Back in early September, Gia Coppola‘s “The Last Showgirl” hit the festival circuit like a lightning bolt.  Here’s Coppola, with her first film since 2020’s “Mainstream,” with a short, probing look at Las Vegas with a devastating lead turn from Pamela Anderson no one knew the “Baywatch” star was capable of.  This is the stuff of awards season magic, right?

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High school sweethearts are a very sentimental thing. For a lot of them, it’s the most emotional relationship they’ve ever had. And many of them try to keep the relationship going when they go off to different colleges. But as seen in the new trailer for “Sweethearts,” that doesn’t always work out.

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“Sweethearts” tells the story of two best friends who are freshman in college.

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Nostalgia sometimes takes time to form. The 1996 disaster film “Twister” directed by Jan de Bont, starring Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Jami Gertz, and Cary Elwes, was always a fun lark, but it’s only in recent years it’s been reclaimed as a ’90s classic. And so yeah, enough time passed, and studios suddenly wanted to make a belated sequel. That’s essentially the story of the sequel “Twisters.”

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Kathleen Kennedy of Lucasfilm produced the first one but given she’s a little busy with all things “Star Wars,” her producing partner and husband Frank Marshall has taken over as producer, and he’s got a ton of experience with these kinds of blockbusters.

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When “CODA” won the Best Picture Oscar, many film fans were shocked and disappointed. Sure, the film is perfectly serviceable, if not a bit too sentimental, but is it a true Best Picture? Eh, maybe not. So, it’s with that bit of damning praise that we can say that the new film, “Wildflower,” really does have a “CODA” vibe to it.

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As seen in the trailer for “Wildflower,” the film follows the story of a teen girl who not only has to wrestle with the struggles of being a young woman in the world but also has to reckon with the responsibilities of taking care of all of the housework and adult stuff that her neurodiverse parents seemingly aren’t capable of doing.

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In 2020, the filmmaker Matt Smukler — his most widely seen work then a Deutsche Telekom ad campaign starring Justin Bieber — completed a short about his wife’s sister’s family. Sheila Stahl and her husband Mike weren’t so different from any other small-town couple, a pair of good Christians gratefully receiving the daily pleasures of their hobbies (stock car racing, arts and crafts), their comfy recliners, and each other’s company.

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Today, it was announced that Amazon Studios and Blumhouse have teamed up for a new hybrid horror movie that will star Kiernan Shipka (“Chilling Adventures of Sabrina“), Olivia Holt (“Cruel Summer“), Julie Bowen (“Hubie Halloween“), and Randall Park (“WandaVision“). 

“Totally Killer” is a slasher flick with comedic beats and even has time travel, with characters traveling back to 1987 when horror flicks ruled video stores.

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In 2021, The Roku Channel surprised the world by acquiring the rights to Quibi’s (RIP) catalog of original programming. Freed from the constraints of a ten-minute runtime, this collection of oddball shows will soon be unleashed on streaming devices around the country. And if the first two episodes of Kathleen Robertson’s “Swimming With Sharks” are any indication, some of these stories deserve to outlast the gimmicky technology that spawned them.

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Earlier today, we shared the first five minutes of the new series, “The Man Who Fell to Earth.” That series, much like the new “Swimming with Sharks,” is an example of Hollywood dusting off an old property and giving it a nice, new coat of paint. It’s a trend that seems to be continuing with no end in sight. But at least with “Swimming with Sharks,” the update looks very interesting, indeed.

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After being introduced to the world as part of the cast of “Mad Men” and then redefining herself in the recent Netflix series, “Chilling Adventures of Sabrine,” it appears actress Kiernan Shipka is ready to jump back into the world of TV in the new series, “Swimming with Sharks.”

According to The Roku Channel, the streaming service is going to release a TV adaptation of “Swimming with Sharks” starring Shipka alongside Diane Kruger.

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Kiernan Shipka might be venturing over the “Riverdale” to resurrect her ‘Chilling Adventures’ witch, Sabrina Spellman, but the actress is ready to move into the real world for her next project. And by real world, I mean she’s ready to play a Wall Street business person attempting to climb up the ranks. Basically, the witch is giving up her hobbies and getting a real job.

