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Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi lead Emerald Fennell’s bold, sensual take on ‘Wuthering Heights,’ a visually lush and emotionally charged reimagining of the Emily Brontë classic.
‘Crime 101’ stars Chris Hemsworth as a disciplined jewel thief in a sleek, slow-burn heist thriller inspired by classic ’90s crime dramas. Co-starring Mark Ruffalo and Halle Berry, the film favors tension, character, and consequence over spectacle, delivering a polished and satisfying theatrical experience.
Sam Rockwell stars in Gore Verbinski’s long-awaited return, a chaotic sci-fi comedy about AI, distraction, and humanity’s digital downfall. Stylish and ambitious, but lighter on satire than it should be.
Gregg Araki returns with I Want Your Sex, a bold erotic satire starring Olivia Wilde and Cooper Hoffman. Premiering at Sundance, the film explores power, consent, and contemporary sexual politics with sharp humor, visual flair, and fearless performances.
John Turturro stars in The Only Living Pickpocket in New York, a Sundance crime drama written and directed by Noah Segan. The film explores aging, obsolescence, and loyalty through an intimate portrait of a small-time thief navigating a city that no longer sees him.
Ethan Hawke and Russell Crowe star in The Weight, a Depression-era crime drama premiering at Sundance. Read The Cinema Group’s full review of Padraic McKinley’s atmospheric but restrained debut.
Premiering at Sundance, Cathy Yan’s ‘The Gallerist’ stars Natalie Portman as a Miami gallerist who turns an accidental death into conceptual art during Art Basel. Jenna Ortega, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, and Catherine Zeta-Jones round out a stacked cast in a stylish satire that’s more frantic than razor-sharp — but still a bold, entertaining swing.
Aidan Zamiri’s ‘The Moment’ follows Charli xcx in the aftermath of ‘Brat’ as fame, branding, and creative control collide. Charli is magnetic and the satire lands in flashes, but the film struggles to choose between sharp comedy and self-mythology — making it feel more like fan-only supplemental material.
Rachel Lambert’s ‘Carousel’ finds its footing after a shaky, over-scored start, evolving into an intimate and emotionally precise drama. Chris Pine and Jenny Slate bring depth and restraint to a story about loneliness, risk, and second chances, with Abby Ryder Fortson delivering a standout supporting performance.
HBO Max’s The Pitt returns for a gripping second season that balances chaos, compassion, and realism. Noah Wyle anchors a sharper, more confident medical drama that remains one of TV’s most emotionally grounded series.
Netflix’s ‘His & Hers’ pairs Tessa Thompson and Jon Bernthal in a Southern-set murder mystery that promises perspective but delivers predictability. A review of why the William Oldroyd series falls flat.
James Cameron returns to Pandora with ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash,’ delivering stunning visuals and a fierce new villain, but recycled conflicts and bloated mythology keep the third installment from reaching the heights of its predecessors.
Kate Winslet makes an assured directorial debut with Goodbye June, a deeply felt family drama led by Helen Mirren and an exceptional ensemble. Predictable but profoundly human, the Netflix film finds emotional truth in grief, restraint, and performance-driven storytelling.
A darker and more emotionally complex return, Stranger Things Season 5 delivers gripping character arcs and stunning set pieces. The Duffers push the series toward its endgame with confidence, clarity, and surprising emotional depth.
Michelle Pfeiffer shines in Oh. What. Fun., a heartfelt holiday dramedy celebrating the invisible labor of mothers. Warm, charming, and emotionally resonant, the film brings a fresh perspective to Christmas storytelling.
Timothée Chalamet delivers the strongest performance of his career in Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme, a fever-dream epic of mania, ambition, and American mythmaking. An electrifying A24 drama filled with visionary filmmaking, explosive tension, and a career-defining turn from Chalamet — a major awards-season contender.
Milly Alcock’s Supergirl makes a striking first impression in DC Studios’ Super Bowl trailer, introducing Krypto the Superdog and a darker, more hardened Kara Zor-El.
