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Netflix’s ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ Is a Cinematic Miracle

August 13, 2026August 13, 2026 Dr. Carlos Flores 1 Comment Ángela Cano, book adaptation, Carla Baratta, Claudio Cataño, Colombia, Dynamo, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Julián Román, Latin American cinema, Laura Mora, Laura Taylor, Licinia Alzate, Macondo, magical realism, Marleyda Soto, Netflix, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Streaming, Television Review

Magical Macondo comes to life even as Colombia suffers tragedy

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In a Vigilante Tale, ‘Furious’ Has No Perfect Victims

August 12, 2026 William Schwartz 0 Comments Crime Drama, Elizabeth Meriwether, Emmy Rossum, FBI, Furious, Hulu, Jake Lacy, Lola Petticrew, Medusa, mythology, Promising Young Woman, psychological horror, psychological thriller, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Scott McNairy, Serial Killer, sex trafficking, sex work, Steve Way, Streaming Television, TV review, vigilante

Hulu describes this Epstein-adjacent mythic psychological horror as a crime drama

It’s Not Far From the Thousand Year Reich to ‘The Infinite State,’ But Gabriel Is New

August 11, 2026August 11, 2026 Dan Friedman 0 Comments 1984, authoritarianism, Book Review, democracy, dystopian fiction, empire, fascism, galactic empire, George Orwell, Infinite State, military science fiction, political fiction, Richard Swan, Robert Heinlein, science fiction, space opera, Star Wars, Starship Troopers, The Decurion Saga, totalitarianism, world building

Richard Swan’s new novel follows a new democracy setting up in the shadow of an oppressive interstellar empire

‘Tony’ Shows Us One Pivotal Summer in the Charismatic, Tragic Life of Anthony Bourdain

August 10, 2026August 10, 2026 Laura Pruden 0 Comments A24, Anthony Bourdain, Antonio Banderas, biopic, chef, cinema, coming of age, cooking, Dominic Sessa, Emilia Jones, food, Kitchen Confidential, Leo Woodall, Matt Johnson, movie review, Provincetown, restaurants, Tony, Tony Bourdain

Chasing after a girl, a young man finds a mentor and a vocation

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Smoking Hot Prudes Rock for ‘One Night Only’

August 9, 2026August 12, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Ben Marshall, Callum Turner, Comedy, dystopian fiction, Julia Fox, King Princess, LeVar Burton, Logan's Run, Maya Hawke, Molly Ringwald, Monica Barbaro, movie review, One Night Only, rom-com, romantic comedy, satire, science fiction, sex comedy, The Purge, Will Gluck

Authoritarian science fiction never looked so sexy

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BFG Podcast #312: Is Spider-Man Any Good? Plus, Summer Dragon Fights for All!

August 7, 2026August 12, 2026 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments film criticism, House of Dragon, movie podcast, Neal Pollack, Omar Gallaga, Podcast, Pop Culture, Sea of Reeds Media, Stephen Garrett

Neal, Stephen and Omar call in from all points on the map to debate comic book movies and fantasy series

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How We Learned To Stop Worrying and Burned Down ‘The Welcome Table’

August 6, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments activism, climate change, climate crisis, climate migration, climate refugees, Copernicus, documentary, environment, Europe, France, Gasland, global warming, Greece, HBO, HBO Max, Indigenous communities, Josh Fox, Max, movie review, New Orleans, Nonfiction, Spain, sustainability, The Welcome Table, wildfires

Following climate refugees is one way of showing how climate change is having disastrous effects

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‘Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender’ Succeeds in Spite of Its Troubled Release

August 5, 2026August 12, 2026 J. Barnes 0 Comments Aang, animated film, animation, anime, Avatar Aang, Avatar Aang The Last Airbender, Avatar Seven Havens, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Cabbage Merchant, Chong, Fantasy, Flying Bark Productions, movie review, Paramount, Streaming, Studio Mir, Suki, Tagah, Taika Waititi, Team Avatar, Toph, Uncle Iroh, Zuko

After 20 years of animation, the franchise showcases its skills in a feature film

August Books for the End of Summer

August 4, 2026August 3, 2026 Art McPhail 0 Comments Ashley Kahn, August 2026 books, book recommendations, books, books to read, Bookshop.org, Casey Michel, Chang-rae Lee, Claire Stapleton, Fantasy, fiction, Graceland, Jill LePore, Kim Bo-Young, Laura Moriarty, Liane Moriarty, Lisa Gardner, literary fiction, new books, Nonfiction, Olivie Blake, Paul Simon, Richard Swan, Roland Orzabal, science fiction, T Kingfisher, Tears for Fears, Thao Thai, Thrillers

