A heroic civilian that brazenly tackled and disarmed a gunman at the Bondi Beach terror attack in December broke bread with thriller Hollywood producer M. Night Shyamalan. In a scene straight out of a Hollywood movie, Ahmed AI Ahmed, a 43-year-old shop owner and father of two, gained notoriety after footage of him wrestling a … Read more
movie review THE HOUSEMAID Running time: 131 minutes. Rated R (strong/bloody violent content, sexual assault, sexual content, nudity and language). In theaters Dec. 19. My favorite line from “The Housemaid” was, unusually, not spoken by a character who’s actually in the movie. During a scene in which new domestic helper Millie, played by Sydney Sweeney, is up … Read more
In Spike Lee’s new thriller “Highest 2 Lowest,” Denzel Washington and A$AP Rocky spend as much time above the skyline as they do on the streets of Brooklyn — thanks to a cinematic cameo from one of the borough’s priciest listings. The penthouse that appears in the trailer isn’t a movie set; it’s the top … Read more
Liar, liar. Prime Video’s new teen drama “We Were Liars” (premiering Wednesday, June 18) is a twisty summertime thriller. Based on a wildly popular novel of the same name, the show is helmed by “The Vampire Diaries” mastermind Julie Plec and Carina Adly MacKenzie. “What drew me to it is the deep emotional roller coaster … Read more
Wipeout! Nicolas Cage dealt with some choppy waters preparing for his latest thriller, “The Surfer.” Cage, 61, stars as an unnamed businessman in the Lorcan Finnegan-directed drama that sees his character return home to Australia to buy the beach house he grew up in. Nicolas Cage in his latest thriller, “The Surfer.” YouTube / Lionsgate … Read more
Joe Goldberg’s reign of terror is over. Spoilers ahead for the fifth and final season of “You.” In “You” Season 5, now streaming on Netflix, Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) finally meets his fate. Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) in a mug shot in “You” Season 5. COURTESY OF NETFLIX For five seasons, Joe — who thinks … Read more
Mobster Mark. Mark Wahlberg looked nearly unrecognizable filming his upcoming crime thriller “By Any Means,” in which he’s playing a mob hitman. The actor, 53, was on set in Atlanta Wednesday wearing an oversized grey suit jacket with matching pants, a red buttoned-down shirt and a white tank top. He also wore a pair of … Read more
There’s no shame in her game. The writer-director of Nicole Kidman’s film, “Babygirl,” is weighing in on the age gap of the stars in the newly released erotic thriller. Halina Reijn sat down with W Magazine in an interview published on Wednesday and addressed “Babygirl” being a part of the recent trend in movies featuring May-December romances. Kidman … Read more
He’s going from being an author to a spy. Oscar-nominated actor Jeffrey Wright can next be seen in the spy thriller, “The Agency.” “I liked that it was grounded and going for realism that lent a real humanness to these characters,” Wright, 58, told The Post. “I’ve been a part of the James Bond franchise,” … Read more
movie review CONCLAVE Running time: <br>120 minutes <br>Rated PG (thematic material and smoking). <br>In theaters Nov. 8 You could call “Conclave,” the juicy new Vatican thriller starring Ralph Fiennes, a pope opera. Director Edward Berger’s movie, which played Monday in the Toronto International Film Festival, is no sober depiction of the inner workings of the … Read more
Taylor Swift was in the building for the Chiefs’ season-opening win — and she showed her man some love after the thriller. The Chiefs outlasted the Baltimore Ravens 27-20, and Travis Kelce pulled down three catches for 34 yards. And Swift was there to greet Kelce with a postgame kiss following the big night, as … Read more
movie review BLINK TWICE Running time: 103 minutes. Rated R (strong violent content, sexual assault, drug use and language throughout, and some sexual references). In theaters. Zoë Kravitz makes a killer directing debut with “Blink Twice,” a ripped-from-the-headlines thriller with glimmers of “Get Out” and “The White Lotus.” Often, when actors lurk to the shadows … Read more
He’s a cocaine cowboy. Danny Pino stars in the ‘70s era crime drama “Hotel Cocaine,” a fictional account of the golden era of Miami’s Mutiny Hotel — a real location that was frequently compared to Studio 54. It was a glitzy hotel and nightclub frequented by celebrities, musicians, international narcos, CIA agents and sports stars. … Read more
New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you buy through our links. “I spent six months trying to relearn things I actually like in my own life,” says Madelaine Petsch, who played venomous queen bee Cheryl Blossom on teen drama “Riverdale” for its seven bonkers seasons. Including the color red: … Read more
“Abigail” led a quiet box office Friday. The horror thriller took in $4 million in sales in its debut in theaters, according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo. There’s already talk of a sequel to the Gloria Holden-led updated version of “Dracula’s Daughter,” in which the Count’s offspring tries, and fails, to rid her herself of … Read more
Rihanna’s song “We Found Love” could be about the film “Love Lies Blooding,” for there are few places more hopeless than the sleazy desert setting of Kristen Stewart’s twisted romance. The A24 movie premiered Saturday night at Sundance, which is the perfect launching spot for the grungy story of two lesbians who meet during a … Read more
Taylor Swift knows a thing or two about being catnip. Indeed, the pop superstar worked all of her flirtatious feline wiles as Bombalurina in “Cats,” the much-maligned 2019 movie adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical. But Swift had a different kind of kitty persuasion on “Argylle,” the upcoming spy thriller starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Henry … Read more
Cush Jumbo and Peter Capaldi shine in “Criminal Record,” an artful jigsaw-puzzle crime thriller. The eight-episode series, premiering Jan. 10 on Apple TV+, posits Jumbo and Capaldi as June Lenker and Dan Hegarty, London detectives linked by a murder committed 10 years earlier — with the wrong man imprisoned for a crime he did not … Read more
For much of the movie “Saltburn,” writer-director Emerald Fennell’s addictive second feature, the viewer is caught in the same seductive web as its timid main character, Oliver Quick. movie review Running time: 127 minutes. Rated R (strong sexual content, graphic nudity, language throughout, some disturbing violent content, and drug use.) In theaters. At first, the … Read more
The new Hulu thriller “The Other Black Girl” mixes suspense and satire for a sharp dig at the publishing industry. Premiering Wednesday, Sept. 13 and based on the best-selling novel by Zakiya Dalila Harris, “The Other Black Girl,” is executive produced by Rashida Jones. The plot follows Nella (Sinclair Daniel), an editorial assistant who works … Read more