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Josh Duggar is still fighting his child porn conviction.

Of course, the 34-year-old disgraced reality TV star was found guilty of possessing child pornography in a very public and messy trial just over a year ago. In May, he was sentenced to serve 151 months in federal prison on that conviction. A month later, he was transferred to FCI Seagoville in the Dallas, Texas area, where he is set to live out the 12 remaining years of his sentence.

But the 19 Kids And Counting alum isn’t done fighting his case. In October, his legal team filed to appeal his conviction. And now, court documents are shedding light on what Josh claims really happened leading up to and during his arrest last spring — and why he thinks it means he deserves another trial!

Related: HORRIFYING Details Of Josh’s Child Porn Allegations

On Wednesday morning, the US Sun revealed that in Duggar’s newly released appeal documents, his legal team is arguing federal agents illegally restrained him while they descended on the Arkansas used car lot where he was working last April.

The documents claim:

“Federal agents surveilled Duggar’s business, waiting for him to arrive. The business was accessible only by a divided highway with no sidewalk and was ‘in the middle of nowhere.’ When Duggar arrived, agents—armed and wearing tactical gear—converged in six vehicles. Duggar immediately took out his phone and said he was calling his attorney. [An agent] took the phone from Duggar’s hand, preventing him from calling counsel.”

In the filing, Josh alleges he was “blindsided” and “not allowed to leave” the dealership as agents searched the lot. We mean… this sounds like a typical FBI raid, right? Does anyone think child porn suspects should be free to come and go during busts? Is there something we’re missing?

The appeal docs continued:

“Yet, against this backdrop, the Government argues Duggar ‘maintained unencumbered freedom of movement’ and that the district court was correct in concluding a reasonable person in Duggar’s position would have perceived himself as not having been ‘deprived of his freedom of action in any significant way.’”

The filing goes on to criticize federal authorities for what Duggar’s legal team argues was overreach in his arrest:

“The Government clings to the notion that Duggar was allegedly told he was free to leave—even though the Government is silent about the inconvenient fact that he had no means to leave. He would have effectively had to walk on the shoulder of a rural highway to leave the police-dominated environment.”

We mean. That’s not on the government, is it? Providing him with a rental car? As we saw in the trial, they already had very good reason to search Duggar’s computer, phone, etc — if that means he’s deprived of means to call an Uber, is that really supposed to undo the entire investigation??

Per the outlet, that part of the newly-unearthed documents concluded:

“The Government also contends Duggar was not restrained. But restraint is about more than being handcuffed. Duggar was placed in a police vehicle with two armed agents. He was told his attorney could not join him after he attempted to call counsel, and he had no access to a vehicle. This Court should conclude a reasonable person in Duggar’s position would have felt ‘deprived of his freedom of action in any significant way.’”

We have a hard time thinking an appeals court is going to side with the guy who was hiding child porn against the word of all these federal agents. Certainly this isn’t going to change any minds in the court of public opinion, right?

Related: Josh Mentioned Child Porn Before Feds Even Started Interrogating Him

But it’s not just accusations of mistreatment by the FBI. Josh is also focusing this new appeal argument on one of his employees, a man named Caleb Williams.

Williams is a registered sex offender. He was previously arrested for criminal sex abuse after being accused of abusing a minor several years prior to Duggar’s arrest. And it was Williams, Duggar’s team alleges, who was responsible for the child pornography on computers at the car lot. This new filing claims:

“Law enforcement failed to investigate Williams and never analyzed Williams’ devices the computer could have been accessed remotely the images and videos were ‘streamed,’ suggesting remote access was possible Williams regularly used the computer and the Government withheld evidence concerning Williams. Duggar was prepared to introduce text messages between Williams and Duggar suggesting Williams’ presence during the relevant time period.”

Duggar’s lawyers also laid out their reveal of having evidence regarding Caleb’s alleged actions. The legal team argued Williams had “familiarity” with the business and its computers and added:

“[Caleb] worked at the business; had familiarity with the computer and its software; engaged in eBay sales and utilized the computer to print labels; sent a text message on May 7, 2019 offering to watch the business that week; spent the night one mile from the business on May 9, 2019; and concealed all metadata on documents provided to the Government in an attempt to establish he was not present. Duggar’s evidence that Williams had the access, opportunity, knowledge, and motive to commit the crimes charged was more than sufficient.”

The thing is, those following the case closely might notice… all of this was presented by his legal team in court. They were trying to pin it on someone else the whole time. But numerous things made that tough — you know, like the password on the porn being the same as the Duggar Family Instagram password. That kinda thing. Not to mention Josh was accused of several instances of child molestation both during his trial and years before.

Interestingly, Caleb has already responded to this new appeals allegation centered on him. He told The Sun he has “pity” for Josh, explaining:

“In my opinion, this is a big PR stunt and he wants his freedom, I get it. I really just hope he gets some help and by the time he gets out and moves on with his life, he becomes a productive citizen. I’m all about second chances when somebody actually takes steps that are positive in their life to make a difference in the bad decisions they’ve made. Taking responsibility is the first step in that.”

Well, don’t hold your breath for Josh taking responsibility. We wouldn’t be surprised if he maintains his innocence until the day he dies, long after he does his time. Hell, he’ll probably write a book about it. For now though, his legal team is requesting an appeals court vacate his guilty conviction and give him a new trial.

What do U think about this appeal argument, y’all? Share your take down in the comments (below)…

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Bob Marley was a reggae legend who served as a world ambassador for reggae music, earned induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, and sold more than 20 million records. The artist, unfortunately, passed away from malignant melanoma cancer in 1981. However, his legacy continues through his music, his 12 kids, and more than 20 grandkids. Unfortunately, one of his grandkids, Joseph Mersa Marley, passed away suddenly on Dec. 27, 2022 at the age of 31. Read on to learn about the “Buffalo Solder” hitmaker’s 12 children and over 20 grandchildren.

Sharon Marley

Sharon Marley was born to Bob Marley’s wife Rita Marley on Nov. 23, 1964, and Bob adopted Sharon when he tied the knot with Rita in 1966. The 58-year-old is involved in the arts like her dad, as she is a singer, dancer, and curator. She was part of the award-winning group Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers her siblings Ziggy Marley, Cedella Marley, and Stephen Marley. The group has three Grammy Awards and eight nominations to its name.

