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Warning: This article contains spoilers for the first three episodes of Showtime's 'American Gigolo.'''American Gigolo' follows the life of Julian Kaye, a former male escort who was released from prison after serving fifteen years for a murder he didn't commit. In the premiere, we saw a man at the top of his game, strutting around in designer suits, rocking out in a sexy car. Julian could be anyone his clients wanted him to be. He was mysterious, cocky, and boyish--the perfect conversationalist and just the right kind of lover. There seemed to be no end to his charm. During a round of pillow talk, he spoke about how he could step outside himself and slip into a role. He didn't have to pretend. He transformed into the perfect man for the moment. He didn't enjoy his job. That was his coping skill. It helped him avoid the complex mess of emotions that come on as a result of sex work. We learned to accept that even though he was a heterosexual male engaging in heterosexual encounters, he still felt the same dread that we typically associate with women in his occupation. We saw it early on his life when he was being pressured to sleep with the lady next door. She stood out on her porch and announced that her pipes needed fixing. He went still, and the look in his eyes told us everything we needed to know. He was in pain.This role reversal defined the show's motif going forward. Women became the oppressors and men became the victims. Everything else was the same. He was sexualized and objectified, lit up for the female eye. His profile, his hair, his arms, back and butt, were all shown off in almost every single scene. It didn't matter if he was clothed of unclothed. He was pressured, punched, slapped, and groped--a commodity to be traded. Women rented him for the night, draining him of his emotional energy, trying to possess him and use him. As the story unfolded, we began to learn more about Julian's life and the burden he carried around. He was quiet and he had a moral compass, but he was troubled, riddled with anger and vice. We started to like him, but at times it was hard to ignore his flaws.We also got to know about his history and the people that he had known over the years. It wasn't a full picture, but like everything about 'American Gigolo' it was enough to intrigue us, charm us, and leave us wanting more.

As a huge fan of horror, it was impossible for me to pass up 'Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.' Like many people, I've spent years studying him, watching biopics and documentaries, reading about the history of his crimes. I asked myself about nature and nurture. I picked up on his dull stare and his hushed tone, and I wondered what twisted lesson could be learned from him--at least that's what I told myself. In truth, I didn't really care about the psychology behind any of it. People do freaky things. They just do. Instead, I was pushing past my gag reflex, training myself to digest the horror of it all, the drill, the skulls, that poor man who begged the police to help him. I wanted to know this monster's secrets. He was in a fishbowl, and it was just too intriguing to look away. It was hell's gossip. I wasn't alone in this. I was part of a trend that has dominated American media for decades. We cannot get enough of these icons. We grab a microscope, shove them onto a slide and stare, and we keep staring, hoping for a new angle, a new rendition, another piece of the puzzle to keep us salivating.

Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet will have 'a fresh and hilarious twist' in Disney+'s 'Rosaline,' which will start streaming on October 14.The story of the romantic comedy from 20th Century Studios is portrayed from the viewpoint of Rosaline, Romeo's current love interest and Juliet's cousin (Kaitlyn Dever). Rosaline hatches a plan to thwart the well-known romance and get her boyfriend back after she is devastated when Romeo (Kyle Allen) meets Juliet (Isabela Merced) and starts to pursue her.

The primary livestream for TUDUM 2022 starts at 10 a.m. Pacific Time today, which is when the yearly Netflix event takes place. As the company prepares to share more information about new motion pictures and television programs, this Netflix celebration will take place across five events and several continents.Yesterday, September 23 at 7 p.m., the first of the five fan events for TUDUM 2022 got under way a little earlier, but the most of these were devoted to Korean and Indian film and television productions.

A new Hellraiser movie, to be released on Hulu after the 2018 release of Hellraiser: Judgement, is giving the franchise new life.The Hellraiser franchise, which is based on Clive Barker's 1986 novella The Hellbound Heart, centers on a gang of Cenobites, pain-obsessed and sadistic monsters from another realm who are released when someone cracks open a puzzle box.

Fans of the classic action comedy film Beverly Hills Cop and its follow-ups are bewildered to know that Netflix is resurrecting the franchise after a nearly thirty-year hiatus.

Meet Cute is Peacock's newest rom-com film instalment revolving around self-imposed time travel. The film, starring The Flight Attendant's Kaley Cuoco and Saturday Night Live alum Pete Davidson premiered on Wednesday, September 21, 2022, and has already stirred the audience.

Sex and the City follow-up series And Just Like That, has started production for its second season and is in the scripting stage. Rejoice And Just Like That fans! If there are any.

