The nice thing about Netflix as an entertainment enterprise is that when it wants a project to feel big, it has the tools to make it feel very big. That is also, as it turns out, the not-so-nice thing about Netflix. As part of its grand Tudum festival over the weekend, the streaming giant unveiled … Read more
Ever since the end of Squid Game season 2 revealed the return of the Red Light, Green Light Doll, Young-hee, in a brand new game, there’s been a lot of speculation about what this game could be. All we saw is the giant robot and her new male counterpart standing across from each other and … Read more
The third and final season of Netflix’s hit series Squid Game arrives on the streaming service on June 27. After losing his best friend and many others to another round of the game, Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) must find another way to take down the games from the inside while keeping himself and the others alive … Read more
FX’s The Bear returns to Hulu for a fourth season on June 25. This season will once again test Carmy (Jeremy Allen White), Sydney (Ayo Edebiri), and the rest of The Bear crew as they try to push their restaurant, and each other, to be the best they can be. The original docuseries Call Her … Read more
There may not be a ton of new releases coming to Disney+ this month, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t plenty to be excited about. The beginning of June sees the return of Phineas and Ferb (June 6) with the first 10 episodes of season 5. This is the first time new episodes have been … Read more
Warning: contains spoilers for Doctor Who episode “The Reality War.” In Doctor Who’s frankly mind-boggling season finale, the Doctor’s epic battle with the two Ranis, Omega, Conrad and a herd of skyscraper-sized bone creatures ultimately comes down to the restoration of a single life – and will require a sacrifice nobody expected. Spoilers ahead. It’s … Read more
HBO original The Gilded Age returns for a third season on June 22. This series tells a fictionalized story set during America’s Gilded Age. A time of rapidly increasing prosperity and industry, for those lucky enough to capitalize on it. New York City’s social scene is forced to adapt as people with old money (inherited … Read more
Frankenstein, the post-Enlightenment novel written by a teenage girl that invented modern science fiction, has long been Guillermo del Toro’s white whale. The Mexican filmmaker has eyed adapting Mary Shelley’s story of a modern day Prometheus since the 1990s. And now it’s almost here. It’s a good feeling for the filmmaker and his admirers… but … Read more
During most of the introduction to the Wake Up Dead Man portion of Saturday night’s Netflix Tudum event, writer-director Rian Johnson and his starry cast, led by a folksy Daniel Craig, had fun hiding what the third Knives Out mystery is about. In fact we really don’t know. But as judged by the first teaser … Read more
On June 5, after years of rumors and anticipation, Nintendo will finally launch the Nintendo Switch 2 worldwide. Preorders are already mostly sold out with millions of gamers anxiously awaiting Mario Kart World Tour and new on-the-go ports of Street Fighter 6 and Cyberpunk 2077. Of course Nintendo is no stranger to the hardware business, … Read more