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The world is stranger and more confusing every day, so it only seems fitting that Black Mirror—Charlie Brooker’s satirical, often eerily prescient sci-fi series—returns sooner than later. And indeed, the long-awaited season six arrives in June! Netflix has just released a slew of details, including images and a teaser.The cast, some of whom we already knew were aboard, includes (deep breath) Aaron Paul, Anjana Vasan, Annie Murphy, Auden Thornton, Ben Barnes, Clara Rugaard, Daniel Portman, Danny Ramirez, Himesh Patel, John…

Photo: Russ Martin/FXWhat else is there to say about What We Do in the Shadows, which just wrapped up a fourth season as delightfully brilliant as the ones that came before? This year, we saw Nadja open a nightclub, Nandor get married, Laszlo become weirdly obsessed with home renovations, and Colin Robinson grow up in the oddest (and yet most musical) way possible. But special props, as always, go to Guillermo, who not only continued to kick ass and be under-appreciated, but got an especially nice moment when he nervously…

Loki episode 3 — out now on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar — felt very much like an instalment of The Mandalorian. Some of that was down to the visuals, with the vast empty (albeit purple-hued) Lamentis-1, the deserted mining town and acres of loose gravel, akin to the landscapes that we regularly see on the Star Wars series that harkens close to the franchise's Western roots. There's also the matter of the guards we see checking tickets to the evacuation vessel on Lamentis-1, who are essentially Marvel's version of…

Ms. Marvel — out now on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar — is a fresh addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe canon, introducing its first Muslim superhero, the first Pakistani-American superhero, and the first superhero who was also an Avengers superfan. And the first episode of Ms. Marvel — released Wednesday at 12:30pm IST — delivers another first, as it's the first time that we've had a post-credits scene attached to the first episode of a MCU series. Of course, post-credits scenes are nothing new to Marvel themselves,…

Ms. Marvel — premiering Wednesday on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar — is the most refreshing and self-assured Marvel Cinematic Universe series since WandaVision. That might seem like low praise, given everything in between has been hit or miss. Actually, largely miss, save for the time-hopping with the god of mischief in Loki. Those who've been reading my reviews and episodic recaps will already know I gave the 👎🏼 to New York Christmas comedy Hawkeye, the Egyptian adventure with mostly white men in Moon Knight, and The…