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We Need to Talk About Netflix Netflix is in trouble. At least, according to Wall Street it is. If the money demons aren’t happy, sacrifices are inevitably going to be made. Instead of increasing their subscription numbers in their first quarter by 2.5 million as they had projected, Netflix actually …
A New Marvel Legend Arrives Great news for comic book fans, because the brilliant Oscar Isaac cannot tell the difference between his waking life, and dweeeams! That’s right, Moon Knight has finally started every Wednesday, and it’s great fun. With perhaps the most engaging opening episodes of any Marvel Disney+ …
Good news: I’ve finally cracked it. Ever since streaming became more than just Netflix, I’ve been worried about keeping up with all the new releases. It was manageable when Amazon came on board, and then Apple TV+ with their limited catalogue of original-only content. But that library expanded, and more …
The City Screens The Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival has kicked off with films showing around the city (and nationwide thanks to the online player for some films receiving online premieres in conjunction with physical ones). The schedule this year has been one of the best, featuring big, or …
The Rusted Globes Remember when the Globes were golden? No, me neither. They were always a bit of a joke in the industry, beloved by the celebrities who’d be seduced by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), mocked by the hosts (Ricky Gervais has some rather entertaining, nihilistic bits from …
Return to Form Continuing the trend of bringing back beloved characters several years after they left our screens, Showtime have returned Dexter to us. Dexter was the first TV show I really got into, that introduced me to the wonderful world of serialised storytelling. It was also the first show …
Rust After the tragic death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the film set of Rust, many questions have been raised about how such a thing could have possibly happened. Hutchins was killed after being hit by a live round fired from a prop gun that should not have had a …
The Calm Before the Storm Some major news from across the pond this week: members of IATSE have overwhelmingly voted to authorise a nationwide film and TV production strike. For those of you wondering who the hell IATSE are and why that matters, they are the union that bargains on …
The first in a series of columns by Connor Howlett, updating us on the latest news in the film and TV world. They’ve Done It Again One of the most recent egregious examples of the film and TV industry getting it completely and utterly wrong is the CBS competitive show, …
Part 1 Staring at the white Ford Transit that I stripped bare, I’m often filled with both panic and excitement. I bought a van? I haven’t known about van life for long. Although, I have been obsessed with tiny houses for years, somehow the idea to renovate a van into …