DC Studios has unveiled the first Super Bowl teaser for Supergirl, offering a glimpse at Kara Zor-El’s origin story and signaling a tonal shift from her famous cousin. The footage opens on Krypton before its destruction, showing Kara’s early life and her first encounter with Krypto, her loyal, super-powered canine companion. The trailer then pivots to Kara in full Supergirl mode, battling enemies across the galaxy following her brief appearance at the end of Superman.
Unlike Superman’s unwavering optimism, Alcock’s Kara is positioned as more world-weary and emotionally scarred. “He sees the good in everyone,” she says of her cousin. “And I see the truth.” That line alone sets the tone for a more cynical, hard-edged take on the character, aligning closely with the film’s source material.
The film is based on Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow by Tom King, which follows Kara and a young alien girl on a brutal quest for justice across the stars. The trailer hints at this interstellar revenge narrative while foregrounding Kara’s reluctance, rage, and evolving sense of responsibility.
Also starring are Matthias Schoenaerts as villain Krem of the Yellow Hills, Eve Ridley as Ruthye Marye Knoll, David Krumholtz and Emily Beecham as Kara’s parents, and Jason Momoa as the alien mercenary Lobo.
The screenplay is written by Ana Nogueira, with Craig Gillespie directing. The film is produced by DC Studios heads James Gunn and Peter Safran.
Supergirl is set to hit theaters on June 26, 2026.
The heist tightens, the hunter sharpens — and in Crime 101, every rule can be rewritten when survival becomes strategy.
Trailer 2 cuts deeper into the gears of the crime spiral: a master thief’s final score is no longer about wealth — it’s about staying one step ahead of those who want him caged. Along California’s iconic 101 Freeway, slick robberies escalate into calculated chaos, law enforcement converges, and alliances fracture under pressure. Every street, intersection, and alley becomes a battleground where instinct and ambition collide. With punchy edits, rising stakes, and the sense that no one’s loyalties are permanent, the second trailer positions the story as a high-velocity crime drama where victory is only a breath away from downfall.
In 1930s Chicago, a dead woman is brought back to life — and what emerges is a wild, combustible force that upends love, violence, and society itself.
The trailer plunges into a reimagined Frankenstein tale where creation ignites chaos. A lonely scientist commissions a companion for his monster, and when the Bride is revived she refuses to be anyone’s puppet. What follows feels like prohibition-era mayhem with thunderous energy — illicit dances, snarling fights, and an outlaw romance that blurs lines between life and legend. The aesthetic is raw and punk-charged: jazz age grit meets gothic spectacle, promising a monster myth reworked into a combustible, romantic, and revolutionary journey.
A sword awakened. A kingdom under siege. In a world where power is forged in myth and steel, heroes and villains rise together — and none will be the same.
This teaser thrusts viewers into Eternia’s molten core: light fractures over the Sword of Power, heralding a legend reborn. Castle Grayskull looms like a promise and a threat, while dark forces gather on the horizon. Sparse dialogue gives way to evocative imagery — thunderous horses, swirling battle smoke, and the weight of destiny poised on a blade’s edge. With every flash of steel and echo of ancient prophecy, the story teases epic stakes, titan-sized power struggles, and the raw birth of a mythic world unlike anything seen before.
A single revelation ignites a political wildfire — Disclosure Day chronicles the lightning-fast unraveling of truth, power, and public spectacle.
The teaser plunges viewers into high-stakes urgency: an explosive leak hits just as Washington’s power corridors gear up for a decisive moment. Eyes dart across press rooms, corridors of power, and tense briefings as aides try to contain the fallout. With screens full of headlines and counting clocks, the lines between fact and frenzy blur — what begins as a quiet truth dump becomes a tidal force reshaping politics and spin in real time. The atmosphere is urgent, uneasy, and magnetic, hinting at a cascade of consequences once the world knows what it now knows.
A locked-door mystery pairs two strangers under suspicion — and when evidence points inward, truth becomes the most dangerous thing of all.
