Based on the novel by Rumaan Alam, the film stars Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, Myha’la,  Farrah Mackenzie, Charlie Evans and Kevin Bacon. It is produced by Sam Esmail, p.g.a., Chad Hamilton, p.g.a, Julia Roberts, p.g.a, Marisa Yeres Gill, p.g.a, Lisa Gillan p.g.a, and executive produced by Barack and Michelle Obama, Tonia Davis, Daniel M. Stillman, Nick Krishnamurthy, and Rumaan Alam.

A family’s vacation is upended when two strangers arrive at night, seeking refuge from a cyberattack that grows more terrifying by the minute, forcing everyone to come to terms with their places in a collapsing world.

In this apocalyptic thriller from award-winning writer and director Sam Esmail (‘Mr. Robot’), Amanda (Roberts) and her husband Clay (Hawke), rent a luxurious home for the weekend with their kids, Archie (Evans) and Rose (Mackenzie). Their vacation is soon upended when two strangers – G.H. (Ali) and his daughter Ruth (Myha’la) – arrive in the night, bearing news of a mysterious cyberattack and seeking refuge in the house they claim is theirs. The two families reckon with a looming disaster that grows more terrifying by the minute, forcing everyone to come to terms with their places in a collapsing world.

‘Leave the World Behind’ will be released in select cinemas on 24th November and on Netflix on 8th December 2023.

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Coinciding with the 25th anniversary of his solo career, this is the definitive 4-part documentary series on the most successful UK solo artist of all time.

Featuring hundreds of hours of intimate, never-before-seen personal archive spanning 30 years, exclusive access to Robbie and helmed by an acclaimed filmmaking team including Asif Kapadia as an EP; this culture-defining series is the first of its kind to explore the real human being behind the salacious headlines.

Williams rose to fame in the 90s as part of Take That before departing the group and establishing himself as a huge solo star. With 12 studio albums under his belt and 59 singles, Williams is one of the UK’s most successful artists.

‘Robbie Williams’ is coming to Netflix soon. We’ll let you know the date as soon as it’s confirmed.

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An unexpected promotion at a cutthroat hedge fund pushes a young couple’s relationship to the brink, threatening to unravel far more than their recent engagement.

The film stars Phoebe Dynevor, Alden Ehrenreich and Eddie Marsan. It is directed and written by Chloe Domont. 

Domont said to ESQUIRE.COM: “Ultimately, this is a societal and systemic thing that needs to change. So many of us want to adhere to a modern, feminist, society, but we’re still raised with traditional ideals of masculinity. For the most part, we raise boys to believe that masculinity is an identity when it’s not. It’s an energy.”

The film is produced by Leopold Hughes and Ben LeClair for T-Street, Tim White, Trevor White and Allan Mandelbaum for Star Thrower. The Executive Producers are Ram Bergman and Rian Johnson for T-Street, Chloe Domont, Anđelka Vlaisavljević. Produced in Partnership with MRC

‘Fair Play’ will be released on Netflix on 6th October 2023.

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Fans can get a first glimpse at what to expect from the series with the arrival of the trailer, which features Beckham, his wife Victoria and key figures from his life and career including Sir Alex Ferguson. ‘Beckham’ tells the inside story of a global football star and cultural icon. Beckham is one of the most known names on the planet, yet few people know who he really is. From his humble working-class beginnings in east London, his drive and determination to win, and the battle to find balance between ambition, love and family, David’s story is one of immense ups and downs.

The series takes you on that rollercoaster and builds a surprising, personal and definitive story of one of the most recognisable and scrutinised athletes of all time.

‘Beckham’ is directed by Fisher Stevens (‘Palmer’) and produced by John Battsek (‘One Day in September’). The series grants the pair unprecedented access to David, his wife Victoria, his family, his friends and his team-mates. The result is an intimate portrait of a man as well as a chronicle of late-modern sports and celebrity culture.

The series is also produced by Stevens, Nicola Howson and Billie Shepherd, and executive produced by David Gardner and Gary Neville.

‘Beckham’ will launch on Netflix on 4th October 2023.

