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Netflix's controversial crime movie, which has a 48% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, has become a streaming hit after winning four Golden Globes. Now that the calendar has turned, 2024 was another mixed year for Netflix movies. The streaming service regularly produces original films – such as Trigger Warning, Atlas, A Family Affair, and The Union – that are panned by critics but still watched by subscribers. However, Netflix did manage to produce a few standout movies in 2024 that garnered critical acclaim and have been contenders this awards season, including at the Golden Globes.

Netflix's black-comedy crime movie, Richard Linklater's Hit Man, featured a charismatic performance from Glen Powell, who earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. Pablo Larraín's latest biopic, Netflix's Maria, starred Angelina Jolie as the eponymous opera singer, who earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama.

Netflix’s Emilia Pérez could be about to sweep awards season. The main trio of actresses that drive the story are nominated in the early rounds of red carpets and awards ceremonies, namely the Golden Globes — with ten noms — as well as the BAFTAs — where it leads the longlist with Conclave.

After entering the conversation in May 2024, the Spanish musical crime comedy arrived on Netflix last November. For all the details about the work that stars Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldaña and more, read below:

What is Emilia Pérez about?

The story follows Saldaña’s Rita, a lawyer who is overqualified but also overlooked at her large law firm, which aims more just to get criminals out of trouble than to actually serve them justice. Rita gets an unexpected opportunity to exit this situation when Manitas (Karla Sofía Gascón), the leader of a notorious cartel, hires her to help him withdraw...

Murieron 3402 personas en el Día Cero. © Netflix

Netflix ha compartido el primer tráiler de su miniserie original Día cero, creada por Eric Newman y Noah Oppenheim.

Día cero sigue a un querido y respetado ex Presidente de los Estados Unidos (De Niro) mientras dirige la investigación de un ciberataque a escala nacional al mismo tiempo que lucha contra sus propios demonios personales y plantea una pregunta que todos nos hacemos: ¿cómo encontrar la verdad en un mundo en crisis, azotado por fuerzas que parecen estar fuera de nuestro control? Y en una época en la que tanto las teorías de la conspiración como el engaño están a la orden del día, ¿en qué medida esas fuerzas son producto de nuestras propias acciones o incluso de nuestra propia imaginación?

La miniserie está protagonizada por Robert De Niro (Los asesinos de la luna), Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever), Jesse Plemons (Kinds of Kindness...

Robert De Niro navigates a sinister web of competing political and industrial forces in the new teaser for Zero Day, the upcoming limited series premiering Feb. 20, 2025, on Netflix.

De Niro stars as George Mullen, a respected former U.S. President, who’s brought back into the federal government for one more job — investigating a catastrophic cyber attack that killed thousands and wrought chaos across the country. As head of the so-called Zero Day Commission, Mullen is tasked with finding the perpetrators before they carry out a second attack, all while...

2024 has been an excellent year for movies of all genres - there have been some great blockbuster films that finally brought audiences back to the theaters, and plenty of more subtle indie hits that are now gathering steady acclaim for the 2025 Oscars and awards season. But throughout all of this, 2024’s catalog has been filled with moving stories that have stirred audiences’ emotions and made us cry. Several of these films have even been among the highest-grossing movies of 2024.

There’s no clear recipe for how to make the audience cry, but rather it comes from authentic, human stories that project an important message through their characters. This isn’t easily done, and in many ways, making the audience cry is a clear indicator that any drama has achieved its goal fairly well. It proves that there’s some compassion and universality in the story, which is all that anybody could hope for.

Belinda, a Mexican and Spanish popstar who appeared on Disney Channel’s The Cheetah Girls 2, stands up for Selena Gomez after Eugenio Derbez criticized her work on Emilia Pérez.

In a social media post, Belinda noted that she usually refrains from commenting on other people’s lives, but after watching Derbez’s criticism, she felt compelled to defend Gomez.

“I think it’s unfortunate that people express themselves with such coldness of the work and effort of a talented and admirable woman like Selena Gomez,” Belinda wrote on her Instagram Stories.

She continued, “We need to be more empathetic with the comments we make, which can hurt people’s feelings. I wish social media was used for constructive criticism instead of destructive criticism.”

Belinda said that Gomez might not read her message but congratulated her for “everything you have achieved in your career,” adding, “We are billions of people who love everything you do.

Following a response from Selena Gomez, Eugenio Derbez is walking back his criticism of her performance in Emilia Pérez with a heartfelt apology.

The 2x Emmy nominee, who previously deemed Gomez “indefensible,” ate his words after she commented on the clip that she “did the best I could with the time I was given.”

