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Putting ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ on HBO Max Is a Smart Move

Face it, stans: This was inevitable. After having its release date bumped no fewer than three times, Wonder Woman 1984…

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How ‘Cuties’ Got Caught in a Gamergate-Style Internet Clash

Even before Netflix released the French film Cuties in the United States, review sites were brimming with emotional audience judgements….

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‘Project Power’ Is a Secret Lesson About Science’s Dark Side

Evil gloating seldom contains a genuine science lesson. Mad scientists’ climactic rants are usually you-killed-my-daughter personal or science-shaped mumbo jumbo…

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‘The Rental’ Is a Perfect Movie for Sleepy Summer Nights

Think about what staying at a home-sharing property really entails for long enough and the whole proposition looks a bit…

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Now Is the Best—and Worst—Time to Launch HBO Max

In the end, it still all comes down to Friends. Nearly a year ago, WarnerMedia clinched the rights to the…

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The Best Star Wars Day Deals (2020): Movies, Decals, Collectibles

Today is Star Wars Day, when everyone says, “May the fourth be with you,” referencing the iconic parting phrase from…

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A ‘Netflix for the 99 Percent’ Enters the Streaming Wars

Brooklyn’s Gowanus neighborhood gets its name from the Gowanus Canal, the notoriously polluted waterway snaking through it. Intensive cleanup efforts…

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Oscars Woes for Netflix, Money for Yahoo Users, and More News

Yahoo is repenting and Netflix is lamenting, but first: a cartoon about Elon’s summer space camp. Here’s the news you…

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Seth Rogen Is Working on a Movie About a Killer Meme

Hello, and welcome to the latest edition of The Monitor, WIRED’s culture news roundup. What’s been happening this week? Well,…

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Netflix’s Big Viewership Numbers Mean Very Little

When it comes to evaluating if a movie is a hit or a miss, at least commercially, there’s a very…