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'Emmanuelle'
San Sebastian Film Festival
Set in a luxury Hong Kong hotel, this clunky remake of a soft-core classic stars Noémie Merlant as a woman who learns that she likes to watch. Audiences probably won’t.
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(Left to right): John Lithgow and Geoffrey Rush in 'The Rule of Jenny Pen'
Fantastic Fest
Directed by James Ashcroft, this twisted battle of wits and jabs was recently acquired by Shudder.
(L-R): Teen (Joe Locke), Rio Vidal (Aubrey Plaza), Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn) and Jennifer Kale (Sasheer Zamata) star in Marvel Television's AGATHA ALL ALONG
Based on the Danish series 'WandaVisdysen'
A game cast and musical treats guide the "WandaVision" spinoff through a clunky start, but "Agatha" is yet another Marvel series satisfied to tease what's coming rather than conjure purpose in the present.
American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez stars Josh  Rivera as Aaron Hernandez, shown here wearing his Patriots uniform next to his NFL locker
Baseball Is the Only Good Sport
Mired by Wikipedia-like plotting, clunky dialogue, and an exorbitant runtime, FX's latest "Story" hits its stride whenever it centers the perils of sports culture.
'Never Let Go'
Film review
Alexandre Aja's twisty three-hander visualizes the frustration that so many parents feel when their children can't grasp why they're told to avoid things that will hurt them.
Dan Levy and Eugene Levy host the 76TH EMMY AWARDS, shown here standing on stage wearing black tuxedos
Emmys
Surprise winners and solid speeches can't spice up a telecast that felt more perfunctory than celebratory, let alone entertaining.
'The Shadow Strays'
TIFF
The Indonesian genre maestro is so determined to make the most brutal action movie of all time that he forgets to have any fun along the way.
'The Deb'
TIFF
TIFF: Natalie Abbott and Charlotte MacInnes hold their own as polar opposite cousins using an upcoming debutante ball to redefine themselves, but Wilson's musical comedy falters under the weight of its own amateurism.
Shailene Woodley in 'Three Women,' a new series where she plays Gia, based on author Lisa Taddeo, shown here sitting with a cocktail, wearing a black suit jacket
TV Review
A character study that's subtle strengths are undermined by glaring flaws, Lisa Taddeo's adaptation of her own book follows four women (not three) navigating the ways desire steers their lives.
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