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Watch the trailer Written by: Micah Fitzerman-Blue, Noah Harpster Directed by:Marielle Heller Starring: Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys, Chris Cooper, Susan Kelechi Watson, Enrico Colantoni Rated: PG
Plot A journalist's life is enriched by friendship when he takes on an assignment profiling Fred Rogers. Based on the real-life friendship between journalist Tom Junod and television star Fred Rogers.
Verdict As you might expect it's a very touching movie, though it's about journalist Lloyd Vogel more than it's about Mr. Rogers. Hanks is amazing though. The movie didn't add prosthetics so that Hanks looked exactly like Rogers which avoids the distraction of trying to find Hanks under the makeup. Hanks completely captures Roger's passion for people and a lot of his mannerisms. Mr. Rogers transformed Vogel's life purely by example. That's notable when conversion is often a game of yelling the loudest. Vogel at one point asks Mr. Rogers if he is a hero. Rogers avoids the question, but what we see in this movie is a powerful testimony. Watch it.
Review Hanks really sells it as Mr. Rogers. I truly believe it when he empathizes with people. While Hanks shines every time he is on screen, this is a Lloyd Vogel movie. It's not a Fred Rogers movie, though Rogers is prominent.
Tom Hanks as Mr. Rogers.
I appreciate the lack of prosthetics. Often times it overshadows the performance like Gary Oldman in Darkest Hours. I was preoccupied with trying to see Oldman underneath all the latex. It didn't help the movie was lackluster.
Matthew Rhys plays Lloyd Vogel.
The movie is framed as a Mr. Rogers episode with Rogers talking about his friend Lloyd. These bookends free the movie from feeling like a documentary. The most striking aspect of the story is that Rogers changed Lloyd without trying to convert him or preaching to him. It was pure example. Lloyd is full of anger and mad at the father who abandoned him as a kid. That weighs on Lloyd as he's a new father himself. When Lloyd is tasked with a puff piece on Mr. Rogers he's against it arguing he's an investigative journalist. Lloyd tries to get past the Mr. Rogers act and discovers it isn't an act.
This movie gets too artsy at times. Most scenes are introduced with a Mr. Rogers style model city and while cute at first after a while it became too much. There were more than a few slow camera pushes to characters that started to become distracting. There's also a strange shift in tone towards the middle of the movie that just felt out of place. It's a rather long sequence that I wont spoil. You can't miss it. It's not that the direction on this movie is bad, but the movie is so good that these miscues really stand out. There is a very powerful minute of silence in the movie. It's one of the best uses of silence I've seen in a movie.
When we first see Mr. Rogers he's talking to a child that isn't behaving and the parents are exasperated. Through his care and concern, Rogers breaks through to the kid. The kid realizes the compassion of Mr. Rogers. It happens quicker than it would in reality, but it makes the point. Similarly when Lloyd is talking to Rogers, Roger's silence prompts Lloyd to fill the void. People connect with Mr. Rogers.
Rogers and Vogel.
Rogers is impressive because when he's talking to you that's the most important thing in the world to him and I believe Hanks as he portrays Rogers. Seeing such a genuine person causes you to self reflect. How do you remain in the moment every time? How do you deal with exasperation and strong feelings? Rogers has a distinct concern with how he interacts with people, something we often ignore or take for granted. Rogers isn't naturally a saint. He works hard at it, though we don't see any of his missteps in the movie.
Rogers states he was bullied and that he never wants a child to feel the way he did. The movie doesn't delve into Roger's childhood, but it makes clear that Rogers had a passion for people. There are glimpses of the difficult topics Mr. Rogers covered because he believed kids shouldn't be shielded from tough issues.
This edition awards ceremony on February 8, 2020 marks the 35th anniversary of the Spirit Awards and what started as a casual industry luncheon in small West Hollywood eatery has become a larger event in a much nicer tent in Santa Monica, just the day before the Oscars ceremony. So, congratulations are in order.