“I truly apologize for my careless comments—they are indefensible and go against everything I stand for,” he shared on TikTok. “As Latinos, we should always support one another. There’s no excuse. I was wrong, and I deeply admire your career and your kind heart.

“Emilia Pérez deserves to be celebrated, not diminished by my thoughtless remarks. I’m walking away from this with an important lesson learned. While I understand if you cannot accept my apology, please know it comes from the heart. With all my love and admiration, Eugenio Derbez.”

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Updated with Eugenio Derbez’s apology: Selena Gomez is defending herself from Eugenio Derbez’s criticism of her work on Emilia Pérez.

Derbez was a guest on the Hablando de Cine podcast, where he said that Gomez’s acting was “indefensible.”

Gomez plays the role of Jessi del Monte in the Jacques Audiard musical noir film. The Wizards of Waverly Place alum is not fluent in Spanish, but in the film, she speaks Spanish, something that Derbez didn’t think was right.

“Selena is indefensible,” Derbez said. “I [watched the film] with people, and every time she had a scene, we looked at each other to say to each other, ‘Wow, what is this?'”

The podcast host Gaby Meza recognized that Gomez is “a very talented actress” and has nominations for her work on Only Murders in the Building “but Spanish is not her main language, not her secondary or fifth language.

Karla Sofía Gascón is not happy with the dub for Emilia Pérez and has taken to social media to share her thoughts.

The Rebelde TV series alum urged her fans to watch a subtitled version of the film she stars in and opt out of watching the dubbed version.

“Please watch movies in the original version, at least the ones in which I appear,” the trans actress posted on X, the micro-blogging platform formerly known as Twitter.

In her statement, Gascón said, “Please, watch movies in their original version with subtitles, it’s not the same. It’s inevitable; the dubbing changes the acting. I love dubbing, but doing it myself, not watching dubbed movies.”

“They have given me an older woman’s voice imitating Mrs. Doubtfire,” Gascón continued. “It’s rare that they can find a voice that is similar to mine. In general, I feel that they are close with Manitas,...

“Zero Day” will be DeNiro’s first-ever TV series role, and it’s fitting that the larger-than-life actor is coming to the world’s largest streamer.

In an era where conspiracy theories and misinformation run rampant, it’s growing harder and harder to know how to find the truth. That’s the theme at the heart of “Zero Day,” the new TV series starring Robert DeNiro which is coming to Netflix. Time is running out before the show’s premiere, so we are breaking down all the information that we have about the show so far so that you are as prepared as possible before diving into the thriller series.

Everything you need to know about “Zero Day”

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If you can believe it, there's still something Robert De Niro hasn't accomplished in his long and successful acting career: Television! The Academy Award winner hasn't ever played a series regular role in a television series until, well, now. De Niro plays the leading role in Netflix's upcoming political thriller limited series Zero Day, which officially has a release date.

Netflix revealed that Zero Day premieres on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, and it's sure to become of the biggest Netflix original series of the year. In the series, De Niro plays a former United States president, who's leading the Zero Day Commission's inquest into a deadly cyber attack on the country, all while grappling with the skeletons hiding in his own closet.

Check out the limited series' official synopsis via Netflix's press release:

Zero Day is a limited series starring Robert De Niro as respected former U.S. President George Mullen,...

Robert De Niro as George Mullen in ‘Zero Day’ episode 1 (Photo Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2024)

Netflix has set a February 20, 2025 premiere day for the much-anticipated limited series Zero Day starring two-time Oscar winner Robert De Niro. The series, which just released its first official photos, marks De Niro’s first lead role in a television series.

Joining De Niro are Angela Bassett, Lizzy Caplan, Jesse Plemons, Joan Allen, Connie Britton, and Matthew Modine. Guest stars include Bill Camp, Dan Stevens, Gaby Hoffmann, Clark Gregg, and McKinley Belcher III.

“Zero Day is about the aftermath of a devastating cyberattack that kills thousands of people and threatens to push a nation already on the precipice over the edge,” explains co-creator and executive producer Eric Newman. Co-creator and executive producer Noah Oppenheim added, “The show also looks at the cost of power for those who are asked to take on these enormous challenges...

Robert De Niro is a former U.S. president in the first-look images from Netflix's new political thriller series, Zero Day. Created by Eric Newman, Noah Oppenheim, and Michael Schmidt, Netflix's upcoming political thriller series follows a former U.S. President tasked with heading the titular commission charged with finding the perpetrators of a devastating cyberattack. Robert De Niro stars alongside an impressive ensemble cast that includes Lizzy Caplan, Jesse Plemons, Joan Allen, Connie Britton, Bill Camp, Dan Stevens, Angela Bassett, Matthew Modine, Clark Gregg, Gaby Hoffmann, Mark Ivanir, and Mozhan Navabi.

