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There are so many problems with streaming media, but a big one is that each of these companies is hellbent on creating new movies and shows to fill out their library of licensable titles. There’s a lot that’s worth watching, but there’s nowhere near enough time to watch these worthy works. As a result, great…

Most of it is not my bag, but I envy the ritual of it: the anticipation, casting debates, speculation on changes that’re brilliant in retrospect. I got a taste with Netflix’s gorgeous, fleeting The Baby-Sitters Club adaptation, but my peak memories of that fandom are me, alone in my room, post-Scholastic book order delivery. Of…

Crafts and Coffee When: 2-4 p.m. Sunday Where: Hunter Museum of American Art, 10 Bluff View Cost: $10 for members, $12 for non-members More info: Adults can enjoy an afternoon of art-making, conversation and coffee.  huntermuseum.org

There are movies you watch once and enjoy, and then there are movies that stay with you so deeply that you feel compelled to watch them again sooner rather than later. Back in the 1990s, there was one movie that particularly intrigued me. For starters, its lead actor was the son of a legendary martial…

Off on a tangent … Ella Lily Hyland (Bridget), Aidan Gillen (Grinner) and Casey Walsh (Paul) in Tall Tales and Murder. Photograph: BBC/AvalonOff on a tangent … Ella Lily Hyland (Bridget), Aidan Gillen (Grinner) and Casey Walsh (Paul) in Tall Tales and Murder. Photograph: BBC/Avalon Review

The build-a-figure concept ruled action figure collecting in the 2000s and 2010s, serving as an innovative (and sometimes downright devious) way to talk collectors into buying figures they don’t really want. In 2002, Hasbro came up with a novel variation on the build-a-figure theme for their Star Wars Saga Collection: a build-a-bar, enabling fans to…

Xbox is cheekily marketing GTA 6 with a sweepstakes for an Xbox Series X inside an alligator that one lucky user could win, and they’re calling it the Xbox Series X-Bite.

As soon as Microsoft announced its $50 Xbox Nano Controller, the adorable little device won my heart with its cute design. However, after gaming with the small controller, I don’t plan to use it as my main gamepad anytime soon. 

Welcome to your weekly look ahead at what’s coming to Netflix over the next seven days! As we settle into November, Netflix is bringing a massive slate of content to keep us entertained as the weather cools down. Between the return of a major British spy thriller, a huge drop of licensed network television, and…

A Japanese comic could be partly to blame for the crowds of tourists in the Cotswolds’ “most beautiful” village.