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Nancy Savoca's 1991 period coming-of-age romantic drama Dogfight is a massively underrated gem from the 1990s American independent film movement. Following a decade of blockbuster excess in the 1980s, the 1990s saw an explosion in low-budget independent moviemaking led by filmmakers such as Steven Soderbergh, Richard Linklater, Quentin Tarantino, and Kevin Smith. Although the 1990s independent film movement produced countless high-profile auteurs, many prominent directors from that era have fallen out of the public consciousness. Filmmakers such as Savoca, Carl Franklin, and Whit Stillman were all integral members of the 1990s independent film movement, yet their films remain largely unknown to modern audiences.

After graduating from film school at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Savoca began her movie career as a production...

When it comes to sunshine, tans, and crystal-clear waters, it's hard to beat Florida. With consistently warm weather, vibrant colors, and a bustling nightlife, the Sunshine State -- particularly Miami -- offers plenty to admire. It remains a top destination for beachgoers looking to unwind and soak up the laid-back atmosphere.

Hollywood has long taken notice of Florida's exemplary conditions, consistently using the state's magnetic glow as a backdrop for countless films. Many of these movies have achieved monumental success. But what are the 10 best movies set in the state? We're glad you asked! We've compiled a list of our favorite films that not only take place in Florida but often make the state a central figure in the story.

Keep in mind, these aren't just movies shot in Florida, like, say, Harold Ramis' "Caddyshack." Each film on this list is set in or around the Sunshine State, using its...

The noir genre has been popular since the earliest days of cinema and has remained just as popular for good reason. While historical context and technical advancements may force viewers to reflect on older projects from a different perspective, a clever and compelling mystery has the power to stand the test of time. It’s often a genre that inspires the audience to work with the characters as they examine clues at the same time, making the conclusion of a given case much more enthralling. While the genre is often associated with the work of classic sleuths like Humphrey Bogart’s Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon, director Carl Franklin managed to take a fun new spin on the genre with his 1995 neo-noir Devil in a Blue Dress. Although it is remembered for the iconic performance by Denzel Washington at its center, Devil in a Blue Dress gave Don Cheadle his scene-stealing breakout role.

Over more than 40 years in Hollywood, Denzel Washington has only ever reprised one of his characters: Robert McCall of The Equalizer trilogy. Nearly 30 years ago however, there was another potential franchise in the works for him that he, the studio, and director Carl Franklin were all eager to see work.

“I definitely arrived here with some films that I was like, ‘I want to make sure I grab that’ and ‘I own it and I have it,’ but upon arrival I have been washed in in the blood of Criterion.”

This was actor Jeremy Pope’s reaction upon entering the sacred Criterion Closet and seeing all the stunning cinema that lay before him. Without delay, Pope’s first selection was Carl Franklin’s Los Angeles-set noir, “Devil in a Blue Dress.”

“This film speaks to me because my first real job was this show called ‘Hollywood’ that I shot with Ryan Murphy for Netflix and this film, set in the I think it’s like, late ‘40s/‘50s, felt very identical to the experience that my character Archie was about to go on, so this became like such an inspiration and like a point of reference,” said Pope. “Love the film,...

Denzel Washington has been one of the most respected Hollywood actors since his earliest roles in films like Glory, Cry Freedom and The Mighty Quinn. Demonstrating an impressive range across genres, from war and drama to action and science fiction, few leading stars can command the screen as well as the Malcolm X star. Arguably his best genre after his dramatic roles is thrillers, where he has been cast as detectives, journalists and federal agents.

Denzel Washington has one of the strongest careers in modern Hollywood, being incredibly selective when it comes to scripts and collaborators. Playing the roles of characters from literature, history and original scripts, the actor is almost always at his best as a heroic cop. That said, he isn't beyond playing villains, and the thriller genre has brought out the best of his talents, ensuring his status as one of the film industry's most recognized and acclaimed stars.

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Carl Franklin's "Devil in a Blue Dress" was exactly two years ahead of its time, almost to the day. The director's adaptation of the first installment in Walter Mosley's Easy Rawlins series of noir novels would've been perfectly positioned in late 1997 to capitalize on the slow rolling box office success of Curtis Hanson's "L.A. Confidential." Both films were September releases building on buzzy debuts at the late summer Toronto International Film Festival, but "L.A. Confidential" proved zeitgeisty in ways that eluded "Devil in a Blue Dress." It kicked off a noir renaissance that saw national and local film critics writing up lists of must-see black-and-white crime flicks from the 1940s and '50s for their readers. Suddenly, mainstream moviegoers were up on terminology like "femme fatale," and eager to watch Humphrey Bogart movies that weren't "Casablanca.

