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Men or Snakes? Who Are the ‘Monsters of God’?

September 25, 2026September 30, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments Anson Wong, Chimp Crazy, CITES, conservation, Eric Goode, exotic animals, Florida, Hank Molt, HBO, HBO documentary, illegal wildlife trade, lizards, Monsters of God, nature documentary, reptile trade, reptiles, snakes, Tiger King, Tommy Crutchfield, true crime documentary, United Nations, wildlife trafficking

New HBO series from Eric Goode documents the world of exotic-reptile collecting

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BFG Podcast #315: Venice, Oasis and Hope

September 20, 2026September 25, 2026 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments Aaron Pierre, animation, comic books, Coyote Vs. Acme, DC Comics, DC Studios, Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, HBO, HBO Max, hong jin na, Hope, James Gunn, John Stewart, Kyle Chandler, Lanterns, live action, Looney Tunes, Neal Pollack, Nick Tangborn, Oasis, Podcast, Pop Culture, Rob Kutner, Sam Porteous, Sea of Reeds Media, superheroes, The Big Bang Theory, TV podcast, TV review, venice, Warner Bros., Wile E. Coyote

Neal and Stephen chat about Danny Boyle, Martin McDonagh, John Malkovich and more

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BFG Podcast #314: Lanterns, Coyotes, Acme Discussions

September 3, 2026September 3, 2026 Book and Film Globe Staff 1 Comment Aaron Pierre, animation, comic books, Coyote Vs. Acme, DC Comics, DC Studios, Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, HBO, HBO Max, James Gunn, John Stewart, Kyle Chandler, Lanterns, live action, Looney Tunes, Neal Pollack, Nick Tangborn, Podcast, Pop Culture, Rob Kutner, Sam Porteous, Sea of Reeds Media, superheroes, The Big Bang Theory, TV podcast, TV review, Warner Bros., Wile E. Coyote

Neal and Rob unpack private equity and falling anvils; Neal and Nick pick over HBO’s new superhero series

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‘Lanterns’ Lights Up HBO

August 29, 2026August 29, 2026 Samuel Porteous 0 Comments Aaron Pierre, Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof, DC Comics, DC Studios, Garret Dillahunt, Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, HBO, John Stewart, Kelly Macdonald, Kyle Chandler, Lanterns, mystery, Ozark, science fiction, superhero, Tom King, True Detective, Watchmen

Kyle Chandler is the greenest of Green Lanterns

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‘The Man Will Burn’ Wonders Whether Burning Man Has Lost Its Roots

August 20, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments art festival, Baker Beach, Black Rock City, Burning Man, Burning Man Project, counterculture, documentary, festival culture, HBO, HBO Max, Jehane Noujaim, Kimbal Musk, Marian Goodell, Nevada, San Francisco, Television Review, The Man Will Burn, Tribeca Festival, Vikram Gandhi

The iconic desert festival grows up, can it survive a decade of mainstream wealth?

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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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Calling all Byrd Watchers

July 7, 2026July 9, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments AIDS crisis, Annie Sprinkle, Bang My Box The Robin Byrd Story, Channel J, creator economy, documentary, free speech, gay rights, HBO, Jyllian Gunther, LGBTQ history, LGBTQ+, Max, New York City, public access television, public access TV, Reagan era, Robin Byrd, Sarah Jessica Parker, sex positivity, Shelly Byrd, social media, Stephanie Schwam, Television, transgender visibility, TV documentary

A Sarah Jessica Parker production portrays the sex-positive influencer who preceded social media

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Guys Like Us, Baby We Were ‘Born to Bowl’

March 25, 2026March 30, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments A24, A24 television, Americana, Anthony Simonsen, Ben Stiller, blue collar America, Born to Bowl, bowling, Brian Lazarte, Cameron Crowe (bowler), Chicago, documentary series, E.J. Tackett, Hard Knocks, HBO, HBO documentaries, James Lee Hernandez, Jason Belmonte, Kyle Troup, Liev Schreiber, McMillion$, niche sports, professional bowling, Red Hour Films, sports documentary, underdog sports, White Sox, working class stories

A Ben Stiller produced documentary series follows a bunch of pro-bowlers

Tips for Winning Bar Bets About Paramount, Warner Brothers, and Netflix

February 18, 2026February 18, 2026 Stephen Macaulay 0 Comments 45-day theatrical window, Academy Awards, Apple Original Films, Argo, Avatar, Avengers: Endgame, Best Picture, box office records, Burbank, cable television revenue, Casablanca, CBS, CODA, Comedy Central, corporate debt, corporate takeover bid, David Ellison, DC Studios, entertainment finance, F1 film, film industry economics, Frankenstein, HBO, Hollywood studios, Hollywood studios history, inside out 2, Larry Ellison, Los Gatos, market capitalization, Max, media consolidation, media mergers, Melrose Avenue, My Fair Lady, Netflix, Nickelodeon, One Battle After Another, Oscar history, Paramount global, Paramount Skydance, Roma, Silicon Valley, Sinners, Skydance Media, Spider-Man: No Way Home, streaming distribution, streaming vs theatrical, streaming wars, Ted Sarandos, The Force Awakens, The Jazz Singer, The Life of Emile Zola, Theatrical window, Titanic, top grossing films, Train Dreams, video on demand, Warner Bros. Discovery, Wings

As WBD goes back on the sale aisle, here are some non-trivial facts about the companies in the drama

Netflix takes to the ‘Street’

May 21, 2025 Jake Harris 0 Comments HBO, HBO Max, Netflix, Sesame Street, Trump, Trump Administration

Sesame Street is moving addresses down the streaming block

Make HBO Max Great Again

May 16, 2025May 27, 2025 Jake Harris 0 Comments David Zaslav, HBO, HBO Max, Max, Warner Bros. Discovery

Streaming service rebrands once more and embraces the chaos on social media

Dumb and Dragoner

June 18, 2024June 20, 2024 Dr. Carlos Flores 0 Comments Game Of Thrones, George R.R. Martin, HBO, House of the Dragon

The second season of HBO’s ‘House of the Dragon’ suffers from stupid Targaryens making foolish plans

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A Guilty-Pleasure Visit to ‘MILF Manor’

July 17, 2023July 24, 2023 Jon Hart 0 Comments 30 Rock, Fboy Island, HBO, Max, MILF Manor, Nikki Glazer, White House Plumbers

If the strikes go on much longer, this is what all TV will look like

What Will ‘Barry’ Do?

May 23, 2023 Matt Hanson 0 Comments Barry, Bill Hader, HBO, Henry Winkler, Stephen Root

A spoiler-free look at the dark comedy’s main players as the series comes to an end

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BFG Podcast #070: ‘Heat 2,’ ‘House of the Dragon,’ and ‘3000 Years of Longing’

August 30, 2022September 1, 2022 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments 3000 Years of Longing, Game Of Thrones, George Miller, HBO, Heat 2, House of the Dragon, Idris Elba, Mad Max Fury Road, Meg Gardiner, Michael Mann

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