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Way back in 1986, when "Star Trek: The Next Generation" was still in development, the original casting sheets called for actresses to play a 15-year-old character named Leslie Crusher, the daughter of Dr. Beverly Crusher. "Her remarkable mind and photographic memory," the character rundown read, "make it seem not unlikely for her to become, at 15, a Starfleet acting-ensign. Otherwise, she is a normal teenager." As casting and development continued, however, Leslie was transformed into a teenage boy named Wesley, and more closely modeled after Gene Roddenberry's own 15-year-old self (Roddenberry's middle name is Wesley).

Wesley wasn't widely liked by Trekkies, as he seemed too much like a brown-noser. He was too eager to please the adults in his life, too well-behaved, and definitely too smart. Fans point to the instances wherein a teenage boy, working with the best and brightest in Starfleet, managed to be the only one to solve a massively difficult space conundrum.

The 1990s were a golden era for the erotic thriller genre, producing films that masterfully blended sensuality with suspense. This decade saw the rise of provocative storytelling that delved deep into the complexities of human desire and power dynamics. If you loved the intricate power dynamics and steamy encounters in Babygirl, you’ll find plenty to enjoy in these seven 1990s Erotic Thrillers. Each explores themes of desire, control, and the dangerous intersections of love and power, making them perfect watches for fans of Babygirl. Whether you’re drawn to the psychological tension of Basic Instinct or the atmospheric intrigue of Eyes Wide Shut, these films capture the essence of what made the 90s such a thrilling time for cinema.

1. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut is a mesmerizing exploration of desire and secrecy. The film follows Dr. William Harford (Tom Cruise) as he navigates a clandestine...

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Your Fault is a Spanish young adult romantic drama film directed by Domingo González, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Sofía Cuenca. Based on the Culpables series by Mercedes Ron, the 2024 sequel film continues the love story of Nick and Noah as they face new challenges in their relationship including long-distance and a vindictive ex-girlfriend. Your Fault stars Nicole Wallace, Gabriel Guevara, Marta Hazas, Iván Sánchez, Victor Varona, and Eva Ruiz. So, if you loved the charming story, teen romance, and intriguing drama in Your Fault, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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My Fault is a Spanish romantic drama film written and directed by Domingo González. Based on the Wattapad story titled Culpa Mia by Mercedes Ron, the 2023 film follows Noah, a teen girl as she is forced to leave her town,...

Prime Video’s Cruel Intentions TV show mixes drama and mystery in a modern version of the 1999 movie of the same name, and some movies and TV shows make for an excellent companion watch thanks to their similar themes and stories. Based on the 1782 novel Les Liaisons dangereuses and Roger Kumble’s 1999 movie, Cruel Intentions follows wealthy step-siblings Caroline Merteuil (Sarah Catherine Hook) and Lucien Belmont (Zac Burgess). When an anti-Greek movement threatens to end all fraternities and sororities, Caroline targets the vice-President’s daughter, Annie Grover (Savannah Lee Smith), who is joining her university.

Caroline knows that, if Annie joins her sorority, Delta Phi, it will be safe, but she needs Lucien’s help. They make a deal: Lucien has to seduce Annie and sleep with her so they can lure her into Delta Phi, and if Lucien achieves this, Caroline will finally sleep with him, but if he fails,...

Rolling off the streaming debut of its first French original series “The Confidante” and docu “Breaking the Bank,” Max announced two new French shows, and a Spring launch in Turkey during a panel discussion at Content London.

In Turkey, Max will bring together BluTV, a local SVOD service which it acquired last year, with HBO Originals, as well returning seasons of BluTV’s beloved local productions, Türkiye streaming originals, Warner Bros. movies, DC Universe, and true crime and documentaries.

Max is already present in 74 markets with over 110 million subscribers. The streamer will bow in “three of the biggest European markets coming in 2026,” the company said.

The inaugural slate of the service in Turkey will include “Prince” season 3 and “Magarsus” season 2. It will also include “The First Gokturk,” a fantasy anthology weaving Turkish and nomadic history, created by Alper Çağlar.

Deniz Şaşmaz Oflaz, Wbd’s VP of local original productions, local...

Exclusive: Here’s your first look at Diane Kruger and Anamaria Vartolomei in Merteuil, Max’s anticipated reimagining of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’s classic novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Dangerous Liasions).

We can reveal today that the series will be titled The Seduction in all territories outside of France and will launch in the second half of 2025. Filming continues in France until the end of this month.

Also starring are Vincent Lacoste, Lucas Bravo, Julien De Saint Jean, Noée Abita, Fantine Harduin, and Patrick d’Assumçao.

The synopsis reads: “To be the hero of your own story, you sometimes have to be the villain in others. Marquise de Merteuil, betrayed by Valmont, embarks on a daring journey to become Paris’ leading courtesan.”

