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The Ring's ending provides one of the most memorable scares in horror movie history, but that often distracts from the bleakness of the story's conclusion. Based on Koji Suzukis novel and Hideo Nakatas Japanese adaptation of the same name, Gore Verbinskis The Ring was a hugely influential horror film of the early 21st century that inspired a flood of Hollywood projects that took influence from the booming Japanese horror movie industry. Apart from that legacy, The Ring is able to stand on its own as a terrific entry in the genre with an unforgettable ending.

The movie follows Rachel (Naomi Watts), a journalist looking into the legend of a videotape that's said to cause the death of anyone who watches it within seven days. Rachel explores the history surrounding the tape and, ultimately, watches it herself. Unfortunately, just as it becomes clear that the legend is no mere ghost story,...

Lockerbie’s Colin Firth isn’t just a father in mourning, he’s a father on the hunt to hold someone accountable.

On Monday, Peacock and Sky released a dramatic new teaser for Lockerbie: A Search for Truth, the limited series inspired by the December 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over the titular Scottish town, which will premiere on Thursday, Jan. 2. In it, Firth is seen questioning government officials surrounding the secrecy of the bombing after his daughter was killed on board. (Watch video above.)

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Spoiler Alert: This story contains some spoilers for “A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder,” now streaming on iPlayer in the U.K.

“A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder,” the adaptation of Holly Jackson’s hit YA thriller, is finally set to hit Netflix on Aug. 1 after debuting in the U.K. on the BBC last month.

Produced by Moonage Pictures (“The Gentlemen”) and starring “Wednesday” breakout Emma Myers as protagonist Pip, it follows a schoolgirl’s attempts to solve a closed murder case, putting not only Pip but also potentially her family in danger as old secrets refuse to stay buried.

Jackson, who worked with showrunner Poppy Cogan (“Red Rose”) to bring the book to life, sat down with Variety between the U.K. and U.S. broadcasts to talk about how she came up with the idea for “Agggtm,” the challenges of adapting it for screen and what she’s working on next.

Netflix is probably the most popular streaming service globally. The content is simply amazing – from original movies to classics, from original series and some classic shows, animated content, and even anime… Netflix has it all. Sometimes, if you’re not that decisive or informed, it might be difficult to decide what to watch, which is why we have decided to help you with this list.

In light of some of the service’s recent successes, we have decided to consult Rotten Tomatoes, one of the most popular review sites globally, and bring you the list of the 10 best series available on Netflix based on their Rotten Tomatoes score. The series will be ranked from 10th to 1st place, and we hope that it will help you. The list has been updated as of May 11, 2024 and if you want to check out the complete list with 100 titles, you can follow this link.

Exclusive: BBC Three has greenlit a Eurovision-themed animation, its first in two decades.

Galaxy Dance is the youth-skewing RuPaul’s Drag Race UK network’s first animated show since Harry Thompson and Shaun Pye’s irreverent sketch series Monkey Dust, which ran from 2003 to 2005.

Galaxy Dance is set amid Eurovision 2989, with the interstellar dance competition seeing a myriad of alien groups and Earth’s human band competing for a prize fund so gigantic it could save the planet from extinction. The only issue is that Earth is on a notorious losing streak and ‘Galaxy Dance’ is the fiercest contest in the Milky Way. Enter Doyle, Jane and their team of misfits with nothing more to lose.

Starring Liam Bixby (Wreck), Lisa Dwyer Hogg (Dance First) and Mukamajulé Michelo (The Lovers), the one-off is expected to air around Eurovision. Developed by Unreal Engine tech, it is being produced by HaZimation and...

'80s actresses like Jami Lee Curtis and Kathleen Turner were pivotal in shaping the decade's cinematic landscape with iconic performances. Trailblazing stars like Oprah Winfrey and Carrie Fisher left a lasting impact, breaking barriers and redefining female roles in film. Actresses like Michelle Pfeiffer and Glenn Close showcased their versatile talents, earning critical acclaim and multiple Oscar nominations.

The most iconic '80s actresses helped define the decade and ensured 1980s movies had a lasting legacy. The '80s were a pivotal turning point in Hollywood. Equity feminism began to take force, and the basis for what became third-wave feminism in the '90s slowly took root. Hollywood saw the return of studio-driven films and blockbuster tent-poles after the auteur-focused New Hollywood era of the 1970s. Teen movies achieved their peak, and some of the most enduring and beloved franchises made their big-screen debuts. This opened the door for...

Exclusive: A British talent agent, who has worked with soap stars including Emma Rigby and Helen Flanagan, has been accused of professional misconduct by six former clients.

Archie Purnell, founder of Manchester-based Bodhi Talent, has supplied actors to major productions for Netflix, the BBC, and ITV, but is facing claims he misled clients in a bid to bolster his standing in the industry.

Deadline has uncovered a series of allegations about the agent, including that he has sent actors illegitimate briefs for self-tape auditions, broke regulations on payment deadlines, and failed to observe industry best practice in contracts. Bodhi is currently at risk of being struck off the UK Companies House register for filing its accounts late.

UK agents are regulated by the state-backed Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate, but complaints against entertainment agencies are rare because actors worry that it could damage their careers. Most major agencies, such as UTA-owned Curtis Brown,...