Cedella Marley

Cedella Marley was born to Bob Marley and Rita Marley on Aug. 23, 1967 and was named after her paternal grandmother. The successful 55-year-old wears many hats as a singer who was part of Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers and as a manager for several of her family’s ventures. She is the owner and designer of a women’s casualwear brand Catch A Fire, which is named after bob’s debut album for Island Records, the CEO of Tuff Gong International, Bob’s record label he created in 1965, and director of The Bob Marley Foundation, according to her website. Cedella also helps run Hope Road Merchandising, LLC, a “Marley family entity that manages the rights to Bob’s name and likeness”, and House of Marley, which runs merchandising for the Marley family. on top of all that, she’s the author behind the children’s books, The Boy from Nine Miles (The Early Life of Bob Marley), Three Little Birds, One Love and Every Little Thing.

Her latest book, Marley and the Family Band, was released in early 2022. “[The book] chronicles my life when we moved to Delaware — we came from Jamaica and moved to Wilmington, Delaware when I was a young girl,” Cedella told CBS News in Feb. 2022. “And I just wanted to share that experience of being a migrant kid at the time and bringing music to the neighborhood,” she continued. “It’s also a shout out to the unifying power of music as well as the importance of migration stories for children like myself and others.”

Cedella is also the proud mother of three boys, whom she shares with her husband David Minto. 

She reflected on her father’s legacy ahead of the opening of a musical honoring him titled Get Up, Stand Up!. “When Daddy passed in 1981, the naysayers said that his music and his legacy would be nothing,” she told The Guardian. “Now that he is no longer physically here, he has long ago proven them wrong. He was the one who said, ‘My music will live on for ever.’”

Ziggy Marley

Bob Marley’s eldest son, Ziggy Marley, certainly takes after his father and is arguably the most famous musician of his large brood. He was born on Oct. 17, 1968. The 54-year-old was the lead vocalist in Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers and has a plethora of albums to tout, plus eight Grammy awards to his name. His first album was titled Dragonfly and was released in 2003. His second album, Love Is a Religion, won a Grammy Award in 2007. He then went on to release Family Time, Wild and Free, Fly Rasta and his self-titled album. His most recent album titled, More Family Time, came in 2020. He’s actively touring.

Like his older sister, he Ziggy has released several children’s books, a cookbook, and even a comic book called MarijuanaMan.  He also created a photo book in a tribute to his father titled Bob Marley: Portrait of the Legend. “Going through the photos, it hit me how young he was,” Ziggy told Caribbean Journal about working on the book. “It’s sad, but he did so much in that time— it’s still a testament to his ethics and spirituality. He knew he had to do everything in the shortest amount of time.”

Furthermore, Ziggy is a philanthropist and supports a myriad of foundations that support children in need, the environment, education, healthcare, and more. He has seven children, including singer Bambaata Marley.

Stephen Marley

Stephen Marley was born on April 20, 1972 to Bob Marley and Rita Marley. He started singing professionally at the age of 7 with his older siblings in The Melody Makers. He is an eight-time Grammy winner, with six of them coming from the Best Album category. Like his older brother Ziggy, he is a philanthropist. Stephen co-founded the Ghetto Youths Foundation with his younger brothers Damian and Julian Marley. He is also currently touring.

Robbie Marley

Robbie Marley was born to Bob Marley and Pat Williams on May 16, 1972. The 50-year-old lives a relatively private life compared to his siblings, but was documented going on a trip to Africa with his brothers Ziggy Marley and Rohan Marley in 2011 for a filmed titled Marley Africa Roadtrip that is available on Amazon Prime Video. It’s official description reads, “Marley Africa Roadtrip follows three sons of music legend Bob Marley as they travel back to Africa with hopes of reconnecting with their father. Thirty years after his passing, Ziggy, Rohan and Robbie Marley uncover the roots of his legacy of music, family and African Unity.”

He also appeared in the 2012 documentary, MARLEY. In an interview that same year, he explained how being the son of Bob Marley has made him a better person after being asked how having an “iconic father” benefits him. “It benefits, but at the same time… It benefits. There’s no negative in that. It always helps you to become a better person, because if I wasn’t the son of [Bob Marley], then I could do bad things,” he told Collider.

Rohan Marley

Rohan Marley was born on May 19, 1972 to Bob Marley and Janet Hunt. The 50-year-old entrepreneur is also a father to five children with singer and songwriter Lauryn Hill: Selah Marley, Zion David Marley, John Nesta Marley, Joshua Omaru Marley and Sarah Marley. He also shares Nico Marley, Eden Marley with Geraldine Khawley and Maria Fialho Marley with Barbara Fialho.

He made headlines in 2020 when his daughter Selah called both her parents out in an online video that can be seen here for arguing in front of her and using physical means to punish her, and accused Rohan of not being a present father. He apologized to his daughter publicly on Instagram. “I love her very much and do apologize for any contributions I may have added by arguing in front of her as a child,” he wrote in the statement. “I’ve grown as a man, a spiritual being and a father. I am constantly growing and will teach my children to always take the higher road in any disagreements.  I will be there for her no matter how many hours, days, months or years it will take. I will be the best Dad that I can be. One Love.”

Stephanie Marley

Stephanie Marley was born to Bob and Rita Marley on August 17, 1974. The 48-year-old lives a relatively private life, but it is known she worked at B’Unik Modeling Talent Agency as recently as 2015 and was tasked with turning their business around. “We have been networking with ad agencies and production teams to get our company in the know. We still have to work on increased publicity; however, the response has been good as we have made it easier for agencies to locate and identify children with talent,” she told the Jamaica Observer in 2015.

Karen Marley

Karen Marley was born to Bob Marley and Janet Bowen in 1973. The 49-year-old resides in England and is involved in the fashion industry. She’s a designer who has her own label called By Karen Marley. She recently honored her father on her social media by posting lyrics to his song “Forever Loving Jah.” She also recently posted an inspiring message in honor of him. She wrote, “Choose today to learn from your mistakes. Choose to allow any challenge to make you stronger. Choose the disappointments to make you more determined. Choose to turn your frustrations into stronger patience. Today, you have the power to choose to be positively proactive and not let anything hold you back from happiness.”

Julian Marley

Julian Marley was born to Bob Marley and Lucy Pounder on June 4, 1975 and like many of his siblings, he is a musician, songwriter, producer, and humanitarian. The devout Rastafarian released his first album, Lion In The Morning, in 1996. He then released A Time & Place, Awake and most recently, As I Am. In a 2020 interview, Julian said he doesn’t feel pressured to be as big as his father was. “You can’t do twice as much; you have to do what you can do,” he told The Guardian Life. “You have to do what you are supposed to do, cuz everyone has a mission. Everyone has something to do. I don’t think of it like that.”