Max has described its first French Original drama as a free adaptation of Laclos’s steamy novel and “an exploration of the price of emotional and sexual freedom — in...

Cruel Intentions star Brooke Lena Johnson, who portrays Beatrice Worth, has shared new insights about the direction of season 2. The Prime Video series reimagines the 1999 cult classic film, which itself was based on the 1782 novel, Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. The show explores themes of manipulation and ambition among a new generation of characters. Season 1 introduced Beatrice as a fiery student who challenges the system of sororities and fraternities, making her a key character in the show's complex landscape. While Cruel Intentions season 2 is not confirmed yet, there may already be an outline of the show's future.

During an exclusive interview with Screen Rant's Tatiana Hullender, Johnson hinted at major character developments and alliances in Cruel Intentions season 2. She emphasized the growing tensions between the characters, suggesting that unresolved conflicts from season 1 are going to evolve into a battle between opposing factions. Her comments provide valuable...

Cruel Intentions, Prime Video's reboot of the cult classic 1999 film, is out in the wild, and fans are having a feast, eating up all the scandalous and salacious schemes of the depraved students at Manchester College, where young sociopaths are groomed to become the future leaders of America. Thankfully, all the manipulations and backbiting are handled with a satirical edge and comedic sensibilities that keep the show from getting too upsetting or disturbing for viewers.

The ensemble cast of Cruel Intentions includes Brooke Lena Johnson, who plays Beatrice Worth, a fiery student who decides to take on the entire "Greek System" of frat and sorority houses. She's motivated partially out of populist righteousness, but also petty revenge, since she wasn't allowed membership into her favored sorority house.

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Prime Videos Cruel Intentions TV show introduces a new generation of wealthy and ruthless students, and it now has a confirmed major connection to the 1999 movie, but this actually hurts the TV show. Directed by Roger Kumble and based on Pierre Choderlos de Laclos 1782 novel Les Liaisons dangereuses, Cruel Intentions introduces the audience to wealthy step-siblings Kathryn Merteuil (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and Sebastian Valmont (Ryan Phillippe), who make a bet for their entertainment: Sebastian has to seduce the new headmasters daughter, Annette Hargrove (Reese Witherspoon), and sleep with her.

If Sebastian achieves this, Kathryn will finally sleep with him, but if he fails, Kathryn will get his beloved vintage car. The Cruel Intentions TV show borrowed the same premise as the movie but with some important changes to the characters and their plans. The TV show follows step-siblings Caroline (Sarah Catherine Hook) and Lucien (Zac Burgess), who also make a bet,...

Prime Video's TV reboot of Cruel Intentions follows the students of Manchester College, an elite academy populated by manipulators, sociopaths, and their unwitting victims. Based on the cult classic 1999 film of the same name, as well as the original 1782 novel, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Cruel Intentions uses humor and its sharp satirical edge to cut through to the heart of its characters, users who don't care how many lives they ruin in their petty pursuit of political power.

Most of the Cruel Intentions cast are hot college students, but exceptions include Jon Tenney and Claire Forlani, who star as hot middle-aged parents. Tenney plays Congressman Russell, the father of Scott Russell (Khobe Clarke), while Forlani plays Claudia, the mother of Caroline (Sarah Catherine Hook) and stepmother to Lucien (Zac Burgess). While ostensibly the adults in the room, that doesn't necessarily mean they're more evolved than their children.

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Prime Video's Cruel Intentions takes the basic blueprint of the 1999 film, based on the 1782 novel, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, and expands it into an eight-episode debut season. The series follows the students of Manchester College, a group of lying, scheming, duplicitous, manipulative brats who will one day become the future politicians and leaders of America.

Cruel Intentions hails from showrunners Phoebe Fisher and Sara Goodman, who previously held the reins on Prime Video's I Know What You Did Last Summer reboot. Fisher also co-wrote the deliciously sassy 2023 comedy, Down Low, while Goodman is no stranger to scheming young people, having written over a dozen episodes of the classic YA series, Gossip Girl, a series which certainly shares some DNA with Cruel Intentions.

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When Amy Heckerling scored a teen comedy hit in 1995 with "Clueless" by working from the Jane Austen's 1816 novel "Emma," Hollywood figured there might be a potential goldmine in youth-skewing films based on classic works of fiction. Gil Junger certainly found this to be the case with "10 Things I Hate About You," his high school-set take on William Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew," while Robert Iscove scored a box office hit with his "Pygmalion" riff "She's All That." So it wasn't all that shocking when Roger Kumble found intrigue and no shortage of sex appeal via "Cruel Intentions," his scheming rich kids reworking of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos' "Les Liaisons dangereuses."

Why did the film work so well? Columbia Pictures' willingness to release the film with an R rating allowed Kumble to push much further with the sensuality. He also had an absolute juggernaut of a young cast in Sarah Michelle Gellar,...

