Orion and the Dark

From the inventive screenwriter Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich), the story of an anxious 11-year-old boy (Jacob Tremblay) who meets a character in his sleep called the Dark — which is one of his deeper fears, until the Dark takes him on a whirlwind adventure. A cleverly crafted “cinematherapy” film that will appeal to the

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Mr. an Mrs. Smith

A pair of spies posing as a married couple find their professional lives upended when an attraction develops between them in this new series adaptation starring Donald Glover, PEN15’s Maya Erskine and an all-star ensemble that includes everyone from John Turtorro and Paul Dano to Michaela Coel, Parker Posey, Sharon Horgan, and Alexander Skarsgård.  Reviews

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Three Little Birds

Set in 1957, Leah her sister and their friend leave Jamaica for a new life in London as part of what was known as the Windrush generation in this unflinching but ultimately warm and feelgood British drama that Starring Rochelle Neil, Saffron Coomber, and Yazmin Belo.

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Genius: MLK/X

The latest installment of in National Geographic Channel’s “Genius” franchise takes a fresh approach to the stories of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, diving deeper into their early years and the moments and people who shaped them — and the ways in which their views and approaches to civil rights intersected and varied.  Their

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Feud: Capote vs The Swans

The latest lush melodrama in Ryan Murphy’s “Feud” franchise focuses on “the original housewives,” as the FX network bills them, and the story of the legendary journalist Truman Capote (played by Tom Holland), who was at the “center of the center” of New York society until he exposed the secrets of the matriarchs who confided

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Love Island All Stars

If you’re “all star” in the dating reality game, does that mean you’re actually looking for love?  Nevermind, the hit U.K. reality series has a new spinoff that mixes and matches previous Love Island cast offs…with the goal of crowning one pair “the winners.” What’s the criteria? That’s unclear. Three episodes drop today.

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The Greatest Night in Pop

After it debuted at Sundance, this feature length doc chronicles the night in 1985 when 40 top musicians gathered in a studio for the top secret mission to record “We Are the World,” which became one of the biggest hits of all time.   Capturing interviews as well as footage from behind the scenes, it

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Hightown S3

The contrast between Cape Cod charm and the darker underbelly of its drug trade fuel this tense, cult hit crime drama that counts Jerry Bruckheimer as a producer. In its third season, State cop Jackie is back to her wild partying as a new drug dealer takes over the Provincetown-esque village just as a young

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Underdoggs

A former pro football star (Snoop Dogg) gets sentenced to community service coaching a foul mouthed pee-wee football team (the Underdoggs) in his hometown of Long Beach, California, where he connects with an old flame and forgotten friends and realizes he can rehab his image and his life.  The familiar plot is made fresh with

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American Star

An assassin (Ian McShane) is sent to a remote island to kill a person he has never met, but finds himself drawn to the island, people and an eerie shipwreck in this slow burn and violent thriller.  “…an unusually intelligent and purposeful movie that doesn’t say much, but is full of feeling.” -RogerEbert’s Matt Zoller

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