Tag: streaming
Baz Luhrmann’s wartime-epic show on Hulu and Disney Plus could give his least popular film a new lease of life
If there’s one thing we know about legendary director Baz Luhrmann, it’s that anything he’s directing is going to be spectacular: think The Great Gatsby, Moulin Rouge, Elvis… you get the idea. We already knew that Luhrmann is revisiting – or as the publicity puts it, reimagining – his 2008…
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Apple TV Plus’ may have lost Jon Stewart’s show over episodes about China and AI – and it’s not the first clash between Apple TV and Apple corporate
After two seasons, Apple TV Plus‘ flagship current affairs show The Problem With Jon Stewart has abruptly been canceled. The reason, according to Stewart’s people at least, is that Apple has a problem with Jon Stewart: specifically, with his plans to cover China, where Apple has significant financial interests, and…
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Netflix’s Fall of the House of Usher is a hit – here are 3 more Netflix horror shows with over 90% on Rotten Tomatoes to stream next
The only bad thing we can say about The Fall of the House of Usher, Netflix’s latest horror series from master of the art Mike Flanagan, is that we wish there was more of it. And a lot of other people felt the same way – it’s the second most-watched…
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Netflix is breaking into live sports – but probably not in the way you imagined
Netflix is looking to tap into the growing global popularity of F1 racing and its own recent success with its Formula 1: Drive to Survive series with a first for the streamer: a live sporting event. But it’s not Formula 1 racing. No, Netflix is doing the unthinkable: combining F1…
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Netflix’s Creature looks like a Frankenstein thriller that leans into the novel’s obsession
If you’re looking for something a bit more cerebral than the average monster movie, Creature by Çağan Irmak could be just the thing. It’s an adaptation – Netflix describes it as a re-imagining – of Mary Shelley’s classic Frankenstein that updates the story, but looks like it won’t lose track…
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