Whenever a studio releases a sequel 23 years after the original movie, it’s fair to go in with some skepticism about the project, its intentions, and its quality. When Chicken Run was released in the year 2000, there was a farm fresh feel to it that resonated both with its …
Read More »Choose Your Fighter: 'Scott Pilgrim Takes Off' Trailer Gets Ready for Animated Mayhem
The character lineup featured in Netflix‘s Scott Pilgrim Takes Off is one that can only be revealed by a selection screen in Mario Kart or Mortal Kombat. The series — featuring the same actors from the 2010 live-action film — arrives on Nov. 17. Watch the official trailer below — …
Read More »'The Fall of the House of Usher' Is a Literary Orgy of Death
In many ways, Mike Flanagan is the perfect creator for the current era of Netflix. The streaming giant has moved in recent years to making fewer seasons per series, and frequently canceling shows before they’ve finished telling their respective stories. Flanagan technically doesn’t make an ongoing series, but rather writes …
Read More »Robbie Williams Looks Back at Tumultuous Career in New Docuseries Trailer
Netflix has shared the new trailer for its four-part docuseries focused on British hitmaker and Take That singer Robbie Williams. Robbie Williams, hitting the streaming service on November 8, features “30 years of never-before-seen archive footage” to chart the singer’s career, from his start as a 16-year-old in the British …
Read More »Netflix Shows How Juul Went Up in Flames
Can I hit your Juul? That billion-dollar question whispered in study halls and hollered at house parties among teens and 20-somethings is explored in Netflix’s new documentary series, Big Vape: The Rise and Fall of Juul. Directed by R.J. Cutler and based on Time reporter Jamie Ducharme’s book Big Vape: …
Read More »Final Season of 'The Crown' Will Cover Diana's Death, Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee. TBD on Andrew and Epstein
Queen Elizabeth II and the Windsors will return for one last go-around in the loosely fictionalized ringer, with the sixth and final season of The Crown premiering next month on Netflix. The show’s final 10 episodes will be split into two parts. Part one will largely take place in 1997, …
Read More »'Fair Play' Director Chloe Domont on Consent and That Shocking Ending
I t’s late summer, and I’m seated across from Chloe Domont in a congested Brooklyn coffee shop. Both the writers’ and actors’ strikes are in full effect, creating an air of unease. This should be a time of celebration for Domont, whose first feature Fair Play — a sexy psychological …
Read More »'Love Is Blind' Contestant Claims Ex-Fiancé Sexually Assaulted Her on Set
A Love Is Blind contestant has filed a lawsuit claiming she was sexually assaulted on set by her former fiancé. In the original lawsuit — filed in Aug. 2022, but only just revealed by People — Tran Dang said Thomas Smith sexually assaulted her while the two were filming Season …
Read More »'Lupin' Part Three Doesn't Give Omar Sy Nearly Enough Help
Early in the new season of Netflix‘s Lupin, a pair of reporters argue about the best way to cover the continuing saga of Assane Diop, the master thief who has become a celebrity and cult hero in their native France. As the writers consider Assane’s story so far — depicted …
Read More »How to Watch 'Love is Blind' Season 5: Stream the Hit Dating Series Online
With just a few episodes left, we’re nearing the end of Love is Blind Season 5. As with past seasons, Love is Blind Season 5 sees contestants getting to know each other through conversation only in “pods”. If sparks fly in the pods, couples can propose marriage and then have …
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