Since its inception, more than anything, Apple TV+ has excelled at genre television, especially in the sci-fi space. The sheer number of science fiction shows that populate the relatively small service is frankly overwhelming. Yet the best of those shows has somewhat flown under the radar. “Silo” premiered last year to acclaim, if not the deafening noise that followed something like “Severance.” Created by the great Graham Yost (“Justified”) and starring Rebecca Ferguson, the show’s mystery-box approach to a future society kept viewers like me compelled over the course of its ten-episode first season.

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Created by Graham Yost (“Justified,” “The Mandalorian“), the dystopian science fiction drama series, “Silo” starring Rebecca Ferguson, is returning for season two. Set in a near post-apocalyptic, ruined, and toxic future, “Silo” centers on thousands living in a giant silo deep underground. After its sheriff breaks a cardinal rule and residents die mysteriously, engineer Juliette (Ferguson) starts to uncover shocking secrets and the truth about the silo.

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“Fool’s Paradise” marks Charlie Day‘s feature directorial debut after a successful comedy career. Day co-created the popular sitcom “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” which is still going strong as the longest-running American live-action comedy series. With “Fool’s Paradise,” Day will direct and write the screenplay and star in the movie.

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The film also has a star-studded ensemble featuring Ken Jeong, Kate Beckinsale, Adrien Brody, Common, Jason Sudeikis, Eddie Falco, John Malkovich, Jillian Bell, Alanna Ubach, Travis Fimmel, Dean Norris, Katherine McNamara, Glenn Howerton, Jimmi Simpson, and Jason Bateman.

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Apple TV+ already debuted one dystopian series this year with “Extrapolations.” Now it’s ready to premiere another one, although this one adapts Hugh Howey‘s best-selling trilogy of novels. That’s right, “Silo” brings Howey’s post-apocalyptic series to the small screen, with Rebecca Ferguson leading a loaded ensemble cast.

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Here’s the official synopsis for “Silo,” courtesy of Apple TV+:

“Silo” is the story of the last ten thousand people on earth, their mile-deep home protecting them from the toxic and deadly world outside.

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It’s been almost two years since we had the first trailer for the upcoming thriller, “The Informer.” And while delays almost never mean a good thing for a film, perhaps the long delay for “The Informer” is actually a benefit for the profile of the feature. You see, over the past two years, one of the leads, Ana de Armas, went from a relative unknown to one of the biggest names in Hollywood after her role in “Knives Out” and her upcoming role in “No Time to Die,” making “The Informer” a star-studded affair.

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During quarantine, we’ve seen celebrities do a number of things to keep themselves relevant and in the news. And though much of it involves charitable actions, we’ve also seen filmmakers and creators also do short films and fun little projects from the comfort of their own homes. And it appears that the biggest, star-studded project to spawn from the COVID-19 pandemic is a new ‘Home Movie’ version of “The Princess Bride.”

Quibi is the new home of a project that takes some of the biggest names in Hollywood and allows them to recreate scenes from “The Princess Bride” from their own homes in the most low-budget way possible.

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Rosamund Pike and Joel Kinnaman team up in the new action thriller, “The Informer.”

However, those hoping this is more of an awards contender film that stars Rosamund Pike, but also Joel Kinnaman, you’re out of luck. “The Informer” is much more of a Joel Kinnaman mindless, action film that also stars Rosamund Pike. So depending on your sensibilities, you may either love this or be disappointed.

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Fans of the “Sex And The City” star, Sarah Jessica Parker, may know her work on the big and small screen, but it appears in her latest project, the actress will be harnessing her musical theatre talents in “Here And Now.” Parker will play a singer/songwriter who receives life-changing news, leading her to reexamine her life.

Parker has been dabbling in some interesting projects since her notable role as Carrie Bradshaw.

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TORONTO – The Young Adult drama is in a strange place these days. After something of a comeback with the serious blockbusters “The Fault in Our Stars” (2014) and “Paper Towns” (2015), the genre has gone in a somewhat lighter direction this past year with “Love, Simon” and Netflix’s star-making “To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before.” Now, George Tillman, Jr.’s “The Hate U Give,” which premiered Friday night at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, is doing something almost unheard of for the genre, it’s taking a stand on social justice.

