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With its list of May 2024 releases, Amazon Prime Video is giving us the kindest gift of all: cougar Anne Hathaway.

May 2 sees the premiere of The Idea of You, a romantic-comedy that features Hathaway as a 40-year-old mom finding romance with a 24-year-old boy band singer (Nicholas Galitzine). Having saved the medium of film forever, Prime Video is celebrating with some big time library titles this month as well. American Fiction and BlacKkKlansman arrive on May 14 and will be followed by Creed and Pearl: An X-traordinary Origin Story on May 16.

For its TV offerings, Prime is leading off with Outer Range season 2 on May 16. This James Brolin sci-fi Western will continue the mysteries of the strange happenings on Thanos’ ranch. Reality TV fans will be able to enjoy the Daniel Tosh-hosted competition series The Goat on May 9.

Here’s everything coming to Prime Video and Freevee in April – Amazon...

The Western is a genre that's mostly gone by the wayside in recent decades, as portraits of straight-shooting American heroes and uncomplicated "bad guys" have become less digestible to the public. While popular neo-Westerns (like "Justified" or the works of Taylor Sheridan) and perspective-changing genre breakdowns have made a splash in recent yers, the genre has mostly died out. Of the relics that remain, few are as prolific and familiar as "Bonanza," a Western series that ran for an impressive 14 seasons on NBC in the '60s and '70s.

As a long-running TV series, "Bonanza" was able to chart the change — or stubborn lack thereof — within the genre and the country, frankly addressing topics like racism and bigotry while also delivering regular laughs and a dash of melodrama to loyal viewers. The series starred Lorne Green as widower Ben Cartwright and Dan Blocker, Pernell Roberts, and Michael Landon as Ben's three sons.

The episode of Wtf Happened to This Horror Movie? covering Ravenous was Written by Emilie Black, Narrated by Travis Hopson, Edited by Victoria Verduzco, Produced by Andrew Hatfield and John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.

1999, a year of hope, a year of high fashion, nooo, no… 1999, the year when people prepared for Y2K, the year of all the odd choices when it came to fashion, and the year of interesting cinematic options. We got The Mummy which gave us all the hot cast members we could ask for and still gives us memes, we got End of Days, Stigmata, Idle Hands, House on Haunted Hill, The Haunting, Stir of Echoes, and The Blair Witch Project. It was a year for surprising hits, shocking failures, and offbeat horror films. So many smaller budgets did so well. Also out in 1999 was this movie about cannibalism in the olden days of the United States,...

With its list of new releases for July 2023, Prime Video is going to help you stay safe from the oppressive July sun.

Highlighting the Amazon Originals on the TV side this month are two heavy hitters. The first is The Horror of Dolores Roach on July 7. Based on a podcast of the same name, this series could best be described as a modern day Sweeney Todd? Why, you ask? Well you know why. Think about it. Then season 2 of Neil Gaiman adaptation Good Omens premieres on July 28. This season will follow angel Aziraphale (Michael Sheen) and demon Crowley (David Tenant) as they seek to keep the Archangel Gabriel (Jon Hamm) away from both heaven and hell.

There aren’t any Amazon Original movies of note this month and that’s alright as the influx of library titles is more than enough. July 1 sees the arrival of The 40-Year-Old Virgin, No Country for Old Men,...

While summer starts in June, things truly heat up in July, and that includes all the hot new drops on streamers. Amazon’s Prime Video has refreshed its slate of content with over 60 new movies, like Bradley Cooper’s “A Star Is Born” and the 1973 animated adaption of the children’s book “Charlotte’s Web.”

Prime Video kicks off the start of the month with Doug McHenry’s “Jason’s Lyric,” “Father of the Bride,” and “Little Nicky.”

Plus, if you’re a Reese Witherspoon fan, Prime Video sets you up with her very first film and her breakout role as Dani in “Man in the Moon.” And the entire “Legally Blonde” trilogy is also available, for those who bend and snap.

Prime Video is also giving watchers some ultimate film classics like “Free Willy,” ”Gladiator,” and “Dances With Wolves.”

Last but absolutely not least, Season 2 of “Good Omens” will land on...

Amazon originals like season two of The Summer I Turned Pretty and Good Omens, as well as The Horror of Dolores Roach, are just some of the titles hitting Prime Video this July.

