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.
Whoever thought up this promotional gimmick for the new Candyman movie, which arrived in theaters on Friday, deserves a raise. This horror flick from director …
One of the entertainment trends during the COVID-19 era that’s been somewhat baffling to me is the popularity of horror movies and shows on Netflix. …
The just-released fall slate of 43 films coming to Netflix during the final months of 2021 will close out a busier-than-ever year for the streamer …
Netflix has found considerable success by investing more in Korean content in recent years. By giving subscribers such hit shows as Crash Landing on You, …
Everyone has heard the sound so many times by now. That two-note “tu-dum” that greets you, right after you press play to start binge-watching a …
What are you working on? “It’s a story about a woman,” the narrator’s voiceover responds, in the trailer for the upcoming Maid Netflix series. A …
In Netflix’s newly released anime spinoff of its popular The Witcher series — titled The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf — the narrative universe that …
The tape clicks, it starts whirring and begins to play a recording. The haunting voice in the trailer for Netflix’s grisly new true-crime documentary can …
Marvel’s first animated series — titled What If …?, which Marvel describes as flipping the script “on the MCU, reimagining famous events from the films …
The World War II years continue to prove an irresistibly deep fountain of inspiration for writers and artists who continue to produce books, movies, and …
Exactly four years ago this month, Tesla CEO and perma-Cassandra Elon Musk tweeted his umpteenth warning about artificial intelligence and the future of humanity. “If …
Apple passed the one-year mark for its streaming service back in the fall, capping a jam-packed first year with some wildly popular Apple TV Plus …
Facebook has such a terrible reputation that the first press conference this week from Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid included a rant directed at the social …
Coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, several documentary projects, including a newly announced 5-part series from Netflix, are in the works …
When it comes to attention-grabbing virality, the team at Boston Dynamics has possessed the Midas touch for a while now. The best example of this …
On the one hand, yes, it kind of sucks that we still have to wait for another turn of the page on the calendar before …
In one sense, Netflix’s new animated original film Vivo — #3 on the service’s overall Top 10 list today — has a story we’ve all …
“People will come, Ray,” promises the fictional author Terence Mann, portrayed by James Earl Jones in Field of Dreams. “This field, this game. It’s a …
In the newly released movie Beckett on Netflix, John David Washington plays an American tourist in Greece who gets involved in a devastating accident. Soon …
I feel like I’ve been repeating some version of this statement for weeks now. But Netflix keeps repeatedly underscoring the truth of it. Basically, if …
One of the things that’s so remarkable about Netflix is how it can practically mint new entertainment properties and franchises out of thin air. And …
Now is probably as good a time as any to spend a long binge session with some of the best comedies on Netflix, thanks to …
Netflix has something for everyone. Original feature films for horror fans. Buzzy prestige dramas. Animated family fare that rivals content from the likes of Disney …
I’ve seen enough of Lior Raz’s handiwork at this point, that I’ve reached a conclusion about the brooding, compulsively watchable Israeli actor: I will watch …
A24 released its newest feature film, The Green Knight, in US theaters almost two weeks ago now, but you’re forgiven if awareness of this one …
The Florida Keys. 1986. A smarmy TV news personality is interviewing two high school friends, “Willy” and “Sal,” who share big toothy grins as they …
So much has been said and written already about the new Apple child safety features that the iPhone maker unveiled in recent days — features …
Much of the attention and press coverage that Netflix garners for its original content tends to be the result of the streamer’s buzzy TV projects. …
Netflix is the gift that keeps on giving for lovers of horror movies, with the streamer adding yet another title that will scare you half …
If the thousands of security and privacy experts who’ve raised an outcry on social media over the past few days — and signed at least …
