Sunday, August 16, 2026

Book and Film Globe

Books, Film, TV, Culture.

FICTION
NON-FICTION
COMICS
FILM
TELEVISION
CREATORS
- Book and Film Globe Podcasts

globalization

What Does ‘Network’ Have To Tell Us About Outrage, 50 Years On

July 24, 2026July 20, 2026 Matt Hanson 0 Comments 1976 films, Arthur Jensen, Beatrice Straight, broadcast journalism, capitalism, classic cinema, corporate media, Criterion Collection, Diana Christensen, Faye Dunaway, film criticism, globalization, Howard Beale, Jamelle Bouie, JD Vance, Journalism, Max Schumacher, media criticism, Ned Beatty, neoliberalism, Network, news media, Oscar winners, Paddy Chayefsky, PBS NewsHour, Peter Finch, ratings, Richard Nixon, Robert Duvall, sensationalism, Sidney Lumet, Television, The Guardian, UBS, Watergate, William Holden

We’re still ‘mad as hell’ but now everyone is yelling into the ether

‘The Yahoo Boys’ and the Clumsy Art of the Romance Scam

June 19, 2026June 19, 2026 William Schwartz 0 Comments AI and fraud, artificial intelligence, book criticism, Book Review, Carlos Barragán, catfishing, crime writing, cybercrime, digital culture, economic inequality, Farrar Straus and Giroux, financial fraud, gift card scams, globalization, internet scams, investigative journalism, John Oliver, loneliness epidemic, Mary Worth, Nigeria, Nigerian society, nonfiction books, online dating, online fraud, pig butchering scams, romance scams, scam culture, social psychology, The Yahoo Boys, Yahoo Boys

A new book on the teen scammers of Nigeria gets to the humans, but not the politics

Featured Stories

Featured Stories FILM SF

Smoking Hot Prudes Rock for ‘One Night Only’

August 9, 2026August 12, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0

Authoritarian science fiction never looked so sexy

Featured Stories Podcasts

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

Anime Featured Stories FILM

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

August 5, 2026August 12, 2026 J. Barnes 0

Comedy Featured Stories Streaming TELEVISION

‘The Hawk’ Scores a Triple Bogey

August 2, 2026August 5, 2026 Dan Friedman 0

Subscribe to our mailing list

Social

Twitter
Facebook

Recent Posts

‘End of Oak Street’ Is a Stroll in Triassic Park
Netflix’s ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ Is a Cinematic Miracle
In a Vigilante Tale, ‘Furious’ Has No Perfect Victims
It’s Not Far From the Thousand Year Reich to ‘The Infinite State,’ But Gabriel Is New
‘Tony’ Shows Us One Pivotal Summer in the Charismatic, Tragic Life of Anthony Bourdain

Recent Comments

William Schwartz on Dueling Chernobyls
Carlos Flores on Netflix’s ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ Is a Cinematic Miracle
Natalia Carvajal on Netflix’s ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ Is a Cinematic Miracle
Eileen Ulick on Dueling Chernobyls
Michael Washburn on Not Quite Into the ‘Mouth of the Wolf’

Editor: Dan Friedman, [email protected]

|

General Manager & Advertising: Kevin Sanders, [email protected]

About Us
Terms & Conditions
Privacy Policy
Advertise with us

Check us out:

©Sea of Reeds Media. All Rights Reserved.