Netflix’s The Circle and Our Culture
What is it about reality TV shows that draw us in? Could it be that we feel a need to disconnect from our own lives
What is it about reality TV shows that draw us in? Could it be that we feel a need to disconnect from our own lives
It’s hard to drive anywhere in Hollywood this time of year without plowing into another stack of awards. Honorary hardware practically falls from the sky
Some things never change, they say. But some things do. Take Count Dracula, for instance—not the historical Vlad III of Wallachia, of course, but the
The Golden Globes took place on Sunday marking the beginning of the end for Hollywood’s 2019 awards season. (The season will officially culminate on Feb.
The future of television is streaming. In fact, the present of television is streaming, too. Streaming services like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime have been
It’s officially 2020, folks, and we all have our own hopes and dreams for what the new year might hold. But some of us have
The year 2019 was a year of goodbyes. We said farewell to sitcoms (The Big Bang Theory) and television serials (Orange is the New Black);
Christmas Day is over, and some of us are still swimming through used wrapping paper in our living rooms. But we’re not the only ones
Of all the entertainment media we write about here, television shows might be the most difficult for Plugged In to reliably define as “the best.”
Forget the snowball fights so picturesquely common this time of year. In 2019—at least at Netflix’s movie headquarters—they’ll be pelting each other with Golden Globes.
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