Archive for 2024/05


Universal/TikTok Settlement

Universal lost. We know this because no terms were announced. A deal was struck, and Lucian Grainge walked away with his tail between his legs while declaring victory. I’m not saying Universal got nothing, but compared to what it wanted… This was a gross miscalculation. Grainge thought TikTok was MTV, whose lifeblood was music, or […]

Ripley

Netflix trailer: https://t.ly/kpQ5k It’s creepy. And slow. And in black and white. And if this bothers you, stay away. But if in college you watched foreign films from the sixties, this will feel totally familiar. The first thing you’ll notice is the black and white. Honestly, I thought it would be like “The Wizard of […]