We’re not going to say these are the best horror flicks to watch, ever. But we are gonna say there are a bunch of random streaming spooks with which to busy ourselves this pandemic-riddled All Hallow’s Eve. We’ve checked many out for you here — but are you like me, thinking there isn’t really a
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Sabrina Spellman’s chilling reign will come to a close Thursday, December 31, 2020. Netflix announced the premiere date for the fourth and final part of the beloved drama on Monday morning after weeks of speculation. “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina re-imagines the origin and adventures of Sabrina the Teenage Witch as a dark coming-of-age story that
Netflix has released a trailer for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, a new film starring Viola Davis as pioneering queer blues singer Ma Rainey. Rainey, widely known as the mother of the blues, forged a lucrative early career in the 1920s while peppering her songs with references to her sexuality, more than 40 years before the Stonewall
Mank, David Fincher’s movie about Oscar-winning Citizen Kane screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz and his tumultuous development of the Orson Welles’ classic, will hit Netflix on December 4 following a November release in theaters. Take a look at the official teaser above. The movie is one of many Netflix 2020-21 awards season contenders; their latest Aaron Sorkin-directed political
The gorgeous ladies of wrestling are no match for COVID-19. GLOW has been canceled after three seasons at Netflix despite snagging a renewal for a fourth and final season. The news is surprising, especially when you consider that it was a popular show, and that it already had a renewal in place for one last
Really, was anyone out there crying out for a Nurse Ratched origin story? The trailers for Netflix’s Ratched — premiering this Friday, Sept. 18; I’ve seen the first four episodes — bill the One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest villain as “one of the world’s most iconic characters,” but as played by Oscar winner Louise
Imax CEO Rich Gelfond anticipates streamers will become more active in exhibition as the post-COVID business shakes out and said his team is turning gray at the stress of constantly shifting release schedules — even as Deadline reports that Warner Bros. is thinking of pushing Wonder Woman 1984 to late December. “One of the reasons
Things took a turn for the worse on AWAY Season 1 Episode 4 for Group Captain Ram Arya. He falls ill, which means Emma and the crew have critical decisions to make. Matt also deals with a tough decision looming ahead — should he pass his mobility tests and go home, or fail on purpose to have
Jim Parsons as Michael and Matt Bomer as Donald in The Boys in the Band (Scott Everett White/Netflix) A trailer for The Boys in the Band, Ryan Murphy’s Netflix adaptation of the acclaimed gay play, has finally landed. The star-studded production is based on the revival of a groundbreaking 1968 play, which features a group
The world of Resident Evil will officially expand on Netflix. The streamer has ordered an eight episode first season with Supernatural EP Andrew Dabb bringing the project to life. As for what it will be about, here’s the official logline. Building on one of the most popular, best selling survival horror video games of all
In or around 1976, I caught a forlorn moment near New York’s Bleecker St. It was early morning. The sun was just up. Two ragged guys were shuffling toward me on the sidewalk, when one offered the other a bottle in a bag. But the drink was declined. “I guess I lost my taste for
Netflix has announced the fate of another two series, and it’s not good news for both, unfortunately. Outer Banks, which became a sleeper hit for the streaming service, has snagged a second season order. Greenhouse Academy, meanwhile, has been canceled after four seasons. Outer Banks is a coming of age story that follows a tight-knit
Netflix has set a Oct. 16 streaming date for its $56M pick-up from Paramount, Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7 in what looks to be the first of their 2020-2021 awards season contenders. Paramount, which first had the movie, was eyeing a fall platform release, initially with a limited debut of Sept. 25,
Viewers eagerly anticipating the third and final cast changes for Netflix’s The Crown still have some time to wait. Deadline is reporting that an extensive break in production is planned between seasons 4 and 5 of the global smash hit. What’s more, the delay is not due to the coronavirus pandemic. Instead, a hiatus was
Netflix faced censorship from the Turkish government. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty) Netflix sought to rebut claims it will end its Turkish service after production of an upcoming local drama was blocked by the country’s government over a gay character. According to Turkish screenwriter Ece Yorenc, the streaming giant scrapped her series If Only just days before
