Category: Streaming

In the old days, when cinemas still made real money by showing films outside the “cinematic universe”, December was the best time of the year […]

There are two Americas (well, at least): elite east and west coast enclaves with avocado toast, overpriced yoga pants, and artisanal sex toys; and a […]

When was the last time you bought an album? For many of us, this is probably ancient history. Taylor Swift’s Midnights is $12.99 per CD […]

Perhaps your family is balanced, open and cold, and your holiday gatherings bring pure joy. For the rest of us, it’s difficult, which isn’t necessarily […]

Films from Hong Kong filmmakers have treated action as art for decades, and martial arts films have always been big hits in China, South Korea, […]

There is a lot of excitement among Muppets fans, and true fans will know exactly what I’m talking about: after a couple of years of […]

After years at the bottom of the contract pond, the rights to the Friday the 13th horror franchise have found themselves in a truly charming […]

Every November, I have to face the fact that for some reason the concept of a real Thanksgiving movie will always be ignored in favor […]

Dwayne Johnson’s passion project Black Adam was met with bad reviews (critics) and rapturous hugs (fans) over the weekend. Even though the superhero genre is […]

Over the past few years, Taylor Sheridan has become one of the most important movers in television. I mean presumably. As with Dick Wolf and […]

It’s been more than a dozen years since Disney released a traditionally animated feature film, prompting audience indifference to mediocre mid-00s films like The Range […]

Delightful: Married actors John Krasinski and Emily Blunt are getting their respective series on Prime Video this holiday season. The third season of Krasinski’s Jack […]

If the risk/reward ratio of making a sequel becomes more asymmetrical, both in terms of how much the original is loved and how much time […]

When it comes to depictions of sex, the films are a mixed bag. There are some truly brilliant films that capture the complexities, complexities, and […]

Hulu has some good, original stuff coming in November, but you might be missing out on a digital avalanche of seasonal food. Am I exaggerating? […]

Sometimes our worst nightmares come when we are awake. Consider the fact that while some of the most terrifying horror films ever made vary widely […]

While I remain inconsolable over the recent passing of Dame Angela Lansbury , there is some comfort in the news that the actor, who has […]

The holiday season is a time for tradition, for looking back on fond memories of days gone by, for resurrecting an old and dubiously loved […]

For years, Netflix has been an ad-free paradise. No matter how much you streamed, ads were never around the corner. Since then, Netflix and the […]

As English-speaking fans of Japanese horror have known for decades, the genre is particularly well exported. Scary movies are often built around shocking visuals, meaning […]

Andrew Dominik’s Blonde NC-17 was controversial from the start: for its ratings, for its source material (a highly fictionalized novel by Joyce Carol Oates), and […]

It’s tempting to call it a slap in the face heard around the world, except that resourceful technologists silenced the moment Will Smith slapped Chris […]

Scary movies are best watched with romantic partners, whether you’re trying to capture someone’s fantasy or rekindle the flames in a long-term relationship. Fear can […]

We’re kicking off the “spooky season” (eye roll) with something that won’t surprise anyone: October means a new set of Halloween-themed horror and entertainment across […]

Same-sex marriage was legalized in Massachusetts nearly two decades ago, and across the US back in 2015, but somehow Brothers , which premieres this weekend, […]

The discovery tab of your podcast app is very good at letting you listen to one of the big new podcasts backed by a major […]

Hollywood is so obsessed with franchises that it’s making spin-offs and prequels that you’ve never even heard of. Take Pennyworth , for example, a series […]

Don’t Worry Darling opens in theaters this week, offering us our first chance to find out if the film is better and more entertaining than […]

Lena Dunham has the banner of 2022 releasing two new films – her first own, independent projects since Girls closed in 2017. The first film, […]

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; […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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. […]

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 […]