On November 21st, Zazie Beetz and Natasha Lyonne announced the nominees in Los Angeles and there are not many surprises as two of 2019 indie favorites, Uncut Gems and The Lighthouse top the nods with five each; but what can be surprising is Uncut Gems getting noms almost in all major categories while The Lighthouse not. Indie films I have been monitoring, Marriage Story and The Farewell got nominations and according to me, those are in the right categories; unsurprisingly The Hustlers also landed a few noms and makes Jennifer Lopez Oscar nomination more probable but still wonder if will be in lead or supporting actress category.
According to Film Independent president Josh Welsh, 45% of the directing and writing nominees are women and 30% are people of color; if accurate, data is shows an industry event with high diversity content.
The highest-profile Oscar contender with nominations undoubtedly is Netflix's Marriage Story and in case you wonder, other Netflix movies, The Irishman and The Laundromat excedeed the Spirits US#22.5 million budget cap.
The Nominees
Best Feature A Hidden Life, Terrence Malick, Germany and USA Clemency, Chinonye Chukwu, USA Marriage Story, Noah Baumbach, USA The Farewell, Lulu Wang, USA and China Uncut Gems, Benny Sadfie and Josh Sadfi, USA
Best First Feature Booksmart, Olivia Wilde, USA Diane, Ken Jones, USA See You Yesterday, Stefon Bristol, USA The Climb, Michael Angelo Covino, USA The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Joe Talbot, USA The Mustang, Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, France and Belgium
John Cassavetes Award (Given to feature film made under $500,000) Burning Cane, Phillip Youmans, USA Colewell, Tom Quinn, USA Give Me Liberty, Kirill Mikhanovsky, USA Premature, Rashaad Ernesto Green, USA Wild Nights with Emily, Madeleine Olnek, USA
Best Documentary American Factory, Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert, USA Apolo 11, Todd Doublas Miller, USA For Sama, Edward Watts, UK Медена земја Medena Zemja (Honeylad), Tamara Kotevsk and Ljubomir Stefanov, North Macedonia Island of the Hungry Ghosts, Gabrielle Brady, Germany, UK and Australia
Best International Film A Vida Invisível de Eurídice Gusmão (The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão), Karim Aïnouz Brazil Les Misérables, Ladj Ly , France 기생충 Gisaengchoong (Parasite), Bong Joon-ho, South Korea Portrait de la Jeune fille en feu (Portrait of a Lady on Fire), Céline Sciamma, France Retablo, Álvaro Delgado-Aparicio, Peru The Souvenir, Joanna Hogg, UK and USA
Best Director Robert Eggers for The Lighthouse, USA Alma Har'el for Honey Boy, USA Julius Onah for Luce, USA Benny Sadfie and Josh Sadfie for Uncut Germs, USA Lorene Scafaria for Hustlers, USA
Best Screenplay Noah Baumbach for Marriage Story, Noah Baumbach, USA Jason Begue and Shawn Snyder for To Dust, Shawn Snyder Ronald Bronstein, Benny Safdie and Josh Safdie for Uncut Gems, Benny Safdie and Josh Safdie, USA Chinonye Chukwu for Clemency, Chinonye Chukwu, USA Tarell Alvin McCraney for High Flying Bird, Steven Soderbergh, USA
Best First Screenplay Fredica Bailey and Stefon Bristol for See You Yesterday, Stefan Bristol, USA Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen for Driveways, Andrew Ahn, USA Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy for Blow the Man Down, Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy, USA Jocelyn Deboer and Dawn Luebbe for Greener Grass, Jocelyn Deboer and Dawn Luebbe, USA James Montague and Craig W. Sanger for The Vast of Night, Andrew Patterson, USA
Best Cinematography Todd Banhazl for Hustlers, Lorene Scafaria, USA Jarin Blaschke for The Lighthouse, Robert Eggers, USA Natasha Braier for Honey Boy, Alma Har'el, USA Chananun Chotrungroj for The Third Wife, Ash Mayfair, Vietnam Pawel Pogorzelski for Midsommar (Midsommer), Ari Asater, USA, Sweden and Hungary
