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The New Clip From Hulu’s “Nine Perfect Strangers” Introduces Melissa McCarthy (Watch)

A new clip is here, teasing the first episode of Hulu’s new series “Nine Perfect Strangers”, based on the best-selling novel by Liane Moriarty. We see Melissa McCarthy entering her room at the mysterious facility with hopes that she will find her salvation and healing. “Nine Perfect Strangers” “is set at a health-and-wellness resort that promises healing and transformation as nine stressed city dwellers try to get on a path to a better way of living. Watching over them during this ten-day retreat is the resort’s director Masha (Nicole Kidman), a woman on a mission to reinvigorate their tired minds and bodies. However, these nine “perfect” strangers have no idea what is about to hit them.” Talk about an all-star cast, the series features Golden Globe winner Nicole Kidman (“Big Little Lies”) with the guests of the resort being played by Melissa McCarthy, Luke Evans, Regina Hall, Grace Van Patten, Bobby Cannavale, Asher Keddie, Michael Shannon, Samara Weaving, and Melvin

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 12, 2021
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“Nine Perfect Strangers” Seek Help In Hulu’s New Series Starring Nicole Kidman

During the 93rd annual Academy Awards on Sunday, the first ominous trailer for “Nine Perfect Strangers” was unveiled, giving Hulu subscribers the first look at the upcoming limited series, based on the best-selling novel by Liane Moriarty. “Nine Perfect Strangers” “is set at a health-and-wellness resort that promises healing and transformation as nine stressed city dwellers try to get on a path to a better way of living. Watching over them during this ten-day retreat is the resort’s director Masha (Nicole Kidman), a woman on a mission to reinvigorate their tired minds and bodies. However, these nine “perfect” strangers have no idea what is about to hit them.” Talk about an all-star cast, the series features Golden Globe winner Nicole Kidman (“Big Little Lies”) with the guests of the resort being played by Melissa McCarthy, Luke Evans, Regina Hall, Grace Van Patten, Bobby Cannavale, Asher Keddie, Michael Shannon, Samara Weaving, and Melvin Gregg. Hulu has yet to announce the premiere

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 27, 2021
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Gary Oldman Issues A Warning In The New Clip From The Thriller ‘Crisis’

Writer-director Nicholas Jarecki takes us inside the dark, horrifying world of drug trafficking and addiction in his new thriller Crisis, starring acting legend Gary Oldman who has appeared in films such as Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and The Dark Knight. In Crisis, “a drug trafficker arranges a multi-cartel Fentanyl smuggling operation. An architect recovering from an Oxycodone addiction tracks down the truth behind her son’s disappearance. A university professor battles unexpected revelations about his employer, a pharmaceutical company bringing a new “non-addictive” painkiller to market. Set against the backdrop of the opioid epidemic, their stories collide in this dramatic thriller from writer/director Nicholas Jarecki (Arbitrage). The film also stars Armie Hammer, Evangeline Lilly, Greg Kinnear, Michelle Rodriguez, Luke Evans, Lily-Rose Depp, Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi, Duke Nicholson, Veronica Ferres, and Martin Donovan. Oldman executive produces alongside Douglas Urbanski, Michael Suppes, Tony Hsieh, Mohammed Al Turki, Lisa Wilson, William Rosenfeld, Sam Slater, David Bernon, and Samuel Reich. Nicholas

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 26, 2021
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“The Alienist Season 2: Angel Of Darkness” Hunts A Killer This May On Blu-Ray And DVD

Witness the second season of TNT’s award-winning series “The Alienist: Angel of Darkness,” on Blu-ray and DVD this May. Featuring eight shocking episodes filled with dread, drama, and tension, the series will leave you on the edge of your seat and your mouth gaped open. “It is June 1897. A year has passed since Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, a pioneer in forensic psychiatry, tracked down the brutal serial killer John Beecham with the help of a team of trusted companions and a revolutionary application of the principles of his discipline. Kreizler and his friends–high-living crime reporter John Schuyler Moore; indomitable, derringer-toting Sara Howard; the brilliant (and bickering) detective brothers Marcus and Lucius Isaacson; powerful and compassionate Cyrus Montrose; and Stevie Taggert, the boy Kreizler saved from a life of street crime–have returned to their former pursuits and tried to forget the horror of the Beecham case. But when the distraught wife of a Spanish diplomat begs Sara’s aid, the team reunites