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Today’s biodiversity boasts a staggering 20 million species inhabiting our world. However, this myriad of life forms represents merely a snapshot in time, as a staggering 99% of Earth’s ancient inhabitants have vanished into the depths of the past. ‘Life on Our Planet’ endeavours to unravel the mesmerising narrative behind these lost dynasties – their ascendancy, their decline – painting a portrait of the incredible saga that shaped life on our planet.

Narrated by the iconic Morgan Freeman, the series serves as a time machine, utilizing cutting-edge technology and scientific knowledge to resurrect these long-lost creatures. Collaborating with Industrial Light & Magic, renowned for their groundbreaking visual effects work, ‘Life on Our Planet’ brings these ancient beings back to life with unparalleled realism, offering audiences a glimpse into prehistoric ecosystems.

The remarkable fusion of storytelling, technology, and scientific understanding within ‘Life on Our Planet’ promises an immersive experience that illuminates the intricacies of Earth’s history. As viewers embark on this captivating journey, they will witness the awe-inspiring landscapes and diverse inhabitants that have woven the intricate tapestry of life on our remarkable planet.

‘Life on Our Planet’ is produced by Dan Tapster, Keith Scholey and Alastair Fothergill, and executive produced by Steven Spielberg, Alastair Fothergill, Keith Scholey, Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey.

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The film stars Bradley Cooper (‘A Star is Born’) who is also the director. Cooper wrote the screenplay with Josh Singer. Alongside Cooper the film stars Carey Mulligan, Matt Bomer, Maya Hawke, Sarah Silverman, Josh Hamilton, Scott Ellis, Gideon Glick, Sam Nivola, Alexa Swinton and Miriam Shor.

‘Maestro’ is a towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein.  A love letter to life and art, Maestro at its core is an emotionally epic portrayal of family and love.

The film’s producers are Martin Scorsese, Bradley Cooper, Steven Spielberg, Fred Berner, Amy Durning, and Kristie Macosko Krieger. The executive producers are Carla Raij, Josh Singer, Bobby Wilhelm, Weston Middleton and Tracey Landon.

‘Maestro’ will be released in select cinemas on 24th November 2023 and on Netflix on 20th December 2023.

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The horror satire portrays a universe in which Augusto Pinochet (Jaime Vadell) is a 250-year-old vampire who, tired of being remembered as a thief, decides to die. You can watch the trailer for the film at the top of this article and see the key art below:

‘El Conde’ is a dark comedy/horror that imagines a parallel universe inspired by the recent history of Chile. The film portrays Augusto Pinochet, a symbol of world fascism, as a vampire who lives hidden in a ruined mansion in the cold southern tip of the continent. Feeding his appetite for evil to sustain his existence. After two hundred and fifty years of life, Pinochet has decided to stop drinking blood and abandon the privilege of eternal life. He can no longer bear that the world remembers him as a thief. Despite the disappointing and opportunistic nature of his family, he finds new inspiration to continue living a life of vital and counterrevolutionary passion through an unexpected relationship.

“I have been imagining Pinochet as a vampire for years, as a being that never stops circulating through history, through our imagination and our nightmares. Vampires don’t die or disappear, nor do the crimes and thefts of a dictator who never knew justice”, explains Larraín about the concept behind the story, and adds: “The brutal impunity that Pinochet represents had to be faced directly, showing him for the first time face to face. To do so, we have used the language of satire and political farce”.

In the words of Francisco Ramos, Netflix’s Vice President of Content for Latin America: “Our commitment to Chile and Chilean filmmakers is clearly evident with ‘El Conde’, the new film by Pablo Larraín, whose vision and universe bring us a unique, hypnotic and powerful film, like all of his cinematography. We are proud to work with Pablo on this production that will premiere in the official section of the Venice International Film Festival, before reaching our members around the world. From Chile and Latin America to the world”.

‘El Conde’ stars renowned Chilean actors Jaime Vadell, Gloria Münchmeyer, Alfredo Castro and Paula Luchsinger, who are joined by Catalina Guerra, Marcial Tagle, Amparo Noguera, Diego Muñoz and Antonia Zegers, playing the Count’s daughters and sons.