Warning: This article contains spoilers for the first three episodes of season 5 and The Testaments.We wait. As the audience, that's all we can do. We spend a year desperate for the next season. When it finally does arrive, we get two episodes, then we twiddle our thumbs six days a week wondering what's going to happen next. It's not easy. Many of us find ourselves sifting through The Testaments, scrolling through forums and groups, obsessing over trailers, wondering, so anxious to find out that we can't stop. We won't. It's just too good. That's the sacrifice we make for fiction of the highest caliber, and that is definitely the category that The Handmaid's Tale falls into. Anyone who's been tuning in this long knows that. The writers are at the top of their game. They can toy with us, placate us, and walk a tightrope to please us--all techniques that few can master. True, some of us might fall into the cracks of despondency and detach from the series, but they still know how to keep most of us watching. Many of you have seen the trailers for the upcoming episode and the newly released look ahead for season 5, and you may have noticed something. It's all so different. The rules of The Handmaid's Tale have changed. We can finally say that anything could happen. We know some of what to expect, but there's no point of reference anymore, no Gilead rulebook to follow. There are a lot of gaps in our knowledge--gaping holes in fact. That's what this article is for. Let's fill in those gaps, speculate together, and see if we can't come up with some answers. Not all of these predictions will turn out to be true; some of you may scoff, but they're not shots in the dark, either. As you will see, they come from a firm understanding of the source material and the few glimpses we've already been given about what comes next.

Warning: This article does not go over events that occur in seasons 4 or 5, but it does touch on material found in previous seasons. The author of The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood, has the extraordinary ability to bring life to the abstract. She forces the audience to confront things that normally couldn't be put into words. We bask in the smell of genesis in Janine's birthing chamber. We learn what it feels like to be stuck in solitary confinement. We see the struggles of a high-ranking daughter growing up in Gilead, and we come face to face with true evil. That's one thing Atwood understands better than anything else: evil. She sticks it under a microscope, tells us to stare into the lens. Then she holds our heads down, forcing us to confront it until we simply cannot bear to keep watching. It's because she understands something most of us have yet to comprehend. Gilead is our fault. Our fault. The system was thought up by men and women who betray themselves and those around them. There's the complacency, the progressives who should've been standing in the marching line with Moira and Holly and the rest of the collective, and then there's those who betray their own kind. They devote everything that they are to fundamentalism and the patriarchal power structure. These are the women who are so self-deluded, so vicious that they can beat their slaves while calling themselves the righteous elect--God's chosen, held above the rest of humanity. Serena has always represented those women and their puzzling motivations. She's the embodiment of the mindset that causes us to justify burning a peaceful world to the ground. To many, she is an enigma. We can't fathom what could possibly turn a woman like her into the monster she's become. She's too despicable, too twisted. It doesn't seem realistic. But The Handmaid's Tale does an amazing job of showing us where she comes from and what she is. The show has everything we need to understand this beast and the forces she embodies, and it all makes perfect sense. We just have to grab a magnifying glass and go over the material.

HBO's Euphoria is one of the most controversial and influential TV dramas released recently. And kudos by the way to its six Emmy wins this year, including Zendaya's second trophy for Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series.Euphoria, which rates at 88% on Rotten Tomatoes, 8.4/10 on IMDb and 91% on Rotten Review, depicts a group of high schoolers struggling to find their identity whilst dealing with drugs, social media influence, money and love issues.Since HBO confirmed its renewal of the series for a third season, fans have been eagerly anticipating the return of many of the original cast.Here’s what we have in store for you.

It seems like biopic films are the new focus of movie directors, not to mention Baz Luhrmann's, Elvis, which hit theaters this year's summer and the soon-to-be-released Blonde, focusing on the life of Marilyn Monroe.Starring Austin Butler as the King of Rock and Roll, Elvis focused primarily on the singer’s career and his relationship with his manager Colonel Tom Parker, depicted by Tom Hanks. However, the biopic revealed little of Elvis’ complicated marriage with Priscilla Presley.Director Sofia Coppola of On the Rocks (2020) seeks to tell the story of Elvis’s wife through her upcoming biopic film Priscilla.

A personal Thai viewpoint on the incredible effort to save 13 people from a flooded cave in 2018 is promised in a new series that debuted on Thursday (Sept. 22).The most recent depiction of the incident on television is Netflix's six-episode Thai drama Thai Cave Rescue, which debuted just one month after Thirteen Lives on Amazon.

Jeffrey Dahmer is perhaps the most remarkable and high-profile serial killers in US historical record, to the extent that if you reckon of the term “serial killer”, he’s certainly among the first you would mention.

Investors aren't exactly known for taking risks, and Hollywood is no different. Earlier this year, when Netflix announced a sharp drop in subscribers, the world of streaming--and the industry as a whole--took note. If it could happen to them, it could happen to the rest. There was widespread panic. The unrivaled growth that audiences had come to depend on seemed to be coming to an end. But not everyone cut back. Some preferred to calculate their investments, leaning on old classics, titles sure to attract a massive following. It's a smart move, one that streamers had long relied on. Disney has their Star Wars fetish. HBO has a massive list of planned Game of Thrones spin-offs, and studios everywhere are preparing to revitalize old franchises--classics we would kill to see onscreen again. It's hard not to get excited, and it's somewhat admirable to see Hollywood finding new ways to keep us anxious and waiting, ready to delve into the next big thing, even during times of austerity. They know what they're doing. Let's hope that talent carries over into the execution. They're trampling on sacred ground now. There are some things they simply cannot screw up.