9 shows and movies from Netflix, Peacock, Hulu, and Apple TV+ that I wish more people knew about
Streaming giants like Netflix, Hulu, Apple TV+, and more are constantly dropping so many new TV shows and movies on us from one week to …
Andy Meek is a reporter based in Memphis who has covered media, entertainment, and culture for over 20 years. His work has appeared in outlets including The Guardian, Forbes, and The Financial Times, and he’s written for BGR since 2015. Andy's coverage includes technology and entertainment, and he has a particular interest in all things streaming.
Over the years, he’s interviewed legendary figures in entertainment and tech that range from Stan Lee to John McAfee, Peter Thiel, and Reed Hastings.
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AI companies like OpenAI are basically performing gain-of-function research on humanity
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3 Body Problem: Here’s what the title of Netflix’s alien invasion saga means
Netflix is just days away from debuting one of its biggest and most-anticipated releases of 2024 — 3 Body Problem, an alien invasion TV series …
5 of the biggest Netflix new releases that belong on your watchlist this week
All things considered, the first quarter of 2024 has proven to be quite a jam-packed period for Netflix releases — with the streaming giant giving …
Netflix just released its most shocking docuseries of the year so far
Documentary series that leave viewers feeling rattled and disturbed are having a moment on Netflix. Of the top-performing TV series on the streamer at the …
Biden is backing a bill to ban TikTok – while also using TikTok for his campaign
President Biden may have posted his first video to TikTok last month in an attempt to reach Gen Z voters, but that doesn’t mean he’s …
Netflix’s The Parades: This Japanese drama about the afterlife is a poignant, dreamy masterpiece
In director Michihito Fujii’s newly released Netflix drama The Parades, death is not an ending. Instead of the finality of crossing over to the other …
Reddit is fighting over whether this photo is AI-generated, and no one really knows the answer
Remember that viral BuzzFeed post about a dress from back in the 2010s, the one that asked people to simply vote on what color they …
Hulu’s superhero comedy Extraordinary is better than anything Marvel is doing right now
This week saw the return of a top-rated Hulu comedy that I suspect many of you probably aren’t watching, which is quite a shame. Extraordinary, …
This is the shocking new conspiracy docuseries that Netflix viewers are obsessed with
It starts the way good journalism so often does, with someone making a telephone call. In this case, that someone is photojournalist Christian Hansen — …
In Colin Farrell’s gritty new Apple series, he’s basically John Wick as a Hollywood detective
A TV drama built around hard-bitten, rule-breaking detectives cracking cases on the mean streets of a city like Los Angeles can amount to streaming gold …
5 streaming premiere dates to mark on your calendar this month
With March already being underway, we have a pretty good idea at this point of what’s coming to all the major streamers this month — …
Law & Order creator Dick Wolf, one of the most successful TV producers ever, is heading to Netflix
Dick Wolf has created some of the most successful and longest-running TV franchises in history, so it probably shouldn’t come as a surprise that the …
5 of Netflix’s grittiest, must-watch crime series that I can’t recommend enough
The debut on Netflix over the weekend of a new French crime drama — Furies, which I described in a separate post as sort of …
HBO just debuted the biggest TV disappointment of 2024 so far
Heading into the debut on Sunday of HBO’s The Regime, my expectations were pretty high. After all, this is the network that’s already given us …
Furies: New Netflix action series is like a female version of John Wick, but set in France
France is one of the many local markets around the world where Netflix has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in support of productions that …
These 7 Netflix new releases will get March started off with a bang
If you’re a Netflix subscriber and find yourself with time on your hands over the next week or so, good news — the streaming giant …
The torch has been passed: FX’s Shogun is the new Game of Thrones
Ever since Game of Thrones took its final bow, it feels like every major network and streamer has tried to recreate some of that same …
The best Prime Video hidden gems and underrated titles streaming right now
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The Completely Made-Up Adventures Of Dick Turpin: What to know about Apple’s wickedly funny comedy
I’ve always felt like Noel Fielding’s brand of comedy is the kind of thing that takes some getting used to, sort of like an American …
Netflix will make its Broadway debut by producing a play about Putin from the creator of The Crown
Two weeks from now, Netflix will release the nine-part docuseries Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War, in which Vladimir Putin and his brutal …
Another Netflix price increase is coming this year, analysts forecast
While Netflix was busy rolling out paid account-sharing options last year, the streaming giant also scaled back the price increases it would have liked to …
AI-powered search engine Perplexity launches an AI-generated daily news podcast
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Mea Culpa, the #1 Netflix movie right now, is getting trashed by critics and viewers
Another day, another Netflix film that’s shot to #1 on the platform in the US despite falling flat with critics and viewers. This time, the …
Social justice activism has made Google Gemini into a laughingstock
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Netflix new releases: In Spaceman, Adam Sandler shows us, once again, he can act when he wants to
Netflix is on a tear lately when it comes to books that have been adapted into big, splashy productions. Days ago, for example, we got …
3 streaming TV shows with perfect 100% scores on Rotten Tomatoes
February has proven to be a great month for TV, all things considered, with exciting and critically acclaimed new series pretty much across the streaming …
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War is an urgent, must-watch docuseries from Netflix
In the wake of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny’s death in an arctic penal colony — the questionable circumstances of which have raised suspicions it was …
