Netflix's longest-running original series, Virgin Riverhas already been renewed for season 7, but fans are still reeling from developments in the recently released season 6. Based on the series of novels by Robyn Carr, Virgin River follows the inhabitants of the titular town and their countless lives, loves and secrets. The ever-popular soap has a huge cast that includes the likes of Annette O'Toole, Tim Matheson, Alexandra Breckenridge and Martin Henderson, among many others. Virgin River fifth season saw the introduction of Battlestar Galactica veteran Kandyse McClure as Kaia Bryant, a headstrong firefighter who ends up in a relationship with…
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Netflix's longest-running original series, Virgin Riverhas already been renewed for season 7, but fans are still reeling from developments in the recently released season 6. Based on the series of novels by Robyn Carr, Virgin River follows the inhabitants of the titular town and their countless lives, loves and secrets. The ever-popular soap has a huge cast that includes the likes of Annette O'Toole, Tim Matheson, Alexandra Breckenridge and Martin Henderson, among many others. Virgin River fifth season saw the introduction of Battlestar Galactica veteran Kandyse McClure as Kaia Bryant, a headstrong firefighter who ends up in a relationship with…
A literary classic gets a 21st century coat of paint with Young Wertherbased on the 1774 novel, Young Werther's Sorrows. The film loosely follows the plot of the book, but has been updated to reflect the sensibilities of 2024. Douglas Booth (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies) plays the title character, a young aristocratic fop who falls in love with a young woman (Alison Pill, The writing). The only problem is that she's already engaged to a really nice guy (Patrick J. Adams, Suits). Thus, Werther embarks on a mission to win his beloved's heart, whether she is interested or not.…
Almost two decades after Dexter Morgan made his television debut, the character's origins are revealed in Dexter: Original Sin. The new prequel series is set in 1991, fifteen years before the original show, and follows 20-year-old Dexter, now played by Patrick Gibson (OA, Shadow and Bone), while committing his first murders and learning to fit in among Miami's less psychopathic inhabitants. Although the cast is made up of new actors playing familiar roles from the classic series, Michael C. Hall appears in the pilot and narrates the series. Like the original series and Dexter: New Blood before that, Original sin…
Since debuting in a 2010 episode of The good wifeElsbeth Tascioni (Carrie Preston) sang the praises of her son, Teddy, to anyone willing to listen, as well as everyone else in her neighborhood. Now, fourteen years and two spin-offs later, Teddy finally made his debut in the flesh at the end of the December 5th episode of Elsbeth on CBS, played by Ben Levi Ross. While he's a relatively new face to TV enthusiasts, Broadway fans may be more familiar with the young actor. He served as a stand-in for the title character in Dear Evan Hansen on Broadway before…
Prime Video TV Reboot Cruel intentions follows the students at Manchester College, an elite academy populated by manipulators, sociopaths and their unwitting victims. Based on the 1999 cult classic film of the same name, as well as the original 1782 novel, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Cruel Intentions uses humor and its satirical touch to reach the hearts of its characters, users who don’t care how many lives they ruin in their petty quest for political power. Most Cruel intentions the cast are hot college students, but exceptions include Jon Tenney and Claire Forlani, who star as hot middle-aged parents. Tenney plays…
Top Videos Cruel intentions takes the basic design of the 1999 film, based on the 1782 novel, Les Liaisons Dangereusesand expands it to an eight-episode debut season. The series follows the students of Manchester College, a group of lying, scheming, duplicitous and manipulative brats who will one day become America’s future politicians and leaders. Cruel intentions comes from showrunners Phoebe Fisher and Sara Goodman, who previously held the reins at Prime Video I know what you did last summer restart. Fisher also co-wrote 2023’s delightfully raunchy comedy, Down thereAlthough Goodman is no stranger to scheming youngsters, having written more than…
Top Videos Cruel intentions follows the students of Manchester College, a prestigious school that turns young aristocrats into America’s future leaders, whether they are qualified or not. In this cruel academy, students are manipulative sociopaths, their hapless pawns or their hapless victims. The series is based on the 1999 film of the same name, as well as the original material, the 1782 novel, Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Two of the nicest students in the new Cruel intentions story are Scott and Blaise, played by Khobe Clarke and John Kim, respectively. Scott is a good-natured but helpless and naive student who becomes…
The new Prime Video series, Cruel intentionsfollows the basic outline of the 1999 film of the same name (and the actual source material, the 1782 French novel, Les Liaisons Dangereuses) and expands it to an eight-episode story, with plenty of room for future seasons to tell even more stories of depravity, sexual manipulation, gaslighting, and all the other devilishly fun things that are strictly off limits in real life. Cruel intentions is set at Manchester College, a place that turns young aristocrats into politicians. In a school full of deliciously irredeemable personalities, two characters stand out: Beatrice and Annie, played…
Cruel intentions follows the students of Manchester College and the mischievous games of seduction they play for their own amusement and joy in wreaking havoc on people’s lives. The Prime Video series is based on the 1999 film of the same name, which in turn is based on the 1782 French novel Les Liaisons Dangereusesby Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. Cruel IntentandThe main characters, Caroline and Lucien (Sarah Catherine Hook and Zac Burgess), are half-siblings who make a bet involving the sexual destiny of Annie Grover, daughter of the vice president of the United States. As their depraved games spiral further…