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While it sounds like the punchline to a joke you'd find in the middle of a pretty decent five-minute stand-up set, the reality of it is actually pretty damn depressing: 2020 was so bad that even the creators of Black Mirror were looking for a chance to laugh for a little while Thankfully, Charlie Brooker and[...]

Charlie Brooker [the creator of Black Mirror] has written a mockumentary about 2020 It's for Netflix, and I am a historian who's being interviewed about the year I'm pretty repellent, actually! And you'll like my wig." Hugh Grant in "The Undoing", HBO This is the first time anyone outside of that project has heard about it[...]

Last time Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror was on our Netflix screens, it was June 2019 and we were listening to Miley Cyrus perform the NIN homage "On a Roll" as her character Ashley O in an episode that's become more and more relevant the more we give up control of our lives to Alexa Since[...]

Black Mirror director Toby Haynes is replacing original film co-writer Tony Gilroy, and is expected to helm the first three episodes Reports are that the move was made based on COVID-related travel issues regarding Gilroy's travel between New York and the U.K The choice of Haynes wasn't a surprising one as he was already being[...]

Black Mirror's Charlie Brooker used to write and present a BBC show called ScreenWipe, a TV adaptation of his Guardian newspaper column Screenburn It transformer into GamesWipe, then NewsWipe or simply Charlie Brooker's Wipe, eventually coalescing into an annual Wipe that we didn't get for the past few years It was generally look back at[...]

Gavin Stenhouse (Black Mirror) and Gwendoline Yeo (American Crime) are set to join the pilot's cast as series regulars – joining Liang, Jon Prasida (Hiding), Shannon Dang (The L Word), Eddie Liu (Silicon Valley), Tzi Ma (The Man In the High Castle), and Kheng Hua Tan (Crazy Rich Asians) Kim is writing the script for[...]

The final releases will be for Pop television, as we will be seeing the Funko debut of the British Sci-FI show, Black Mirror There will be six figures released in the series including one Chase variant of the most recent episodes featuring Miley Cyrus as Ashley Too with her finale rebellious style[...]

So you've seen Netflix and Charlie Brooker's touching and hearbreaking Black Mirror documentary on her life "Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too" and are now the proud owner of your very own Ashley Too If that wasn't enough to make your 2019, we are now being treated to the official music video for 'On A Roll,'[...]

There was a familiar refrain working through the musical portions of  Black Mirror's "Rachel, Jack, and Ashley Too" that any fan of Nine Inch Nails picked up on immediately. //Credit: Netflix Ashley O (Miley Cyrus) had a hit single called "On a Roll", which featured a just a bit of "Head Like a Hole" from the classic,[...]

With the release of the fifth season of Netflix's Black Mirror last week – with rumblings beginning when the episode information and teasers were released – came a pretty obvious question from fans: why are there only three episodes? In a conversation with The Wrap, creator Charlie Brooker and executive producer Annabel Jones – who[...]

The fifth season of Black Mirror debuted on June 5th, with the Netflix series airing an abbreviated, three episode run In typical Black Mirror fashion, the episodes dealt with technological paranoia, and how we can expect our lives to change as we further our species co-evolution with technology. //Credit: Netflix Black Mirror showrunners Charlie Brooker and Annabel[...]

[rwp_box_recap id="0"] "Rachel, Jack, and Ashley Too" is probably the most Black Mirror feeling of this fifth season of the Netflix series, and despite the light-hearted wrapping, there's some serious menace under the surface. //Credit: Netflix Rachel (Andourie Rice) has a rough life Sure, she's in high school, which isn't fun for most people, but she's the new[...]

[rwp_box_recap id="0"] There is a subtle, sinister subtlety to "Smithereens", with a slow boiling psychological dissection that runs through the second episode of Black Mirror's abbreviated fifth season. Chris Gillhaney (Andrew Scott) is a driver for a ride-share service called Hitcher He tries to relax by meditating between rides, but he's having a hard time getting into[...]

Hey, kids! You own everything and anything out there with pop star Ashley O's (Miley Cyrus) name and likeness on it, right? But you probably still feel like you're not doing enough as a real fan, huh? Well, turn those frowns upside down! Thanks to the fine folks at "Black Mirror Toys Inc." (a subsidiary[...]

[rwp_box_recap id="0"] Black Mirror has always tried to push boundaries and shock audiences, but the season 5 premier, "Striking Vipers", seems to have moved a little bit beyond that formula Sure, head writer/creator Charlie Brooker still has some boundaries to explore, but "Striking Vipers" feels very much like it's more comfortable making that journey on calmer[...]

