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Accused has wrapped season 2, but how does each episode rank?

Accused returned to Fox this fall for another set of episodes with a unique formula. Each episode of the anthology features a different cast and story with a person on trial for a crime. As the episode goes on, flashbacks show what happened, and inevitably, the crime itself is never what it originally seemed.

Season 1 was a good success with 15 episodes, while this year was only 8. That was shorter yet still had a great bevy of guest stars, making it notable. Some can argue Season 2 wasn’t as strong as the first year, and while there were great performances, not all the stories worked as well. Here’s how each episode of Accused Season 2 ranks to show which belonged in the top tier for the show.

Caution: This article contains minor Spoilers for Accused Season 2

No. 8: Megan’s Story...

Fox wraps up the second season of Accused with episode eight starring Sonequa Martin-Green (Star Trek: Discovery) and Mike Colter (Evil). Episode eight, “Megan’s Story,” airs immediately after episode seven on Tuesday, December 3, 2024 at 9pm Et/Pt.

Season two of the anthology series features episodes starring Michael Chiklis, Patrick J. Adams, William H. Macy, Felicity Huffman, Nick Cannon, Cobie Smulders, Taylor Schilling, Justin Chambers, Sherri Saum, Trevor White, Debra Winger, Mercedes Ruehl, Christine Ebersole, Danny Pino, Ken Jeong, and Jamie Chung.

“Megan’s Story” Plot: An ambitious music executive (Martin-Green) faces hardship when a futuristic sex robot comes between her and her husband (Colter).

Mike Colter and Sonequa Martin-Green in ‘Accused’ season 2 episode 8 (Photo by Peter Stranks © 2024 Fox Media LLC) Accused Description, Courtesy of Fox

Accused is a collection of intense, topical and human stories of crime and punishment. Each episode is a fast-paced provocative thriller, exploring a different crime,...

Ken Jeong and Jamie Chung star in Fox’s Accused season two episode seven, the season’s penultimate episode. “Eugene’s Story” will air on Tuesday, December 3, 2024 at 8pm Et/Pt followed by the season finale, “Megan’s Story,” at 9pm Et/Pt.

Season two of the anthology series features episodes starring Michael Chiklis, Patrick J. Adams, William H. Macy, Felicity Huffman, Nick Cannon, Cobie Smulders, Taylor Schilling, Justin Chambers, Sherri Saum, Trevor White, Debra Winger, Mercedes Ruehl, Christine Ebersole, and Danny Pino.

“Eugene’s Story” Plot: A jewelry store owner (Jeong) is put on trial after interfering with his wife’s dicey past in the all-new “Eugene’s Story” episode of Accused.

Ken Jeong in the “Eugene’s Story” episode of ‘Accused’ (Photo by Peter Stranks © 2024 Fox Media LLC) Accused Description, Courtesy of Fox

Accused is a collection of intense, topical and human stories of crime and punishment. Each...

Cobie Smulders stars on Fox’s Accused season two episode six, “Val’s Story.” Episode six will air on Tuesday, November 26, 2024 at 9pm Et/Pt.

Season two of the anthology series features episodes starring Michael Chiklis, Patrick J. Adams, William H. Macy, Felicity Huffman, Nick Cannon, Ken Jeong, Taylor Schilling, Justin Chambers, Sherri Saum, Trevor White, Debra Winger, Mercedes Ruehl, Christine Ebersole, and Danny Pino.

“Val’s Story” Plot: A divorced mom (Smulders) is the primary suspect in her ex-husband’s death in the all-new “Val’s Story” episode.

Cobie Smulders in ‘Accused’ season 2 episode 6 (Photo © 2024 Fox Media LLC) Accused Description, Courtesy of Fox

Accused is a collection of intense, topical and human stories of crime and punishment. Each episode is a fast-paced provocative thriller, exploring a different crime, in a different city, with an entirely original cast. Based on the BBC’s BAFTA-winning crime anthology, each episode opens in a courtroom on the defendant,...

Fox’s “Accused” returns with “Margot’s Story,” a new episode featuring a trio of acclaimed actresses: Debra Winger, Mercedes Ruehl, and Christine Ebersole. Airing Tuesday, November 19, this installment looks to be a showcase for some serious acting firepower. Winger takes the lead as Margot, a recent widow finding solace in dance lessons. However, her graceful […]

Accused “Margot’s Story”...

Three-time Oscar nominee Debra Winger (Terms of Endearment), Oscar winner Mercedes Ruehl (The Fisher King), and two-time Tony Award winner Christine Ebersole star in Fox’s Accused season two episode five. “Margot’s Story” will air on Tuesday, November 19, 2024 at 9pm Et/Pt.

Season two of the anthology series features episodes starring Michael Chiklis, Patrick J. Adams, William H. Macy, Felicity Huffman, Nick Cannon, Ken Jeong, Taylor Schilling, Justin Chambers, Sherri Saum, Trevor White, and Danny Pino.

“Margot’s Story” Plot: A widow (Winger) taking dance lessons with her two best friends (Ruehl and Ebersole) gets mixed up in the instructor’s shady dealings.