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.

Daaaaaalí! (Quentin Dupieux)

At the time of year where every other film is a biopic chasing prestige respectability, we are lucky to have Quentin Dupieux, the prolific, serious-minded, silly filmmaker perfectly positioned to take a sledgehammer to the genre. His second 2023 feature has been described as a “real fake biopic” of Salvador Dalí but is best understood as a return to the heightened analysis of cinematic storytelling à la 2010 breakthrough Rubber––a movie which increasingly looks like the rare weak spot in a filmography equal-parts playful and thoughtful. – Alistair R. (full review)

Where to Stream: VOD

Daddio (Christy Hall)

Daddio, written and directed by Christy Hall, is a two-hander that bristles with energy from the start. A young professional (Dakota Johnson) steps...

The first episode of “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” needs to accomplish a lot. There’s setting the scene, introducing the Menendez family (beyond dysfunctional), and portraying a brutal real-life slaying of José and Kitty by their sons, Lyle and Erik. Oh, and then show the funeral, complete with a somber Milli Vanilli needle drop. (Which really happened.) That’s a lot of tone, but the anchor of the episode and of the season itself is the central murder.

“From the get-go, one of the things that Ryan [Murphy] said was that he wanted you to feel how awful that moment is, to remember that they’re murderers,” Episode 1 editor Peggy Tachdjian told Indiewire. “Because it sets up the whole season. He was like, ‘I want everyone to always remember that the murder was brutal.”

The sequence is remarkable in its unflinching recreation of the violence but also of the cold bloodness.

King Kong did not, in fact, have, er, doo-doo on Denzel Washington at the turn of the 21st century. Fresh off his second Oscar win (and his first as a lead performer) for playing dirty LAPD detective Alonzo Harris in Antoine Fuqua's "Training Day," the capital-m Movie Star made a habit of working with his old friends over the decade that followed. Indeed, if one were to run through his resume, one would note that most of Washington's films in the 2000s were directed by either one of his former collaborators or Denzel himself. Then again, if your pals were Spike Lee, Tony Scott, Jonathan Demme, and the under-appreciated Carl Franklin, you'd want to make all of your movies with them too.

Not that any of this was out of character for Washington, an artist who's been meticulous about cultivating his screen image since making his film acting...

America's fascination with serial killers has been an exploitable cultural phenomenon since long before the term was coined in the 1970s. People read books, wrote plays, and followed newspaper coverage of notorious murderers like Jack the Ripper, Charles Starkweather, and Richard Speck. A cold-blooded murder in any capacity is baffling enough to normal or normal-ish people; going on a wanton killing spree for kicks or because the lunar cycle is in the proper alignment is just bananas. How and why do minds break like this?

When a (one-time) master novelist like Thomas Harris or a naturalist like John McNaughton is asking these questions, there can be great value in examining the minds of monsters. When Jonathan Demme is adapting the former, there is also the opportunity to make a rewatchable, Oscar-winning classic of a film. When Ryan Murphy is at the helm, you're going to wind up with a lot...

It was series co-creator Ryan Murphy’s choice to show just how graphic the shotgun murders were at the beginning of “Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story,” director Carl Franklin told TheWrap.

“Ryan had a lot of specific ideas about how he wanted to do this,” said Franklin, who helmed the first two episodes of the Netflix series, as well as that of Murphy’s “American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez” on FX.

“Ryan wanted to make sure that people understood the brutality of the crimes, and to establish that early on. Because it is a dialectic in a lot of ways, it’s a ‘Rashomon’ kind of a thing, where the young men have their version of what happened. And then later, we see what Kitty and Jose felt about the situation, or based on the information that was available to Ryan and [co-creator] Ian Brennan.”

Franklin continued, “The violence,...

Last year, Netflix’s true-crime limited series “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” received 13 Emmy nominations and scored a major win for supporting actress Niecy Nash-Betts. That came after the victories for lead actor Evan Peters at the Golden Globes and Nash-Betts at the Critics Choice Awards. Flash-forward to 2024, and the second installment of the franchise, “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,” now hopes to follow in the award-winning footsteps of its predecessor.