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The Cruel Intentions TV show is not just about Carolines (Sarah Catherine Hook) plan and bet with Lucien (Zac Burgess), as there's also Blaises (John Harlan Kim) plan, which involves the President of his fraternity. Based on the 1999 movie by Roger Krumble and the 1782 novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses, by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Cruel Intentions introduces a new group of wealthy teenagers who know no limits when it comes to getting what they want and benefiting themselves. At the front and center are step-siblings Caroline and Lucien, who agree on a bet involving the Vice Presidents daughter, Annie Grover (Savannah Lee Smith).

Caroline wants Lucien to seduce and sleep with Annie so they can convince her to join her sorority, Delta Phi, thus saving it from an anti-Greek movement on campus. Lucien is part of Delta Phis sister fraternity, Alpha Gamma,...

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The Cruel Intentions TV show made big changes to the 1999 movies characters while borrowing its premise, and as such, it gave a completely new ending to Lucien (Zac Burgess), in which he had one final move against his step-sister, Caroline (Sarah Catherine Hook). Based on the 1999 movie by Roger Krumble and the 1782 novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses, by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Cruel Intentions took viewers to a Washington D.C. college where its wealthy students stop at nothing to get what they want and always for their own benefit.

Cruel Intentions followed step-siblings Caroline and Lucien, who made a bet Caroline came up with to save her fraternity: Lucien had to seduce and sleep with the Vice Presidents daughter, Annie Grover (Savannah Lee Smith), so they could convince her to join Delta Phi, of which Caroline was President. However, Lucien developed...

Cruel Intentions follows the students of Manchester College, where young aristocrats are sent to be groomed into the future leaders of America. This Prime Video series, based on the 1999 film of the same name, portrays its college students as a group of duplicitous, scheming, sociopathic narcissists who engage in games of sexual manipulation in order to consolidate their power and for their own amusement. So, basically the typical college experience.

Sara Silva and Sean Patrick Thomas co-star in Cruel Intentions as Cece and Professor Chadwick respectively. Cece is basically the lieutenant to Sarah Catherine Hook's Caroline, the queen of the school. Cece strikes up a particular friendship with Professor Chadwick, played by Sean Patrick Thomas.

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Prime Video's Cruel Intentions TV show borrowed the premise of the 1999 movie of the same name, but it also made some big changes to it.

Prime Video's Cruel Intentions follows the students of Manchester College, a prestigious school that turns young aristocrats into the future leaders of America, whether they're qualified or not. In this cutthroat academy, students are either manipulative sociopaths, their hapless pawns, or their unfortunate victims. The series is based on the 1999 film of the same name, as well as the original source material, the 1782 novel, Les Liaisons Dangereuses.

Two of the more sympathetic students in the new Cruel Intentions story are Scott and Blaise, played by Khobe Clarke and John Kim, respectively. Scott is a good-natured but helplessly naive student who becomes president of the frat house through no effort of his own, while Blaise acts as his handler, ostensibly serving as Scott's right-hand man while manipulating him to his own ends.

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Prime Video has now debuted its TV show remake of the 1999 cult classic film Cruel Intentions, both of which share plot overlap with an Oscar-winning 1988 Keanu Reeves movie. With shows like I Know What You Did Last Summer, Mr & Mrs Smith, and Cross, Amazon Prime Videos original TV show slate is on a streak of reimagining hit 1990s and 2000s movies as modern series. Cruel Intentions is the latest title to join this trend, which adjusts the 1999 Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, and Reese Witherspoon drama to follow a pair of status-focused wealthy step-siblings at college.

The cast of Cruel Intentions show stars Sarah Catherine Hook as Caroline Merteuil and Zac Burgess as Lucien Belmont, the step-siblings who correspond to Gellars Kathryn and Phillippes Sebastian from the 1999 movie. There are plenty of differences between the TV show and movie outside the new character names, locations, and ages, but they...

Despite being part of the same franchise and having the same premise, Prime Videos Cruel Intentions TV show is very different from the 1999 movie of the same name. Directed by Roger Kumble and based on the 1782 novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses, by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Cruel Intentions follows step-siblings Kathryn Merteuil (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and Sebastian Valmont (Ryan Phillippe), who make a bet for their entertainment that involves the daughter of their schools new headmaster, Annette Hargrove (Reese Witherspoon). Cruel Intentions spawned a failed prequel and a sequel, and has now returned as a TV show.

The Cruel Intentions TV show centers on wealthy step-siblings Caroline Merteuil (Sarah Catherine Hook) and Lucien Belmont (Zac Burgess), who also get involved in a bet but for very different reasons than that between Kathryn and Sebastian. Parallel to that are Carolines plans to get Annie Grover (Savannah Lee Smith) to join her sorority,...