Jesse Rath and Debra Winger in ‘Accused’ season 2 episode 5 (Photo © 2024 Fox Media LLC) Accused Description, Courtesy of Fox

Accused is a collection of intense, topical and human stories of crime and punishment. Each episode is a fast-paced provocative thriller, exploring a different crime, in a different city,...

Emmy winner Michael Chiklis guest stars along with Sherri Saum and Trevor White on Fox’s Accused season two episode four. “Justin’s Story” will air on Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at 9pm Et/Pt.

Season two of the anthology series features episodes starring Patrick J. Adams, William H. Macy, Felicity Huffman, Nick Cannon, Ken Jeong, Debra Winger, Christine Ebersol, Mercedes Ruehl, Taylor Schilling, Justin Chambers, and Danny Pino.

“Justin’s Story” Plot: A wrestling coach (Chiklis) is on trial after pushing his star athlete too far.

Michael Chiklis in the “Justin’s Story” episode of ‘Accused’ (Photo © 2024 Fox Media LLC) Accused Description, Courtesy of Fox

Accused is a collection of intense, topical and human stories of crime and punishment. Each episode is a fast-paced provocative thriller, exploring a different crime, in a different city, with an entirely original cast. Based on the BBC’s BAFTA-winning crime anthology, each episode opens in a courtroom on the defendant,...

Nick Cannon (The Masked Singer) and Patrick J. Adams (Suits) star in Fox’s Accused season two episode three. “Marcus’ Story” will air on Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at 9pm Et/Pt.

“Marcus’ Story” Plot: A successful tech entrepreneur (Cannon) finds himself on trial after creating facial recognition software, which leads to devastating consequences in the all-new “Marcus’ Story” episode.

Season two of the anthology series features episodes starring William H. Macy, Felicity Huffman, Michael Chiklis, Ken Jeong, Debra Winger, Christine Ebersol, Mercedes Ruehl, Taylor Schilling, Justin Chambers, and Danny Pino.

Nick Cannon and Patrick J. Adams in ‘Accused’ season 2 episode 3 (Photo © 2024 Fox Media LLC) Accused Description, Courtesy of Fox

Accused is a collection of intense, topical and human stories of crime and punishment. Each episode is a fast-paced provocative thriller, exploring a different crime, in a different city, with an entirely original cast. Based on the BBC’s BAFTA-winning crime anthology,...

Orange is the New Black‘s Taylor Schilling, Grey’s Anatomy‘s Justin Chambers, and Mayans M.C.‘s Danny Pino star in Fox’s Accused season two episode two. “April’s Story” will air on Tuesday, October 15, 2024 at 9pm Et/Pt.

Season two of the anthology series will also feature episodes starring Michael Chiklis, Nick Cannon, Patrick J. Adams, Ken Jeong, Debra Winger, Christine Ebersol, and Mercedes Ruehl.

“April’s Story” Plot: A nurse (Schilling) – who let her anger get the best of her – is put on trial after an incident of intense road rage.

Taylor Schilling and Danny Pino in the “April’s Story” episode of ‘Accused’ (Photo by Steve Wilkie © 2024 Fox Media LLC) Accused Description, Courtesy of Fox

Accused is a collection of intense, topical and human stories of crime and punishment. Each episode is a fast-paced provocative thriller, exploring a different crime, in a different city, with an entirely original cast.

Real-life couple William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman star in the first episode of Fox’s Accused season two. The anthology series returns with “Lorraine’s Story” premiering on October 8, 2024, with new season two episodes airing on Tuesdays at 8pm Et/Pt.

The new season will feature Michael Chiklis, Taylor Schilling, Justin Chambers, and Nick Cannon. Patrick J. Adams, Ken Jeong, Debra Winger, Christine Ebersol, Mercedes Ruehl, and Danny Pino also star in season two episodes.

“Lorraine’s Story” Plot: A psychic medium (Huffman) attempts to help a couple desperately looking for their missing son.

Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy in the “Lorraine’s Story” season premiere episode of ‘Accused’ (Photo by Steve Wilkie © 2024 Fox Media LLC) Accused Description, Courtesy of Fox

Accused is a collection of intense, topical and human stories of crime and punishment. Each episode is a fast-paced provocative thriller, exploring a different crime, in a different city,...

We finally have a complete cast list for Accused season 2, so here’s a look at who’s starring in the second season of the Fox hit!

Based on a British show, Accused premiered in 2023 on Fox and quickly became a success. The anthology series opens with a person on trial and flashbacks showing how they got to this point. The storylines are unique, with the crime often not what viewers expected and not always having a happy ending.

The show did well in the ratings and is set for a second season. It was delayed due to the 2023 Hollywood strikes, with Fox deciding to hold it off until this fall. As with season 1, each episode features a brand new guest cast with a new storyline.

It is confirmed that Emmy winner Michael Chiklis, who starred in the pilot episode, will return for season 2 but in a different part. He...

Mike Colter (Evil) and Sonequa Martin-Green (Star Trek: Discovery) are among the final flurry of castings for Season 2 of Fox’s Accused crime anthology.