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 3, 2021
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Octavia Spencer Goes Psycho In The ‘Ma’ Trailer

Octavia Spencer stars a woman terrorizing teenagers in the first trailer for Ma, from Blumhouse, the producers of Get Out. The first look from Universal Pictures reveals that after a group of teenagers recruits “Ma” to buy them alcohol her basement becomes the kid’s go-to party spot. But when “Ma” becomes obsessed with the kids, things turn deadly. Missi Pyle, Luke Evans, Juliette Lewis, Allison Janney, McKaley Miller, Diana Silvers, Corey Fogelmanis, and Kyanna Simone Simpson also star. Opening in theaters May 31st, Ma reunites Spencer with Tate Taylor, the director of The Help which earned Spencer an Acadamy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 13, 2019
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Octavia Spencer Joins Blumhouse’s Star Studded Film ‘Ma’

News has come that Octavia Spencer, the brilliant actress who starred in the highly-acclaimed and highly-nominated film The Shape of Water and in Halloween II, has signed on to star Blumhouse’s “twisted thriller” Ma. While we do not know a lot about the film at this time, we do know that Spencer will be playing the role of “a lonely woman who befriends a group of teenagers with torturous consequences for the kids.” thanks to Deadline‘s report. Spencer will reteam with Tate Taylor, who she worked with on The Help. The script was penned by Scotty Landes, which was developed with Ryan Turek, who will produce alongside Jason Blum and John Norris Juliette Lewis (Natural Born Killers), Luke Evans (Dracula Untold), Diana Silvers (Glass), Cory Fogelmanis (“Girl Meets World”), McKaley Miller (Hart of Dixie), Dante Brown (Lethal Weapon), and Gianni Paolo (The Mick) also star. Production is set to begin on Ma this month.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 2, 2018
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Review – PIGSKIN Gives A Brief But Chilling Glimpse At The Horrors of Body Image

PIGSKIN Directed by Jake Hammond Written by Jake Hammond and Nicola Newton Starring – Isadora Leiva, Pablo Gonzalez, Isabella Groff, Luke Evans and Julie Moss Laurie Vernon, at first, second and even third glance, appears to be a normal healthy teenage girl. She’s on the cheerleading squad and seems to be well liked. However she has a secret, one that plagues women from their teens all the way into adulthood – she suffers from a low self body image. She causes herself to be sick, her stomach is scarred from where she has scratched herself, and she wraps her abdomen with a bandage in an attempt to cinch her stomach. Such insecurity may be brought on by her attraction to the the football team’s starting quarterback – an attraction that is reciprocated when he finally asks her out. It begins to weigh heavily on her mind, as she considers just how he might view her body if they become physically

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Capt McNeely
Oct 22, 2016
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High-Rise Starring Tom Hiddleston

Two miles west of London, Dr. Robert Laing has just moved into a new apartment seeking anonymity, only to find that his new neighbors won’t leave him alone. Laing bites the bullet and becomes neighborly, but as he struggles to establish himself, good manners and his grip on sanity disintegrate along with the building. The lights go out and the elevators fail, but the party goes on. Booze is currency and chaos ensues. Directed by Ben Wheatley, High-Rise stars Tom Hiddleston (The Avengers), Jeremy Irons (The Borgias), Sienna Miller (American Sniper), Luke Evans (Dracula Untold) and Elizabeth Moss (Mad Men). The film is based on the 1975 novel by J.G. Ballard, by the same name. No US release date has been announced, but if you’re in the UK, you can catch High-Rise in theaters on March 18th.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 9, 2016
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Movie Review : Dracula Untold (2014)

In ‘Dracula Untold’ we see a new side of the Dracula legend that ties in the history of the real Vlad “The Impaler”. The movie delves into the beginning of Dracula’s story, when he was a man trying to protect his family and people against the Turks that he knows will invade. He refuses to meet their demands of one thousand boys as tribute for their army, when at the last moment of the meeting Mehmed also demands Vlad’s son to take to raise. Vlad has lived a peaceful life for ten years but the legendary fighter will never allow the Turks to take the boys or his son. Vlad must make a choice between losing it all or becoming a monster. Luke Evans (Immortals) stars as Vlad/Dracula. Evans is a good fit for the role of immortal badass. The role of Vlad’s wife Mirena is played by the beautiful Sarah Gadon (Enemy). Art Parkinson does a great job as

