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Time Out
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time Out
Horror smash ‘Final Destination Bloodlines' is coming to streaming this week
Get ready to feel the cold, clammy, extremely convoluted hand of death on your shoulder: Final Destination Bloodlines is coming to streaming this week. The horror hit lands on HBO Max this Friday, August 1, less than three months after arriving in theaters. The sixth film in the series, and first since 2011, far outstripped expectations both commercially and critically. If you've seen any of the Final Destination movies, you know they succeed less on plot and character than ridiculously elaborate kills, which are frequently so gory and over-the-top they end up more funny than frightening. Bloodlines has a 93 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes; Time Out's review called it 'daft as hell and a heck of a good time' and praised its 'minimal reliance on nostalgia'. Raking in $285 million at the worldwide box office, Bloodlines is the most successful movie in the franchise and the second biggest horror hit of 2025 after Sinners. If you'd like to binge the entire franchise, you can find it on Tubi, Hulu and Max. And if you still have linear cable, HBO is airing the entire run on Saturday, August 2, at the following times: 12.10pm ET – Final Destination (2000) 1.50pm ET – Final Destination 2 (2003) 3.24pm ET – Final Destination 3 (2006) 5pm ET – The Final Destination (2009) 6.25pm ET – Final Destination 5 (2011) 8pm ET – Final Destination Bloodlines (2025)
CNET
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- CNET
This Pitch-Perfect '80s Horror Throwback Hits All the Right Notes and It's Free on Tubi
Tons of movies try to pull off the vibe of classic 1980s horror movies but it's not as easy as dropping in some neon spandex and sprawling synthesizers. One film that does a fantastic job of capturing the "Me Decade" horror aesthetic is The House of the Devil (2009) and you can stream it free right now on Tubi. If you're in the mood for slow-burn suspense with serious '80s horror vibes, The House of the Devil should be at the top of your list. Directed by Ti West, this retro thriller ditches cheap scares in favor of creeping dread and pitch-perfect atmosphere. It's a masterclass in tension, channeling cult classics like Halloween and When a Stranger Calls with a modern edge. The story centers on Samantha, a broke college student who accepts a mysterious babysitting gig in an eerie old mansion. What starts as a quiet night quickly unravels into something much darker. With its grainy visuals, vintage soundtrack and escalating unease, this one sticks with you-and it's streaming for free on Tubi. This horror flick is gory, grim and shockingly true to its vintage setting. MPI Movie Group/Screenshot by CNET From the opening credits, The House of the Devil sets the tone with a ridiculously accurate and detailed retro aesthetic. It doesn't just take place in the 1980s -- it feels like it was made then. The grainy film texture, era-appropriate costumes and hair are absolutely perfect. It's set to a curated soundtrack with tracks including The Fixx's One Thing Leads To Another and The Greg Kihn Band's The Break Up Song. The movie doesn't just feel like it's dressing up in '80s tropes but like it was birthed from that time. The movie was shot on 16mm film, creating its specialized throwback look. It lifts cinematography straight from '80s filmmakers along with a slew of other techniques to evoke classics of the era. Everything, down to the credits, is period accurate and I appreciated all the attention given to making sure everything matches, down to the cups at the pizza restaurant seen early in the movie. The Ulmans have a secret reason why they hired Sam to watch "Mother." MPI Movie Group/Screenshot by CNET Sam realizes something is amiss when she stumbles upon proof that the family who hired her for the babysitting job isn't the same one in the photos. Realizing she might have been deceived, she attempts a 911 call but she's already eaten a piece of tainted pizza. She passes out just as she gets a glimpse of what exactly it is she's been hired to "babysit." The movie's path is fraught with grisly moments (just ask Sam's best friend Megan, played by Barbie director Greta Gerwig), with believably gruesome practical effects that unsettle and chill to the bone. The hideous "Mother," who Sam discovers is connected to her original job, is an example of '80s filmmaking that would have made audiences sick to their stomachs. Sam's friend Megan is not pleased at all by the situation at the Ulmans' house. MPI Movie Group/Screenshot by CNET Without spoiling the climax, The House of the Devil maintains a gnawing, upsetting sense of dread throughout its runtime. It isn't afraid to use themes of isolation, the unknown and betrayal to keep you on the edge of your seat, which I appreciated on my first viewing and only grew to love more with each rewatch. As horrific as the story is, I firmly believe that this movie wouldn't have been possible without its commitment to staying true to the era that inspired it. If you're looking for a horror movie that doesn't rely on cheap jump scares or the overwrought parable "sex is bad" with a group of teens being picked off one by one, The House of the Devil is one of the best flicks you could put on your Halloween viewing list. It brings the golden years of '80s horror to life in believable, decadent ways that'll have you squirming in your seat. I'm still unpacking the gagworthy climax and I bet you will be too.