The movie was filmed entirely in Chile on locations that are in four different regions of the country, including the former Oazy Harbour ranch located in the Magallanes Region and Chilean Antarctica, where they filmed in the middle of the austral winter and where the Count’s refuge was brought to life.

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A new teaser has dropped, which confirms that the show will be returning on 20th October 2023. In the teaser, the returning cast members, along with the new additions, are seen falling through the air before reaching ground where they start making out (of course they do, this is ‘Elite’ after all). If you look carefully, you can see that there are hints of a few love triangles and plenty of drama.

Returning cast members this season include André Lamoglia, Valentina Zenere, Omar Ayuso, Carmen Arrufat, Álex Pastrana, Álvaro de Juana, Ander Puig, Ana Bokesa and Nadia Al Saidi. New cast members include Fernando Líndez, Mirela Balić, Gleb Abrosimov, Iván Mendes, Alejandro Albarracín, Maribel Verdú and Anitta.

There’s no information about the plot of the new season yet but suffice to say there’s never a shortage of sex and drama at Las Encinas.

‘Elite’ Season 7 will launch on Netflix on 20th October 2023. Seasons 1 to 6 are available to stream on the platform now.

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The hit series will see its leading man Henry Cavill depart and future seasons will star Liam Hemsworth as Geralt of Rivia. You can watch the teaser for Season 3 at the top of this article and see the key art below:

As monarchs, mages, and beasts of the Continent compete to capture her, Geralt takes Ciri  into hiding, determined to protect his newly-reunited family against those who threaten to destroy it. Entrusted with Ciri’s magical training, Yennefer leads them to the protected fortress of Aretuza, where they hope to uncover more about the girl’s untapped powers; instead, they discover they’ve landed in a battlefield of political corruption, dark magic, and treachery.  They must fight back, put everything on the line – or risk losing each other forever.

The cast for Season 3 includes Anya Chalotra (Yennefer of Vengerberg), Freya Allan (Princess Cirilla of Cintra), Joey Batey (Jaskier), Myanna Buring (Tissaia), Eamon Farren (Cahir), Mimî M Khayisa (Fringilla), Royce Pierreson (Istredd), Anna Shaffer (Triss Merigold), Mecia Simson (Francesca), Tom Canton (Filavandrel), Mahesh Jadu (Vilgefortz), Graham McTavish (Dijkstra), Cassie Clare (Philippa), Hugh Skinner (Radovid), Wilson Mbomio (Dara), Lars Mikkelsen (Stregobor), Terence Maynard (Artorius),  Simon Callow (Codringher), Liz Carr (Fenn), Therica Wilson-Read (Sabrina), Safiyya Ingar (Keira), Rochelle Rose (Margarita), Michalina Olszanska (Marti), Robbie Amell (Gallatin), Jeremy Crawford (Yarpen), Bart Edwards (Emhyr), Aisha Fabienne Ross (Lydia), Christelle Elwin (Mistle), and Meng’er Zhang (Milva).

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Edward Berger’s bombastic reimagining of ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’, the latest adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque’s landmark novel is a very well put together film. Technically, it is an extremely impressive rendering of the hell on Earth that the Western Front surely was. However, you can feel it straining to be ‘Come and See’ when it should be trying harder to be an adaptation of ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’, which it really isn’t in anything other than name.

The novel, and the masterpiece 1930 film directed by Lewis Milestone are not just anti-war, they vividly capture the isolating and detaching impact war has on soldiers, and how the toll it takes on them is so profound they can never truly return to their old lives. This version just revels in the chaos and carnage. And in fairness, I can see why so many people have responded positively. I’m not sure I understand all the Oscars and BAFTAs, but I do get why audiences would be blown away by the visceral action Berger and his DP James Friend have conjured.

However, the structural tweaks Berger and his co-writers have made, dramatically reduce the emotional and thematic heft of the story. The plot follows Paul (Felix Kammerer), a young man who excitedly enlists in the German army. He and his friends share a naively romantic view of war, which is soon crushed when they are deployed to the corpse-strewn hellscape of the Western Front. In between the deafening battles, and periods of calm depicting Paul and his starving comrades trying to steal food from nearby French farms, there is a new subplot about the political efforts to bring about the armistice.

