What to stream this weekend: Zac Efron, Indigo Girls, 'Dark Matter,' 'Mother of the Bride'
This weekโs new streaming entertainment releases include a new documentary showing the Indigo Girlsโ rise and subsequent marginalization, Joel Edgerton finding himself in an alternate timeline of his character's life in the limited series โDark Matterโ and a new โPretty Little Liarsโ returns Thursday on Max.
What's streaming now: '1989 (Taylorโs Version),' Emily Blunt and 'Five Nights at Freddyโs'
This weekโs new entertainment releases include Taylor Swift's โ1989 (Taylorโs Version),โ a glossy look at opioid addiction with the movie โPain Hustlersโ starring Emily Blunt, Chris Evans and Andy Garcia, and the streaming horror flick โFive Nights at Freddyโs.โ.
New York Film Festival sets lineup for 60th edition
The New York Film Festival will celebrate its 60th anniversary with a robust 32-film main slate and a number of hometown tales, including James Grayโs Queens coming-of-age drama โArmageddon Timeโ and Laura Poitrasโ documentary โAll the Beauty and the Bloodshed,โ about artist Nan Goldinโs battle against the Sackler family.
Aronofsky, Iรฑarritu films set for Venice Film Festival
Darren Aronofskyโs โThe Whale,โ the Marilyn Monroe drama โBlonde,โ Alejandro Gonzรกlez Iรฑรกrrituโs โBardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truthsโ and Guadagninoโs โBones and All,โ with Timothรฉe Chalamet, will all have their world premieres in competition at the Venice International Film Festival this fall.
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Jason Matthews, author of 'Red Sparrow' thrillers, dies
Jason Matthews, an award-winning spy novelist who drew upon his long career in espionage and his admiration for John le Carre among others in crafting his popular โRed Sparrowโ thrillers, has died.
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Stuntmen are increasingly Hollywood's go-to action directors
This image released by Netflix shows Chris Hemsworth, left, in a scene from "Extraction," premiering this week on Netflix. (Jasin Boland/Netflix via AP)Some of today's top action directors were first doubles for Brad Pitt, Neo and Wolverine. Hargrave is the latest in a lineage of stuntmen who have gone from stepping in for actors to directing them. It's a fairly recent career pathway thanks largely to the success of Chad Stahelski ("John Wick") and David Leitch ("Atomic Blonde"). They've been leaders in the field since founding the action design company 87Eleven in 1997.