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Netflix's New Thriller Dangerous Lies Looks Like a Lifetime Movie Meets Riverdale


The trailer for Camila Mendes’s new Netflix movie, Dangerous Lies, just dropped, and I have a lot of thoughts.

Remember when Brenda Song starred in the Netflix thriller that gave off serious Lifetime movie vibes? You know, Secret Obsession, where she loses her memory in an accident and Mike Vogel pretends to be her husband, carting her off to a creepy house in the middle of nowhere with no cell reception and a lot of photoshopped couple pics? I think someone at Netflix went into their next pitch meeting and said, “That, but make it actually mysterious!”

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“After losing her waitressing job, Katie Franklin (Mendes) takes a job as a caretaker to a wealthy elderly man in his sprawling, empty Chicago estate,” the Netflix description of Dangerous Lies reads on its press website. “The two grow close, but when he unexpectedly passes away and names Katie as his sole heir, she and her husband, Adam (Jessie T. Usher), are pulled into a complex web of lies, deception, and murder. If she’s going to survive, Katie will have to question everyone’s motives—even the people she loves.”

“Even the people she loves” means her husband, guys. Seriously, based on the trailer, Adam seems to really enjoy all that new money a bit too much, and you know how much Lifetime loves a sketchy husband. Apparently, Netflix does, too! Still, the whole thing also reads like a grown-up, movie-length episode of Riverdale with its New England landscape, noir lighting, that diner, and all the hot people (including Cam Gigandet and Jamie Chung).

Take a look at the trailer for yourself, below:

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Of course, I’d be remiss not to mention the Knives Out parallels, considering the hilarious whodunit that graced us with Chris Evans in that cozy sweater also centers around a caretaker who’s left with a fortune after her employer dies of questionable causes. (Quick question, can someone get Jessie T. Usher in the sweater, STAT?)

Dangerous Lies hits Netflix on April 30. With all these references in mind, how could you not give it a watch?



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Another Mean Girls Movie Is Coming


Amazing Thursday news, people: Another Mean Girls movie is in the works—with Tina Fey attached. That’s right: According to Variety, an adaption of the Mean Girls musical, which Fey also wrote, is happening.

“I’m very excited to bring Mean Girls back to the big screen,” Fey said in a statement. “It’s been incredibly gratifying to see how much the movie and the musical have meant to audiences. I’ve spent sixteen years with these characters now. They are my Marvel Universe and I love them dearly.”

If you’re a fan of Mean Girls, then you know a second film (Mean Girls 2) has already happened. But this adaptation of the musical will include Fey behind the scenes—which Mean Girls 2 did not. That means you can count on the same humor and style you love and still quote from the original 2004 movie.

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“We’re thrilled to be bringing this iconic property back to the big screen in musical form with our incredible filmmaking team,” Paramount president of production Elizabeth Raposo said, according to Variety.

There’s no word yet on casting for the movie, but here’s hoping a few of the film’s original stars come back. Wouldn’t it be great to see Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Lacey Chabert, Amanda Seyfried and company reprise their iconic roles? Or at least make some memorable cameos.

The Mean Girls musical stays true to the 2004 movie’s DNA, offering a similar story with some stellar songs thrown into the mix. “It has been a joy to work on Mean Girls and to watch it go from film, to musical, and now to musical film,” Lorne Michaels, who help produced both the musical and 2004’s Mean Girls, said. “I am very proud that Tina’s story and characters continue to resonate with new generations.”

Let the countdown to this new movie begin. I just have one request: Bring Glen Coco back!



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In the Heights: Here's Everything We Know About the Lin-Manuel Miranda Movie


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Here’s everything else we know so far about the In the Heights movie.

The release date. The movie opens on June 26, 2020.

The creative team. Miranda, of course, is the man behind the music in the film. Quiara Alegría Hudes, who wrote the book for the musical, is the screenwriter. They both also serve as producers. The movie is directed by Jon M. Chu, of Crazy Rich Asians fame.

“You’re going to hear the word magic a lot today,” Chu said when introducing the trailer. “There’s no other word to express what we felt shooting this movie every day. It starts with Lin and Quiara; they planted this magical seed that they planted into all of us. We had the best summer of our lives.”

The cast. Along with Ramos as Usnavi, the cast also includes Jimmy Smits as Kevin Rosario, Corey Hawkins (Straight Outta Compton) as Benny, Melissa Barrera as Vanessa, Leslie Grace as Nina, Dascha Polanco (Orange Is the New Black) as Cuca, Marc Anthony as Sonny’s father, and Daphne Rubin-Vega as Daniela. Miranda will play the role of Piragüero.

“This is the dream team,” Miranda said. “This is the dream, dream, dream team and some of us have been with this thing for a while…everyone here is a superstar.”

This post will be updated as new information is released.



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Lifetime's Mistletoe & Menorahs Is the Jewish Holiday Movie You've Been Waiting For


Julianna: And what I love about Hanukkah is that Guy and I can come together for a quiet moment at the end of every single day of Hanukkah to light one candle on the menorah. It’s just nice to be able to put a pause and spend time together and celebrate this tradition that Guy has had since he was little.

Guy: There’s another bit that we put into the movie is me teaching Julianna how to do the prayers while lighting the candles on the menorah.