This project tells the story of how and why Lyle Menendez (Nicholas Alexander Chavez) and Erik Menendez (Cooper Koch) killed their parents, José Menendez (Javier Bardem) and Kitty Menendez (Chloë Sevigny), in their affluent Beverly Hills home in 1989. Other main cast members include Ari Graynor as Erik’s lawyer Leslie Abramson and Nathan Lane as journalist Dominick Dunne.

A notable highlight is Episode 5, “The Hurt Man,” which is told in a single 33-minute camera take as an...

“Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” is asking viewers to be the jury for the Menéndez brothers. The infamous Beverly Hills siblings murdered their parents in 1989, and were convicted in 1996, but today’s more comprehensive understanding of sexual abuse has sparked renewed interest in the case.

“[The show’s] about the consequences of trauma,” Javier Bardem, who plays the father, José, told Variety at the series Los Angeles premiere on Monday. “Unless [it is] properly addressed and healed, it’s going to have a huge, horrible, dramatic effect on generations to come.”

The cast and creatives of the series described its “Rashaman” approach to the story.

“We wanted to really present a lot of different points of view, and then let the audience sort of decide what to take,” writer and producer David McMillan said. “We are talking about real people … many of them are still alive. We want to make sure that our...

“Monsters” Episode 5, “The Hurt Man,” is dedicated solely to Erik Menendez’s point of view. Sitting in a prison meeting room, talking to his attorney Leslie Abramson (Ari Graynor), Erik (Cooper Koch) recounts “all of that” — everything in his life that led he and his brother, Lyle (Nicholas Alexander Chavez), to murder their parents, José (Javier Bardem) and Kitty Menendez (Chloë Sevigny). And he does. Erik remembers the four different ways his father raped him as an 8 year old. He remembers the childlike names he gave each version — simple, evocative labels like “knees” and “mouth massage.” He remembers the “real torture” of his years spent being sexually, physically, and emotionally abused by his dad: “to still love him.” He remembers how their mother allowed it to happen, even sensing she was jealous of her husband’s obscene relationship with their son. Near the end, Erik remembers when he realized what...

There was never a time when Denzel Washington wasn't on a hot streak. Not only does Washington have a talent for picking interesting or unique projects, but he also has the acting acumen to back up whatever he selects. Even when he's decided to make a mainstream genre thriller, clunky crime flick, or brutal, brainless actioner, he is always present, bringing nuance and texture to his performances. It also helps that Washington has become a go-to collaborator for multiple talented directors, having worked with Spike Lee, Antoine Fuqua, Carl Franklin, Jonathan Demme, and both Ridley and Tony Scott multiple times apiece. He has also taken it upon himself to produce 10 movies based on August Wilson's plays, two of which have already been made.

Washington's hot streak in the mid-1990s included, in a row, "Much Ado About Nothing," "The Pelican Brief," "Philadelphia," "Crimson Tide," Virtuosity," "Devil in a Blue Dress,...

Plot: The limited series charts the rise and fall of NFL superstar Aaron Hernandez and explores the disparate strands of his identity, his family, his career, his suicide and their legacy in sports and American culture.

Review: The fourth series in Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk’s American Story franchise, American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez blends a tale focused on a famous athlete with the criminal angle of related series like American Crime Story. The nineteenth volume in the ongoing franchise, Aaron Hernandez is a story that fits right at home alongside Murphy and Falchuk’s subject matter. There are mental illness, murder, celebrity, and queer storylines in abundance, with a new angle that intends to be something of an indictment of the world of college and professional football. However, rather than make a decisive commentary about how the NCAA and NFL have failed to protect players both medically and socially,...

The ten-episode series Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (read our review Here) was such a huge success for the Netflix streaming service back in 2022 that Netflix ordered two more seasons of the show from its creators, Ian Brennan and American Horror Story co-creator Ryan Murphy. Last year, it was announced that the second season would be titled Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, and we’re now just a couple of days away from the premiere date! Monsters is set to start streaming on September 19th… and in the build-up to the season’s premiere, Murphy has gone ahead and revealed that season 3 is going to star Sons of Anarchy‘s Charlie Hunnam as murderer and graverobber Ed Gein.