The trailer opens with a forensic investigation so close it feels personal: two bodies, a single weapon, and a psychological labyrinth that spins identity into doubt. A couple wakes to accusations and no memory of the night before. Clues scatter like smoke — footprints, blurred photos, conflicting timelines — as detectives edge closer and secrets unravel. With each revelation, the question shifts from what happened to who can be trusted? Netflix frames it as a taut, cerebral thriller where intuition and guilt collide, and every answer breeds another question.
When routine becomes a battlefield, every second counts — and in Hijack Season 2, time isn’t just ticking, it’s detonating.
The trailer propels viewers straight into chaos as a commandeered flight becomes the stage for a high-stakes psychological chess match. Season 2 heightens the urgency: hostages are pushed to the edge, alliances crack under pressure, and the hijackers’ motives blur between logic and menace. With tension mapped across every aisle, cockpit, and lifeline, the visuals cut between panicked passengers, steely negotiators, and impossible choices. On Apple TV+, this next chapter promises a relentless descent into fear, strategy, and survival — where landing safely might be the least of their problems.
A symbol of hope rises again — Supergirl returns to redefine power, legacy, and what it means to be Earth’s guardian in a world teetering on chaos.
The teaser opens with low, desolate cityscapes before a distant sonic boom heralds her arrival. Kara’s silhouette cuts through storm clouds, landing with purpose as citizens look skyward, burdened by fear and longing for a protector. Brief flashes show her navigating moral conflict and a world that has changed since last she donned the cape. With hushed whispers of legacy and a heartbeat-thumping score, the trailer hints at a Supergirl forged not just from strength, but from belief — her journey a canvas of resilience and defiance in the face of rising threats.
Desperation turns to danger when a struggling man’s quest for easy money leads him straight into chaos — and every shortcut becomes another trap.
In gritty, kinetic edits, the trailer follows a down-and-out protagonist as he chases a scheme that promises a quick score. What begins as ambition tinged with hope soon fractures into frantic choices, suspicious partners, and spiraling consequences. The tone is tense and raw: deals in dingy rooms, late-night exchanges that turn hostile, and a sense that every decision cuts deeper than the last. A24’s signature blend of humor and dread threads through a story where each move toward “making it” threatens to destroy him.
In a world ravaged by a devastating infection, a doctor’s pursuit of a cure becomes a harrowing fight for humanity — where mercy might be the hardest thing to hold onto.
The second trailer plunges deeper into life after the collapse: quarantined zones, broken communities, and doctors racing against time to save what’s left. At the heart is a physician driven to uncover a cure, but every breakthrough demands a cost — emotional, physical, and moral. Flashing between frantic hospital scenes, jungle patrols, and desperate survivors, the trailer balances raw despair with fragile hope. Mercy isn’t just a goal here — it’s a question of whether humanity can still choose it in the darkest hour.
Inside Pittsburgh’s busiest trauma center, the cases get tougher, the hours get longer, and the emotional toll becomes impossible to ignore.
Season 2 drops back into the controlled chaos of a Pittsburgh emergency department where every shift feels like a marathon. Doctors and nurses race between life-or-death decisions, understaffed hallways, and personal fractures they can no longer keep outside the hospital doors. The trailer moves from high-intensity trauma cases to quieter moments of exhaustion, doubt, and moral compromise — reminding us that survival isn’t just about saving patients, but about holding yourself together when the system keeps pushing back.
Time is currency — and the cost of staying alive grows even deadlier in Season 2.
The teaser revisits a world where years of life are bought, stolen, traded, and weaponized. New black-market players rise, governments tighten their grip, and desperate people gamble with the only thing they have left — their lifespan. Quick-cut images of riot zones, ticking biometric timers, and illegal clinics build tension as returning characters face the fallout of Season 1’s revelations. Hulu frames the new season as bigger, darker, and more politically charged.
The Na’vi face a reckoning as Pandora’s war expands — and fire meets water in the saga’s most explosive chapter yet.
The trailer brings sweeping landscapes, volcanic terrain, and the return of familiar and new clans bracing for an evolving threat. Jake and Neytiri stand at the center of a conflict now spanning land, sea, and sky. Massive battles erupt across molten valleys; ancient myths awaken; and human forces return with devastating new weapons. It’s visually enormous — James Cameron pushing scale, spectacle, and emotional stakes as survival becomes a generational fight.
