Grab some popcorn! Horror movies are the most epic form of entertainment, especially this time of year. Why? Because even when they are poorly made, they are still entertaining and generally good for a jump scare or two. Lucky for us, Netflix is rolling out a whole hayride full of scary movies and series just … Read more
Internet traffic speeds to some of the largest video streaming sites—including YouTube, Amazon Prime Video, Netflix and others—were slowed down, or throttled, by mobile telecom companies, according to a new report. Researchers at Northeastern University and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst used an app called Wehe and found that internet speeds for the popular websites were slowed down, Bloomberg reports. The Wehe app … Read more
The new miniseries is incredibly fun to watch, but emptier and emptier the more you think about it. Maniac, a new, darkly comic Netflix miniseries starring Emma Stone and Jonah Hill, is the rare project that I like both more and less the longer I think about it. By the time it reaches the midpoint of its 10 episodes, … Read more
This Iron Fist season 2 review is spoiler-free. Congratulations to Iron Fist, which just leveled up from unwatchably bad to merely boring. Thanks to new showrunner Raven Metzner (Sleepy Hollow), Marvel’s worst Netflix show now features competent writing, decent action scenes, and a hint of actual personality. It may not measure up to the panache of Luke Cage or Jessica Jones, but at least watching it … Read more
Director Mateo Gil (Blackthorn, Realive) makes a brainy, but an ultimately unfulfilling Spanish-language romantic comedy in Netflix‘s The Laws of Thermodynamics, which plots along notions that the permanent universal laws dictate our emotional behaviors as much as our physical lives. Though playful and occasionally bright, the high concept’s never taken into the deep end of … Read more
For a show that doesn’t actually exist yet, Netflix‘s The Witcher is provoking a lot of strong opinions. Some because it’s based on a massively popular video game and book series, some because Henry Cavill just got cast in the lead role, and others because, well… they’re racist. This issue reared its head over the weekend, thanks to a casting … Read more
A spokesperson for the late-night show said it canceled Macdonald’s appearance “out of sensitivity to our audience.” Comedian Norm Macdonald’s controversial comments about the Me Too movement have cost him an appearance on “The Tonight Show.” Macdonald was set to appear on the late-night program on Tuesday night, but the plug was pulled after he … Read more
“Typhoid” Mary Walker—not to be confused with the real historical figure Typhoid Mary—is a new lead character in Iron Fist season 2. Played by Alice Eve, she straddles the hero/villain divide in a more interesting way than Danny Rand’s longtime frenemies Joy and Ward Meachum. However, her comic book origins are a sexist and exploitative depiction of mental … Read more
Netflix’s Magic For Humans, hosted by magician Justin Willman, debuted last month and has already inspired a new way to prank your friends and family. Well, at least the ones who will go along with it. In episode four, Willman assembles a crowd, which allegedly responded to his Craigslist ad, for an “experiment”: They’re going … Read more
If you have this special skill, you could appear in an episode! Do you have some spare time and a high school band instrument? Will your tune scare off the Demogorgon? Can you march to the beat of blinking Christmas lights? If so, start practicing, because “Stranger Things” is casting extras who have marching band experience. And yes, you must know … Read more