Based on the BBC’s BAFTA Award-winning crime anthology and developed by Howard Gordon, Fox’s Accused each season serves up collection of topical and human stories of crime and punishment. Told from the defendant’s point of view through flashbacks, each episode promises a provocative thriller, exploring a different crime, in a different city, and with an entirely original cast.

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Fox has released the first look trailer for Season 2 of “Accused,” its hit primetime drama that highlights a collection of intense, topical and human stories of crime and punishment as each episode provides viewers with a fast-paced provocative thriller, exploring a different crime, in a different city, featuring an entirely original cast.

Joining the cast for Season 2 include several Oscar and Emmy award-winning stars, including Felicity Huffman, William H. Macy, Taylor Schilling, Nick Cannon, Patrick J. Adams, Michael Chiklis, Debra Winger, Mercedes Ruehl, Justin Chambers, Christine Ebersol, Danny Pino, Ken Jeong, Cobie Smulders, Vella Lovell, Dina Shihabi and Isabel Arraiza, among others.

Based on the BBC’s BAFTA-winning crime anthology, each episode of “Accused” opens in a courtroom on the defendant, with viewers knowing nothing about their crime or how they ended up on trial. Told from the defendant’s point of view through flashbacks, the show holds a mirror...

Fox’s Accused has added four actors to its season two cast. Cobie Smulders, Vella Lovell, Dina Shihabi, and Isabel Arraiza have joined the crime anthology series for the upcoming season.

In addition, Fox unveiled a short trailer teasing the fictional cases and timely subject matters that will be featured in the new season.

“Accused is a collection of intense, topical, and human stories of crime and punishment. Each episode is a fast-paced provocative thriller, exploring a different crime, in a different city, with an entirely original cast,” reads Fox’s synopsis. “Based on the BBC’s BAFTA-winning crime anthology, each episode opens in a courtroom on the defendant, with viewers knowing nothing about their crime or how they ended up on trial. Told from the defendant’s point of view through flashbacks, the show holds a mirror up to current times with evocative and emotional stories. In the end,...

This September, Paramount+ is bringing you a ton of entertainment with the highly anticipated new season of the crime drama series Tulsa King starring Sylvester Stallone and the horrifying psychological thriller film Apartment 7A. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Paramount+ this month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the 5 best films coming to Paramount+ in September 2024 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

Big (September 1)

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 98%

Big is a fantasy comedy-drama film directed by Penny Marshall from a screenplay co-written by Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg. The 1988 film revolves around Josh Baskin, a young boy who wishes to get bigger in size to a fortune-telling machine, and when the next day he wakes up he discovers that his wish has been fulfilled. Big stars Tom Hanks in the lead role with David Moscow,...

The Pacific Rim robots are coming to the small screen.

As part of a first-look television deal with Legendary Entertainment, writer/producer Eric Heisserer (Shadow and Bone, Arrival) is developing an origin story series for the movie franchise, our sister site Variety reports.

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Exclusive: Fox’s anthology series Accused has added Debra Winger (An Officer and a Gentleman), Mercedes Ruehl (The Fisher King) and Christine Ebersole (Wolf of Wall Street) to its Season 2 cast. Matthew James Thomas, who appeared in Season 1, will return in a new role.

Season 2 premieres Tuesday, October 8 at 8 p.m., a new date following a delay due to the upcoming Vice Presidential debate.

Accused is a collection of intense, topical human stories of crime and punishment. Told from the defendant’s point of view through flashbacks, each episode is a fast-paced provocative thriller, exploring a different crime, in a different city with an entirely original cast. The series is based on the BBC BAFTA Award-winning crime anthology of the same name created by Jimmy McGovern.

The series also stars Felicity Huffman, William H. Macy, Nick Cannon and Michael Chiklis.

Winger, Ruehl, Ebersole and Thomas will appear in the episode...

Exclusive: Director Brad Furman has rounded out the cast for his indie drama People Not Places, scripted by his mother Ellen Brown Furman, with seven additions. They are Mercedes Ruehl (The Fisher King), Yul Vazquez (The Lost Bus), Laurence Mason (Tin Soldier), Obba Babatundé (S.W.A.T.), Joey Bicicchi (Tin Soldier), Colleen Camp (Amsterdam) and Olivia Jude.

Others rounding out the cast include Sam Jay (You People), Duke George, Wass Stevens (Lansky), Gregg Bello (Crown Vic) and Matthew J. Perry. As previously announced, Shirley MacLaine, Stephen Dorff, Julia Mayorga and Allegra Leguizamo also star.

People Not Places watches as Clare (MacLaine), an elderly widow living in Atlantic City, meets an erratic homeless man (Dorff) who sleeps in cars. Their shared loneliness causes them to bond, as they find the courage to face his regrettable past and her shortened future.

Furman and Jess Fuerst are producing the film...

One year since launching its international sales division, Gravitas Ventures arrives in Cannes with a raft of titles including chess drama The Nana Project, and sci-fi thriller Tomorrow Before After.

