News of the World

Director Paul Greengrass (United 93, Jason Bourne) and Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks, who worked on Captain Phillips (2013) together, return for the western drama ‘News of the World’. It is based on the novel of the same name from author Paulette Jiles.

The film tells the story of a widowed Civil War veteran who agrees to deliver a girl, taken by the Kiowa people years ago, to her aunt and uncle, against her will. They travel hundreds of miles and face grave dangers as they search for a place that either can call home.

This is the first American feature film for German child actress Helena Zengel, who was discovered at the Berlin International Film Festival premiere of the German motion picture, System Crasher.

News of the World is set to hit theaters this Christmas. Watch the new trailer below.

Cyberpunk 2077

Developer CD Projekt, CD Projekt RED

Genre Action | Adventure | Crime

Rating M

Formats PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC (Next Gen TBD)

Release Date December 10th, 2020

“In Night City, a mercenary known as V navigates a dystopian society in which the line between humanity and technology becomes blurred.”

“In 2077, America is in pieces. Megacorps control life in all its aspects from the top floors of their sky-high fortresses. Down below, drug-pushing gangs, dirty-tech hustlers, and slingers of illicit braindances run the streets. The world in between is where decadence, sex, and pop culture mix with violent crime, extreme poverty, and the unattainable promise of the American Dream. In a world where you have no future, what matters is that you control who you are. To survive and protect your independence, you modify your body with advanced cyberware and take jobs others would never dare. You choose to live free, bound by no systems or controls-the only rules you obey are your own. Because you’re a Cyberpunk. In Cyberpunk 2077 you play as V-a hired gun on the rise and you just got your first serious contract. In a world of cyberenhanced street warriors, tech-savvy netrunners, and corporate lifehackers, today you take your first step towards becoming an urban legend.”

From developers CD Projekt and CD Projekt RED, Cyberpunk 2077 is an action crime videogame that takes place in Night City, and follows a mercenary known as V navigates a dystopian society in which the line between humanity and technology becomes blurred. Check out the official launch trailer below!!

Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special

This year, get into the Christmas spirit with Mariah Carey and her guests from around the world.

“The queen of Christmas takes us on a magical journey to save Christmas after a tough year. With friends like Ariana Grande, Jennifer Hudson, Misty Copeland, Snoop Dogg, Jermaine Dupri, Billy Eichner, Tiffany Haddish, and Mykal-Michelle Harris, this is a performance only Mariah could put on and is sure to raise Christmas spirits.”

Watch the trailer for Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special below. Now streaming on on Apple TV+.

Uncle Frank

Director Alan Ball

Genre Drama

Cast Sophia Lillis, Paul Bettany, Peter Macdissi, Steve Zahn

Rating R

Release Date November 25th, 2020 (Amazon Prime)

“In 1973, when Frank Bledsoe and his 18-year-old niece Beth take a road trip from Manhattan to Creekville, South Carolina, for the family patriarch’s funeral, they’re unexpectedly joined by Frank’s lover, Walid.”

Written and directed by Alan Ball, Uncle Frank is a family drama set in 1973 that tells the story of a teenage girl who leaves her rural Southern hometown to study at New York University where her beloved Uncle Frank is a revered literature professor. She soon discovers that Frank is gay, and living with his longtime partner Walid "Wally" Nadeem -- an arrangement that he has kept secret for years. After the sudden death of Frank's father -- Beth's grandfather -- Frank is forced to reluctantly return home for the funeral with Beth in tow, and to finally face a long-buried trauma that he has spent his entire adult life running away from.

Uncle Frank will be available exclusively on Amazon Prime November 25th. Watch the official trailer below.

The Flight Attendant

Making a name for herself on the hit series The Big Bang Theory, Kaley Cuoco is set to star yet again, but this time in a new drama series from HBO Max.