Kenneth Branagh is back for this third — and by TheWrap’s account, best — appearance as Agatha Christie’s detective Hercule Poirot in “A Haunting in Venice.” He also directs the spooky mystery, which boasts a terrific lineup of murder suspects (and potential victims), including Michelle Yeoh, Tina Fey, Jamie Dornan and Kelly Reilly.

Here’s who plays which character in the film based on Christie’s 1969 novel “Hallowe’en Party” — and where you might have seen the less familiar names before.

“A Haunting in Venice” is now streaming on Disney+.

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Kenneth Branagh as Hercule Poirot

British actor Kenneth Branagh reprises his role as the fussy Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, whom he previously played in the recent remakes “Murder on the Orient Express” and “Death on the Nile.” The film begins in 1947 with Poirot retired from sleuthing and leading a quiet life in Venice — until he’s dragged into a new case.

Stephen King recommended his horror series Lisey's Story as the perfect July viewing, but the Apple TV+ series actually breaks King's 19-year Rotten Tomatoes streak. Based on King's 2006 novel of the same name, he also served as the show's creator, executive producer, and writer. Lisey's Story follows widow Lisey (Julianne Moore) as she copes with her the death of her husband, the famous author Scott Landon (Clive Owen) while learning secrets from his past. Despite the show's intriguing premise, the Apple TV series received Rotten scores from both audiences and critics.

While Lisey's Story didn't resonate with audiences upon release, Stephen King took to Twitter to recommend the psychological horror show. In his Tweet, King wrote "July might be a good time to binge Lisey's Story, on Apple+. All episodes directed by Pablo Larrain all written by me." The limited series was released in June 2021 and continued through July 2021. Even...

Melanie Lynskey shared a touching farewell post of actor Julian Sands, whose remains were found in the San Gabriel mountains earlier this week following a months-long search. The “Yellowjackets” star had been friends with Sands since 2000, when they worked together on the set of “Red Rose.”

Lynskey said she’d been a fan of Sands’ film “A Room with a View,” and recalled being nervous to work alongside the actor, but took note of his positive qualities.

“I could barely speak to you,” she wrote in her Instagram post Wednesday. “When I did finally tell you what the movie/you meant to me, I was struck by your humility, your lack of ego, the absence of any grandstanding. “

Lynskey recalled growing close with Sands over the following years, and being taken aback by his generosity.

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Like its predecessor, The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon spinoff has welcomed several talented stars to fill out The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon cast. Inspired by the eponymous Image Comics, The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon series follows up on Daryl's journey after he left The Commonwealth to go find Rick Grimes and Michonne. However, he soon runs into a problem when he finds himself in Paris, France, with no idea as to how he got there. It's a story that will be full of action, mystery, and suspense, especially when Daryl uncovers a dark history and realizes not everyone in the city is who they say they are.

Although the majority of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon cast starring in the spinoff will be making their character debuts, Norman Reedus has confirmed that some familiar faces from The Walking Dead universe will appear in The Walking Dead:...

“The Fragile Colossus,” “Ten Pound Poms” and “The Seed” ruled the roost at this year’s Monte-Carlo Television Festival, with the three programs collecting two prizes each at a small-screen showcase that ran June 16 – 20 in the Monaco capital.

Produced by Make It Happen Studio and Shoot Again Productions in partnership with TF1 France, telefilm “The Fragile Colossus” took home Monte-Carlo’s Golden Nymph for best film and the special jury prize. The French drama follows a one-time rugby star (played by soccer player-turned-actor Eric Cantona) confronting his history as a victim of childhood sexual abuse, and is based on the life and memoires of rugbyman Sébastien Boueilh.

Winner of Nymphs for best series and best actor for star Warren Brown, “Ten Pound Poms” tracks a group of newly arrived Brits looking to build a better life in 1950s Australia. The six-part series was written by Danny Brocklehurst and produced by...

“A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder” finds its lead in Emma Myers.

Deadline reports the “Wednesday” star has been tapped to play Pip Fitz-Amobi in BBC’s adaptation of Holly Jackson’s A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder.

The novel follows Fitz-Amobi’s quest to discover whether her friend, Andie Bell, really was murdered by her boyfriend Sal Singh five years ago, and if not, who the real murderer could be.

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Myers stars opposite newcomer Zain Iqbal, who plays Ravi in the upcoming show.

“From the moment we announced that A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder was coming to the BBC I know there’s been a huge amount of speculation from fans about who will play Pip and Ravi,” said Fiona Campbell, Controller of Youth Audience, BBC iPlayer and BBC Three.

There’s probably a clever German word invented to describe the increasingly common and frustrating act of spending an entire evening indecisively flicking through Netflix arguing about what to watch before just giving up and going to bed. The streaming giant has over 7,000 titles on its UK version alone, so you can be forgiven for feeling a bit overwhelmed by it all, and its recent tendency to cancel beloved Netflix Originals – some would say too soon – can leave you wondering where best to commit your time.

These British series are excellent quality, tried-and-true dramas that have received critical acclaim, with stars including Keeley Hawes, Sacha Dhawan, Jenna Coleman, Gillian Anderson, Olly Alexander and many more, plus lots of lesser-known top talent too.

So whether you fancy an edge-of-your-seat thriller like The Fall, an action-packed historical drama like The Last Kingdom or a heartrending LGBT series like It’s A Sin, these...

