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Unless you subscribed to Starz in the last five years, the crime drama Hightown may have flown completely under your radar. This series debuted on Starz in 2020, and it had a three-season run before reaching a satisfying conclusion. Now, Hightown is streaming on Netflix for the first time ever. Hightown isn’t some R-rated police […]

Netflix original films come from all over the world, but the streamer seems to place a lot of emphasis on the stories coming out of South Korea. Wall to Wall is the latest Korean original to debut on Netflix, and it may remind viewers of Parasite, the 2019 Oscar-winning film by director Bong Joon Ho. […]

In 2021, Wall Street was knocked for a loop when an informal group of ordinary investors drove up the stock price for video game retailer GameStop. The story of the GameStop short squeeze has subsequently been examined in multiple documentaries. And in 2023, Dumb Money dramatized what happened as in a feature film. While the […]

There’s only one Amazon Prime Video show that you need to watch in July, and the name of that series is Ballard. The premise of this show is similar to Netflix’s recently premiered Dept. Q, but Ballard is distinctly American and based on a series of novels by Michael Connelly. Ballard is also a spinoff […]

Although HBO Max added a lot of movies in July, very few score over 90 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. Even newly arrived classics like Dances with Wolves with Kevin Costner, The Big Lebowski and Get Shorty with John Travolta couldn’t make that cut. Fortunately, there are three new HBO Max movies with over 90 percent […]

Earlier this month, Netflix revealed streaming data from the first half of 2025, including its top series in that timeframe. That’s when we learned that Netflix’s most-watched show of 2025 so far is Adolescence, a harrowing four-part miniseries. With an astounding 98 percent rank on Rotten Tomatoes, it seems poised to take home several TV […]

This is a big week for Netflix movies, with the premiere of Happy Gilmore 2 on July 25 and the streaming debut of Sony’s Until Dawn on July 24. Rather than wait until the end of the week, the Watch With Us team has some recommendations for the three popular Netflix movies you can watch […]

Since the original Scream was released in 1996, Hollywood has kept going back to the well for more sequels with diminishing results. The franchise was largely dead in the water until Radio Silence’s Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett helmed Scream V in 2022. That duo returned to direct Scream VI in 2023, which is one […]

A great summer comedy movie doesn’t necessarily have to be set during summer to fit into that category. Sometimes it’s enough for a comedy to play so broadly that it successfully competes with the other films in the crowded summer landscape. The Watch With Us team’s picks for the three must-watch comedy movies that are […]

Horror movies may tend to congregate in the fall around October, but scary flicks are always in season. This week, I Know What You Did Last Summer is reviving the classic horror franchise with a sequel that doubles as a remake. It’s too soon to say how that flick will compare with the best summer […]

Netflix doesn’t have a monopoly on unexpected films breaking out on the charts. This week, Hulu has a pair of movies that bombed in theaters earlier this year, but they’re both ranking among the top 15 films and series on the site. Both of those flicks found their way onto this week’s list of the […]

By a quirk in the summer schedule, many of Netflix‘s most popular shows are currently crime or mystery dramas, with a side of police procedurals. Netflix clearly knows what its audience wants, which may be why so many similar series are dominating the charts. To narrow things down for you, the Watch With Us team […]

Although Peacock doesn’t always have blockbusters to choose from, it can occasionally surprise subscribers with movies that slipped through the cracks in theaters. While there are plenty of forgettable flicks among their number, Peacock also has some genuine diamonds in the rough that deserve to be rediscovered. That’s why the Watch With Us team has […]

This week, Universal Pictures’ 2008 action thriller Wanted has been added to Netflix. The film is very loosely based on the Wanted comic book series by Mark Millar and artist J.G. Jones. However, the film strays very far from the source material and completely eliminates the superhero connection. James McAvoy and Angelina Jolie headline the […]

July isn’t even half over, and Netflix already has a new hit mystery series, Under a Dark Sun. In this French thriller, Ava Baya plays Alba Mazier, a young mother who only learns of her link to the wealthy Arnaud Lasserre (Thibault De Montalembert) after he’s murdered. And now she’s the prime suspect. Netflix has […]

Casual fans may not realize just how rare it is for a TV series to hit 90 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. Even Netflix‘s acclaimed fantasy series, The Sandman, came up short with only 84 percent as it drops its second and final season this month. To find the best of the best, Watch With Us […]

The good news for fans of Maggie Q‘s new crime drama Ballard is that it’s a hit out of the gate for Amazon Prime Video. That means this Bosch spinoff is probably going to get a second season. But since Prime Video dropped all 10 episodes at once, what are you going to watch when […]

Ten years ago, 70-year-old Australian director George Miller put modern filmmakers on blast with Mad Max: Fury Road. Miller has helmed every film in the franchise since The Road Warrior in 1979, but few believed that a modern sequel would catch fire. Instead, Fury Road shocked everyone by making nearly $380 million worldwide, and it’s […]

The nominations are out for this year’s Emmy Awards, and as always, one of the biggest stories is about the shows and performers who were snubbed. Andor —  the Disney+ original series that serves as a prequel to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story — did very well with 14 Emmy nominations, including Best Drama Series. […]

Sullivan’s Crossing may not be a huge hit on The CW, but it’s been blowing up on Netflix in July. The first two seasons of this romantic drama have hit No. 1 on Netflix and viewers are treating it like a blockbuster. It’s probably not a coincidence that Netflix is also the streaming home for […]

If the increasingly hot weather can’t keep you indoors, then perhaps some of the cool movies coming to Netflix can convince you to stay inside. This week, Netflix is having a mid-month reload of a handful of hit films from other studios. Just to make your viewing plans easier, Watch With Us has selected the […]