Prime Videos Cruel Intentions reboot series is off to a lackluster start, attracting a dismal Rotten Tomatoes rating that is barely half of the original movie starring Sarah Michelle Gellar. Serving as a modernized retelling of the 1782 novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses, plans for a TV show based on the 1999 film began almost as soon as it was released. While the earliest plans for a Cruel Intentions show would eventually morph into 2000s direct-to-video sequel, NBC would pass on a TV adaptation in 2015, only for Prime Video to pick it up in late 2021.

With all eight episodes of Cruel Intentions season 1 now available on Prime Video, the majority of the initial reviews for the property's latest television reboot have not been favorable. Currently only sitting at a 30% critical rating on review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, Prime Video's reboot currently sits well behind the original movies 54% score. However, it has already...

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With new characters come new settings and songs, and aside from its premise, the Cruel Intentions TV show also borrowed some songs from the 1999 movie. Based on the movie of the same name by Roger Kumble and the 1782 novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses, by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Cruel Intentions takes the audience to a Washington D.C. college to meet its wealthy and ruthless students. At the front and center are step-siblings Caroline Merteuil (Sarah Catherine Hook), president of the Delta Phi sorority, and Lucien Belmont (Zac Burgess), treasurer of Alpha Gamma.

When an anti-Greek movement threatens to end all fraternities, Caroline sets her eyes on the Vice Presidents daughter, Annie Grover (Savannah Lee Smith), and makes a bet with Lucien so he seduces Annie and sleeps with her so they can convince her to join Delta Phi. However, Lucien develops feelings for Annie,...

The new Prime Video series, Cruel Intentions, takes the basic outline of the 1999 film of the same name and expands it to an eight episode story, with plenty of room for future seasons to tell even more tales of depravity, sexual manipulation, gaslighting, and all of the other devilishly fun things that are strictly off-limits in real life.

Cruel Intentions is set at Manchester College, a place that turns young aristocrats into politicians. In a school full of deliciously irredeemable personalities, two characters stand out: Beatrice and Annie, played by Brooke Lena Johnson and Savannah Lee Smith, respectively. Beatrice is an activist railing against the old-fashioned and, in her opinion, outdated "Greek system" of frat and sorority houses. Meanwhile, Annie is the Vice President's daughter, a sheltered young woman who gets more than she bargained for when she finds herself pulled in all directions by people seeking her friendship for...

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Prime Videos Cruel Intentions TV show has a direct connection to the 1999 movie of the same name, but it completely wasted this key link. Directed by Roger Kumble and based on the 1782 novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Cruel Intentions introduced the audience to wealthy step-siblings Kathryn Merteuil (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and Sebastian Valmont (Ryan Phillippe), who make a bet for their own amusement. As Sebastian is known for seducing and manipulating women, he wants a challenge and who better than Annette Hargrove (Reese Witherspoon), the school headmasters daughter who is against sex without love.

If Sebastian fails to seduce Annette, Kathryn gets his beloved vintage car, but if he wins, Kathryn will finally have sex with him. After a failed prequel and a sequel, Cruel Intentions is now back as a TV series on Prime Video. The Cruel Intentions...

Cruel Intentions follows the students of Manchester College, and the malicious games of seduction they play for their own amusement and the joy of wreaking havoc with people's lives. The Prime Video series is based on the 1999 film of the same name, which is, in turn, based on the 1782 French novel, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos.

Cruel Intentions' lead characters, Caroline and Lucien (Sarah Catherine Hook and Zac Burgess), are step-siblings who make a bet involving the sexual fate of Annie Grover, the daughter of the Vice President of the United States. As their depraved games get more and more out of hand, with more and more students roped into playing roles as pawns in their plot, the siblings must decide just how far they are willing to go to consolidate their power in Manchester College. While the characters are certainly despicable in their own way, Cruel Intentions...

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Cruel Intentions is a teen drama series created by Phoebe Fisher and Sara Goodman. Based on the 1999 film of the same name by Roger Kumble which in turn was based on the French novel Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, the Prime Video series is set in Washington D.C. in the prestigious Manchester College and it revolves around step-siblings Caroline and Lucien who are at the top of the social ladder. When a hazing incident goes wrong, Caroline bets Lucien to seduce Annie Grover, the daughter of the United States Vice President to make it go away. Cruel Intentions stars Sarah Catherine Hook, Zac Burgess, Savannah Lee Smith, Sara Silva, John Harlan Kim, Khobe Clarke, Sean Patrick Thomas, and Brooke Lena Johnson. So, if you loved the seductive drama, thrilling twists and turns, and compelling...

Top Things To Watch Between November 18 To 24 (Photo Credit – Facebook)

This week in November, our list starts with a Netflix documentary about a renowned lady superstar, followed by a British film based on the world’s first in vitro fertilization baby. Additionally, there’s a Hindi web series and a comedy show to enjoy. We also have two exciting sci-fi titles on different platforms: Jio Cinema and Disney Plus Hotstar.

