We revere scientific progress, for the promise it holds for a better life and for the possible future it represents. We also fear that progress, its capacity for transgression in a field that the layperson struggles to understand. The new Netflix documentary King of Clones presents a smart look at …
Read More »Kate Bush Thanks Fans as 'Running Up That Hill' Hits One Billion Streams
Kate Bush‘s “Running Up That Hill” has continued its ascent, now reaching one billion streams. The song, originally released in 1985, saw a resurgence of interest after being prominently featured in the latest season of Stranger Things last summer. “A billion streams!” Bush wrote on her website. “I have an …
Read More »They Took Their Daughter to the Hospital and Were Accused of Abuse
There are medical nightmares, and there are legal nightmares. The story at the heart of Take Care of Maya encompasses both. The new Netflix documentary, premiering June 19, presents a damning account of how a sort of hospital-run child abuse/CPS mill allegedly destroyed one family in slow motion, keeping a …
Read More »See Gal Gadot, Jamie Dornan in Espionage Thriller 'Heart of Stone' Trailer
Gal Gadot’s Rachel Stone has given up almost everything to serve the Charter, a covert peacekeeping organization, and when it loses its most valued asset, Stone sets off on an action-packed mission to recover it in the new trailer for Heart of Stone. Gadot and her costars Jamie Dornan, and …
Read More »See First Trailer for 'Game of Thrones' Showrunners' Epic New Netflix Series '3 Body Problem'
Four years after the end of Game of Thrones, showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are back with a new show based on another epic book series. At Netflix’s Tudum event Saturday in Brazil, the streaming service showcased the first teaser for 3 Body Problem, the latest adaptation of the …
Read More »'Wednesday' Cast Talk Season Two Fan Theories in Netflix Tudum Teaser
Jenna Ortega, Emma Myers, Joy Sunday, and Hunter Doohan got together to tackle some of the fan theories that have sprouted from Wednesday. And while they did reveal a little tease about Season Two during their teaser for Netflix‘s Tudum event in Brazil on Saturday, they admitted they know about …
Read More »Linda Hamilton to Join 'Stranger Things' Cast for Season 5
Terminator star Linda Hamilton will join the Stranger Things characters in Hawkins, Indiana for its fifth and final season, Netflix announced on Saturday at its Tudum event in Brazil. Details — from what part she will play to what episodes she will appear in — have not been disclosed. Hamilton …
Read More »Michael Cera on Almost Marrying Aubrey Plaza and Getting Slapped by Rihanna
It was a night of laughs that’s still whispered about in comedy circles. During the last writers’ strike in 2007, Michael Cera hosted a DIY version of Saturday Night Live at the Upright Citizens Brigade theater in New York City for around 200 people. The show was comprised of old …
Read More »'Black Mirror' Season Six Takes Aim at Netflix But Feels Stuck in the Past
This post contains spoilers for the sixth season of Black Mirror, which is streaming now on Netflix. “Joan Is Awful,” the first episode of the new season of Charlie Brooker’s sci-fi satire anthology series Black Mirror, stars Annie Murphy as the title character, a tech-company executive horrified to discover that …
Read More »'Never Have I Ever' Grows Up and Goes Away in Moving Series Finale
There comes a time in our lives when high school, like all good things and bad nightmares, must come to an end. And in the series finale of Never Have I Ever, the intrepid brainiac Devi Vishwakumar (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) is ready to end her time at Sherman Oaks High drama …
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