Now, a total of nine first-look images from Zero Day have been revealed via Vanity Fair. The images reveal the first look at Robert De Niro as former U.S. President George Mullen, among other characters, including Angela Bassett as the sitting President Mitchell. Check out the slideshow of images below:

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This November, Netflix is bringing you a lot of entertainment from the highly anticipated second season of Arcane to a thrilling conspiracy thriller series titled The Madness. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Netflix this month and have an 80% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the 5 best films that are coming to Netflix in November 2024 with an 80% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

Mr. Peabody & Sherman (November 1) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 81% Credit – 20th Century Studios

Mr. Peabody & Sherman is an animated sci-fi comedy film directed by Rob Minkoff from a screenplay by Craig Wright. Based on the characters from Peabody’s Improbable History by Jay Ward, the 2014 film follows Sherman, a young boy who misuses his scientist father Mr. Peabody’s time machine, and causes the world to go haywire.

The upcoming limited series Zero Day is all about conspiracy theories, but one thing’s for sure: the series has officially begun production in New York.

Joining the already star-studded lineup are Angela Bassett, Dan Stevens, Matthew Modine, Bill Camp, McKinley Belcher III, Gaby Hoffmann, Clark Gregg, and Mark Ivanir. Previously announced cast members include star and producer Robert De Niro, Lizzy Caplan, Jesse Plemons, Joan Allen, and Connie Britton. The six-episode series is created and executive produced by Eric Newman, Noah Oppenheim, and Pulitzer Prize winner Michael S. Schmidt.

Per the show’s logline, “Zero Day asks the question on everyone’s mind: How do we find truth in a world in crisis, one seemingly being torn apart by forces outside our control? And in an era rife with conspiracy theory and subterfuge, how much of those forces...

Emilia Prez has divided audiences upon its release to Netflix. Directed by Jacques Audiard, Emilia Prez is a crime comedy musical about a lawyer in Mexico who gets offered the opportunity to help a notorious cartel boss make a gender transition to become the woman she has always been. The film features a leading cast including Zoe Saldaa, Selena Gomez, Karla Sofia Gascon, Adriana Paz, Mark Ivanir, Edgar Ramirez, and Eduardo Aladro. The film received a limited release in theaters and was put on Netflix today, November 13.

Following this release to Netflix, Emilia Prez has evoked a mixed response from viewers. On the one hand, some people were emotionally moved by the film and thought it was among the best movies of this year. On the contrary, its detractors called the film everything from "boring" to "batshit insane." One clip in particular, which includes a musical number wherein Saldaa's character...

A drug cartel overlord getting gender-affirming surgery to begin their new life? That’s only the beginning of the plot of “Emilia Pérez,” the epic Netflix movie that’s already generating Oscar buzz. The movie follows the story of a former cartel boss who wants to live their real truth, and how her desire to live as she pleases while staying close to the family she loves informs her biggest life decisions. We’ll let you know everything you need to know about the movie, and how to watch it with a Subscription to Netflix.

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The movie takes place mostly in Mexico and starts with hard-working lawyer Rita Mora Castro receiving a call from drug kingpin Juan “Manitas” Del Monte. He...

Jacques Audiard is one of the beloved global filmmakers working today. From Oscar-nominated “A Prophet” to Palme d’Or-winning “Dheepan,” he has earned the kind of reputation that will make cinephiles excited for any of his projects. His latest film, “Emilia Perez” (2024) is a striking addition to his filmography that explores grave real-life issues through a musical. Thanks to its dazzling set pieces and compelling acting performances, it has been making splashes since its Cannes premiere. Considered to be a frontrunner at the upcoming 97th Academy Awards, it is now streaming on Netflix. Find its gut-wrenching ending explained here.

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Emilia Pérez (2024) Plot Summary & Movie Synopsis:

Set in Mexico, “Emilia Pérez” is a musical drama film on Netflix that revolves around three women, who find themselves in an interconnected web of love and crime. Driven by the pursuit of their authentic selves, they take actions that upend their lives.

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Emilia Prez.