Best Editing Julie Béziau for The Third Wife, Ash Mayfair, Vietnam Ronald Bronstein and Benny Safdie for Uncut Gems, Benny Safdie and Josh Safdie, USA Tyler L. Cook for Sword of Trust, Lynn Shelton, USA Louise Ford for The Lighthouse, Robert Eggers, USA Kirill Mikhanovsky for Give Me Liberty, Kirill Mikhanovsky, USA
Best Female Lead Karen Allen in Colewell, Tom Quinn, USA Hong Chau in Driveways, Andrew Ahn, USA Elizabeth Moss in Her Smell, Alex Ross Perry, USA Mary Kay Place in Diane, Kent Jones, USA Renée Zellweger in Judy, Rupert Goold, UK
Best Supporting Female Jennifer Lopez in Hustlers, Lorene Scafaria, USA Taylor Russell in Waves, Trey Edward Shults, USA Zhao Shuzhen in The Farewell, Lulu Wang, USA and China Lauren Spencer in Give Me Liberty, Kirill Mikhanovsky, USA Octavia Spencer in Luce, Julius Onah, USA
Best Male Lead Chris Galust in Give Me Liberty, Kirill Mikhanovsky, USA Kelvin Harrison Jr. in Luce, Julius Onah, USA Robert Pattinson in The Lighthouse, Robert Eggers, USA Adam Sandler in Uncut Gems, Benny Safdie and Josh Safdie, USA Matthias Schoenaerts in The Mustang, Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, France and Belgium
Best Supporting Male Willem Dafoe in The Lighthouse, Robert Eggers, USA Noah Jupe in Honey Boy, Alma Har'el, USA Shia LaBeouf in Honey Boy, Alma Har'el, USA Jonathan Majors in The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Joe Talbot, USA Wendell Pierce in Burning Cane, Phillip Youmans, USA
Robert Altman Award (Given to director, casting director and ensemble cast) Marriage Story, Noah Baumbach Casting Directors: Douglas Aibel and Francine Maisler Ensemble Cast: Alan Alda, Laura Dern, Adam Driver, Julie Hagerty, Scarlett Johansson, Ray Liotta, Azhy Robertson and Merritt Wever
Bonnie Award Bonnie Tiburzi Caputo joined American Airlines in 1973 at age 24, becoming the first female pilot to fly for a major U.S. airline. In her honor, the 3rd annual Bonnie Award will recognize a mid-career female director with a $50,000 unrestricted grant Marielle Heller Kelly Reichardt Lulu Wang
Producers Award The Producers Award, now in its 23rd year, honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources demonstrate the creativity, tenacity and vision required to produce quality, independent films. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant Mollye Asher Krista Parris Ryan Zacarias
Someone to Watch Award The Someone to Watch Award, now in its 26th year, recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant Premature, Rashaad Ernesto Green The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Joe Talbot The Third Wife, Ash Mayfair
Truer Than Fiction Award The Truer Than Fiction Award, now in its 25th year, is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant 17 Blocks, Davy Rothbart America, Eric Stoll and Chase Whiteside Black Mother, Khalik Allah Jaddoland, Nadia Shihab
The 2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards will be held Saturday, February 8th on the beach in Santa Monica, broadcast live exclusively on IFC from 5:00pm ET.
Plot A football player's dreams to play in the NFL are halted when he is wrongly convicted and sent to prison. Years later he fights to clear his name within an unjust system.
Verdict It's a by the numbers look at how the justice system can fail people. While this doesn't seem like a feel good movie, by the end everything comes together just right. While the ending is predictable, that doesn't lessen the impact. Half way in this movie was just alright, but by the end I really liked it. A big reason is that Aldis Hodge does a great job. He's charismatic while also being very vulnerable. Watch it.