Apple TV Plus presents a World War II historical drama film, while other Ott platforms bring diverse content. Heading to the silver screen, there are two films, one in Telugu and the other in Marathi. Continue reading for the complete lineup for November 18 to 24, including other shows and movies not mentioned here.

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Nayanthara: Beyond the Fairy Tale is a documentary chronicling the life of the lady superstar Nayanthara. It captures her journey through...

In its 240 years, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’ once scandalous (and at one point, banned) 1782 novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses’ has been adapted around 30 times for various stage, radio, and screen productions across five continents. Yet for many, Roger Kumble’s Cruel Intentions has remained one of its most popular retellings.

The 1999 movie spin on a pair of lovers-turned-rivals who destroy each other through their cruel manipulations of the unsuspecting French aristocracy reimagines the unscrupulous members of the French nobility into two competitive (and sexually enamored) teenage step-siblings, Kathryn (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and Sebastian (Ryan Phillippe). As part of a jealousy-driven bet that begins with ruining their new classmate Cecile (Selma Blair), the duo finds the stakes of their contest flamed by the arrival of the disarmingly kind and principled Annette (Reese Witherspoon), the daughter of their affluent Upper East Side high school’s headmaster.

The box-office hit not only bolstered the...

Prime Video’s Cruel Intentions (2024) is yet another modern retelling of the French novel Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. Frankly, if we’re being serious, it’s really a remake of the Roger Kumble film of the same name, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, and Selma Blair, which came out a quarter of a century ago.

Now, we live in a world of TikTok and Instagram, where people can be cruel at the tap of a screen. This is a story where Cruel Intentions hits its authentic target audience in the age of social media. The result is an adaptation made for the streaming era—additive, highly bingeable, and with a wicked sense of itself.

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Teenage dramas have existed for as long as teens have been drumming up drama in schools and colleges. In the ’60s, there were Because They’re Young and Where the Boys Are. The ‘70s had American Graffiti, Grease, and Saturday Night Fever. The genre exploded in the ‘80s with movies like Dead Poets Society, and Fast Times at Ridgemont High. And the ‘90s gave us The Basketball Diaries, Rushmore, 10 Things I Hate About You, and American Pie. But I think the movie that paved the way for stuff like Gossip Girl, Young Royals, 13 Reasons Why, Elite, Class, Euphoria, Maxton Hall, Hierarchy, and Untamed Royals was the cult classic, Cruel Intentions. It had adult actors playing high schoolers. It was filled to the brim with the risque stuff. And there was a lot of backstabbing and drugs involved. Since this particular subgenre of teen dramas is all the rage now,...

The original Cruel Intentions, an adaptation of the 1782 novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses, was one of my most memorable films growing up. It was sadistic, it had sexual tension, master manipulation, villainous step-siblings, and a small sprinkle of romance. Prime Videos Cruel Intentions series, developed by Phoebe Fisher and Sara Goodman, attempts to replicate what made the 1999 movie so memorable (and quotable) but smartly takes its own less merciless path and adds new elements. The main players and their goals are more or less the same, but theres less verve and danger in the execution.

Two ambitious step-siblings at a prestigious Washington, D.C. college will stop at nothing to keep their social standing. After a hazing scandal threatens their control, they resort to extreme tactics, including seducing the vice president's daughter, to safeguard their reputation and influence.

Cast Savannah Lee Smith, Brooke Lena Johnson, Khobe Clarke, Sara Silva, Zac Burgess,...

Amazon’s new Cruel Intentions television series is completely pointless, which isn’t the worst of sins, but isn’t much of a virtue either.

Roger Kumble’s 1999 film of the same title took Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’ frequently adapted Les Liaisons Dangereuses and gave it a modern spin which, if nothing else, understood a lot of what was so pointedly twisty about it. The movie delivered some satisfying, dirty fun in a tight 97 minutes, with a spectacular cast that easily smoothed over any bumps in the thematically muddled story.

Phoebe Fisher and Sara Goodman’s Amazon series takes the potent premise, with its backstabbing and sexual hijinks, and mostly just manages to stretch it out across an eight-episode season — and presumably beyond, since very little is resolved by the finale. Its attempts to update the already updated tale are mostly hollow, and its ensemble of pretty young actors mostly forgettable.

The 18th century French novel “Les Liaisons Dangereuses” has withstood dozens of adaptations to stage and screen, including the prestigious 1988 film “Dangerous Liaisons” and the cheesy yet beloved 1999 teen film “Cruel Intentions.”

With Prime Video’s new eight-part “Cruel Intentions” series remake, author Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’ story finally hits the wall. Here, both setting and story seem outdated, with the writers’ bids to stay true to skeevier elements of the novel and (especially) 1999 movie conflicting with attempts to update storylines for a modern audience.

The show opens at a stately, vaguely Southern-looking mansion filled with overdressed young women — a promising start for fans of the similarly sorority-set “Scream Queens” or of “American Horror Story: Coven,” or even “The Bachelor.”

