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Den of Thieves 2: Pantera

January 5, 2025

DEN OF THIEVES 2: PANTERA is a 2024 action crime drama film written and directed by Christian Gudegast. It is a direct sequel to the 2018 film Den of Thieves (our full review here).

Sheriff Big Nick O'Brien (Gerard Butler) continues his relentless pursuit for Donnie Wilson (O’Shea Jackson Jr.), who manages to escape to Europe and is scheming yet another heist.

The cast includes Gerard Butler, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Jordan Bridges, Swen Temmel, Elvin Ahmad, Yasen Zates Atour, and Salvatore Esposito.

DEN OF THIEVES 2: PANTERA is set to debut in theaters January 10, 2025, courtesy of Lionsgate Films. Watch the official trailers below.

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American Primeval

January 5, 2025

AMERICAN PRIMEVAL is a 2025 six-part war drama series written by Mark L. Smith and directed by Peter Berg (Friday Night Lights, Lone Survivor). Berg, via Film 44, and Eric Newman, via Grand Electric, are executive producers.

A mother and son fleeing from their past form a found family while confronting a harsh landscape of freedom and cruelty in the American West.

The cast includes Taylor Kitsch, Saura Lightfoot Leon, Jai Courtney, Shea Whigham, Betty Gilpin, and Dane DeHaan.

AMERICAN PRIMEVAL is set to debut January 9th on Netflix. Watch the official trailers below.

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Shifting Gears

January 5, 2025

SHIFTING GEARS is a 2025 comedy series from creators Mike Scully and his wife Julie Thacker, who both wrote episodes for The Simpsons.

Headstrong widower Matt (Tim Allen) owns a classic-car workshop. When his separated daughter (Kat Dennings) and her teenage children arrive at his house, the real restoration begins.

The cast includes Tim Allen, Kat Dennings, Sean William Scott, and Daryl Mitchell.

SHIFTING GEARS arrives January 8th on ABC and streaming on Hulu. Watch the official trailer below.

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The Pitt

January 5, 2025

THE PITT is a 2025 medical drama series from executive producers R. Scott Gemmill, Noah Wyle, John Wells, Erin Jontow, Simran Baidwan, and Michael Hissrich.

The daily lives of healthcare professionals in a Pittsburgh hospital as they juggle personal crises, workplace politics, and the emotional toll of treating critically ill patients, revealing the resilience required in their noble calling.

The cast includes Noah Wyle, Tracey Ifeachor, Patrick Marron Ball, Supriya Ganesh, Fiona Dourif, Taylor Dearden, Isa Briones, Gerran Howell, Shabana Azeez, and Katherine LaNasa.

THE PITT is set to debut January 9th on Max. Watch the official trailer below.

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On Call

January 5, 2025

ON CALL is a 2025 crime drama police procedural series created by Tim Walsh and Elliot Wolfe. It is the first series from Dick Wolf, who serves as an executive producer, to be in the half-hour format.

A rookie and a veteran officer patrol duo in Long Beach, California, face the morality of protecting and serving a community.

The cast includes Troian Bellisario, Brandon Larracuente, Eriq La Salle, Rich Ting, Mac Brandt, and Lori Loughlin.

ON CALL is set to debut January 9th on Prime Video. Watch the official trailer below.

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Homestead

January 5, 2025

HOMESTEAD is a 2024 action drama thriller film directed by Ben Smallbone, from a screenplay by Phillip Abraham, Leah Bateman, and Ben Kasica.

A nuclear bomb is detonated in Los Angeles, and the nation devolves into unprecedented chaos. Ex-Green Beret Jeff Eriksson and his family escape to The Homestead, an eccentric prepper’s fortress nestled in the mountains. As violent threats and apocalyptic conditions creep toward their borders, the residents of The Homestead are left to wonder: how long can a group of people resist both the dangers of human nature and the bloodshed at their doorstep?

The cast includes Neal McDonough, Dawn Olivieri, Bailey Chase, Susan Misner, Jesse Hutch, and Kevin Lawson.

HOMESTEAD is set to debut in theaters December 20th, courtesy of Angel Studios. Watch the official trailer below.

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The Brutalist

January 5, 2025

THE BRUTALIST is a 2024 epic historical drama film written and directed by Brady Corbet, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Mona Fastvold. The film is an international co-production between the United States, United Kingdom, and Hungary.

The film premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival on September 1, 2024, where it received critical acclaim for its direction, screenplay, cinematography, editing, production design, and performances—particularly those of Brody, Pearce, and Jones. Corbet was awarded the Silver Lion for Best Direction.

When visionary architect László Toth and his wife Erzsébet flee post-war Europe in 1947 to rebuild their legacy and witness the birth of modern America, their lives are changed forever by a mysterious and wealthy client.

The cast includes Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Emma Laird, Isaach De Bankolé, and Alessandro Nivola.

THE BRUTALIST is set to debut in theaters December 20th, courtesy of A24. Watch the official trailers below.

