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Soulcatcher is a Polish sci-fi film directed by Daniel Markowicz. The Netflix original film follows a military contractor as he’s hired to seize a weapon which was originally designed to cure cancer but it turns people into savage killers but when his brother becomes a victim of the device his desire to save him gets in the way of his job. So, if you also loved Soulcatcher here are some similar movies that you should watch next.

Spectral (Netflix) Credit – Netflix

Synopsis: When an otherworldly force wreaks havoc on a war-torn European city, an engineer teams up with an elite Special Ops unit to stop it.

Outside the Wire (Netflix) Credit – Netflix

Synopsis: Set in the future, Harp (Damson Idris), a drone pilot, is sent into a deadly militarized zone where he finds himself working for Leo (Anthony Mackie), an android officer, tasked to locate a doomsday device before the insurgents do.

Animated short Arka from Natko Stipaničev brings to life an exploration of the folly and unexpected nature of existence and transformation through a snapshot of life aboard a transoceanic cruise ship. Not pulling any punches, Stipaničev’s short is an acerbic commentary on our own sinking and failing world told through a brief overview of a very odd yet homogenous collection of pampered human passengers and beasts. A peculiar yet beguiling world where differing levels of human and animal life interact oddly within their confines, each offering their own reflection on the lives we all lead. It’s a viewing experience which rewards multiple views in order to fully appreciate the different layers and questions which spring up each time. Joining us today, we speak to Stipaničev about the inspiration behind the film and creating a surreal narrative which rewards active viewing in its audience.

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A new trailer has been released for Happy Death Day. Similar to Harold Ramis' Groundhog Day (1993) and Tony Elliott's Arq (2016), a character is forced to relive a specific day over and over again, until an issue can be resolved. This time, Tree (Jessica Rothe) must find her killer, in order to escape this recurring nightmare. The film also stars Israel Broussard and Ruby Modine. Happy Death Day was directed by long time Blumhouse Productions' collaborator Christopher Landon and co-written by Scott Lobdell. The film's full length trailer is hosted here. The promotional material shows Tree wakening over and over in her dorm room. Dorm rooms are co-ed now? She goes through a semi-normal day at college, until a masked killer strikes. Then, the day begins again as Tree starts to lose her sanity. She will have to discover the killer's identity, in hopes of escaping this narrative time loop.

The new Drake Doremus movie “Newness” is the rare film that was kept a secret almost by accident. A last-minute addition to the Sundance Film Festival, the movie was financed and produced so quickly that the filmmaking team skipped the usual casting announcements and other publicity efforts that accompany most Hollywood movies. It’s not that the producers tried to fly under the radar – they were just too busy making the actual movie.

Read More: Sundance 2017: ‘Newness’ and ‘Trumped: Inside the Greatest Political Upset of All Time’ Added to Lineup

Doremus’ fourth film to premiere in Park City after “Douchebag,” “Like Crazy” and “Breathe In,” the movie stars Nicholas Hoult and Laia Costa as a couple in contemporary Los Angeles navigating the world of online dating and social media–driven hookup culture. The film co-stars Matthew Gray Gubler, Courtney Eaton, Danny Huston and Courtney Eaton.

“Newness” writer Ben York Jones (“Like Crazy,...

20th Century Fox Film has hired Angela Demo as VP Feature Casting. She’s a two-time Artios Award-winner for her work on IFC’s The Stanford Prison Experiment and Fox Searchlight’s Sundance acquisition Me And Earl And The Dying Girl. Demo has worked across every genre for major studio, indie and TV productions. The longtime indie casting director’s resume includes such titles as the upcoming reboot of Flatliners, The Duff, Blended, Arq, Pixels, The Spectacular Now, Celeste…...

Sneak Peek the first trailer, revealing new footage of actor Robbie Amell ("The Flash") and Rachael Taylor ("Jessica Jones") in the 'time travel' science fiction feature "Arq", to be released exclusively on Netflix September 16, 2016:

"...in a dystopian future, an engineer trapped in a house and surrounded by a mysterious gang of masked intruders...