Music plays such a crucial and creative role in Netflix's crime musical Emilia Prez. As much of the story is told through various styles of genres of music performed by the cast of Emilia Prez, the original songs become an essential part and driving force of the overall narrative. Directed by French filmmaker Jacques Audiard, the genre-blending film delivers innovative music numbers and choreography infused with a gut-wrenching story about unfulfilled desire and regret. Many of the original songs on Emilia Prez's soundtrack were written and performed by the French singer Camille.

Emilia Prez is a loose adaptation of the 2018 novel coute by Boris Razon. The story follows Saldaa's Rita Moro Castro, a defense lawyer in Mexico City looking to make a difference, who encounters an unusual but lucrative opportunity from cartel kingpin Manitas Del Monte as he aims to fulfill his lifetime...

This review was originally published on September 13, 2024, as a part of our Toronto International Film Festival coverage.

Emilia Prez is a film that defies classification. It is, all at once, a narco crime saga, a melodrama, and a pop opera tackling themes of identity, redemption, and evolution. It's wrapped in over-the-top musical theatrics, too, with the movie beginning with Zoe Saldaa's under-appreciated lawyer Rita performing a song about a murder case in the neon-lit streets of Mexico. From there, it gets even bolder.

Emilia Perez

Director Jacques AudiardRelease Date November 13, 2024Studio(s) The Veterans, Pimienta Films, Lpi Media, Page 114, Saint Laurent, Path, Why Not Productions, France 2 CinmaWriters La Mysius, Jacques Audiard, Thomas BidegainCast Karla Lazo, Pascal Toussirot, Line Ph, Stphane Ly-Cuong, Chun-Ting Lin, Agathe Bokja, Eric Geynes, James Gerard, Emiliano Edmundo Hasan Jalil, Eduardo Aladro, Karla Sofa Gascn, Adriana Paz, Zoe Saldana, Edgar Ramirez, Mark Ivanir, Selena GomezRuntime 130 MinutesGenres Drama,...

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Netflix is ready with an entertainment-packed November this year. The upcoming month will see the premiere of many of Netflix’s Christmas romantic comedy films including Hot Frosty and also new brilliant movies like Spellbound and The Piano Lesson. Just like every month, Netflix is ready to overload you with great content. So, we’re here to tell you about the 10 movies coming to Netflix in November 2024.

Rob Peace (November 11)

Rob Peace is a biographical drama film written and directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor. Based on the 2014 biography The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace by Jeff Hobbs, the 2024 film follows Rob Peace, a Yale University graduate who begins to deal drugs while maintaining his lifestyle after his father was arrested for crimes he may not have committed. Rob Peace stars Jay Will, Ejiofor, Mary J. Blige, Camila Cabello,...

Zoe Saldaña confirmed she is open to making a sequel to Crossroads — but only if the rest of the cast returns. Speaking to Variety, Saldaña said she would potentially reprise her role as Kit in the 2002 road-trip drama if was alongside co-star Britney Spears.

“Why not?” Saldaña said. “But I feel like it would only work if Britney comes back and plays her character again. And Taryn Manning does as well, and Anson Mount. And that we write realistic sort of scenarios for them. That would be beautiful.”

She added,...

Zoe Saldaña has worked with several of Hollywood’s most celebrated directors over the years, including James Cameron and J.J. Abrams, but one in particular “restored her faith” in the industry: Steven Spielberg.

Saldaña featured in Spielberg’s 2004 comedy-drama “The Terminal” alongside Tom Hanks and Catherine Zeta-Jones, which came right after her first big-budget role in “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.” Saldaña has been open about her experience on the set of “Pirates” not being the best, and during a Screen Talk at the BFI London Film Festival on Saturday, she said it almost caused her to “tip overboard.”

“I knew with that experience the kind of people that I wanted to work with,” Saldaña said of “Pirates.” “The crew and the cast, they’re 99% of the time super marvelous. But if the studio and the producers and the director, they’re not leading with kindness and awareness and consideration,...

“Emilia Pérez” is a new live-action, musical comedy feature, written and directed by Jacques Audiard, starring Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, Édgar Ramírez and Mark Ivanir, streaming November 13, 2024 on Netflix:

“…’Rita’ (Saldaña) is an overqualified and undervalued lawyer at a large firm that is more interested in getting criminals off the hook than bringing them to justice.

“One day, she is given an unexpected way out, when cartel leader ‘Manitas’ (Gascón) hires her to help him withdraw from his business and make good on a plan he has been secretly preparing for years…”

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Stars: Zoë Saldaña, Karla Sofia Gascón, Adriana Paz, Selina Gomez, Edgar Ramirez, Mark Ivanir | Written and Directed by Jacques Audiard

Loosely adapted from Boris Razon’s 2018 novel Écoute, Emilia Perez, the new film by Jacques Audiard is a deliriously audacious mash-up of crime thriller, trans drama and musical. It’s also one of the best films of the year.