Boston Globe
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
15 great comedy specials to stream right now
Ready to lighten your spirits? Read on. The Legends 1. Richard Pryor – 'Live & Smokin' '(1971; Peacock, Tubi, PlutoTV): There are longer, perhaps more celebrated Pryor specials, but this is the comedian before his fame blew up, at a small club, The Improvisation in New York, rather than a giant theatre. It feels intimate. The laughter isn't sweetened, and you can read the menu behind him on the wall. The material is raw and challenging. And it would be a few years before the idea of the stand-up special would be defined and codified by HBO. 2. George Carlin – 'Carlin at Carnegie' (1983; Prime Video, Tubi, PlutoTV, Fandango at Home, Roku Channel, Freevee, Hoopla): Carlin was the king of comedy specials in his time, filming 14 of them from 1977 to 2008, and went through several onstage personas. So it's hard to choose which one to highlight among them. His delivery was still gentle and silly here, but he showcases every tool in his kit, from physical comedy to social satire, plus an update on the '7 Dirty Words.' Advertisement 3. Joan Rivers – 'Don't Start With Me' (2012; PlutoTV): 'Ladies and gentleman, the best act in her price range, Joan Rivers!' That's how Rivers introduces herself from offstage in this special, the only full special of her stand-up currently streaming. She gave energetic performances right until the end of her life, and doubled and tripled down on attacking everything and everyone, including herself, in the act. This special shows why she's been such an inspiration to Jim Norton and Sarah Silverman, who like to make their audiences cringe as well as laugh. 4. Eddie Izzard – 'Dress To Kill' (1999; Peacock, Prime Video, Tubi): This was the special that launched Izzard in America. It's an entertaining ramble through world history and pop culture that included several instant classics, like the Church of England intoning 'Cake or death!,' Englebert Humperdinck brainstorming his stage name (a couple of runners up: Zanglebert Bingledack and Cringlebert Fishtybuns), and Izzard's definition of the 'executive transvestite.' 5. Tom Lehrer – 'Live In Copenhagen' (1967; PBS Living): This one could be filed under 'Locals' as well, since Lehrer developed his sark and satirical song parodies as a student at Harvard, and recorded his first three albums in Boston. A lot of these songs retain their power to tweak the listener's sense of good taste – note the absolute glee with which he sings 'Poisoning Pigeons In the Park.' Advertisement The Locals 1. Josh Gondelman – 'Positive Reinforcement' (2025; YouTube): 'I'm very friendly,' says Gondelman in this new special, released in June. 'It rarely helps.' A 'nice guy' reputation doesn't always come in handy, especially when you're the type of guy who, when drunk, tells his friends he cherishes them. Which can ruin everyone's memory of last night's poker game. It's also tough to have hometown pride when all the gear is overly aggressive. Like 'shamo-flage,' camo clothing made of shamrocks. 'You're really only supposed to wear it when a Dropkick Murphy is born or dies,' Gondelman says. 2 . Joe List – 'Small Ball' (2025; YouTube): List premiered this in theaters for one-night only in May and then released it on YouTube a couple of weeks later. The Boston comic can't seem to help but make things awkward in his life, whether he's inadvertently terrifying a child in an elevator or pretending he understood the movie he just watched with his friends. Or thinking he found a hilarious typo at on a museum plaque listing Picasso's country of origin as Spain and not Italy. 'I reported it,' he says. I went to the front desk, I was like, just a heads up, 'I don't want to get you guys in trouble, but you have the wrong country for Picasso. He's Italian, I think everybody knows that.' The lady said, 'Pablo?' I was like, 'you know what? That does sound Spanish.'' 3. Sam Jay – '3 In the Morning' (2020; Netflix): The rest of the country got to see what Boston audiences saw in Jay's early days in local clubs. She's both tough and vulnerable, talking about her favorite uncle from Boston who always asks her if she's still gay, meeting the guy she lost her virginity to and discovering they now have the same clothes and haircut, and navigating a long-term relationship. Advertisement Bill Burr in "Bill Burr: Live at Red Rocks." KOURY ANGELO 4. – 'Live at Red Rocks:' (2022; Netflix): Burr has enough personality to fill any venue – the same year he released the 'Red Rocks' special, he played Fenway Park. And he comes out with both barrels blazing, tearing into the hypocrisy around the COVID lockdown by proposing a 'Hunger Games' style competition to settle the partisan bickering. If you think you agree with him, don't get comfortable. He'll get to you shortly. 