Blockbusters like Fast X, 80 for Brady, Till, Knock at the Cabin, Legally Blonde and Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde, Men in Black 1-3, Saving Private Ryan, Scarface and more will also be coming to the streamer this month.

The fourth and final season of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan sees the titular character, played by John Krasinski, on his most dangerous mission yet, against a foreign and domestic enemy. Two new episodes of the thriller drop on the streamer every Friday until July 14.

Jenny Han’s The Summer I Turned Pretty returns with its second season on July 14 and picks up where season one left off at Cousins Beach. When an unexpected visitor threatens the future...

Prime Video has adapted the one-woman podcast “Empanada Loca” into a new series. “The Horror of Dolores Roach” will begin streaming on the service on July 7. Buckle up, because this one is gruesome. Roach (Justina Machado) returns to a gentrified Washington Heights after a long prison sentence and works as a masseuse in the basement of a friend’s empanada shop. But when her security is threatened, Roach is driven to extremes to survive.

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Season 2 of “Good Omens” also will premiere on Prime Video in July. Arriving July 28, the series focuses on the friendship between Aziraphale (Michael Sheen), a fussy angel and rare-book dealer, and the snarky demon Crowley (David Tennant). While the Apocalypse has been averted, the pair are back living their lives in London, until the archangel Gabriel shows up. The series is based on the novel by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett.

If you’re wondering what’s new on Amazon Prime Video in June, the answer is a lot. The streamer has a solid slate of movies heading into summer 2023. From the first two “Creed” films to “Love, Rosie,” “Yours, Mine & Ours” and other clever romantic comedies, the streamer has a range of options for viewers with different tastes. Newer theatrical releases arriving on the streamer in June include “TÁR,” “Armageddon Time,” and “M3GAN.”

TV premieres to look forward to include Boots Riley’s “I’m A Virgo” and the fourth and final season of John Krasinski’s “Jack Ryan.” “Crazy Rich Asians” arrives early in June, followed by “Interstellar” for all Christopher Nolan and Matthew McConaughey lovers. Even though “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” doesn’t release in theaters until November, all four “Hunger Games” films land on Prime Video this June. Perfect timing — maybe even with a reread...

In “Licorice Pizza,” a teenage boy perpetually chasing after new business schemes falls for a 20-something woman who’s not quite sure where she’s heading, but is up for the ride.

Together, Gary Valentine (Cooper Hoffman) and Alana Kane (Valley native Alana Haim) travel around Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley by car, truck and on foot. Their ventures into showbiz and local politics have them cross paths with a cast of vibrant characters, including a belligerent hairdresser and motorcycle-riding movie star.

Gary and Alana’s indelible bond and the series of events that transpire make “Licorice Pizza” an enjoyable watch. But the film promises an extra element of nostalgic joy for those who grew up in the Valley or during the 1970s (or both). Several of the events, people and places represented in the story are modeled on reality.

We hunted for some of the Easter eggs in “Licorice Pizza,...

With its list of new releases for September 2022, Prime Video is finally unveiling the most anticipated (and expensive) series in the streamer’s history.

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power will arrive to Prime Video’s servers on Sept. 2, 2022. This Lord of the Rings prequel, set in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Second Age, is in many ways the kind of TV property that Prime Video must have always wanted. It’s certainly the TV property most fitting with the company’s largesse and riches. The Rings of Power will cover the creation of the titular rings and many important events from Tolkien’s lore (condensed into a more TV-appropriate timeframe).

Middle-earth is going to be the happening spot on Amazon and the streaming world at large this month, but Prime Video does have a handful of other originals for the fantasy-phobic. Flight/Risk, a documentary about the Boeing 737 Max design disasters,...

Easily the best family-oriented black experience movie of the early 1970s, the Third World Cinema Corporation’s first film features Diahann Carroll and James Earl Jones in a funny, endearing saga of life in the welfare system, with human feeling and compassion to spare. But the triumphant socially progressive movie fails the 2020 diversity test — its primary producer, cameraman, writers and director are white. Are we still allowed to enjoy it?

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The Criterion Collection 1052

1974 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 92 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date October 13, 2020 / 39.95

Starring: Diahann Carroll, James Earl Jones, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Tamu Blackwell, David Kruger, Yvette Curtis, Eric Jones, Socorro Stephens.