Leading lights of contemporary Iranian cinema, including “Holy Spider” actor Zar Amir Ebrahimi, “The Siren” director Sepideh Farsi, “The Opponent” helmer Milad Alami and producer Kaveh Farnam, turned up at the Cannes Film Festival to raise the alarm on the repression faced by Iranian cinema during a session hosted by Amazon Prime Video’s Sahar Baghery.

Iran has been the centerstage of widespread protests driven by women against the Islamic regime since Mahsa Amini died in police custody for for wearing her hijab too loosely in September 2022. Although the rebellion has garnered vocal support outside of Iran, it hasn’t succeeded in dethroning the Iranian regime. A number of dissident Iranian filmmakers and talent have been jailed over the last six months, notably Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof who was recently released from prison. Rasoulof was nevertheless banned from leaving Iran to serve on the jury of Un Certain Regard at Cannes.

Golshifteh Farahani (Pirates of the Caribbean, About Elly, Paterson) and Zar Amir-Ebrahami (Palme d’Or-winner in 2022 for Holy Spider) — two of most recognized and in-demand Iranian stars working outside of Iran today — have teamed for the feature adaptation of Azar Nafisi’s bestselling Iranian novel Reading Lolita in Tehran.

The two lead an ensemble cast in the the drama — from award-winning director Eran Riklis (Lemon Tree, The Syrian Bride, Dancing Arabs) and written by Marjorie David — alongside Mina Kavani (Red Rose, No Bears). WestEnd Films are launching sales of the film in Cannes.

Translated into 32 languages across the world and set after the revolution in Iran as extremism took hold, Reading Lolita in Tehran tells the autobiographical story of a bold and inspired teacher, who secretly gathered seven of her most committed female students to read forbidden western classics while their world as they knew it closed in around them.

The Royal Shakespeare Company’s stage adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s best-selling novel Hamnet, a tale of love and heartbreak concerning Agnes Hathaway and her beloved one William Shakespeare, has taken the unheralded step of announcing its West End transfer before it has has even opened in the famous playwright’s place of birth.

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The play, adapted by Lolita Chakrabarti — whose version of Life of Pi is on Broadway — directed by Erica Whyman and starring Madeleine Mantock begins performances at the Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 1 through June 17.

Madeleine Mantock

But following a “tsunami” of interest from eager ticket buyers, the show will transfer after its run in Stratford to London’s Garrick Theatre for 14 weeks from September 30 through January 6.

If the phenomenal level of interest is maintained, then expect seats at the Garrick to be hard to come by after they go on priority sale from March 28, with public booking from April 6.

The plain fact is that O’Farrell’s engrossing novel has sold more than 1.5 million copies and has fans on every continent.

Her story of the plain-speaking, free-spirited Agnes Hathaway; her relationship with Shakespeare; the heartbreaking death of Hamnet, their 11-year-old son; and how that tragedy inspired the Bard to write Hamlet; touched a nerve coming out as it did during the pandemic. “It’s totally a love story, it’s very romantic,” Chakrabarti told us.

‘Hamnet’ director Erica Whyman

Also, Chakrabarti continued: “Shakespeare is endlessly fascinating because we are trying to work out who was the man behind these amazing pieces of work, but Maggie O’Farrell’s book asks: Who was the family behind him? Anne, or Agnes, Hathaway has had a pretty bad press, and this redresses some of those injustices.”

Whyman had a “hunch”the RSC ought to put it on stage the minute she’d finished reading it because it dealt “so beautifully with bereavement and love.”

That love, Whyman observed, “carried Shakespeare to some of the most remarkable achievements of his life, notably writing Hamlet.”

Liza Marshall’s Hera Pictures already had acquired an option, and the movie’s in development with Neal Street Productions, founded by Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris and Caro Newling, and Amblin Partners. Chiara Atik is writing the screenplay.

Lolita Chakrabarti. Courtesy RSC.

However, O’Farrell and Neal Street had a keenness for it to be staged in Stratford, so agreements were struck with the RSC for Neal Street, in association with Hera Pictures, to allow a theater version that would be separate from the movie. Amblin has been supporting the stage adaptation enthusiastically.

O’Farrell has been giving “hands-on” attention to both the screenplay and the stage play, Newling said.

Newling admitted that “it’s unusual” to “shout about” transferring before you’ve opened, but “there was this tsunami of interest, and we were never going to satisfy the extraordinary level of interest during the run at the Swan alone. There is such demand for this title,” she added.

Maggie O’Farrell. Courtesy RSC.

The play’s a terrific opportunity for Mantock, who made her debut in a recent revival of Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit directed by Richard Eyre.

Whyman, Chakrabarti and Newling all spoke of their excitement in finding Mantock, heaping casting director Amy Ball with praise.

“It’s simple,” said Whyman “She has got really old-fashioned star quality but at the same time has got her feet firmly on the ground. Agnes is a hard-working, fearless woman who knows her own mind, and so does Madeleine.”

For the Nottinghamshire-born Mantock, Agnes is a “giant role” for her. “It does feel like the role of a lifetime. I don’t know if I’ll get this opportunity again, so I’m very grateful.”

