The Family, also known as the Santiniketan Park Association and the Great White Brotherhood, was an Australian New Age cult led by Anne Hamilton-Byrne, one of few women to ever lead a cult. Elements of this story inspired J. P. Pomare’s novel “In the Clearing,” which in turn is the basis for the new Hulu limited series “The Clearing,” co-created by Matt Cameron (“Baron”) and Elise McCredie (“Stateless”), with additional writing from Osamah Sami (“Ali’s Wedding”).

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Cults are scary enough on their own, right? However, if you’re talking about a cult that features young, creepy children with bleach-blonde hair, that just makes it almost unbearably weird. That’s what we’re dealing with in the new series, “The Clearing.”

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As seen in the trailer for the new Hulu series, “The Clearing” follows the story of a woman who is trying to stop a cult leader from kidnapping and coercing innocent children.

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David Leitch has already assembled a stellar cast for his upcoming movie version of the cult ’80s TV show “The Fall Guy,” with Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt leading the film. Now, Deadline reports another actress joins the supporting cast: “A Discovery Of Witches” star Teresa Palmer.

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Palmer joins the previously cast Winston Duke, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Stephanie Hsu, and Hannah Waddingham in the upcoming film.

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It’s been a minute since we’ve heard from writer/director/actor Mark Webber (“Scott Pilgrim vs the World,” “Green Room,” “Laggies“), but his new directorial effort “The Place Of No Words” is almost here. Premiering in 2019 at the Tribeca Film Festival, Webber wrote the story an exploration of how we cope with death, and how we explain it to young children.

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The first trailer for the Aussie drama, “Ride Like A Girl,” starring Teresa Palmer is now out, and it teases a tear-jerker and heart-warming underdog story, but unfortunately, no one says the title of the movie.

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You know what I’m talking about. There’s always a moment of weird meta thrill where a character in a movie looks just barely off-camera and says the title of the film you’re currently watching.

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Death will come for all of us at some point, but communicating the ideas of impermanence to children is a whole other scary, frightening bag. “Where do we go when we die?” That’s the concern of actor/director/writer Mark Webber’s personal and moving, “The Place of No Words,” an imaginative, funny, and sad examination of conceptualizing death to a child, that can really only come from a tortured parent’s perspective.

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“The Place of No Words” hasn’t screened for anyone outside of the folks that attended the Tribeca Film Festival, but that shouldn’t stop you from putting this movie near the top of your must-see list. I have no real insider information about the quality of the film, but if filmmaker Mark Webber has created a film that lives up to its first trailer, then we’re all in for a beautiful, emotional journey.

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While “Hacksaw Ridge” presents a distinctly American WWII tale, the film is surprisingly shot completely in Australia, but it seems that only pushed lead actor Andrew Garfield even further to make sure his portrayal of conscientious objector Desmond Doss hit all the right notes. And director Mel Gibson was impressed by the actor’s commitment to the role.

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“He’s the nicest guy on earth, and very talented.

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As kids, most of us will go through a stage in which we are afraid of the dark. It’s part of human DNA, seemingly hardwired in our subconscious: stay away from the dark, because there could be danger. David F. Sandberg‘s “Lights Out” plays with a fear of the dark. The director surely knows that innumerable prior horror films have used this trope indiscriminately to scare audiences. But the difference between “Lights Out” and any other mainstream horror movie is that it actually uses the dark as the center of its plot, organically drawing out the majority of its jump scares in the process.

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This year, it seems horror is coming in some very familiar flavors. You can try out a sequel in “The Conjuring 2,” go into the woods with, uh, “The Woods,” or get spooked by whatever is in the dark in “Lights Out.” And sometimes the biggest scares come from the simplest ideas.

READ MORE: ‘The Conjuring 2’ Has Great Scares In Search Of A Serviceable Story [Review]

Directed by Daryl F.

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Watch: First Trailer For Horror 'Lights Out' Will Make You Afraid Of The Dark

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Review: John Hillcoat’s ‘Triple 9’ Starring Casey Affleck, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anthony Mackie & Kate Winslet

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Review: 'Point Break' Starring Edgar Ramirez, Luke Bracey, Delroy Lindo, And Teresa Palmer

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Christian Bale Thought Teresa Palmer Was A Stripper While Shooting Terrence Malick's 'Knight Of Cups'

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Watch: Trailer For Nicholas Sparks Adaptation 'The Choice' With Benjamin Walker, Teresa Palmer, Alexandra Daddario, More

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Watch: Intense, New U.K. Trailer For John Hillcoat's 'Triple 9' With Casey Affleck, Woody Harrelson & Kate Winslet

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Watch: Casey Affleck, Woody Harrelson & Kate Winslet Star in The First Trailer For John Hillcoat’s ‘Triple 9’

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Watch: Luke Bracey & Edgar Ramirez Are The New Keanu Reeves & Patrick Swayze In The First Trailer For ‘Point Break’

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Review: 'Kill Me Three Times' Starring Simon Pegg Kills All The Fun

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Watch: Everybody Wants The Money In Red Band Trailer For 'Kill Me Three Times' With Simon Pegg

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Berlin Review: Terrence Malick's 'Knight Of Cups' Starring Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett & Natalie Portman

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Watch: Liam Hemsworth & Teresa Palmer Deal With Small Town Murder In Trailer For Thriller 'Cut Bank'

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Watch: Mark Webber And Teresa Palmer Are Ready For 'The Ever After' In New Trailer

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Watch: Simon Pegg Gets Deadly In Trailer For 'Kill Me Three Times'

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Krysten Ritter, Alexandra Daddario & Teresa Palmer In The Mix For Marvel's 'Jessica Jones'

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