Cinematography: Gayne Rescher

Film Editor: Louis San Andres

Original Music: Curtis Mayfield

Written by Lester Pine and Tina Pine

Produced by J. Lloyd Grant, Hannah Weinstein

Directed by John Berry

In 1974 Claudine impressed this viewer quite a bit. I hadn’t seen many really good...

May is shaping up to be an excellent month for new Netflix content with the inclusion of multiple films from major franchises like Back to the Future and Underworld, as well as the premiere of the new Steve Carell workplace comedy Space Force.

But as always, for every month Netflix giveth, Netflix taketh away. May will see the loss of some pretty popular content, such as all seven seasons of the hit show Scandal, some laid back Bob Ross painting, all three Austin Powers flicks, multiple entries in the Final Destination franchise, and the popular pandemic-focused Outbreak.

Here’s the full list of everything departing in May:

May 1st

John Carter

May 15th

Limitless

The Place Beyond the Pines

May 17th

Royal Pains (Seasons 1-8)

May 18th

Scandal (Seasons 1-7)

May 19th

Black Snake Moan

Carriers

Evolution

The First Wives Club

It Takes Two

Love, Rosie

She’s Out of...

In Good Company star Dennis Quaid is set to become a dad again. The actor and his wife Kimberly are expecting twins through a surrogate, according to U.S. reports. Quaid, who has a teenage son by ex-wife Meg Ryan, and his wife are using a gestational carrier - that means the twins will be their biological children, carried by another woman. Quaid wed Kimberly wed in July, 2004. The Yours, Mine and Ours actor is next set to be seen in thriller Vantage Point and drama Smart People...

Drake Bell, Kevin Covais, Andrew Caldwell and Haley Bennett are set to star in Element Films and State Street Pictures' youth comedy College, directed by Deb Hagan. Lionsgate will distribute through its long-term distribution deal with Element.

Also in the film are Gary Owens and Ryan Pinkston (Punk'd).

From a screenplay by Dan Callahan and Adam Ellison, College centers on three high school seniors who have the wildest weekend of their lives when they visit a nearby college campus as prospective freshmen. Element is producing in association with State Street Pictures and New Orleans-based LIFT Films.

Element will fully finance the project.

Producers are Element president and co-founder Adam Rosenfelt, vp production and development Julie Dangel and State Street's Robert Teitel. Rene Rigal of State Street will co-produce. Element co-founder Sam Nazarian and Element COO Marc Schaberg will executive produce with Malcolm Petal and Kim Anderson of State Street Pictures.

Bell stars in Nickelodeon's Drake and Josh. Repped by WMA, he most recently starred in Paramount's Yours, Mine and Ours.

Covais was an American Idol contestant in Season 5.

Producer Christine Peters' CFP Prods. has reupped at Paramount Pictures with a multiyear, first-look deal. Peters, who established the shingle in 2003, is best known for producing the hit romantic comedy How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, starring Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey, which grossed more than $177 million worldwide for the studio and was a best-selling DVD. The film was based on a book Peters originally optioned. CFP Prods. also is beefing up its executive ranks, which already includes president Bradford W. Smith and executive vp Randy Tat, by hiring Petersen Harris for the newly appointed post of creative executive. Harris most recently was executive assistant to the director of creative affairs at Paramount Pictures, where he worked on such films as Bad News Bears, Yours, Mine & Ours and the upcoming Failure to Launch. Before Paramount, Harris worked at New Line Cinema and as a staff writer for the Disney Channel animated series Stanley.

With the holiday weekend about to begin, Warner Bros. Pictures' teenage wizard shows no signs of breaking his spell on the boxoffice. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the fourth iteration of the surefire franchise that soared to boxoffice heights in its first frame, will continue to enchant moviegoers this Thanksgiving weekend. On the next rung, two new releases -- Sony Pictures' release of Revolution Studios' Rent and Paramount Pictures' Yours, Mine & Ours -- will try to knock 20th Century Fox's Walk the Line off its well-earned second-place perch. But the Johnny Cash biopic, which earned an additional $2 million Monday, has the benefit of strong reviews and good word-of-mouth, making it a formidable competitor for the No. 2 spot, especially with adult audiences. Sony and partner Revolution are taking a gamble this frame that well-done musicals still can reach mass audiences. A laborious passion project of director Chris Columbus and producers Jane Rosenthal and Robert De Niro, Rent finally has reached the big screen after a decade of development. Scoring high in early reviews, the film is sure to draw fans of the stage production, but whether a musical about AIDS patients, drag queens and drug addicts can connect in red states remains to be seen. The PG-13 film will bow in 2,433 theaters and is looking to lure primarily young women.

