The first episode of Prime Video’s spy thriller series “Butterfly” opens with a pair of interconnected action sequences that drop viewers right into its world of deadly clandestine operations. I was immediately reminded of one of my favorite spy shows, “Alias,” while watching secret agent Rebecca Jung (Reina Hardesty) wearing an eye-catching wig and a fake pregnancy belly as she …
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Angelina Jolie and Doug Liman, who famously worked together on Mr. and Mrs. Smith, are reteaming for another thriller set in the world of spies. Coming on top of multi-studio competition, Universal is wrapping up the final deal points to land The Initiative, a hot spy package that sees Jolie attached to star, Liman on board to direct and F. …
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Daniel Dae Kim plays a spy who faked his own death in the new thriller series Butterfly on Amazon Prime Video. He’s pictured above in Park City, Utah, in 2020. Mat Hayward/Getty Images for The Latinx House hide caption toggle caption Mat Hayward/Getty Images for The Latinx House Actor Daniel Dae Kim first broke into Hollywood as one of the …
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Ever since his breakout role in the widely popular series Lost, Daniel Dae Kim has been killing it on the screen. Most recently, he’s been involved in projects like Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters and Avatar: The Last Airbender, but we finally get to see him take center stage in Prime Video’s Butterfly. Kim has always been outspoken about Asian representation …
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The Hunting Wives is a silly, raunchy, murder mystery series on Netflix — if that’s your thing. Above, Malin Åkerman and Brittany Snow, Kent Smith/Lionsgate hide caption toggle caption Kent Smith/Lionsgate When Sophie (Brittany Snow) moves from Boston to Texas with her husband so that he can work for a very rich guy named Jed (Dermot Mulroney), she initially fears …
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For anyone who was left clutching their pearls at the steamy romps of Bridgerton or gasping at the frisky goings-on in the Disney+ series Rivals, Netflix has turned up the raunch factor this summer with the release of The Hunting Wives. Just over a week after dropping on the platform, the series has overtaken the hugely popular crime drama Untamed …
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Lily James has joined Chris Hemsworth in Subversion, a submarine thriller that Patrick Vollrath is directing for Amazon MGM. Written by Andrew Ferguson, the story has been described as a “Die Hard on a submarine” style thriller that follows a once-promising naval commander (Hemsworth) who is blackmailed by a cartel-like organization into piloting a dangerous submarine carrying illegal cargo across international waters. …
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Ozark is one of Netflix‘s most successful TV shows, and the crime drama received praise for its moral ambiguity, bleak atmosphere, and adrenaline-inducing decisions that led to terrifying results. Since its conclusion, the streamer has constantly tried to offer some replacements, and the latest one is Untamed. The new release is a murder mystery drama starring Jurassic World‘s Sam Neill …
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