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Nutcrackers

January 5, 2025

NUTCRACKERS is a 2024 comedy drama film directed by David Gordon Green, from a screenplay by Leland Douglas. The film premiered as the opening film of the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.

A strait-laced man (Ben Stiller) finds his life suddenly upended when he becomes the caregiver for his rambunctious, orphaned nephews.

The cast includes Ben Stiller, Linda Cardellini, Edi Patterson, Tim Heidecker, and Toby Huss.

NUTCRACKERS will debut November 29th on Hulu. Watch the official trailer below.

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Toy Story 5

January 1, 2025

TOY STORY 5 is a 2026 computer animated family comedy adventure film directed by Academy Award® winner Andrew Stanton (WALL•E, Finding Nemo, Finding Dory), co-directed by Kenna Harris (Ciao Alberto) and produced by Lindsey Collins (Turning Red, WALL•E, Finding Dory).

Since Woody left Bonnie to help abandoned toys find owners, Jessie has led the charge in Bonnie's room, with Buzz Lightyear as her second-in-command. However, an eight-year-old Bonnie has become enamored of her new favorite plaything, a high-tech frog-shaped tablet named Lilypad.

The cast of voice actors includes Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Blake Clark, Ernie Hudson, Tony Hale, Anna Faris, Conan O'Brien, and Greta Lee.

TOY STORY 5 is set to debut in theaters June 19th, courtesy of Pixar. Watch the official trailers below.

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Disclosure Day

January 1, 2025

DISCLOSURE DAY is a 2026 sci-fi drama film produced and directed by Steven Spielberg, from a screenplay by David Koepp, based on a story by Spielberg. Koepp previously worked with Spielberg on the scripts for Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, War of the Worlds and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

If you found out we weren’t alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you? This summer, the truth belongs to seven billion people.

The cast includes Emily Blunt, Josh O'Connor, Colin Firth, Eve Hewson, and Colman Domingo.

DISCLOSURE DAY is set to debut in theaters June 12th, 2026, courtesy of Universal Pictures. Watch the official trailers below.

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The Odyssey

January 1, 2025

THE ODYSSEY is a 2026 epic action fantasy film written and directed by Christopher Nolan, and is an adaptation of Homer's ancient Greek epic the Odyssey. With an estimated budget of $250 million, the film is the most expensive of Nolan's career and his first to be shot entirely on IMAX's 70 mm film cameras.

After the Trojan War, Odysseus (Matt Damon) faces a dangerous voyage back to Ithaca, meeting creatures like the Cyclops Polyphemus, Sirens, and Circe along the way.

The cast includes Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway (Penelope), Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong'o, Zendaya, Charlize Theron, Jon Bernthal, Zendaya, and Mia Goth.

THE ODYSSEY is set to debut in theaters and IMAX July 17th, courtesy of Universal Pictures. Watch the official trailer below.

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The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping

January 1, 2025

THE HUNGER GAMES: SUNRISE ON THE REAPING is a 2025 dystopian action film directed by Francis Lawrence from a screenplay by Billy Ray. Based on the 2025 novel Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins, it serves as both a sequel to The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023), and a prequel to The Hunger Games (2012), and will be the sixth installment in The Hunger Games film series.

Explores Panem 24 years before Katniss' saga, starting on the morning of the reaping for the 50th Hunger Games, where a young Haymitch Abernathy participates.

The cast includes Joseph Zada, Mckenna Grace, Whitney Peak, Jesse Plemons, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Maya Hawke, Ben Wang, Elle Fanning, Kieran Culkin, Lili Taylor, Billy Porter, Glenn Close, and Ralph Fiennes.

THE HUNGER GAMES: SUNRISE ON THE REAPING is set to debut in theaters November 20th, 2026, courtesy of Lionsgate. Watch the official trailer below.

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Supergirl

January 1, 2025

SUPERGIRL is a 2026 epic sci-fi superhero action drama film directed by Craig Gillespie, from a screenplay by Ana Nogueira, based on the comic Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow by Tom King.

Kara Zor-El (Milly Alcock) celebrates her 21st birthday by travelling across the galaxy with her dog Krypto. Along the way, she meets the young Ruthye Marye Knoll and encounters a tragedy that leads her on a "murderous quest for revenge".

The cast includes Milly Alcock, Matthias Schoenaerts, Eve Ridley, David Krumholtz, Emily Beecham, and Jason Momoa.

SUPERGIRL is set to debut in theaters June 26th, courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures. Watch the official trailer below.

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Minions & Monsters

January 1, 2025

MINIONS & MONSTERS is a 2026 animated family comedy film directed by Pierre Coffin, from a screenplay he co-wrote with ​Brian Lynch (Minions, The Secret Life of Pets). Coffin, directed the first three Despicable Me films and the first Minions film, and he has also provided the voice for the Minions since their film debut in 2010.

