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Is ‘Badly in Love’ Terrible Television or Brilliant Satire?

August 19, 2026August 19, 2026 Dr. Carlos Flores 0 Comments Awich, Badly in Love, Badly in Love Season 2, dating reality show, dating show, Japan, Japanese culture, Japanese television, Love, MEGUMI, Nagano, Netflix, Okinawa, reality television, Reality TV, Romance, Television Review, yakuza, yankii

The Japanese reality dating show throws punks together to teach them romantic love

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

August 13, 2026August 13, 2026 Dr. Carlos Flores 2 Comments 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

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

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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

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Louis CK Gets ‘Ridiculous’ and Grumpy

July 9, 2026July 9, 2026 Dan Friedman 0 Comments #metoo, aging, American comedy, cancel culture, comedians, comedy special, humor, Louis C.K., mortality, Netflix, Netflix comedy, New York City, Pop Culture, Ridiculous, social commentary, Stand Up Comedy, Streaming, Television Review

First Netflix special for 9 years is entertaining but limited

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Everything That’s Streaming in July 2026, Now With BritBox!

June 29, 2026 Jake Harris 0 Comments A Woman of Substance, André Holland, Anya Taylor-Joy, Apple TV, Batman: Caped Crusader, BritBox, Criterion Channel, Criterion Collection, David Morrissey, Disney, Ed Harris, Elle, Emmy Rossum, Enola Holmes 3, Exit 8, Faces of Death, Furious, Gone, Hannah Waddingham, Harry Dean Stanton, HBO Max, Heartstopper, Henry Cavill, Hulu, Jake Johnson, Jennifer Garner, Jonathan Demme, July 2026, Kevin Sussman, King of the Hill, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Legally Blonde, Little House on the Prairie, Lucky, Mike Judge, Millie Bobby Brown, Netflix, Octavia Spencer, Paramount, Peacock, Prime Video, Quarterback, Ransom Canyon, Ride or Die, Sachharine, Shark Week, Shudder, Silo, Snoopy Presents, Snowpiercer, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Streaming, Streaming Guide, streaming releases, Stuart Fails to Save the Universe, The Big Bang Theory, The Dink, The Five Star Weekend, The Hawk, The Prisoner, The Real Wolf of Wall Street, They Fight, Trying, TV preview, Will Ferrell, X-Men 97

From Big Bang spinoffs to a Harry Dean Stanton celebration, plus Shark Week, Enola Holmes and more

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Everything That’s Streaming in June 2026

June 1, 2026June 6, 2026 Jake Harris 0 Comments Apple TV Plus, Avatar Fire and Ash, Cape Fear, Criterion Channel, Criterion Collection, Disney Plus, Earth Wind and Fire, HBO Max, House of the Dragon, Hulu, James Bond, June 2026, Larry David, Michael Fassbender, movie recommendations, Netflix, Paramount Plus, Peacock, Prime Video, Questlove, Shudder, Streaming Guide, Streaming Television, Sugar, The Agency, TV recommendations

Pride month brings James Bond, Lin-Manuel Miranda, dragons and J Lo falling in love with Ted Lasso’s angry friend

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Documentaries, Biopics, and Other Promotional Material

May 26, 2026May 26, 2026 Dan Friedman 0 Comments A Complete Unknown, Amanda Knox, Amy Winehouse, Better Man, biopics, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Bruce Springsteen, celebrity culture, cinema and commerce, documentaries, documentary filmmaking, Elton John, Elvis Presley, film criticism, film industry, Gregg Allman, Hollywood, intellectual property, IP filmmaking, Jiminy Glick, Martin Scorsese, Martin Short, Marty Life Is Short, Melania Trump, michael movie, music biopics, Netflix, Patrick Spikes, Robbie Williams, Rocketman, Simran Hans, Streaming Television, The Guardian, Whitney Houston

How far are fact-based movies just access journalism in cinematic form?

