Tag: Fatal Attraction
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Pet Sematary: Bloodlines review – pointless horror prequel
Stephen King’s small-town horror gets a competently made yet thoroughly unnecessary new chapter, an easily skippable Halloween time-wasterThe stratification of streaming content, divided up by individual studio, forced the manic plundering of back catalogues, turning any old property into a new way to lure in subscribers. It was a mostly cursed tactic, leaving us with…
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‘Cobweb’ Ending Explained: What Is the Thing Knocking on the Wall?
Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for Cobweb (2023). With stars such as Lizzy Caplan (Fatal Attraction) and Antony Starr (The Boys) attached to the project, Cobweb was one of the biggest horror promises of the year. Now that the movie is available in theaters, critics are pointing out that, despite issues with pacing and…
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How ‘Fatal Attraction’ Sets Up Season 2
Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for Season 1 of Fatal AttractionParamount+ landed a fun surprise in its first season of Fatal Attraction. The series, which stars Joshua Jackson as Dan Gallagher and Lizzy Caplan as Alex Forrest, kind of snuck up with its release as some of the other streamers and networks were in…
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Fatal Attraction’ Season 1 Ending Explained: Who Killed Alex Forrest?
Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for the Season 1 finale of Fatal Attraction Paramount+ reintroduced us to a classic movie of the same name with its new series, Fatal Attraction. The reimagining stars Lizzy Caplan, Joshua Jackson, and Amanda Peet, as the three portray the characters that were first introduced when the movie was…
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Most Diabolical Movie Characters Like Lydia Tár
With an Oscar nomination, a Golden Globes win, and Screen Actors Guild and BAFTA nods for her role as the wicked Lydia in director Todd Fields’ Tár, Cate Blanchett has succeeded in garnering the highest praise for portraying one of the most evil individuals in recent memory. As the composer-conductor who goes full bore to…
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22 Great Erotic Thrillers, from Adrian Lyne to Brian De Palma
The erotic thriller — the sleaziest and at one point most enduring genres of the 1980s and ’90s — seemed on the cusp of a comeback last year with the return of director Adrian Lyne. The master behind films like “Fatal Attraction” and “9 ½ Weeks” came back to screens (albeit small ones) with “Deep…
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Fatal Attraction Series Gets Release Date on Paramount+
As Paramount+’s Television Critics Association presentation today made clear, the next three months will bring some must-watch content to the streaming platform that will more than make up for the long hiatus that Yellowstone just entered. During the panel, it was revealed that the streamer will send April off with one of their most anticipated…
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‘Fatal Attraction’ Paramount+ Series Sets April Premiere Date
Remember erotic thrillers? They’re back — in streaming prestige series form. “Fatal Attraction,” the Paramount+ series remake of Adrian Lyne’s 1987 film, will premiere its first two episodes April 30, the streamer announced out of its Television Critics Association press conference on January 9.The original film, based on screenwriter James Dearden’s 1980 short film “Devotion,”…
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‘Do Revenge’ Trailer: Maya Hawke Is Back in School with ‘Heathers’-Esque Queer Psychopathic Comedy
Don’t mess with Maya.Maya Hawke leads Netflix dark comedy “Do Revenge” alongside Camila Mendes, about popular high schooler Drea (Mendes) who seeks retaliation against her ex-boyfriend (Austin Abrams of “Euphoria” fame) after a very public sexting scandal. Enter: Eleanor, played by Hawke, who also has a score to settle involving a rumor she tried to…
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Mark Duplass Wished Creep 2 Turned Out Better
Every time some seen-it-all critic declares a subgenre to be dead, a movie comes along that makes them look foolish. For many who bemoaned the demise of found footage, “Creep” revitalized it as a mode of storytelling. The low-simmer psychological horror emerged from the mind of director-cowriter-costar Patrick Brice (“There’s Someone Inside Your House”), a…