What’s New on Amazon Prime in October 2022
Lena Dunham has the banner of 2022 releasing two new films – her first own, independent projects since Girls closed in 2017. The first film, […]
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Lena Dunham has the banner of 2022 releasing two new films – her first own, independent projects since Girls closed in 2017. The first film, […]
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In case you didn’t know, it’s almost October, which means Halloween is coming soon. But you don’t need me to remind you of this fact; […]
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Netflix is going through hard times in 2022 – stock crashes, high-profile cancellations, and refusal to just renew The Sandman – but I can’t quit […]
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This week marks the milestone birthday of Stephen King, the diamond jubilee of one of America’s most popular, prolific and accomplished writers. Snobs may unfairly […]
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The usual suspects were deeply traumatized by the latest Disney movie trailer (as if we had nothing else to worry about). In the upcoming remake […]
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There’s a reason Hitler books sell better than Churchill books. As long as it is kept at arm’s length, abstracted into words or images rather […]
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There are 5.3 million podcasts on Spotify. By the time you finish this article, there will be even more. It’s impossible to listen to all […]
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The Venice Film Festival is behind us, and the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has just ended, and moviegoers are finally getting a clearer picture […]
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After about 30 films and 16 TV shows (depending on how you count them), I’m numb to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. I’m not a snob […]
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Horror movies aren’t just for October, but if you’re going to be releasing a reboot of Clive Barker’s original, franchise-launching, quirky sado-masochistic Hellraiser horror classic, […]
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Born from Carlo Collodi’s 1883 novel, Pinocchio is both a mere pop culture landmark and the star of every number of films and television cartoons. […]
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This post started out as a roundup of female power films – a nice tie-in to the upcoming release of Viola Davis ‘s historical epic […]
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Maybe you love podcasts. You may have listened to every episode of every show featured on the Apple Podcasts homepage. And perhaps that’s how you […]
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This week’s events in youth culture could give you a whiplash. We’re moving from extremely wonderful internet stuff – hilariously silly memes, positive YouTubers – […]
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In the trailer for his new movie, The Beast , which opens today, Idris Elba is punching a lion. Sounds like gibberish, but the animal […]
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Anne Heche, film, television and Broadway actress, passed away last week at the age of 53. The media paid much attention to the tragic circumstances […]
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Like most people, you’re probably subscribed to so many ( too many) streaming services, and yet each of them carries a show you wouldn’t want […]
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Whether you want to pay tribute to the many entertainment industry professionals who have worked on your favorite streaming movies and TV shows, or just […]
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It’s an abuse, of course, but that’s because there are few more satisfying clichés in movies than the “team-building” bit. These films lay out a […]
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What happened to the erotic thriller? There’s something of a bell curve in the spread of the sex programmer that rises with the loosening of […]
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If you’re not watching the new HBO Max series The Rehearsal , you’re missing out. This new “reality show” by Nathan Fielder ( Nathan For […]
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It’s finally time to admit that streaming apps and digital distribution have disrupted most of the creative media industries, and perhaps physical media was the […]
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Starting your day off by reading the news (or opening your Twitter feed) can take a toll on your mood. Why not meet the morning […]
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After seemingly endless false starts, Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman graphic novel is finally coming to Netflix this week. Gaiman’s work has never been easily transferred […]
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The name of the game to stream in August: Reboots. Reboots , remakes and reimaginings . As much as I’d like to see my beloved […]
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Like your favorite video streaming apps, the major subscription gaming services Xbox Game Pass and PlayStation Plus add and remove new content every month. In […]
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Earlier this week, I invited you to revisit your childhood trauma with me , and as expected, many of you were excited to join the […]
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When I was 11, I couldn’t imagine a more subversive TV show than Beavis and Butt-Head . It was like a cartoon—you know, for kids! […]
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Don’t cry on stream! It works? Is it anything? Look, if Prime Video is going to turn Tom Hanks and Geena Davis ‘ favorite 1992 […]
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The 1970s is often referred to as the golden age of cinema, a time when filmmakers made difficult classics refusing to indulge, combining a love […]
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As far as I can remember, the first R-rated movie I saw in theaters was RoboCop 2 , a movie in which a juvenile crime […]
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Gaming is a well-established medium with a strong online community, but podcasts, which offer a powerful space for niche voices, have made interacting with games […]
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When the final episode of Game of Thrones aired, the reaction from viewers was as brutal and demanding as the ordeal by fighting the Mountain […]
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Alien abductions are not in the zeitgeist of the 90s when The X-Files propelled little green (or grey) men into the mainstream of pop culture. […]
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While every month Netflix’s arrivals include something for everyone, the most anticipated August release is the big-budget, stellar adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s seminal comic The […]
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Damn, Disney+. I know I made fun of you last month for not presenting anything good, but a new Marvel show, a new Star Wars […]
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Usually the whole point of creating a new installment in a long-running franchise is to cash in on name recognition, so consider me baffled as […]
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Like a great blues ballad or country song, sad movies can make us feel like we’re not alone. They can also provide catharsis. Or just […]
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There are movies and TV shows that make cooking (and eating) feel like a joyful, unifying activity that brings families and cultures together. There are […]
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From the Weather Underground movement of the 1960s to the attacks on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, the stories of radicals and radical movements […]
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