Variety reports that Murphy made this announcement onstage during a Monsters promotional event in Los Angeles.

Variety also reminds us that Ed Gein, who also hailed from Wisconsin like Dahmer,...

Charlie Hunnam will star in “Monster” Season 3 at Netflix as notorious serial killer Ed Gein.

Series co-creator Ryan Murphy made the announcement onstage during a promotional event in Los Angeles for “Monster” Season 2, which focuses on the Menendez brothers and the murder of their parents. The first season of the anthology series focused on serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer.

Gein, who also hailed from Wisconsin like Dahmer, became infamous in the 1950s when authorities discovered that he not only had killed multiple people, but had dug up graves from a cemetery near his home and fashioned all manner of household items and clothing from human remains. Gein’s case served as an inspiration for several major pop culture characters later on, including Norman Bates in “Psycho” and Buffalo Bill in “Silence of the Lambs.”

This marks the latest newly announced TV role for Hunnam. It was reported in May that he...

José and Kitty Menendez make their Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story debut in the final trailer for the Netflix anthology series, unmasking the now-deceased parents of the real-life brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez.

Following a teaser trailer that hinted at cracks in the family, and the first official trailer focusing on the Menendez brothers after their parents were killed, the new nearly three-minute look at Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s latest Monsters installment brings José and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez into a dark spotlight. The 10-episode season releases Sept. 19 on Netflix.

The trailer opens with a tension-building conversation between Barden’s José and son Lyle, portrayed by Nicholas Chavez, where José compares his son to a disobeying dog. “I think that I didn’t hit you hard enough,” says José, before slapping his son across the face. “So as a father, that is my fault. And I’m sorry.

Netflix has released the official trailer for Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, which will be available on the streaming service on September 19, 2024, at midnight Pt.

Following the massive success of Dahmer, Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s true-crime anthology series returns on Netflix with Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.

The new series chronicles the case of the real-life brothers who were convicted in 1996 for the murders of their parents, José and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez.

While the prosecution argued they were seeking to inherit their family fortune, the brothers claimed – and remain adamant to this day, as they serve life sentences without the possibility of parole – that their actions stemmed out of fear from a lifetime of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse at the hands of their parents.

Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story dives into the historic case that took the world by storm...

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September’s film and television highlights begin with a tale of sports and crime, and the month ends with the devil. In between, well, there’s more sports and crime, the long-awaited return of a mischief-making demon (a.k.a., Beetlejuice Beetlejuice), a show featuring a Batman villain, and a lot more. And that’s just what’s new.

There’s no shortage of must-see titles on streaming services too,...

The ten-episode series Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (read our review Here) was such a huge success for the Netflix streaming service back in 2022 that Netflix ordered two more seasons of the show from creators Ian Brennan and American Horror Story co-creator Ryan Murphy. Last year, it was announced that the second season would be titled Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story – and we’re now just a few weeks away from the premiere date! Monsters is set to start streaming on September 19th, and today, a trailer has arrived online. The trailer can be seen in the embed above, depicting the brothers’ warped mentality as they celebrate their cold-blooded crime.

Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story will chronicle the case of the real-life brothers who were convicted in 1996 for the murders of their parents, José and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez. While the prosecution argued they...

Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story is ready to dive into the trial that became a sensation with its new trailer.

The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story from Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan follows the well-known case of real-life brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez, who were convicted in 1996 for the murders of their parents, José and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez. The first teaser trailer for the limited Netflix series had focused on a portrait of the “perfect” family, with cracks appearing to establish a dark tone, and hinted at the claims made by Lyle and Erik that they were subjected to years of sexual abuse at the hands of their father, José.

The first full trailer now released on Wednesday (below), dives much deeper, showing José (played by Javier Bardem) getting physical with his sons, with the preview alluding to more. The footage begins with the brothers (played by...

The first trailer for “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” has arrived. Netflix released this glimpse at its upcoming original roughly two weeks ahead of the Season 2 premiere of “Monsters” on Sept. 19.

The trailer starts with the night of the murders. As Lyle (Nicholas Chavez) and Erik (Cooper Koch) get out of their car with shotguns in hand, Dr. Jerome Oziel (Dallas Roberts) says, “I’m going to need you to walk me through what happened.” As he talks, Lyle and Erik enter their house. Only flashes of gunfire are seen next.