Review One of the first scenes in Brian Banks playing football at Long Beach College. He's on parole and a new law requiring an ankle monitor ends his stint at the college. We don't know what Brian did at this point but we see how hard it is to find a job when you've been convicted. Being on the sex offender list makes it all but impossible to find work. He finally gets a job moving equipment, but has to quit when a moving job is too close to a school. He can't even finish his shift.
If you're been convicted of a crime, there is no way to succeed. What makes this all the worse is that Brian is innocent. The movie doesn't play with both sides of the story, it's understood Brian is innocent. That's what makes his situation all the worse. It's one thing for prison to be a barrier to everything you do, but even worse if you didn't commit a crime. While a big point of the movie is that Brian was a standout athlete that would have played in the NFL, that just underscores the consequences of a false accusation not that his situation is worse than someone that isn't an athlete.
A lot of people are in the position of innocent but convicted. Brian tries to convince the California Innocence Project to help him, but they're reluctant since Brian has been paroled and so many other people that need help are still suffering in a cell.
Alids Hodge plays Brian Banks
Aldis Hodge does a great job. He's likable and believable as Brian. The movie does a great job of setting the premise and delving deeper into the events and consequences. Though the movie hits a lot of the common notes you'd expect in a movie about the justice system.
Greg Kinnear and Aldis Hodge
Brian's parole officer at one point stops him from meeting his lawyer by alleging Brian has drugs in his car. That doesn't seem like it would be legal, but I don't know. The parole officer is portrayed as a bit of a foe. It just reinforced how broken the system is.
When Brian's alleged victim Kennisha contacts him on Facebook he sees this as a chance to ask her to tell the truth. Her original statement was acknowledged as changing every time during the original trial. Kennisha is written a bit flat. Can she really be this out of touch? Yes. Writing her like that allows her to wrongly accuse Brian but not bear the full burden of guilt. She didn't do it with malicious intent, but that also in no way excuses what she did. All of the characters get a way out with the blame being put on the system. People make up that system. One of the few characters that doesn't get some kind of pass is Brian's original lawyer who seemed terrible. She told him he'd get no jail time if he pleaded no contest, and he immediately went to jail.
This is a tough topic, but by the end it's almost a feel good story. This ends on a really uplifting moment that makes the whole movie better. Half way in this was a solid if unremarkable movie. While it ends just like I thought it would, that doesn't make it a bad ending.
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It was reported on October 27, 2017 that Olivia Colman (Broadchurch, The Night Manager) will play Queen Elizabeth in seasons 3 and 4. Early pre-production has already begun. At this point Claire Foy and Matt Smith are too young to continue playing their roles. Season 3 starts in 1964. It was first reported on January 5, 2018 and confirmed on May 3 that Helena Bonham Carter will play Princess Margaret. It was reported on March 29, 2018 that Tobias Menzies will play Prince Philip for seasons 3 and 4. The creators have mentioned the possibility of continuing the show's timeline to present day. Season 2 teaser video Growing Up Royal video Helena Bonham Carter Officially Joins the Cast First Look at Olivia Colman as The Queen Watch the trailer
Comedian Iliza Shlesinger dissects her recent wedding with riffs on screeching bachelorette parties, that creepy garter removal tradition and more. This is her fourth Netflix special. Watch the trailer
Bikram Choudhury is an Indian-born-American yoga teacher and the founder of Bikram Yoga, a form of hot yoga. Choudhury is the subject of several civil suits alleging sexual assault and various forms of discrimination against racial and sexual minorities. Watch the trailer
Lorena, la de pies ligeros (November 20) Netflix Distributed Documentary Lorena Ramírez of Mexico's Rarámuri community lives a pastoral life -- except when she straps on her sandals to compete as an ultramarathon runner..