But the new “Cruel Intentions” does not yield any supernatural or crime thriller chills, or even enough backstabbing among romantic rivals to inspire us to pick a side. Instead, it...

Cruel Intentions has gotten a TV adaptation thanks to Prime Video, and it introduces a new cast of wealthy teenagers who will stop at nothing to get what they want. Based on the 1782 novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, the 1999 movie Cruel Intentions introduced the audience to wealthy and ruthless step-siblings Kathryn and Sebastian, played by Sarah Michelle Gellar and Ryan Phillippe. Cruel Intentions spawned a failed prequel and a sequel, and now theres also a TV series that borrowed its premise but with a different setting and a new cast.

The Cruel Intentions TV series is set in a new university and focuses on wealthy step-siblings Caroline and Lucien. Caroline is the president of the Delta Phi fraternity and Lucien is part of the Alpha Gamma fraternity, but when a group of angry students begins a movement to end all fraternities, Caroline makes a bet with...

Amazon’s new adaptation of the twisted tale of two power-hungry stepsiblings debuts this week.

How far would you go to preserve your power and social status? For the stepsiblings Caroline Mertueil and Lucien Belmont, no limit exists. That’s the driving force behind everything they do in “Cruel Intentions,” the new TV series coming to Prime Video this week. Fans of the 1999 movie of the same name are likely psyched about the show, but for the uninitiated, we’ve compiled this handy guide to walk you through all the information you need about the show before you start watching.

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1999's Cruel Intentions belongs in the same bracket as the epoch-defining Clueless, and 10 Things I Hate About You; modern retellings of classic literature that made accessibility the focus of their reinvention. Like the other two, Cruel Intentions goes for a school-age cast, though the school environment is less present, and the story instead focuses on a tight bubble of elite society where everyone is as rich as they are deceitful, and absolutely everyone seems right on the cusp of having sex with each other.

The story is a fairly straightforward thing that focuses on a web of deceit and manipulation woven by two New York step-siblings, played by Ryan Phillipe and Sarah Michelle Gellar. Based on Pierre Choderlos de Laclos' 1782 novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses, the very '90s retelling positions Gellar as the grand manipulator, and Phillipe as the destructive cad, who set out to destroy other people's lives for the sake of sport,...

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Prime Video is ready with an entertainment-packed November this year. The upcoming month will see the beginning of some of Prime Video’s best original shows including Cross and also new brilliant movies like My Old Ass. Just like every month, Prime Video is ready to overload you with great content. So, we’re here to tell you about the best 7 new movies and TV shows coming to Prime Video in November 2024.

Back to Back (November 5)

Back to Back is a biographical drama film directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson from a screenplay by Matt Greenhalgh. Based on the life of English singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse, the 2024 film follows the life and music of Amy Winehouse from her adolescence to adulthood as she creates one of the best-selling albums of our time. Back to Back stars Marisa Abela in the lead role with Jack O’Connell,...

Few movies in the ’90s captivated the imaginations of high school mean girls and cliques everywhere like 1999’s “Cruel Intentions.” A teen adaptation of the iconic 18th-century French epistolary novel “Les Liaisons dangereuses,” the cult classic is conniving, ruthless drama exemplified. And it found an eager audience instantly, spawning a prequel in 2000, a 2004 sequel, and a musical in 2015.

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Last December, Prime Video is gave a series order to Cruel Intentions, an eight-episode television series inspired by the teen romantic drama that starred Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, and Selma Blair, and was released back in 1999. Now the show is set to have its worldwide Prime Video premiere on November 21st – and with that date just a month away, a trailer has arrived online. You can check it out in the embed above.

The series is produced by Sony Pictures Television, Amazon MGM Studios, and Original Film. The cast includes Sarah Catherine Hook (First Kill), Zac Burgess (Totally Completely Fine), Savannah Lee Smith (Gossip Girl), Sara Silva (American Horror Stories), Khobe Clarke (Yellowjackets), John Harlan Kim (The Last Thing He Told Me), Brooke Lena Johnson (You), and Sean Patrick Thomas (Till). Claire Forlani (Mallrats), Nikki Crawford (Crown Lake), Isabella Tagliati (Scuba), Zeke Goodman (the I Know What You Did Last Summer...

Amazon Prime Video’s Cruel Intentions series has dropped its first trailer, and we get our first proper look at the updated take on the cult 1999 film that starred Reese Witherspoon, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe and Selma Blair.

In the clip, we see the focus of the series, the machinations of privileged step-siblings Caroline Merteuil (Sarah Catherine Hook) and Lucien Belmont (Zac Burgess), who run Greek life at Manchester College, an elite Washington, D.C., university. The pair find themselves in trouble after a hazing incident goes wrong, and attempt to lie, deceive and seduce their way out of bother.