What is going on with Netflix? Another established and popular series has been canceled. The streamer announced today that once Part Four airs, there will be no more Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. A Greg Berlanti production from Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, the series is a spinoff from The CW’s Riverdale. Featuring a fantastic cast, including Kiernan Shipka,
Halle Berry said the trans community should have the chance to tell their own stories. (Gabe Ginsberg/WireImage) Halle Berry has pulled out of a film role in which she’d play a transgender man and issued an apology, following a severe backlash. During an Instagram Live last Friday with hairstylist Christin Brown, the former X-Men star suggested
Catra and She-Ra in the opening credits for ‘She-Ra and the Princesses of Power’ (Screenshot: Netflix) Netflix’s She-Ra massively flipped the status quo by centring a lesbian love story on a kid’s TV series — but the show’s creator has revealed that it almost didn’t happen. Warning: major spoilers ahead for season five of She-Ra
Actors David Walliams (L) and Matt Lucas. (Neilson Barnard/Getty Images) Little Britain, the award-winning rapid-fire sketch show, has been pulled from all British streaming platforms due to concerns about the use of belittling Blackface by its two stars, David Walliams and Matt Lucas. The show, which aired from 2003 to 2005, trafficked in racially-charged humour
Netflix officially closed their deal to acquire the Egyptian Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard and will team with the venue’s nonprofit American Cinematheque. Deadline first broke the news last August of the streamer’s interest in the Sid Grauman built venue. The American Cinematheque organization, established in 1984 will remain a non-profit, with the organization’s curation team
‘Tiger King’ Joe Exotic was jailed for trying to have an animal rights activist murdered. (Netflix) Tiger King – that Netflix docu-series that dropped just as a global, viral pandemic paralysed us all – might be in-line for a second season, according to Joe Exotic’s right-hand man, John Reinke. Speaking to The Sun, the 54-year-old
Jonathan Schmitz was found guilty of second degree murder. (Netflix) Trial by Media, a new Netflix documentary, shines a fresh light on the “gay panic” murder of Jenny Jones Show guest Scott Amedure. Scott Amedure was a 32-year-old gay man who, in 1995, was murdered senselessly in a case that shocked America. Three days before
Tiger King lives on! According to THR, a scripted series based on the hit Netflix docuseries, Tiger King, is in the works at CBS Television Studios. We already know who will be suiting up as Joe Exotic. Nicolas Cage has been tapped to play the man who became an overnight celebrity thanks to the roaring
Circus of Books director Rachel Mason has said she had a very emotional reaction to hearing her brother open up about coming out. Mason’s documentary, which debuted on Netflix earlier this month, tells the story of her conservative, religious parents Karen and Barry Mason – who ran a minor gay porn empire in Los Angeles.
I’ll say this about Ryan Murphy’s new Netflix drama Hollywood: The costumes are fantastic. With its characters decked out in fedoras, three-piece suits and bejeweled ball gowns, the 1940s period piece co-created by Murphy and his Glee co-writer Ian Brennan — debuting this Friday, May 1; I’ve seen all seven episodes — gives us a
RELATED STORIES Warning: This post contains spoilers for all eight episodes of Netflix’s Too Hot to Handle. Let me state this upfront: I am a certified dating show junkie. I watch The Bachelor — and The Bachelorette. I enjoyed Love Is Blind. I even watch trashier fare like Temptation Island. (Speaking of which: Where is
The Eddy feels like the kind of series that only Netflix would shell out the money to make these days: an artsy, atmospheric slice of life set at a Parisian jazz club and shot largely in French that lingers over its characters like stubborn cigarette smoke. Shot in shaky-cam, cinéma vérité style by Oscar winner
Drag Race royalty Alaska. (Screen capture via Entertainment Weekly) In a plot twist we both absolutely did not see coming, yet, are we surprised, is that RuPaul’s Drag Race star Alaska worked as a shopkeeper at the gay porn store featured in Circus of Books. Netflix show Circus of Books tells the story of Karen
RELATED STORIES They’re hot, they’re dumb and they’re about to become your new obsession. They’re the sexy singles of Netflix’s Too Hot to Handle, an eight-episode reality dating competition with a hands-free twist: For every sexual act committed between players — and that ranges from a peck on the lips to the whole shebang —
Netflix drama Love 101 has attracted fury in Turkey (Photos courtesy Netflix/Huseyin Bilgi) Rumours of a gay character on a Turkish Netflix series have fuelled anti-LGBT bigotry in the country. New Turkish coming-of-age drama Love 101, which is set to begin on April 24, unleashed a torrent of fury over unconfirmed rumours that it will