The Nana Project stars Mercedes Ruehl from The Fisher King and Nolan Gould from Modern Family and is set against the competitive chess world as a woman and her grandsons take a road trip to the state championships. Robin Givens directs.

Tomorrow Before After stars Natalia Reyes from Terminator: Dark Fate as a pregnant woman who along with her dog fights to survive in a post-apocalyptic world. Alfonso Quijada directs.

The 2024 Oscar nominees for Best Supporting Actress are Emily Blunt (“Oppenheimer”), Danielle Brooks (“The Color Purple”), America Ferrera (“Barbie”), Jodie Foster (“Nyad”), and Da’Vine Joy Randolph (“The Holdovers”). Our odds currently indicate that Randolph (3/1) will emerge victorious, followed in order of likelihood by Blunt (4/1), Brooks (4/1), Ferrera (9/2), and Foster (9/2).

The only one of these five actresses with any previous Oscar bids to her name is Foster, who is also this year’s oldest nominee by two full decades. Before she bagged two lead trophies for “The Accused” (1989) and “The Silence of the Lambs” (1992), she broke through at age 14 with a supporting mention for “Taxi Driver” (1977), becoming the seventh youngest Oscar-nominated performer at the time. Since 47 years separate her first and second featured notices, she now holds the record for longest span between consecutive bids in a single acting category.

As the potential eighth recipient of three or more acting Oscars, Foster...

The hottest musical writer of recent years will reportedly be adapting the 1979 film, The Warriors, into a stage musical. Can You Dig It? The cult Walter Hill film is a popular urban grit fairy tale that tells of a night amongst the many number of gang factions in New York City. The movie was based on the 1965 novel of the same name by Sol Yurick and illustrated by Frank Modell. Many character actors were involved with the production in their younger days, including James Remar, who currently can be seen in Oppenheimer, David Patrick Kelly, Mercedes Ruehl, and Lynne Thigpen.

Variety now reports that a source close to the subject has confirmed that Lin-Manuel Miranda is in the works to adapt the movie into a stage musical. The film isn’t exactly West Side Story, but it does involve rivalry between street gangs. The plot of both the film and...

In this article, we are taking a look at the top 10 Jeff Bridges movies. From his breakthrough film in 1971, “The Last Picture Show,” to his hit movies “Big Lebowski” and the more recent one, “True Grit,” Bridges has played several iconic roles.

Jeff is from a family of actors. His father, Lloyd Bridges, was a very successful actor with over 100 movie credits to his name. His brother Beau Bridges is an Emmy Award winner. Jeff got his first major award nomination at 22 for his major role in “The Last Picture Show” as the character Duane Jackson, a high school student. He has since followed that remarkable performance with other spectacular displays, some of which have earned him prestigious award nominations.

He is married to Susan Geston, and together they have three daughters — Isabelle, Jessica, and Hayley.

Time to take a look at the top 10 best Jeff Bridges movies as ranked on IMDb by viewers.

Actress Rhea Seehorn discusses a few of her favorite movies with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode

The Swimmer (1968)

Linoleum (2023)

Close Encounters of The Third Kind (1977)

Young Frankenstein (1974)

The Bride Of Frankenstein (1935)

Glengarry Glenn Ross (1992)

Short Cuts (1993)

Lars And The Real Girl (2007)

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004)

Synecdoche, New York (2008)

Breaking The Waves (1996)

Sound Of Metal (2020)

Starman (1984)

The Worst Person In The World (2021)

Beatriz At Dinner (2017)

Frida (2002)

The Shape Of Water (2017)

Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)

Nightmare Alley (2021)

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022)

The Creature From The Black Lagoon (1954)

The Lobster (2015)

Delicatessen (1992)

The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)

The Favourite (2018)

World’s Greatest Dad (2009)

Birdman (2014)

The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)

Jojo Rabbit (2019)

The Stepford Wives (1975)

The Stepford Wives (2004)

Triangle Of Sadness (2022)

Get Out (2017)

Nope (2022)

Brazil (1985)

Safe (1995)

Withnail & I (1987)

The Fisher King (1991)

Regarding Henry (1990)

Lost in La Mancha (2002)

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote...

To mark the release of Married to the Mob on 2nd January, we’ve been given Blu-ray copies to give away to 2 winners.

“Everybody loves Angela…but Angela’s married to da mob!” In a star-making performance,

Michelle Pfeiffer (Scarface and The Age of Innocence) is suburban mafia housewife Angela de Marco in Jonathan Demme’s hit comedy Married to the Mob. When her unfaithful husband Frank “The Cucumber” is iced by his boss Tony “The Tiger” Russo, Angela flees her cloistered existence on Long Island for the big city, with several interested parties in hot pursuit: Tony, who’s smitten with Angela, Tony’s insanely jealous wife Connie and FBI Agent Mike Downey, who believes Angela is the key to locking Tony up for a very long time.