The cast got to meet O’Farrell during rehearsals, and Mantock remembers the novelist telling the company “that ‘not every person in history is remembered kindly and sometimes they are misremembered,’ and I think we all felt lucky to have a responsibility to look at how we might choose to see Anne Hathaway this time.”

Mantock said that “there’s a lot of pain and loss and grief, but there’s also the love, the joy and the hope. And you have to feel all of those things … that’s what life is.”

She noted the advantages of having Chakrabarti at rehearsals, plus, if needs be, “if we get a bit stumped and we don’t know which way to go with something, we can go to the book. We’ve got this amazing resource.”

So first the Swan Theatre, followed by a season at the Garrick in the West End. The phenomenon of Hamnet is unlikely to end there.

There’s Broadway and beyond.

Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon

The cast also includes Tom Vary as William and Sarah Belcher, Will Brown, Haydn Burke, Ajani Cabey, Faye Campbell, Frankie Hastings, Karl Haynes, Alex Jarrett, Hannah McPake, Elizabeth Rider, Rose Riley, Harmony Rose-Bremner, Obioma Ugoala and Peter Wight.

Creatives includes Tom Piper design and Prema Mehta lighting.

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The scorching heat comes from its director Rebecca Frecknall, associate director of north London’s Almeida Theatre. She lit up the West End with an acclaimed 2021 revival of Kander and Ebb’s Cabaret at the Playhouse Theatre, now transformed into the Kit Kat Club.

Eddie Redmayne (The Good Nurse) and Jessie Buckley (Women Talking) both won Olivier Awards for their performances as the emcee and Sally Bowles, respectively.

Those parts now are being played by John McCrea (Cruella) and Aimee Lou Wood.

It doesn’t end there.

Frecknall also staged the extraordinary reimagining of Tennessee Williams’ classic...

We’ve already seen the Sons of Anarchy spin-off Mayans M.C. and creator Kurt Sutter has been hinting for some time that there might be more SoA in the pipeline, even specifying a couple of years back that he wants to explore the story of Jax’s son, Abel.

Now it seems SoA‘s return could be pretty soon, according to hints dropped by Theo Rossi during a panel discussion about Emily the Criminal at Soho Works in Los Angeles on Friday.

“There might be something coming up where we’re all back together, which is insane,” Rossi told Deadline. “If it happens, it’s wild, but if it doesn’t, it would be perfect and really cool because we also talk every day,” he added, referring to his continuing friendship with the show’s lead, Charlie Hunnam, and the rest of the cast.

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Outer Banks Season 3 easily climbed to the top of Netflix‘s English-language TV charts for the week of February 20 to February 26.

The third installment hit the streamer on February 23, racking up 154.97M hours viewed — which was more than three times the amount of time audiences spent watching anything else on Netflix this week.

The series actually claimed three spots on the English TV List, as audiences revisited Seasons 1 (35.1M hours viewed at No. 4) and Season 2 (23.86M hours viewed at No. 7).

The limited series Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal also premiered on Netflix last week, coming in at No. 2 with 40.1M hours viewed. Season 1 of Perfect Match locked in 39.5M hours viewed (No. 3 on the list) after dropping four additional episodes on February 21. The final four episodes will debut on February 28.

You Season 4 and Wednesday are also still holding onto spots in the Top 10. Others on the list include Season 5 of Formula 1: Drive to Survive,...

Netflix’s band of Pogue’s dominated the Top 10 chart as the most viewed title during the Feb. 20-26 viewing window as Season 3 of “Outer Banks” debuted atop the English-Language TV chart with 154.97 million hours viewed.

The series also took up the No. 4 and No. 7 spots on the list as fans revisited Seasons 1 (35.1 million hours viewed) and Season 2 (23.86 million hours viewed) ahead of Season 3’s Feb. 23 premiere.

The “Outer Banks” win effectively cut “You” Season 4’s two-week run at No. 1 short. The series, which released the first five episodes of its latest installment on Feb. 9, fell to fifth place on the chart in its third week of availability with 27.75 million hours viewed.

The 154 million figure is a significant lead ahead of the rest of the titles on the chart. Sitting just below it is “Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal,” which joined the Netflix chart at No. 2 earning 40.05 million hours viewed...

This weekend, Netflix is adding a documentary series, the third season of a popular action mystery TV series, and a comedy horror movie. Last weekend, Netflix brought the Koren drama series Mr. Queen, the Malaysian action movie Possessed/Rasuk, the action thriller movie 2 Guns, the horror movies 47 Meters Down: Uncaged and Ouija, the Bollywood movie Cirkus, and the historical drama The Woman King, along with the Mexican comedy-drama movie All The Places, the documentary series Full Swing, the British horror drama TV series Red Rose, and the Polish sci-fi romance TV series A Girl and an Astronaut.

This weekend, the streaming giant will see the arrival of the World War II drama Operation Finale, season 1 of the Korean romantic drama Summer Strike, the Filipino rom-com An Inconvenient Love, season 2 of Nickelodeon’s That Girl Lay Lay, season 13 of The Real World, and a special look at the making of...

Juan Carlos “Juice” Ortiz is the technical brains of Samcro in Sons of Anarchy but his need to protect himself eventually results in his death. Juice is younger than most members of Samcro and is one of the more naive. He does not seem to have much in the way of street smarts and is roundly overlooked for larger roles in the organization. However, Juice is a very talented hacker and is useful to the organization for his computer skills. He is one of the major characters on the show and his loyalty to himself, Clay, and Jax defines his arc.