Ky-Mani Marley

Ky-Mani Marley was born on Feb. 26, 1976 to Bob Marley and Anite Belnavis. The 46-year-old is a musician with one Grammy nomination under his belt.  He also has recorded a number of albums including Like Father Like Son in honor of his dad, Radio, The Journey, and Maestro.

Damian Marley

Damian Marley was born to Bob and Cindy Breakspeare (Miss World 1976) on July 21, 1978. The 44-year-old is a DJ, singer and rapper. He released his first album Mr. Marley in honor of his father in 1996. He has four Grammy wins to his name, including for the Best Reggae Album category for his most recent work, 2017’s Stony Hill.

Ahead of what would have been Bob Marley’s birthday on February 6, 2019, Damian reflected on his father’s effect on their lives. “Our father is really a part of our everyday life, to tell you the truth, with the lessons and the morals and the example that he set carries us through everything that we do,” he told OkPlayer. “So it is great to see, on his birthday, so many other people celebrate him. But we celebrate him every day.”

Makeda Jahnesta

Bob Marley shares his youngest child Makeda Jahnesta with Yvette Crichton. She was born on May 30, 1981, just days after Bob passed away. The 41-year-old has a son named Kai and keeps fans posted on him on her social media. She made headlines when she was caught growing marijuana in her home in 2010. Not much else is known about his youngest child.

Bob Marley’s Grandchildren

Bob Marley has 12 children and even more grandchildren: at least 20! Read on to learn about the singer’s most notable grandkids.

Joseph Mersa Marley

As mentioned above, his 31-year-old grandson Joseph Mersa Marley died suddenly on Dec. 27, 2022. According to multiple reports, he was found unresponsive in a vehicle, but a cause of death was not immediately given. Joseph was a talented musician who decided to pursue music at an early age.

“I decided I wanted to do music from I was 11. Me and my cousin Daniel began to make beats with MPCs (MIDI Production Center or Music Production Controller) but I wouldn’t save them properly,” he told Jamaica Observer in 2014. “Then when I was around 12, my cousins and I went on the Melody Makers’ Roots Rock tour. Uncle Ziggy bought my cousins an Apple laptop and we used the Garage Band software and made our beats on it. We recorded from the microphone, put on our headphones and that became our studio for a good three years. That is when my songwriting started to get more focused.”

Joseph released two EPs during his music career: Comfortable in 2014 and Eternal in 2021. He also collaborated with his father, Stephen, on his 2016 song ”Revelation Party”, which was from his album Revelation Part 2: The Fruit of Life.

Mystic Marley

Mystic Marley is the sister of Joseph and was born in March of 1997. She is an aspiring musician herself and boasts more than 15,000 Instagram followers. She is inspired by her late grandfather every day, and she said she even once saw him in the clouds. “There was a moment where I literally saw his face in the cloud, and nobody could tell me it wasn’t him,” she told TODAY in 2021.

Adding that she always feels his presence, she said, “I feel like nature has this really beautiful way of showing itself sometimes — and even in the trees sometimes. I just, like, close my eyes and I see him, or I’m making music and I feel him.”

Donisha Prendergast

Donisha Prendergast became an advocate for police reform after she was reported to be breaking into a southern California AirBnb she had rented while on a work trip. The eldest grandchild of Bob and Rita Marley was with two other Black colleagues and a white assistant when they were surrounded by seven police cars. “When I was ordered to put my hands up I looked at one of the policemen and said are you serious? From the first few minutes, they knew that they were wrong but there is no protocol to deescalate the situation,” she explained to Billboard.

“They never drew weapons and at no moment was I afraid; I just felt sorry for them because they looked like robots repeating protocol. The police got a call about a potential burglary in process and they sent seven vehicles, a helicopter and not one black officer but they knew it was three black people there,” she further recalled. “What did they expect would happen? We have to revise this protocol because it has resulted in many destructive ends; I am sure that one of the reasons why the police were so well behaved in this case is because of who I am.”

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Swiss-born filmmaker Marc Forster has been making movies in Hollywood ever since his second film, death row drama Monster’s Ball, broke through, garnering Halle Berry an Oscar in 2002. Since then, he’s worked with everyone from Kate Winslet (Finding Neverland), Brad Pitt (World War Z) to Will Ferrell (Stranger Than Fiction); as well as becoming the youngest ever filmmaker to direct a James Bond movie, with 2008’s Quantum of Solace.

Forster now returns with A Man Called Otto, an American remake [and adaptation of the Fredrik Backman novel) of the life-affirming 2015 Swedish film A Man Called Ove directed by Hannes Holm, which was nominated for two Oscars. In it, Tom Hanks plays Otto, a curmudgeonly widower who seemingly has nothing left to live for. Until, that is, new neighbours and a stray cat come into his life…

How did you feel about doing a remake? It’s the first of your career.

“I loved the book [by Fredrik Backman]. I also really enjoyed the Swedish movie. I felt like Otto is so universal, and I got so excited about the story, that I felt it needs to be told to even a wider audience. Because it’s archetypal. Like a Shakespearean character, like Hamlet, has been told in many different languages, you could tell this film in many different countries, many different languages, because Otto is so universal. We all know an Otto, or an Ove, in our lives. And I think, from that point of view, I thought that it definitely would be a great adventure to go on.”

Why do you think he is so universal? What is it about him that makes him this archetypal figure?

“I think when we get older, a lot of people get lonelier, and also, they get grumpier and they also think everybody else is an idiot! And they need to do it on their own. My mother reminds me of Otto. Sometimes, film directors in general have certain aspects of Otto in them. I think it’s a very common thing. But ultimately, the story is life-affirming, and it brings a community together, which I really love. And it’s a film, I feel, where you cry and you laugh, and that’s what I did with the book. I think that’s the beauty about it. I feel it should also be experienced in the theatre, because it’s a communal experience, the laughter and crying. Experiencing the film in a theatrical setting is really great if you get a chance.”

So, you’re Otto-like when you’re on a film set?

“You always are! Sometimes, you’re very precise. And there are certain things you would like to get done, and you’re persistent about them. And if they don’t get done that way, then you do it yourself. So, it’s a little bit like that sometimes!”

This is a dark comedy, not a style you’ve ventured towards that often. Was that interesting for you?

“Yes. I enjoyed the experience of my time with Stranger Than Fiction. And I wanted to do more comedy again. And then with [2018’s] Christopher Robin, I just had such a joyful time with Winnie the Pooh, that I felt like this would be the right project to develop, to do more comedy. But also, it has the dark and the light. It has both.”