“Part of this process is the two of you reconnecting, growing closer as brothers,” Dr. Oziel continues.

“Erik and I killed our parents together, so I’d say that makes us pretty close,” Lyle counters while sitting on the therapist’s couch with his brother.

As The Adventures of Stevie V’s “Dirty Cash (Money Talks)” plays,...

Ryan Murphy is putting Chloë Sevigny and Javier Bardem in the forefront for his latest true-crime anthology installment “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.”

Murphy may no longer be under his Netflix overall deal — he’s at Disney now — but the Menendez “Monsters” will be on Netflix as the anthology series pre-dates the move. The Jeffrey Dahmer “Monster” is Netflix’s third-most-watched season of (English-language) television in its recorded history.

This second installment captures the murders of couple Mary Louise “Kitty” (Sevigny) and José Menendez (Bardem), who were killed by their sons Lyle (Nicholas Alexander Chavez) and Erik (Cooper Koch). The boys were convicted in 1996 after arguing that they killed their parents over abuse.

The official synopsis for the series reads: “While the prosecution argued they were seeking to inherit their family fortune, the brothers claimed — and remain adamant to this day, as they serve life sentences without the...

Netflix has unveiled the first trailer for Season 2 of its political thriller “The Diplomat.”

The trailer gives us our first look at Allison Janney as Vice President Grace Penn and answers one of the biggest questions fans had at the end of Season 1.

“A deadly explosion in the heart of London shatters U.S. Ambassador Kate Wyler’s world (Keri Russell). Struggling to rebuild the lives that broke and the team that split apart, Kate’s worst fears unfold: The attack that brought her to the U.K. didn’t come from a rival nation, it came from inside the British government,” reads the series’ log line.

“As Kate chases the truth, her only real ally is her almost ex-husband Hal Wyler (Rufus Sewell), who is very much alive and very much involved. She faces a fraught marriage, a complex dynamic with British Foreign Secretary Austin Dennison (David Gyasi), and...

Netflix on Tuesday dropped an unsettling new teaser trailer promoting “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” – the second true-crime anthology from Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan – that premieres on September 19. The nine-part limited series follows the Emmy-winning 2022 saga “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” that earned a statuette for Niecy Nash-Betts. The streamer released the nearly minute-long teaser that serves to drum up interest in a story that became the stuff of tabloid legend. Watch the new trailer above.

“Monsters” chronicles the real-life case of brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez, who on August 20, 1989 murdered their wealthy parents Jose and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez in the den of their Beverly Hills home. They were convicted of the ghastly crime in 1996. However, the logline for the series reads, “While the prosecution argued they were seeking to inherit their family fortune, the brothers claimed – and remain adamant to this day, as they serve...

Following the massive success of Dahmer, Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s true-crime anthology series returns on Netflix with Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story on September 19, 2024.

The new series chronicles the case of the real-life brothers who were convicted in 1996 for the murders of their parents, José and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez.

While the prosecution argued they were seeking to inherit their family fortune, the brothers claimed – and remain adamant to this day, as they serve life sentences without the possibility of parole – that their actions stemmed out of fear from a lifetime of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse at the hands of their parents.

Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story dives into the historic case that took the world by storm and paved the way for audiences’ modern-day fascination with true crime. In return, it asks those audiences: Who are the real monsters?

The regular cast...

Chloë Sevigny and Javier Bardem are the opposite of one happy family.

The duo star as the ill-fated couple Mary Louise “Kitty” and José Menendez, who were both brutally murdered by their sons Lyle (Nicholas Alexander Chavez) and Erik (Cooper Koch). Their sons were convicted in 1996 after alleging they killed their parents over abuse. The infamous case is fictionalized in the latest installment of Ryan Murphy’s “Monster” anthology series at Netflix with “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,” following Emmy-winning “Dahmer — Monster.”

The official synopsis reads: “While the prosecution argued they were seeking to inherit their family fortune, the brothers claimed — and remain adamant to this day, as they serve life sentences without the possibility of parole — that their actions stemmed out of fear from a lifetime of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse at the hands of their parents. ‘Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story’ dives into...

Netflix has dropped the first teaser for “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,” which will debut on Sept. 19.

“The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” is the second installment of Ryan Murphy’s true crime anthology series, “Monsters,” which debuted in 2022 with the chilling story of serial murderer Jeffrey Dahmer, starring Evan Peters.

