Category Archives: Action / Thriller

A Talent for Murder

Rating: R

Runtime: 106 minutes

Director: Anton Corbijn (Control, The American)

Cast: Helen Mirren, Alden Ehrenreich, Olivia Cooke

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Release Date: October 23, 2026 (theaters)

On this episode of Reel Discovery, Kristin faces off with a legendary writer and her ambitious publishing house representative in A Talent for Murder.

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A Talent for Murder
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The Beast

Rating: R

Runtime: 99 minutes

Director: Renny Harlin (Deep Water, Die Hard 2)

Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Joel Kinnaman

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Release Date: October 9, 2026 (theaters)

On this episode of Reel Discovery, Kristin joins Samuel L. Jackson on a race through city streets that are under attack in The Beast.

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The Beast
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Stranglehold

Rating: NR

Runtime: 105 minutes

Director: Clark Duke (Arkansas)

Cast: Ashley Benson, Jake Lacy, Justin Long, Ron Perlman, Chandler Duke, Elle King, David Arquette, Brian Posehn, Kayla Becker

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Release Date: October 2, 2026 (VOD)

On this episode of Reel Discovery, Kristin follows a small-town stripper on a holiday mission to steal a better life in Stranglehold.

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Stranglehold
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Never After Dark (Nebâ Afutâ Dâku)

Rating: NR

Runtime: 105 minutes

Director: Dave Boyle (Man from Reno, Surrogate Valentine)

Cast: Moeka Hoshi

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Release Date: September 25, 2026 (theaters)

On this episode of Reel Discovery, Kristin joins a traveling psychic on a job that turns dangerous in the Japanese thriller Never After Dark (Nebâ Afutâ Dâku).

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Never After Dark (Nebâ Afutâ Dâku)
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The Weight

Rating: R

Runtime: 115 minutes

Director: Padraic McKinley

Cast: Ethan Hawke, Russell Crowe, Julia Jones, Austin Amelio, Avi Nash, Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen, Avy Berry

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Release Date: September 18, 2026 (theaters)

On this episode of Reel Discovery, Kristin follows a desperate dad on a dangerous mission in an attempt to get back to his daughter before it’s too late in The Weight.

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The Weight
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The Fix

Rating: R

Runtime: 142 minutes

Director: Guy Moshe (Bunraku, Holly)

Cast: Zachary Levi, Liam Neeson, Quincy Isaiah, Wes Chatham, Jake Choi, Elnaaz Norouzi, Navid Negahban, Augusto Aguilera, Lara Wolf, Titus Welliver,

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Release Date: September 11, 2026 (theaters)

On this episode of Reel Discovery, Kristin follows a team of disgraced former operatives as they head into enemy territory on a mission that could turn their lives around in The Fix.

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The Fix
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Knightfall

Rating: NR

Runtime: 82 minutes

Director: Ben Fortune (Doctor Plague)

Cast: Jeanine Nerissa Sothcott, Geoffrey Moore, Ian Ogilvy, Robert Cavanah

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Release Date: September 11, 2026 (VOD)

On this episode of Reel Discovery, Kristin joins an estranged father-daughter duo as they’re forced to work together to keep a bioweapon from getting into the wrong hands in Knighfall.

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Knightfall
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Ever After

Rating: NR

Runtime: 125 minutes

Director: László Illés (Haunting Trophies, The Shepherd)

Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Mark Sheppard, Michael Berryman, Bonnie Aarons, Lara Sas, Lydia Pearl Pentz, Maria de Sá, Philippe Reinhardt

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Release Date: September 4, 2026 (limited)

On this episode of Reel Discovery, Kristin follows a group of women into the woods for a girls’ weekend turned deadly in Ever After.

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Ever After
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Buddy

Rating: R

Runtime: 95 minutes

Director: Casper Kelly (Adult Swim Yule Log)

Cast: Keegan-Michael Key, Cristin Milioti, Delaney Quinn, Topher Grace, Luke Speakman, Tristan Borders

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Release Date: August 28, 2026 (theaters)

On this episode of Reel Discovery, Kristin follows a group of kids in a fight for survival after a lovable TV character snaps in Buddy.

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Buddy
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