It can get pretty bleak. How did you strike the balance with the film’s more uplifting moments?

“You have to take the topic very seriously in regard to suicide, and obviously we consulted risk prevention organisations and so on. And you want to take the topic seriously, but at the same time, you have the yin and the yang, the light and the dark, and you have to counterbalance [the bleakness] with also the hopefulness. The cat brings unconditional love into his life, and really brings in that joy, but I think also Mariana Treviño, the new Mexican neighbour, brings incredible humour and light and her persistence really opens Otto up and ultimately bring purpose to his life.”

Did you take a sort of perverse pleasure from casting the nicest man in Hollywood as the grumpiest man in America?

“If I didn’t have Tom, the audience probably would have an actor that they really would dislike when he plays such a grump. But Tom even makes playing a grump charming, because he’s such a brilliant actor, and he’s truly the best actor I’ve ever worked with. He just can fine-tune these moments. When we worked together, it was also lovely, because our sensitivities really overlapped; how I saw the film and how he saw the character. So that was a true pleasure.”

You cast his son Truman as Otto’s younger self.

“That is correct. He’s not an actor. He actually wants to be a DP and is working on that. But I convinced him to be in this movie. And he did a really lovely job. Because he reminded me, visually of how Tom looked in the 1980s, when he did like Splash and Big and so on.”

Otto has a very distinct growl. How did you and Tom work on that?

“I recorded a lot of them in ADR in post as well. We had it in there and I said, ‘I need more of the growling.’ And at one point, my editor said, ‘Marc, I think we have too many growls in there!’ And we’re mixing the film and we were fine-tuning the growls because they made me laugh. A very distinct Otto sound. And Tom made those noises himself. I just took that and ran with it!”

Do you enjoy switching between big and small movies?

“Yeah, the little character pieces I enjoy, but these big movies are a challenge, and they take a lot out of you. It’s a different skillset you have to bring out for these bigger movies. But these little movies, they bring me a lot of joy. I like to do both. It’s a dance… I like to switch it up!”

The biggest movie of your career was probably the Bond Quantum of Solace. What did you think of how they ended Daniel Craig’s arc, in such a fatal manner, in No Time to Die?

“I felt ultimately, emotionally, they earned it. It made me obviously sad like many other Bond fans to see him die, but I think emotionally on that trajectory he was on and what he went through, I think it was earned. Even though I was surprised, I thought it was earned. Many people were upset. I wasn’t upset because I felt that the emotional arc was deserved.”

Would you ever consider going back down the line to another Bond film?

“Yeah, I love Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson, and I think they’re great producers, and were great partners, so I would do anything with them.”

There’s been talk of a World War Z sequel, originally with David Fincher at the helm. That didn’t happen. Could you see yourself stepping in?

“I don’t know. I always liked that property. I don’t think they’re making it anytime soon. I think there were a lot of budgetary issues and other issues. That property was super interesting. I think it’s an incredible book.”

Is horror a genre that interests you? Your 2005 film Stay (starring Ryan Gosling) was so unusual.

“My thing is right now… as long as it explores the humanity of it, the human experience. I think that’s really key for me, because the time we’re living through on the planet… I feel like the more stories we can tell, that have hope, [the better].

Is that why you went for making A Man Called Otto?

“Yes, absolutely. Because the life-affirming aspect of it is very important to me and bringing a community together. Because that community brings him out of his loneliness and gives him a reason to love.”

A Man Called Otto is released in cinemas on January 1, 2023

There are a lot of Christmas horror movies out there, but the most controversial one of all was the 1984 slasher Silent Night, Deadly Night. A film that was run out of theatres by outraged parents… and then used the controversy as a foundation to build a lengthy franchise on. To celebrate the holidays this year, we here at Arrow in the Head have compiled a list of the Best Moments in the Silent Night, Deadly Night Franchise. To see what our picks were, keep scrolling. Then let us know what you would choose as the franchise’s best moments by leaving a comment below!

SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT (1984): VISIT WITH GRANDPA

There’s no violence in this moment, but it still ranks as one of the most disturbing scenes in this franchise. Little Billy accompanies his parents on a Christmas Eve visit to his grandfather, who sits in a catatonic state in a mental facility. When his folks make the genius decision to leave Billy alone with Grandpa, the old man reveals that he is conscious and able to communicate – and he uses his time alone with Billy to scare the hell out of the kid. Grandpa tells him Christmas Eve is “the scariest damn night of the year” because Santa Claus severely punishes those who have been naughty. He says Billy better run for his life if he sees Santa… Then the parents return to the room and Grandpa goes back to his catatonia act.

SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT (1984): LINNEA QUIGLEY

This is the most famous sequence in the Silent Night, Deadly Night franchise, so of course it had to be on this list. Billy, all grown up to become a rampaging maniac in a Santa suit, busts into a house where a young woman named Denise, played by scream queen Linnea Quigley, has been left to babysit her little sister, but has been paying more attention to her boyfriend. Billy impales the topless Denise on the antlers of a mounted deer head, adds her boyfriend to his body count, and then crosses paths with little sister. After confirming that the girl has been good this year, Billy gives her a present: a bloody boxcutter he used to kill a previous victim.

SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT (1984): BEHEAD ON A SLED

When you’re making a movie like Silent Night, Deadly Night and desecrating the image of Santa Claus, you also have to work in ways to turn holiday iconography and activities beyond Santa into something deadly or scary. The best example of this in the original film is the sledding scene, where some youngsters are taking sleds down a snowy hill. A couple bullies come along and steal the sleds, but the worst of the bullies gets his comeuppance. As he’s sledding down the hill, Billy steps out of the darkness and cuts the douchebag’s head off with one swing of his axe. His headless corpse continues on to the bottom of the hill… and then the head comes rolling after.

SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT PART 2 (1987): GARBAGE DAY!

Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 is only half a movie, as more than 40 minutes of its 88 minute running time are dedicated to Billy’s younger brother Ricky relating the story of the first movie, complete with stock footage. But eventually Ricky becomes a killer as well, resulting in a popular sequence where he rampages through a neighborhood. He kills his girlfriend’s ex, kills his girlfriend when she’s shocked by the murder, takes a gun from a cop who witnessed those kills, and uses that gun to shoot people he sees outside their homes or driving by in cars. Spotting a man taking out the trash, Ricky exclaims, “Garbage day!” The line delivery from actor Eric Freeman and the look on his face makes this a very memorable moment.

SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT III: BETTER WATCH OUT! (1989): CHRISTMAS NIGHTMARE

The franchise really takes a dive into the bizarre with the third film, which remains a slasher but a very odd one. Ricky is still around (and played by genre icon Bill Moseley), but the efforts to save his life have left him in a coma, with his brain visible through a transparent dome on his head. A psychic blind girl has been brought in to tap into Ricky’s mind, resulting in her having the strange, bloody, Christmas-themed nightmare she has at the beginning of the movie. Ricky stalks her through the white halls of a hospital, and Santa is no help. Turns out she has been too effective at making contact with Ricky, as he rises from his coma and continues his killing spree while following her to her grandma’s house for Christmas.

INITIATION: SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT 4 (1990): RICKY STOPS BY

The franchise reaches its strangest point with this sequel, which ditches the killer Santa approach to tell a story about a coven of witches. A gross story, full of disgusting sights involving slime, bugs, and larva. One of the most troubling sequences comes when an odd fellow named Ricky and played by Clint Howard (he’s not the same Ricky from the previous films) shows up in the apartment of our heroine Kim with the intention of taking her to a ritual. An intense struggle breaks out between Ricky, Kim, and her boyfriend Hank… and things don’t go well for anyone but Ricky. This sequence works because it feels disturbingly realistic. And because of the moment where Ricky stabs Kim’s bare foot through the crack under a locked door.

SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT 5: THE TOY MAKER (1991): BABYSITTER ATTACK

As you may have figured out by the subtitle, Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker is indeed about people being knocked off by deadly toys. These toys come from a shop run by a character played by Mickey Rooney – who was one of the people outraged by the existence of the first Silent Night, Deadly Night just seven years earlier. A standout sequence involves a babysitter hooking up with her boyfriend while on the job and their tryst being interrupted by an invasion of killer toys. A motorized hand, a rubber snake, a remote-controlled car with spinning saw blades on it, a tank that fires live rounds, little soldiers that are also armed… The girl and her boyfriend have a lot to contend with.

SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT 5: THE TOY MAKER (1991): SECRETS REVEALED

This movie isn’t subtle with the fact that it was drawing inspiration from Pinocchio. The toy maker is Joe Petto (Geppetto), he has a son called Pino – and in the disturbing climactic moments, it is revealed that Pino is a robot that was created by Joe to replace his dead son. Things haven’t gone well for Joe and Pino by this point in the film, and Pino is looking to move on from his abusive father to a loving mother. And he has chosen heroine Sarah Quinn to be his new mommy. He just needs Sarah’s young son Derek to be removed from the equation. And the way Pino acts toward Sarah while telling her he wants her to be his mother is really twisted.

SILENT NIGHT (2012): WOODCHIPPER MASSACRE

This movie was marketed as a remake, but it tells its own story and might as well be considered Silent Night, Deadly Night 6. Best of all, it gets the franchise back to the killer Santa set-up. One of the most memorable slashing sequences begins with the Santa interrupting a hotel room porn shoot. Multiple people are slashed, limbs are lost, bullets are fired, and a chase sequence ends in the Christmas tree lot beside the hotel… where there happens to be a woodchipper in the middle of the lot, and – quite conveniently – no one around to try to stop the slasher from putting it to use in a very blood way. Here the killer Santa proves he is definitely worthy of following in the footsteps of Billy and Ricky.

SILENT NIGHT (2012): POLICE STATION RAID

Chances are there are two elements of Silent Night that stick in the average viewer’s mind: the woodchipper scene and the fact that the killer Santa arms himself with a flamethrower in the climactic moments, where he raids the local police station and has a standoff with the sheriff played by Malcolm McDowell. There isn’t a lot of flamethrower action, but it’s an unforgettable sight. Santa also wields an axe and brass knuckles during the police station attack, adding a few more victims to his sizeable body count. Shockingly, the use of a flamethrower in this movie was inspired by a real-life Christmas Eve massacre, and you can hear about that in the “WTF Really Happened to This Horror Movie?” video embedded above.

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• A Christmas Story first aired in 1983.
• The movie starred Peter Billingsley, Ian Petrella, Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin, and Zack Ward.
• Members of the original cast reunited for the 2022 sequel, A Christmas Story Christmas.

“You’ll shoot your eye out!” “I Triple-Dog-Dare Ya!” “Fraa-jeel-aay! It must be Italian!” Since A Christmas Story first came out in 1983, the movie has been a family holiday classic. The film continues to play in households all across America, thanks to the yearly 24-hour marathons. Plus, in 2022, it got a long-awaited sequel, A Christmas Story Christmas. The HBO Max film reunited most of the surviving members of the original movie’s cast.

Directed by Bob Clark and based on Jean Shepherd’s book, In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash, A Christmas Story shows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker (Peter Billingsly) enthralled in the Christmas spirit and how all he wants is a Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-shot Range Model air rifle. As he tries to guarantee that the BB gun will be under the tree come Christmas morning, we are treated to adventures featuring Ralphie, his younger brother Randy (Ian Petrella), and his beleaguered parents (Darren McGavin and Melinda Dillon).

There are also clashes with neighborhood bullies Scott’ Scut’ Farkus (Zack Ward) and Grover Dill (Yano Anaya) and an unforgettable scene with Santa (Jeff Gillen). Not to mention, The Old Man and his “major award,” the now-iconic leg lamp. Though the movie was a moderate success – it pulled in $19 million at the box office – it has become a classic.

The cast has also gone on to do other things, as well.

Peter Billingsley

Peter Billingsley acted in The Dirk Bike Kids, Russkies, and Arcade. He even returned to Christmas movies with 2003’s Elf, co-producing the film and appearing as Ming Min the elf. Peter also had roles in Iron Man, Four Christmases, and Spider-Man: Far From Home. He also directed a few movies, like Couples Retreat and Term Life.

In the 1990s, Billingsley began to work more behind the scenes as a producer and writer on projects. In 2005, he was nominated for an Emmy for the show, Dinner for Five. He also served as an executive producer on the first Iron Man film.

Peter also co-wrote 2022’s A Christmas Story Christmas. “We were developing this movie for almost four years,” Peter told Collider. “A few years ago, it felt like the right time to start to explore this. A lot of things had to line up to make it right. We were able to partner with (screenwriter) Nick Schenk. I was able to write the story with him.”

“The original is irreverent. It was a little mean-spirited, at times, but it’s real,” added Billingsley. “So, to get that right, Clay Kaytis, our director, was able to produce with my long-time producing partner, Vince Vaughn. We’ve made a lot of movies together. Timing lined up, for a lot of the right pieces. And, most importantly, Ralphie, as a father, was a great way in to explore this movie. What would he be like, as a dad? What would his family be like? Where is he in his life?”

