14 posts tagged ‘xbox one software’
It may not feel like it, but there are fewer shows now
John Landgraf, president of FX and keen observer of the television landscape, predicted “that 2022 will be the high watermark” for scripted TV at that summer’s TCAs: “In other words, that it will mark the peak of the peak TV era.” As the person who coined the phrase “Peak TV,” he’d be the leading authority on the… Read more...
Netflix suddenly cares about maintaining a curated library of notable old films
We’ve entered a strange new phase in the streaming wars today, one that suggests an actual sane human at the helm of one of the biggest streaming services rather than an emotionless machine that keeps insisting people like interchangeable action movies with one or two name-brand stars (like a Ryan Reynolds or… a… Read more...
11 movies to check out on Netflix this January
Netflix kicks off 2024 with some high-profile originals, fan favorites, and cinema classics. J.A. Bayona’s Society Of The Snow is based on the true story of the Uruguayan 1972 Andes flight disaster and its 16 survivors. In his directorial debut, Schitt’s Creek actor Dan Levy also wrote and stars in the comedy-drama Goo… Read more...
The Best Horror, Sci-Fi, and Fantasy Streaming in January 2024
Happy New Year! Let’s watch some movies. Welcome to io9's latest edition of the Nerd’s Watch, where we pare down the enormous lists of new films and television shows arriving on all your favorite streaming services into the sci-fi, fantasy, and horror titles we think you’ll like most. (And sometimes, just the ones… Read more...
The Last of Us Was the Most-Pirated Show of 2023
Piracy is a fact of life in the entertainment industry, no matter how much studios try to fight it—and in an age where the streaming industry is feeling more and more like cable television by the day—it’s going to remain that way for the foreseeable future. But that doesn’t mean it’s not interesting to see what… Read more...
The Best Movies You May Have Missed in 2023, and Where to Stream Them
No one can see every movie that comes out in a year. Heck, no one can even see all the good movies that come out in a year. These days, even if it’s literally your job, so many movies come out from all across the world, and on so many different platforms, that even if you spent all day every day watching, you’d… Read more...
Year-end roundtable: Warner Bros. Discovery's 12 months on fire
In a series of special year-end roundtable discussions, The A.V. Club looks back at the stories that made the biggest impact on pop culture in 2023. Read more...
Ads are coming to Prime Video in January
Fresh off of what has most likely been another ungodly lucrative holiday season (there are other places where you can buy things, folks), Amazon has apparently decided that it’s sick of all of this “peace” and “goodwill” shit that everyone has been talking about for a month and will instead be embracing greed and… Read more...