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Andy Meek is a reporter 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.
The arrival of November brought dozens of new movies and Netflix series to stream, including titles like Enola Holmes 2, The Crown, and the first half of Manifest Season 4. But all those arrivals, of course, also coincide with the streamer culling its massive library on a regular basis, given that licensing agreements for Netflix’s …
A Trump 2024 announcement looks set to come just days from now. President Trump on Monday confirmed that he’ll be making a “very big announcement” about whether he’ll mount another presidential bid in 2024 at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. And he’ll do so, he promised, on Tuesday, November 15, exactly one week …
This won’t come as any surprise to the show’s legions of fans or to anyone who’s watched its un-cancellation by Netflix unfold over the past year. Even so, after Netflix debuted the long-awaited 10-episode Season 4 of Manifest on Friday, so many people quickly binged the new season that it sent the show straight to …
Perusing all of the viewer feedback, reviews, and hot takes from critics in response to the streaming debut of Netflix’s new comedy Blockbuster must hurt the cast and crew who made the show. A staggeringly awful 22% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes. A not-much-better 42% audience score on the review site. Comments, one after another, …
If you’re aware of Apple’s streaming TV service to any degree, it’s safe to say it’s probably because of its shows like Ted Lasso and Severance that have attracted so much acclaim, scads of industry awards, and managed to work their way into the larger pop culture conversation. Apple TV Plus movies, on the other …
One of my biggest disappointments with Netflix’s content this year has been on the original movie front. More specifically, it’s in the fact that one title after another — from the forgettable Jamie Foxx thriller Day Shift to Kevin Hart’s atrociously bad Me Time — has left me feeling cheated, and like I’ve just completely …
I’m a simple man — I see a new streaming release about a robot that looks like Wall-E, the adorable robot star of the greatest Pixar film of all time, and I instantly click, no questions asked. Then again, the title of this new Prime Video documentary release alone (Good Night Oppy) gives away what …
Twitter began rolling out one of the most significant product changes in the company’s history over the weekend, with the launch of an update to its Twitter Blue subscription offering. It’s a rollout that had quickly become a hallmark of new owner Elon Musk’s turbulent first week in charge, as he races to find cost …
Netflix subscribers, you might as well go ahead and give all of your free time next week to the streaming giant. There is a jam-packed week of solid Netflix releases ahead, including everything from a new season of The Crown and Warrior Nun to an Enola Holmes sequel — as well as, after an interminably …
The last several days have given anyone who might have already had qualms about TikTok even more of a reason to be suspicious of the popular video-sharing app owned by Chinese parent company ByteDance. After telling me in an interview back in August that he suspected a regulatory shoe of some sort would drop soon, …