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Many gangland parodies fall flat, but not Jonathan Demme’s marvelous combo of high spirits and murder. Mafia spouse Angela de Marco’s story is goofy comedy with an edge of economic reality: how does one newly-impoverished New Yawk dame make a living for her orphaned son, while avoiding the adulterous attentions of the Big Boss who had her husband iced? Michelle Pfeiffer came into her own, Dean Stockwell has his best adult role and Matthew Modine is uniquely charming as an amorous FBI agent. The tonal balance is abetted by a supporting performances that go every which way: Mercedes Ruehl, Alec Baldwin, Oliver Platt and a slew of Demme regulars. Plus a music score by David Byrne. The disc features three new video interviews.

Married to the Mob

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With an Oscar and a Tony under her belt, Marcia Gay Harden only needs an Emmy in order to accomplish the Triple Crown of Acting. Along with Judi Dench, Mercedes Ruehl, and Catherine Zeta-Jones, she is one of four living actresses who needs an Emmy to complete the hat trick, and she has now been given her third shot at nabbing the top TV prize. If she succeeds on her 2022 Best Drama Guest Actress nomination for “The Morning Show,” she will be the 16th woman to collect all three major acting awards and the eighth to do so in under 25 years.

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Exclusive: Sierra McCormick (American Horror Stories), Tony Todd (Candyman), Katie Sarife (Annabelle Comes Home), Gina Hiraizumi (Doom Patrol), Emmy nominee Morgan Fairchild (Murphy Brown) and Nicky Whelan (The Binge) have boarded Robin Givens’ mockumentary-style comedy, The Nana Project. They join an ensemble that also includes Oscar and Golden Globe winner Mercedes Ruehl, Nolan Gould and Will Peltz, as previously announced.

Set primarily at Timeless Acres Retirement Home, the film follows a documentary crew who develop an interest in one of its star residents—feisty chess master Helen “Nana” Lewis (Ruehl). With the help of her friends Jennifer (Whelan), Francesca (Fairchild), Jack (Todd), Esther (Tilton), Kitty (Beth Broderick), Gladys (Margaret Avery) and Lisa (Hiraizumi), Nana begins training for an upcoming chess tournament. She plans on dominating the competition but her real plan involves reuniting her estranged grandsons, Andrew (Gould), a dedicated veterinary student, and Cody (Peltz), a flashy male model and influencer.

Ariana DeBose is taking home the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Anita in Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story. She is the second actress to win the Oscar for playing the Broadway character, following Rita Moreno‘s win in 1962.

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DeBose becomes the third Latina to win the statuette for Best Supporting Actress after Moreno and Mercedes Ruehl who won in 1992 for The Fisher King.

The North Carolina native is also making history as the first queer woman of color to win an acting Oscar.

“Imagine this little girl in the backseat of a white Ford focus, look into her eyes and you see an openly queer woman of color, an Afro-Latina who found her strength in life through art,” DeBose said during her acceptance speech.

“So to anybody who has ever questioned your identity— ever, ever ever—or you find...

Exclusive: Oscar and Golden Globe winner Mercedes Ruehl, Nolan Gould and Will Peltz have signed on to star in The Nana Project, a mockumentary-style comedy from actor-director Robin Givens, which is scheduled to enter production in the Atlanta area in January.

The film is set primarily in Timeless Acres Retirement Home and follows feisty chess master Helen “Nana” Lewis (Ruehl) and her estranged grandsons, Andrew (Gould) and Cody (Peltz). With the support of Nana’s resident friends, the family embarks on a road trip to support her rise to state championships.

Givens’ latest feature was written by Eric Ulloa, Anthony Del Negro (The Girl in the Window) and 12-time Tony Award winner Carl Moellenberg (Wakefield). The latter is also producing on...

Arnold Schwarzenegger in Last Action Hero will be available on 4K Ultra HD May 18th

Young Danny Madigan (Austin O’Brien) is a lonely 11-year-old boy who escapes from his bleak reality by watchingthe action adventure movies of his favorite film character, Jack Slater (Arnold Schwarzenegger). When his best friend, Nick the projectionist, gives him a special ticket to the new Slater film, Danny is magically transported into Jack’s world, where the good guys always win. Danny becomes his helper as Jack battles a trio of nefarious bad guys, Benedict (Charles Dance), Vivaldi (Anthony Quinn) and The Ripper (Tom Noonan). But things get out of hand when Benedict steals Danny’s magic ticket stub and transports himself into the real world, where crime can, and often does, pay. Jack and Danny must leave fictional Los Angeles for real-life New York and battle the villains without the aid of movie magic or stuntmen.

The Cinequest Film and Creativity Festival and Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) have announced the launch of their inaugural Laura Ziskin Visionary Award.

Named after the late film producer, the award will recognize leaders in the film industry whose work exemplifies groundbreaking collaboration. This year’s recipients will be Andra Day and director Lee Daniels for their collaboration on “The United States vs. Billie Holiday.” The award will be presented on March 31 by Katie Couric, co-founder of Stand Up To Cancer, and will be followed by a panel discussion featuring Day and Daniels.