Vanessa Hudgens will star & executive produce, a gallant English knight seeks out his true quest after a sorceress inadvertently sends him from the medieval era to present day. While there he soon finds himself falling for a caring high school science teacher who is disillusioned by love. Watch the trailer
Dino Girl Gauko Season 1 (November 22) Netflix Original Animated Series Set in Japan, Naoko Watanabe is a typical tween except that she possesses a strange gift and curse. When her anger exceeds a maximum level, she turns into Gauko, the fire-breathing dinosaur girl! Announcement
An anthology series with each episode based on a song by Dolly Parton. Parton will serve as a singer / songwriter, executive producer, and will also appear in the series. She stated, "As a songwriter, I have always enjoyed telling stories through my music." Reported on November 1, 2018 that Julianne Hough will play Jolene in an episode. Announcement Watch the trailer Stories Behind the Songs video High Seas [Alta Mar] Season 2(November 22)
Netflix Original Spanish Language Series
Set in the 1940s, a transatlantic ship travelling from Europe to South America includes two sisters, Carolina and Eva. The murder of a passenger whose name does not appear in the passenger list and who no one remember provides a mystery for love, intrigue, and many lies. Season 2 Key Art Announcement Watch the Season 2 trailer
Mon frère [Brother] (November 22) Netflix Distributed French Movie Thrust from a violent home into a brutal custody center, a teenager learns to navigate a tough new reality and forge unlikely alliances to survive.
Everyday home bakers attempt to recreate amazing treats and don’t always get there. From gingerbread men that look like monsters to wedding cake disasters, if you’ve ever tried to make something epic and wound up with an epic fail, this is the show for you. Watch the trailer
Narcoworld: Dope Stories (November 22) Netflix Distributed Series Ride along as police officers and drug smugglers go toe-to-toe, trying to outwit each other in locales around the world.
Netflix Distributed Brazilian Series - 8 episodes Guardian angel Uli is new to the Angelus System. A rebel spirit, he makes shocking discoveries about life and how the world is run when he goes rogue. Trailer Announcement
Rent Spider-Man: Far from Home on Amazon Video Written by: Chris McKenna & Erik Sommers (written by), Stan Lee and Steve Ditko (based on the Marvel comic book by) Directed by:Jon Watts Starring: Tom Holland, Samuel L. Jackson, Jake Gyllenhaal, Marisa Tomei, Jon Fareau, Zendaya, Tony Revolori, Martin Starr, J.B. Smoove, Cobie Smulders Rated: PG-13 Watch the trailer
Plot Following the events of Avengers: Endgame (2019), Spider-Man teams up with Mysterio to take on new threats from another dimension in a world that has changed forever.
Verdict It's not bad, it just feels like a typical Marvel movie. Nothing really stands out and I feel confident I could find a few lapses in logic if I watched this again. The movie is big on illusions, and I felt that should tie in better to Peter's personal journey. Is Peter worthy of being an Avenger or is it just an illusion. It could cause him to question what he sees and believes, but the movie doesn't dig that deep. It's a fine super hero movie that doesn't do anything to really stand out. It depends.
Review Tom Holland does a great job as Peter Parker and the alter ego Spider-Man. Peter is torn between being a high schooler and ascribing to the call of an Avenger. He's in a unique position because he is so young. None of the other Avengers have had to deal with those pressures at such a young age. To push the dramatic tension Peter can't do both, he has to choose.
There are a lot of high school struggles with Peter pining after MJ, but unable to muster the courage to talk to her. Peter's best friend is Ned who provides plenty of comedic relief.
Spider-Man meets Mysterio.
A new hero, Mysterio emerges from an alternate universe to fight elemental creatures, fire, water, earth, wind, that destroyed his home planet. Mysterio's helmet is really cool, it's usually a green fog though I have no idea why. He can fly and shoot lasers from his hands.
What a cool helmet.
Mysterio is hiding his true intentions, and it just seems strange that Nick Fury and his team were completely oblivious. The movie plays if off as advanced technology fooled them, but if you think about it for even a minute it starts to break down.
The elemental monsters aren't quite what they seem either. This is the kind of movie where you half want to go back to see if the movie cheated in presenting the illusion but will never make the effort to do just that. Peter is still tied to Tony Stark even after the events of Endgame. Tony give Peter glasses that in essence make the user all powerful. The real reason these are in the plot is to give the good guys and bad guys a reason to fight. The villain becomes a bit too cartoonish despite a great introduction.
