Tribeca Festival Jurors Announced The Tribeca Festival, presented by AT&T, today announced the 2021 jury members who will select winning projects in the film, immersive, games and the festivals all new podcasts competition sections. The Festival has increased to 14 different competition categories where jurors
The 75-plus original shows from Quibi will be available to watch for free on the ad-supported Roku Channel starting sometime this year, the company has said.
Roku Releases First Trailer For Cypher
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Cypher,a thriller series, released its first trailer for Roku. A deal with the streaming giant allowed the movie to release on the Roku Channel.
Cypher focuses on an FBI-based crime drama. March 19th is the day that everything really gets rolling on the service in the United States and Canada. There are seven episodes with each installment being about an hour-long. Viewers can look forward to this offering being free as well, because it’s hosted on the Roku Channel. As an added bonus,
Cypher is doing a Netflix-style full season drop on the premiere date. So, you can go at the series all in one go, if that’s what you’re into. This is just the beginning of multiple drops for various originals on the Roku platform. When the app went largely silent, some fans wondered what would become of some of the series. Roku flew in and managed to secure the rights to all of those lingering series.
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Spoilers for âThe Standâ finale
In episode 8 of CBS All Access adaptation of Stephen Kingâs âThe Standâ, Larry (Jovan Adepo), Ray (Irene Bedard), and Glen (Greg Kinnear) are subjected to an unruly kangaroo court. The trial that is broadcast all over Vegas sees Glen try to appeal to Lloyd Henreid (Nat Wolff) and all those watching that they may still have a chance to redeem themselves from their evil ways. As Glenâs words begin to have an effect on the people, Lloyd shoots and kills him.
Following the trial, Nadine Cross (Amber Heard) meets with a captive Larry alone. Last we saw her, Nadine was very pregnant, and reduced to a frail pale demeanor because of Flaggâs seed. When Larry forces Nadine to see her reflection the shock induces labor. But as Nadine realizes what she has become and how unholy their child would be, she flings herself from the penthouse, killing both her and the child.
Writer-director Veena Sud (
The Salton Sea) helms this crime drama about a family torn apart by a tragedy. After Kayla (Joey King) kills her best friend, Britney (Devery Jacobs), her father, Jay (Peter Sarsgaard), and mother, Rebecca (Mireille Enos), now face the impossible situation of protecting their daughter or turning her in. Based on the 2015 German film
We Monsters,
The Lie premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2018 but only found distribution in 2020 when Amazon Studios picked it up. Something of a psychological thriller, the story follows Jay and Rebecca as they struggle to protect Kayla, as Britney s father, Sam (Cas Anvar), becomes increasingly suspicious that Kayla had something to do with his daughter s disappearance.