Established in 2008, Stand Up To Cancer raises funds to accelerate the pace of research and get new therapies to patients to save lives. As of January, more than 1,950 scientists representing more than 210 institutions are involved in SU2C-funded research projects. Ziskin, who co-founded SU2C, passed away from breast cancer in June 2011 after living with the disease for seven years.

Will this hellscape of a year ever be over? Apparently it will because each month of the year has arrived and then departed even if they've been thrice as long as usual. Here are a dozen or so highlights from July that you might have missed!

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The Supporting Actress Smackdown series picks an Oscar vintage -- 1991 this time -- and explores. 

The Nominees Oscar went with two sentimental favourite veterans (Jessica Tandy and Diane Ladd) and three first-timers who were having hard-to-ignore years. This shortlist was full of characters: a chatterbox octogenarian, an agressively needy video store owner, a sexually mercurial teenager, a monstrous southern matriarch, and a proto-feminist in the deep south.

The Panel  Here to talk about the performances and films are, in alpha order, entertainment journalist Mark Harris ("Pictures at a Revolution", "Five Came Back"), Tony winning actress Nikki M James (The Book of Mormon, The Good Fight), Tony nominated actor Rory O'Malley (The Book of Mormon, Hamilton), Vanity Fair's deputy editor Katey Rich, Drama Desk winning actor Nick Westrate (Casa Valentina, Turn: Washington's Spies), and your host at The Film Experience, Nathaniel R. Let's begin...

1991

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We Highly suggest rewatching the 1991 films before the next Smackdown. And send in your votes with "1991" in the subject line before Saturday July 25th. There's so much to discuss with this quintet and we already recorded a great podcast so it will arrive as scheduled on Sunday July 26th. 

1991

Diane Ladd, Rambling Rose -rent on Amazon Juliette Lewis, Cape Fear - free w/ Showtime or DirectTV Kate Nelligan, The Prince of Tides - rent on Amazon Mercedes Ruehl, The Fisher King - free on Pluto Jessica Tandy, Fried Green Tomatoes - free on Direct TV

After those events we're going to try to hit a few more years to  close out this super-sized quarantine-plagued season. Whooohoo. If you like what you're seeing please consider a donation on the sidebar (right hand) since we do incur costs with all these rentals for panelists and time and whatnot.

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Saul Turteltaub, the television writer and producer known for “Sanford and Son,” “What’s Happening!!,” “That Girl” and “The Carol Burnett Show,” has died at the age of 87.

His son, “Cool Runnings” and “While You Were Sleeping” director Jon Turteltaub, confirmed his father’s death to The Hollywood Reporter.

“To say this was a talented, funny, loving and beloved man is truly an understatement,” he said in the statement.

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Turteltaub had a long career in the television industry. His first writing credit was for “Candid Camera” in 1961, after which he went on to both write and produce shows including “That Girl,” “E/R,” “Grady,” the beloved 1970s comedy “Sanford and Son” and its spin-off series “Sanford Arms,” “Kate & Allie,” “One of the Boys,” “The New Dick Van Dyke Show,” “Love, American Style,” “The Mama Cass Television Program” and...

Freeform and Hulu have acquired linear and digital rights to three hit films from STXfilms – Hustlers, The Upside and I Feel Pretty, all set to roll out beginning in 2020. This marks the latest collaboration between Hulu and a Disney cable network, following Hulu and FX’s deal with Lionsgate, and is another vivid illustration of the coalescing of assets under the Disney umbrella. The deal was announced Friday ahead of the networks’ presentation at TCA.

Hustlers and The Upside each have generated over $100 million during their North American theatrical run, while I Feel Pretty, has drawn over $94 million worldwide. The films will simultaneously debut on Freeform and Hulu.

Starting with the Amy Schumer comedy I Feel Pretty in August 2020, the films will premiere day-and-date on both Freeform and Hulu. The Upside, starring Kevin Hart, Bryan Cranston and Nicole Kidman, and Hustlers, starring Constance Wu and Jennifer Lopez, will premiere over...

Hey,"Bull" fans. Unfortunately, we have some very bad news for you guys in this article. For some reason, CBS will not be airing the new episode 8 of this current season 4 tonight, November 11, 2019. The good news is that this delay will only be for this week. You guys can expect to see the new episode 8 air next Monday night, November 18, 2019 at approximately 9 pm central standard time on CBS of course. So, definitely be sure to mark down that very important date on your TV show calendars. So, what is CBS airing tonight instead of "Bull?" That is a very good question, and we do have an answer for it. According to the TV guide listings, CBS is actually airing an episode of "Bull." It just won't be a new episode. They're airing a dreaded rerun or repeat episode. The repeat episode they are airing is the 16th episode of last season 3. This episode is titled,...

Imagine you’re invited to some netherworld, Southern Gothic-themed cocktail party peopled with Tennessee Williams heroines. There’s Amanda Wingfield and Blanche DuBois competing for pity with wilted stories of glory days, Maggie the Cat in her slip, stalking waiters, and lusty Maxine walking a leashed iguana and a cabana boy or two. Even among this look-at-me bunch, The Rose Tattoo‘s Serafina Delle Rose would be a spectacle, the brash, loud and vulgar center of attention outtalking everyone else, bragging about her long-dead husband’s bedroom talents, how the two got those colored lights going like even Stanley Kowalski would envy.

