180 posts tagged ‘netflix’
The week in TV: Fargo roars back, and a sharp Oliver Twist spinoff
AV Club,
If you’re brave enough to press play on Netflix’s Squid Game: The Challenge, prepare to be disappointed and, even worse, bored. The reality series is an utterly dragged-out, inauthentic mess that takes all the wrong lessons from the 2021 South Korean hit that inspired it. The takeaway from Squid Game should not be… Read more...
The week in film: Ridley Scott's movies ranked, Best Actress contenders revealed
It’s been nearly five decades since Ridley Scott’s first feature film, The Duellists, hit theaters, and now, even well into his 80s, the legendary filmmaker shows no signs of slowing. Napoleon, his latest feature, is as grand and intense as anything else in his long career, and it demonstrates just how adept Scott… Read more...
Believe It: Naruto May Be Back on the Live-Action Movie Train
Gizmodo,
The success of One Piece’s live-action Netflix series means western studios are going to be looking at other popular shonen anime to bring to life. My Hero Academia is already on the docket over at Netflix, and we got one for Saint Seiya (or Knights of the Zodiac earlier this year. Next up might be none other than,… Read more...
What's on TV this week—Slow Horses season 3 and The Artful Dodger
Welcome to What’s On, our weekly picks of must-watch shows. Here’s what you need to watch from Sunday, November 26 to Thursday, November 30. All times are Eastern. [Note: The weekend edition of What’s On drops on Fridays.] Read more...
The best movies to watch on Apple TV Plus right now
Unlike Netflix, Amazon Prime, or Hulu, which each offer movies to stream from many studios both large and small, Apple TV+ focuses almost exclusively on Apple Originals that are, for the most part, only available on its platform. So what are the best movies to check out right now on Apple TV+? Read more...
Squid Game Reality Show Producer Says Anti-Capitalism Was Only a Minor Theme of the Series
I... hm. Huh. Hmm. I.. what? What. Huh. I’m sorry. What? Read more...
Comedian mocks beaten women
Boing Boing,
Matt Rife, comedian: The set includes a joke about a female server at a restaurant having a black eye. "My boy who I was with was like: 'Yeah, I feel bad for her, man. I feel like they should put her in the kitchen or something where nobody has to see her face, ya know?' — Read the rest
Jenna Ortega won't be in Scream VII either
The Scream franchise has lost its other Carpenter sister. One day after production studio Spyglass fired lead actress Melissa Barrera for what they deemed to be “hate speech,” news broke that Jenna Ortega will also be exiting the franchise ahead of the upcoming Scream VII. Ortega and Barrera played sisters Tara and… Read more...