MJ and Ned become targets of the bad guy after MJ finds a piece of condemning evidence. What I found strange is that the piece of evidence reveals the next illusion which seemingly wasn't fully programmed at the time she would have found it. I don't know why the movie didn't show a piece of evidence from the previous battle. It would be much more logical.
There's a scene later where Spider-Man is trapped in an illusion. It's a very cool scene. It stretches the credibility of the science in the movie, but still cool. The movie also points out early that Peter's spider sense isn't working. That is a setup for the big final battle when it comes back and Peter can finally vanquish his foes.
This isn't a bad movie, but like many Marvel movies it just feels a bit too similar to other offerings. I would completely believe this movie follows a Marvel formula. I don't condemn the good guys winning, but how it's set up and unfolds just feels like too much of a routine.
Rent Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw on Amazon Video Written by: Chris Morgan and Drew Pearce (screenplay by), Chris Morgan (story by), Gary Scott Thompson (based on characters created by) Directed by:David Leitch Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Idris Elba, Vanessa Kirby, Helen Mirren, Cliff Curtis Rated: PG-13 Watch the trailer
Plot Lawman Luke Hobbs and outcast Deckard Shaw form an unlikely alliance when a cyber-genetically enhanced villain threatens the future of humanity.
Verdict This isn't a very good story, but the movie knows where to focus it's efforts. It's a lot of fun to see Johnson and Statham insulting each other and begrudgingly working together. This is less a movie, and more of a vehicle for them to roast each other and showcase ridiculous stunts. This has a lot of over the top stunts for no real reason other than it's pretty cool. This is enjoyable as long as you expect a movie that has nothing to do with cars and lacks a cohesive story. Watch this if you want to see two stars hamming it amid lots of explosions. It depends.
Review From the very start it's easy to see how this franchise has transformed since the first entry eighteen years ago. I really like the first movie because it's passionate about cars. Even in the sequel cars were less of a focus. In this spinoff this movie forgets about cars and focuses on action with frenemies Hobbs and Shaw at the center of it all.
Idris Elba plays Bad Guy.
The movie is big, goofy, dumb fun. In one of the first scenes Idris Elba shows up. When Vanessa Kirby's character asks "Who are you?" Elba responds "Bad guy." That's the level of writing in this movie.
Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham are Hobbs and Shaw.
Elba plays a cyborg, but that's not even a big reveal, it's just set dressing. I wouldn't be surprised one bit if the script was adapted from another script and forced to fit Hobbs and Shaw. I find it hard to believe this started as a Fast and Furious script.
Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) and Shaw (Jason Statham) are complete opposites. There's a split screen with both of them highlighting just how different they are. It's silly, but fun and that might as well be the tagline for the movie. Though I don't get why the movie implements so many Game of Thrones puns. That easily could be written away with it being Hobbs favorite show but too embarrassed to reveal that information, but the movie doesn't care.
Vanessa Kirby is also in the movie as Shaw's sister.
Hobbs and Shaw are forced to team up, against their will, to save the world. This begins them roasting each other for the duration of the movie. This gives them a great chemistry as frenemies.
As dumb as this movie is, it has it's moments. It's not far removed from being a B movie that somehow got a huge budget. Over the top doesn't even begin to describe this. I've seen so many crazy things in this like a flamethrower that knocks people back ten feet. This movie adheres to the rule of cool: if it's cool do it despite any flaws in logic.
Does this movie have a plot? Not really, it's a montage of crazy events from a wild science lab to a cyborg with a shape shifting bike to Keven Hartt dropping in just to crack jokes. Hobbs and Shaw even go to Samoa for hand to hand combat.