Julianna: In the film, Kelley [Jakle, who plays the main character, Christy] has a beautiful voice. When we were developing the script, it wasn’t initially intended to have the actor singing in that moment. It’s when we cast Kelley and we knew she’s so talented as a singer that we revised it to have her sing. It was the same with Jake. He’s a singer, too. So when “Oh Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah” comes on… we changed all of that to be included because of the actors who were cast. They’re talented in so many arenas.

Important question: fruitcake plays a big part in this movie. Was it as good as it was made out to be?

Julianna: We tried to make sure that the fruitcake wasn’t that bad because it’s definitely not a great dessert. I think part of Guys writing was to try to bring fruitcake back.

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Guy: I love fruitcake. I really do. And that is something I discovered from Christmas is how much I love fruitcake.

Julianna: Oh, I’m not a fan. But the latkes and jelly donuts were fantastic. We tried to make sure that the actors like them so that they wouldn’t have a look of of anything on their face but joy.

And what’s next? Would you like to do another film for the holidays next year?

Guy: I would like to bring a Passover movie [into the fold]. There’s holiday movies all year around…spring movies and summer movies. But as far as Hanukkah, there’s still a lot of stories out there that can be explored. Whether it’s romance stories that involve someone being Jewish or two people being Jewish or just somebody going to a Hanukkah party, [I’m interested]. When pitching season comes around, I certainly hope to have a bunch of ideas.

Mistletoe & Menorahs airs Saturday, December 7 at 6 P.M. ET on Lifetime. Jessica Radloff is the Glamour West Coast editor. Follow her on Twitter @JRadloff.





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Lea Michele's Christmas Movie Has Left Me With Many Questions


Warning: Light spoilers ahead.

I haven’t been able to stop thinking about Lea Michele’s holiday-themed romantic comedy, Same Time, Next Christmas, since I watched it last night. It’s your typical, delightful rom-com: An architect, Olivia Anderson (Lea Michele), heads to Hawaii for the holidays, where her family and another family, the Williamses, travel every year for Christmas. For context: Over the years she’s formed a friendship with the Williams’s son, Jeff. But after the Williams matriarch passed away, they stopped going to Hawaii with the Andersons.

Cut to the present day: Olivia is back in Hawaii, and so is the Williams family—including a very hot, very grown-up Jeff (played by Charles Michael Davis). Sparks fly, naturally, but there’s an issue: Olivia has a boyfriend back at home, Gregg (Bryan Greenberg), who surprises her on the trip. A love triangle of sorts unfolds with—spoiler alert—Jeff winning out in the end. You’ll have to watch the movie to find out how this specifically unfolds, but, in my opinion, there was no contest. Jeff is beefy and goofy and was down to go cliff-diving with Olivia. Gregg, meanwhile, would rather run laps than lay on the beach and didn’t want to pack a picnic for his hike with Olivia because he had protein bars. He was hilariously, dramatically un-fun.

“On paper Gregg and Olivia are a great match, but in reality there’s something missing,” Greenberg tells Glamour. “He conflates business with love. He’s looking more for a business partner than a mate. He doesn’t really understand the difference between the two, which in a romantic comedy doesn’t go over well, as you might guess.”

Part of the reason why I couldn’t get enough of Same Time, Next Christmas was that the right choices were just so obvious. Watching Olivia toggle back and forth between Jeff and Gregg felt a lot like watching a scream queen make poor decisions in a horror movie. I shouted at my screen many times while watching Same Time, Next Christmas. It was an absolute blast.



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‘Little Women’ Movie Reviews: Critics Are Calling It ‘Brilliant’


The Hollywood Reporter: “[Gerwig’s] gratifying take on Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women brings freshness, vitality, and emotional nuance to source material which has been etched for generations into the popular imagination, shaking up the chronology to reinvigorate the plot’s familiar beats.”

Entertainment Weekly: “Pugh, so good in this year’s Midsommar and Fighting With My Family, brings welcome layers to her willful pigtailed Amy; Cooper, Odenkirk, and Meryl Streep, as the girls’ ornery Aunt March, duly make the most of their small turns…. But it’s Ronan’s fierce, tender Jo who carries nearly every scene she’s in; a fourth Oscar nod for the Irish actress, still somehow only 25, seems both inevitable and earned.”

Los Angeles Times: “This is a film in love with its characters’ passions, a rich and effortlessly vibrant examination of the four March ‘little women’ and the ways…they’re practically bursting with the innocent it’s-happening-right-now joy of being young and alive.”

TheWrap: “In an era in which sentimentality is a seasoning that filmmakers either shun entirely or employ with too heavy a hand, Gerwig crafts a work that is moving without being manipulative. This is a Little Women for the ages.”

Vulture: “It doesn’t just brim with life; it brims with ideas about happiness, economic realities, and what it means to push against or to hew to the expectations laid out for one’s gender.”

USA Today: “A tremendously resonant, sometimes heartbreaking and always entertaining hoot.”

Daily Mail: “What it is, is a joy from start to finish, a ravishingly shot, exquisitely acted emotional roller coaster that at times, I don’t mind admitting, didn’t just activate my tear ducts but had me gurning wildly to stop myself from blubbing audibly.”

Thrillist: “One of the most brilliantly staged adaptations of any literary work. [Gerwig’s] film takes your assumptions and undermines them without ever straying from the text. It somehow acts as both a reappraisal and slight reinvention of Alcott’s work while remaining a gorgeous tribute to it.”

Little Women hits theaters everywhere on December 25, 2019.





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