The cast also includes Savannah Lee Smith, Sara Silva, Khobe Clarke, John Harlan Kim and Brooke Lena Johnson. Sean Patrick Thomas, who played Ronald Clifford in the original film, plays Professor Chadwick in this version.

In a nod to the original film, the trailer is set to a cover...

Christopher Ashley, the longtime artistic director of La Jolla Playhouse, will take over as artistic director of Roundabout Theatre Company on Broadway.

He will begin his tenure in July 2026 for the 2027-2028 season. Scott Ellis, current interim artistic director, will continue in the role for the 2025-2026 season, and Ellis will work with Ashley on the 2026-2027 season, as Ashley fulfills prior commitments at La Jolla.

Ellis was named interim artistic director of the nonprofit theater company after Todd Haimes died in April 2023, after holding the position for close to 40 years and growing the theater company into one of the largest not-for-profit theaters in the U.S., with three Broadway theaters and two Off-Broadway.

Roundabout’s American Airlines Theater, its main Broadway house, was renamed after Haimes in 2024.

Ashley comes to the role after leading La Jolla Playhouse, another nonprofit giant based in San Diego, since 2007. While there, Ashley directed Come From Away,...

Cameras have started rolling in Normandy on Max’s new French series Merteuil, starring Anamaria Vartolomei, Diane Kruger, Vincent Lacoste, and Lucas Bravo.

Jessica Palud (Being Maria) directs the series which will shoot until December in what Max has described as “grandiose and intimate settings, from the cliffs of Normandy to the châteaux of Ile-de-France.”

The series was written by Jean-Baptiste Delafon with producers including Nabi Productions and Felicita Films. The series synopsis reads: To be the hero of your own story, you sometimes have to be the villain in others. Marquise de Merteuil, betrayed by Valmont, embarks on a daring journey to become Paris’ leading courtesan. Max has described the series as a free adaptation of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’s novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses.

“We are delighted to bring to life ‘Merteuil’, a series that explores power games, manipulation, and moral dilemmas through complex and fascinating characters,” said Véra Peltekian,...

Selma Blair’s teen son Arthur has crossed a major first off his list: he’s finally watched one of his mom’s movie’s, something Blair told People she’s tried — and failed — to get him to do for years. Unfortunately, she added, the 13-year-old watched “Cruel Intentions.”

Blair explained, “I mean, I’ve tried, he’s never watched. But with a girl, he’ll watch ‘Cruel Intentions,’ and I was like, ‘Oh dear.'”

Arthur also mimicked an explicit gesture that her character performed in the movie. “He’s like, ‘Mom, what was that?’ Because my character Cecile does it. It was naughty. It was naughty, is my point.”

Ultimately, she continued, her son liked the film.

The 1999 teen drama also starred Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe and Reese Witherspoon in a young adult retelling of the 1782 novel “Les Liaisons Dangereuses.” Phillippe played Sebastian Valmont, a New York...

If the golden era of the high school movie was the 1980s, packed with John Hughes’ tales of wistful outsider girls and horny nerds, then mid-late ‘90s was the reprise. This was the era of Valley Girls (Clueless), the make-over movie, and of course modern updates of classic literature. Cruel Intentions fits into this category and takes it to the next level. It’s a teen high school movie full of shagging and spitefulness which has genuine consequences and treats its characters like adults, while allowing them the naivety of youth. It’s 25 years old, and it’s still sexy as fuck.

Based on the novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’ which was filmed memorably as 1988’s Dangerous Liaisons, starring Glenn Close, John Malkovich and Michelle Pfeiffer, Cruel Intentions had wonderfully salacious material to work with but big shoes to fill.

Taking the setting from pre-Revolution France...

Thelonious Monk breathtakingly performing in Alain Gomis’s enthralling and insightful Rewind & Play: At one point he’s a little bit upset and says “let’s stop all that, it’s about music, let me play music.”

Alain Gomis’s enthralling and insightful Rewind & Play: it’s not nice (a highlight in the Currents programme of the 60th New York Film Festival), produced by Arnaud Dommerc (Andolfi) and Anouk Khélifa (Sphere Films), opens with the arrival of Thelonious Monk (composer for Roger Vadim’s Les liaisons dangereuses) and his wife, Nellie, in Paris on December 15, 1969, for a concert at the Salle Pleyel.

Alain Gomis with Anne-Katrin Titze on Thelonious Monk and Henri Renaud: “It’s like two planets that never meet …”

Monk’s next stop is the set in a Montmartre recording studio for the French television program Jazz Portrait. He is scheduled for a performance and an interview with Henri Renaud.

Hey there movie lovers! Today we’re going to take a look at the one and only, Selma Blair. This talented actress has been gracing our screens for decades, and we’re going to take a deep dive into her filmography. Selma has been in a number of films that have left a lasting impression on audiences, and we can’t wait to share those with you. From her best to her worst, we’ve got you covered. So, whether you’re a long-time fan or just discovering her work, this Selma Blair movies list is the perfect place to start.

