for “Girl,” Thorne stars as a young woman that goes to find her dad and discovers that he was tortured and murdered.

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How far would you go to change a wasted life? The comedy “Chick Fight” attempts to answer the question with the help of a few well-known names. Malin Akerman takes on the lead role of Anna Wyncomb, a woman in search of something to make her world just a little less topsy-turvy. Along the way, Wyncomb encounters a surprising group whose implications go far beyond what she imagined. 

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This story of women conquering a domain normally reserved for men actually comes from a male perspective.

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It’s perhaps slightly difficult to review, “The Babysitter: Killer Club,” if your trajectory towards the film is like this reviewer’s: being told, and reading through reviews, that the original, “The Babysitter,” was a surprise Halloween treat from Netflix in 2017, retroactively viewing it and discovering that’s not at all the case. Directed by McG, the Costco brand of Michael Bays, “The Babysitter”—which was about a boy in love with his babysitter only to discover she’s part of a Satanic cult— isn’t very good, and ultimately rather juvenile and crude.

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Turns out, recent reports of filmmaker Sean Baker working with actress and model Bella Thorne one a film about the popular subscription service OnlyFans were greatly exaggerated. Baker has come out and released a statement refuting Thorne’s claims that the two were collaborating, amid backlash directed at Thorne and OnlyFans for changes made to the platform after an alleged scam committed by Thorne.

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“I would like to make it clear that the news of me making a film (documentary or fiction narrative) about OnlyFans and using Bella Thorne as research is false,” Baker said in a statement he shared on Twitter.

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Bella Thorne has never been shy about sexuality. Whether it’s the skimpy pictures she posts on social media or the adult film she directed for PornHub, the actress is fully embracing her sexuality as she ventures further into the world of film and TV. And it appears for her next film, she’s teaming up with acclaimed director Sean Baker for a new documentary about Thorne’s adventure into OnlyFans.

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Bella Thorne’s an auteurist and she doesn’t even know it. A proud autodidact, she’s recently taught herself the first lesson of film school, and begun thinking about art as an expression of a single entity’s creative sensibility. Independently reaching the same conclusion as the Cahiers staff is just one product of her tireless curiosity, a spirit of inquisitiveness that’s fueled her through a dozen separate enterprises and an eclectic body of work. She’s writing.

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When you think of “visionary” directors, there are some names that come to mind. Stanley Kubrick, Steven Spielberg, Terry Gilliam, James Cameron, and even Quentin Tarantino are all people you could put in that esteemed category. And if you’re Pornhub, you put Bella Thorne up there as well.

Today, it was announced that actress-turned-filmmaker Bella Thorne, who is probably best known for her work as a Disney actress as a child and recent films like “Midnight Sun” and “The Babysitter,” is going to step behind the camera for the first time to direct the short film “Her & Him.” However, the added wrinkle is that “Her & Him” isn’t your typical short film.

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Like we said earlier this week when we were discussing the trailer for “How It Ends,” society is obsessed with the idea of the apocalypse. In films centered around the subject, we rarely see the aftermath of the events, especially what the world is like 10 years later, until now.

“I Still See You” is a dystopian thriller centered around what the world is like after an apocalyptic event that leaves the world riddled with ghosts.

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It’s hard to tell exactly what to expect from “Assassination Nation.” The first teaser for the film was a string of trigger warnings, leading the viewer to believe that something they’re about to watch is going to be so shocking and offensive, that they might not be ready for it. The new red band trailer for the film follows a similar theme of trying to shock and surprise you, but honestly, it’s hard to tell if this film is all style, with no substance, or if there’s a deeper meaning buried under the buckets of blood and mayhem.

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If this summer’s “Everything, Everything” didn’t meet your fix of young adult romance centered teenagers who can’t go outside due to rare diseases, well, get ready for “Midnight Sun.”

Directed by Scott Speer (“Step Up Revolution“), and starring Bella Thorne, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Quinn Shephard, Ken Tremblett, Suleka Mathew, and Rob Riggle, this is actually a remake of the Japanese film of the same name from 2006.

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Bella Thorne has become the unexpected bearer of Halloween treats for genre fans this season. The actress stars in the horror comedy “The Babysitter“ which hits Netflix today, and in just a couple of weeks she’ll be telling audiences to “Keep Watching.”

Co-starring Natalie Martinez, Chandler Riggs, Leigh Whannell and Ioan Gruffudd, and directed by Sean Carter, the film brings a found-footage/POV twist to your standard invasion movie.

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The days are counting down to Halloween, which means horror movies will be on the braaaaains. But so too will horror comedies, and while Netflix is ready to send a chill up your spine this month with David Fincher‘s “Mindhunter” and the new season of “Stranger Things,” they’re going to try and make you have a bloody good time too.

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Robert Rodriguez's ‘Alita: Battle Angel,’ Produced By James Cameron, Zeroing In On Female Lead

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Watch: Social Media And Text Messaging Are Killer In First Bloody 8 Minutes Of The 'Scream' Series

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Review: 'The DUFF' Starring Mae Whitman, Bella Thorne, Ken Jeong, And More

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Watch: 6 Clips And 2 Featurettes For 'The Duff' With Mae Whitman

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Watch: Mae Whitman Owns It In New Trailer For Teen Comedy 'The Duff'

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