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One of the standouts at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival was the rom-com from filmmaker Eva Vives, “All About Nina.” The film, which stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead as a struggling, up-and-coming stand-up comedian is definitely raunchy, but also laugh-out-loud hilarious. And in the first trailer for the film, set to hit theaters next month, you see exactly why we loved this movie.

READ MORE: ‘All About Nina’ Is An Excellent, Raunchy Rom-Com That Doesn’t Follow Typical Tropes [Tribeca Review]

Clearly, the trailer leans heavily on the tried and true “gross stand-up stinks at relationships” schtick that many similar films, like “Trainwreck,” have done before.

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Between “Geostorm” and “Den of Thieves,” [Editor’s note: ‘Den of Thieves’ isn’t terrible. Honestly. I swear.] the recent track record of Gerard Butler hardly has us counting down the days until the “300” star’s next feature, but there’s always a chance that action-thriller “Hunter Killer” will at least serve as an amusing placeholder between “How to Train Your Dragon” sequels.

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Following the teaser’s initial premiere at VidCon earlier this week, we now have a full trailer for “The Hate U Give,” the newest teen/social injustice drama from soulful director George Tillman Jr. Playing as a coming-of-age story, the film centers on a young and underprivileged high school student Starr Carter (played by Amandla Stenberg from “Everything, Everything”). Surrounded by a boisterous and multifarious community, Starr is forced to find and raise her voice against injustice after she witnesses the murder of her childhood friend at the hands of the police.

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Made for $750,000 and featuring a cast of mostly little known actors, many were surprised when Michael Schultz’s “Cooley High” made a whopping $13 million in 1975. The movie has became a cult favorite ever since, and marked something unique in the midst of the blaxploitation era — a coming of age movie that many called the “black ‘American Graffiti.’” It’s an important film of its time, and one that’s a pretty nostalgic watch today.

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Rapper/Actor Common To Star In Remake Of Francois Truffaut's 'The Man Who Loved Women'

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In Wide Release: The lastest from team Scott/Crowe made its splashy, star-studded premiere on the Cannes red carpet earlier this week but despite all the glitz and glamor it remains to be seen if audiences are in the mood for a serious, epic and long (two and half hours plus) journey through Sherwood Forest.

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Director Sanaa Hamri (“Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2”) and producer/star Queen Latifah (“Hairspray”) wanted to make a movie about a catfight-free love triangle where the smart, sweet, ostensibly less attractive woman gets the man in the end (no apologies for spoilers here: by telling you this, we’re still revealing less than the plot-packed trailer).

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“I hope some people out in Hollywood see I can do more than bad guys, that I start to see material that I can really do something with,” Common tells the Orlando Sentinel.

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The modestly budgeted 20 million dollar picture raked in a whopping 29 million Easter weekend coming in second place despite being critically detested. The prolific, fat-suit prone Perry has proven to be a huge cash cow for distributer Lionsgate, occasionally churning out multiple films a year with starless, African-American casts, shot on the cheap.

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After playing the ‘Governator’ in a biopic and being his body double in “Terminator Salvation,” fellow Austrian Roland Kickinger is evidently set to again live under Arnold Schwarzenegger’s shadow.

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Internet Sketch Group Derrick Comedy has had its debut feature film picked up for distribution.

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Could wimp socially conscious rapper Common be in line to play B.A. Baracus in Joe Carnahan’s “The A-Team” remake? When asked, the actor sounded somewhat optimistic at the prospect of re-teaming with Carnahan. “Yeah that would be something cool, but, I mean, let’s see, I can’t speak on it yet until we know what’s going on but that would be an incredible character to play.” The two previously worked together on “Smokin ‘Aces” so this potential casting could make sense.

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It still does have boring, middle of the road comedy written all over it.  

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It was set to ruin The Justice League D.C. Comics franchise before it even got started and was almost rushed into production because of the 2007 writer’s strike, but cooler heads prevailed and realized (hopefully), that this subpar cast would have been akin to disastrous comic franchises like “Fantastic Four” or “Ghost Rider.” Anyhow, yes, they pulled the plug, it’s dead.

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