Meghann Fahy, Milly Alcock Defend Finale Choices

Meghann Fahy, Milly Alcock Defend Finale Choices

[This story contains major spoilers from the season finale of Netflix’s Sirens.] Throughout Netflix’s five-episode series Sirens, viewers hace watched Devon (Meghann Fahy) try to lure her sister Simone (Milly Alcock) away from the lavish community she now resides in while working for and being uncomfortably close with socialite Michaela “Kiki” Kell (Julianne Moore), who…

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How Netflix’s Latest ‘Fear Street’ Slasher Film Created a Terrifying Prom Experience for Fans

How Netflix’s Latest ‘Fear Street’ Slasher Film Created a Terrifying Prom Experience for Fans

Netflix‘s Fear Street: Prom Queen has allowed fans to immerse themselves in high school nostalgia — onscreen and in real life. Based on author R.L. Stine’s books, the fourth film in the streamer’s slasher series began streaming Friday. Writer-director Matt Palmer’s feature stars India Fowler, Suzanna Son, David Iacono, Ella Rubin, Ariana Greenblatt and Rebecca…

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Thomas Hayden Church Is Here to Help the Shop — and Will’s Erections — in ‘Tires’ Season 2 Trailer (Exclusive)

Thomas Hayden Church Is Here to Help the Shop — and Will’s Erections — in ‘Tires’ Season 2 Trailer (Exclusive)

Valley Forge Auto needs a prayer to stay open. It got Thomas Hayden Church. On Netflix’s Tires, Will (Steven Gerben), an uncomfortable and unqualified heir to an auto repair chain, attempts to grow his father’s business — if his cousin Shane (Shane Gillis), a shop mechanic, doesn’t destroy it first. The first season of Tires…

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‘Sirens’ Review: Meghann Fahy, Milly Alcock and Julianne Moore Star in Netflix’s Erratic Slice of Affluence Porn

‘Sirens’ Review: Meghann Fahy, Milly Alcock and Julianne Moore Star in Netflix’s Erratic Slice of Affluence Porn

Mortal women tend to get a bum deal in classical mythology; it isn’t uncommon to see them reduced to simple, ill-fated victims or, in more complicated instances, turned into literal monsters for offenses they didn’t commit. It’s almost progressive that princesses and washerwomen alike get crushed by the caprice of misbehaving immortals — but only…

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Cannes Showcases Africa’s Film Future

Cannes Showcases Africa’s Film Future

African cinema has arrived in Cannes determined to blaze its own trail amid signs of a slowdown in investment across the continent from the world’s leading streamers. Leading the way is Akinola Davies Jr.’s drama My Father’s Shadow, an Un Certain Regard contender that’s being touted as the first Nigerian film ever selected for Cannes’…

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Netflix adds more live TV to its lineup

Netflix adds more live TV to its lineup

Netflix is adding more livestreaming content, the company announced at its Upfront presentation on Wednesday. The service, which now reaches over 94 million global monthly active users, has been steadily introducing live TV to its audience with sports content from WWE wrestling, comedy, and awards shows, and other special events (some of which definitely didn’t…

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Gov. Phil Murphy Pans Trump’s Foreign-Film Tariffs — Even Though They Would Help New Jersey

Gov. Phil Murphy Pans Trump’s Foreign-Film Tariffs — Even Though They Would Help New Jersey

As part of his final act as New Jersey governor, Phil Murphy officially welcomed Netflix to Monmouth County. Netflix Studios Fort Monmouth will Miracle-Gro the Garden State’s already thriving film and TV production business, a desirable industry attracted by generous tax incentives. Murphy far prefers a “carrot” technique to the “sticks” of President Trump’s threatened…

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