Ian Petrella

Ian Petrella would go on to appear in a handful of television shows following A Christmas Story, including Diff’reny Strokes, Who’s The Boss?, Highway To Heaven, and Beverly Hills, 90210. However, he would fall out of love with acting, only to discover his passion lay in the art form of puppetry. However, Ian reprised his role as Randy for A Christmas Story Christmas.

Melinda Dillon

Melinda Dillion was one of the few surviving actors of the 1983 original Christmas Story who didn’t return for A Christmas Story Christmas, but in 2022, she was 83 years old. Her role as Mrs. Parker was played by Julie Hagerty in the sequel.

Melinda — who earned critical acclaim for her roles in Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Absence of Malice – had notable roles in Harry and the Hendersons, Magnolia, Reign Over Me, and To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar. She stopped acting after 2007, with her last roles being in the movie Reign Over Me and three episodes of Heartland.

Darren McGavin

Darren McGavin appeared in The Man with the Golden Arm and on numerous television shows (Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer) before A Christmas Story. He continued to act up until he died in 2006.

Scott Schwartz

Scott Schwartz appeared in another 1980s classic, starring opposite Richard Pryor in The Toy. After A Christmas Story, Scott had a roller coaster of a career. After having roles in Raiders of the Living Dead and 1988’s Fear, Scott worked in the adult film industry. He left the industry at the start of the 2000s and concentrated on acting in more mainstream, non-explicit films. He appeared in the TV series, The Comeback Kids, in the movie A Wrestling Christmas Miracle, and in Doll Killer 2. In 2022, he reprised his role of Flick in the sequel.

R.D. Robb

Like Peter, R.D. Robb found success behind the camera following A Christmas Story. He was the executive producer of the Siren series from 2018-2019 and produced films What Goes Up, Triple Dog, and April Apocalypse.

As an actor, Robb had sporadic roles through the 80s and 90s. He voiced Miguel on He-Man and Re-Ra: A Christmas Special, appeared in The Brady Bunch Movie and in three episodes of The Goldbergs, to name a few. He reprised his role as Schwartz in the 2022 film, A Christmas Story Christmas.

Zack Ward

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— Zack Ward (@TotalZackWard) December 18, 2022

Perhaps the biggest glow-up is that of Zack Ward. The yellow-eyed bully of A Christmas Story appeared on television shows like Titus, NCIS, Lost, and Crossing Jordan. He has also appeared in Repo, Transformers, Don’t Blink, and Survive The Game. He’s also available for Cameos if you want to get someone that special something.

It’s incredible how this sleeper hit has become a yearly tradition. One of the ways the film has endured over the decades – and this is probably key to its longevity — is through the 24-hour marathons that have aired on TBS and TNT. The networks began airing the movie around Christmastime in the 1980s, but in 1997, TNT cemented the film’s legacy by kicking off the first 24-hour marathon. “Starting in 2014, we started airing it across both TBS and TNT,” Michael Quigley, then the networks’ executive vice president of network and programming optimization and content strategy, told Variety in 2018. The marathons at the time were reaching “over 40 million viewers,” which Quigley described as “staggering in terms of its performance, and we’re finding that constantly it is among the top-performing movies on our network year after year.”

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It’s hard not to draw parallels with the fatigue we’re all feeling and the current landscape of cinema, not least a ‘best of’ list that this year so strongly reflects a sense of social anxiety, alienation and division. Topping our list (just beating Martin McDonagh’s superbly gothic The Banshees of Inisherin) is Aftersun.

Last year, we opened our ‘best of 2021’ list with Celia Johnson’s immortal line that “this misery can’t last”. Well, it seems that misery has a stubborn habit of sticking around. A year that began with the invasion of Ukraine, imposed three disastrous prime ministers on the UK – freezing half the country while starving the rest – now ends with a series of strikes across the public sector. It’s hard to imagine the lid staying on the pressure cooker much longer.

As the world passes into greater uncertainty and politics into ever bitter malignity, “this too, shall pass” is the platitude for which we have found myself reaching. Perhaps that is why David Gordon Green’s trilogy capper Halloween Ends – unfairly maligned in this writer’s eyes – resonated so strongly, when scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis mused that evil doesn’t die, it just changes shape.

More optimistically, perhaps the fatigue we are feeling are the merely the death rattles of the old and the early cries of something new. Indeed, the biggest recent upset to film orthodoxy was Sight and Sound’s decadal ‘Greatest Films of All Time’ poll, with Chantal Akermann’s Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles ruffling old school feathers (notably Paul Schrader, who described the surprise win as a ‘woke reappraisal’) by topping the poll. It’s always disappointing to see once great voices reaching for tabloid buzzwords. Those who once undermined the orthodoxies of the past only make themselves small by jealously guarding those of the present.

It’s hard not to draw parallels with the fatigue we’re all feeling and the current landscape of cinema, not least a ‘best of’ list that this year so strongly reflects a sense of social anxiety, alienation and division. Topping our list (just beating Martin McDonagh’s superbly gothic The Banshees of Inisherin) is Aftersun, a film that deals heavily with how our understandings of self are reflected and refracted through media and memory. If that sounds like so much artsy navel-gazing, then nothing could be further from the truth.

Charlotte Wells’ debut film is among most profoundly moving films of the year, deeply rooted in specific class and cultural contexts, but that will also resonate with anyone familiar with the distress of feeling one’s sense of self slipping away. Such a description could apply to a number of films on our list, from Baz Luhrmann’s sumptuous Elvis biopic, to Park Chan-wook’s knotty, sublime police thriller-cum-relationship drama Decision to Leave. It was a thrill too, to see more than one example of body horror find its way on to this year’s list, with Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future and Bones and All – two very different films that both manifest social anxieties into bodily modification and consumption.

Meanwhile, Alice Diop’s Saint Omer – a superb courtroom drama whose final minutes hit you like a freight train – embraced and celebrated the monstrosity of bodies in defiance of patriarchal values. Defiance, of course, runs through Sarah Polley’s Women Talking and Jafar Panahi’s politically charged No Bears. Prior to Aftersun, No Bears had topped my personal best, largely for its director’s jaw-dropping bravery in defying the Iranian authorities’ ban on his making films and imminent imprisonment. Indeed, if the misery won’t pass after all, what is left to do but stand in defiance of it and resist?

N.B. As ever, only entries that had their world premiere this year were eligible for our FOTY list.

