EntertainmentYahoo Celebrity UKBlack Mirror season 6: Release date, trailer and cast unveiled by Netflix
The star-studded cast includes Salma Hayek, Aaron Paul and Kate Mara.
EntertainmentYahoo Celebrity UK'Roar' review: Nicole Kidman anthology is 'Black Mirror' for the female form
Debates around empowerment, diminishment and parental roles in modern society are metaphorically dissected in 'Roar'.
EntertainmentDigital SpyEven Black Mirror's creator can't find Bandersnatch's post-credits scene
'That's how complicated it got.'
EntertainmentDigital SpyMiley Cyrus to star in new Black Mirror episode, actress confirms
It's been a while since we saw Miley on screen.
EntertainmentDigital SpyAaron Paul almost had other Black Mirror role
And reveals more about that 'USS Callister' cameo.
NewsYahoo Celebrity UKKirsten Dunst gives birth to first child with fiancé Jesse Plemons
The Hollywood couple have been engaged since the beginning of the year.
NewsDigital SpyBlack Mirror season 5 is already filming
It might be back on Netflix sooner than expected.
NewsYahoo News UK6 essential TV shows that stood out from 2016
2016 kicked off with Netflix’s original documentary series that spread like wildfire across the internet. It had people talking and, significantly, debating whether accused murder Steven Avery is in fact guilty or not. HBO’s sixth season of the epic fantasy drama is kind of a given for being amongst the most gripping, shocking, and impressive shows every year, and the latest episodes are no different.
NewsYahoo News UKTV in 2016: Best of the Best
Game of Thrones came back from its dour 5th season with three of the greatest episodes of the year. Netflix continued to make incredible shows, from the animated anthropomorphic wise-cracks of Bojack Horseman to the nostalgic delights of Stranger Things. Disclaimer: I’m only picking my favourites based on the episodes we were given IN 2016.
NewsYahoo News UKThe Ten Best Episodes of 2016
Whilst there were many great episodes, it was perhaps this penultimate one that resonates hardest. Focusing on John Lithgow’s wonderful turn as Winston Churchill, the episode delves into his past as he sits for a birthday portrait and we learn about his demons. The preceding hour was also full of revelations, intrigue and character study that made the prior nine episodes worth every second.
NewsMike P Williams, TV BloggerBlack Mirror: 2016′s most important series?
If you’ve been keeping up on your television over the course of the topsy turvy year, you’ll no doubt have seen the devastation of Cersei’s monstrous mind in the Game of Thrones finale, the nostalgic brilliance of Stranger Things, as well as the natural wonder that is Planet Earth II. Apart from an array of talented actors ranging from Bryce Dallas Howard, to Jerome Flynn, to Gugu Mbatha-Raw, to Benedict Wong, it’s the stories they tell that are most significant and ultimately so timely.
NewsDaniel Wood, TV BloggerSan Junipero is Black Mirror’s best ever episode
Black Mirror hasn’t taken on spoilers yet, but if it does I imagine there’s a fate worse than death for people who ignore spoiler warnings and then complain about something being ruined] This year’s new season of Black Mirror has been somewhat of a highlight for Black Mirror, Charlie Brooker’s brainchild showing us dark, twisted dystopic versions of society, offering didactic teachings of everything that could possibly go wrong with humanities increasing reliance on technology. It’s always been a favourite of mine because there are a small handful of television shows that dare to portray worlds and characters that are bleak and depressed, with nothing being quite as bleak and depressing as the first two series of Black Mirror. Surprisingly the show’s third season is no different, despite being extended by three episodes and broadcast via Netflix rather than conventional means. Whilst only ‘Shut Up and Dance’ came close to matching some of the first two season’s episodes in terms of sheer unadulterated numbing bleakness like ‘Be Right Back’ or ’15 Million Merits’, episodes like ‘Playtest’ and ‘Men Against Fire’ came close.
NewsAlex Moreland (TV Blogger)What Doctor Who can learn from Black Mirror
They’re both popular British television dramas that have been met with international acclaim and prestige; they’re also both, arguably, science-fiction programs, although of course there’s plenty of room for each to lean into different genres. Arguably, beyond these similarities there’s not a great deal that links these two shows; perhaps, though, that’s what gives one room to learn from the other…
NewsAlex Moreland (TV Blogger)The 4 TV shows that predicted Donald Trump
What it’s about: Episode two of Black Mirror’s second series, The Waldo Moment is about a cartoon character that runs for political office. How it’s like Trump: Both Waldo and Trump are oafish, abrasive characters, who first rose to prominence in a reality TV setting, and were able to find appeal amongst a disillusioned electorate due to seemingly existing outside of the political elite. Again, much like Trump, it soon becomes clear that Waldo is just as much, if not more, of a member of the establishment – underneath all the bluster and the proclivity towards penis jokes, he’s just a rich old white man, looking to further his own agenda and become more powerful.
NewsAlex Moreland (TV Blogger)Donald Trump, Black Mirror, and America’s Waldo Moment
An authoritarian demagogue who lacks both the experience and the temperament to hold America’s highest national office, Trump can also add racism, misogyny, and a flagrant disregard for the truth to his astonishing list of “qualifications”. While contemplating his meteoric rise to power, though, it occurred to me I’d seen this before: in the Black Mirror episode The Waldo Moment. Charlie Brooker once said that Black Mirror is “about the way we live now – and the way we might be living in 10 minutes’ time if we’re clumsy.” That quote has never felt more painfully applicable than right now, with the clear parallels between Donald Trump and Waldo.
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