These new sequences, which are likely there to add some tension as well as laying some historic breadcrumbs for what happened in Germany in the 20s and 30s, do in fact add very little. Most noticeable however are the changes to the ending, which I won’t go into, and the decision to remove arguably the most poignant sequence from the source material, where Paul briefly returns home whilst on leave. Presumably the filmmaker wanted their version to be different, and they have succeeded, by completely missing the point. It might be visually stunning, but it is an ultimately hollow adaptation.

It has however been given a very handsome 2-disc limited edition 4K UHD release, in the mediabook format. The mediabook packaging comes with a 24-page booklet that includes ‘Sharing the German Perspective’ – a conversation with director Edward Berger and ‘A Machine of Death Unlike Any Experienced Before’ – an interview with historian and professor Daniel Schönpflug on the historical background of ‘All Quiet on the Western Front.’

Both the 4K and Blu-ray discs include a feature length audio commentary with the director, trailers, and a behind the scenes documentary that goes into great detail on how the epic sets were made.

Cast: Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuh, Daniel Brühl Director: Edward Berger Writer: Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell Released By: Netflix / capelight pictures Certificate: 15 Duration: 147 mins Release Date: 24th April 2023

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Lopez stars alongside Joseph Fiennes, Omari Hardwick, Gael García Bernal, Paul Raci and Lucy Paez. You can watch the intense trailer for the film at the top of this article and take a look at some images in our gallery below:

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In ‘The Mother’ a deadly female assassin comes out of hiding to protect the daughter that she gave up years before, while on the run from dangerous men.

The film is directed by Niki Caro with a screenplay from Misha Green, Andrea Berloff and Peter Craig. It is produced by Lopez, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Roy Lee, Miri Yoon, Marc Evans and Misha Green, executive produced by Benny Medina and co-produced by Courtney Baxter.

‘The Mother’ will be released on Netflix on 12th May 2023.

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This four-part limited series, which arrives on Thursday 13^th April, stars Richard Armitage as William and Charlie Murphy as Anna, the woman he becomes obsessed with who is dating his son Jay (Rish Shah). While the series has been given a modern makeover – in this iteration William is married to Ingrid (Indira Varma), a woman of Indian heritage, and he’s a surgeon rather than a politician while Anna isn’t French or the daughter of a British diplomat – the storyline remains largely the same as the original film version.

William and Anna are instantly attracted to one another after meeting at an evening soirée, and their relationship quickly turns into a sexual power struggle as they meet in a sparse apartment to satisfy their urges. All the while, Anna continues to date William’s son and the threat of their affair being discovered hangs over their heads, especially as someone seems to know what they’re up to behind closed doors.

The set-up for the series is sizzling enough with Armitage and Murphy sparking off one another from the moment they meet. Where the series falters is that neither William nor Anna are even slightly likeable. William’s selfish decisions to prioritise his own sexual desires, at the expense of his family, and the two-dimensional nature of Anna’s character as a femme fatale makes it hard for the viewer to care about either of them. The script does nothing to try and make their actions understandable.

Spread across four episodes, the thin plot feels far too stretched. Time is filled in each episode with explicit sex scenes, but after the initial surprise at just how far the series chooses to go, it starts feeling repetitive. The viewer is painfully aware that William and Anna are having an affair so do we really need to see lengthy sex scenes every episode? The answer is not really because they don’t really add to the overall story and the whole thing starts feeling more ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ than the original ‘Damage’ film.

‘Obsession’ starts well but it soon loses steam. Poorly written lead characters, and forgettable supporting players, make this nothing more than an erotic drama that fizzles rather than sizzles. Armitage and Murphy do their best to carry the series, but they aren’t given very much to work with. Given that both are capable actors, that’s a real shame. If you haven’t seen ‘Damage’, or read the original book, you might find enough to enjoy here but if you have, you’re better sticking with those.

‘Obsession’ launches on Netflix on Thursday 13^th April 2023. Watch the trailer below:

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