Now imagine Serafina portrayed by Marisa Tomei in prodigious Cousin Vinny Oscar-getting mode, and you’ll maybe get a sense of director Trip Cullman’s tonally raucous production of The Rose Tattoo, opening on Broadway tonight in a Roundabout Theatre Company presentation at American Airlines Theatre.

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One of most awaited movies of the season, writer-director Lorene Scafaria?s Hustlers, is a comedy-drama that follows a crew of savvy strip club employees who band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients.

With all the right ingredients for a blockbuster, the movie premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and is opening nationwide this Friday.

At its heart, for Scafaria, ?We?re presenting a world we may have seen in many movies and TV shows, but from a different perspective ? that of the dancers. It?s an epic mix of crime drama, stripper movie, and an exploration of the economic upheaval that upended the lives of so many, including our characters?.

Jessica Pressler?s article was a compelling story of fascinating characters who are constantly facing judgment and living with a stigma about their profession and about deep friendships that can sometimes get you into trouble.

Lorene Scafaris’s Tiff hit stars Jennifer Lopez.

Fred Kogel’s still-unnamed media group has secured an all-rights deal for Toronto title Hustlers for Germany and Austria.

STXfilms is handling world sales and Us release on the crime caper, which stars Jennifer Lopez and Constance Wu as former strippers who turn the tables on their Wall Street clients.

It marks the third major acquisition for the German group, led by Kogel, which was formed by the merger of Kkr-acquired indie distributors Universum and Tele-Munchen Group as well as production companies Wiedemann & Berg Film and i&u TV.

The other...

U.S. box office hit Hustlers is heading to Germany and Austria after STXfilms struck a deal with the still-unnamed Kkr-backed indie run by Fred Kogel.

The German distributor is a merger between Tele München Group, Universum Film, i&u TV and Wiedemann & Berg Film. Pic will be released in Germany via Universum Film on December 5, 2019.

Hustlers premiered to enthusiastic reviews at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this month and opened in the U.S. on September 13 in the number two spot as the best-performing new release, taking in $33.2M on its first weekend.

The film stars Constance Wu, Jennifer Lopez, Julia Stiles, Keke Palmer, Lili Reinhart with Mercedes Ruehl and singer Cardi B. Lorene Scafaria wrote the screenplay and directed the movie about a crew of savvy former strip club employees who band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients. The film is inspired...

A year ago, “Hustlers” hung in the balance: After it was picked up by Annapurna Pictures in the spring of 2016, Megan Ellison’s indie studio dropped the fact-based project as it went into production. While the Lorene Scafaria-directed stripper drama had some major star power behind it, including Jennifer Lopez (set to both star in and produce the film) and the strength of the female-focused Gloria Sanchez Productions (an offshoot of Will Ferrell and Adam McKay’s Gary Sanchez Productions), Annapurna balked, leaving the team scrambling for a producer and distributor. Stx Entertainment jumped at the chance, and now, “Hustlers” is a hit.

In its first weekend of release, Scafaria’s film has already crushed a number of key records, giving Stx its best opening ever, in addition to wracking up the best opening for a female-directed film in two-and-a-half years (since smash hit “Wonder Woman”). Even when facing...

[Editor’s note: The following post contains spoilers for “Hustlers.”]

Lorene Scafaria’s fact-based “Hustlers” is crammed with some serious star power, from leadsJennifer Lopez and Constance Wu to a stacked supporting cast that includes Cardi B, Lizzo, Trace Lysette, Keke Palmer, Mercedes Ruehl, Lili Reinhart, and Madeline Brewer, but the girl-powered stripper dramedy also includes one major male star among its ranks. Based on Jessica Pressler’s viral New York magazine story “The Hustlers at Scores,” Scafaria’s third film follows the eponymous hustlers at a Manhattan strip club as they move from pole dancing to glorified pickpocketing during an uneasy time in the American economy.

Set both before and after the financial crisis of the mid-aughts, “Hustlers” entertainingly dramatizes both the high-on-the-hog pre-collapse years at the club and what happens after (read: situations tough enough to make the hard-working ladies turn to crime to survive). In the middle of that shift between very different timelines, Scafaria finds the...

Taika Waititi’s serio-comic”Jojo Rabbit” won the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday (Sept. 15). This New Zealand director is a triple threat. He adapted Christine Leunens‘ novel “Caging Skies” and co-stars as Adolf Hitler, the imaginary friend of Jojo “Rabbit” Betzler (Roman Griffin Davis), a young boy whose mother (Scarlett Johansson) is hiding a Jewish girl (Thomasin McKenzie) in the attic. This crowd-pleaser will be released by Fox Searchlight on Oct. 18 just as awards season kicks into high gear.