The story begins in present-day Mexico City, where self-hating paralegal Rita (Zoë Saldaña) is abruptly kidnapped and brought before Mexican drug lord Manitas del Monte (Karla Sofia Gascón), who makes her an offer she can’t refuse. In return for $2m, she is to help Manitas fake his own death, so that he can get gender reassignment surgery and live the rest of his life as a woman, unbeknownst to his young wife Jessi (Selena Gomez) and their young children.

Rita takes the deal, but some time after the surgery, she...

Emilia Pérez is coming to Netflix in the UK, and here’s the trailer for the film, which is expected to do a fair amount of business at the Oscars.

2024 is shaping up to be a good year for Selena Gomez. She is currently starring in one of Hulu/Disney+’s most popular shows Only Murders In The Building, which was recently renewed for a fifth series.

As if that wasn’t enough, she is producing and guest starring in the pilot episode of Wizards Beyond Waverly Place, the sequel to the show that made her a star, which will stream on Disney+ from the 29th of October.

And now there’s a film too.

When it premiered in Cannes, Emilia Pérez received a standing ovation, and later went on to win the Grand Jury prize and the Best Actress award, which was shared between the three leads. Finally, we...

Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldana are both getting Oscar buzz for their performances in the new Netflix movie Emilia Perez!

The actresses walked the red carpet with co-stars Karla Sofia Gascon and Adriana Paz at the film’s New York Film Festival premiere on Monday (September 30) in New York City.

They were joined by castmates Edgar Ramirez and Mark Ivanir, as well as the film’s director and co-writer Jacques Audiard.

The Spanish-language musical was the big winner at the Cannes Film Festival back in May, winning the Jury Prize and an award for Best Actress, shared by Karla, Zoe, and Selena.

The Hollywood Reporter believes that the movie will earn Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Director for Jacques, Best Actress for Karla, Best Supporting Actress for Zoe and possibly Selena, Best Original Screenplay, and Best International Feature. Watch the trailer now ahead of the film’s Netflix debut...

“Emilia Pérez” is a new live-action, musical comedy feature, written and directed by Jacques Audiard, starring Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, Édgar Ramírez and Mark Ivanir, streaming November 13, 2024 on Netflix:

“…’Rita’ (Saldaña) is an overqualified and undervalued lawyer at a large firm that is more interested in getting criminals off the hook than bringing them to justice.

“One day, she is given an unexpected way out, when cartel leader ‘Manitas’ (Gascón) hires her to help him withdraw from his business and make good on a plan he has been secretly preparing for years…”

Click the images to enlarge…...

"To listen is to accept." Netflix has revealed the main official trailer for the big 2024 film Emilia Pérez, a musical about a Mexican cartel leader becoming a woman. It's the latest film from award-winning French filmmaker Jacques Audiard, and it premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival earlier this year where it won Jury Prize & Best Actress prizes. We already posted the French trailer a few months ago and the US teaser as well. Talented lawyer Rita receives an unexpected offer... She has to help a feared cartel boss retire from his business and disappear forever by becoming the woman he's always dreamed of being. It's set mostly in Mexico City, following the story of Rita and Manitas – and what happens after he switches to a she. The film stars Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, Edgar Ramírez, Mark Ivanir. I am a big fan of this film!

“Emilia Perez” is a new live-action, musical crime comedy feature, is written and directed by Jacques Audiard, starring Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, Édgar Ramírez and Mark Ivanir, streaming November 13, 2024 on Netflix:

“…’Rita’ (Saldaña) is an overqualified and undervalued lawyer at a large firm that is more interested in getting criminals off the hook than bringing them to justice.

“One day, she is given an unexpected way out, when cartel leader ‘Manitas’ (Gascón) hires her to help him withdraw from his business and make good on a plan he has been secretly preparing for years…”

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“Emilia Pérez”, a new France-produced musical crime comedy feature, is written and directed by Jacques Audiard, starring Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofia Gascón, Adriana Paz, Mark Ivanir, Édgar Ramírez, James Gerard and Shiraz Tzarfati, streaming November 13, 2024 on Netflix:

“…’Rita’ is an undervalued lawyer whose firm is more inclined to help criminals than seek justice.

