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Murderbot has become one of Apple TV+'s most prominent shows, but one of its stars thought that it would never be seen at all. Led by Alexander Skarsgård, the show revolves around an android who unexpectedly acquires free will and must reckon with the truth of his existence while protecting a group of scientists.

The show was based on Martha Wells' The Murderbot Diaries series, and not all the stories have been covered. Season 1 was released on May 16, and it has already been renewed for a second season, which should focus on the next three books. Yet, for all of its success, one star never expected to get this far.

In an interview with ScreenRant's Ash Crossan at San Diego Comic-Con, David Dastmalchian (Gurathin) expressed that he never thought that the show would succeed. Because he found the show "so special" and "so weird", he thought that audiences...

In the past five episodes, we see how the London Trauma Centres are not only the helping hand during the worst moment of crisis, but these places are also shelters for healing. While the cases come in a flurry, the show can only focus on a handful—but it stands for the expansive range that the centers cover. Starting from limb reconstruction to complex neurological surgeries to providing prosthetic support to helping in psychological rehabilitation, the centers act like revival spaces for the patients. They restore them as much to normalcy as is possible for medical science and perhaps leave a little room for miracles to work their magic.

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In Critical: Between Life and Death episode 6, we see Grace’s surgeries—the pelvic reconstruction and monitoring for brain damage. As Grace is about to go in for the surgery, Tom Jackson, the surgeon, calls Karen,...

The Rotten Tomatoes score for Fear Street: Prom Queen has been revealed. It's Netflix's latest foray into the Fear Street horror franchise, which began in 2021 with Fear Street Part One: 1994. Prom Queen sees director Matt Palmer take over after the previous three projects were directed by Leigh Janiak. This latest version of the slasher horror film follows the story of a high school where those competing for prom queen begin to disappear. The Fear Street: Prom Queen cast includes India Fowler, Suzanna Son, Fina Strazza, Katherine Waterston, and Chris Klein.

Now, the Rotten Tomatoes score for Fear Street: Prom Queen is a 48% Tomatometer with 23 critics' reviews so far. It does not yet have a Popcornmeter. This score is subject to some change, as the movie was just released on Netflix. If the score stands, it will be considered the lowest-scored movie in the franchise.

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Exclusive: Jack Fessenden has set the cast for his new film, eco-noir Alfalfa. The list includes two-time Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz (Weapons), Toby Huss (Halt and Catch Fire), Virginia Kull (Presumed Innocent), Marcus Scribner (Black-ish), Oscar nominee Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips), and James Le Gros (Good One).

Set to shoot this fall in Southwestern Utah, the film follows Lance (Butz), a sprinkler contractor in a drought-stricken desert boomtown whose life converges with a criminal duo, led by Abdi, who are hunting for a corpse that has resurfaced on the banks of a receding reservoir. Caught in a web of escalating tensions, false accusations, and buried secrets, Lance, his wife Elana (Kull), and estranged son Noah (Scribner) must navigate the pull of shady developer Whip (Huss), who partners with Saudi investors on a thirsty alfalfa growing venture, threatening the community’s dwindling water supply. Le Gros will play a...

Paul Greengrass makes harrowing movies. He established this with his gripping 2002 Northern Ireland docudrama "Bloody Sunday," which was his springboard to Hollywood, where he turned the Jason Bourne franchise into a master class in jittery, handheld, shoot-for-the-edit cinema. These successes for Universal compelled the studio to take a managed $15 million risk on Greengrass' "United 93," his masterful staging of the heroic events that transpired on the fourth hijacked plane, which thankfully did not reach its target, on 9/11. It's his best film to date, but one that's also way too intense for many people to endure -- which can also be said of his biographical thriller "Captain Phillips."

The account of Somali pirates hijacking the shipping vessel Maersk Alabama in 2009 stars Tom Hanks as the title skipper who managed to engineer the rescue of himself and his crew from the ship. It's shot in Greengrass' trademark docudrama style, which means a lot of shaky cameras,...

Scythia Films, the production banner behind “The Apprentice,” has tapped Lula Ali Ismaïl to direct “Nuur,” the story of an academically gifted 17-year-old boy growing up in Dixon, a Somali community in Toronto. Omar Abdi, who appeared in “The Gravedigger’s Wife,” and Hamza Fouad, best known for his work in “Riverdale” and “Arrow,” are attached to star.

The film is adapted from Hassan Ghedi Santur’s novel “The Youth of God,” with the author writing the adaptation of his book. The film will be produced by Daniel Bekerman, Chris Yurkovich and Lara Saliba under the Good Question Media banner in association with Scythia Films. Jordan Hart, Michael Bronner and Bhakti Shringarpure of Smashing Dandelions will be executive producing. Telefilm Canada is funding the production. Additional casting is currently underway.

The film explores themes of migration, assimilation, intergenerational trauma and the struggle for identity. It centers on a boy named Nuur,...

The Cinema Eye Honors for achievement in nonfiction and documentary films and series has announced nominees for the 17th awards ceremony. “Kokomo City” from D. Smith led the nominees with six. “20 Days in Mariupol,” “32 Sounds” and “The Eternal Memory” each received five nominations. The nominees for outstanding fiction feature also include “Four Daughters,” “Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project” and “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie.”

Outstanding direction nominees include Maite Alberdi for “The Eternal Memory,” Sam Green for “32 Sounds,” Kaouther Ben Hania for “Four Daughters,” Smith for “Kokomo City,” Claire Simon for “Our Body” and Wim Wenders for “Anselm.”

The Cinema Eye 2024 Awards Ceremony takes place on Jan. 12 at the New York Academy of Medicine in East Harlem.

Full list of nominees follows.

2024 Cinema Eye Honors Nominations

Outstanding Nonfiction Feature

20 Days in Mariupol

Directed by Mstyslav Chernov

Produced by Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner, Raney Aronson Rath...