Season 2 will follow the 1996 conviction of the Menendez brothers for the murders of their parents. Nicholas Alexander Chavez and Cooper Koch lead the series as Lyle and Erik Menendez, while Javier Bardem and Chloë Sevigny will play José and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez.

The cast also includes Nathan Lane as Dominick Dunne, Ari Graynor as Leslie Abramson, Leslie Grossman as Judalon Smyth, Dallas Roberts as Dr. Jerome Oziel, Paul Adelstein as David Conn, Jason Butler Harner as detective Les Zoeller, Enrique Murciano as Carlos Baralt, Michael Gladis as Tim Rutten, Drew Powell as detective Tom Linehan, Charlie Hall as Craig Cignarelli,...

Netflix has dropped the first look of its upcoming series from Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.” All episodes of the drama will premiere on the streamer globally Sept. 19.

The teaser starts with a family photo of José (Javier Bardem), Kitty (Chloë Sevigny), Lyle (Nicholas Alexander Chavez) and Erik (Cooper Koch) Menendez. After the seemingly perfect portrait is taken, all of their faces fall.

“I need to know what’s going on with you and the boys,” Kitty says in a voiceover as the camera continues to click.

“What do you mean?” her husband José responds.

“I need to know. I don’t want there to be anymore lies between us,” Kitty insists. “I won’t tell anyone.”

“It is over. Stop. I’m going to fix this family,” José says. At that point, José and Kitty walk out of frame. As Lyle and Erik watch them leave,...

Thirty-five years to the day since the gruesome murders of Jose and Kitty Menendez at the hands of their sons, Lyle and Erik Menendez, Netflix on Tuesday officially announced that the second installment in the “Monster” anthology series, titled “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,” will premiere Thursday, September 19 at 3:00 a.m. Et on the streaming service.

The series details the events leading up to and following the events of two brothers as they fatally shot their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion on August 20, 1989. While both were later convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, during their trial, they cited years of abuse by their father as the reason for the murders.

“General Hospital” alum Nicholas Alexander Chavez (ex-Spencer Cassadine) stars in the series as Lyle with Cooper Koch playing Erik, and Javier Bardem and Chloë Sevigny playing their parents,...

Netflix announced Tuesday morning that it’s rolling out “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” – the second true-crime anthology from Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan – on September 19. The nine-part limited series follows the Emmy-winning 2022 saga “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” that earned a statuette for Niecy Nash-Betts. The streamer concurrently released a 48-second teaser trailer that serves to drum up interest in a story that became the stuff of tabloid legend. Watch the trailer above.

“Monsters” chronicles the real-life case of brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez, who on August 20, 1989 murdered their wealthy parents Jose and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez in the den of their Beverly Hills home. They were convicted of the ghastly crime in 1996. However, the logline for the series reads, “While the prosecution argued they were seeking to inherit their family fortune, the brothers claimed – and remain adamant to this day, as they serve life sentences without...

Netflix has set September 19 for the premiere of Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, the second installment of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s true-crime anthology series.

The streamer also released a 48-second teaser trailer, which opens with the words on-screen “On August 20, 1989 Lyle and Erik Menendez Murdered Their Parents” as the two brothers drive up and walk in to the Menendez estate. As they open the door a lone gunshot is heard.

The series chronicles the case of the real-life brothers who were convicted in 1996 for the murders of their parents, José and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez.

Per the official logline: “While the prosecution argued they were seeking to inherit their family fortune, the brothers claimed – and remain adamant to this day, as they serve life sentences without the possibility of parole – that their actions stemmed out of fear from a lifetime of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse...

The ten episode series Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (read our review Here) was such a huge success for the Netflix streaming service back in 2022, Netflix ordered two more seasons of the show from creators Ian Brennan and American Horror Story co-creator Ryan Murphy. Last year, it was announced that the second season will be titled Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story – and now we’re only one month away from the premiere date! Netflix has announced that Monsters is set to start streaming on September 19th, and along with that announcement comes the unveiling of a teaser video, which can be seen in the embed above.

Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story will chronicle the case of the real-life brothers who were convicted in 1996 for the murders of their parents, José and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez. While the prosecution argued they were seeking to inherit their family fortune,...

