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Rooted in noir tradition, the suspense thriller of the “your past is catching up with you” variety is well-worn. So how does one reframe it in a way that feels at once fresh while also familiar, so as not to alienate increasingly impatient audiences? Therein lies the challenge for any new entries into the space, and one that Netflix’s latest Harlan Coben collaboration, “Stay Close,” ultimately fails, despite a decorated cast led by Cush Jumbo and James Nesbitt, even if their performances are the best thing about the series.

In “Stay Close,” Jumbo stars as Megan, a suburban mother of three whose previous life as a stripper named Cassie, along with the lives of those she thought she’d left in the past, come back to haunt her, threatening to ruin the perfect present-day reality she’s created for herself. The history summarized: once a popular dancer, one of...

MTV Movie Awards is still on going, and more winners were revealed. After winning the first prize for Best Male Performance, Robert Pattinson returned to the stage of Gibson Amphitheatre to collect another Golden Popcorn. The actor who is best known for his role as Edward Cullen in "Twilight Saga" movie shared his second prize with Bryce Dallas Howard and Xavier Samuel.

The trio won Best Fight, tackling such contenders as Amy Adams vs. The Sisters ("The Fighter"), Chloe Moretz vs. Mark Strong ("Kick-Ass"), Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint vs. Rod Hunt and Arden Bajraktaraj ("Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I"), and Joseph Gordon-Levitt vs. Hallway Attacker ("Inception").

They were presented with the award by "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" gang Shia Labeouf, Josh Duhamel and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. Bryce jokingly said to Robert, "I guess I should say, I'm so sorry I tried to hurt you,...