It's in Samoa that my favorite action set piece occurs. A souped up sport truck hooks a helicopter, a second truck hooks the first, and then a third jumps into the mix. It's the best kind of ridiculous. It's not a good movie by the metric of writing and story. It's dressed up with CGI and lots of action, but despite that it is entertaining.
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Minhaj's weekly comedy show will explore the modern cultural and political landscape with depth and sincerity. Each week, Minhaj will bring his unique comedic voice and storytelling skill to investigate the larger trends shaping our fragmented world.
Chief of Staff Season 2 (November 11) Netflix Distributed Series Continuation As a chief of staff in the National Assembly, Jang Tae-jun influences power behind the scenes while pursuing his own ambitions to rise to the top.
Harvey Street feels like a Saturday with never-ending games every day. The Harvey Girls, Audrey, Lotta, and Dot, the block's self-appointed guardians and the world's bestest BFFs will do whatever it takes to keep Harvey Street the best way to ever grow up.
Comedian Jeff Garlin (unintentionally) celebrates his 37th year of stand-up and shares his learnings on love, loss, success and food addiction. Watch the trailer
Kraam survives a devastating tsunami along with thirty-six of his fellow students at an elite private high school on a remote island in the Andaman Sea. As mysterious events start happening on the island, it becomes clear that no one is coming to rescue them and they must lead the students to rescue themselves. Netflix's first Thai original series. Announcement Cast Announcement Watch the trailer
Avlu [The Yard] Season 2 (November 15) Netflix Distributed Turkish Series - 11 episodes In this Turkish adaption of the hit Australian prison drama Wentworth, a female prison in Istanbul, has the same characters as the Australian original, all trying to survive life behind bars. First reported October 15, 2019.
A Tokyo-set female-driven noir thriller that starts with Lucy being questioned about the murder of her friend Lily as she recounts how she got there and the break down of relationships. Lucy has been in Tokyo ten years and is fluent in Japanese and employed in translating manuals into English.
An adaptation of the Susanna Jones novel The Earthquake Bird, Alicia Vikander and Riley Keough star.
Will also release in theaters on November 1, 2019. Watch the trailer
GO!: The Unforgettable Party (November 15) Netflix Distributed Argentinian Movie Mía's vacation with her dad is disrupted by the surprise arrival of Lupe, Mercedes, Juanma and Álvaro as their school drama moves lakeside.
Netflix Original Indian Movie This film is the story of a man - trapped in his own fears - who locks himself at home, only to find that while he can restrict his interaction with the world, he can’t keep the world from entering his domain. Announcement
In this unfiltered and intimate docuseries, pop star mentor Charli XCX finds out what it takes to make, and break, a badass all-girl rock band. Watch the trailer
First reported on November 17, 2018 this Christmas comedy tells the story of a postman who inadvertently brings about the genesis of Santa Claus. When a selfish young man is assigned to a remote Scandinavian town, his unlikely friendship with a reclusive toymaker leads to the origin story of Santa Claus. This timeless story is visualized through a unique combination of classical hand-drawn animation and cutting edge digital technology. Starring Jason Schwartzman, Rashida Jones, JK Simmons, and Joan Cusack, it's the directorial debut for Sergio Pablos, who wrote and co-created Despicable Me. Based on an original story by Pablos, the screenplay is written by Pablos, Zach Lewis, and Jim Mahoney. Will also release in theaters. Announcement Watch the trailer The Origins of Klaus video Jesper's Performance Report video Family Feuds video Meet Alva video Meet Klaus video Meet Jesper video Christmas Deliveries video
Based on the award winning children's book, this animated series depicts the adventures of Llama and his family. Mama Llama is voiced by Jennifer Garner.
The Club [El club] Season 1 (November 15) Netflix Original Spanish Language Series A band of misfit rich kids in Mexico strike out on their own selling MDMA and quickly run into trouble with other narcos, the law and their families. Announcement
This series explores famous toys in the '80s, including Star Wars, Barbie, He-Man, and GI Joe. Originally reported as eight episodes that would also cover Transformers, Star Trek, Hello Kitty, and Lego blocks.