5. – 'The Great Depresh' (2019; HBO Max): Gulman had been building an audience steadily for years based on a winning personality and tight, clever writing. 'Depresh' was a career-defining special, with Gulman opening up about his struggles with depression and anxiety with comic dexterity and humility, interspersed with documentary-style interstitials at his childhood home in Peabody with his mom and onstage at The Comedy Studio. Pair this with his memoir, 'Misfit,' for the full effect. Hannah Gadsby in "Nanette." BEN KING The Landmarks 1. – 'Nanette' (2018; Netflix): The Australian comic caused an immediate stir when 'Nanette' was released because of a section where they interrogated the idea of comedy itself for defusing tension around serious subjects – in this case, a hate crime. Depending on who you ask, the moment they repudiate comedy is either startling and brave or manipulative and not comedy. But that moment is preceded by a chunk of good stand-up, and provoked a legitimate discussion about how comedy functions in relation to everyday life. Advertisement Jerrod Carmichael in "Rothaniel." Courtesy of HBO 2. Jerrod Carmichael – 'Rothaniel' (2022; HBO Max): Carmichael says at the top of 'Rothaniel' that the special will be about secrets, then admits 'Jerrod' isn't his real first name. He presents a family history with plenty of deceptions, then gets to his biggest secret – he is gay. Directed by Hamilton native Bo Burnham, 'Rothaniel' is set up like a meeting between friends who have a few things to talk about. 3. Daniel Sloss – 'X' (2019; HBO Max): Not all masculinity is toxic. That's one of the threads running through 'X.' But sometimes it is, and the story at the heart of 'X' is an absolutely devastating indictment of dangerous male behavior. And Sloss skillfully builds his audience up to that point with dark, reflective material. 4. Natalie Palamides – 'Nate: A One-Man Show' (2020; Netflix): It's hard to recognize Palamides from the Progressive commercials you might know her from in this special, because she's not herself. She's Nate, a hairy-chested dude in sunglasses and camo pants trying to process his feelings and actions in the wake of a heartbreak. Palamides teases her audience to transgress boundaries around gender, power, and consent in ways both playful and pointed. There's even some nudity, both real and simulated. 5. Nate Bargatze – 'The Tennessee Kid' (2019; Netflix): Bargatze had recorded albums and specials before and had been around a while – he won the Boston Comedy Festival stand-up competition in 2010 – but this was the special that kickstarted his popularity. A clean, relatable, family-centered comic whose material still has a bite. Now he's doing multiple-show stands at TD Garden. Advertisement
Business Insider
23-07-2025
- Business
- Business Insider
Streaming services are getting more expensive — and many viewers are turning to free TV alternatives like YouTube
Prices for paid streaming services have ballooned in the last few years. As costs climb, YouTube and other free streamers are capitalizing and gaining TV audience share. These free-to-access alternatives could disrupt streamers, which once disrupted pay TV. Couch potatoes sick of stream-flation are increasingly tuning into free services like YouTube on their TVs. Streaming services have gone from a cheap cable alternative to a pricier proposition in recent years, as Wall Street has pushed media companies to prioritize profit over subscriber growth. Subscribing to the ad-free versions of eight major streaming services in the US now costs nearly $122 per month, up from about $83 in May 2021, according to an analysis by Business Insider. Apple TV+ and the ad-free version of Disney+ have each doubled in price in that span. Many streamers have also raised prices on their ad-supported plans. That includes Peacock, which is hiking prices by $3 across both its plans this week, as Vulture first reported. As streaming prices rise, so has demand for free streamers. Since Nielsen began publishing its monthly streaming usage report in May 2021, YouTube's connected TV viewership share in the US has soared from 5.7% to a market-leading 12.8% in June. No paid streamer is close, as Netflix's share has hovered around 8% for a year, while Disney+ and Hulu are at 4.8% combined. Free, ad-supported streamers like Tubi and The Roku Channel have also gained. Tubi, Fox's free streamer, put itself on the Nielsen map after its viral Super Bowl ad in February 2023 and has since more than doubled its viewership share to 2.2%. The Roku Channel is growing even faster and came in at 2.5% in June. It overtook Tubi last fall and is also above Paramount+, Peacock, and HBO