Five days after viewers have their minds blown by the fifth season of Netflix and Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror, content creators Rudy Mancuso, Anwar Jibawi, Maia Mitchell, Lele Pons, Hannah Stocking, and Juanpa Zurita are set to launch a collection of promotional fan homages to the anthology series titled Stories from Our Future[...]

With Netflix and Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror officially set to return on June 5th for a fifth season, the streaming service is partnering with Netflix América Latina for Little Black Mirror Based on the popular anthology series, the video series is comprised of three mini-stories connected to the Black Mirror universe[...]

The revamped Tales of the City is due next month, as well as Jon Favreau's The Chef Show, and season 5 of Black Mirror. Ah yes, and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse will be web-swingin' into your endless scroll list too! Check out the offerings: June 1st 50/50 A.I Artificial Intelligence Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day Arthdal Chronicles — NETFLIX ORIGINAL Batman Begins Cabaret Carrie Cat on a Hot Tin[...]

Netflix and Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror is officially back for a fifth round beginning June 5th – and now the streaming service has revealed the titles for the season's episodes as well as releasing trailers for each Teasing the season with the ominous line, "the future we should have seen coming," the upcoming season will stray from past[...]

Less than a week after Netflix and Charlie Brooker teased its return, Black Mirror is officially back for a fifth round beginning June 5th Even with a new season only a little more than two weeks away, Brooker and executive producer Annabel Jones tavelled back in time a few months to discuss the origins of the series' interactive choose-your-own-path[...]

Only one day after Netflix and Charlie Brooker teased its return, Black Mirror is officially back for a fifth round beginning June 5th – and now the streaming service is gving us an official trailer to get viewers back in the game Teasing the season with the ominous line, "the future we should have seen[...]

His television resume also includes work on The Pacific, Rome, Sex and the City, Black Mirror, Into the West, Homicide: Life on the Street, The Wire, and Deadwood. Deadline Hollywood It's been awhile since anyone's seen the famed criminal defense attorney back in the courtroom and back on the case, but that's about to come to[...]

Now that the buzz has settled a bit on Charlie Brooker's influential interactive experience Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, fans of Netflix's sci-fi anthology series can get back to their original past-time: waiting for new on when they can expect a a fifth season Well, we've god bad news and good news for you Bad news is[...]

First, there's a very good chance it won't result in you questioning your very existence or engaging in copious amounts of psychoanalysis (we're looking at you, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch) Second, there's even less chance you'll end up having to suck poison out of snake bite somewhere on Bear Grylls' body. The streaming service is going for[...]

This is a Black Mirror shirt, which we assume was going to be released in time for Bandersnatch but missed the date a little bit But this design is genius as it's a reference to one of the best episodes in the catalog. The shirt takes imagery from "The Entire History of You", which has the memory[...]

The most effective use I felt of this trope that most thoroughly examines the complications of a robot-human relationship is the Black Mirror episode, "Be Right Back" with Martha (Hayley Atwell) and Ash (Domhnall Gleeson). Perhaps, I am a little too rigid as far as what I should expect from my characters and The Orville isn't[...]

With over 5-1/2 hours of additional material filmed, Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror: Bandersnatch offered up a series of choices that grew not just in importance to the story but also in moral ambiguity–choices viewers are still debating online as you read this All this while legions of Black Mirror fans continue looking to claim the[...]

Childrens' book publisher Chooseco, LLC has filed a lawsuit against the streaming service over – you guessed it – Charlie Brooker's interctive film Black Mirror: Bandersnatch In a complaint filed in Vermont federal court on Friday, Chooseco alleges Netflix is benefitting from an association with its iconic "Choose Your Own Adventure" brand without securing the proper rights[...]

Some studios have begun creating podcast/audio drama divisions as a way of cultivating that next "big thing" in-house, like Endeavor launching Endeavor Audio. Netflix #12 Black Mirror: Bandersnatch Is it a good film? I don't know – but does it need to be? Now before you start grabbing the pitchforks and torches and chasing me into the town square, think of[...]

Netflix released Black Mirror: Bandersnatch last Friday, which means there is a very good chance you've watched or played through it by now Netflix is now taking viewers behind the scenes with two new videos that go behind the scenes in the writing and making of the story. In the first video, Charlie Brooker talks about how[...]