With the holiday weekend about to begin, Warner Bros. Pictures' teenage wizard shows no signs of breaking his spell on the boxoffice. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the fourth iteration of the surefire franchise that soared to boxoffice heights in its first frame, will continue to enchant moviegoers this Thanksgiving weekend. On the next rung, two new releases -- Sony Pictures' release of Revolution Studios' Rent and Paramount Pictures' Yours, Mine & Ours -- will try to knock 20th Century Fox's Walk the Line off its well-earned second-place perch. But the Johnny Cash biopic, which earned an additional $2 million Monday, has the benefit of strong reviews and good word-of-mouth, making it a formidable competitor for the No. 2 spot, especially with adult audiences. Sony and partner Revolution are taking a gamble this frame that well-done musicals still can reach mass audiences. A laborious passion project of director Chris Columbus and producers Jane Rosenthal and Robert De Niro, Rent finally has reached the big screen after a decade of development. Scoring high in early reviews, the film is sure to draw fans of the stage production, but whether a musical about AIDS patients, drag queens and drug addicts can connect in red states remains to be seen. The PG-13 film will bow in 2,433 theaters and is looking to lure primarily young women.

With the holiday weekend about to begin, Warner Bros. Pictures' teenage wizard shows no signs of breaking his spell on the boxoffice. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the fourth iteration of the surefire franchise that soared to boxoffice heights in its first frame, will continue to enchant moviegoers this Thanksgiving weekend. On the next rung, two new releases -- Sony Pictures' release of Revolution Studios' Rent and Paramount Pictures' Yours, Mine & Ours -- will try to knock 20th Century Fox's Walk the Line off its well-earned second-place perch. But the Johnny Cash biopic, which earned an additional $2 million Monday, has the benefit of strong reviews and good word-of-mouth, making it a formidable competitor for the No. 2 spot, especially with adult audiences. Sony and partner Revolution are taking a gamble this frame that well-done musicals still can reach mass audiences. A laborious passion project of director Chris Columbus and producers Jane Rosenthal and Robert De Niro, Rent finally has reached the big screen after a decade of development. Scoring high in early reviews, the film is sure to draw fans of the stage production, but whether a musical about AIDS patients, drag queens and drug addicts can connect in red states remains to be seen. The PG-13 film will bow in 2,433 theaters and is looking to lure primarily young women.

With the holiday weekend about to begin, Warner Bros. Pictures' teenage wizard shows no signs of breaking his spell on the boxoffice. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the fourth iteration of the surefire franchise that soared to boxoffice heights in its first frame, will continue to enchant moviegoers this Thanksgiving weekend. On the next rung, two new releases -- Sony Pictures' release of Revolution Studios' Rent and Paramount Pictures' Yours, Mine & Ours -- will try to knock 20th Century Fox's Walk the Line off its well-earned second-place perch. But the Johnny Cash biopic, which earned an additional $2 million Monday, has the benefit of strong reviews and good word-of-mouth, making it a formidable competitor for the No. 2 spot, especially with adult audiences. Sony and partner Revolution are taking a gamble this frame that well-done musicals still can reach mass audiences. A laborious passion project of director Chris Columbus and producers Jane Rosenthal and Robert De Niro, Rent finally has reached the big screen after a decade of development. Scoring high in early reviews, the film is sure to draw fans of the stage production, but whether a musical about AIDS patients, drag queens and drug addicts can connect in red states remains to be seen. The PG-13 film will bow in 2,433 theaters and is looking to lure primarily young women.

