内容摘要：by David Grann, reflecting similar themes of self-discovery and disenfranchisement through a fictional medium.

by David Grann, reflecting similar themes of self-discovery and disenfranchisement through a fictional medium.

A VW van sits among burned out homes, Jan. 9, 2025, in Malibu, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)Water is dropped by helicopter on the Palisades Fire in Mandeville Canyon, Jan. 11, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)

Water is dropped by helicopter on the Palisades Fire in Mandeville Canyon, Jan. 11, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)A firefighter walks past a charred bunny sculpture and debris at the destroyed Bunny Museum, Jan. 9, 2025, in Altadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)A firefighter walks past a charred bunny sculpture and debris at the destroyed Bunny Museum, Jan. 9, 2025, in Altadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

A statue and other structures are burned in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Jan. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)A statue and other structures are burned in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Jan. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

A car drives past homes and vehicles destroyed by the Palisades Fire at the Pacific Palisades Bowl Mobile Estates on Jan. 12, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

A car drives past homes and vehicles destroyed by the Palisades Fire at the Pacific Palisades Bowl Mobile Estates on Jan. 12, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)— The 1999 film “Cruel Intentions” starring

Ryan Phillippe and Sarah Michelle Gellar remains a cult classic but Prime Video has updated the storySarah Catherine Hook and Zac Burgess play wealthy stepsiblings who hatch a plan to seduce and deceive one of their college classmates, who also happens to be the daughter of the vice president of the United States. The show, premiering Thursday, also has plenty of Easter eggs in the that call back to the movie.

— The Ukrainian developers ofhave overcome some serious obstacles — not the least of which being the need to move from Kyiv to Prague after the Russian invasion in 2022. The premise of the game is that the nuclear reactor at Chornobyl (that’s the Ukrainian transliteration) has been hit with a second explosion, unleashing monstrous mutations and other anomalies. Your job is to enter the “Exclusion Zone” and try to prevent the chaos from spreading. It’s a creepy blend of the first-person shooter, horror and survival genres, and it arrives Wednesday on PlayStation 5, Xbox X/S and PC.