WARNING: SPOILERS ahead for Dune: Prophecy episode 1. Dune: Prophecythe HBO prequel series set ten thousand years before Denis Villeneuve Dune films, premiered its first episode and has already left viewers with many mysteries to consider. Led by Emily Watson and Olivia Williams (who play Valya and Tula Harkonnen respectively), the show follows the origins of the Bene Gesserit and how their rise intertwines with House Corrino’s rule of the Empire. Episode 1 revealed how Valya took control of the Brotherhood (which will eventually become the Bene Gesserit) in flashbacks, while her fellow Reverend Mother Kasha (Jihae) predicts the destruction…
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night beach Making waves with its premiere in 2024 at the Toronto International Film Festival, a horror-comedy about a mother who is afraid of the pressures and double standards for women in modern society – and possibly feeling hairy because she turns into a dog. Star and producer Amy Adams is no stranger to award-worthy work, having received near-universal critical acclaim with films such as The fighter, The master, American hassleAnd Arrival. She’s also an actor with her finger on the pulse of pop culture, a power she taps into all the time in projects like Enchanted And Man of…
Silo season 2 returns to Apple TV+ on November 15, picking up right where the cliffhanger left off. Based on a series of novels by Hugh Howey, the acclaimed sci-fi show follows Juliette Nichols (Rebecca Ferguson) as she investigates the mysterious discrepancies between what she was raised to believe about her closed community and what she sees with her own eyes. . . After she was sent to clean up, all of her friends expected her to die from breathing the toxic air outside, like all those who left the house before her. But thanks to a small change to…
Silo Season 2 begins streaming November 15 on Apple TV+, picking up right where Season 1 left off in its adaptation of Hugh Howey’s sci-fi novel series. The series presents its central protagonist, Juliette (Rebecca Ferguson), as an engineer ready to question the closed-off existence of her community after the mysterious death of her boyfriend. Over the course of 10 episodes, she became sheriff and faced off against the Silo government, being sent to “clean up” and shocking the citizens by not dying immediately when she was away. The events of the Silo The end of Season 1 shook her…
Silo Season 2 returns to Apple TV+ on November 15, bringing with it countless new mysteries about the state of civilization revealed in the Season 1 finale. Based on the series of science fiction novels by Hugh Howey, the series follows a curious engineer named Juliette (Rebecca Ferguson) who realizes that her community’s confined existence has been a lie perpetuated by the government. Although the extent of the lie (and how much the leaders actually know about the truth) has not yet been revealed, Juliette finished Silo 1st season by entering the outside world and apparently not dying – to…
Five years after their on-screen union received widespread acclaim from fans, Filipino stars Kathryn Bernardo and Alden Richards return to play Joy and Ethan in Hello, love, again. The sequel to the 2019 blockbuster Hello love, goodbye finds Joy (Bernardo) living and struggling in Canada after leaving Ethan (Richards) behind in Hong Kong. Five years after the events of the first film, Ethan also heads to Canada, and the lovebirds come face to face with how much each of them has changed. Cathy Garcia-Sampana returns to direct Hello, love, againwhich has already set its own record by marking the biggest…
The genre-defying crime drama Emilia Pérez is now streaming on Netflix, following a highly successful run on the festival circuit. Directed by French visionary Jacques Audiard (Rust and Bone), the film mixes the drama of high-risk drug trafficking with introspective character development, often portrayed through musical numbers. Karla Sofía Gascón leads the cast of Emilia Pérez as the titular character, who undergoes gender affirmation surgery with the help of Rita, by Zoe Saldaña, a lawyer tired of the daily grind and seeking to make a difference in the world. Despite filming mainly in France Emilia Pérez takes place in Mexico…
Emilia Pérez has been generating buzz and praise since it began airing on the festival circuit, and on November 13th, audiences at home will finally be able to witness the film’s magic on Netflix. At times a drug trafficking crime thriller and at other times a musical extravaganza, Jacques Audiard’s newest film is never anything less than a visual feast. It tells the story of a Mexican cartel leader, Manitas (played by Spanish actress Karla Sofía Gascón), who transforms into the eponymous Emilia Pérez after gender reassignment surgery. Her new identity comes with a new outlook on life, and Emilia…
After a highly successful stint on the festival circuit and a short but fruitful theatrical run, Emilia Pérez arrives on Netflix on November 13th. Part musical and part crime thriller, the genre-defying project was written and directed by visionary auteur Jacques Audiard. Karla Sofía Gascón plays the titular protagonist, who begins the film as Manitas, a cartel leader feared throughout Mexico who hopes to leave the blood-soaked life of a drug trafficker after transitioning. The brilliant but disgruntled lawyer Rita (Zoe Saldaña) becomes Emilia’s confidante in this process, inspiring and facilitating a new leaf that goes far beyond sexual reassignment…
Netflix enters and goes beyond the music genre with Emilia Péreza film that manages to combine crime thriller, melodrama and emotional pop ballads into a cohesive narrative. From the visionary mind of Jacques Audiard, the story follows a powerful drug trafficker, Manitas, who hires a brilliant lawyer (Zoe Saldaña) as part of the transition process to become a new woman named Emilia Pérez. Karla Sofía Gascón plays the role with an outward calm that deftly suppresses the storm raging within as Emilia seeks redemption for the damage Manitas has caused to her community. In addition to Gascón and Saldaña, Emilia…