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10 New Movies to Watch This Weekend on Netflix, HBO Max, and Hulu (August 21-23)
Polygon has published its weekly roundup of new film releases available to rent or stream from home over the weekend of 21–23 August, covering platforms including HBO Max and video-on-demand services. The list highlights a mix of major studio titles and smaller independent releases, offering viewers alternatives to a cinema trip. Top picks include “Toy…
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7 Best Spy Movies of the 1970s
This article is a ranked list from Collider, compiled by writer Jeremy Urquhart, of the seven best spy films released during the 1970s. The piece notes that the decade is generally considered weaker for spy cinema than the 1960s, with many tense, paranoia-driven thrillers of the era (such as The Day of the Jackal and…
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Miss USA, Miss Teen USA Pageants Pulled From The CW Just a Week Before Air
Miss USA and Miss Teen USA have been abruptly pulled from The CW just a week before they were due to broadcast, with neither the network nor the pageant organisation giving a clear reason. The CW said only that it had decided to “forego” next week’s broadcasts after “careful consideration and conversations” with the Miss…
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How Hollywood’s Veterans Are Chasing Emmy History: Sally Field, Harrison Ford, Martin Short and More
The 2026 Emmy nominations have set up a rare wave of potential records for veteran performers, with several nominees positioned to become the oldest-ever winners in their categories at September’s ceremony. Harrison Ford, 84, is nominated for Apple TV’s “Shrinking” and could surpass Henry Winkler’s record as the oldest comedy acting winner, while 74-year-old Stephen…
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The “torturous” 2004 movie Bill Murray called worse than being in prison: “I hated going to work”
A fun time was not had. The post The “torturous” 2004 movie Bill Murray called worse than being in prison: “I hated going to work” first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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‘The Odyssey’ Sets Digital, 4K Blu-ray Release Dates
Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” will arrive on digital platforms and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray on 17 November, four months after its 17 July theatrical debut. The extended cinema-only window mirrors the strategy Nolan and Universal used for “Oppenheimer,” which ran 123 days in theatres before hitting premium video-on-demand and physical media in November 2023. The…
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Marvel Is Officially About To Destroy One of the X-Men’s Most Iconic Universes
Marvel is set to pit two of the X-Men’s most iconic alternate realities, House of M and Days of Future Past, against each other in a new comic that will destroy at least one of them. The story appears in X-Men: Incursions #1, the first of five one-shots revisiting the period before 2015’s Secret Wars,…
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‘Task’ Star Tom Pelphrey on Finding Himself in His Devoted Dad Role — and Nearly Playing Professor X
Actor Tom Pelphrey has opened up about how becoming a father shaped his performance as struggling single dad Robbie Prendergast in Brad Ingelsby’s HBO series Task, the follow-up to Mare of Easttown. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Pelphrey explained that he read the early scripts shortly after his daughter was born, and drew directly on…
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3 Marvel Movies Definitely Missing From Disney’s Official ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Watchlist
– Disney’s official Avengers: Doomsday watchlist on Disney Plus, released this week, includes 14 films and TV entries meant to prepare viewers for December’s multiverse-spanning blockbuster, but Polygon argues at least three significant titles are conspicuously absent – Missing is Captain America: Civil War, which explains the Avengers’ fractured relationships between The Avengers (2012) and…
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Noomi Rapace’s Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Hot Spot’ Is Like ‘Dune’s Deranged Cousin
Director Agnieszka Smoczynska has discussed her new science-fiction thriller “Hot Spot”, starring Noomi Rapace, in an interview with Polygon. The film, which blends detective-mystery elements with surreal, psychedelic imagery, is being described as a stranger, more fragmented cousin to films like “Dune”, prioritising mood and metaphor over a clearly followable plot. Set in a world…