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 8, 2015

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The New Clip From Hulu’s “Nine Perfect Strangers” Introduces Melissa McCarthy (Watch)

A new clip is here, teasing the first episode of Hulu’s new series “Nine Perfect Strangers”, based on the best-selling novel by Liane Moriarty. We see Melissa McCarthy entering her room at the mysterious facility with hopes that she will find her salvation and healing. “Nine Perfect Strangers” “is set at a health-and-wellness resort that promises healing and transformation as nine stressed city dwellers try to get on a path to a better way of living. Watching over them during this ten-day retreat is the resort’s director Masha (Nicole Kidman), a woman on a mission to reinvigorate their tired minds and bodies. However, these nine “perfect” strangers have no idea what is about to hit them.” Talk about an all-star cast, the series features Golden Globe winner Nicole Kidman (“Big Little Lies”) with the guests of the resort being played by Melissa McCarthy, Luke Evans, Regina Hall, Grace Van Patten, Bobby Cannavale, Asher Keddie, Michael Shannon, Samara Weaving, and Melvin

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 12, 2021
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“Nine Perfect Strangers” Seek Help In Hulu’s New Series Starring Nicole Kidman

During the 93rd annual Academy Awards on Sunday, the first ominous trailer for “Nine Perfect Strangers” was unveiled, giving Hulu subscribers the first look at the upcoming limited series, based on the best-selling novel by Liane Moriarty. “Nine Perfect Strangers” “is set at a health-and-wellness resort that promises healing and transformation as nine stressed city dwellers try to get on a path to a better way of living. Watching over them during this ten-day retreat is the resort’s director Masha (Nicole Kidman), a woman on a mission to reinvigorate their tired minds and bodies. However, these nine “perfect” strangers have no idea what is about to hit them.” Talk about an all-star cast, the series features Golden Globe winner Nicole Kidman (“Big Little Lies”) with the guests of the resort being played by Melissa McCarthy, Luke Evans, Regina Hall, Grace Van Patten, Bobby Cannavale, Asher Keddie, Michael Shannon, Samara Weaving, and Melvin Gregg. Hulu has yet to announce the premiere

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 27, 2021
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Gary Oldman Issues A Warning In The New Clip From The Thriller ‘Crisis’

Writer-director Nicholas Jarecki takes us inside the dark, horrifying world of drug trafficking and addiction in his new thriller Crisis, starring acting legend Gary Oldman who has appeared in films such as Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and The Dark Knight. In Crisis, “a drug trafficker arranges a multi-cartel Fentanyl smuggling operation. An architect recovering from an Oxycodone addiction tracks down the truth behind her son’s disappearance. A university professor battles unexpected revelations about his employer, a pharmaceutical company bringing a new “non-addictive” painkiller to market. Set against the backdrop of the opioid epidemic, their stories collide in this dramatic thriller from writer/director Nicholas Jarecki (Arbitrage). The film also stars Armie Hammer, Evangeline Lilly, Greg Kinnear, Michelle Rodriguez, Luke Evans, Lily-Rose Depp, Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi, Duke Nicholson, Veronica Ferres, and Martin Donovan. Oldman executive produces alongside Douglas Urbanski, Michael Suppes, Tony Hsieh, Mohammed Al Turki, Lisa Wilson, William Rosenfeld, Sam Slater, David Bernon, and Samuel Reich. Nicholas

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 26, 2021
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“The Alienist Season 2: Angel Of Darkness” Hunts A Killer This May On Blu-Ray And DVD

Witness the second season of TNT’s award-winning series “The Alienist: Angel of Darkness,” on Blu-ray and DVD this May. Featuring eight shocking episodes filled with dread, drama, and tension, the series will leave you on the edge of your seat and your mouth gaped open. “It is June 1897. A year has passed since Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, a pioneer in forensic psychiatry, tracked down the brutal serial killer John Beecham with the help of a team of trusted companions and a revolutionary application of the principles of his discipline. Kreizler and his friends–high-living crime reporter John Schuyler Moore; indomitable, derringer-toting Sara Howard; the brilliant (and bickering) detective brothers Marcus and Lucius Isaacson; powerful and compassionate Cyrus Montrose; and Stevie Taggert, the boy Kreizler saved from a life of street crime–have returned to their former pursuits and tried to forget the horror of the Beecham case. But when the distraught wife of a Spanish diplomat begs Sara’s aid, the team reunites