Javier Bardem is making his Ryan Murphy debut with the highly-anticipated follow-up to “Dahmer — Monster.” Yet this time, Murphy is bringing another harrowing ’90s true crime story to the screen with the Menendez murders.

Bardem stars alongside longtime Murphy collaborator Chloë Sevigny as José and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez, who were both brutally murdered by their sons Lyle (Nicholas Alexander Chavez) and Erik (Cooper Koch). The duo were convicted in 1996. Their case will be the latest installment of the “Monster” anthology series at Netflix with “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.”

The official synopsis reads: “While the prosecution argued they were seeking to inherit their family fortune, the brothers claimed — and remain adamant to this day, as they serve life sentences without the possibility of parole — that their actions stemmed out of fear from a lifetime of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse at the hands of their parents. ‘Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story...

Two years after the release of “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,” Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan are returning to Netflix with their latest harrowing saga. “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” will premiere globally on Netflix Sept. 19.

The first teaser for the series sticks to the facts of this chilling case. Bight white text reads “On August 20, 1989 Lyla and Erik Menendez murdered their parents.” the teaser then shows the two brothers entering José and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez’s Beverly Hills mansion, shotguns in tow.

No words are spoken as the brothers enter the mansion and cock their weapons. The only other sound that can be heard is the fearful panting of an unknown person. Watch the full teaser below:

Following the success of “The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,” Netflix expanded Murphy’s “Monster” saga into an anthology series — a common practice for the executive producer known for...

The second season of Ryan Murphy’s Monsters series has a launch date: Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story will release on Netflix on Sept. 19.

This next installment in Murphy and Ian Brennan’s true-crime anthology series follows Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, the miniseries about Jeffrey Dahmer, played by Evan Peters, that launched in 2022. After that series became a monster hit for the streamer, Netflix ordered two more installments and turned the series into an anthology that will tell “stories of other monstrous figures who have impacted society.”

Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story will follow the well-known case of real-life brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez, who were convicted in 1996 for the murders of their parents, Jose and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez.

The synopsis reads: “While the prosecution argued they were seeking to inherit their family fortune, the brothers claimed — and remain adamant to this day,...

Aaron Hernandez’s journey from NFL pro to convicted murderer gets the scripted TV treatment in the latest installment of Ryan Murphy’s American Story franchise, American Sports Story, the trailer for which debuted Wednesday.

In the series, which premieres on FX on Sept. 17, Josh Andrés Rivera stars as Hernandez, who is tormented by his violent urges. “You don’t know what kind of thoughts I have. It’s like a demon,” he says. “What if God made me this way?”

Various people around the athlete warn him about his uncontrollable urges as someone who is now in the public eye. “You can’t make mistakes, Aaron,” he’s told by a family member. He’s also warned, “The drugs, the sex, the anger — nobody’s questioning your athletic ability, Aaron. They’re questioning your character.”

Besides Rivera, the series stars Patrick Schwarzenegger as Tim Tebow and Norbert Leo Butz...

FX is diving into the brutal and complex story of Aaron Hernandez with the first trailer for “American Sports Story.” The limited series will premiere on FX on Sept. 17 and will be available to stream on Hulu.

“You don’t know the kind of thoughts I had,” Josh Andrés Rivera as Hernandez says in this first trailer. The clip then flashes between scenes of Aaron loading a gun, running down the football field and smoking in a dark club. “It’s like a demon. What if God made me this way?”

The rest of the trailer snaps between these two extremes. One moment, it shows Aaron playing football with the crowd roaring in his ears. The next, he’s brandishing a gun or hanging out in a sleazy house. No matter what the trailer shows, the same ominous ticking can be heard in the background.

“Nobody’s questioning your athletic ability,...

The trailer for FX’s “American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez” has been unveiled.

The 10-episode limited series premieres on FX with two episodes on Sept. 17 and follows the development and family background of the NFL football player Aaron Hernandez — and his violent crimes, murder conviction and death by suicide.

Josh Andrés Rivera stars as Hernandez, who was drafted to the New England Patriots as a tight end in 2010 and played three seasons with the team. Before signing to the Patriots, he played football at the University of Florida. Patrick Schwarzenegger portrays Tim Tebow, Hernandez’s Florida Gators teammate and a rising NFL quarterback.

In the 2013 offseason, Hernandez was arrested and charged for the murder of Odin Lloyd. After being convicted, he died by suicide in prison in 2017.

