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 “I can't help it,” says Ella Al-Shamahi. “It reminds me of The Lord of the Rings!” It’s not easy to make prehistory accessible, but a comparison with Tolkien works for the time before Homo sapiens dominated. Al-Shamahi’s five-part documentary traces the rise of humanity, beginning with the era when Homo neanderthalensis, Homo floresiensis, and Homo erectus each claimed their own territory. Before written history, when our story was “written in our bones and DNA,” some early humans lived in Europe and Asia and had adapted to the cold. Some were learning to harness the power of fire. Some were only 1 meter tall. Others wore helmets and polo shirts. Wait, no, that’s one of the archaeologists excavating in Morocco, where a skull called Jebel Irhoud 1 holds many secrets about our earliest ancestors. It's the beginning of a journey that, in a revelatory first episode, will take Al-Shamahi to spectacular locations in Africa and the Middle East. Stars: Ella Al-Shamahi, Melissa Massyn,...
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One Battle After Another 2025 Movie Review Trailer Poster

 “Freedom: when you have it, you don't appreciate it, but when you miss it, it's lost.” These words are spoken by Benicio del Toro about halfway through the film. And these words, which lingered in my mind long after I finished the film, clearly refer to the United States today. One Battle After Another is Paul Thomas Anderson's most overtly political film to date. And his stance is no surprise. It's the most anti-Trump film since Mickey 17 was released earlier this year. And while I quite liked Mickey 17, this one is much better. Director: Paul Thomas Anderson Writers: Paul Thomas Anderson, Thomas Pynchon Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro One Battle After Another is in tune with current events. There are ICE-style police raids. There are also white supremacists who detest the idea of ​​sanctuary cities. But there's also a clip from The Battle of Algiers (1966), perhaps the most influential resistance film of all time. There's so much going o...

The Strangers: Chapter 2 2025 Movie Review Trailer Poster

Renny Harlin's botched 2024 film, The Strangers: Chapter 1, was essentially a remake of Bryan Bertino's 2008 domestic violence horror thriller, The Strangers, in which a couple is tormented by a trio of—you guessed it—strangers. But there was a problem: Harlin actually shot three consecutive films from a 260-page script, and promoted Chapter 1 with the promise/threat that Chapters 2 and 3 would expand his mostly single-location horror film across the United States, unmasking the reasons behind this seemingly random violence. Well, this second installment is peppered with flashbacks, as the filmmakers apparently haven't seen Rob Zombie's Halloween or the Texas Chainsaw prequel, Leatherface: The Beginning, or they'd know that a trivial backstory about childhood trauma only strips masked killers of any threat.  Director: Renny Harlin Writers: Alan R. Cohen, Alan Freedland Stars: Madelaine Petsch, Gabriel Basso, Ema Horvath The horror films they've seen, clearly, ar...

Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie 2025 Movie Review Trailer Poster

One of the most popular children's series on the planet is coming to the big screen. DreamWorks Animation is working on "Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie," scheduled for release on September 26, 2025, by Universal Pictures. "Gabby's Dollhouse" is DreamWorks' multimedia preschool series streaming on Netflix and, according to Nielsen, was the most-watched original series on streaming in 2023. Each episode follows a little girl named Gabby as she opens a surprise before immersing herself in a fantastical animated world of adorable cats living inside her dollhouse. Director: Ryan Crego Writers: Traci Paige Johnson, Jennifer Twomey, Mike Lew Stars: Laila Lockhart Kraner, Kristen Wiig, Carla Tassara Traci Paige Johnson and Jennifer Twomey, creators of the series, are executive producers of the film "Gabby's Dollhouse." Ryan Crego, a Kids and Family Emmy nominee for his TV movie "Arlo the Alligator Boy," is directing the film. In the new...

Eleanor the Great 2025 Movie Review Trailer Poster

Eleanor (June Squibb) has a best friend. In fact, she's had one for the past seven decades of her life. With their husbands long dead and their children far from the nest, the lives of Eleanor and Bessie (Rita Zohar) don't just revolve around each other—they're intertwined. They share not just an apartment in Florida, but a room, with its two twin beds side by side and matching headboards. They do everything together: they check bills, clip coupons, go for walks, and, in the dark of certain nights, they tell each other the worst memories of their lives. Suffice it to say, this relationship has worked. So what happens when the inevitable happens? That's the premise of Scarlett Johansson's directorial debut, "Eleanor the Great," which tenderly, yet erratically, examines what happens after losing the most important person in our lives and taking hesitant steps to find someone, if not as important, but equally special, to help fill the void left behind. All of...

Bau: Artist at War 2025 Movie Review Trailer Poster

BAU: ARTIST AT WAR tells the incredible and moving true story of Joseph Bau, a famous artist who lived in Tel Aviv in 1971. The film shows how Joseph was sent to a concentration camp in Poland in 1943. Joseph uses his skills and unwavering hope to save thousands of people from the Nazis and survive the camp. He even finds true love and marriage, despite the horrors of the camp. A cruel guard and the camp commandant are the villains of the film, but they get what they deserve. BAU: ARTIST AT WAR is a moving portrayal of the incredible true story of Joseph and Rebecca Bau. It is both humorous and heartbreaking. The lead actors, Emile Hirsch and Inbar Lavi, give incredible and emotional performances as the two protagonists. What makes the film so extraordinary is a script that embraces pain and suffering, but accentuates it with authentic humor and heartfelt romance.  Director: Sean McNamara Writers: Deborah Smerecnik, Ron Bass, Sonia Kifferstein Stars: Emile Hirsch, Inbar Lavi, Yan T...

Brilliant Minds 2025 Tv Series Season 2 Review Trailer Poster

The second season premiere of Beautiful Minds finds Dr. Oliver Wolf (Zachary Quinto) enduring another emotional blow, courtesy of his estranged father, Noah. The elder Wolf leaves without saying goodbye, despite appearing in the season one finale and pleading with Oliver to help him uncover his mysterious illness. Does this have something to do with the episode's opening, which finds Oliver in the midst of a mental health crisis at a long-term care facility? Maybe, series star and producer Zachary Quinto tells TVLine. Read on for the episode's highlights, and don't miss Quinto's teasers for the rest of the season. Stars: Zachary Quinto, Tamberla Perry, Ashleigh LaThrop It's nighttime at a healthcare facility, and a nurse silently goes from room to room, handing out medication. Oliver approaches and grabs his key card from the cart; realizing it, he alerts security. It turns out Oliver isn't a doctor at this facility—he's a patient. They detain him in a stair...