“Last Tango In Paris,” the 1973 erotic drama directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, led to two Oscar nominations for Best Director and Best Actor for Marlon Brando and became one of the most profitable foreign films to ever be released. It is also an NC-17 release, features a brutal rape scene, and has largely been known as one of the most controversial films ever made, on and off the screen, thanks to the terrible conditions under which it was made.

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Another day, another new streaming series with A-list actors and an exciting filmmaker. This time, we have HBO Max and BBC One joining forces for a new four-part limited series, “The Girl Before.”

According to HBO Max, the streamer has teamed up with BBC One to produce an adaptation of the best-selling novel, “A Girl Before.” The series will star Gugu Mbatha-Raw alongside David Oyelowo and follow the story of a woman that is invited to live in a beautiful home by a mysterious architect.

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To say that Apple’s launch of its streaming service isn’t going as well as the tech company would have hoped is a bit of an understatement. Once the initial slate of series launched in November, each one getting fairly terrible reviews (despite the inexplicable awards recognition for “The Morning Show”), it was clear that Apple TV+ wasn’t going to have a smooth launch. But then came M.

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Imagine Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” but in reverse. That’s the basic premise of the upcoming body horror film “Blue My Mind.” And in the new trailer for the film, we see exactly why people were comparing the film to recent horror hits like “Raw” after its premiere at last year’s San Sebastian Film Festival and Fantastic Fest.

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