The viciously funny cult classic The War of the Roses is back—just in time for its big-screen reimagining, The Roses. First penned by Warren Adler and immortalized in the 1989 film, this darkly comedic tale of love gone spectacularly wrong follows a picture-perfect marriage that shatters into a deliciously petty battle.

We’re giving readers the chance to win a copy of The War of the Roses plus a a pair of run-of-engagement passes to see The Roses nationally. Don’t miss your chance to read the book that inspired both films before you watch the new reimagining unfold on the big screen.

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Searchlight Pictures release THE ROSES August 29, 2025.

(Photo/video credit: Searchlight Pictures/Random House Canada)

Only in theaters on August 29, 2025, we get a new Teaser for THE ROSES, from Searchlight Pictures.

Details:

Directed by | Jay Roach

Screenplay by | Tony McNamara

Executive Produced by | James L. Brooks, Michael Adler, Jonathan Adler, Benedict Cumberbatch, Olivia Colman, Cáit Collins

Produced by | Jay Roach, Michelle Graham, p.g.a., Adam Ackland, p.g.a., Leah Clarke, p.g.a., Ed Sinclair, p.g.a., Tom Carver

Starring | Benedict Cumberbatch, Olivia Colman, Andy Samberg, Allison Janney, Belinda Bromilow, Sunita Mani, Ncuti Gatwa, Jamie Demetriou, Zoë Chao, and Kate McKinnon

Synopsis | Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy (Olivia Colman) and Theo (Benedict Cumberbatch): successful careers, a loving marriage, great kids. But beneath the façade of their supposed ideal life, a storm is brewing – as Theo’s career nosedives while Ivy’s own ambitions take off, a tinderbox of fierce competition and hidden resentment ignites. The Roses is a reimagining of the 1989 classic film The War of the Roses, based on the novel by Warren Adler.

Searchlight Pictures present a new Trailer for THE ROSES! Opening in theatres August 29, 2025.

Synopsis:

Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy (Olivia Colman) and Theo (Benedict Cumberbatch): successful careers, a loving marriage, great kids. But beneath the façade of their supposed ideal life, a storm is brewing – as Theo’s career nosedives while Ivy’s own ambitions take off, a tinderbox of fierce competition and hidden resentment ignites. The Roses is a reimagining of the 1989 classic film The War of the Roses, based on the novel by Warren Adler.

Directed By: Jay Roach

Screenplay By: Tony McNamara

Cast:

Benedict Cumberbatch

Olivia Colman

Andy Samberg

Allison Janney

Belinda Bromilow

Sunita Mani

Ncuti Gatwa

Jamie Demetriou

Zoë Chao

And Kate McKinnon

Produced By:

Jay Roach, Michelle Graham, P.G.A,

Adam Ackland, P.G.A, Leah Clarke, P.G.A,

Ed Sinclair, P.G.A, Tom Carver

Executive Producers:

James L. Brooks, Michael Adler,

Jonathan Adler, Benedict Cumberbatch,

Olivia Colman, Cáit Collins

THE ROSES arrives in theatres August 29, 2025 via Searchlight Pictures and today we get some new details!

Synopsis:

Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy (Olivia Colman) and Theo (Benedict Cumberbatch): successful careers, a loving marriage, great kids. But beneath the façade of their supposed ideal life, a storm is brewing – as Theo’s career nosedives while Ivy’s own ambitions take off, a tinderbox of fierce competition and hidden resentment ignites. The Roses is inspired by the 1989 classic film The War of the Roses, based on the novel by Warren Adler.

Directed by: Jay Roach
Screenplay by: Tony McNamara
Produced by: Jay Roach, Michelle Graham, p.g.a., Adam Ackland, p.g.a., Leah Clarke, p.g.a., Ed Sinclair, p.g.a., Tom Carver
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Olivia Colman, Andy Samberg, Allison Janney, Ncuti Gatwa, Jamie Demetriou, Zoë Chao, Belinda Bromilow, and Kate McKinnon
© 2025 SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES

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Benedict Cumberbatch stars in ERIC, arriving on Netflix May 30, 2024. Today we get a new Trailer:

About ERIC
Set in 1980s New York, Eric is a new emotional thriller from Abi Morgan following the desperate search of a father when his nine-year-old son disappears one morning on the way to school. Vincent, one of New York’s leading puppeteers and creator of the hugely popular children’s television show, ‘Good Day Sunshine,’ struggles to cope with the loss of his son, Edgar, becoming increasingly distressed and volatile. Full of self-loathing and guilt around Edgar’s disappearance, he clings to his son’s drawings of a blue monster puppet, ERIC, convinced that if he can get ERIC on TV then Edgar will come home. As Vincent’s progressively destructive behavior alienates his family, his work colleagues, and the detectives trying to help him, it’s Eric, a delusion of necessity, who becomes his only ally in the pursuit to bring his son home.