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Winners and Losers of Cannes 2026

May 24, 2026May 28, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Adam Driver, Andrey Zvyagintsev, art house cinema, Cannes 2026, Cannes Film Festival, Cristian Mungiu, European film, Federico Garcia Lorca, Film Awards, Fjord, Glenn Close, international cinema, Ira Sachs, James Gray, Los Javis, Miles Teller, Minotaur, Neon, Netflix, Oscar buzz, Palme D'Or, Paper Tiger, Park Chan-Wook, Paweł Pawlikowski, Penelope Cruz, Rami Malek, Renata Reinsve, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, The Black Ball, world cinema

A jury including Park Chan-wook, Demi Moore, Chloé Zhao, and Stellen Skarsgård choose a worthy slate

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Plastic is Shrinking America’s Dicks

April 12, 2026May 13, 2026 Dan Friedman 0 Comments Cancer Alley, documentary film reviews, Dr. Shanna Swan, endocrine disruptors, environmental documentary, green chemistry, infertility crisis, John Warner, Josh Murphy, Louie Psihoyos, Mark Monroe, Netflix, petrochemical industry, plastic pollution, public health, Rise St. James, Sharon Lavigne, The Plastic Detox

‘The Plastic Detox’ tries to move the needle using shock tactics and reality TV tropes

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Houston, We Have Engagement!

April 8, 2026April 11, 2026 Dr. Carlos Flores 0 Comments Aisha Bowe, Amanda Nguyen, Amy Farrah Fowler, Artemis II, Buzz Aldrin, Christina Koch, Gayle King, Howard Wolowitz, Illuminati, Jeff Bezos, Jeremy Hansen, Joe Rogan, Katy Perry, Kerianne Flyn, Lauren Sánchez, Leonard Hofstadter, NASA, Neil Armstrong, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Netflix, Pedro Almodóvar, Pink Floyd, Raj Koothrappali, Reality TV, Reid Wiseman, Trekkies, Victor Glover

Netflix streams Artmeis II as a NASA reality show

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Taylor Tomlinson Looks for Faith and Punchlines in ‘Prodigal Daughter’

April 5, 2026April 8, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments after midnight, Bill Hicks, Christianity, comedy specials 2026, Doug Stanhope, Fountain Street Church, Fyodor Dostoevsky, George Carlin, Grand Rapids Michigan, Netflix, Parfyon Rogozhin, Prince Myshkin, Prodigal Daughter, religion and comedy, religious satire, Stand Up Comedy, Taylor Tomlinson, The Idiot

In an age of disaster, maybe comedy and religion can collaborate on community

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Everything That’s Streaming in April 2026

March 31, 2026April 6, 2026 Jake Harris 0 Comments adaptation, animation, Apple TV Plus, beef, Charlize Theron, Comedy, Criterion Channel, Disney Plus, documentary, drama, Elle Fanning, entertainment guide, Euphoria, Fantasy, Hacks, HBO Max, Hulu, Jonah Hill, Keanu Reeves, Malcolm In The Middle, Netflix, Paramount Plus, Peacock, Pop Culture, Prime Video, Sci-fi, season premieres, series premieres, Shudder, Stranger Things, Streaming, Television, The Boys, thriller, yahya abdul-mateen ii

Malcolm is back in the middle, available alongside ‘Hacks,’ Siths, Heroes and FIFA World Cup tie ins

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You Won’t Like What You Find ‘Inside the Manosphere’

March 21, 2026March 19, 2026 Robert Dean 4 Comments algorithm economy, barron trump, culture wars, digital identity, documentary film, Donald Trump, ed matthews, gender politics, grifters, homophobia, hstikkytokky, incel culture, influencer economy, inside the manosphere, justin waller, loneliness epidemic, Louis Theroux, manosphere, masculinity crisis, media criticism, modern masculinity, myron gaines, Netflix, Netflix documentary, online influencers, online scams, political radicalization, red pill, self improvement industry, sexism, sneako, social media culture, streaming reviews, toxic masculinity, trump white house, wealth signaling, young men

Louis Theroux dives into the shallow but oh-so broad world that monetizes anxiety through resentment

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