Where Spider-Man's guiding principle became "With great power comes great responsibility," "The Boys" -- a deliciously dark new Amazon series -- works more from the premise "Absolute power corrupts absolutely." The result is a compulsively entertaining and dark satire that sets a high bar for HBO's upcoming "Watchmen" adaptation.
"Orange is the New Black" and "House of Cards" helped put Netflix on the map, establishing the service as an original programming force. The prison drama, however, has stumbled in the latter half of its run, as it heads into a final season elevated and given a sense of urgency and purpose by a timely hook involving immigration and detention.
The archival-footage-only documentary has certain advantages but also significant flaws when it comes to contextualizing subjects. "Mike Wallace is Here" thus capitalizes on an enormous trove of fascinating material featuring the legendary "60 Minutes" newsman, while only fitfully doing more than flag highlights from his larger-than-life career.
Quentin Tarantino's passion for old Hollywood finds an interesting outlet of expression in "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood," a movie that combines nostalgia, quirkiness and showy star performances while again weaving together fictional characters with actual ones.
Climate activist Greta Thunberg has teamed up with UK band The 1975 to record a song in she calls for mass civil disobedience to force action on greenhouse gas emissions.
Rutger Hauer, a dashing Dutch actor who battled Harrison Ford in the science-fiction classic "Blade Runner" and excelled in bad-guy roles, died July 19 after a short illness, his longtime agent Steve Kenis told The Hollywood Reporter.
The final season of HBO's "Game of Thrones" was a ratings juggernaut that helped the network receive a record-setting number of Emmy nominations. It was also poorly reviewed by viewers and critics, particularly with regards to the series finale.