Juice is eventually compelled to turn on Samcro. A secret from his past threatens to unravel his whole life, and Juice gets worse in Sons of Anarchy as he begins working with the police but tries to protect his gang at the same time. Jax finds out about Juice...

Season 4 of You has once again found itself at the top of Netflix‘s English-language TV charts for the week of February 13 to February 19.

The first five episodes of the season, which debuted on February 9, racked up an addition 64.1M hours viewed. The episodes landed in the Top 10 in 88 countries. The remaining five episodes of Season 4 will drop on March 9.

The launch of the latest installment also prompted audiences to revisit the series, as all three previous seasons appeared in the Top 10 this week. Season 1 sat at No. 3 with 22.4M hours viewed, Season 2 was No. 10 with 15.1M hours viewed, and Season 9 was at No. 9 with 15.6M hours viewed.

Perfect Match Season 1, which debuted on Valentine’s Day, scored second place and 24.7M hours viewed with just the first four episodes. The next four episodes dropped on the service Tuesday.

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By drawing parallels and subtle references to The Ring, Netflix's Red Rose revives an iconic J-horror trope. Red Rose has an intriguing take on horror where, without having any supernatural elements, it instills chills and thrills by harping on real-world threats like online privacy and the exploitation of digital technology. Adding more depth and insight to its depiction of the growing terrors and anxieties surrounding the virtual world, Red Rose also finds an emotional footing by putting character ahead of its tech-centric mysteries and narrative devices.

The Netflix horror drama follows a typical three-arc structure in which its second and third arcs focus on unraveling the mysteries of its central Red Rose app and examining the torrid relationships between its characters. While there are a few harrowing moments in these arcs, Red Rose's horror shines through primarily in its opening episodes. One of the biggest reasons behind this...

Content Warning: The following article contains mention of suicide and violence. It also includes spoilers for Red Rose season 1.

The Gardener's identity in Red Rose may not be all it seems. Netflix's Red Rose did not have one single villain, instead utilizing multiple villainous characters. However, the Gardener was behind the killings of both Roch and Alyssa, making them a relentless and frightening foe to Wren and her friends. With the concept behind Red Rose involving strangers from all over the world either observing teenagers falling prey to the app’s machinations or actively pushing them toward the brink, Red Rose included plenty of corrupt and harmful characters. Nevertheless, the unknown figure of the Gardener stood behind the most reprehensible actions, singling them out as the very worst villain.

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Spoilers for Red Rose Season 1 below!

The following article contains mention of suicide and violence.

After walking through the online terrors and riddles faced by a group of teenagers, Netflix's Red Rose resolves many overarching mysteries in its ending moments while setting the stage for season 2. What begins as a seemingly supernatural portrayal of modern technophobia in Red Rose later morphs into a terrifying conspiracy that alludes to many real-world issues surrounding online privacy. With each episode, Red Rose's action and drama further dissolve the lines between the real and virtual world, leading to a satisfying conclusion.

Although the Netflix horror drama leaves many crucial details to a viewer's imagination and intentionally paves the way for a follow-up, it presents some important details about its central app's origins and evil forces working behind it. At the same time, Red Rose also sheds its supernatural underpinnings towards the end...

This weekend, Netflix is adding a comedy-drama movie, a documentary series, a horror drama TV series, and a sci-fi TV series. Last weekend, the streaming giant welcomed the Bollywood thriller Thunivu, season 1 of MTV’s Floribama Shore, the Argentinian movie The Substitute, and season 1 of the Chilean crime series Chromosome 21, along with the documentary Bill Russell: Legend, the first part of You season 4, and the rom-com Your Place or Mine.

This weekend will see more licensed content than last week, with the arrival of the first season of the Koren drama series Mr. Queen, the Malaysian action movie Possessed/Rasuk, the action thriller movie 2 Guns, the horror movies 47 Meters Down: Uncaged and Ouija, the Bollywood movie Cirkus, and the historical drama The Woman King. As for original content, Netflix subscribers will get to enjoy a Mexican comedy-drama movie, a documentary series about the world of golf, a British horror drama TV series,...

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The Netflix horror thriller Red Rose went into detail about the app behind the apparent suicides of two teenagers, and while it already looked sinister at the beginning, the world uncovered by Wren and her friends proved even scarier. Despite initially being described as an app preying on teenagers during their most vulnerable moments, the Red Rose app quickly unleashed its full potential, effectively terrorizing two teenagers that did not know each other. However, the world that Wren, Noah, Ash, Taz, Antony, and Jaya eventually discovered made the app even more dangerous, especially as its victims could never see how they were being manipulated.

Red Rose initially played along the lines of similar horror genre TV shows, seemingly imbued with supernatural elements, and this especially showed in the way Alyssa and...

With more people online than ever, the internet isn’t as intimidating and alien as it used to be. Everything also seems easier when you’re connected. Yet when the young and unaware characters in Netflix’s latest series Red Rose download a mysterious phone app, they fall prey to an anonymous predator lurking behind the screen. This basic concept of malevolent cyber forces affecting the real world is nothing novel, especially in such a contemporary setting, but this show does a convincing job of making the web feel unsafe again.

