TV Shows

'Penelope' review: Teen girl logs off to touch grass, literally

Few rejoinders sting quite the way “touch grass” does. For those who aren’t chronically online, the phrase essentially means you need to log off and go outside, but the deeper undercurrent is that you’ve lost touch with the real world and desperately need to reconnect to something tangible. It’s “get …

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'Disclaimer' trailer is 150 seconds of affairs, secrets and revenge

Cate Blanchett plays reporter-turned-blackmail victim in seven-episode psychological thriller Disclaimer, which follows a journalist who receive an anonymous novel that’s clearly been written about her own past. The trailer keeps its secrets fairly close to its chest, but it looks like Alfonso Cuarón’s series will be chock-full of affairs, twists …

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'Teacup' trailer teases a family terrorised by an unseen threat

Dead animals in the woods, creepy strangers wearing gas masks and the possibility that loved ones may be getting taken over by an alien force are the key ingredients for Teacup, Peacock’s eight-episode series based on Robert McCammon’s 1988 novel Stinger. Yellowstone‘s Ian McCulloh is acting as showrunner for this …

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'Squid Game' Season 2 teaser hints at new deadly games

Netflix has dropped its first teaser trailer for the highly-anticipated second season of Squid Game, reuniting us with Emmy-winner Lee Jung-jae as Seong Gi-hun — or Player 456 to the creators of the perilous titular survival game. Season 2 will see our triumphant, haunted winner returning to the bloody arena …

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