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Per an official synopsis: “After a plane carrying three UN agents crashes in the Himalayas, ‘The Champions’ follows the agents as they are rescued by an advanced civilization secretly living in Tibet who grant them enhanced intellectual and physical abilities. When the agents return to the outside world, they use their new superhuman powers to become Champions of Law, Order, and Justice.” “‘Champions’ is a long forgotten gem that will excite a new generation in the same strange and magnificent way that the original series spoke to us,” Blanchett said in a statement on behalf of Dirty Films....

Benedict Cumberbatch, who is Oscar nominated for his turn as rancher Phil Burbank in Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog,” joked during BBC’s “Graham Norton Show” that his Wild West cow-herding techniques came in handy while on vacation. “I came back from shooting the film in August and we were off to the beach,” Cumberbatch explained (via Insider) about returning to the U.K. after filming in New Zealand. “To get there we had to cross a field and in the field was a petrified family who just couldn’t move, they were frozen because of a herd of cows with calves....

Sometimes the constant scrolling through streaming subscriptions results in decision paralysis — and with the streaming home of many movies constantly changing thanks to studio deals, you might not be able to watch whatever film you have your heart set on even with your multiple subscriptions. With the holiday season officially here, why not invest in some low-cost physical media options to have on hand at all times? We’ve rounded up a selection of Blu-rays available for under $10, and many of them come with DVD and digital copies as well, meaning you can have HD content available to you in three different formats for less than the cost of a large seasonal latte at your fancy coffee shop of choice....

Despite the “Nomadland” victories, the second place finisher for Best Film almost won the top spot outright. Although “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” was released in the first quarter of the year, Eliza Hittman’s suspenseful abortion drama loomed large in critics’ minds, coming in at a close second place. In fact, the movie ended up with the most number of votes as a whole, appearing on 84 ballots, while “Nomadland” appeared on 81....

Centered on the courtship of the blossoming young debutante Daphne Bridgerton (Phoebe Dynevor) and the charismatic Simon Basset, The Duke of Hastings (Regé-Jean Page), “Bridgerton” is equally about its rich backdrop of players navigating the busy social season of the early 1800s London. It’s one that overflows with suitors, scandals, and extravagant balls, navigated chiefly by the prominent Bridgerton and Featherington families. A labor of love for the series’ dedicated team of artisans and shot across York, Bath, London, Buckinghamshire, and beyond, “Bridgerton” sports thousands of bespoke costumes and a hundred unique sets....

“The show was presented to me in the way we pitched it around town — as an independent film made into television,” Fukunaga. “The writer and director are a team. Over the course of the project, Nic kept positioning himself as if he was my boss and I was like, ‘But you’re not my boss. We’re partners. We collaborate.’ By the time they got to postproduction, people like [former HBO programming president] Michael Lombardo were giving Nic more power....

Production on the latest entry in the exotic dance franchise is now underway in London, starring Channing Tatum and with Steven Soderbergh returning to direct after skipping “Magic Mike XXL.” “It’s going to be pretty bonkers,” co-creator and executive producer Tatum told The New York Times in a recent interview. “We’re kind of swinging for the fences — there never needs to be another stripper movie after this one.” While “Magic Mike’s Last Dance” is expected to be an untraditional love story with a female lead, Tatum gave a few more plot details: “We’re trying to do a fish-out-of-water story where it’s a reverse-role ‘Pretty Woman’ story that ends up with a lot of dancing in it,” the “Lost City” star shared....