"...must protect a technology that could deliver unlimited energy and end the wars that have consumed the world..."

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Arq"...

Orphan Black screenwriter Tony Elliott makes his feature debut with the time-twisting dystopian thriller Arq, premiering today at the Toronto International Film Festival. Employing the now venerable time-loop trope, Arq features a couple trying to figure out why their world is repeating, and what that has to do with the giant multi-national they were both involved with. Below, Elliott talks about his various cinematic inspirations, what he learned from writing Orphan Black, and how he made a futuristic science fiction film on a very low budget. Filmmaker: Your short film, Entangled, dealt, in part, with quantum physics. Tell me about […]...

Groundhog Day is the kind of rare movie that's embedded itself so deep into pop culture that people who haven't even seen the movie still know what it's about. Comparing something to Groundhog Day is shorthand for any story about a person experiencing the same moment over and over again. It's not even a concept that the 1993 Harold Ramis movie created, but it's earned its spot as the go-to comparison point any time a vaguely similar movie comes up. That's why it's so hard to not think of the Bill Murray classic when watching the first trailer for Arq.  Superhero TV show regulars Robbie Amell (The Flash) and Rachael Taylor (Jessica Jones) star in the film as a couple who get stuck in a time loop right as a group of masked people break into their...

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Ahead of a premier at Toronto International Film Festival this week, Netflix has released their first trailer for a new original release titled Arq, a sci-fi mind-bender about a couple (Robbie Amell and Rachael Taylor) who are stuck in a time loop and must figure out just what the heck is going on before they die — and wake up — and die again.

Attempting to separate itself in ways from something like Edge of Tomorrow, a twist on the “same day again” genre in Arq seems to be that both characters start to remember the time loop. However, considering how quickly Tom Cruise is able to catch Emily Blunt up on current affairs each time he loops by the midpoint of that film, I’m not sure this is much of a twist.

What remains is whether or not an effective, visually arresting piece of sci-fi can be conjured by writer-director...

No one wants to ever experience a home invasion. However, in the new Netflix original film, “Arq,” Robbie Amell doesn’t have much of a choice. In the film, young engineer Renton, played by Amell, is stuck in a time loop where people come into his home and murder him as he tries to protect an […]

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"You don't have to believe me, but I need you to trust me." Netflix has debuted the first trailer for a sci-fi film called Arq, produced by Netflix as one of their smaller productions (similar to Christopher Guest's Mascots). The film is about a unique technological device called the "Arq", which an engineer invents and keeps in his own house. Apparently it can "deliver unlimited energy and end the wars that have consumed the world", but one day he wakes up and finds masked men in his house. They shoot him and leave him to die, but he wakes up alive repeating the same day, like Groundhog Day (the clock is an obvious reference). Robbie Amell stars with Rachael Taylor and a cast including Gray Powell, Jacob Neayem, Shaun Benson and Adam Butcher. This actually looks pretty cool, I'm very curious about checking it out. Enjoy. Here's the first...

Netflix has released a trailer for their upcoming sci-fi flick Arq. Written and directed by Orphan Black's Tony Elliott, the film will have a world premiere at the Toronto festival on Friday, September 9 before hitting the streaming service on Friday, September 16.

Robbie Amell stars in the time-twisting mystery along with Rachael Taylor (666 Park Avenue, Jessica Jones).

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In a future where corporations battle against sovereign nations over the last of the world's energy supplies, young engineer Renton and Hannah find themselves attempting to save an experimental energy technology that could end the wars. The catch is, the technology has created a time loop that causes them to relive a deadly home invasion over and over again. They must fig [Continued ...]...

Robbie Amell may have had a short-lived time on The CW, but he's found a home on Netflix. The actor will be starring in the upcoming sci-fi Netflix exclusive film Arq. From the looks of it, Arq looks like Groundhog Day and whatever they're calling that Tom Cruise film that came out a couple years ago had a baby. The premise isn't exactly original, but the trailer looks decent enough. Check it out below and watch it on Netflix September 16th. ...