The Flight Attendant is a story about how easily a life can change in the span of one night. A flight attendant, played by Cuoco, wakes up in the wrong hotel, in the wrong bed, with a dead man – and no idea what happened. The dark comedic thriller is based on the novel of the same name by New York Times best-selling author Chris Bohjalian.

The Flight Attendant is set to hit the HBO Max streaming service on November 26th. Watch the new trailer below.

Run

Director Aneesh Chaganty

Genre Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Cast Sarah Paulson, Kiera Allen, Onalee Ames, Pat Healy

Rating R

Release Date November 20th, 2020 (Hulu)

“A home schooled teenager begins to suspect her mother is keeping a dark secret from her.”

Directed and co-written by Aneesh Chaganty, the man behind the critically acclaimed thriller Searching which was his directorial debut, Run is a horror thriller that tells the story of a home schooled teenager who begins to suspect her mother is keeping a dark secret from her. Check out the official trailer below!!

Happiest Season

Director Clea DuVall

Genre Comedy | Romance

Cast Kristen Stewart, Mackenzie Davis, Alison Brie, Dan Levy

Rating PG-13

Release Date November 25th, 2020 (Hulu)

“A holiday romantic comedy that captures the range of emotions tied to wanting your family’s acceptance, being true to yourself, and trying not to ruin Christmas.”

Written and directed by actress Clea DuVall, Happiest Season is a must-see holiday themed romantic comedy. Meeting your girlfriend’s family for the first time can be tough. Planning to propose at her family’s annual Christmas dinner — until you realize that they don’t even know she’s gay — is even harder. When Abby (Kristen Stewart) learns that Harper (Mackenzie Davis) has kept their relationship a secret from her family, she begins to question the girlfriend she thought she knew.

Happiest Season premieres on Hulu November 25th. Watch the official trailer below.

Freaky

On Friday the 13th, November 13th to be more specific, Blumhouse will drop its latest horror thriller, Freaky, telling the story of a teenage girl who swaps bodies with a crazed serial killer.

Seventeen-year-old Millie Kessler is just trying to survive the never-ending nightmare that is the halls of Blissfield High and the cruelty of the popular crowd. But when she becomes the newest target of The Butcher, her town’s infamous serial killer, her senior year becomes the least of her worries.

Writer/director Christopher Landon is the man behind the film, and previously delivered to us Happy Death Day, as well as a few films in the Paranormal Activity franchise. Landon has a knack for horror comedy, and it seems he may have hit the nail on the head yet again.

Freaky stars Kathryn Newton (Blockers, HBO’s Big Little Lies), Vince Vaughn, and Alan Ruck (HBO’s Succession), and is sure to satisfy fans of the Happy Death Day Films. Watch the trailer below.

Saved by the Bell

Genre Comedy

Cast Elizabeth Berkley, Mario Lopez, Mitchell Hoog, John Michael Higgins

Rating Unrated

Series Premiere November 25th, 2020 (Peacock)

“A group of California low-income high school students are transferred to Pacific Palisades’ wealthy Bayside High, following a program by California Governor Zack Morris.”

A follow-up series to the 1990s sitcom, Saved by the Bell tells the story of a group of California low-income high school students who are transferred to Pacific Palisades' wealthy Bayside High, following a program by California Governor Zack Morris. The series will be exclusive to the NBC streaming service Peacock premiering November 25th. Check out the official trailers below!!

Hillbilly Elegy

A Netflix Original Film from Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard, Hillbilly Elegy tells the story of J.D. Vance, a former Marine from southern Ohio and current Yale Law student who is on the verge of landing his dream job when a family crisis forces him to return to the home he’s tried to forget.

The film stars Amy Adams, Glenn Close, Gabriel Basso, and Haley Bennett.

Based on the powerful personal memoir from author J.D. Vance, which offers a window into one family’s personal journey of survival and triumph. Vance’s family story follows three colorful generations through their unique struggles, exploring the highs and lows that define his family’s experience.

Hillbilly Elegy will debut on Netflix November 24th. Check out the official trailer below.

