‘Awake’ Review: Netflix Thriller About a Sleep Deprivation Pandemic Has Opposite Effect

Dennis Harvey Film CriticAfter roiling a Polish village as an impostor priest in Oscar-nominated “Corpus Christi,” star Bartosz Bielenia tries to rattle the entire nation in “Prime Time.” His character here is another malcontent, this one armed and ready to take over a TV studio on New Year’s Eve with a special message for the world. But he’s a bit too literally a rebel without a cause: We never discover just what this protagonist’s protesting gripe is.

EXCLUSIVE: Outfest announced a partnership with Netflix and law firm E-Minutes in support of its 2021 Outfest Screenwriting Lab.

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An “early access” trailer for James Gunn’s upcoming “The Suicide Squad” has been released, and it offers the most in-depth look so far at the team of supervillains who are “dying to save the world” — literally.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorMichelle Lee, Allure’s top editor for the last five and a half years, is joining the Netflix marketing team in a newly created editorial and publishing role.Lee announced her jump to Netflix, where she will be global VP of editorial and publishing, in an Instagram post Monday.Lee in late July will join the Netflix marketing group headed by chief marketing officer Bozoma Saint John, the market veteran who previously worked at companies including Apple and Endeavor.

Naman Ramachandran WarnerMedia Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) has added country manager roles for seasoned company executives Sylvia Rothblum, Pierre Branco, and Jamie Friend.Rothblum is now country manager for Germany, Austria and Switzerland, in addition to her current role as head of TV distribution for the region.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter“Queen of the South” actor Alice Braga is set to star in the upcoming Netflix movie “Ivy.”The story centers on a mother, who is recovering from a brutal accident and moves into a prototype smart home.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticIt used to be that when you called a movie a glorified sitcom, it was an insult. But when you watch “Fatherhood,” an unabashedly formulaic, undeniably sweet Netflix dramedy in which Kevin Hart offers up a benign variation on his trademark irascibility in the role of a devoted but desperate single dad, it’s easy to imagine the sitcom version as richer, deeper, more layered.

Guillermo del Toro is bringing the heavy artillery in Netflix’s new trailer for “Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans”.

Lizzy Caplan, Christian Slater and Clark Duke are set to lead the cast of Netflix’s adult animated conspiracy theory comedy series Inside Job, from Gravity Falls writer Shion Takeuchi and creator Alex Hirsch. Takeuchi and Hirsch revealed the cast today during Netflix’s Adult Animation Studio Focus at the Annecy Animation Festival, which also includes Andrew Daly (Veep), Bobby Lee (MadTV), John DiMaggio (Futurama), Tisha Campbell (Empire) and Brett Gelman (Stranger Thigns).

EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed internationally acclaimed actress Sylvia Hoeks in all areas. She most recently, she starred in the World War II drama, Plan A, opposite August Diehl. Up next, Hoeks will star as the title role in an untitled biopic about the life of actress Sylvia Kristel.

EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed internationally acclaimed actress Sylvia Hoeks in all areas. She most recently, she starred in the World War II drama, Plan A, opposite August Diehl. Up next, Hoeks will star as the title role in an untitled biopic about the life of actress Sylvia Kristel.

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