From the first frame, “John Wick: Chapter 4” punches so hard you feel it. Keanu Reeves returns as the titular character who is trying to earn his freedom. In order to do that, he has to defeat the High Table, who are hunting him. It’s a mission that takes Wick worldwide and right into the path of an army of brutal adversaries. Thankfully, he has friends along the way who can help him. 

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Fresh off its world premiere at TIFF last year, Miles Warren‘s “Bruiser” hits Hulu later this month. Warren’s feature debut, based on his 2021 short of the same name, stars “Moonlight” star Trevante roads as Porter, a drifter who becomes an unlikely father figure to 14-year-old Darious, much to Darious’ father’s chagrin. Which man will be the larger influence on Darious, especially after he learns Porter’s real identity?

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Even since big-name actors such as Robert Redford or Clint Eastwood took their shot at sitting in the director’s chair, numerous others have followed suit with varying degrees of success. For every film a la Ryan Gosling’s “Lost River” that most people would sooner or rather forget about (if they haven’t done so already), there’s a breakout smash such as Olivia Wilde’s “Booksmart.” The prospects seem rather exciting when you hear that a talented actor like Halle Berry will be making their debut with a “female-heavy” mixed martial arts film.

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Shamier Anderson is an up-and-coming actor who you may recognize from the show “Wynonna Earp” and films like “Race” or  Netflix’s “Stowaway.” He’s been steadily building a following a is seemingly ready to break out over the course of the next year with some high-profile projects. In this episode of The Discourse, Shamier Anderson joins host Mike DeAngelo to talk about his role in the Apple TV+ series “Invasion” which hits the streamer on October 22.

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Alien invasions shows and movies aren’t exactly a rarity these days, but that hasn’t stopped Apple TV+ from offering a new take on the concept. “Invasion,” set to hit the streaming service this fall, hopes to find novelty in tracing the alien threat to human existence from a variety of perspectives that cuts across culture, class, and gender.

READ MORE: ‘Invasion’ Trailer: Hold On To Your Humanity In A New AppleTV+ Sci-Fi Drama Starring Shamier Anderson, Golshifteh Farahani & Sam Neill

Sounds like a sweeping and majestic take on a semi-tired trope?

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Lionsgate and director Chad Stahelski are putting together a mix of known and somewhat unknown actors for the next installment of the “John Wick” franchise as Collider reports that Swedish actor Bill Skarsgård is in talks to an undisclosed part in the action pic alongside newcomer Shamier Anderson (“Stowaway,” “Invasion”) taking a “major role” as well. 

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Skarsgård is, of course, familiar to audiences thanks to his role as Pennywise in New Line Cinema‘s “It” and “It: Chapter Two,” directed by Andy Muschietti.

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At this point, we’ve seen a number of films and TV series tackle the idea of an alien invasion. It’s well-trodden land for filmmakers, for sure. But Apple TV+ is hoping there’s still plenty of interest in the sci-fi concept ahead of its upcoming series, “Invasion.”

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As seen in the teaser trailer for “Invasion,” the series aims to take a look at an alien invasion from multiple perspectives, as various people deal with the ramifications of the outsiders coming to Earth and fighting humanity.

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Space has always served as a vast, grand, and mysterious canvas for directors to paint and project their metaphorical journeys on. Much like the desert in Westerns, the journey through space is a deeply intimate and human one, often an exploration of the soul and the human condition when at its best. The Netflix drama “Stowaway” grapples with some of these ideas and questions of morality when a group of astronauts travel from Earth to Mars on a two-year voyage.

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What if you could take a simple test and skip the drama-filled rollercoaster that is dubbed “dating?” Would you embrace the test that tells you, without a doubt, who your soulmate is? And how would that change the entirety of humanity? Judging by the trailer for the new AMC anthology series, “Soulmates,” it’s not an entirely good thing at all.

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The short trailer for “Soulmates” shows brief glimpses at the lives of a variety of people that have chosen to take the test to find out who they are destined to be with.

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