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| Prime Video's 'Love Me Love Me' to premiere Feb. 13 | Prime Video will release the Italian original film Love Me Love Me on Feb. 13, the streamer announced Friday. A post announcing the film's arrival includes a poster that features June (Mia Jenkins) caught between her two apparent love interests. "Valentine's Day arrives early this year," the caption reads. In addition to Jenkins, the movie stars Pepe Barroso Silva, Luca Melucci, Andrea Guo, Michelangelo Vizzini, Madior Fall and Vanessa Donghi, and takes its inspiration from Stefania S.' novel of the same name. "After her brother's death, June moves to Milan for a fresh start and enrolls at an elite international school, where she finds comfort in dating Will, the school's perfect honor student," an official synopsis reads. |
| Dacre Montgomery happy 'Dead Man's Wire' plays like a '70s classic | Stranger Things and Elvis alum Dacre Montgomery says it is a testament to the extraordinary talents of filmmaker Gus Van Sant if the new fact-based hostage drama, Dead Man's Wire, feels like a gritty classic from the 1970s. "It really does feel like that in every way and there's so many little Easter eggs, like Al Pacino, obviously, coming from Dog Day Afternoon, the same year that this movie is set," Montgomery told UPI in a recent Zoom interview. "There's so many amazing little treats in it," added the 31-year-old Australian actor. "It also makes the movie so much more accessible that it's not a big $50 million, shiny thing. It's actually rough around the edges and it's actually real. |
| 'Boyz n the Hood,' Monty Python get Criterion 4K releases | The Criterion Collection announced its April titles on Friday. New additions to the collection include 4K UHD of three John Singleton films and a Monty Python Classic. John Singleton's Hood Trilogy includes 4K UHDs of his 1991 debut Boyz n the Hood, 1993 follow up Poetic Justice and 2001 film Baby Boy. It releases April 28. The late Singleton supervised and approved Boyz's transfer before his 2019 death. He had recorded audio commentaries for all three films, which are included. New bonus features include a conversation between filmmaker Ryan Coogler and Poetic Justice actor Regina King, a documentary on Singleton's process and audio interviews with Baby Boy stars Taraji P. Henson and Tyrese Gibson. |
| Bad Bunny dances in Super Bowl halftime show teaser | Apple Music is teasing Bad Bunny's Super Bowl LX halftime show. A preview of his performance, released Friday, shows the Grammy-winning rapper tuning into his song "Baile Inolvidable" before he is approached by dancers of various backgrounds and ages. His dance partners include a firefighter and an apparent businessman. As the song continues, Bad Bunny smiles as people dance around him. "February 8, the world will dance," text on the screen reads. His upcoming performance, in Santa Clara's Levi's Stadium, is his only show in the United States this year. Bad Bunny, born Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, said he was choosing not to perform elsewhere amid concerns of Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids. |
| Jelly Roll, Teigen, Gellar vote before 'Star Search' premieres | Netflix released the trailer for Star Search on Friday. The five-week talent competition premieres live on Jan. 20. Host Anthony Anderson explains how the viewing audience will vote for their favorite acts. Judges Jelly Roll, Chrissy Teigen and Sarah Michelle Gellar then vote on him, but ultimateley give him five stars. Performances will include singers, dancers, musicians, comedians, magicians and more. "The most important judge is you," Teigen says. Netflix announced Anderson as the host of the Star Search revival in December. They announced the three judges last week. |