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A Gossip Girl star and fan-favourite Supernatural actor have been cast in an upcoming Netflix romance film.Based on the 2022 novel The Bodyguard by Katherine Center, Netflix’s new film will revolve around a “no non-sense bodyguard who is assigned to protect a charming action star over the holidays”.What’s even more exciting than it being based on a hit novel is the fact that it stars actress Leighton Meester and actor Jared Padalecki as its lead romantic stars.Meester is globally recognised as sassy Blair Waldorf from Gossip Girl, although more recently she has been in I Love LA, The Buccaneers and Nobody Wants This season two.Padalecki, on the other hand, is famed for starring as Sam Winchester in the horror drama Supernatural, as well as Cordell Walker in The CW’s Walker.This Netflix ...

Prime Video has confirmed that a much-awaited film featuring an all-star cast will arrive on its platform imminently.Helmed by Luca Guadagnino, the picture enjoyed its theatrical debut across America in October.Critics lavished praise upon Julia Roberts' and Andrew Garfield's compelling portrayals at the time.The psychological thriller centres on Alma Imhoff (Roberts), a philosophy lecturer at Yale University who becomes embroiled in a controversy involving both a student and a fellow academic.Garfield portrays Henrik "Hank" Gibson, Alma's academic peer and trusted confidant who faces allegations of misconduct.The production in question is After the Hunt, which arrives on Prime Video on November 20.Film Updates broke the news on X, prompting enthusiasts to rush to the comments section w...

Responsible Child is on Netflix and the harrowing film is based on a true story involving a real murder case.The drama, which originally aired on the BBC back in 2019, follows a 12-year-old boy accused of killing his mother's boyfriend.The film is based on the 2014 case of Jerome Ellis and his brother Joshua, accused of murdering their stepfather in a knife attack.Jerome was just 14 years old and his brother Joshua 23 when they stabbed Neil Tulley to death more than 60 times.He had been "asleep or nearly asleep" on the sofa during the attack, which almost left him beheaded.Both had denied murder but admitted manslaughter at Guildford Crown Court.Joshua was convicted of murder and Jerome was found guilty of manslaughter on grounds of loss of control.The brothers stated Mr Tulley, who was...

Many of us rely on IMDb - an entertainment review website - when it comes to deciphering whether a movie is worth watching. It's one of the most popular film reviewing platforms, and it includes an average rating to help aid your decision-making process.Now IMDb has compiled a list of the "Movies Everyone Should See" at least once in their lifetime, and there may be a sneaky sequel in there too. According to the website, here are five films you must see in your life.Getting gold is The Godfather. The epic gangster film was always going to make the cut. This time it's the audience who rank it highest with 98%, but the critics aren't far behind at 97%, they say: "One of Hollywood's greatest critical and commercial successes, The Godfather gets everything right; not only did the movie tran...

Highlighting the plight of our planet, The Day the Earth Stood Still features Keanu Reeves as an extraterrestrial being sent to avert an impending environmental catastrophe.The film, directed by Scott Derrickson and written by David Scarpa, boasts a star-studded cast including Jennifer Connelly, John Cleese, Jon Hamm, Kathy Bates and a young Jaden Smith. It's a remake of the 1951 film of the same name, set during the Cold War, where the alien came to earth to warn about the threat of nuclear warfare and its impact on the planet.Although the source of danger was changed in the eighties remake, the central theme remained - the effect of human activity on the world's health.When a celestial object threatens to wipe out all life on earth, a team of US scientists is assembled to devise a sur...

BBC fans are “obsessed” with one Shakespeare adaptation released in 2015. Putting a new spin on the playwright William Shakespeare’s life and times, the comedy film Bill is set during his “lost years”, which are still a mystery to scholars to this day. The eponymous Bill rises from obscurity in Stratford-upon-Avon to become the country’s most famous playwright.Produced by the same team behind Horrible Histories and Yonderland, the film stars Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Jim Howick and Martha Howe-Douglas. Billed as – pardon the pun – the “real story” following “hopeless lute player Bill Shakespeare, [who] leaves his family and home to follow his dream. It’s a tale of murderous kings, spies, lost loves and a plot to blow up Queen Elizabeth I.”The film borrows from tried and tested trop...

This decades-old thriller starring Nicole Kidman and Christopher Eccleston is now streaming on BBC iPlayer.The Others went somewhat under the radar at the time of release in 2001, but has since garnered a cult following with an impressive 84% on Rotten Tomatoes from critics. It was also nominated for a whopping 55 awards.Written and directed by Alejandro Amenábar, the film is a chilling tale of a woman reckoning with her children’s rare illness and losing her husband in WW2. The pacing of the journey Grace (Nicole Kidman) is forced on asks viewers to second guess every character, before a sucker punch of an ending that will leave you thinking about the story for days to come.Battling with her conviction in God, Grace is driven mad by the prospect of her house being haunted and is exasp...

Edgar Wright’s latest movie, The Running Man, hits cinemas today in yet another Stephen King adaptation release this year.The dystopian action thriller follows Glen Powell’s Ben Richards in a lethal game show where he has to survive 30 days without being assassinated by mercenaries hunting him down.During the film, the lead travels across the US, starting with New York City, before a massive Pennywise It Easter egg shows up.And this one is particularly apt given that prequel TV series It: Welcome to Derry is streaming weekly on NOW.During his travels, Richards finds himself travelling to Derry, Maine, the fictional town setting of It, where Pennywise terrorises children every 27 years. Set in the near future, The Running Man clearly takes place in the same universe (King’s Maine univers...

This film has been described as the "film of the year" and it has finally dropped on to streaming platforms. Anora is a romantic drama film written, directed, produced, and edited by Sean Baker. It stars Mikey Madison and Mark Eydelshteyn. The supporting cast includes Yura Borisov, Karren Karagulian, Vache Tovmasyan, Darya Ekamasova, and Aleksei Serebryakov. Anora premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2024, where it received critical acclaim and won the Palme d'Or. Anora received numerous accolades. The film was named one of the top ten films of 2024 by the National Board of Review and the American Film Institute. The film received six nominations at the 97th Academy Awards, winning five for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (Madison), Best Original Screenplay, and Best Film ...

Netflix has just announced Luther will be returning in a new feature film, which will also star Dermot Crowley, as Martin Schenk.The new film will act as a follow-up to Luther: The Fallen Sun, which was released in 2023.Director Jamie Payne and screenwriter Neil Cross, who created the flagship mystery series, will be back for the new project.Also returning is the formidable Ruth Wilson as Alice Morgan, and Cross expressed his excitement.He told Tudum: "Luther, Alice, and Schenk are more than characters to me — they’re family."I never stop wondering where they are, what’s become of them … and what horrors might be stirring in the shadows of London while Luther’s not around."So we decided to get together and find out what happens next.”The new film will see a brutal, seemingly random wave...