It’s still open season on reexamining political and pop culture events that shaped recent history and offer an illuminating perspective on the current landscape. And at Showtime, “Waco” still provides plenty of food for thought. Five years ago, Taylor Kitsch and Michael Shannon led an impressive cast in a solid yet flawed limited series about the tragic 51-day standoff between federal agents and the Branch Davidian sect.

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There’s a lot of drama surrounding the upcoming film “A Million Little Pieces,” and hardly any of it has to do with the actual film. Most of the intrigue revolving around the project has to do with the backstory of the inspiration for the film, author James Frey, who released a book of the same name and was quickly outed for making up stories and changing facts about his life story for the novel.

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Many of the headlines revolving around streaming services nowadays talk about the latest major A-lister to land a series or film, or how the company is going to spend millions upon millions of dollars creating their next franchise. But for those that are more interested in the quality of a project, and less about what IP it’s based on or how much hype it has, there are quite a few gems waiting for you in the realm of streaming.

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TORONTO – Do you remember James Frey’s 2003 novel “A Million Little Pieces”? The best-selling memoir that turned out not to actually be one? When pressed about it on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” in 2005, Frey claimed his 2003 novel was a factual account of his life as an addict and time in rehab. After an investigation by The Smoking Gun was released three months later it turned out much of it was not.

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Watch: New Trailer for 'Papa: Hemingway in Cuba' Starring Giovanni Ribisi And Minka Kelly

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Watch: Trailer For Bryan Cranston Produced Amazon Show 'Sneaky Pete' Starring Giovanni Ribisi

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Review: Andrew Bujalski's Funny And Well Observed 'Results' With Guy Pearce & Cobie Smulders

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Tribeca Review: Reed Morano’s ‘Meadowland’ Starring Olivia Wilde, Luke Wilson & Giovanni Ribisi

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Sundance Review: Andrew Bujalski’s ‘Results’ Starring Cobie Smulders, Guy Pearce & Kevin Corrigan

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Casting: Mark Wahlberg Joins 'Deepwater Horizon,' Johnny Depp Flexes For Kevin Smith's 'Yoga Hosers' And More

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Guy Pearce, Cobie Smulders, Kevin Corrigan & More Starring In Andrew Bujalski's Next Film 'Results'

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Watch: New Red Band Trailer & TV Spots For Seth MacFarlane's 'A Million Ways To Die In The West'

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Can Seth MacFarlane Break $500 Million Again? 'A Million Ways To Die In The West' Sets 2014 Date

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Anthony Mackie, Aubrey Plaza, Giovanni Ribisi, Topher Grace & More Are 'A Many Splintered Thing'

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Review: Seth MacFarlane's Foul-Mouthed & Hilarious 'Ted' Can't Hide Its Narrative Problems

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Continue reading Ben Kingsley, Anthony Mackie, Patricia Clarkson & More To Present At The Spirit Awards; My Morning Jacket & K’Naan To Perform at The Playlist.

Mark Wahlberg Talks "First Choice" Casting & Giovanni Ribisi Reveals What Docs Helped Him Prep For 'Contraband'

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Review: In 'Contraband' The Humans Aren't Nearly As Compelling As The Bullet Holes

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Giovanni Ribisi Says Josh Brolin Is A "Berserker" In 'Gangster Squad'; Reveals In The Works Skateboarding Documentary

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Anyone who’s a fan of Johnny Depp in “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” (is anyone not?) should be looking forward to his long-awaited second role as a Hunter S. Thompson surrogate.

Cult director Bruce Robinson (“How To Get Ahead In Advertising”) — who hasn’t helmed a feature-length film since “Jennifer Eight” in 1992 — is directing, and he’s also a name you may recognize as the mind behind the wonderfully acidic English black comedy, “Withnail and I” – one of Depp’s all-time favorite films.

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In 1996 when Wes Anderon’s “Bottle Rocket” first hit the scene, if we had to bet which Wilson brother would become a star, we surely wouldn’t have put our money on Owen, but maybe life is funny like that. There was “The Royal Tenenbaums” which he was one of the leads in (and he even did the celeb dating thing with Gwyneth Paltrow), but after that it’s been diminishing returns that really culminated in absolute dreck like “Henry Poole Is Here” (easily one of the worst films of 2008), the Jessica Simpson-starring dumped-in-a-handful-of-theaters bomb, “Blonde Ambition” and then the straight to DVD release, “Tenure.”

Directed by George Gallo, Wilson’s latest follows the true life story of businessmen Jack Harris and Wayne Beering, who pioneered porn entertainment in the early years of the internet, getting in over their heads with a colorful collection of criminal personalities.

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