A surprising Benedict Cumberbatch movie has this entered Netflix's Top 10 films list, though there doesn't seem to be any reason for it being so popular.
Perhaps Universal’s most renowned contributions to cinema lie in their horror library. Frankenstein, Dracula, The Invisible Man, if you can name it they probably made it. But until now, that awesome catalogue was unavailable to view in one place. Sounds like the grousing of a spoilt millennial, I know. The fact is that we’ve all become accustomed to having content at our fingertips. Praise be then that a streaming service has today launched to fulfil that demand. Peacock brings Universal’s esteemed horror collection to the masses.
Is there any space phenomenon as awesome, fascinating, and downright terrifying as a black hole? Well, how about a supermassive one that’s consuming a star every single day? Researchers at The Australian National University have discovered one of the largest black holes currently known, a monster “about 8000 times” the size of the black hole at the center of the Milky Way. That one clocks in at roughly 14.6 million kilometres in diameter. Yep, multiply that by 8000. Or don’t if you want to keep your sanity. Dr Christopher Onken, a researcher at the ANU, gave some further insight on this remarkable discovery:
This is one for the C-movie connoisseurs among you. For those of you who don’t know (you won’t), there’s a new sci-fi spoof on the way called Unbelievable!!!!!. It stars Snoop Dogg, 42 former Star Trek actors, Michael Madsen, and a ficus on a skateboard. That ought to answer all of your questions.
Greyhound, Tom Hanks’ new World War II drama, has just earned the biggest ever opening weekend for any film or TV series on Apple TV+. According to Deadline, the pic has had an opening comparable to that of a summer hit, though exact figures on its return weren’t given. They add that 30% of Greyhound’s viewers were new to the service, indicating that it’s been successful in attracting additional subscribers as well.
The biggest new movie to drop on Netflix this month has undoubtedly been The Old Guard, a Charlize Theron-fronted superhero fantasy flick that’s grabbed this week’s showbiz news cycle. Well, that or Johnny Depp’s court case (let’s not go there, though).
