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Netflix has been rolling out some pretty sweet shows and movies so far this summer. Harlan Coben’s I Will Find You and the streamer’s latest chilling docuseries, Worst Neighbor Ever, have both been squatting comfortably in the Netflix Top 10, and Hamnet is pulling on all the heartstrings. Not a bad problem to have

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The lifespan of a TV show depends on so many factors: the writing, cast, timing, the Zeitgest. Even the very best shows don’t always last past one season because of something unrelated to the show’s quality: behind-the-scenes creative differences, time slots, or executives’ impatience

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We all have our blind spots when it comes to streaming.I’ve admitted the classic movies I was late to, includingL.A. Confidentialand To Live and Die in L.A.Now, it’s time to come clean about the classic TV shows I wish I had watched sooner. Some of these I can blame on my age — two of…

Not every thriller needs to be big, complex, or full of twists to work. Some of the best examples of the genre are on Netflix and do the exact opposite: movies with very basic ideas, but with executions built on rich, sustained tension that holds everything together until the very last minute. And more often…

The 1960s were when Marvel Comics began publishing its superhero comics, and some of its early breakout heroes were the mutants known as the X-Men. During this decade, some of the X-Men’s most notable villains debuted, with names like Magneto, the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, the Juggernaut, the Blob, and the Sentinels making their debut.…