Ammonite

“1840s England, acclaimed but overlooked fossil hunter Mary Anning and a young woman sent to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship, altering both of their lives forever. “

Ammonite is written and directed by Francis Lee. The film stars Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Jones, James McArdle, Alec Secareanu and Fiona Shaw.

Ammonite hits limited theaters and On-Demand November 13th. Watch the latest trailer below.

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

Developer Ubisoft

Genre Action | Adventure

Rating Mature

Formats PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, PC

Release Date November 10th, 2020

“England in the age of the Vikings is a fractured nation of petty lords and warring kingdoms. Beneath the chaos lies a rich and untamed land waiting for a new conqueror. Will it be you?”

Become Eivor, a Viking raider raised to be a fearless warrior, and lead your clan from icy desolation in Norway to a new home amid the lush farmlands of ninth-century England. Find your settlement and conquer this hostile land by any means to earn a place in Valhalla. Check out the official trailer below!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, Assassin's Creed Valhalla:

• This is the fourth game in the Assassin's Creed franchise (Revelations (2011), IV: Black Flag (2013), Origins (2017) to be directed by the duo of Ashraf Ismail and Darby McDevitt.

The Undoing

Genre Drama

Cast Nicole Kidman, Noah Jupe, Hugh Grant, Édgar Ramírez

Rating TV-MA

Series Premiere October 25th, 2020 (HBO)

“Life for a successful therapist in New York begins to unravel on the eve of publishing her first book.”

Life for a successful therapist in New York begins to unravel on the eve of publishing her first book. The HBO Limited Drama series premieres on October 25th!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, The Undoing:

• Nicole Kidman's second HBO mini-series as both leading actress and producer.

• First collaboration between Hugh Grant and director Susanne Bier. However, in 2008 they were set to work together on the romantic comedy "Lost for Words", but the project was scrapped.

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Director Jason Woliner

Genre Comedy

Cast Sacha Baron Cohen, Tutar Sagdiyev

Rating R

Release Date October 23rd, 2020 (Amazon Prime)

“Follow-up film to the 2006 comedy centering on the real-life adventures of a fictional Kazakh television journalist named Borat.”

To be more specific, this is the Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. Chenqui!

Borat is back!! Love him or hate him, Sacha Baron Cohen was born to play this role. His brand of comedy certainly is an acquired taste, but I think he is absolutely hilarious. The sequel to the 2006 comedy, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, is now available to stream on Amazon Prime. Watch the latest trailer below.

Critically Acclaimed Horror 'The Dark and the Wicked' Now Available [TRAILER]

I am a horror movie guy through and through, but finding a horror movie that actually scares me has become quite a task. I have learned that for me the scariest movies are rooted in the scariest thing of all, which is of course, reality.

The movie that stands out for me the most as of late is Hereditary, a movie that slowly drags you down a path of pure dread and never lets go. I also really enjoyed Relic, which admittedly reinforces the fact that deranged old ladies creep me out. Which brings me to yet another horror movie that seems to blend both of the things I enjoy most about horror movies, The Dark and the Wicked.

Written and directed by Brian Bertino, the man who brought us The Strangers (2008), and also produced the under-the-radar indie horror The Blackcoats Daughter (REVIEW), which I thought was fantastic, so it seems he has a knack for legit horror.

The synopsis for The Dark and the Wicked is as follows:

“On a secluded farm in a nondescript rural town, a man is slowly dying. His family gathers to mourn, and soon a darkness grows, marked by waking nightmares and a growing sense that something evil is taking over the family.”

The film stars Marin Ireland (AMC’s The Killing, The Irishman) and Michael Abbott Jr. The trailer leaves you with more questions than answers and is absolutely drenched in pure dread, just the way I like it. I can’t wait for this to come out.

The Dark and the Wicked is set to hit limited theaters & On-Demand November 6th.

Watch the trailer below.

