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March 10, 2018Everything Sucks! doesn't suck. Plus, Obama Netflix
We checked out Netflix's 90s throwback coming of age series Everything Sucks! It provoked a surprising reaction in some of us. Also, Netflix is talking to the Obamas about original programming and the Oscars apparently happened.
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Netflix talking to Obamas re: series
Jon Favreau making a Star Wars show
Netflix technically wins an Oscar
1 hr 4 min
February 23, 2018Netflix's Mute, and murder entrapment for fun
Netflix has a doozy of a stinker on its hands with 'Mute,' the new original film created by 'Moon' and 'WarCraft' director Duncan Jones. Seperately, why is Netflix letting British people try to trick other British people into committing fake murder?
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Netflix's The Push show looks awful
Hulu has a mid-Olympics outage
The Cheetos flavor movie
1 hr 11 min
February 16, 2018Black Panther, Babylon Berlin and bad James Corden
We (well two of us) saw Black Panther and couldn't contain our excitement so that became the second of two reviews this week, including Netflix's Babylon Berlin. Also Darrell goes into even more detail about his deep, deep hatred of television's James Corden.
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Marvel's 'Black Panther' TC review
Ryan Murphy's Netflix deal
Carpool Karaoke sadly renewed at Apple
1 hr 9 min
February 09, 2018Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kumail Nanjiani, and The Cloverfield Paradox
This week, we review 'The Cloverfield Paradox,' the science fiction/horror film that Netflix released right after the Super Bowl. We also discuss Amazon's just-announced Western starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Apple's immigrant-focused series from Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon, and the latest update in the Logan Paul saga.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger To Topline ‘Outrider’ Western TV Series In Works At Amazon
‘Little America’ Immigrant Anthology Series In Works At Apple From ‘The Big Sick’ Writers, Lee Eisenberg & Alan Yang
YouTube suspends ads on Logan Paul’s channels after “recent pattern” of behavior in videos
Cloverfield Paradox review: Netflix combines every space scream
59 min
February 02, 2018Altered Carbon and streaming TV stats
This week, we review the new Netflix series 'Altered Carbon." Also, YouTube TV's expansion and the growth of HBO Now leads to a broader discussion of cable unbundling and Jordan's ideal home video setup. Darrell also recounts an autonomous driving accident that he experienced earlier this week.
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YouTube TV’s app arrives on Roku & Apple TV
HBO's Online Channel Surpasses 5 Million U.S. Subscribers
We were in an accident during an automated driving tech demo
53 min
January 26, 2018The Oscars, Ozark, and Logan Paul redux
This week, there's a lot in the news, including a bunch of Oscar nominations for streaming shows, and a mini-review of Black Lightning, a new CW superhero show. Also, we get into Ozark, Jason Bateman's Netflix original series.
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Mudbound nabs Netflix some Oscar nominations
The Tick and Sneaky Pete renewed
Ozark on Netflix
Farewell to Ursula Le Guin
1 hr 3 min
January 19, 2018Electric Dreams, The Handmaid's Tale S2 and Obama
You get a trio of power this week with Jordan, Darrell and Anthony all together to discuss Amazon original 'Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams.' It's sort of like Black Mirror, but better AND worse. Also, thoughts on The Handmaid's Tale season 2 trailer.
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The Handmaid's Tale returning April 25 to Hulu
Obama on Letterman on Netflix
Everything Sucks! trailer
1 hr 25 min
January 12, 2018Black Mirror, Hulu's big year and more fallout for Logan Paul
This week, we reviewed Season 4 of Netflix's 'Black Mirror," debating which episodes we loved and which ones fell short. We also discussed Hulu's growth in 2017 and the latest developments in the Logan Paul controversy.
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Hulu reached more than 17M subscribers and $1B in ad revenue last year
Hulu’s next big update will include a new Live TV guide, plus personalization improvements
YouTube drops Logan Paul from Google Preferred and puts his Originals on hold
YouTube offers non-apology over Logan Paul controversy
1 hr 13 min
January 05, 2018Bright, Logan Paul and Apple's latest series
This week, a lot of the news in streaming content focused on Bright, Netflix's big budget original film starring Will Smith. It broke records for Netflix viewership, but critics hated it. We have our own thoughts. Also YouTuber Logan Paul screwed up, no question, but why?
Also, Bright already has a sequel in the works, but is there any chance it can actually be a truly great movie?
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Bright sequel planned at Netflix
Bright had 11 million viewers in 3 days
Logan Paul sorry for terrible judgement
Logan Paul video passed YouTube content moderation
Apple's Octavia Spencer project
1 hr 23 min
December 22, 2017Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Apple's own space opera
We're pretty laser-focused on Star Wars: The Last Jedi (lasers, get it?) this week, since Anthony saw a press screening and Darrell has already seen it not once, but twice – with very different results. Besides our TLJ review, we also talk about Netflix's very bad Bright reviews and Apple's new space TV series.
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Apple's Ronald D. Moore space series
'Bright' reviews round-up
Anthony's Star Wars: The Last Jedi review
The Last Jedi should end the Star Wars franchise
1 hr 52 min

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