While higher profile pictures played at bigger theaters multiple times, Tiff ensures there is fairness in the process by giving this award to the film that inspires the biggest percentage of its total audience to vote online. Second place went to Noah Baumbach’s “Marriage Story” (which also showcases Johansson) while Bong Joon-ho’s Cannes champ “Parasite” was third.

This win for “Jojo Rabbit” certainly raises its Oscar hopes.

Chicago – This striper crime caper is flashy, buffed to a high gloss, and more entertaining and watchable than it has any right to be. But it’s never quite as smart, or layered as it seems to think it is. Constance Wu from “Crazy Rich Asians” stars as the proverbial stripper with a heart of gold, Destiny.

Rating: 3.0/5.0

She’s just doing it to help take care of her grandma but finds that working the poll alone won’t pay the bills. At the New York Club modeled after the manhattan nightspot Scores, queen bee Jennifer Lopez takes her under her wing to show her the moves. This film is a sisterhood tale wrapped up in larceny and dollar bills. Lopez gets a meaty role tailor-made to her like a sequined bodysuit. It starts with Lopez showing Wu how to get into the VIP champagne room and milk the marks for all their worth.

Chicago – This striper crime caper is flashy, buffed to a high gloss, and more entertaining and watchable than it has any right to be. But it’s never quite as smart, or layered as it seems to think it is.

Constance Wu from “Crazy Rich Asians” stars as the proverbial stripper with a heart of gold, Destiny. She’s just doing it to help take care of her grandma but finds that working the poll alone won’t pay the bills. At the New York Club modeled after the manhattan nightspot Scores, queen bee Jennifer Lopez takes her under her wing to show her the moves.

Rating: 5.0/5.0

This film is a sisterhood tale wrapped up in larceny and dollar bills. Lopez gets a meaty role tailor-made to her like a sequined bodysuit. It starts with Lopez showing Wu how to get into the VIP champagne room and milk the marks for all their worth.

“Hustlers,” the crime film based on a true story and starring Constance Wu and Jennifer Lopez, earned $2.5 million at the box office Thursday in previews. It opens on 3,250 screens this weekend.

“Hustlers” comes from STX, and the film’s cast of pop stars and strong reviews and word of mouth out of the Toronto International Film Festival hope to boost the film to be the largest opening in STX's history. However, it has to contend with Warner Bros.’ adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Goldfinch” and “It Chapter Two” as it heads into a massive second weekend.

The studio is projecting “Hustlers” to open in the mid-$20 million range, with independent trackers saying it could land between $25-28 million against an approximately $20 million budget. The hope is that it can topple STX’s highest opening to date, “Bad Moms,” which opened in July 2016 to $23.8 million after grossing $2 million in its Thursday previews.

In the last week Hustlers, the new film from director Lorene Scafaria, took the world by storm out at the Toronto International Film Festival. Today we present interviews with the cast and director to talk about why the film is striking a chord across the world. The interviews are conducted by James Kleinmann, who sat down with Jennifer Lopez & Constance W, Keke Palmer & Lil Reinhart and the film’s director, Lorene Scafaria.

We were out in Toronto and spoke to the cast and director on the red carpet. Check that out below. Hustlers is out in UK cinemas today.

Hustlers is the new film from and starring Constance Wu, Jennifer Lopez, Julia Stiles, Cardi B, Keke Palmer, Lili Reinhart, Lizzo, Madeline Brewer, and Mercedes Ruehl. The film is based on an article for New York Magazine by Jessica Pressler.

Synopsis:

Inspired by the viral New York Magazine article, Hustlers follows...

An energetic entry in a current wave of what might be called Income Inequality Cinema — where the screwed-over working class fights for their piece of the 0.1% pie — “Hustlers” is an uneven but mostly entertaining tale of strippers exploiting their exploiters.

Based on Jessica Pressler’s New York magazine article about performers at New York City’s legendary Scores nightclub, the film represents a step up for director Lorene Scafaria, whose previous two theatrical features (“The Meddler” and “Seeking a Friend for the End of the World”) were well-cast but emotionally unsatisfying.

And whereas “The Meddler” seemed to love gleaming surfaces for their own sake (the film often resembled an advertisement for The Grove shopping center in L.A.), “Hustlers” cinematographer Todd Banhazi (Janelle Monáe’s “Dirty Computer”) cannily intersperses the neon fantasy of the strip club and the magazine-spread sheen of upscale Manhattan apartments with a jolt of naturalist light...

For years, strippers have been depicted cinematically as damsels needing to be saved. In fact, movies have almost exclusively looked at sex workers as damaged individuals. Awards wise, it’s catnip for voters, by and large. The features themselves have been mostly heavy affairs, give or take something like Woody Allen’s Mighty Aphrodite, which did actually win Mira Sorvino an Oscar. Magic Mike flipped the script a bit a few years ago and now we have Hustlers, which empowers strippers in a way that cinema has never seen before. In showcasing a determined group of women rebelling against not just toxic masculinity, but the elite as well, this is poised to be one of the surprise hits of 2019. The film is based on a true story, specifically a New York Magazine article that went viral a handful of years ago. We are first introduced to Destiny (Constance Wu), a...