Adam Mckay
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Netflix has spent millions on its films, so why are they so mediocre?
- Film
- January 16, 2021, 07:00
Why are Netflix’s films so mediocre? The streaming giant has turned the movie business upside down, transformed viewing patterns across the world and (...)

Netflix: 25 films to watch out for in 2021
- Film
- January 13, 2021, 09:05
Donald Clarke on the big names, Oscar contenders and everything from westerns to romcoms that will hit the small screen this year Nobody now dou(...)

Netflix: The best 50 films to watch right now
- Film
- October 10, 2020, 06:00
Savour canny acquisitions and ambitious original productions. And catch the classics while you can. They may not be there next month. There h(...)

The Comey Rule review: You actually begin to root for Trump
- TV, Radio, Web
- September 30, 2020
This article contains spoilers. The main events detailed in The Comey Rule (Sky Atlantic, Wednesday, 9pm), a four-part political drama of glossy, swol(...)

Netflix: The best 101 films to watch right now
- Film
- January 18, 2020, 06:10
There has been an almighty turnover on Netflix since we last compiled this list, with more than half of our favourite films that time around disappear(...)

Knock Down the House From May 1st US congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in Knock Down the House. Photograph: Netflix An exhilara(...)

Theranos and me: A ‘Tallaght cowboy’ in a failed Silicon Valley start-up
- TV, Radio, Web
- April 13, 2019, 06:00
The recent HBO documentary The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley tells the story of failed blood-testing start-up Theranos and its chief execu(...)

Oscars 2019: Nominated films play fast and loose with history
- Film
- February 4, 2019, 09:53
Every year, at awards season, we get arguments about the fidelity of films supposedly based on true stories. No such movie has ever stuck rigidly to l(...)

Vice: Christian Bale is nuance-free as Dick Cheney
- Film
- January 23, 2019, 11:55
Three years ago, Adam McKay, hitherto known for spit-out-your-Fanta comedies such as Step Brothers and Anchorman, devised an ingenious new class of st(...)

Oscars 2019: the complete list of nominations
- Film
- January 22, 2019, 14:13
Best picture Black Panther BlacKkKlansman Bohemian Rhapsody The Favourite Green Book Roma A Star is Born Vice Best director A(...)