One of the best British spy dramas of all time is finally streaming on Netflix
There is one, and only one, TV drama about a sexy, sociopathic female assassin that a streaming TV subscriber will ever need in their life. …
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The biggest TV shows this week on Netflix, Apple TV+, Hulu, Max, Peacock, and Paramount+
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Civil War didn’t scare me at all – and was actually kind of a letdown
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The biggest TV shows right now on Netflix, Paramount+, Apple TV+, Hulu & more
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This scary Netflix series with a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes literally gave me a nightmare
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6 can’t-miss new releases on Netflix, Apple TV+, and Prime Video to check out this week
From a prestige drama about one of the nation’s Founding Fathers to new horror, documentary, and even musical releases, pretty much all the major streaming …
A petition calls for boycotting this controversial new Netflix animated release
It’s been a while since I’ve seen one of these get much traction, but a Change.org petition has been launched that seeks to cancel the …
These 3 Netflix documentaries scared the bejeezus out of me
Netflix has debuted several documentary releases since the beginning of this year. As I look back on the titles we’ve covered here and added to …
YouTube CEO to OpenAI: Don’t you dare use our videos to train Sora
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Love and Death: How AI is being used to remember loved ones, and to kill on the battlefield
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This explosive new action thriller is the only Netflix original movie that matters right now
In a desert filled with threats at every turn, from armed bandits to minefields, a crew of French mercenaries is tasked with transporting a stash …
Would you pay to use Google Search? Google thinks you might for the new AI version
To the cynic in me, it all makes sense now. Google has faced criticism for a while now over its ad-filled core search product that’s …
Put this new Netflix series on your watchlist if you like Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building
If I said to you, “True crime podcasters set out to solve a mystery,” the first thing that might come to your mind is Hulu’s …
The Matrix: A new movie is officially in the works, but it won’t directly involve the Wachowskis
Just in time for the 25th anniversary of the 1999 debut of The Matrix, it’s official: A fifth installment of the mind-bending sci-fi franchise is …
The one British TV show above all others that I wish we could get here in the US
Right before the pandemic hit in 2020 — only a few months before, in fact — I spent some time in London, doing all the …
Jon Stewart: Apple didn’t want me to say bad things about AI, or interview the FTC’s Lina Khan
Since his return in February to Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, Jon Stewart has already delivered monologues on two of the three topics that Apple …
This clip of Studio Ghibli’s Hayao Miyazaki railing against AI is more relevant now than ever
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The biggest TV shows right now on Netflix, Apple TV+, Disney+, Hulu, Max, and Peacock
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Don’t be surprised if this high-profile Netflix comedy gets canceled soon
Sometimes, after Netflix resurrects a show that nobody watched on a rival streamer or TV network, the show finds a new audience and explodes. A …
This must-watch Alex Gibney documentary explains so much about Russia and Vladimir Putin
Russia is not a normal country. That’s the obvious and inescapable conclusion one comes to after considering everything from the country’s rigged elections to its …
5 exciting Netflix new releases to add to your April watchlist
The second quarter of 2024 is kicking off on Monday with a fairly decent lineup of Netflix new releases to check out — everything from …
3 new TV shows with perfect 100% scores on Rotten Tomatoes right now
If you’re like me and don’t have a lot of time these days, deciding which new show to get into can feel like something of …
I don’t think Netflix’s 3 Body Problem was supposed to get dethroned by a Biblical docudrama
I might be looking at the glass half-empty here, but given that Netflix’s 3 Body Problem set a record for the most expensive first season …
The BBC keeps trying to shove AI down people’s throats, and it’s not going over well
There was a time when the BBC commanded near-universal respect, when the government-backed corporation was still synonymous with the highest standards of journalism and broadcast …
Jerry Seinfeld is so obsessed with Pop-Tarts that he made a Netflix movie about them
Among the lifelong obsessions that comedian Jerry Seinfeld admits to is one that might come as a surprise to many people: Pop-Tarts. “When I was …
If you loved NBC’s ER, this new Max medical drama is the show for you
In the streaming era, what’s old is new again. HBO Max is poised to debut its own version of NBC’s classic medical drama ER — …
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