Red Rose, a BBC series that first aired in 2022, is set in the creators’ hometown of Bolton, England. Michael and Paul Clarkson (co-producers of The Haunting of Bly Manor) and production company Eleven (The Enfield Haunting) collaborated on this gripping exercise in technological terror. The story follows a clique of friends whose ostensible leader is targeted by the titular app.

Red Rose is a horror series starring Amelia Clarkson and Natalie Hoflin. It is directed by Lisa Siwe, Ramon Salazar and Henry Blake.

Red Rose is one of those urban legends transformed into a series which, if in the hands of others would have been a disaster, but here we have the BBC which tries to make a good series with a plot that seems “impossible” and manages to do it.

A typical teen horror thing which, if it had been done by the usual studio, would have been a total disaster, but here, thanks to good directing, an atmosphere full of references to classics, interesting characters, an attractive story and very good direction andp planning, this series is a delight for the eyes.eferentes clásicos, personajes interesantes, una historia atractiva y una muy buena dirección y planificación hacen de esta serie una delicia que llevarse a la vista.

Red Rose (2022)

Yes,...

February is for lovers. But with its list of new releases for February 2023, Netflix is unveiling another season of arguably its least romantic show.

That’s right: Joe is returning in You season 4 part 1 on Feb. 9. This time around our central stalker played by Penn Badgley is across the pond in jolly old England, living an unassuming life as a bearded professor and looking for his next target. If you don’t get your fill of You this month, stay tuned for the second part of season 4 in March.

You will be joined in February by a third season of another buzzy Netflix original. The kids of Outer Banks return on Feb. 23 to find their literal and metaphorical treasure once and for all. Other originals this month include rich dog docuseries Gunther’s Millions on Feb. 1 and animated family title My Dad the Bounty Hunter on Feb. 9.

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February is yet another stacked month for Netflix.

Not only are there returning TV shows, including the Penn Badgley-starring drama You, there is a host of new releases hoping to find success on the streaming service.

Below, we have compiled a list of every single movie and TV show coming to both Netflix in the UK and US.

Find the full list of everything being removed from the platform this month here.

Nb: The Independent compiled this list with help from What’s on Netflix.

UK

Original Titles

TV

2 February

Freeridge season one

3 February

Class season one

8 February

The Exchange season one

9 February

Dear David season one

My Dad the Bounty Hunter season one

You season four, part one

10 February

Love to Hate You season one

14 February

In Love All Over Again season one

Perfect Match season one

15 February

#NoFilter season one

Eva Lasting season one

The Law According...

February is yet another stacked month for Netflix.

Not only are there returning TV shows, including the Penn Badgley-starring drama You, there is a host of new releases hoping to find success on the streaming service.

Below, we have compiled a list of every single movie and TV show coming to both Netflix in the UK and US.

Find the full list of everything being removed from the platform this month here.

Nb: The Independent compiled this list with help from What’s on Netflix.

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2 February

Freeridge season one

3 February

Class season one

8 February

The Exchange season one

9 February

Dear David season one

My Dad the Bounty Hunter season one

You season four, part one

10 February

Love to Hate You season one

14 February

In Love All Over Again season one

Perfect Match season one

15 February

#NoFilter season one

Eva Lasting season one

The Law According...

Traditionally, January and February are the dumping ground for major Hollywood studios. With awards season in full swing and audiences playing catchup on the biggest titles of the prior year, the first two months are usually the perfect place for dropping projects that don't inspire much confidence. But the rise of streaming is slowly changing that trend. Less concerned about the box office and much more obsessed with keeping their release schedules consistent, streamers like Netflix make sure to always have exciting new titles lined up, dump months be damned. So expect another full slate on the streamer as we enter February. Just because it's the shortest month of the year, doesn't mean we can't still have plenty of fun!

Below is a list (and some curated standout titles) of everything coming to Netflix in February 2023.

Red Rose

The idea of teens being controlled by their phones has become a...

Love is in the air on Netflix in February, from new romcoms like the Reese Witherspoon-starring “Your Place or Mine” to the return of murderous stalker Joe Goldberg in “You” Season 2 part 1.

Penn Badgley has long dispelled any misnomers of his “You” character being a romantic, but Joe himself still believes that’s who he is at his core. After killing his wife and faking his own death, Joe sets off for Europe so he can find Marianne (Tati Gabrielle), the woman he convinced himself he’s in love with before she learned the truth and fled. But breaking old habits has never been easy for old Joe, who quickly gets caught up in a most dubious clique of London high society that has its own struggles with lust, power, and the occasionally fatal crime.

Here’s everything coming to Netflix in February 2023.

February 1

“Bad Boys”

“Bad Boys II...

Bollywood actress Poonam Dhillon was all praise for “Indian Idol 13” contestant Navdeep Wadali and said that he is a true representative of his Wadali Gharana. Navdeep is the grandson of the most popular Sufi singer and qawwal Puranchand Wadali, who, along with Pyarelal Wadali, have been famous as the Wadali Brothers from Amritsar.

While applauding Navdeep for his rendition of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s iconic song “Piya Re Piya Re”, Poonam said: “Today he has proved that he belongs to a renowned Gharana. Although I have never listened to the Wadali brothers live but as their representative, you were brilliant.