“But she finds a way out when a feared drug cartel leader (Gascón) recruits her to aid him in surreptitiously completing a sex change operation…”

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The Emilia Prez trailer shows Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldaa in Netflix's crime musical with an 88% Rotten Tomatoes score. Written and directed by Jacques Audiard, based on the opera of the same, the genre-bending, Spanish-language film follows a disgruntled lawyer tasked with assisting an escaped Mexican cartel leader who is seeking gender reassignment surgery to both evade the authorities and affirm her true identity. Other than Saldaa and Gomez in lead roles, the cast also includes Karla Sofa Gascn, Adriana Paz, Mark Ivanir, and dgar Ramrez.

Now, Netflix has unveiled the first official teaser trailer for their upcoming crime musical, Emilia Prez. Watch it below:

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"Zoe Saldana brings a burning intensity..." Netflix has unveiled their teaser trailer for the acclaimed film Emilia Pérez, a musical about a Mexican cartel leader transitioning to a woman. This is the latest film by award-winning French filmmaker Jacques Audiard, and it premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival earlier this year where it won Jury Prize & Best Actress prizes. We already posted the French trailer a few months ago. Talented lawyer Rita receives an unexpected offer... She has to help a feared cartel boss retire from his business and disappear forever by becoming the woman he's always dreamed of being. It's set mostly in Mexico, following the story of Rita and Manitas – and what happens after he switches to a she. The film stars Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, Edgar Ramírez, Mark Ivanir. I think this is an amazing film! I raved about it in my...

“Emilia Perez” is a new live-action, musical crime comedy feature, is written and directed by Jacques Audiard, starring Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, Édgar Ramírez and Mark Ivanir, streaming November 13, 2024 on Netflix:

“…’Rita’ (Saldaña) is an overqualified and undervalued lawyer at a large firm that is more interested in getting criminals off the hook than bringing them to justice.

“One day, she is given an unexpected way out, when cartel leader ‘Manitas’ (Gascón) hires her to help him withdraw from his business and make good on a plan he has been secretly preparing for years…”

Click the images to enlarge…...

Liv Lisa Fries as Charlotte Ritter, in the German historical fiction TV series “Babylon Berlin.” Courtesy of MHzChoice

“Babylon Berlin,” the most expensive series in the history of German television, continues in Season 4 to take us through 1930s Germany, including all its glory juxtaposed with the foreboding of horrors to come. Production quality of the first three seasons is not only maintained but expanded in a number of impressive scenes. Below is the link to last month’s review of the earlier years, bringing you up to speed: https://www.wearemoviegeeks.com/2024/05/babylon-berlin-seasons-2-3-tv-series-review.

Much of the cast returns, with the primary focus remaining on Rath and Charlotte, imposing more dramatic ups and downs on them than before. The action starts on 1930’s New Years Eve and runs through much of 1931. The Nazi honchos are dripping with even more evil – some via political manipulations; others, including many of the cops,...

After making a splash at Cannes, the trans cartel musical Emilia Perez has received its first trailer. Watch it below.

The Spanish-language comedy stars Zoe Saldaña as Rita, a lawyer recruited by the notorious cartel leader Manitas (Karla Sofía Gascón) to arrange a gender affirmation surgery. Four years later, Manitas — now named Emilia Perez — tasks Rita with moving her wife, Jessi (Selena Gomez), and children from a safe house in Switzerland to Mexico City, where Emilia poses as their aunt.

In other words, it’s kind of a modern-day take on Mrs. Doubtfire, but with an actual trans actress and musical numbers. Currently, the trailer is only available with French subtitles.

Emilia Perez was written and directed by Jacques Audiard, with original songs by French singer Camille. The cast is filled out by Édgar Ramírez, Adriana Paz, and Mark Ivanir. The film won the Jury Prize and Best Actress award...

Time to meet Emilia Perez. Pathe has revealed the first official trailer for the acclaimed film Emilia Pérez, a musical about a Mexican cartel leader transitioning to a woman. This is the latest film by award-winning French filmmaker Jacques Audiard, and it premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival last month where it won the Jury Prize & Best Actress prizes. The talented lawyer Rita receives an unexpected offer... She has to help a feared cartel boss retire from his business and disappear forever by becoming the woman he's always dreamed of being. The film is set mostly in Mexico, following the story of Rita and Manitas – and what happens after he switches to a she. Starring Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, Edgar Ramírez, Mark Ivanir. I'm a big fan of this one! I raved about it in my review from Cannes - you've never seen anything like it before.

Movies that take their title from a female protagonist’s name — from Mildred Pierce and Stella Dallas through Norma Rae to Vera Drake and Jackie Brown — instantly claim that woman’s rightful place at the heart of a story, often depicting struggle and sacrifice but also resilience and strength of character. The same applies to Jacques Audiard’s bracingly original crime musical Emilia Pérez, even if the woman herself doesn’t show up until some way in, when she emerges from the unlikeliest of cocoons.

