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Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson lead the cast of Die My Love, playing a couple, Grace and Jackson, who relocate from New York City to the countryside of Montana and start a family. The trailer suggests a dark and unsettling story, as Grace battles feelings of isolation and postpartum depression. In a review for RogerEbert.com, Sheila O’Malley describes the film as a powerfully immersive and disturbing experience, calling it an “unrelenting fever dream” that captures Grace’s internal struggles. She gives the movie a rating of 3.5 out of 4 stars.

Now in its 28th season, South Park is a long-running comedy that actually premiered before Family Guy and even had a movie – South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut – before The Simpsons did. However, South Park’s history has been far more chaotic and often sparked controversy, unlike the generally wholesome run of The Simpsons.

The 2004 USA Network miniseries Spartacus is a largely overlooked but worthwhile watch. Inspired by Howard Fast’s 1951 novel of the same name, it shares a similar visual style with both Stanley Kubrick’s film and the later Spartacus series on Starz. This version of Spartacus tells the story of the gladiator’s life and his fight to start a slave rebellion. While it was well-received by viewers at the time, it’s now hard to find – it’s not on any streaming services and can only be watched by purchasing physical copies.

As a film and TV obsessive, I’ve always felt that The Prisoner really broke the mold. It wasn’t just a clever mystery; the way it built its world and told the story – starting with the result and then showing how it happened – was totally unique. It wasn’t afraid to get weird, too, with those surreal, dreamlike sequences. Honestly, I think it laid the groundwork for a lot of the mind-bending, puzzle-box dramas we see on prestige TV today. Everyone talks about Twin Peaks as being influential, and it absolutely is, but I’d argue that The Prisoner was the first to really do a lot of these things – it’s the original, and so much of what followed wouldn’t exist without it.

Wow, everyone was trying to watch the new show Pluribus as soon as it dropped! It was crazy – it actually seemed to overload Apple TV, with thousands of people reporting issues. Seriously, it felt like we were all thinking the same thing – we had to watch it right away! And the response has been amazing – everyone’s loving it!

The addition of this character, and the choice of actor to play him, is more than just a great casting – it’s a game-changer that promises to fundamentally shift the focus of Villeneuve’s Dune trilogy. Scytale isn’t a typical villain; for those familiar with the books, he’s a cunning and layered character whose power lies in manipulation and psychological complexity, not brute force. Seeing Pattinson take on this role is incredibly exciting, as he consistently delivers nuanced performances that perfectly capture the ambiguity, inner life, and unpredictable nature this character requires.

Dane Trachtenberg contributed to the stories of Prey and Predator: Badlands alongside Patrick Aison, and worked with Micho Robert Rutare on Killer of Killers. He also produced both Killer of Killers and Badlands. Trachtenberg has done more than just refresh the Predator franchise; his three critically praised films have effectively resurrected it.

The film Christy explores a challenging period in boxer Christy Martin’s life, focusing on her hidden struggles with her identity and her experience in an abusive marriage. Ben Foster plays Jim Martin, her coach and husband. Mick LaSalle, writing for the San Francisco Chronicle, praises Sydney Sweeney’s performance as the best of her career.

David Michôd, the director of Animal Kingdom, helmed Christy, co-writing the script with Mirrah Foulkes. This film isn’t a typical awards-season grab, and Sydney Sweeney avoids the overly showy performances often seen in biopics. Sweeney has become a frustrating celebrity—she’s not afraid to play with the press, but she’s also carefully managed, making her public appearances feel empty and lacking personality. She’s become a sort of blank slate for public discussion. However, as an actress, she’s captivating, as demonstrated in Christy, the 2023 film Reality, and her decision to start her own production company in 2020 to develop her own projects. While Christy follows the familiar rise-fall-redemption arc of many biopics, it’s more complex than a simple inspirational sports story. It focuses heavily on the abusive relationship between Christy Martin and her coach-turned-husband, Jim Martin (Ben Foster), and how he increasingly controls her, ultimately attempting to murder her when she tries to leave him.

Xochitl Gomez, known for her role in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, will appear in multiple episodes of the series Boston Blue. Her first appearance is scheduled for Friday, November 21, according to TVLine.