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It’s time for a happy birthday, but maybe it’s also a kind of graduation into the next realm, as the “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina,” is coming to an end and its next season, is its final one. Part 4 of “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina,” as it likes to be called, focuses on witches and covens and, you know, a big fight against the forces of darkness while balancing some teenage love in the process.

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Though there might be a surplus of teenage television series in the age of streamable content, one show seems to stand above the rest in terms of fandom and success. Over the last few years, CW’s “Riverdale” amassed a following of ardent fans, thanks to stars and social media trendsetters Cole Sprouse, KJ Apa, Camila Mendes, and Lili Reinhart.To combat the success, streamers have turned to their own supernatural teen dramas, with Netflix original and spin-off “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” taking the stapled place for witches and vampires.

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If you’re not a fan of “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” already, then it’s likely that this new music video that was created as a de facto trailer for the upcoming “Part 3” isn’t going to sway you one way or another. However, if you’re someone that just doesn’t know what the hell Netflix is doing with its dark reboot of the classic Archie character, Sabrina Spellman, then why not take three minutes and enjoy the campy, silly, Satanic stylings of the music video for “Straight to Hell.”

Instead of one last trailer for the upcoming Part 3 of ‘Chilling Adventures,’ Netflix has decided the best way to promote its very popular YA series is by taking clips from the upcoming episodes and show them off in a new music video for a retro song performed by the series’ star Kiernan Shipka as the title’s teenage witch.

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After finding success with the ridiculous Jughead who f*cks “Riverdale” high school series, Netflix, likely thirsty from seeing the success metrics of the CW show acquired for their streaming platform, quickly jumped into the young adult TV world with the “Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina” spin-off. Based on the Sabrina The Teenage Witch comic and character made popular through the Archie Comics—which itself was adapted into the horny “Riverdale”— the similarities fortunately mostly end there.

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We’ll just get this out of the way right away. There’s no denying that Netflix’s upcoming horror film “The Silence” feels very, very, very similar to “A Quiet Place.” But once you get past the obvious similarities, the new film has a strong enough cast, and enough differences from the aforementioned horror film, that maybe it can become the next “Bird Box.”

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As seen in the new trailer, “The Silence” tells the story of a family trying to survive in a world overrun by creatures that prey on people as soon as they make a sound.

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The witching hour is most definitely upon us, and as Halloween draws near, streaming giant Netflix is adding a new original series to its ever-growing catalog of titles. Inspired by the Archie comic of the same name, “Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina” is a spooky and stylish adaptation of the devilish coming-of-age tale. However, don’t expect this to be a reboot of the late-’90s “Sabrina the Teenage Witch,” as ‘Chilling Adventures’ has more in common with the CW’s “Riverdale” than the ABC sitcom. 

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Alas, gone are the days of Melissa Joan Hart, a wisecracking cat, and lighthearted fun on ABC; now is the era of the gritty reboot, and it turns its eye to Westbridge, Massachusetts.

After Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa spun the Archie Comics characters into the wildly popular murder mystery “Riverdale,” he looks to do the same with the iconic teenage witch, Sabrina. “The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” does away with the whimsy of its earlier incarnations and plants itself firmly in the realm of horror, as Aguirre-Sacasa’s run on the comic series did a few years ago.

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You might be having a slight feeling of deja vu, and that’s okay. Somewhere in the back of your mind you may recall seeing an international trailer last year for “February,” a film starring Emma Roberts and Kiernan Shipka. Well, this is the same movie, now getting ready for release under a new title, “The Blackcoat’s Daughter,” and a fresh promo is here.

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Watch: First International Trailer For Horror 'February' Starring Emma Roberts And Kiernan Shipka

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Review: 'One & Two' With 'Mad Men' Star Kiernan Shipka Is A Hollow Supernatural Tale

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Watch: 'Mad Men' Star Kiernan Shipka Has Supernatural Powers In New Trailer For 'One & Two'

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L.A. Film Festival Exclusive: 'Mad Men' Star Kiernan Shipka Loves Making Films In Clip From 'Fan Girl'

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