A failed entrepreneur turns to crime for quick cash — only to discover that the fastest money always demands the highest cost.
The film follows a down-on-his-luck hustler who stumbles into a get-rich scheme that spirals out of control. The trailer flashes between tense handoffs, grimy backroom deals, and the slow realization that he’s in far deeper than he thinks. A24 leans into dark humor and mounting dread: every shortcut becomes a trap, every partner a threat, and every success a ticking bomb. It’s sharp, frantic, and built on the terrifying momentum of one bad decision multiplying into ten.
Marty prepares for glory — or disaster — in a frenzied montage of training, ego, and barely contained mania.
Unlike the full trailer, this promo focuses on intensity: rapid-fire table-tennis sequences, sweaty confrontations, and Marty’s obsessive rituals. We see flashes of fame, breakdowns in locker rooms, and the hysteria of crowds naming him a hero before tearing him down. It’s a character portrait made of adrenaline — a reminder that Marty isn’t chasing victory, he’s chasing meaning.
A washed-up puppeteer gets one last shot — with a puppet who might be smarter, meaner, and more alive than he is.
Merv, once a beloved children’s performer, spirals into desperation until a new puppet revitalizes his act. But as crowds grow, so does the puppet’s unsettling personality. Quick cuts show Merv losing control on stage, backstage fights with his own creation, and a blurring of reality as the puppet’s influence spreads. What starts as a comeback story morphs into an offbeat psychological meltdown — equal parts comedy, dread, and bizarre charisma.
New money, new power, new predators — Pierpoint enters its most dangerous era yet.
The teaser moves like an adrenaline shot: trading floors erupt, betrayals stack up, and the young bankers who once scrambled to survive now fight to dominate. Harper circles Pierpoint like a shark, Eric schemes from the shadows, and Yasmin rebuilds her identity with sharper teeth. This season leans into moral decay and financial warfare — sex, secrets, and volatility collide as everyone reaches for a throne that may not exist.
The deadly game returns — and this time the hunted refuses to run.
Set years after the original blood-soaked wedding night, the sequel finds Grace dragged back into the orbit of the cursed Le Domas legacy. But she’s no longer a survivor — she’s the threat. The trailer swings between grisly humor, explosive traps, occult family rituals, and Grace crafting her own twisted rules for revenge. Searchlight leans fully into chaos: knives, fire, masks, and a bloodline desperate to break the curse before she breaks them. It’s louder, meaner, and far more unhinged.
A rising star with a voice that aches finds her life colliding with fame, heartbreak, and the impossible cost of chasing perfection.
Set in the 1960s music scene, the trailer follows a gifted young performer struggling under the weight of industry expectations and personal demons. Recording booths, late-night rehearsals, toxic romances, and the alluring glow of stardom flash by in a whirlwind of emotion. Her voice becomes both salvation and curse as she’s pulled deeper into a world that rewards her talent but punishes her vulnerability. The film positions itself as a lush, melancholic musical drama about ambition, sacrifice, and the crushing pressure behind the spotlight.
A quiet English town is torn open by something no one understands — and once the rip appears, nothing stays contained.
Disturbances ripple through homes, coastlines, and relationships as an unexplained tear in reality appears near the village. The teaser gives no answers — only rising panic, flooded streets, and an undercurrent of cosmic dread. Characters move like they’re being watched; the waterline grows unstable; something ancient or extraterrestrial pulses beneath the surface. Netflix positions it as a slow-burn thriller where nature, physics, and sanity start to fracture at once.
Waking up alone on a silent spacecraft, a lone scientist discovers he’s humanity’s last hope — and he’s not the only one out there.
The trailer expands the scope of the first look: a man stranded on a distant mission with no memory, a dying Earth depending on his success, and an unexpected first-contact twist that reshapes his mission. We see the ship’s eerie emptiness, flashes of his forgotten past, and the breathtaking moment he meets an alien ally with whom he must build trust from scratch. The tone balances humor, awe, and existential threat, teasing an emotional sci-fi adventure that hinges on cooperation and cosmic vulnerability.