Netflix has been f*cking killing it lately. Stranger Things, Bojack Horseman, Little Prince (not to mention older successes like House Of Cards). All classic, all great. This brings us to Netflix's new original film, a sci-fi thriller called Arq, written and directed by Tony Elliot (Orphan Black) and starring Robbie Amell (The Flash) and Rachael Taylor (Jessica Jones). Here's the synopsis: In a... Read More...

Netflix has released the trailer and poster for the upcoming original film Arq, premiering on Friday, September 16 to Netflix members worldwide. The film stars Robbie Amell (The Flash) and Rachael Taylor (Jessica Jones), and is written and directed by Tony Elliott (Orphan Black).

Arq is an official selection of the 2016 Toronto Film Festival.

Set In a future where corporations battle against sovereign nations over the last of the world’s energy supplies, young engineer Renton and Hannah find themselves attempting to save an experimental energy technology that could end the wars. The catch is, the technology has created a time loop that causes them to relive a deadly home invasion over and over again. They must figure out how to stop the time loop and come out of it alive.

Have a look the trailer and poster below, trailer reminded me of Edge of Tomorrow. Let us know what you think.

Programmers at the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) announced that Isabelle Huppert, Kunle Afolayan and Genevieve Nnaji and Mark Wahlberg will be among the eight participants in the In Conversation With… series.

Moonlight, festival closing night screening The Edge Of Seventeen, Noces and Handsome Devil take their place in the youth-oriented Next Wave strand, while Discovery selections include The Empty Box, Godless, Hunting Flies and The Red Turtle.

A five-strong roster of virtual reality work brings new work from Canadian superstars Felix & Paul as well as Memesys Culture Lab in India.

Overall 397 films will play at the festival from September 8-18, comprising 296 features and 101 shorts, compared to 287 and 110 last year.

Festival organisers received 6,933 submissions (6,118 in 2015), of which 1,240 came from Canada (1,225) and the 5,693 balance from the rest of the world (4,893).

Festival Street

For the third consecutive year, King Street will close to traffic between Peter and University Streets over opening weekend from September 8-11.

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Programmers at the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) announced that Isabelle Huppert, Kunle Afolayan and Genevieve Nnaji and Mark Wahlberg will be among the eight participants in the In Conversation With… series.

Moonlight, festival closing night screening The Edge Of Seventeen, Noces and Handsome Devil take their place in the youth-oriented Next Wave strand, while Discovery selections include The Empty Box, Godless, Hunting Flies and The Red Turtle.

A five-strong roster of virtual reality work brings new work from Canadian superstars Felix & Paul as well as Memesys Culture Lab in India.

Overall 397 films will play at the festival from September 8-18, comprising 296 features and 101 shorts, compared to 287 and 110 last year.

Festival organisers received 6,933 submissions (6,118 in 2015), of which 1,240 came from Canada (1,225) and the 5,693 balance from the rest of the world (4,893).

Festival Street

For the third consecutive year, King Street will close to traffic between Peter and University Streets over opening weekend from September 8-11.

“Festival Street brings great value...

Next month’s Toronto International Film Festival has nearly completed its lineup announcements, and each one is more impressive than the last. Today’s Tiff picks feature a number of slate additions for sections as varied as the forward-focused Discovery, their burgeoning Pop Vr section and even a handful of last minute additions to the Tiff Docs list. New titles of note that have just been announced include the Cannes hit “The Red Turtle,” Wayne Roberts’ “Katie Says Goodbye” and the well-regarded “Sand Storm,” all of which will screen as part of Discovery.

Read More: Tiff Lineup: 5 Reasons to Get Excited About the 2016 Program

Both the Next Wave and Tiff Kids section pull titles from other, previously announced sections to create an appealing lineup for the next generation of cinephiles. Standout titles include “Moonlight,” “My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea” and “The Eagle Huntress.”