10. Women Talking (dir. Sarah Polley)

We had to wait ten years for a new film from Canadian director Sarah Polley (Away From Her, Stories We Tell), but her adaptation of Miriam Toews’ Women Talking was well worth it. Boasting a wonderful ensemble cast that includes Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley and Judith Ivey, Polley’s latest focuses on a group of women in an isolated religious community as they debate their response to a series of attacks on their kin from the men they live and work with. Their options: do nothing; stay and fight; or leave. It’s remarkable that a film with such heavy subject matter still manages to be as sprightly, inventive and – yes – even humorous as it is. Let’s hope the wait is shorter for Polley’s next stint in the director’s chair. Daniel Green

9. Brian and Charles (dir. Jim Archer)

British comedy has always made a virtue of the proximity of comedy to tragedy. We appreciate the friendship and sunshine for its rarity amidst the drizzle of loneliness. David Earl plays Brian Gittins, an eccentric inventor who invents himself a robot Charles (Chris Hayward) to keep him company in his slate cottage. The comedy is hilarious and all the warmer for the wind-driven rain tapping at the window. Jim Archer’s debut feature film – based on a short by the same team – is the most original British comedy for years, a magical and touching celebration of friendship. John Bleasdale

8. Tár (dir. Todd Field)

It takes a certain bravery, on the part of a film-maker, to put their own creative instincts on screen up against the grandeur of a gold-plated masterpiece. But so it is in Tár, where an imagined maestro on the podium of the Berlin philharmonic grapples with Mahler’s Fifth, battling everyone from the orchestra itself to her daughter’s schoolyard bully in a rich, towering study of desire and the will to command. Tom Duggins

7. Elvis (dir. Baz Luhrmann)

Biopics are perhaps the most maligned of all the cinematic genres, and not without cause: mediocre music biopics are ten a penny. But formulas exist for a reason and sometimes what works, works. On paper, there was little about the Elvis story that was likely to surprise. But add in Luhrmann’s preternatural ability for dazzling visuals and sumptuous style, a delightfully ludicrous turn from Tom Hanks’ panto villain Colonel Tom Parker, and a freakishly star-making performance from Austin Butler, and Elvis transformed into something more than the sum of its parts. Chris Machell

6. Bones and All (dir. Luca Guadagnino)

Bones and All, like the best horror movies, finds poetry in the frightening, in the transgressive, in the perverse. It mines light from darkness and transforms it before our eyes into something universal, shining and true, no matter how ephemeral. “Love’s the only engine of survival,” the late Leonard Cohen once crooned, and Guadagnino would no doubt agree with such hopeful sentiment. But tragedy beckons as tragedy always does in these narratives. The end is written at the start. Bones and all. Read the full review. Martyn Conterio

5. Crimes of the Future (dir. David Cronenberg)

David Cronenberg first made Crimes of the Future in 1972. It was a disturbing account of a plague that killed all sexually mature women. Now, with a reputation built over half-a-century of work, Cronenberg has returned to the scene of his Crimes with an A-list ensemble in tow. Plot strands serve as clotheslines on which to bed some fascinating ideas, spouted with darkly humorous conviction by the film’s ensemble cast (including Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux and Kristen Stewart). There’s no subtext here, and Cronenberg delights in hitting many of the old favourites from his back catalogue: long live the new flesh (Videodrome); secretive cults (Scanners); weird children (The Brood); flesh ports (eXistenZ). JB

4. Saint Omer (dir. Alice Diop)

Documentary filmmaker Alice Diop’s (We, La Permanence) first narrative feature is a major achievement and an investigation into motherhood, judgment and the other. Kayije Kagame plays Rama, a university professor and writer who is working on a new book – the centrepiece of which is going to feature the real-life trial of a Senegalese woman, Laurence Coly (Guslagie Malanga), who is accused of murdering her 15-month-old daughter. Diop is brave enough not to give us the comfort of closure and yet somehow there is catharsis as well. Saint Omer is a deeply intellectual film – Medea is referenced several times as a frame of understanding – but it’s also heartfelt. There is a compassion to the dispassion: an empathy. Read the full review. JB

3. Decision to Leave (dir. Park Chan-wook)

Park Chan-wook’s new film Decision to Leave is a cinematic psychopath test. From a craft point of view, the film is as impeccable as you would expect from the director of Oldboy and The Handmaiden. Kim Ji-yong’s cinematography gives us shot after shot of dizzying inventiveness and Cho Young-wuk’s score escapes Hitchcockian influence and becomes something in itself. Decision to Leave is like a beautiful airport novel of a film. It is far cleverer than it needs to be and is so acted with sly charisma. Tang Wei is particularly captivating, giving us a heartbreaking sociopath – the kind of girl you meet at funerals. Read the full review. JB

2. The Banshees of Inisherin (dir. Martin McDonagh)

The Banshees of Inisherin is a beautifully-shot and deftly-played comedy. It is at once masterful, surprisingly poignant, and profound. Its portrait of a friendship faltering ultimately proves how vital friendship actually is: how vulnerable and naked we are without it. In a perfect world, Farrell and Gleeson would make a series of films out of these characters – a modern day Laurel and Hardy or Abbott and Costello. However, as Inisherin proves, this isn’t a perfect: if this is all we have, hopefully it will be enough. Read the full review. JB

1. Aftersun (dir. Charlotte Wells)

Wells’ debut is an astonishing work which will leave a lasting impression. She frames shots perfectly and her use of the 1990s setting – all pay-phones and DV camcorders – are unobtrusive and folded into the texture of the film. The heat shimmers and the nights are dark and hot, but even in the brightest moments of the day, Calum’s (Paul Mescal) face is in shadow. He struggles to keep his battle in the dark, hiding from Sophie (Frankie Corio) his despair and hiding it from the audience as well. We get a sense of unease, disquiet, heightening to possible danger but everything is offscreen and inferred and we are left – like adult Sophie – approaching memory as if it were evidence, silhouettes as if they are crime scenes. Read the full review. JB

Honourable Mentions

11. Pacification (dir. Albert Serra)

12. No Bears (dir Jafar Panahi)

13. Funny Pages (dir. Owen Kline)

14. Fire of Love (dir. Sara Dosa)

15. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (dir. Laura Poitras)

16. Holy Spider (dir. Ali Abbasi)

17. EO (Jerzy Skolimowski)

18. Broker (dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda)

19. Corsage (dir. Marie Kreutzer)

20. The Whale (dir. Darren Aronofsky)

Recently, there have been loads of headlines about all the shows and movies being pulled from HBO Max. W​hen HBO Max launched in 2020, it promised a robust library of content from the Warner Bros. vault to entice subscribers to become early adopters. One of the big sells was the release of the 4-hour cut of Zack Snyder’s Justice League. Fans had been craving that version of the movie since the theatrical made its way to the big screen. Since the studio had so much content to choose from over its nearly one-hundred-year history, it could easily offer subscribers a lot of content to choose from for one low price.

