If Paramount+ viewers haven’t paused or given up on “Orphan: First Kill” by the second act, they might be shocked by a truly bonkers midway twist. This jarring development completely upends a film that had, up until that point, seemed like a milquetoast reheat of the first film. It’s a shame that most of the film’s creativity seems siphoned off in other directions rather than sticking the landing for its intriguing plot gambit.

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David O. Russell is one of the more controversial filmmakers working today. Even when you take out the allegations of abuse in his personal life and you just look at his work career, there are recorded instances and interviews from colleagues that seem to point to the fact that Russell can be a bit more difficult to work with sometimes. And while Julia Stiles doesn’t go into incredibly detail in her new interview with The AV Club, the actress does explain what his abrasive directing style taught her during their time working together.

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Here’s the thing about Lorene Scafaria’s “Hustlers.” If you’ve watched a trailer or TV spot, everything you’ve seen so far is what is known as a “cheat” in the marketing business. Every piece of advertising has emphasized the sexy, over-the-top world of strip clubs, Jennifer Lopez’s enduring star power (and dancing ability) and the big screen debuts of hip-hop superstar Cardi B and upcoming Grammy legend Lizzo.

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The upcoming film “Hustlers” had a bit of a unique problem with its marketing. And by problem, I mean, the film released a trailer that was perfectly constructed, advertising the story, the all-star cast, and featured music that would get stuck in your head for the rest of the day. Whereas most films take a few trailers to land the right mix of the above attributes, “Hustlers” did it right out of the gate.

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Considering Jermaine Dupri’s controversial recent comments about female rappers—all they ever talk about is sex and strippers, lol, like male rappers haven’t talked about sex, drugs and the same ol kind of boasting for four decades—maybe now’s a good time to have a frank conversation about strippers. And or, the trailer for STX’s “Hustlers,” about former strippers who pull a con job on Wall Street elites, feels well-timed.

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Way back in August of last year, it was revealed that Jennifer Lopez was attached to star in a new film from director Lorene Scafaria, based on an article about exotic dancers that band together to hustle money out of their Wall Street clients. The film was said to be on the hunt for more major names to fill out the cast. However, that was all derailed when Annapurna dropped the film in October.

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Accelerating forward with supercharged determination, “Jason Bourne,” the fifth installment of the spy action thriller series, might be a muscular and visceral chapter in the ‘Bourne’ saga, but it’s also a familiar collision. Perhaps less acrobatic overall and more of a bruising affair, both physically and, to a lesser extent, emotionally, while more brawny in its action, very little else has changed.

It’s easy to forget the impact that the ‘Bourne’ stories — the thinking man’s action film — has had on film culture.

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Is it just us or is the buzz on Universal’s “Jason Bourne” kind of humming at a low frequency? No, it’s not because we don’t care — “Jason Bourne” is easily one of our most anticipated films of summer 2016 — but it’s possible the studio is letting ‘Bourne’ simmer on the burner a little while the other noisier summer blockbusters get their due.

To that end, they’ve been extremely secretive with the arc of the story for the sequel.

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Arriving like an oasis island in the middle of the summer movie season, the LA Film Festival is a nice bridge between early year events like Sundance, Berlin, and Cannes and festivals this fall, like Venice, Telluride and TIFF. The program always has a few surprises, and one picture looking to impress is “11:55,” and today we have the exclusive trailer and poster for film.

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Written and directed by Ari Issler and Ben Snyder, and starring Victor Almanzar, Shirley Rumierk, Elizabeth Rodriguez, David Zayas, Julia Stiles, and John Leguizamo, the story takes place during the first day of the return of Marine Nelson Sanchez, who comes back to the neighborhood he fled years ago after being involved in the fatal shooting of a local drug dealer.

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A new Jason Bourne movie, aptly titled, “Jason Bourne” is all of three months away, but Universal has still yet to reveal the plot. Sure, the studio has released a trailer, some TV spots and it was even presented at CinemaCon this past week, but all we really know so far that Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) surfaces again nearly 10 years later for reasons unknown and the plot line will borrow elements learned from Wikileaks and the Edward Snowden hacking scandals.

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Watch: Trailer For 'Go With Me' With Anthony Hopkins, Julia Stiles & Ray Liotta, Directed By Daniel Alfredson

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Julia Stiles Returns For 'Bourne 5' With Matt Damon

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