Author: Michael

“Sacrifice” is finally here. The latest Romain Gavras-directed gem, which veers between broad comedy, sharp social commentary and thrilling adventure (sometimes in the same scene), stars Anya Taylor-Joy as an environmentally minded terrorist who hijacks a bunch of doofuses at a fundraiser. Among them are Chris Evans’ action star and Vincent Cassel’s Musk-like tech mogul. The film, “Sacrifice,” is currently streaming on Netflix, more than a year after premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival. And maybe it makes sense that it took “Sacrifice” so long to show up in America, considering Gavras had been carrying around the idea “for…

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After a late summer in which Amazon Prime Video’s “Reacher” dominated the Samba Weekly Wrap Report Top 10 for six straight weeks, we’re now looking at our third different title to top the chart in three weeks. However, there is an element of consistency in this chart churn: all three recent No. 1s have belonged to Netflix. “Animals” is the latest in that trio of chart toppers, as the Ben Affleck-led film debuts in the top spot. Affleck directed and stars in the thriller about a mayoral candidate whose son is kidnapped in the lead-up to election day. The combination…

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Press Secretary Katie Zacharia only lasted 5 days in her new job before quitting and the Internet is having a field day. The dismissal came Friday, just hours after President Donald Trump urged Zacharia to “reconsider” the opportunity after a sordid first week at the podium, according to initial reporting from The New York Times. Fox News separately confirmed with a senior White House official that the conservative political pundit was “transitioning out” of the role after holding her first press conference to much scrutiny on Monday. Zacharia’s ouster managed to beat the longstanding record for quickest press secretary to quit the job.…

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Alex Murdaugh returned to court on Friday, October 16, after he was granted a retrial in his murder case, and the presiding judge warned both the defense and prosecution that the new trial is not allowed to “become a circus.” After the prosecutors and defense attorneys clashed over ballistics evidence and the testing of unknown male DNA that was found under Alex’s late wife Maggie Murdaugh’s fingernails during the hearing, South Carolina Circuit Court Judge Debra McCaslin issued a stern warning to both sides. “This has got to stop,” McCaslin said during the hearing in Lexington County, per People. She…

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