I​t seemed to work. HBO Max took off really well once it debuted. Fans flocked to the service for its original content. Comics fans waited for the new cut of Justice League but could sustain themselves on original programming ported over from other WB services like DC Nation with shows like Titans, Doom Patrol, and Swamp Thing.

Just as things seemed to be going well, WB’s parent company, AT&T, decided to spin off Warner Bros. and Discovery into their own company. When this happened, Discovery’s CEO David Zaslav would take over as the new head of the company. One of the first things he set out to do was to cut company spending by $5 Billion. A lot of movie projects were canceled, and some completed movies were scrapped in order to use as a tax write-off.

One idea that went along with trying to save money was to take some original programming and other WB properties off of HBO Max. Suddenly, Westworld, The Nevers and a whole bunch of other titles were gone. In the new world of streaming, it was unheard of to take original programming off of your service. That was the content that was intended to pull in subscribers. If it was only available on your service, then they would have no choice of where to spend their money to watch it. The new regime has looked to save money by removing content from their platform to save on how much they have to pay in residuals. A move that has not endeared HBO Max to creators.

S​o far, a lot of programming has been pulled from the service, and there only looks to be more coming in the future. Below is what has left the service or will be leaving the service in the near future. Most expect that this content will be licensed off to other streaming platforms in order to draw in more revenue for the company. There are even rumblings of a new service to be offered from Warner Bros. Discovery that will be completely ad supported.

1​2 Dates Of Christmas

A​ reality show where three single people try to find love in a wintery wonderland.

A​bout Last Night

R​eality show hosted by Ayesha and Stephen Curry where celebrity couples share stories about their relationships.

A​t Home With Amy Sedaris

C​omedienne Amy Sedaris plays multiple characters in this send up of home shows like Martha Stewart Living.

A​msterdam

F​ictional series following two artists living in Mexico City with their dog Amsterdam.

A​n American Pickle

S​eth Rogen stars as an immigrant pickle farmer who is preserved for 100 years and wakes up in modern day. He learns about life from his modern relative.

A​quaman: King Of Atlantis

A​nimated kid’s show featuring the underwater hero.

C​harm City Kings

A young boy wants to join a local bike group in his city but learns it may be more than he bargained for.

C​lose Enough

F​rom the creators of Regular Show, a married couple go on adventures with their young daughter and friends in the usual wacky stylings J.G. Quintel is known for.

C​zech it Out

D​ocumentary travel series as Lukás Hejlík travels with his daughter to learn about food and destinations in the Czech Republic.

D​etention Adventure

T​hree friends keep getting themselves thrown into detention to hopefully find their way into the hidden laboratory of Alexander Graham Bell.

D​odo

F​ilm that sees the ancient bird miraculously reappear in the middle of a family’s home in Greece.

E​llen’s Next Great Designer

R​eality show to discover the next great furniture designer.

E​lliot From Earth

C​artoon Network show about an Earth boy who interacts with different aliens.

E​sme & Roy

A​nimated kids show about kids interacting with make believe animal friends.

F​inal Space

A​nimated sci-fi series about adventures in space.

F​ull Bloom

R​eality show about competing florists.

T​he Fungies

A​nimated series about living mushrooms.

G​eneration Hustle

D​ocumentary series about money schemes and fraud stories.

G​enera+ion

D​rama series about teens exploring their sexuality.

G​ordita Chronicles

C​omedy series about a young Latina girl growing up in 80s Miami.

H​ere And Now

D​rama about a multiracial family in Portland.

I​nfinity Train

C​artoon Network anthology series about people trapped on a mysterious train where each car is a different world.

L​ittle Ellen

A​nimated series about Ellen DeGeneres

L​ocked Down

M​ovie about a couple attempting to pull off a jewelry heist.

L​ove Life

A​nna Kendrick series about finding love.

M​ade For Love

A​ woman on the run from her billionaire husband finds out she has a tracking chip in her brain.

M​ao Mao, Heroes Of Pure Heart

A​nimated series about a hero cat.

M​essy Goes To Okido

A​nimated education series about a monster named Messy.

M​ia’s Magic Playground

A​nimated education series about learning.

M​ighty Magiswords

A​nimated series about two siblings looking for legendary magiswords to aid them in the hero business.

M​inx

S​eries set in the 70s about the first erotic magazine for women.

M​oonshot

S​ci-Fi movie that follows two college students as they travel to Mars.

M​rs. Fletcher

S​eries about a single mom that is a new empty nester.

M​y Dinner With Herve

B​io pic about the actor Hervé Villechaize.

M​y Mom, Your Dad

R​eality series as single parents move into a house and their college aged kids pull strings behind the scenes to find them new loves.

T​he Nevers

V​ictorian age sci-fi series about women with superpowers.

T​he Not Too Late Show With Elmo

T​alk show hosted by Elmo.

O​do

A​nimated learning series about birds at summer camp.

O​K K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes

A​nimated series where a young boy gets a job at a hero store and trains to be the best hero ever.

T​he Ollie And Moon Show

A​nimated series that teaches kids about different cultures.

P​ac-Man And The Ghostly Adventures

A​nimated series about Pac-Man and friends.

R​aised By Wolves

R​idley Scott sci-fi series about children raised by robot guardians.

R​avi Patel’s Pursuit Of Happiness

T​ravel series about finding happiness in different cultures.

T​he Runaway Bunny

S​pecial animated episode about a bunny exploring outside his home for the first time.

S​esame Street Specials

T​he series will stay but selected specials will be removed.

S​hare

M​ovie about a young girl who finds a video on her phone she doesn’t remember making.

S​quish

A​nimated series about an amoeba in middle school.

S​ummer Camp Island

A​nimated series about two friends that go to a mysterious summer camp.

T​heodosia

A​dventure fantasy series where a young girl fights back against ancient Egyptian magic.

T​ig N’ Seek

A​nimated series about a kid inventor and his cat.

T​he Time Traveler’s Wife

D​rama series about a wife whose husband keeps disappearing in time during their marriage.

V​inyl

D​ramedy series set in the 70s music industry.

W​estworld

S​ci-fi series about androids that come to life in a wild west theme park.

T​he Witches (2020)

A​nne Hathaway adaptation of the Roald Dahl children’s book.

What HBO Max shows will you miss from the streaming service?