On the Rocks

After a long wait the duo teams up again with the comedy drama On The Rocks. In the film, Murray stars alongside Rashida Jones and Marlon Wayans. Jones plays a young mother who reconnects with her larger-than-life playboy father, played by Murray, on an adventure through New York. The trailer is great in my opinion and sets the stage for an adult coming-of-age comedy drama allowing viewers the opportunity to witness a unique father and daughter bond. In an interview earlier this year with 92Y, Coppola talked about the dynamic of the film:

“It’s kind of the clash of how they look at relationships and also how your relationship with your parent affects your relationships in your life. … It’s the two of them as a father and daughter sort of on a little adventure to spy on her husband. It’s a lot of them talking about life and men and women over martinis in New York.”

On The Rocks is an A24 and Apple TV+ joint release as part of their new partnership, hitting limited theaters October 2nd and Apple TV+ October 23rd.

Watch the trailer below.

Kevin Costner Stars In Crime Thriller 'Let Him Go' Available This Week [TRAILER]

“A retired sheriff and his wife, grieving over the death of their son, set out to find their only grandson.”

Kevin Costner and Diane Lane star in the intense crime thriller Let Him Go which tells the story of a Montana family who is willing to risk it all for those they love. Following the loss of their son, retired sheriff George Blackledge (Costner) and his wife Margaret (Lane) leave their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from the clutches of a dangerous family living off the grid in the Dakotas, headed by matriarch Blanche Weboy. When they discover the Weboys have no intention of letting the child go, George and Margaret are left with no choice but to fight for their family. Watch the latest trailer below.

Truth Seekers

Genre Comedy | Horror

Cast Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, Emma D’Arcy, Samson Kayo

Rating Unrated

Series Premiere TBD Fall 2020 (Amazon Prime)

“A supernatural comedy series about a team of part-time paranormal investigators who team up to uncover and film ghost sightings across the U.K., sharing their adventures on an online channel for all to see.”

Truth Seekers is a comedy horror series that tells the story of a team of part-time paranormal investigators who use homemade gizmos to track the supernatural, sharing their adventures online. As their haunted stake outs become more terrifying they begin to uncover an unimaginable, apocalyptic conspiracy. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, Truth Seekers:

• This will be the second time Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are teaming up for a horror-comedy, following Shaun of the Dead, and also the second time for a supernatural comedy, following Paul.

The Haunting of Bly Manor

Summer has been fun but the Fall season is upon us, and that means apple picking, pumpkins, and of course, Halloween. This is an exciting time of year for horror fanatics like myself as we start to re-watch all of our favorite scary movies. Two years ago, series creator Mike Flanagan, the man behind Oculus and HUSH, brought pure joy to the horror community with the Netflix series The Haunting of Hill House.

I mean the show was simply amazing - it was well-acted, the production value and cinematography was on point, and most importantly it had a legit “give you chills” horror feel throughout.

Fast forward to the 2020, a year that has been one big horror movie in all of the worst ways, and Flanagan is back with a follow-up series - The Haunting of Bly Manor. It promises to stay true to what made Hill House so good and the trailer does not disappoint.

Watch the trailers below but proceed with caution, you might pee a little. The Haunting of Bly Manor is set to hit Netflix on October 9th.

The Trial of the Chicago 7

“THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING…”

The trailer for Aaron Sorkin’s drama The Trial of the Chicago 7 is here, and right out of the gate you know that if his name is attached to the project, it will be worth watching. Sorkin is a supreme talent as a screenwriter, delivering films like A Few Good Men, The Social Network, Moneyball, and more recently Molly’s Game, just to name a few, but this will be only the 2nd time he has directed as well.

The Trial of the Chicago 7 is a drama based on true events that tells the story of 7 people on trial stemming from various charges surrounding the uprising at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. The film includes a talented cast including Sacha Baron Cohen in a rare dramatic role, as well as Eddie Redmayne, Jeremy Strong, Mark Rylance, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

The film will drop on Netflix October 16th. Watch the trailer below.