“I have been lucky enough to be in the audience during a live performance of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Saab. Now I feel like there is one more magnificent artiste coming up, having listened to you.”

Poonam is known for her films like “Sohni Mahiwal”, “Red Rose”, “Teri Kasam...

Exclusive: Philip Glenister and Steffan Rhodri are to front a factual-based drama for the BBC.

Filming on Steeltown Murders (working title) has begun in and around South Wales, with Life on Mars and State Play actor Glenister and Gavin and Stacey and In My Skin‘s Rhodri in the lead roles as Dci Paul Bathell and Phil ‘Bach’ Rees. Ed Whitmore (Manhunt) is the writer.

Severn Screen, one of the co-producers on ITV’s high rating 2021 series The Pembrokeshire Murders, is producing in association with All3Media International.

The four part-drama is set in both 1973 and the early 2000s, contrasting the policing methods of the 1970s with the forensic breakthroughs of the early Noughties. It centers on the hunt to catch the killer of three young women in Port Talbot, Wales, and the how the mystery — the first case of its kind — was solved 30 years after the crimes thanks to pioneering DNA evidence.

Mina Kavani was born in Tehran . Brought up into an artistic family, and niece of the well-known film and play director Ali Raffi, she graduated from Conservatoire Supérieur National d’Art dramatique of Paris (Cnsad). Fascinated by acting from an early age, she started participating regularly at her uncle’s rehearsals at the age of twelve. At sixteen she made her debut in the play “It Doesn’t Snow in Egypt” under the direction of her uncle and on the stage of Tehran’s City Theatre, inaugurating her carrier in Iran as an actress in theatre. She has collaborated with some of Iran’s most crucial film and theatre directors. At the age of twenty-three, she moved back to Paris and entered the Conservatoire National Supérieur as part of the Jean Damien Barbin’s class. In 2012, she voiced the role of Sahar in the Oscar winning film Argo directed by Ben Affleck.

BBC Three is to adapt Holly Jackson’s New York Times bestselling teen crime thriller A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder from Amazon Prime Video’s The Pursuit of Love producer Moonage Pictures.

Poppy Cogan, who has also written BBC Three horror Red Rose, will pen the adaptation.

A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder follows the murder of schoolgirl Andie Bell, a crime that everyone in the quintessentially English town decided was carried out by Sal Singh five years ago. But Pippa Fitz-Amobi – the smart, slightly square heroine – isn’t so sure and she’s determined to prove it, with many trying to prevent her from finding the truth.

Published three years ago, the book has gone on to be a New York Times bestseller and follows the likes of Conversations with Friends as a high-profile BBC Three adaptation.

“I’m so honoured that Holly Jackson has entrusted...

Britain produces cop shows with an abandon that defies our present moment’s global supply shortages. Just this week, ITV launches two new procedurals – Ridley and The Suspect – while the BBC brings back its hit surveillance drama, The Capture, for a second season. It is a national addiction on a scale usually reserved for tea consumption, football hooliganism and insincere apologies. Within this obsession, The Capture represents the genre at its classiest and, though it might upset some patriots at our state broadcaster to say so, at its most American.

Holliday Grainger – surely one of the most charismatic actors to remain predominantly constrained to the small screen – returns as Rachel Carey, now promoted to Dci and working within the bubble of Correction. Correction, as The Capture’s first series exposed, is hi-tech audiovisual manipulation software, used for the planting of digital evidence by the authorities. As such, viewers can be fairly confident that,...

Netflix’s new series Mo begins almost like The Sopranos. We see a heavyset figure (the comedian Mo Amer) drive to work. The shots alternate between Mo, smoking a cigarette and bopping to the sounds of “Sittin’ Sidewayz” by Paul Wall and Big Pokey, and half-glimpsed shots of the world he passes – not New Jersey but Houston, Texas. He arrives at work (a tech repair shop) and is abruptly sacked, amid fears that the business will be targeted in an immigration crackdown (Mo is a Palestinian refugee). Later in the episode, he is caught up in a random shooting at a supermarket; he gets a bullet in the arm but, uninsured, he refuses to go to hospital. Does this sound much like comedy to you?

Obviously not, you might think. But Mo is not your traditional sitcom. Created by Amer and comedian Ramy Youssef, the eight-episode series, which draws from...

Netflix’s new series Mo begins almost like The Sopranos. We see a heavyset figure (the comedian Mo Amer) drive to work. The shots alternate between Mo, smoking a cigarette and bopping to the sounds of “Sittin’ Sidewayz” by Paul Wall and Big Pokey, and half-glimpsed shots of the world he passes – not New Jersey but Houston, Texas. He arrives at work (a tech repair shop) and is abruptly sacked, amid fears that the business will be targeted in an immigration crackdown (Mo is a Palestinian refugee). Later in the episode, he is caught up in a random shooting at a supermarket; he gets a bullet in the arm but, uninsured, he refuses to go to hospital. Does this sound much like comedy to you?

Obviously not, you might think. But Mo is not your traditional sitcom. Created by Amer and comedian Ramy Youssef, the eight-episode series, which draws from...