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 3, 2021
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Octavia Spencer Goes Psycho In The ‘Ma’ Trailer

Octavia Spencer stars a woman terrorizing teenagers in the first trailer for Ma, from Blumhouse, the producers of Get Out. The first look from Universal Pictures reveals that after a group of teenagers recruits “Ma” to buy them alcohol her basement becomes the kid’s go-to party spot. But when “Ma” becomes obsessed with the kids, things turn deadly. Missi Pyle, Luke Evans, Juliette Lewis, Allison Janney, McKaley Miller, Diana Silvers, Corey Fogelmanis, and Kyanna Simone Simpson also star. Opening in theaters May 31st, Ma reunites Spencer with Tate Taylor, the director of The Help which earned Spencer an Acadamy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 13, 2019
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Octavia Spencer Joins Blumhouse’s Star Studded Film ‘Ma’

News has come that Octavia Spencer, the brilliant actress who starred in the highly-acclaimed and highly-nominated film The Shape of Water and in Halloween II, has signed on to star Blumhouse’s “twisted thriller” Ma. While we do not know a lot about the film at this time, we do know that Spencer will be playing the role of “a lonely woman who befriends a group of teenagers with torturous consequences for the kids.” thanks to Deadline‘s report. Spencer will reteam with Tate Taylor, who she worked with on The Help. The script was penned by Scotty Landes, which was developed with Ryan Turek, who will produce alongside Jason Blum and John Norris Juliette Lewis (Natural Born Killers), Luke Evans (Dracula Untold), Diana Silvers (Glass), Cory Fogelmanis (“Girl Meets World”), McKaley Miller (Hart of Dixie), Dante Brown (Lethal Weapon), and Gianni Paolo (The Mick) also star. Production is set to begin on Ma this month.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 2, 2018
Horror Fuel

Review – PIGSKIN Gives A Brief But Chilling Glimpse At The Horrors of Body Image

PIGSKIN Directed by Jake Hammond Written by Jake Hammond and Nicola Newton Starring – Isadora Leiva, Pablo Gonzalez, Isabella Groff, Luke Evans and Julie Moss Laurie Vernon, at first, second and even third glance, appears to be a normal healthy teenage girl. She’s on the cheerleading squad and seems to be well liked. However she has a secret, one that plagues women from their teens all the way into adulthood – she suffers from a low self body image. She causes herself to be sick, her stomach is scarred from where she has scratched herself, and she wraps her abdomen with a bandage in an attempt to cinch her stomach. Such insecurity may be brought on by her attraction to the the football team’s starting quarterback – an attraction that is reciprocated when he finally asks her out. It begins to weigh heavily on her mind, as she considers just how he might view her body if they become physically

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Oct 22, 2016
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High-Rise Starring Tom Hiddleston

Two miles west of London, Dr. Robert Laing has just moved into a new apartment seeking anonymity, only to find that his new neighbors won’t leave him alone. Laing bites the bullet and becomes neighborly, but as he struggles to establish himself, good manners and his grip on sanity disintegrate along with the building. The lights go out and the elevators fail, but the party goes on. Booze is currency and chaos ensues. Directed by Ben Wheatley, High-Rise stars Tom Hiddleston (The Avengers), Jeremy Irons (The Borgias), Sienna Miller (American Sniper), Luke Evans (Dracula Untold) and Elizabeth Moss (Mad Men). The film is based on the 1975 novel by J.G. Ballard, by the same name. No US release date has been announced, but if you’re in the UK, you can catch High-Rise in theaters on March 18th.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 9, 2016
Horror Fuel

Movie Review : Dracula Untold (2014)

In ‘Dracula Untold’ we see a new side of the Dracula legend that ties in the history of the real Vlad “The Impaler”. The movie delves into the beginning of Dracula’s story, when he was a man trying to protect his family and people against the Turks that he knows will invade. He refuses to meet their demands of one thousand boys as tribute for their army, when at the last moment of the meeting Mehmed also demands Vlad’s son to take to raise. Vlad has lived a peaceful life for ten years but the legendary fighter will never allow the Turks to take the boys or his son. Vlad must make a choice between losing it all or becoming a monster. Luke Evans (Immortals) stars as Vlad/Dracula. Evans is a good fit for the role of immortal badass. The role of Vlad’s wife Mirena is played by the beautiful Sarah Gadon (Enemy). Art Parkinson does a great job as

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 8, 2015