The French director has always shown an adventurous spirit, switching genres with nimble assurance, and he continues to surprise in his ballsy tenth feature. Very loosely adapted by Audiard from journalist and author Boris Razon’s 2018 novel Écoute, the film dexterously spans many styles. The baseline is a drama of criminality and redemption, but then there’s an unforced current of Almodóvarian humor, along with moments of melodrama,...

On paper, it looks mad as a loose wheel. A largely Spanish-language musical about a Mexican druglord having a sex change, featuring onetime Disney teen star Selena Gomez as a gangster’s wife: nobody could deny director and writer Jacques Audiard’s giddy determination to do something different, but how could Emilia Pérez be anything but a hot mess? But here is it is on the screen, a musical marvel. Of course it’s crazy, but Audiard has set up his impossible conjuring trick and made it work.

Emilia Pérez fires up immediately with an eccentric chanson about consumption – “we buy washing machines; we buy microwaves” – that literally sets the tone for what will follow. Rita Moro Castro (Zoe Saldaña) would love to consume a little more; she is a junior barrister flatlining as her boss’ more capable helpmate. Her story is told swiftly: Saldaña delivers a deft dance with the office cleaning women,...

Spoiler Alert: The following review contains some spoilers.

Like a rose blooming amid a minefield, it’s a miracle that Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez” exists: a south-of-the-border pop opera about a most unlikely metamorphosis and the personal redemption it awakens in a stone-cold criminal.

With a Palme d’Or to his name and the cojones to tackle his third movie in a culture and language that are not his own (after “Dheepan” and “The Sisters Brothers”), the director of “A Prophet” takes audiences into the macho realm of Mexican cartels, where Manitas del Monte — a fearsome drug lord with a silver grill and a voice like gravel — wants out, not because he’s had a crisis of conscience, but because he’s decided to embrace his true self … as a woman.

Pardon me if I’ve mixed up the pronouns there. Audiard’s dazzling and instantly divisive film — which...

Cannes Film Festival hosted the world premiere of Emilia Pérez, a musical crime comedy film written and directed by Jacques Audiard. It stars Karla Sofía Gascón in the title role, with Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldaña, and Édgar Ramírez.

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Guests at the premiere included Clement Ducol, Adriana Paz, Mark Ivanir, Justine Triet, Ron Howard, Salma Hayek, Sarocha Chankimha, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Renate Reinsve, Pierfrancesco Favino, Omar Sy, Eva Green, Rossy de Palma, and Eva Longoria who all walked the red carpet at the Grand Théâtre Lumière, on Saturday, May 18.

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The film’s plot follows Rita, a talented lawyer, disillusioned by her firm’s focus on winning cases for any client, who gets an unexpected chance at escape. Notorious cartel leader Manitas hires her for a seemingly outlandish...

Exclusive: Mozhan Navabi (The Blacklist) has been cast in the Netflix limited series Zero Day in a recurring role portraying Melissa Kornblau.

From creators and executive producers Eric Newman (Narcos), Noah Oppenheim (Jackie) and Michael Schmidt, Zero Day asks the question: How do we find truth in a world in crisis, one seemingly being torn apart by forces outside our control? And in an era rife with conspiracy theory and subterfuge, how much of those forces are products of our own doing, perhaps even of our imagining?

At the center of the narrative is Mullen (Robert De Niro), a popular but complicated figure who is yanked back from retirement to head up a commission investigating a global cyberattack.

The show also stars Angela Bassett, Dan Stevens, Matthew Modine, Bill Camp, McKinley Belcher III, Gaby Hoffman, Clark Gregg, Mark Ivanir, Lizzy Caplan, Jesse Plemons, Joan Allen and Connie Britton.

In addition to Newman,...

Zero Day has started production, and some new faces have joined the cast of the conspiracy thriller. Six episodes are being produced for the series, ordered by Netflix in March.

Viewers will see Angela Bassett (above), Dan Stevens, Matthew Modine, Bill Camp, McKinley Belcher III, Gaby Hoffman, Clark Gregg and Mark Ivanir join Robert De Niro, Lizzy Caplan, Jesse Plemons, Joan Allen, and Connie Britton in the series which follows the aftermath of a global cyber-attack.

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Angela Bassett will star as the President in an upcoming Netflix series!

The 65-year-old 9-1-1 actress has joined the cast of Zero Day, a six-episode conspiracy thriller series.

