At first, the concept behind the second installment of Ryan Murphy and FX’s “Feud” feels a bit too simple to maintain eight episodes of drama. How could one mine enough intrigue from the story of a writer bickering with his socialite friends? It turns out there’s both more and less to this story than meets the eye. Less in that it’s a more grounded and relatable tale than it first appears, a character study about insecurity and friendship.

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How did Truman Capote create a rift between himself and New York’s high society? “Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans” looks at the author’s friendships with a host of the city’s most prominent women. Known to him as the swans, these powerful figures would ultimately cast him from their lives after a book excerpt changed everything. 

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As you might expect from anything producer Ryan Murphy touches, the new season of ‘Feud’ is a star-studded affair, with Naomi Watts, Diane Lane, Calista Flockhart, Chloë Sevigny, Demi Moore, and Tom Hollander rounding out the main cast.

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Given the glut of content, making time for short films is hard. But the new Apple TV+ animated short film “The Boy, The Mole, The Fox, And The Horse” looks like something special. Based on the internationally best-selling book of the same name by celebrated author Charlie Mackesy, this story of kindness, friendship, courage, and hope for viewers of all ages premieres globally on December 25, Christmas Day, on Apple TV+.

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The film version of Len Deighton’s “The Ipcress File,” released in 1965, isn’t exactly the kind of thing that feels like it could support six chapters of episodic television. Sure, the original went on to produce four sequels with the wonderfully droll Michael Caine, but the first film felt largely like a response to the dashing, action-heavy world created by Ian Fleming in the James Bond novels and films.

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Of all the great, classic spy and espionage films or TV shows— Bond, “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.,’ the Jack Ryan films and TV shows, the “Kingsman’ series, “Three Days Of The Condor,” and all the classic spy films from the 1960s and ‘70s, etc.—the one that mainstream audiences probably know the least well is “The Ipcress File.”

Based on the globally renowned Len Deighton spy novel of the same name, “The Ipcress File” series starred Michael Caine as Harry Palmer and ended up as a trilogy of films: “The Ipcress File” (1965), “Funeral in Berlin” (1966) and “Billion Dollar Brain” (1967), this of course back in the day when movie studios didn’t really know how to franchise something by including a franchise title to tie the films together (decades later Caine returned to the character in 1995’s “Harry Alan Towers’ Bullet to Beijing” and 96’s “Midnight in Saint Petersburg”).

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Matthew Vaughn loved the Bond series, but when he couldn’t finagle his way into making one of those films, he decided to start his own “Kingsmen” franchise. Low and behold it worked and the third film in the series, a prequel called, “The King’s Man,” is heading to theaters this December after multiple Covid-19-related delays.

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The cast of this one is rather stacked and the film features Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Arterton, Rhys Ifans, Matthew Goode, Tom Hollander, Harris Dickinson, Daniel Brühl, with Djimon Hounsou, and Charles Dance.

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This weekend sees the release of the highly-anticipated Freddie Mercury/Queen biopic, “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Despite an incredible performance by Rami Malek, the film is getting mixed reviews from critics as its poised to have a big showing at the box office. However, even with all these other storylines, the most talked-about part of the film is the behind-the-scenes antics of the director Bryan Singer.

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“Tulip Fever” has become something of a running joke, much to the misfortune of The Weinstein Company. The distributor has kicked back and delayed the release of the period drama so often that one wonders if the film actually exists. Well, apparently it does, and will finally be opening in cinemas next week. However, TWC seems to be aware that everyone is ready to have the rug pulled out from them, so they’re convincing potential audiences to buy a ticket the only way they know how — with boobs.

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As you might’ve noticed, we’ve already got our crystal ball on the Oscars, and one movie worth keeping on your radar is “Breathe.” The film marks the directorial debut of mo-cap king Andy Serkis, but it’s unlikely you’ll find many digital effects in this intimate drama.

Led by Andrew Garfield, with “The Crown” star Claire Foy at his side, the true story follows a man stricken with polio, who overcomes his disease to find romance and live life to the fullest.

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It’s Emmy season, and we’re just a week away from the Television Academy announcing their 2016 nominees, and as has been the case in the last few years, they have a wealth of stuff to choose from, with “Game Of Thrones,” “House Of Cards,” “Orange Is The New Black,” “Downton Abbey,” “Veep,” “Transparent,” “Silicon Valley,” and “Fargo” all expected to bring in mighty hauls of nominations.

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Berlin Review: Susanne Bier's 'The Night Manager' Starring Tom Hiddleston & Hugh Laurie

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Review: Lone Scherfig's 'The Riot Club' A Bludgeoning Look At The British Elite

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Watch: Martin Freeman Talks To God In Clip From Oscar Nominated Short 'The Voorman Problem'

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Homophobe Much? What’s With All The Effeminate, Fey (And Often Blonde) Villains In Hollywood?

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It's 'About Time' For Rachel McAdams & Richard Curtis; Actress Lines Up Anton Corbijn's 'A Most Wanted Man'

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Tom Hollander Goes Literary For Ralph Fiennes' Charles Dickens Love Story 'Invisible Woman'

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