, looks at the new batch of classics that have emerged from an evolving era of entertainment.
The idea of marathoning TV shows existed before the advent of streaming, but Netflix turned it into a model. Though the term began popping up in the 1990s, the streaming service popularized “binge-watching” in 2013 once Netflix rebranded from a TV-on-DVD mail service to a platform producing original content. In the years since, this model has changed not only the way we as consumers and fans watch television, but arguably also how it’s created and written. More and more shows feel designed from the jump to be binged in one sitting or at least in batches of multiple episodes with changes to traditional pace and structure making the next episode almost imperative to understand what is going on.
This weekend saw the release of Zack Snyder’s
Army of the Dead on Netflix following its preceding week-long premiere in Cinemark theaters. We quite enjoyed it. On top of that, R&B musician Abel Tesfaye (aka The Weeknd) was named the Top Artist at the Billboard Music Awards, while
As for us, we watched a ton of great movies and television this weekend, including a pre-Code dramatic comedy, a late ’90’s disaster epic, and prestige appointment television in the form of Barry Jenkins’
The Underground Railroad, Oh, and anime don’t forget about anime! Here are a few of the shows and movies we’re enjoying watching right now, and what you might enjoy watching as well.