Category: Entertainment
Catch up on entertainment news including movie releases, TV shows, music, celebrity updates, and pop culture buzz.
Best Romance Movies: 8 Dramas Ranked by Record
The best romance movies are not the ones that promise a couple will make it. They are the ones where the obstacle is real, and eight of them are ranked below on…
Best Fantasy Movies: 8 Adventures Ranked by Record
The best fantasy movies are the ones that treat their invented rules as seriously as a legal thriller treats evidence. Eight are ranked below on national preservation first, then Academy Awards won,…
Best Sci Fi Movies: 8 Thrillers Ranked by Record
The best sci fi movies that work as thrillers share one trait: the speculative idea creates the danger rather than decorating it. Eight of them are ranked below on preservation first, then…
Best Action Movies: 8 Thrillers Ranked on Runtime
The best action movies are the ones where the action is the plot rather than a break from it, and eight of them are ranked below on a record you can check:…
Amazon Prime Video Subscription: What It Costs and What You Get
An Amazon Prime Video subscription costs $8.99 standalone or $14.99 with full Prime, plus $4.99 for ad-free Ultra and 4K. Every plan, the discounted tiers and what the trial covers.
How Much Is Kindle Unlimited? Price, Trial and What You Get
Kindle Unlimited costs $11.99 a month plus tax with a 30 day free trial. What the fee covers, how it differs from Prime Reading, and how to tell whether it pays for itself.
Best Audiobook Apps: 7 Compared on Price and Catalog
Audible, Libro.fm, Spotify, Kobo Plus, Libby, hoopla and LibriVox compared on monthly price, catalog size and whether the audiobook stays yours after you cancel.
Halloweentown: All Four Movies, the Cast and the Recast
Four Disney Channel movies between 1998 and 2006, one family of witches, and a lead actress swapped out for the finale. Here is the order, the cast and what each film actually did in the ratings.
Halloween Movies in Order: All 13 Films and Five Timelines
Thirteen films, five timelines and three different versions of what happened to Laurie Strode. Here is the release order, the story order inside each continuity, and the shortest route through the series.
Best Horror Movies: The 24 Preserved by the Library of Congress
Every best-of list is somebody's opinion. This one is not: these are the horror films the Library of Congress has selected for permanent preservation, with the year each entered the registry.
Best Shows on Netflix: Ranked by Staying Power
One season has held the United States top ten for 65 weeks while the median entry lasts two. That gap is the most useful ranking Netflix publishes, and it is not the weekly chart.
Best Movies on Netflix: Ranked by Staying Power
Ranking by weeks survived rather than opinion produces a very different list, and one film has lasted 50 weeks. Here is that leaderboard alongside the current top ten.
Netflix Shows: How Seasons Are Counted and Ranked
Netflix ranks seasons, not series, which changes who looks like a hit. One preschool season has outlasted every drama on the United States list by more than 40 weeks.
Netflix Movies: How Views and the Top 10 Really Work
The film chart is ranked by views, not hours, and a view is a division sum. Here is what that measurement actually rewards, and which films have survived longest on the United States list.
Ted Kaczynski: The Unabomber Case, Start to Finish
The mathematician who became the Unabomber: the 17-year bombing campaign, the task force that could not identify him, the brother who did, and the plea that closed the case.