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.
Is there anything director Christopher Nolan can’t do? His newest film Oppenheimer, about the creation of the atomic bomb, is one half of the “Barbenheimer” …
The coming week’s batch of new Netflix releases will bring us everything from new seasons of some of the streamer’s most popular TV shows to …
In honor of its 25th anniversary this year, the popular review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reached out to a group of select critics and asked …
You’d think having “Game of Thrones showrunner” on your resume would open almost any door in the entertainment industry. But the creators and showrunners of …
For the first time since 1960, Hollywood writers and actors have gone on a dual strike — hitting the picket lines over issues ranging from …
Participants sit down in a white chair, facing a giant screen. Ominously, the presenter asks if they’re ready, at which point footage of the participant’s …
The TV and movie review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes celebrates its 25th anniversary next month. In honor of that milestone, the site has chosen to …
Sweet Magnolias is back, in a big way. The fan-favorite Netflix series, which is based on the romance book series of the same name by …
One of the things I like to do when Netflix is having a dry spell, or I’m not seeing anything new I want to watch, …
It’s pretty much universally agreed, at this point, that Cillian Murphy has delivered a career-best performance in the newly released Oppenheimer, in which he portrays …
Too often, the spies we encounter in books, TV shows, and movies come off as reductive imitations of the real thing. They fall somewhere on …
Next week is a particularly jam-packed week for new releases from Netflix, with content over the next several days including a much-anticipated new batch of …
It’s one of the buzziest and most critically acclaimed TV shows across the entire streaming landscape right now. And if you haven’t yet checked out …
The most anticipated movie weekend of 2023 is now upon us, with the arrival of the competing feature films that have affectionately been nicknamed Barbenheimer …
Netflix’s quarterly earnings always offer a fascinating peek under the hood of the biggest streaming service in the world, but today’s update was especially noteworthy …
It’s an old story at this point: New technology poses a potential threat to journalism, leading to shrieks of outrage and despair from the bereft …
Netflix has so much great TV to watch, no matter the occasion or the kind of content you’re after — from short series you can …
From a new sci-fi gem on Apple TV+ to a high-profile original show from Marvel as well as the sequel to a long-running and fan-favorite …
All of the major streaming services — from Netflix to Apple TV+, HBO’s Max, Disney+, Paramount+, Peacock, and more — serve different audiences, fill a …
You know that musty smell in an older building when the heat is turned on in the winter and starts circulating for the first time …
All it took was Jamie Foxx — who plays a sassy pimp named Slick Charles, delivering lines like “Excuse me, kind sir — if you …
The debut on Friday of Season 2 of Foundation, the masterful Apple TV+ sci-fi drama based on the award-winning novels from Isaac Asimov, was met …
The coming week is a bit lighter than usual when it comes to new Netflix releases to enjoy, but there’s still plenty of good stuff …
J. Robert Oppenheimer, the brooding and brilliant physicist who led the creation of the atomic bomb, has always seemed to me the personification of an …
In its never-ending quest to offer something for every kind of streaming consumer, Netflix this week is trying something new: Thanks to its first-ever partnership …
To put into perspective just how many Netflix subscribers around the world are bingeing the new K-drama Celebrity right now, here’s a stat for you: …
There are no brooding cowboys or wide open spaces in Special Ops: Lioness, the new Paramount+ series from Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan that debuts later …
For years, Netflix executives turned a blind eye toward a subset of its users that numbered in the tens of millions: They’re the people who …
Tom Cruise returns to the big screen this week, fronting one of the summer’s most anticipated movies thanks to the July 12 release of Mission: …
Summer is the season that goes hand-in-hand with vacation travel, scorching temperatures, excursions to the beach — and splashy, big-budget action movies. Regarding the latter, …