Along with Angela, seven other stars have also just been announced to star in the show, which just started production in New York.

Get more info on Zero Day inside…

Here’s a synopsis: Zero Day asks the question on everyone’s mind — how do we find truth in a world in crisis, one seemingly being torn apart by forces outside our control? And in an era rife with conspiracy theory and subterfuge, how much of those forces are products of our own doing, perhaps even of our own imagining?

Dan Stevens, Matthew Modine, Bill Camp, McKinley Belcher III, Gaby Hoffman, Clark Gregg and Mark Ivanir have joined the cast as well, alongside previously announced Lizzy Caplan, Jesse Plemons, Joan Allen and Connie Britton.

Dan Stevens, Angela Bassett and Matthew Modine join Netflix’s ‘Zero Day’

Oscar nominee Angela Bassett has signed on to Netflix’s conspiracy thriller limited series Zero Day starring two-time Oscar winner Robert De Niro. Dan Stevens, Matthew Modine, Bill Camp, and McKinley Belcher III are also on board the drama created by Eric Newman, Noah Oppenheim, and Michael Schmidt.

The just-announced cast joins previously confirmed stars Lizzy Caplan, Jesse Plemons, Joan Allen, and Connie Britton as filming gets underway in New York. The streaming service also revealed that Gaby Hoffman, Clark Gregg, and Mark Ivanir will guest star on the six-episode limited series.

“Zero Day asks the question on everyone’s mind — how do we find truth in a world in crisis, one seemingly being torn apart by forces outside our control?” reads Netflix’s synopsis. “And in an era rife with conspiracy theory and subterfuge, how much of...

Netflix‘s upcoming conspiracy thriller has an all-star cast. The streaming service has announced that joining Robert De Niro in Zero Day are Angela Bassett, Dan Stevens, Matthew Modine, Bill Camp, and McKinley Belcher III. Gaby Hoffman, Clark Gregg, and Mark Ivanir will guest star. In addition to De Niro, the cast already includes Lizzy Caplan, Jesse Plemons, Joan Allen, and Connie Britton. Production has begun in New York. The six-episode limited series “asks the question on everyone’s mind — how do we find truth in a world in crisis, one seemingly being torn apart by forces outside our control?” according to Netflix. “And in an era rife with conspiracy theory and subterfuge, how much of those forces are products of our own doing, perhaps even of our own imagining?” Bassett will play President Mitchell, a brilliant and perceptive political tactician who has an allegiance to Mullen (De Niro), the...

The A-list cast of Netflix’s Zero Day continues to grow.

The limited series starring Robert De Niro has added five actors — Angela Bassett, Dan Stevens, Matthew Modine, Bill Camp and McKinley Belcher III — to its ensemble. Clark Gregg, Gaby Hoffmann and Mark Ivanir have also signed on for guest roles.

They join a cast headed by De Niro — in the first lead TV role of his career — that also features Lizzy Caplan, Jesse Plemons, Joan Allen and Connie Britton.

Zero Day stars De Niro as George Mullen, a popular but complicated former president who comes out of retirement to head a commission investigating a devastating cyberattack. The six-episode thriller comes from creators Eric Newman (Narcos, The Watcher), Noah Oppenheim (screenwriter of Jackie and former president of NBC News) and Michael S. Schmidt, a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter. The series has begun filming in New York.

Bassett will play the current president,...

Hail to the chief.

Angela Bassett will play the President of the United States in the upcoming Netflix political thriller Zero Day, TVLine has learned. The 9-1-1 actress joins a star-studded cast that already includes Robert De Niro, Connie Britton, Jesse Plemons, Lizzy Caplan and Joan Allen.

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Bassett’s President Mitchell is “a brilliant and perceptive...

Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever), Dan Stevens (Legion), Matthew Modine (Stranger Things), Bill Camp (The Queen’s Gambit) and McKinley Belcher III (Ozark) are among the new cast revealed for Netflix’s Zero Day. The limited series will also feature Gaby Hoffman (Transparent), Clark Gregg (Painkiller) and Mark Ivanir (Away) in guest-starring roles.

Zero Day is in production in New York with Robert De Niro starring and executive producing.

Zero Day asks the question: How do we find truth in a world in crisis, one seemingly being torn apart by forces outside our control? And in an era rife with conspiracy theory and subterfuge, how much of those forces are products of our own doing, perhaps even of our own imagining?

At the center of the narrative is De Niro’s Mullen, a popular but complicated figure who is yanked back from retirement to head up a commission investigating a global cyberattack.

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