It’s been a long road for Star Trek: Prodigy, getting from there (Paramount+) to here (Netflix). But, perhaps fitting for a show so engaged as a spiritual sequel to Star Trek: Voyager, that journey homeward bound might need to keep going on for a bit longer: it’s emerged this week that the animated series is starting to run […]
You Have Just a Few More Days to Explore Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
It might be seen as irony that technology is the undoing of Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, given that Black Mirror stories tend to focus on the dangers of relying on technology. Though the 2018 special episode, which allowed viewers to plot their own journeys with the help of an on-screen pop-up menu, initially survived Netflix’s purge of […]
The End Is Here in the First Trailer for Squid Game 3
How is it going to end? Well, with the first teaser for Squid Game 3, we finally have our first look. The third and final season of the runaway Netflix smash is coming on June 27 and, in the teaser, we get to see all our favorite surviving characters get ready for one last game. […]
How Stranger Things Season 5 Changed the Show’s New Play
Stranger Things: The First Shadow just hit Broadway, inviting theater goers deeper into the realms of Netflix’s hit show. The spin-off play takes the story back to Hawkins circa 1959 and expands Henry Creels’ origin story ahead of his transformation into Vecna, the big bad of the Duffer Brothers-created series. On a recent Happy Sad […]
All the Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Movies Coming to Netflix This Summer
While movie theaters are thriving—what with all the vampires, chicken jockeys, and revival hits—sometimes it’s all too tempting to stay home and see what’s new on Netflix. The streamer recently unveiled its summer movie slate, and we’ve picked out the sci-fi, fantasy, and horror titles to add to your “to-watch” calendar. May 23 – Fear […]
Black Mirror’s Jimmi Simpson Is Totally Up for More ‘USS Callister’
Black Mirror fans felt excitement and joy—unfamiliar emotions to associate with the dystopian series, to be honest—upon learning that the show’s seventh season would include a sequel to season four’s “USS Callister.” Now that “USS Callister: Into Infinity” has hit Netflix, putting its cast of humans and digital-clones-trapped-in-a-video-game through a new high-stakes adventure, the question […]
6 Horror Movies to Stream on Netflix (and Why You Should Watch Them Now)
Netflix doesn’t have the deepest horror library (unless true crime counts), but it has an unusually high number of movies available right now with direct links to current, recent, or much-anticipated releases. Expand your enjoyment of these busy stars, writers, and directors by streaming some of their past work too. Talk to Me Brothers Danny […]
8 More Black Mirror Episodes That Deserve Sequels
Black Mirror season seven is now streaming on Netflix, and its six-episode drop contains a first for the series in sequel “USS Callister: Into Infinity.” The follow-up to the popular season four episode is the standout of the bunch, and with the knowledge that series creator Charlie Brooker is pondering other sequel ideas for future […]
Netflix’s Moonrise Anime Is a Gorgeous Space Opera, but Its Story Is a Mess
On paper, Netflix’s new sci-fi anime, Moonrise, is anime catnip to old and new generations of anime fans as a dream collaboration too significant to fail, even if the platform faltered in promoting it before its release. Directed by Masashi Koizuka of Wit Studio (Attack on Titan), featuring character designs by Hiromu Arakawa of Fullmetal […]
Daredevil Made Marvel Bleed, and Was Better for It
The early days of the Marvel Cinematic Universe were full of family-friendly adventures. Captain America: The Winter Soldier was the most grounded of the bunch back then in that people could easily die in a fight, and it meant something to see Nick Fury and Black Widow visibly struggle with getting shot. A year later, Marvel […]