Max. These free streamers are far more popular than analyst Naveen Sarma, the media and entertainment director at S&P Global Ratings, would have expected. Consumers "seem to be willing to put up with ads to not pay whatever pay TV or the streaming subscription costs are," Sarma told BI. He added that even if ads annoy young people, they may not mind streaming ads if they're scrolling on a second screen anyway. Free streamers began to blossom just as their paid counterparts aggressively hiked prices. "There's definitely a correlation," Wells Fargo media analyst Steven Cahall told BI. However, Cahall doesn't see causation, noting that paid streaming's share is more stagnant than sinking. That suggests to him that free services are mainly luring audiences from cable. Melissa Otto of S&P Global Visible Alpha said that while consumers may be looking to pay less, she doesn't see "YouTube's free service taking share from paid services." That said, media companies trying to scale their subscription businesses should be wary of free streamers. Streaming's viewership share surpassed that of broadcast and cable combined for the first time ever in May, according to Nielsen. If audiences fleeing traditional TV are turning to free streamers instead of paying up, it might not be long before paid streamers stop growing. "This is a problem for the streamers because subscriber growth in the US is slowing," UBS media analyst John Hodulik told BI. Paid streaming growth in the US has cooled while cancellations have risen, which has led to narrower net subscriber additions, according to subscription data firm Antenna. "Consumers are certainly signing up for less streaming services, and they're more willing to churn on and off of these streaming services as the content that they want to watch, the season, ends," Sarma said. In turn, streamers hiked prices and hoped to spark growth with password-sharing crackdowns. Cahall said some streamers have also cut back on content spending, which means that subscribers are getting a worse deal. Antenna This less-for-more approach may not be sustainable, Sarma said. He said streamers are hitting a wall with price hikes in light of economic uncertainty and the advent of low-cost alternatives. Streamers should know this cycle well. Streaming services took off a decade ago as pay TV stagnated. Cable companies began to charge each customer more, which led to cancellations, which led to further price hikes that exacerbated the declines — and the vicious cycle continued. Now, streaming has surpassed traditional TV and is the incumbent, and free streamers are the cheap challenger. What goes around, comes around.
Yahoo
22-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
What Time Does Super Bowl 2025 Start? Channel, Performers, How To Watch
Here we go! After months of NFL action, we're heading to the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans for Super Bowl LIX! This year's game is a rematch from the 2023 Super Bowl where the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Philadelphia Eagles in a thrilling 38-35 shootout. Patrick Mahomes threw for three touchdowns and rushed for 44 yards, while Jalen Hurts put up 304 yards in the air and added 70 (and three touchdowns) on the ground. Advertisement Eight teams have won back-to-back Super Bowls — Tom Brady and the New England Patriots last achieved the feat (not including the current Chiefs team) in 2003-2004 — but Kansas City is playing for history. If Andy Reid's squad can find a way to slow down Saquon Barkley and secure the win, they'll be the first team in league history to achieve a three-peat. When exactly do the Eagles and Chiefs square off in the Super Bowl? From start time to streaming info, here's everything you need to know. When Is The 2025 Super Bowl? This year's Super Bowl takes place on Sunday, February 9, 2025. What Time Does The Super Bowl Start? Super Bowl LIX officially starts at 6:30 p.m. ET and will be nationally televised on FOX, FOX Deportes, and Tubi. Advertisement How To Watch The 2025 Super Bowl Live Online For Free: If you have a valid cable login, you can watch the Super Bowl live on FOX or FOX Deportes. This year's game will also be streaming for free on Tubi! You must have a Tubi account — it's free; no subscription required — and be signed in to watch the game. Tubi's Red carpet coverage starts at 3:30 p.m. ET on Tubi. You can also stream the game with an active subscription to DirecTV Stream, fuboTV, Hulu + Live TV, Sling TV, NFL+, or YouTube TV. FuboTV, Hulu + Live TV, and YouTube TV offer free trials for eligible subscribers. Super Bowl 2025 Halftime Performers: Kendrick Lamar will take the stage to perform at this year's Super Bowl Halftime Show, and Jon Batiste will sing the National Anthem.