This is the rambunctious, ridiculous and totally true story of how the Minions conquered Hollywood, became movie stars, lost everything, unleashed monsters onto the world and then banded together to try and save the planet from the mayhem they had just created.

MINIONS & MONSTERS is set to debut in theaters July 1st, courtesy of Illumination. Watch the official trailer below.

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Masters of the Universe

January 1, 2025

MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE is a 2026 superhero action adventure film directed by Travis Knight, from screenplay by Chris Butler, Aaron and Adam Nee, and Dave Callaham. It is based on Mattel's franchise of the same name and serves as a reboot and standalone prequel to the 1987 film.

Ten-year-old Adam Glenn (Nicholas Galitzine) crash-lands on his mother's home planet Earth, separating him from his ancestor's Power Sword of Grayskull. Two decades later, he takes his sword back and takes on the mantle of He-Man as he battles for his home planet, Eternia, against the evil forces of Skeletor (Jared Leto).

The cast includes Nicholas Galitzine, Jared Leto. Camila Mendes, Alison Brie, James Purefoy, Morena Baccarin, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Charlotte Riley, and Idris Elba.

MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE is set to debut in theaters June 5th. 2026, courtesy of Amazon MGM Studios. Watch the official trailer below.

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The Death of Robin Hood

January 1, 2025

THE DEATH OF ROBIN HOOD is a 2026 epic adventure drama film written and directed by Michael Sarnoski (Pig, A Quiet Place: Day One).

Grappling with his past after a life of crime and murder, Robin Hood (Hugh Jackman) finds himself gravely injured after a battle he thought would be his last. In the hands of a mysterious woman, he is offered a chance at salvation.

The cast includes Hugh Jackman, Jodie Comer, Bill Skarsgård, Murray Bartlett, and Noah Jupe.

THE DEATH OF ROBIN HOOD is set to debut in theaters in 2026. Watch the official trailer below.

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They Will Kill You

January 1, 2025

THEY WILL KILL YOU is a 2026 action comedy horror film directed by Kirill Sokolov, and written by Sokolov & Alex Litvak. The film is produced by Andy Muschietti (Mama, It, It: Chapter 2) Barbara Muschietti, and Dan Kagan, and executive produced by Russell Ackerman, John Schoenfelder, Carl Hampe, Litvak and Sokolov.

A woman (Zazie Beetz) takes a housekeeping job in a mysterious New York City high-rise. As she unravels the building's dark history of disappearances, she uncovers links to a possible satanic cult.

The cast includes Zazie Beetz, Myha’La, Paterson Joseph, Tom Felton, Heather Graham, and Patricia Arquette.

THEY WILL KILL YOU is set to debut in theaters March 27th, courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures. Watch the official trailer below.

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Nosferatu

December 22, 2024

NOSFERATU is a 2024 supernatural gothic horror film written and directed by Robert Eggers (The Witch, The Lighthouse). Following Werner Herzog's Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), it is the second remake of the 1922 film written by Henrik Galeen and directed by F. W. Murnau, which in turn is an "unauthorized and unofficial" adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula. Filming primarily took place in and around Prague between February and May 2023.

A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.

The cast includes Bill Skarsgård, Lily-Rose Depp, Nicholas Hoult, Aaron-Taylor Johnson, Emma Corrin, and Willem Dafoe.

NOSFERATU is set to debut in theaters December 25th, courtesy of Focus Features. Watch the official trailers below.

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A Complete Unknown

December 22, 2024

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN is a 2024 biographical musical drama film directed by James Mangold, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jay Cocks. Based on the 2015 book Dylan Goes Electric! by Elijah Wald, the film portrays Bob Dylan through his earliest folk music success until the momentous controversy over his use of electric instruments at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival.

In the early 1960s, 19-year-old Bob Dylan arrives in New York with his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of American music. Forming his most intimate relationships during his rise to fame, he grows restless with the folk movement, making a controversial choice that reverberates worldwide.

Timothée Chalamet (who also produces) stars as Dylan, with Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro, Boyd Holbrook, Dan Fogler, Norbert Leo Butz, and Scoot McNairy in supporting roles. The film's title is derived from the chorus of Dylan's 1965 single "Like a Rolling Stone".

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN arrives in theaters December 25th, courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. Watch the official trailers below.

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Babygirl

December 22, 2024

BABYGIRL is a 2024 mystery crime thriller film written, directed, and co-produced by Halina Reijn, who also directed the unique 2022 horror thriller Bodies Bodies Bodies (our full review here). The film premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival on August 30th, 2024, where Nicole Kidman won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress. The North American premiere followed at the 49th Toronto International Film Festival on September 10th, 2024.

A high-powered CEO (Nicole Kidman) puts her family and career on the line when she embarks on a forbidden romance with a captivating young intern (Harris Dickinson).

The cast includes Nicole Kidman, Harris Dickinson, Sophie Wilde, and Antonio Banderas.

BABYGIRL is set to debut in theaters December 25th, 2024, courtesy of A24. Watch the official trailer below.

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