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Netflix’s ‘Bird Box’ creates social media craze

By Shahum Ajmal, Contributing Editor • January 7, 2019

Though the new Netflix film “Bird Box” is known for its viral social media challenge, the film itself has gained a record-breaking 45 million views.

Opinion | Disney-opoly and the streaming wars

By Victoria Pfefferle-Gillot, Staff Writer • December 4, 2018

While I absolutely love Disney and most of what it has produced, it’s dawned on me in recent years that the company feels less like a magical center of creativity and more like a capitalistic black hole — one that devours every intellectual property that makes money for it and spits out hollow, formulaic nostalgia bait.

Yellin takes Pitt behind the scenes of Netflix

By Remy Samuels | Staff Writer • February 27, 2018

It’s 3 a.m. and you’ve just watched two straight seasons of “Stranger Things” in one sitting — even though you have a test later that day. But for Todd Yellin, vice president of product at...

‘Stranger Things’ season two returns twists, turns and the 80s

By Sarah Morris / Staff Writer • November 1, 2017

Putting the number two after a title is dangerous — sequels are hard to make and rarely live up to the originals. And while the second season of “Stranger Things,” released last Friday, falls...

‘Fuller House’ overcrowded

By Sarah Schneider / for The Pitt News • February 29, 2016

Returning to the Tanner’s is like going to grandma’s house — not much has changed, and everyone’s a little older. With “Full House’s” 1995 conclusion, watching the family-friendly show’s...

‘Master of None’ balances comedy with commentary

By Tarun Sathish / Staff Writer • November 17, 2015

Sometimes a show comes along at the perfect time, making a statement about the world right when the issue is prevalent. The first season of Netflix’s new show, “Master of None,” not only does that,...

Thirteen-hour sentence: Netflix makes prisoners of us all

By Nick Mullen / Staff Writer • July 7, 2015

Fans of Netflix’s hit original series “Orange Is The New Black” were imprisoned by the desire to binge-watch all 13 episodes of the new season before the finale on June 11.Binge-watching has changed...

Finals Edition: Meditation can give students peace of mind

By Grace Kelly / Staff Writer • December 8, 2013

Finals week is looming, a dark shroud just waiting to break down the common undergrad into a blubbering, sleep-deprived creature incapable of comprehensible speech.While the stacks of essays, crumpled...

Netflix breathes new life into TV

By Shawn Cooke / Staff Writer • October 21, 2013

From its title, “Orange Is the New Black” sounds like a hot new TLC reality program that urges viewers to “say yes to the jumpsuit.” Lucky for the highbrow television viewer, its title is more...

TV’s next great anti-hero has arrived

By Andrew Fishman • September 16, 2013

It’s Sunday night. Almost 3 million fans around the country are about to tune in to cult TV show “Breaking Bad” on AMC. I am not one of these 3 million people. To the shock of some and the horror...