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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Netflix released its first Egyptian original series on Thursday titled “Paranormal.” ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REVIEW: Egypt’s ‘Paranormal’ connects horror fans near and far

Nicole Bartuch November 6, 2020

Netflix’s highly-anticipated supernatural Arabic drama “Paranormal,” directed by Amr Salama, was released Thursday. The six-episode series is set in 1960s Egypt and is based on a bestselling...

“Holidate,” a romantic comedy starring Emma Roberts and Luke Bracey, debuted on Netflix on Wednesday. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REVIEW: ‘Holidate’ is an unfunny, miserable time-waster

David Simon October 29, 2020

“Holidate” is a clunky romantic comedy that tries to be self-aware but mainly comes across like a mean-spirited Hallmark movie. The movie, which was released on Netflix on Wednesday, centers...

Netflix released “The Haunting of Bly Manor” on Friday as a follow-up to the 2018 series “The Haunting of Hill House.” ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REVIEW: ‘The Haunting of Bly Manor’ delivers quality spookiness

Molly Farrar October 15, 2020

October movie releases are of the spooky, scary variety, and “The Haunting of Bly Manor” stuck to the tradition when it debuted on Netflix Friday as a continuation of “The Haunting of Hill House.” “Hill...

“Ratched,” Netflix’s newest original series, stars “American Horror Story” regular Sarah Paulson as a nurse at a mental institution. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REVIEW: Netflix’s ‘Ratched’ misses the mark as true origin story material

Molly Farrar September 22, 2020
“American Horror Story"'s Sarah Paulson stars in “Ratched,” a Netflix Original that despite its visual successes, falters as a follow-up to the classic 1970s film.
“Scream Queens,” a comedy-horror series about a sorority, premiered Tuesday on Fox. PHOTO COURTESY FOX

REVIEW: “Scream Queens” is your new guilty pleasure show

J.D. Capelouto September 25, 2015

If the new Fox television series “Scream Queens” were a person, it would be Taylor Swift. It’s genre-hopping, cliched, well-marketed and, most of all, you love to hate it. The show begins by introducing...

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