‘Reptile’ Review: Netflix Procedural Thriller Is A Glimpse Into Murky Waters Marred By Formulaic Storytelling

Jaden Thompson Animation Is Film has announced the 2023 winners of its annual film festival, with “Chicken for Linda!,” directed by Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach, winning the grand prize. The film also took home the audience award. The special jury prize went to Pablo Berger’s “Robot Dreams.” In the short categories, “Letter to a Pig,” directed by Tal Kantor, won the grand prize.

Karen Idelson In the fast-paced world of viral campaigns and emerging platforms, digital marketers are constantly refining their approach to draw in consumer engagement.Whether it’s for film, television or gaming projects, Hollywood employs cutting-edge strategies to attract audiences, especially when viewers are more empowered and able than ever to give direct feedback via social media. Leaders in the field, who will be honored at Variety Spotify’s Entertainment Marketing Visionary Awards on Oct.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. No surprise: “Taylor Swift: And the Clothes She Wears,” the newest fashion book from style expert Terry Newman, is an immediate bestseller upon its release this week.

Prince Harry recoiled from Meghan Markle in a resurfaced moment from their explosive Netflix docuseries after the duchess made a 'disrespectful' comment about the Queen.

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Meghan Markle could be set for a "huge payout" as the former royal is on the brink of signing a massive deal.

A schoolboy was unlawfully killed by his friend, a coroner has ruled after a dramatic second inquest. Yousef Makki, 17, was fatally stabbed by Joshua Molnar in Hale Barns, Trafford, on March 2, 2019.

A trade union has threatened to escalate strike action across Scotland in a long-running row over pay.

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A jogger was verbally abused and assaulted after being chased by a dog that attempted to bite him. Police are hunting a man and a woman in connection with the incident.

When Elvis Presley died suddenly in 1977, he left an army of heartbroken fans across the globe. But the superstar’s family always remained tight-lipped about the results of his autopsy.

Strictly Come Dancing's Giovanni Pernice has been spotted out in public for the first time since his dancing partner Amanda Abbington quit this year's series.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter FX has released the first official trailer for “Fargo” Season 5. As previously announced, the cast for the season of the critically acclaimed anthology series includes: Juno Temple, Jon Hamm, Joe Keery, Sam Spruell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Lamorne Morris, David Rysdahl, Richa Moorjani, and Dave Foley. See the full trailer below.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief The immediate family of leading Taiwanese film director Hou Hsiao-hsien said on Wednesday that he had retired from filmmaking due to illness and is now living peacefully in retirement. They said that their family-run company remains active and in business. The statement (see below) was issued in response to news articles earlier this week that followed an introductory speech given in London by critic and curator Tony Rayns before a screening of 1985 title “A Time to Live and a Time to Die,” one of Hou’s best-known features. Rayns was reported to have said that Hou has dementia, will not direct again and that members of Hou’s company had lost their jobs. The family statement – signed by Cao Baofeng, Hou’s wife, son Isaac Hou and daughter Bess Hou – explained that Hou had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease before the COVID pandemic and that COVID had, to their surprise, worsened the problems. They continued by saying that Hou has recovered from the COVID-related complications and is now resting quietly at home with his family.

Ethan Shanfeld Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan bring Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre to life in the first official trailer for “Maestro,” premiering in limited theaters on Nov. 22 and arriving on Netflix Dec. 20.

For editorial questions, please contact Sharareh Drury at sdrury@variety.com Head of Global MediaSpotify Boynton oversees paid media, influencers and integrations at Spotify, which aims to connect with audiences through authentic storytelling and community-driven initiatives. For instance, Spotify’s Fuego Mixtape takeover recently gave users the chance for their selections to be featured as the Fuego playlist of the week. “The challenge is that the world moves so fast,” says Boynton.

Michaela Zee DreamWorks Animation is undergoing layoffs, cutting approximately 70 staffers from its workforce, Variety has learned. “DreamWorks Animation reduced its workforce by approximately 70 positions. Roles affected were across corporate functions, feature, television and technology departments as part of an overall cost-reduction,” a spokesperson for DreamWorks told Variety.

Class is still in session at Netflix as the fourth and final season of Sex Education remained at the top of its TV ratings charts.

Parker Stevens, best known as the oleaginous comms man Hugo Baker in Succession, has revealed that Leonardo DiCaprio played matchmaker between him and David Beckham.

“Bye Bye Bye” to us as a recording act.But the wait for the boy band’s much-anticipated reunion is finally over with Friday’s release of “Better Place,” the group’s first single since 2002’s “Girlfriend.”And Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, Lance Bass, Joey Fatone and Chris Kirkpatrick sound just in sync as ever on this buoyant bop from the “Trolls Band Together” soundtrack, which indeed takes you to a “Better Place.”After a whistling intro — a hook that repeats throughout the song — it opens with what could be a statement about how they’re still better together after all these years: “It’s some kind of love, it’s some kind of fire/I’m already up, but you lift me higher.”While other members of the group sing lead in the verses, it’s Timberlake who owns the chorus with his familiar falsetto. And when he sings “I’m so excited to see you excited” over the bass-bumping disco groove, it’s as if he knows exactly how giddy this track is making *NSYNC fans all around the world.Timberlake, who also voices the character of Branch in “Trolls Band Together,” co-wrote and co-produced “Better Place” with Shellback, and the track is a satisfying sequel to their previous collaboration on the 2016 “Trolls” smash “Can’t Stop the Feeling!”Like it’s predecessor, it’s the perfect summer song — except it’s arriving at the beginning of fall.But there’s no denying the sunny pop sheen of “Better Place.” And though it feels more like a Timberlake song than an *NSYNC one, it’s not all about the “SexyBack” singer — as those creamy harmonies attest.The tune previews the “Trolls Band Together” soundtrack” — with Timberlake returning as executive music producer — which will be released on Oct.

The engaging and surprising crime film “Reptile” is flying slightly under the radar and perhaps even somewhat underestimated. Maybe it is because it’s a Netflix film, which often falls into—one piece of content of many, for better or worse—maybe it’s because it’s been marketed in a pretty standard straightforward way that makes it look like a prototypical crime or killer procedural (hey, they have to sell these things in the simplest ways they can).