With the holiday weekend about to begin, Warner Bros. Pictures' teenage wizard shows no signs of breaking his spell on the boxoffice. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the fourth iteration of the surefire franchise that soared to boxoffice heights in its first frame, will continue to enchant moviegoers this Thanksgiving weekend. On the next rung, two new releases -- Sony Pictures' release of Revolution Studios' Rent and Paramount Pictures' Yours, Mine & Ours -- will try to knock 20th Century Fox's Walk the Line off its well-earned second-place perch. But the Johnny Cash biopic, which earned an additional $2 million Monday, has the benefit of strong reviews and good word-of-mouth, making it a formidable competitor for the No. 2 spot, especially with adult audiences. Sony and partner Revolution are taking a gamble this frame that well-done musicals still can reach mass audiences. A laborious passion project of director Chris Columbus and producers Jane Rosenthal and Robert De Niro, Rent finally has reached the big screen after a decade of development. Scoring high in early reviews, the film is sure to draw fans of the stage production, but whether a musical about AIDS patients, drag queens and drug addicts can connect in red states remains to be seen. The PG-13 film will bow in 2,433 theaters and is looking to lure primarily young women.

With the holiday weekend about to begin, Warner Bros. Pictures' teenage wizard shows no signs of breaking his spell on the boxoffice. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the fourth iteration of the surefire franchise that soared to boxoffice heights in its first frame, will continue to enchant moviegoers this Thanksgiving weekend. On the next rung, two new releases -- Sony Pictures' release of Revolution Studios' Rent and Paramount Pictures' Yours, Mine & Ours -- will try to knock 20th Century Fox's Walk the Line off its well-earned second-place perch. But the Johnny Cash biopic, which earned an additional $2 million Monday, has the benefit of strong reviews and good word-of-mouth, making it a formidable competitor for the No. 2 spot, especially with adult audiences. Sony and partner Revolution are taking a gamble this frame that well-done musicals still can reach mass audiences. A laborious passion project of director Chris Columbus and producers Jane Rosenthal and Robert De Niro, Rent finally has reached the big screen after a decade of development. Scoring high in early reviews, the film is sure to draw fans of the stage production, but whether a musical about AIDS patients, drag queens and drug addicts can connect in red states remains to be seen. The PG-13 film will bow in 2,433 theaters and is looking to lure primarily young women.

Actor Dennis Quaid has had his 30 year screen career honored with a star on Hollywood's Walk Of Fame. The Traffic and Yours, Mine & Ours star has appeared in more than 40 movies, and joked at the prestigious unveiling ceremony on Wednesday that he'd been around too long. He said, "I remember when this town was a bean field. I've been here 125 years. I started with Charlie Chaplin." Quaid, 51, was joined by 300 friends, relatives and colleagues at the event, including In Good Company co-star Topher Grace.

Paramount Pictures has tapped Eric Kops as senior vp national publicity, the studio said Tuesday. The longtime MGM vet and former Paramount intern will lead the department in strategizing and executing national campaigns for the company's upcoming films, including Get Rich or Die Tryin', Aeon Flux and Yours, Mine & Ours. He will be based in Los Angeles, where he will report to executive vp worldwide publicity Nancy Kirkpatrick. Kops joins Paramount from MGM, where he led the campaigns on the James Bond installment Die Another Day, the Legally Blonde and Barbershop films, Hotel Rwanda, Ghost World and Saved!...

Jerry O'Connell has been cast opposite Dennis Quaid and Rene Russo in Yours, Mine and Ours, an MGM and Paramount Pictures co-production. The film is a remake of the 1968 Henry Fonda-Lucille Ball comedy in which a widower (Quaid) with 10 children marries a widow (Russo) with eight children. O'Connell plays a sales agent working for Russo's character. Principal photography is set to begin this week in Los Angeles. Raja Gosnell is directing the project, which is being produced by Robert Simonds.

Rene Russo has signed on to co-star in the remake of Yours, Mine and Ours for Paramount Pictures and MGM. Paramount has set a November release date for the project with MGM handling foreign distribution. Russo will play opposite Dennis Quaid in the remake, taking on the role played by Lucille Ball in the original. That film revolved around two divorcees who join forces, along with their eight and 10 kids, respectively. Raja Gosnell is directing the project, which is being produced by Robert Simonds. Gosnell's producing partner, Richard Suckle, also will be involved in a production capacity. The project was written by Ron Burch, David Kidd, Bob Hilgenberg and Rob Muir. Elizabeth Ingold and Erik Baiers are overseeing for MGM with Karen Rosenfelt overseeing for Paramount. Russo is represented by CAA and managed by John Crosby.