The Netflix Q4 2023 earnings show the benefit of reinvention Netflix (as of Jan 23, 2024) published it’s fourth quarter 2023 results with more than a little triumph. You can read all the details here, or focus the rather more accessible Letter to Shareholders (as most commentators seem to have done). Or, you could stay … >
The former Sherlock star takes on the role of Patricia Highsmith’s Tom Ripley. Updated 23/01/23: Netflix have dropped an atmospheric teaser. Ahead of an April release, Netflix have dropped a first glimpse of Andrew Scott (Sherlock, SPECTRE) in action as Tom Ripley. The show, adapting Patricia Highsmith’s novel The Talented Mr. Ripley, follows its eponymous antihero … >
The Netflix series of The Gentlemen offers another slice of the world seen in Ritchie’s 2020 movie of the same name. Director Guy Ritchie loves his gangsters, doesn’t he? While he usually operates on the big screen, the director has pivoted towards streaming for his latest project. Partnering with Netflix, he’s serving up an eight-part … >
The animated Star Trek show, cancelled by Paramount+, was saved by Netflix. The story of Star Trek: Prodigy, franchise’s children-focussed animated spinoff, has been an eventful one. Launched on Nickelodeon and Paramount+, the show was a success and swiftly recommissioned. However, it later fell foul of Paramount’s cost-cutting last June. With a second season all … >
We pick six new shows coming in 2024 we think deserve your attention How to pick just six new shows to watch in 2024? Between terrestrial television and even some of the streamers, it’s not even one show each and whatever we pick will do a disservice to others. In the end we’ve chosen shows … >
2023 has been an interesting if varied year for television shows — we remember six we feel ended too soon There’s been plenty to entertain in 2023, but also disappointments. Nothing feels worse than vesting time in a show for it to be cancelled with plenty more story to come or even ending a season … >
The streamer is mulling a spinoff from Wednesday starring Uncle Fester. With the smash hit Wednesday on their hands, it’s natural that Netflix would consider expanding its world. This appears to be confirmed by a recent Bloomberg newsletter which suggests the streamer is entering its “franchise era” and looking to “establish a pipeline of Addams … >
Jamie Dornan’s amnesiac thriller returns on New Year’s Day 2024. Updated 18/12/23: The BBC have now revealed the Series Two trailer. Ahead of the show’s much anticipated return, and following Jamie Dornan’s appearance on Graham Norton’s sofa with Imelda Staunton, Jack Lowden and Ncuti Gatwa, there’s now a trailer for The Tourist Series Two. The … >
The streamers want to improve revenues, cut churn and attract customers — even if it means working with the competition, bundling just might be the answer Streamers are raising prices, household budgets are ever stretched and there are too many options in the market. Remember when you were a kid, buying sweets at the cinema … >
After what seems a long wait, Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon arrives this Christmas — Part One that is We’ve been talking about Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon since way back in July 2021. In that time the science fiction epic has become two films, both already in the can. The good news is we finally get to see Rebel … >