A stuffed drawer of top reads from Chang-rae Lee to Paul Simon, from Google to Tears for Fears

The Real Scandal Is the Whitewashing of ‘The Odyssey’

August 3, 2026 J. Barnes 0 Comments ancient Greece, Anne Hathaway, Ben-Hur, Brad Pitt, Brett Ratner, casting, Christopher Nolan, Elon Musk, Exodus Gods and Kings, film criticism, Greek history, Greek mythology, Hercules, Hollywood, Homer, Hugh Jackman, Jason and the Argonauts, Lupita Nyong’o, Matt Damon, Mel Gibson, movie review, Nicholas Galitzine, Renny Harlin, representation, Ridley Scott, The Legend of Hercules, The Odyssey, The Passion of the Christ, The Ten Commandments, Theo James, Tom Holland, Troy, whitewashing, Zendaya, Zoe Kazan

Where are the Greek actors for a Greek epic?

Sentenced to ’72 Hours’ With Kevin Hart

August 2, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments 72 Hours, bachelor party, Comedy, Dumb and Dumber, Gen Z, Jackass, Kevin Hart, Marcello Hernández, Mason Gooding, Miami, Millennials, movie review, Netflix, Netflix original, Old School, Porky's, Rotten Tomatoes, Saturday Night Live, Step Brothers, streaming movies, Teyana Taylor, The Hangover, Tim Story, Tina Fey, workplace comedy

‘The Hangover’ without the manic escalation meets ‘Old School’ without the affection

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‘The Hawk’ Scores a Triple Bogey

August 2, 2026August 5, 2026 Dan Friedman 0 Comments Anchorman, Blades of Glory, Book and Film Globe, Chili's, Comedy, Destin Daniel Cretton, Fortune Feimster, golf, golf comedy, Jimmy Tatro, Luke Wilson, Molly Shannon, Netflix, PGA Tour, Ricky Bobby, sports comedy, Streaming Television, Talladega Nights, Television, The Hawk, TV review, Will Ferrell

The latest Will Ferrell vehicle is a large, empty, golfing bus

Spider Man Is Back and More Emo Than Ever

July 30, 2026August 12, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Avengers Doomsday, Bruce Banner, Chris McKenna, comic book movies, Destin Daniel Cretton, Empire State University, Erik Sommers, Florence Pugh, Hulk, Jacob Batalon, Jon Bernthal, Mark Ruffalo, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Studios, MCU, Michael Mando, movie review, New York City, Peter Parker, Queens, Sadie Sink, Scorpion, Sony Pictures, Spider-Man, Spider-Man Brand New Day, superhero movies, The Hand, The Punisher, Tom Holland, X-Men, Yelena Belova, Zendaya

Can the web-slinging superhero save the world and also have friends?

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Everything That’s Streaming in August 2026

July 29, 2026August 5, 2026 Jake Harris 0 Comments Alan Ritchson, Apple TV, August 2026, BritBox, Camp Rock, Chris Carter, Conan O'Brien Must Go, Criterion Channel, Criterion Collection, Dark Matter, Disney, Futurama, Green Lantern, HBO Max, Hulu, I Want to Believe, Jason Sudeikis, Lanterns, Lioness, Netflix, Outer Banks, Paramount, Pokémon, Prime Video, Reacher, Shudder, Star Wars Visions, Streaming, Streaming Guide, streaming TV, Taylor Sheridan, Ted Lasso, Television, The Ninth Jedi, The Simpsons, The X-Files, TV preview

Ted Lasso, Pokemon, X-Files, and Zoe Saldana are all back

BFG Podcast #311: Christopher Nolan, Olivia Wilde, and Arguments Over Seth Rogen

July 29, 2026August 1, 2026 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments Christopher Nolan, Christopher Nolan films, film criticism, laura pruden, Matthew Sheffer, movie podcast, Neal Pollack, Olivia Wilde, Podcast, Pop Culture, Rashida Jones, Sea of Reeds Media, Seth Rogen, Stephen Garrett, Toy Story 5

Neal, Stephen and Laura leap into the ocean of ‘The Odyssey’ and ‘The Invite’ discourse

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