It’s crazy to think that boyish-looking Jonathan Tucker, known for roles in “The Virgin Suicides” (1999), “Hostage” (2005), “In the Valley of Elah” (2007), and “The Ruins” (2008), is now 40 years old. And beyond roles like “Charlie’s Angels” (2019), the perennially youthful-looking actor generally plays nice guys, introverts, and the like. But in “Palm Trees and Power Lines,” an acclaimed 2022 Sundance Film Festival title that’s finally coming out now, Tucker plays something much more chilling and disturbing.

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An Armani-clad Richard Gere cruising down the Pacific Coast Highway in a black Mercedes-Benz as Blondie’s “Call Me” blares, sets the tone not only for Paul Schrader’s classic neo-noir “American Gigolo,” but also, as Karina Longworth posits in the latest season of her podcast You Must Remember This, the erotic ’80s. So, of course, this deep into the era of reboots, the film was ripe for a television re-imagining.

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Can another ‘80s classic reinvent itself? Showtime’s new series “American Gigolo” joins an already crowded list of upcoming remakes. The project attempts a difficult feat, combining the neo-noir flare of Paul Schrader‘s classic 1980 film while also taking its story in new directions. This version features male escort Julian after he’s spent almost two decades in jail for murder. His subsequent freedom after wrongful conviction leaves both himself and a veteran detective searching for answers. 

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Much of the show’s appeal comes from its two leads.

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Every so often, the movies like to argue with themselves by dropping two versions of the same story within spitting distance of one another: “Dante’s Peak” and “Volcano,” “Deep Impact,” and “Armageddon.” The one-two punch of Sean Baker’s “Red Rocket” and Jamie Dack’s “Palm Trees and Power Lines” is, for clarity’s sake, nothing like dueling dumb-dumb disaster spectacles, but to consider Dack’s film without considering Baker’s is both impossible – everyone at Sundance is doing it– and frankly careless (but mostly impossible). 

“Palm Trees and Power Lines,” an adaptation of Dack’s 2018 Cannes short of the same name, stars Lily McInerny as Lea, a detached, bored teenager living in what might be Florida – the state claiming the most palm trees in the country – but which, for Dack’s purposes, may as well be Anywhere, USA.

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Given the amount of nervousness, fear, and uncertainty many women face with the unpredictability of pregnancy—not to mention the strange-to-reckon-with fact that a small, separate being in a liquid sack is slowly incubating inside you—it’s a wonder there aren’t dozens of horror pregnancy films conceived every year. Ilana Glazer’s riff on this genre, “False Positive,” from A24 and Hulu, is born from the emotional turmoil that often accompanies pregnancy.

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Before establishing himself as a Hollywood megastar thanks to leading roles in the likes of “An Officer and a Gentleman” and “The Cotton Club,” Richard Gere set a whole generation’s pulses racing as male escort Julian Kaye in Paul Schrader‘s 1980 noir thriller, “American Gigolo.” Now, Jon Bernthal (“The Punisher,” “Those Who Wish Me Dead“) is set to follow suit as the lead of Showtime’s small-screen adaptation of the classic ’80s thriller.

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A24‘s faith in the horror genre continues with “False Positive.” If Ari Aster, Robert Eggers celebrated films (“Hereditary,” “The Witch“) provided a modern update to the folk horror and demonic possession tropes from ’70s horror, it sounds like this film, “False Positive,” is a “Rosemary’s Baby” for the 21st century.

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Here’s the official synopsis:

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After months of trying and failing to get pregnant, Lucy and Adrian finally find their dream fertility doctor in the illustrious Dr.

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The new trailer for “A Family Man” (formerly known as “The Headhunter’s Calling) stars Gerard Butler as a sleazy businessman straight out of “The Wolf of Wall Street.” As you may expect from this type of film, the businessman neglects his family, as he tries to climb his way up the corporate ladder. Obviously his wife is upset with him, and Butler’s character is forced to choose between his family and his career.

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Toward the end of Kenneth Lonergan’s magnificently messy, painfully real “Manchester by the Sea,” Casey Affleck’s Lee Chandler stands at the gravesite of his brother Joe (Kyle Chandler), looking at a stone with three names engraved on it: their mother’s, their father’s, and Joe’s. In the lower right-hand corner, there’s an open space, yet to be filled. Maybe the spot will go to their absent brother, who’s recently moved from Massachusetts to Minnesota.

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While Hugh Laurie has played doctor before on “House,” in the upcoming Hulu series “Chance,” his practice puts him in different kinds of trouble. Looking like a high gloss, steamy potboiler, the show arrives on the streaming service this month and the new trailer promises a drama that will ratchet up the thrills.

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Co-starring Gretchen Mol, Ethan Suplee, Paul Adelstein, LisaGay Hamilton, Stefania LaVie Owen, and Clarke Peters, with “Room” director Lenny Abrahamson helming multiple episodes, the show follows Dr.

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Sundance Review: Kenneth Lonergan’s 'Manchester By The Sea’ Starring Casey Affleck, Michele Williams & Kyle Chandler

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Tribeca Review: Tim Blake Nelson’s ‘Anesthesia’ With Sam Waterston, Kristen Stewart, Michael K. Williams & More

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Recap: 'Boardwalk Empire' Series Finale — Season 5, Episode 8 ‘Eldorado’

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Watch: Say Goodbye To 'Boardwalk Empire' With 30-Minute Doc 'The Final Shot' With Martin Scorsese, Steve Buscemi, More

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Recap: 'Boardwalk Empire' Season 5, Episode 7 ‘Friendless Child’

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Recap: 'Boardwalk Empire' Season 5, Episode 5, ‘King Of Norway’

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Recap: 'Boardwalk Empire' Season 5, Episode 2 ‘The Good Listener’

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Watch: First Trailer For Lynn Shelton's 'Laggies' Starring Keira Knightley, Chloë Grace Moretz & Sam Rockwell

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Continue reading Dwayne Johnson Joins ‘Seal Team 666,’ Sienna Miller Does The ‘Mississippi Grind,’ Aaron Eckhart Will ‘Fade Out’ & More at The Playlist.

Recap: 'Boardwalk Empire' Season 4, Episode 5 'Erlkonig'

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Recap: ‘Boardwalk Empire’ Season 4 Opener ‘New York Sour’

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10 Actors Hollywood Tried And Failed To Make Happen

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On The Verge Of War, Nucky’s Allies Abandon Him In 'Boardwalk Empire' (Episode 9, 'The Milkmaid's Lot')

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Recap: 'Boardwalk Empire' Builds Up To An Explosive Finale In Episode #8, 'The Pony'

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Family Takes Center Stage In ‘Boardwalk Empire’s ‘Sunday Best’ (Season 3, Episode #7)

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