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‘The height of toxicity for women’: revisiting the era of the It Girl
A new documentary looks back on the New York social scene of the late 2000s when glamorous high society women dominated the headlines for better and worse

Lauren Mechling

16, May, 2023 @6:13 AM

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Saint X review – Drake-produced thriller series aims high, lands low
The Hulu adaptation of Alexis Schaitkin’s 2020 novel admirably tries to subvert the trope of dead girl shows, but fumbles the delivery

Adrian Horton

26, Apr, 2023 @8:02 PM

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Dancing, dating and death: the five best films added to US streaming this week
Highlights include Billy Eichner’s rom-com Bros, serial killer drama Holy Spider and troubling documentary Jesus Camp

Andrew Pulver, Andrew Lawrence, Benjamin Lee and Radheyan Simonpillai

08, Apr, 2023 @6:02 AM

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Justin Roiland dropped from two more TV shows after domestic abuse charges
Roiland, who has pleaded not guilty, will no longer work on Hulu shows Solar Opposites or Koala Man, as well as being dropped from Rick and Morty

Sian Cain

26, Jan, 2023 @1:19 AM

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Fleishman Is in Trouble review – Jesse Eisenberg unravels in a smart comedy series
A hit-and-miss adaptation of Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s 2019 novel brings almost too much to the table in its tale of struggling adult New Yorkers

Adrian Horton

17, Nov, 2022 @6:13 AM

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‘It’s do as I say, not as I do’: the lurid fall of evangelical pariah Jerry Falwell Jr
The catastrophic descent of the man who put his religious sway behind Donald Trump is explored in a new Hulu documentary

David Smith in Washington

01, Nov, 2022 @6:16 AM

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Rosaline review – Kaitlyn Dever shines in comedic spin on Romeo & Juliet
The Booksmart star excels in a winning anachronistic retelling of Shakespeare’s tragedy from the perspective of Romeo’s ex and Juliet’s jilted cousin

Adrian Horton

11, Oct, 2022 @4:00 PM

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Hellraiser review – stylish goth horror remake is as sadistic as it is silly
An opulently designed, if indulgently overlong, remix of the gory 1987 chiller offers up some effectively gnarly violence

Benjamin Lee

07, Oct, 2022 @7:13 AM

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Reboot review – meta sitcom about a sitcom is breezy but uneven
Keegan-Michael Key, Johnny Knoxville and Judy Greer star in this wink-wink Hulu comedy about Hulu’s reboot of a cheesy 2000s sitcom

Adrian Horton

19, Sep, 2022 @6:53 PM

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‘He’s got that beast in him’: the difficult legacy of Mike Tyson
The boxer has disowned a new scripted series about his life as those who have known him continue to have complicated thoughts on who he is and was

David Smith in Washington

29, Aug, 2022 @6:07 AM

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Mike review – Tyson biopic series struggles to pack a punch
Moonlight’s Trevante Rhodes is the best thing about a patchy new series that attempts to dissect a difficult figure

AA Dowd

24, Aug, 2022 @1:36 PM

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Not Okay review – a just okay satire for the influencer age
The dark comedy about a white woman who fakes trauma for clout is like many films about social media – at times unnerving but just a little off

Adrian Horton

28, Jul, 2022 @6:30 AM

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