Netflix’s live action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender was filled to the brim with references, Easter eggs, and mashed-up storylines. But what it was missing was our favourite Earthbender of all time: Toph. On Thursday, Netflix revealed the much-anticipated addition to the cast: the fourth member of Team Avatar, …
Read More »Netflix's 'Territory' trailer is already being compared to 'Yellowstone'
A land succession drama on an Australian cattle ranch where everyone’s out for blood? That’s the pitch for Netflix‘s new drama series Territory, which dropped a trailer this week. The plot revolves around the Lawson family and the country’s largest ranch, Marianne Station, where the boss ends up dead. Cue …
Read More »'The Eternaut' trailer has people struggling to survive a snowy, radioactive wasteland
Snow is meant to be delightful and festive, but when you pair it with words like “toxic” and “apocalypse” it suddenly becomes much less fun. That’s the vibe of Netflix‘s The Eternaut, based on the Argentinian graphic novel of the same name, the trailer for which shows survivors in full …
Read More »'Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft' trailer is a battle of personal and literal demons
Following the teaser, Netflix‘s action-packed trailer for animated series Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft is here — and our hero has both personal and literal demons to conquer. The series is set after the events of the Tomb Raider “Survivor” trilogy of games which finished with Shadow of …
Read More »Netflix's 'Wednesday' Season 2 behind-the-scenes gives us a torturously short teaser
If Wednesday Addams’ idea of torturing us is drip-feeding behind-the-scenes snippets of the filming of Season 2 of Tim Burton’s Netflix series, then consider us deeply tormented. Netflix dropped an excruciatingly short look at the making of Wednesday Season 2 during its promotional Geeked Week, with star Jenna Ortega back …
Read More »'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 …
Read More »'Daily Show' goes after Trump's new crypto scheme with a brutal parody ad
In case you missed the exciting news, Donald Trump has taken time out of his making-weird-comments-during-presidential-debates schedule to launch an incredibly vague sounding cryptocurrency venture called World Liberty Financial. “This is great news,” says Daily Show host Ronny Chieng in the clip above from Wednesday night’s show. “Donald Trump, the …
Read More »Stephen Colbert responds to Elon Musk's 'joke' about Biden and Harris assassination
In July, Elon Musk publicly endorsed Donald Trump for president on X (formerly Twitter) after an assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania. And following another apparent assassination attempt on Trump on Sunday, the X owner took to his platform to respond to a user who’d asked, “Why they want …
Read More »Animation overload: The 10 best anime series on Hulu
Looking to get lost in a postapocalyptic world of oversexed teenage superheroes who wield emotions as heightened as their spiky hairdos? Sounds like you want to watch yourself some anime. The Japanese word for “animation” is really so broad in meaning that it covers multiple genres and styles — anime …
Read More »The 35 best limited series to binge-watch in 2024
Is there anything that embodies “prestige viewing” more than the limited series? With a clear endpoint, writers don’t need to bloat their plots to plant seeds for future conflicts. Their characters can strive for clear, definable goals. Production budgets don’t need to keep yearly renewal in mind. A limited series …
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