The Cinema Group speaks with composers Joseph Shirley and Andrew Orkin about co-scoring Cathy Yan’s Sundance premiere ‘The Gallerist,’ crafting a wall-to-wall soundscape for Art Basel chaos, and balancing dark comedy, techno drive, and elegant strings in one signature score.
Audible and Amazon MGM Studios hosted a Sundance celebration for Prime Video’s ‘Bait’ with Riz Ahmed and Guz Khan, while Olivia Colman, Peter Dinklage, Judd Apatow, Chris Pine, Jenny Slate and more stopped by the Variety Interview Studio presented by Audible. New photos and footage are now available.
Prime Video celebrated the world premiere of Riz Ahmed’s comedy series ‘Bait’ as Sundance 2026’s opening night selection. The six-episode series drops March 25 on Prime Video. At Sundance, Ahmed joked ‘Bait’ is his audition for James Bond amid Jacob Elordi 007 rumors.
Quentin Tarantino says Paul Dano was the “weakest link” in There Will Be Blood, sparking industry-wide debate about acting styles, legacy performances, and the evolution of Paul Dano’s career.
Euphoria Season 3 leaks hint at the wildest chapter yet, with Sydney Sweeney’s Cassie launching an OnlyFans account, a chaotic engagement with Nate, Rue pulled deeper into danger, and major cast shake-ups. New footage shown at HBO’s press event suggests the show is darker, stranger, and more unhinged than anything the series has done before.
At the New York premiere of Landman season two, stars Billy Bob Thornton and Sam Elliott addressed Taylor Sheridan’s future move from Paramount to NBCUniversal — and why the hit drama’s future remains secure. With strong cast confidence and record-breaking season-one numbers, Landman isn’t slowing down anytime soon.
Rian Johnson, Daniel Craig, and J.J. Abrams appeared at the SVA Theater in New York for a special screening and Q&A of Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. The exclusive event featured candid discussions, red-carpet moments, and glowing early reactions to the latest Benoit Blanc film.
‘Spider-Man: Alone’ has exploded online with over 3M views — but director Bennett Sullivan’s fan film is more than viral success. It’s a nonprofit movement blending art, purpose, and community, redefining what independent filmmaking can be.
From John Oliver’s expletive-filled roast of Nate Bargatze to Hannah Einbinder’s “Fuck ICE” mic drop, here’s everything the CBS broadcast censored during the 2025 Emmy Awards — uncensored and in context.
Sydney Sweeney refuses to discuss her American Eagle ad controversy at TIFF, redirecting focus to her new boxing drama Christy. The David Michôd-directed film, premiering Sept. 5, sees Sweeney portray underdog champion Christy Martin in what could be her most transformative role yet.
At Venice, Luca Guadagnino explained why After the Hunt opens with Woody Allen–style credits, calling it both a homage to classic cinema and a provocation about how we reckon with controversial artists. Starring Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri, and Andrew Garfield, the Amazon MGM Studios drama opens Oct. 10.
During a joint Variety interview, Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi appear emotionally distant—intentional tension or simply editing? Their dynamic may echo Guillermo del Toro’s thematic reimagining of Frankenstein.
From war-torn Vovchansk to global arenas, Artem Pivovarov brings his powerful message of resilience and Ukrainian culture to North America this fall with ORCHESTRA LIVE.
Quentin Tarantino explains why he passed on directing Netflix’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood follow-up, praising David Fincher’s involvement, scrapping The Movie Critic, and teasing his 10th and final film.
Tom Cruise reportedly turned down President Donald Trump’s offer to be honored at the 48th Kennedy Center Honors, citing scheduling conflicts. Instead, the actor will receive an honorary Oscar at this year’s Governors Awards.
Apple TV+’s Mr. Scorsese, a five-part documentary premiering October 17, offers rare access to Martin Scorsese’s private archives, candid stories from collaborators, and behind-the-scenes insight into his legendary career.



