In Recent years, Netflix and Apple TV+ have been duking it out to have the most prestigious film offerings, but some of the best movies are on Amazon Prime Video. The streamer was one of the first to go around picking up film festival darlings and other lovable favorites, and …
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The 24 Best Shows on Amazon Prime Right Now (May 2025)
While Netflix is busy pumping out more series than any one person could watch (probably), some of the best shows are on Amazon Prime Video. Trouble is, navigating the service’s labyrinthine menus can make finding the right series a pain. We’re here to help. Below are our favorite Amazon series—all …
Read More »He Bought a Racetrack 6 Years Ago. Now He Runs the Netflix of Grassroots Motorsports
“Florida implemented a statewide shutdown on the very day of our event,” he said. Mitchell also struggled to get the right workers and equipment needed for the PPV. Flights weren’t available due to the pandemic, forcing Mill to produce the event from California using a cell phone group chat and …
Read More »The 62 Best Movies on Disney+ Right Now (May 2025)
In the game known as the streaming wars, Disney+ came out swinging, bringing with it a massive library of movies and TV shows—with new ones being added all the time. Watched everything on Netflix? Disney+ has a seemingly endless selection of Marvel movies and plenty of Star Wars and Pixar …
Read More »‘Sinners’ Proves Audiences Crave Sex, Vampires—and Fresh Ideas
Kyle Brett had a feeling Sinners, the new supernatural horror from Black Panther director Ryan Coogler, would have a big opening weekend—but he was also hyper aware of the consequences of failure. “It’s already extremely hard to have a successful original horror movie or just any original movie,” Brett, a …
Read More »Muscle Memory Isn’t What You Think It Is
We all want to know if and how we can come back to form after injury, illness, or a long hiatus. Muscles adapt in response to the environment: They grow when we put in the work and shrink when we stop. But what if we could help them remember how …
Read More »Star Wars’ ‘Andor’ Season 2 Depicts the Banality of American Fascism
In the first three episodes of Andor Season 2, which started streaming on Disney+ on April 22, one of the show’s many interlocking plotlines takes us to Mina-Rau, an agricultural planet on the outer rim of the Star Wars galaxy, where a group of rebel soldiers are posing as freelance …
Read More »‘Conclave’ Viewership Shot Up 283 Percent Following Pope Francis’ Death
In the Roman Catholic Church, it was called the “Francis effect,” a feeling that the arrival of the more inclusive Pope Francis in 2013 would invigorate the faith and get people back in the pews. On Monday, Francis’ passing at the age of 88 led to an effect of a …
Read More »The 55 Best Shows on Disney+ Right Now (May 2025)
Disney+, if you didn’t know, isn’t just for kids. With its ownership of the Lucasfilm brand and the Marvel titles, the streaming service offers plenty of grown-up content in its bid to compete with Netflix and Amazon—and we’re not just talking movies. Since launching the service, Disney has used the …
Read More »4chan Is Dead. Its Toxic Legacy Is Everywhere
Many of the 4chan users that called me mid-Battletoad attack left messages. I listened to all of them. A pattern quickly emerged: young men, clearly nervous to even leave a message, trying to harass a stranger for, seemingly, the hell of it. Those voicemails have never left me in the …
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