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Live TV streaming isn’t exactly cheap anymore, and most services have quietly dropped free trials altogether. YouTube TV is going the opposite direction. With its new promotion aimed at encouraging new users to try YouTube TV before committing, Google has created an opportunity for many users who may have been interested but unsure about the service. This promotion offers users extended time to explore YouTube TV at a greatly reduced rate over what they would have paid previously. If you’re considering YouTube TV, this is an excellent opportunity to see just how much of an investment it actually is. YouTube…

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Netflix’s biggest movie of all time keeps growing, as it has now broken another major record for the streaming service. When it comes to Netflix’s original movies, every year brings along exciting new releases. For instance, 2025 ended with huge original hits, like Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery and The Great Flood. Now, Netflix’s best movies list might have just added another film, as Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s new team-up project, The Rip, has become a major worldwide hit for the streamer, topping Netflix’s charts. Still, no other movie on Netflix has been able to surpass…

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Most filmmakers are lucky if they make one masterpiece in their lifetime – Park Chan-wook can’t seem to stop doing it. No Other Choice is his long-awaited adaptation of Donald Westlake’s 1997 corporate satire-thriller ​‘The Ax’, about a laid-off employee who decides to thin out the job pool. Reuniting with leading man Lee Byung-hun, director Park executes a sharp, timely and blisteringly funny tale of personal greed, while pondering the lurking evil of AI.LWLies: You’ve spoken about your desire to adapt ​‘The Ax’ into a film a few times over the years, but I wonder how your understanding or perception of that story has changed since…

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VENUS GRRRLS are a powerhouse all-female goth-grunge rock band hailing from Leeds and Newcastle, UK, blending 90s riot grrrl attitude with a cinematic, darkly romantic edge. Formed by GK (vocals, rhythm guitar), Eliza Lee (lead guitar), Hannah Barraclough (bass), Grace Stubbings (synth), and Alannagh Doherty (drums), the band’s fierce chemistry and sonic precision have made them one of the most exciting voices in the UK’s alt-rock resurgence.Their sound — a fusion of riot grrrl defiance, shoegaze shimmer, and post-punk theatricality — has earned them widespread acclaim, with features on BBC Radio 1, BBC 6 Music, Radio X, and Sirius XM, and glowing coverage…

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I guess technically the name “Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift” could refer to Hollywood, Florida?Universal already has a Fast & Furious roller coaster called Hollywood Drift coming to its Universal Studios Hollywood theme park. It’s slated to open there later this year. But today Universal announced their Universal Studios Florida park in Orlando will get its own version of Hollywood Drift as well.The ride will replace the park’s former coaster, Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit, which closed in 2025. According to the press release, Hollywood (Florida) Drift “will put guests in the driver seat of the high-speed thrills of Universal Pictures’ Fast & Furious universe like never…

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Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for Fallout Season 2, Episode 5.Fallout fans generally agree that Prime Video’s series is a worthy entry in the franchise, but this week’s episode, “The Wrangler,” raises the bar by introducing a scathing new mystery for lore-obsessed fans. During Cooper Howard’s (Walton Goggins) conversation with Robert House (Justin Theroux), the latter reveals he knows the end of the world is coming, but doesn’t quite understand how Howard figures into it and suspects there is “another player at the table,” an “unknown entity” that is behind not just the upcoming nuclear holocaust. He’s seen the…

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Even after years of development, Warhammer 40,000 fans have no clue when or where Henry Cavill’s shared universe of 40K films and TV shows will actually take place. Thankfully, the one massive clue offered by Cavill has officially been solved after years of mystery, suggesting the most likely glimpse of what story his Warhammer universe will tell. And maybe, just maybe, precisely what the opening shots of Cavill’s series could actually be. Why The Warhammer Movie & TV Universe Are Such A Mystery Unlike Star Wars, The Fantasy Setting’s ‘Main Story’ Spans 10,000+ Years An image of actor Henry Cavill…

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Without the glossy production values that come with screening in a multiplex, film clubs like Speed and Strike sell themselves on their ability to curate interesting lineups of films. ​“I try to bring in a theme”, Phoebe says, ​“whether that be ideological, like in our first season, ​‘Rotten Britain’, or something more formal, like the ​‘Time and Meditation’ series that focused on slow cinema. It’s also about pairing films that people might have heard of, like Goodbye Dragon Inn, with lesser known films like Gus Van Sant’s massively undersung Gerry.”Speed and Strike occasionally exhibit films in collaboration with Paraphysis Cinema, a queer cult cinema project…

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There’s a reason we call reality shows “trash TV.” A lot of it is terrible! Of course, the point of reality shows isn’t to be “good” — you won’t find any Sopranos-level drama on Vanderpump Rules or Real Housewives. The joy of reality television is that it is garbage, and all the more entertaining for it. Still, not all reality shows are created equal. Some are a whole lot worse than others.When we’re talking about shows that give the very concept of reality TV a bad name, there are plenty that spring to mind. Most of these (but not all)…

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