The series, the first installment of sports anthology series “American Sports Story,” is based on the podcast “Gladiator: Aaron Hernandez and Football Inc.

The first trailer has been released for the inaugural season of FX’s “American Sports Story,” which is inspired by the true story of former NFL player Aaron Hernandez. The 10-episode limited series chronicles many aspects of his controversial life, from his rise as a pro football star to his eventual troubles with the law. Watch the video trailer above, which details “the drugs, the sex, the anger” of Hernandez’s life.

The program will premiere on FX on September 17, 2024 with two episodes, and subsequent hours will air weekly on Tuesday nights. All episodes can be streamed on Hulu the next day.

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“American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez” is the latest edition of Ryan Murphy‘s Emmy-winning anthology franchise, following “American Horror Story” (2011-present), “American Crime Story” (2016–present) and “American Horror Stories” (2021–present). It’s based on...

Ryan Murphy has gone from American Horror to American Crime and now to American Sports. The story of New England Patriots tight end and convicted murderer Aaron Hernandez contains all three.

“American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez” dramatizes the tortured journey of Hernandez, an NCAA and NFL star who three seasons into his professional football career was arrested, convicted of murder, and later found dead by suicide in his jail cell in 2017. He was 27.

Josh Rivera stars in the new FX series as Hernandez. The series follows Hernandez from his high school and college days up through his breakout stardom with the Patriots catching, passes from Tom Brady alongside Rob Gronkowski.

The trailer for “American Sports Story” depicts Hernandez as tortured and lost, questioning his thoughts and wondering “What if God made me this way?” It then shows him grappling with the pressures of his family, sex, drugs, and the violence surrounding him.

Being all things to all people is impossible. Sometimes, no matter how hard you try to live up to people’s expectations, your efforts find a way of sabotaging your best intentions from the inside out. The pressure to perform regardless of your mental well-being often follows athletes like a relentless ghost. All it takes is one slip-up to send you on a downward spiral. In the case of Aaron Hernandez, the gridiron warrior learns the hard way that football dreams and crime don’t mix. FX’s American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez trailer digs deep into the athlete’s downfall for a cautionary tale about expectations, drugs, and throwing it all away.

The first installment of American Sports Story is based on the podcast Gladiator: Aaron Hernandez and Football Inc. from The Boston Globe and Wondery. The limited series charts the rise and fall of NFL superstar Aaron...

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“American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez” finally has a premiere date. The 10-episode limited series will debut on Tuesday, Sept. 17 at 10/9c on FX with two episodes, the network announced Wednesday at the Television Critics Association summer press tour. Subsequent episodes will drop weekly. All episodes will stream the next day on Hulu.

“American Sports Story” is the latest spin-off in Ryan Murphy’s Emmy-winning “American Story” anthology franchise. Based on the podcast “Gladiator: Aaron Hernandez and Football Inc.” from The Boston Globe and Wondery, the inaugural season follows the life of the former New England Patriots tight end who committed suicide in 2017 in prison after being convicted of murder.

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Josh Andrés Rivera, who was most recently seen in “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songs & Snakes,” stars as Hernandez. Patrick Schwarzenegger plays Tim Tebow and Norbert Leo Butz plays Bill Belichick.

FX has slotted Tuesday, September 17 for the premiere of Ryan Murphy’s American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez, the first installment in Murphy’s American Story franchise.

The 10-episode limited series is based on the podcast Gladiator: Aaron Hernandez and Football Inc. from The Boston Globe and Wondery. It charts the rise and fall of NFL superstar Aaron Hernandez, played by Josh Rivera, and explores the disparate strands of his identity, his family, his career, his suicide and their legacy in sports and American culture.

The series also stars Jaylen Barron (Shayanna Jenkins), Lindsay Mendez (Tanya Singleton), Ean Castellanos (DJ Hernandez), Tammy Blanchard (Terri Hernandez), Tony Yazbeck (Urban Meyer), Patrick Schwarzenegger (Tim Tebow), Thomas Sadoski (Brian Murphy), Jake Cannavale (“Chris”) and Norbert Leo Butz (Bill Belichick).

American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez is executive produced by Murphy, Stuart Zicherman, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Alexis Martin Woodall, Eric Kovtun, Scott Robertson and Carl Franklin.

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