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Image via Warner Bros. We’ve seen a fair amount of uncanny CGI in recent superhero films, but The Flash is really taking the cake. Although director Andy Muschietti claims it’s intentional, much of social media is aghast at the dead-eyed computer-made puppets on display in what should be the movie’s thrilling multiverse cameo moments. The CGI crisis has got even stranger, though, thanks to some surprising comments from one such cameo “star.” Perhaps the unlikeliest cameo in The Flash is the brief glimpse of Jay…

Open Netflix at any given time, and the “trending” menu is inevitably peppered with true crime—tales of murder, cults, scandal, and beyond, all rendered with a stylistic polish that makes binging salacious stories feel like a not-completely-trashy experience. Black Mirror knows you can’t tear your eyes away from true crime, a subject it puts through the wringer in season-six episode “Loch Henry.”How Has Ortegas Changed and Grown Coming into Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2 | io9 Interview“Loch Henry” very…

In the three years since Black Mirror's previous (and somewhat disappointing) season, we've lived through a global pandemic, watched a US president trigger a mob attack on the Capitol, and AI has gone mainstream. We’re barreling towards the future faster than ever, but loneliness remains a key issue in modern life. What better time for Charlie Brooker to bring back his feel-bad series for another season? In 2019, I argued that Brooker was running out of things to say with the show, despite his deft ability to predict our…

“Demon 79"Image: NetflixWhile Black Mirror has told stories set in the past before—like the sparkly 1980s of “San Junipero”—season six enthusiastically embraces this idea, with “Beyond the Sea,” “Demon 79,” and “Mazey Day” taking place in the ‘60s, ‘70s, and early 2000s, respectively. This allows the show to focus on cultural themes specific to those time periods—and also paves the way for some killer, era-appropriate soundtrack tunes. “Demon 79"Image: NetflixWhile Black Mirror has told stories set in the past…

As Black Mirror episodes have continued to balloon to the size of full-blown movies, season 6’s “Mazey Day” is almost refreshing: it’s a compact 40 minutes that rushes by in a fit of flashing lights. It’s a story about celebrities and their unhealthy and often dangerous relationship to the press — the paparazzi, in particular. It’s fun but, because it moves so quickly, its premise ultimately isn’t explored with much nuance.“Mazey Day,” from director Uta Briesewitz, is about two characters living in parallel who inevitably…

Black Mirror is known as a series about the dangers of technology, but it’s often more specifically about the corrupting influence of entertainment. Spectatorship makes us cruel, the show suggests over and over, turning other humans’ real pain into fodder for our own amusement. The sixth season episode “Loch Henry” fits into this dynamic but in a way that feels surprisingly anemic, neither exploring the potential ugliness of its premise nor developing characters who transcend it.At the beginning of “Loch Henry,” Davis…

While Black Mirror started out as a series exploring the myriad terrifying ways technology could impact our lives, it has since grown into a more general genre anthology. It’s nice when episodes have that techno focus, but it’s no longer a necessity. Case in point: “Demon 79,” a season 6 story that’s pure classic horror homage. Its premise wouldn’t be out of place in a collection like Tales From the Crypt or Cabinet of Curiosities. But don’t let the lack of Black Mirror-ness dissuade you — this episode is a blast of…

After a hiatus of a few years — season 5 premiered back in 2019 — Black Mirror is back, with a five-episode season that’s streaming now on Netflix. As always, this season is an anthology, with each episode exploring different ways technology could impact our lives (usually for the worse). Or, you know, exactly the kind of thing The Verge staff is really into. Because each episode stands on its own, we’ll be exploring them individually, with different writers tackling different stories. There are five episodes in total —…

Artificial intelligence being responsible for 4,000 job cuts last month certainly sounds like the beginning of a Black Mirror episode. Luckily for him, showrunner Charlie Booker’s job appears to be safe, at least according to the man himself. Booker says he used OpenAI’s ChatGPT to write an episode of Black Mirror ahead of the show’s sixth season, but dubbed it “shit.”Chat GPT-4 Worth the Upgrade? | Future TechBooker revealed in an interview with Empire that he’s played around with ChatGPT for his own work in writing…

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviewsSign up to our free IndyArts newsletter The sunny months are here, but Netflix will be luring you inside in June.All month long, there will be a large number of new TV shows and movies being added to the service. This includes the return of Black Mirror, Henry Cavill’s final season of The Witcher as well as a sequel to Chris Hemsworth action movie Extraction.There will also be a new documentary about Arnold Schwarzenegger and a new…