It may seem surprising, but less than fifteen years ago, the arrival of a successful film on the small screen took a good amount of time. Especially if its impact in cinemas had been considerable. For the last decades of the 20th century, traditional television channels competed with each other for the novelty of a renowned film. What turned the cable companies — yehe relatively short time in which major productions were released — an essential option for film lovers.
But it would be the online platforms that would turn the pleasure of enjoying new cinema in the comfort of home into an added value. With a timid start, the pressure of the pandemic and the blow that the quarantine meant to the Hollywood industry, the main catalogs became essential. Much more so, when they were filled with premieres that could not reach the big screen. For the first years of the second decade of the millennium, subscription services are the ideal space to explore the best of the cinematographic world. Specifically, the most current and that best reflects the changes taking place in pop culture.
We leave you five essential premieres, which you can see right now on Star+. From a long-awaited series that marks the return to the small screen of a beloved actress from the serialized format to a horror classic that is reinvented for new generations. The selection has everything for the lover of novelties and especially the latest in the seventh art. The great advantage that streaming offers to the audience
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The veil
Imogen Salter (Elisabeth Moss, in her great return to the series), is a seasoned MI6 agent specialized in going unnoticed in dramatic situations. Which has allowed him to carve out a career between covert missions and In addition, becoming a record of enormous importance for your agency’s strategies.
On the other side, Max (Josh Charles) has many secrets to keep as a CIA control agent, whose mission is to protect Salter. Also, monitor his actions in the middle of a mission of special importance. Finally, Adilah (Yumna MarwanI), is the element of surprise in the middle of an increasingly confusing spy map. In the middle of a game of truths and lies, Everyone will be about to die in the middle of a claustrophobic panorama.
The script by Steven Knight (from Peaky Blinders), takes all of the above and turns it into a cat-and-mouse game of suffocating tension. That is, when a security leak makes it clear that there is an imminent danger for all agencies involved. Where does the threat come from? That’s something Salter must discover as the clock of impending misfortune ticks against him. You can now see the first two chapters of the series on Star+.
Adam (Andrew Scott, from Ripley and sherlock), is a solitary writer who spends more time on his craft than interacting with the rest of the world. Which will lead to painful isolation, in the middle of a critical mental and emotional situation.
So the arrival of Harry (Paul Mescal, from Aftersun, dusk), will be a milestone in your life. Much more, the turning point that will lead him to meditate on his past, his present and perhaps, the losses that made him the man he is. That, when she falls in love with him and together they embark on a journey of forgiveness, reconciliation and in the end, consolation, of old emotional wounds.
We are all strangers, is a curious adaptation of the work Strangers by Taichi Yamada. Director Andrew Haigh takes the claustrophobic atmosphere of the book and transforms it into a journey through memories and events that are remembered as part of identity. For its emotional conclusion – which will make even the most indifferent to tears – the film makes one thing clear. His analysis of good and evil is more melancholic than moral. Also, the way to remember that we are all our memory. A rare message that this tragic romance leaves in its wake.
The Greatest Hits
If you want to see how the new Superman, David Corenswet, is doing before the arrival of James Gunn’s film, this Ned Benson film is the ideal place to do it. Especially because the plot turns what seems like a work of fantasy into a kind and witty look at love, the need to remember and in the end, personal dissatisfaction.
Harriet (Lucy Boynton), has amazing power. That of using music to return to the places and moments that she treasures most. But it is not an idea that she imagines or something intangible. In reality, it is a very concrete fact, which allows you to reevaluate your life, emotions and everything that meant a valuable event in your existence. Which, of course, includes love. One lost, who longs and cannot let go. Max (Corenswet) died and left Harriet devastated, so that last bond between them, made up of songs, is all she wants.
But everything will become more confusing when she meets David (Justin H. Min) and finds that romance blooms again in her life. Halfway between a romantic comedy and a lesson on the value of hope, The Greatest Hits It is the ideal option for those who love love stories. But also, for music lovers convinced that music is a journey through time.
American Horror Story: Delicate
With twelve seasons under its belt, the founding series of current horror needs to be renewed from time to time. And that is precisely what she has done, with this story, which exploits the fears of motherhood and pagan rituals. All, in the middle of the sophisticated setting of Hollywood.
Anna Alcott (Emma Stone) is an actress looking for her first big success in the mecca of cinema. That, while she tries to be a mother, without succeeding. What she does not expect is that both things come together in a sinister plan that includes a millennia-old sect that is related to a powerful mysterious deity.
With a dark and sophisticated air, the participation of Kim Kardashian and a spectacular visual section, American Horror Story: Delicate surprises with its freshness. At the same time, to make it clear that Ryan Murphy’s creation still has a lot to give. The best thing that delivery leaves in its wake.
Thank you, Goodnight: The Story of Bon Jovi
Nobody doubts it: the singer Bon Jovi is one of the great stars in the world of music and one who embodies the rebellion and power of the industry at its peak. That and more is what this four-part documentary by director Gotham Chopra summarizes, which walks through the panorama of entertainment over three decades, to tell the story of Bon Jovi and his artistic career in detail.
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Doing so also through an intimate point of view, which includes videos and private moments, treasured by the performer himself. With its eclectic, slightly wild and endearing air, the production also explores a generation that found refuge in its music. So, whether you are a fan of the artist or just love the rock universe, Thank you, Goodnight: The Story of Bon Jovi is for you.