Series Credits
Episodes: 6
Production Company: Sister
Creator/Writer: Abi Morgan
Executive Producers: Abi Morgan, Jane Featherstone, Lucy Dyke, Lucy Forbes, Benedict Cumberbatch
Director: Lucy Forbes
Producer: Holly Pullinger
Filmed in: Budapest and New York
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Gaby Hoffman, McKinley Belcher III, Dan Fogler, Clarke Peters

Today we get a brand-new Trailer for THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR, the latest from Wes Anderson. Arriving September 27, 2023 on Netflix.

Director: Wes Anderson
Writer: Wes Anderson
Producers: Wes Anderson, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson
Co-Producers: Octavia Peissel, John Peet, Alice Dawson
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dev Patel, Ben Kingsley, Richard Ayoade
Runtime: 39 mins
Logline: A beloved Roald Dahl short story about a rich man who learns about a guru who can see without using his eyes and then sets out to master the skill in order to cheat at gambling.

(Photo/video credit: Netflix)

In case you missed it, here is the Big Game TV Spot for Marvel Studios’ DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS!

Synopsis:

Marvel Studios’ “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” the MCU unlocks the Multiverse and pushes its boundaries further than ever before. Journey into the unknown with Doctor Strange, who, with the help of mystical allies both old and new, traverses the mind-bending anddangerous alternate realities of the Multiverse to confront a mysteriousnew adversary.

“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Elizabeth Olsen, Benedict Wong, Xochitl Gomez, with Michael Stühlbarg, and Rachel McAdams.

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness releases in theatres on May 6, 2022.

(Photo/video credit: Disney)

Marvel Studios just released a brand-new glimpse of DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS! See the new Teaser below:

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness opens in theatres on May 6, 2022.

(Photo/video credit: Marvel Studios Canada)

Hot off its momentum-building Festival Circuit run, Jane Campion‘s THE POWER OF THE DOG surfaces with a brand-new Trailer.

Synopsis:

Severe, pale-eyed, handsome, Phil Burbank is brutally beguiling. All of Phil’s romance, power and fragility is trapped in the past and in the land: He can castrate a bull calf with two swift slashes of his knife; he swims naked in the river, smearing his body with mud. He is a cowboy as raw as his hides.The year is 1925. The Burbank brothers are wealthy ranchers in Montana. At the Red Mill restaurant on their way to market, the brothers meet Rose, the widowed proprietress, and her impressionable son Peter. Phil behaves so cruelly he drives them both to tears, reveling in their hurt and rousing his fellow cowhands to laughter – all except his brother George, who comforts Rose then returns to marry her.
As Phil swings between fury and cunning, his taunting of Rose takes an eerie form – he hovers at the edges of her vision, whistling a tune she can no longer play. His mockery of her son is more overt, amplified by the cheering of Phil’s cowhand disciples. Then Phil appears to take the boy under his wing. Is this latest gesture a softening that leaves Phil exposed, or a plot twisting further into menace?

THE POWER OF THE DOG is in select theatres on November 17, 2021 and on Netflix December 1, 2021.

(Photo/video credit: Netflix)

By George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong

As much as I am a cat person, I am a greater fan of Benedict Cumberbatch and THE ELECTRICAL LIFE OF LOUIS WAIN had me in a cinematic nirvana state. Set in London in the late 1800s, this is real life story of an ambidextrous Artist who we first meet selling his drawings of animals at country fairs while studying the skills of boxing and dealing with an overly excitable and exuberant family at home. Louis Wain may lack social graces and friendships due to his extreme views on a number of topics, he endeavours to live in a less chaotic household and hires Emily Richardson (Claire Foy) as a governess to tutor and care for his younger sisters. Louis and Emily fall in love, marry, and move out to a country estate where they find a stray kitten. Inspired by this furry intruder, Louis Wain ultimately becomes the toast of Victorian London for his many published drawings of humanized and animated cats.

This is Cumberbatch’s most eccentric, irresistible and accomplished performance to date. Everything: from the timbre of his voice to how his body language differs to whoever he is with; even his rapid-paced, hip hoppity gait is a marvel to watch. Emmy and Golden Globe winner Claire Foy is equally magnetic to watch, even if her role is less showy. With outstanding performances from Andrea Riseborough and Toby Jones in supporting roles and a most sensual vocal narration from Academy Award winner Olivia Colman, THE ELECTRICAL LIFE OF LOUIS WAIN is a must-see.

It screens:

Sat, Sep 11 IN-PERSON Visa Skyline Drive-In at Ontario Place 8:30 PM

Sat, Sep 11 IN-PERSON Roy Thomson Hall 9:30 PM

Sun, Sep 12 digital TIFF Bell Lightbox

Mon, Sep 13 CANADIAN SATELLITE SCREENING Cineplex Cinemas Summerside 6:00 PM

Fri, Sep 17 digital TIFF Bell Lightbox