Ready to see which films made our Selma Blair movies list for the best and which ones made the worst? Well, buckle up and get ready to be entertained, as we take a look at 10 films that define Selma Blair’s career.

1. “Cruel Intentions” (1999)

“Cruel Intentions” is a dark...

Some new faces are set to hit Middle-Earth. “Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” has added seven new cast members for its second season, which is currently in production in the United Kingdom.

Gabriel Akuwudike, Yasen Atour, Amelia Kenworthy, Nia Towle, Ben Daniels, Nicholas Woodeson, and Sam Hazeldine have been cast in the series, which serves as a prequel to J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic fantasy series. Hazeldine replaces Joseph Mawle, who played the Ork leader Adar in the first season of the series; a reason for the casting change was not given. The other new cast members’ roles are currently being kept under wraps, but all of them join the show in a recurring capacity.

Akuwudike has appeared in the TV series “Hanna,” “Ridley Road,” and “War of the Worlds,” along with the films “1917” and “Brexit.” Atour was a cast member in Season 2 of Netflix’s “The Witcher,...

Pierre Choderolas de Laclos’ 1782 epistolary novel “Les Liaisons Dangereuses” has proven to be incredibly malleable over the last few decades. In addition to the 1988, Stephen Frears-directed Christopher Hampton adapted “Dangerous Liaisons,” we’ve gotten the stately “Valmont” and even the glorious camp of “Cruel Intentions.” Needless to say, the world was perhaps not clamoring for another look into the backstabbing lives of the Marquise de Merteuil and her sometimes lover/enemy, Valmont.

Continue reading ‘Dangerous Liasons’ Review: This Starz Prequel is An Absurd & Superfluous Origin Story at The Playlist.

Sarah Michelle Gellar is opening up about the Cruel Intentions reboot NBC passed on and why she’s grateful the pilot was not picked up to series.

The peacock network gave it a pilot order in February 2016 but announced in October of that same year that it was not moving forward with the show. Gellar had signed on to reprise her role of Kathryn Merteuil but ultimately felt the new take didn’t live up to the 1999 film.

“That was a whole crazy time,” she told the New York Times. “Nothing against NBC, but Cruel Intentions is straight streaming. On the first day, I was like, ‘This isn’t working.’ It’s just not a network show. And if it is a network show, it’s not my Cruel Intentions. So, I was actually grateful.”

The Cruel Intentions reboot would’ve taken place more than 15 years after the film left...

Writer / Director / Actor Halina Reijn discusses some of her favorite movies with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode

Rrr (2022)

Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)

Gothic (1986)

Warlock (1989)

Annie (1982)

Midsommar (2019) – Dennis Cozzalio’s 2019 year-end movie roundup

Bambi (1942) – Brian Trenchard-Smith’s trailer commentary

Annie (2014)

A Woman Under The Influence (1974)

Husbands (1970) – Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review

Opening Night (1977)

The Piano Teacher (2001) – Charlie Largent’s Criterion Blu-ray review

Black Book (2006)

Elle (2016) – Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review, Dennis Cozzalio’s 2016 year-end movie roundup

The Fourth Man (1983)

Basic Instinct (1992) – Dan Ireland’s trailer commentary

Showgirls (1995)

Indecent Proposal (1993)

Fatal Attraction (1987) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary

9 ½ Weeks (1986)

Fifty Shades Of Grey (2015)

365 Days (2020)

A History Of Violence (2005)

Last Tango In Paris (1972) – Larry Karaszewski’s trailer commentary

Chinatown (1974) – Ernest Dickerson’s trailer commentary

Marathon Man (1976)

The Abyss (1989)

Apocalypse Now (1979) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review

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Dangerous Liaisons is coming to Starz this fall. The cable channel has announced a premiere date and released a trailer for the historical drama, which is a prelude to the classic novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses. The series stars Alice Englert, Nicholas Denton, Kosar Ali, Carice Van Houten, Hilton Pelser, Fisayo Akinade, Michael McElhatton, Nathanael Saleh, Colette Dalal Tchantcho, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, and Tom Wlaschiha. Eight episodes are being produced for the first season.

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Starz is preparing to launch its adaptation of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’ classic 18th Century novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Dangerous Liaisons).

The network has unveiled its first-look images as well as a teaser trailer and has set a premiere date for the series.

The eight-part series will launch on November 6.

Dangerous Liaisons tells the story of Merteuil and Valmont showing how they began as young lovers in the slums of Paris and rose to the heights of French aristocracy through a series of schemes, manipulations and betrayals, eternally oscillating between love and war.

It comes from showrunner Harriet Warner, Colin Callender’s Playground Entertainment and Tony Krantz’s Flame Ventures in association with Lionsgate TV.

It focuses on the origin story of how the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont, met as passionate young lovers in Paris on the eve of the revolution.

Alice Englert and Nicholas Denton...