TV Premieres Drop, Theatrical Wide Releases Spike and True Crime Soars in 2023: Luminate Year-End Film & TV Report

Why would someone lie about having cats to get a date? When you think about it, that sort of lie really does start to become a bit… sinister. And that’s the question at the heart of the film, “Cat Person.” Look, let’s get this out of the way first — “Cat Person” isn’t a “new” film in the strictest sense of the word.

In a weekend without any studio wide entries — all due to the strikes– the overall theatrical marketplace is bound to reach some sort of low: Either lower than 2023’s bottom of $51.8M for all movies (Sept. 22-24) or lower than 2022’s floor of $35M (Jan. 28-30). After last weekend saw a 2024 YTD low for 2024 YTD of $67.2M, per Comscore, -11% from a year ago, this weekend will plunge to further depths.

At the height of their failure, every day was Altamont for the Brian Jonestown Massacre, the San Francisco outfit founded in 1990 by Anton Newcombe, the Klaus Kinski of psychedelic rock. Just in time for this 20th anniversary overhaul of Ondi Timoner’s breakthrough documentary, the BJM were back in the news as recently as November 2023, when the first night of an Australian tour ended in a riot. That the riot was confined to the stage, and played out in front of a dumbfounded audience, is DIG! XX in a nutshell, a welcome return for a film that no less an authority than Dave Grohl calls, in a specially filmed new intro, “the greatest rock’n’roll documentary of all time”.

There’s so many great films and shows dropping on TV and streaming platforms these days that it can be tricky to find which providers offer the top content with the best deals. That’s why we’ve scoured the January sales and spotted some awesome deals from Virgin Media that come with loads of blockbuster films and shows.

Ana Garcia, the host of the True Crime Daily podcast, is fronting a new syndicated crime series.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Sarah Paulson and Holland Taylor have been dating for about eight years, but they’re not looking to work together onscreen anytime soon. “I can’t imagine,” Taylor told Variety on the Emmys red carpet. “I don’t like seeing couples doing things because I’m always aware of the coupledom.” Holland did reveal that they have been pitched “one or two” projects and admitted that she can see them on stage together in “The Chalk Garden,” a 1955 play by Enid Bagnold about a murder mystery involving a grandmother, her granddaughter and a governess.

Netflix has just added a new true crime documentary that is being referred to as the “real life Gone Girl“.A synopsis for the new three-part series, which became available to stream today (January 17) on Netflix, reads: After a home invasion and abduction, a young couple’s recounting of the events is too far fetched for the police to believe. Why did the victims seem so calm? Was it all a hoax?“From the filmmakers behind The Tinder Swindler, this three-part docuseries unravels the consequences of our cultural rush to judgment, and the damage done when law enforcement decides the truth can’t possibly be true.”The story centres arounds an event in 2015 when an intruder broke into the home of Denise Huskins and her partner Aaron Quinn.

Rylan Clark was quick to fear being sacked after branding his employers 'cowards' over their decision for one of the most-watched reality shows at the moment. The BBC Radio 2 host is clearly as hooked as the rest of us on the new series of The Traitors.

Homelessness levels in Scotland could rise by a third over the next two years unless action is taken now, a report has warned.

FilmNation Entertainment and Bleecker Street will partner on the worldwide release of Treasure (fka Iron Box), a road trip pic starring Lena Dunham (Girls) and Stephen Fry (The Sandman) that’s set to world premiere as a special gala presentation at this year’s Berlin Film Festival.

Love Island ’s Teddy Soares has reportedly called it quits on his relationship with the stunning Irish model and actress, Casey Boonstra. The 29-year-old reality star, known for his memorable stint on Love Island, had embarked on a series of dates with Casey last year after parting ways with his long-term girlfriend, Faye Winter. Teddy openly confirmed his return to the dating scene in October, expressing his happiness and enthusiasm about a new romantic chapter after his break-up.

and have as a couple, rarely mentioning each other in interviews outside of their shared projects. The pair, of course, met while filming their first Spider-Man movie in 2016, though they .So imagine my surprise when Holland dropped Zendaya's name unprompted during a red carpet interview at the .

Two women have been jailed for nearly 13 years each after kidnapping a woman and forcing her to eat glass and faeces.

Giovanni Pernice previously admitted to being "addicted" to the experience winning and gave a glimpse into his dedication to dancing, saying he has a "focused mindset". The Strictly Come Dancing star, 33, has been at the centre of a media storm after the latest series of the BBC One show, in which he was paired with actress Amanda Abbington, 49. Amanda pulled out of the competition in week five, citing "personal reasons", but it's since been claimed that she and Giovanni didn't get along behind the seasons.The actress has allegedly asked the BBC for footage of the training sessions with Giovanni, who is said to be "incredibly full-on".

EXCLUSIVE: After making all five episodes available on Tuesday, Marvel Studios‘ Echo has premiered at No. 1 on both the Disney+ and Hulu platforms. The series marked several firsts for a Marvel show: the first TV-MA series developed at the studio, the first time every episode was available to subscribers at once and the first time a whole Marvel series has been available on both platforms at the same time.

In October, news broke that Cate Blanchett would team up with Canadian avant-garde auteur Guy Maddin for his next feature, “Rumors.” That was already a super-intriguing combo, but Deadline reports another premier actress has joined the film’s cast: Alicia Vikander. What was once intriguing now becomes what will likely be one of 2024’s must-see movies.

28 Days Later, and 16 years after the last film, 28 Weeks Later, a third film, 28 Years Later is in the works with Danny Boyle directing and Alex Garland scripting. The 28 Years Later film is said to being packaged and then shopped to potential steamers and studios for distribution.

Undeniable, a new documentary label from Fremantle, has partnered with Big Pond Films and Concordia Studio on true crime doc Whatever It Takes, which tells the true story of Ina and David Steiner, two journalists targeted in one of the most extraordinary and bizarre scandals in Silicon Valley. Helmed by Jenny Carchman, the Emmy nominee behind Showtime’s The Fourth Estate, the film is slated to premiere in the Documentary Spotlight section of SXSW later this year.

Karen Mizoguchi Don Simpson reigned over Hollywood after joining forces with his producing partner Jerry Bruckheimer in the 1980s. Around town, the studio executive-turned-producer’s addiction to sex workers and drugs was no secret — and for decades, he wielded his power in the industry to continue his nefarious and erratic ways.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Taylor Swift made up 1.7% of the entire U.S. recorded-music market in 2023, according to the year-end report from Luminate, the industry data partner formerly known as SoundScan. The news does not come as a surprise after a year in which Swift staged a world-beating global tour and was seemingly ubiquitous in nearly every form of media — the report estimates one in 78 on-demand audio streams in the U.S.