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After a promising initial line-up, the Toronto International Film Festival has delivered more titles with their full Canadian slate. Among the line-up is Xavier Dolan‘s It’s Only the End of the World, Bruce MacDonald‘s new feature Weirdos, Deepa Mehta‘s Anatomy of Violence, as well as Two Lovers and a Bear, starring Tatiana Maslany and Dane DeHaan, which we have the first trailer for today.

We said in our review from Cannes, “Kim Nguyen’s Two Lovers and a Bear is a film that suffers from a bit of an identity crisis. Like an indie playlist stuck on constant shuffle, unapologetically reveling in a sort of manic unclassifiable genre. This isn’t always necessarily a bad thing, but, for some reason, Nguyen’s scattershot tonal shifts — which hop between a romance on the rocks; a self-serious study of grieving; and a surreal buddy comedy — can prove quite jarring.

A heavyweight roster of world premieres from the leading lights of Canada’s film industry will grace the Toronto International Film Festival next month.

New work from Deepa Mehta, Bruce McDonald and Chloé Robichaud are among the Canadian features set to receive their world premieres, while Xavier Dolan and Kim Nguyen earn North American premieres for their latest films following their Cannes debuts.

Wednesday’s announcement included the slate of Canadian short films, the festival’s four Rising Stars, and participants in the Talent Lab and Telefilm Canada Pitch This! programmes.

Talent Lab alumnus Andrew Cividino is named the 2016 Len Blum Resident. The film-maker will take up residency at the Festival Tower for three months later this year and receive one-on-one script consultations with screenwriter Blum, mentoring from Tiff’s industry and programming teams, and support from Tiff partners.

Cividino will work on his screenplay, We Ate the Children Last, a feature...

A heavyweight roster of world premieres from the leading lights of Canada’s film industry will grace the Toronto International Film Festival next month.

New work from Deepa Mehta, Bruce McDonald and Chloé Robichaud are among the Canadian features set to receive their world premieres, while Xavier Dolan and Kim Nguyen earn North American premieres for their latest films following their Cannes debuts.

Wednesday’s announcement included the slate of Canadian short films, the festival’s four Rising Stars, and participants in the Talent Lab and Telefilm Canada Pitch This! programmes.

Talent Lab alumnus Andrew Cividino is named the 2016 Len Blum Resident. The film-maker will take up residency at the Festival Tower for three months later this year and receive one-on-one script consultations with screenwriter Blum, mentoring from Tiff’s industry and programming teams, and support from Tiff partners.

Cividino will work on his screenplay, We Ate the Children Last, a feature...

The Toronto International Film Festival has announced an additional selection of feature picks — all falling under the banner of Canadian-made films, appropriately enough — along with their Tiff Rising Stars group, the recipient of the Len Blum Residency and a selection of Canadian shorts. Major programming standouts including Xavier Dolan’s Cannes Grand Prix winner “It’s Only the End of the World” and Nathan Morlando’s Cannes debut “Mean Dreams.” Other films of note include April Mullen’s “Below Her Mouth” and Kim Nguyen’s Dane DeHaan-starring “Two Lovers and a Bear.”

This year’s Tiff Rising Stars — four Canadian actors who will take part in a series of specialized programming organized by Tiff’s Industry team — include Jared Abrahamson, Grace Glowicki, Mylène Mackay and Sophie Nélisse. Additional international Rising Stars will be announced in the coming weeks.

Screenwriter and filmmaker Andrew Cividino is the 2016 Len Blum Resident. Cividino,...

Ivan Radford Jun 13, 2017

More recommendations have been added to our list of Netflix UK movies you might want to try...

Ask some Netflix users and they'll tell you that Netflix UK pales in comparison to Netflix Us, that America has all the new, good stuff, while British streamers are left with the bargain bin rejects from old Blockbuster stores.

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Take a closer look, though, and there's a whole heap of quality there just waiting to be discovered. Whether they're unfairly maligned, or just criminally under-seen, here are 25 under-appreciated films on Netflix UK.

(We'll keep this list updated as things arrive or leave the service to make sure you don't run of new things to try. Last update: June 2017)

What We Do In The Shadows

Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi’s horror mockumentary, which follows a group of vampire flatmates in Wellington,...