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Some comedies are never meant to win awards. They are meant to be quoted in dorm rooms, replayed on lazy Sundays and passed between friends like a secret handshake. The Broken Lizard films belong firmly in that category, and the third chapter of their highway-patrol saga is about to find the place where cult comedies …
Reality television has always thrived on one simple ingredient: people who must work together while secretly planning to win alone. Over the years producers have wrapped that idea in islands, castles and murder mysteries. The newest wrapper borrows from gangster cinema, and it might be the most natural fit yet. The Mob places a group …
Some shows sell themselves in a single sentence, and Phony is one of them: a teenager wakes up from a coma and is sure the woman at his bedside only looks like his mother. The eight-part series started on Hulu on October 20 with two episodes, and the rest will follow week by week. Sam …
Reality TV keeps inventing new jackets for the same old hunger: status, money and the thrill of watching alliances collapse. Hulu’s next version wears a mob-movie coat. The Mob, hosted by Parker Posey, sends a dozen celebrities to a Tuscan villa and hangs a prize of up to $250,000 over their heads. Premiere date is …
Every October brings a flood of horror titles to streaming, and most of them are forgotten by November. Hokum, now available on Hulu, has a good chance of sticking around. Irish filmmaker Damian McCarthy, who earned a loyal following with small, clever chillers, has made his most ambitious film yet, and it plays beautifully on …
After a little more than a year away, the Kardashian-Jenner family has returned to streaming screens. Season 8 of The Kardashians premiered on Hulu on Thursday, October 8, and the platform is marketing it as the start of a new chapter. For fans who like a fixed routine, the schedule is easy to remember: ten …