Teen horror Red Rose arrived on BBC Three this week to ruin the sacred relationship between a youth and their phone. As if the internet wasn’t scary enough already, in Red Rose a sinister app appears to drive teenagers to commit suicide. Is it supernatural? Who’s behind it? Why? And who will it strike next? This Bolton-set chiller is refreshingly funny at the same time as being super dark. Created by Michael and Paul Clarkson who have horror pedigree as producers on The Haunting of Bly Manor, the show features a strong ensemble cast of scrappy Northerners who call their collective group ‘the dickheads’. Over eight episodes the mystery of Red Rose slowly unfolds with some big old twist right up to the conclusion. Let’s break down the big questions posed by that ending.

Is Red Rose supernatural?

Nope, turns out man made. It’s not...

Rose Ayling-Ellis is set to depart EastEnders after two years.

The 27-year-old became the first deaf actor to play one of the long-running soap’s regular characters when she joined the series in 2020. She played the role of Frankie Lewis.

She has already filmed her final scenes for the series, which won’t air until autumn.

Speaking ahead of her departure, she said: “It’s been incredibly special to be EastEnders’ first regular deaf actor. I have loved my time on the show and Frankie has been such an awesome character to play, however now feels like the right time for me to move on and I am excited and ready for new challenges.

“I will always treasure my time on the show and all the incredible people I have worked with, who have supported my growth as an actor these last two years and given me so many amazing memories.

Social media is bad and scary, young women are frequently horrible to each other and everyone spends too much time on their phones is actually Not the main take away from the first three episodes of this sort-of-ya sort-of-horror series new to BBC Three. It’s actually a lot more nuanced than that in a series that initially plays like a mash up of 2010s horror, 1990s teen drama and Derry Girls’ potty-mouth rough-and-ready sense of humour. Weird combo though that may sound, in Red Rose it works, picking the best of the tropes, populating the show with likeable and believable characters and sprinkling modern social realism into the mix.

Set in Bolton in the modern day (we know this because everyone has a smartphone), a bunch of friends have just finished their GCSEs and are planning a summer of getting wasted. Rochelle (Isis Hainsworth) is the de facto leader,...

The cast of Black Mirror’s next season has reportedly been revealed.

Netflix’s hit sci-fi anothology series, created by Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones, is returning to screens with a sixth season currently in production.

Black Mirror season six will feature more episodes than season five, which comprised just three extended instalments – and the cast allegedly features a number of big-name stars.

According to Variety, the cast of the new season will include Breaking Bad star Aaron Paul, Atlanta’s Zazie Beetz, Paapa Essiedu (I May Destroy You), Kate Mara (House of Cards) and Josh Hartnett.

Danny Ramirez, Clara Rugaard, Auden Thornton and Anjana Vasan are also reportedly among the cast.

Previous seasons have featured star turns from actors including Jon Hamm, Jesse Plemons, Miley Cyrus, Bryce Dallas Howard, Daniel Kaluuya, Letitia Wright, Kelly Macdonald and Cristin Milioti.

It was reported in May that Black Mirror would be coming back for a sixth season,...

This past March, the cinematographer Christopher Doyle was under Covid-19 lockdown in Shanghai, waiting to return to Hong Kong. “They take us floor by floor, apartment by apartment, name by name to the school around the corner for testing… then they march us back,” he wrote in an email. While waiting to return to Hong Kong, he was finalizing a book of poetry and collages. He had recently finished a feature in the south of China; before that he shot “Love After Love” for director Ann Hui.

Based on an Eileen Cheng short story, “Love After Love” (currently streaming on Mubi) charts the decline of wealthy playboy George Chiao (Eddie Peng), coupled with the corruption of Ge Weilong (Sandra Ma), who will ultimately become his wife. Set in Shanghai largely before World War II, it is a hypnotic, feverish look at a privileged world disappearing faster than anyone realizes.

With over 120 films to his credit,...

The upcoming BBC and Netflix horror series, "Red Rose," has revealed its cast, along with first-look images that allow a glimpse into the show (via Variety). Screenwriting duo Michael and Paul Clarkson, known as the Clarkson Twins, have created the horror series, while the news has been revealed by the "Sex Education" production banner, Eleven.

"Red Rose" will have eight episodes, and will be following a group of teenagers and their everyday lives, while they juggle their real selves and online personas. The plot is expected to unfurl during summer break in high school, wherein the Red Rose app will play a seminal...

The post Netflix Horror Series Red Rose Reveals Cast and First Look Images appeared first on /Film.

“Sex Education” producer Eleven has revealed a cast of rising stars for upcoming BBC and Netflix horror series “Red Rose.”

Created by the Clarkson Twins – Michael and Paul, the eight-part series explores the relationship between teenagers and their online lives. Set over a long hot summer following high school, the teens’ friendships are infiltrated by the Red Rose app, which blooms on their smartphones, threatening them with dangerous consequences if they don’t meet its demands. The app exposes the group to a seemingly supernatural entity and the seductive power of the dark web.

The cast includes Amelia Clarkson, Isis Hainsworth, Ali Khan Ellis Howard and Ashna Rabheru alongside Adam Nagaitis, Natalie Gavin and Samuel Anderson. Making their television debuts are Harry Redding, currently in “To Kill A Mockingbird” on London’s West End, and Laurence Olivier Bursary winner Natalie Blair.

“Red Rose” is directed by Ramon Salazar (Netflix thriller...