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Warning: This article contains spoilers for season 5 episode 4 'Dear Offred.'Aunt Lydia has always been a source of intrigue among members of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ fandom. She had a way of evoking the pervasive dread that characterized the nation. She was also sadistic. She would mock the girls with a sickening grin and a warm tone, all the while rubbing in the horrific nature of their circumstances. She didn’t seem bothered by pain or disfigurement. It was spare the rod, spoil the handmaid.She maintained an appalling level of control over the girls, monitoring their gaze, their posture, and their tone of  voice, and she didn’t necessarily instruct them. Sometimes she would watch for signs of hesitation or confusion, so she could drag them back into her torture chamber. It was impossible to imagine how anyone could be so cruel. Many fans believed her to be a secret dissident, hiding her true loyalty from the world. Some thought she might’ve been pressured to gouge out eyes and cut out tongues, but there was no mistaking that bloodlust or her passion. The way she barked out orders, shrieking and whacking things with her cattle prod. That was zealotry.We finally got our answer in season 2, when she rang the bell announcing June’s pregnancy at the red center. She had tears streaming down her face. The fertility crisis was Gilead’s main talking point in the time before, and it seemed to  bother her quite a bit. She must’ve been an early believer in the regime.

Wasn't it just the other day when Wahl Street launched its first season? Time flies and the second season is here with us, offering more episodes of Mark Wahlberg's life and how he handles his professions besides the tight schedule. Mark Wahlberg is an American businessman and actor, formerly a rapper, who has received several awards and nominations. Wahl Street premiered its season one in April 2021, garnering a 6.2 out of 10-star rating and an 82% average audience score on Rotten Tomatoes- worth for a season two.

Better late than never! The second season of Avenue 5 is finally here after nearly two years of waiting. Deadline revealed the news recently, alerting the fans that season two will be the last from the series after the cast was let free to pursue other shows and professions. Season two of Avenue 5 was initially scheduled to launch in August 2021 but was postponed to an unknown date. The show creators significantly blamed the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic for the prolonged delay of the second season. Avenue 5 season one performed excellently, setting a solid foundation for its successor with an outstanding 6.5 out of 10-star rating on IMDb and a 53% average score on Rotten Tomatoes.

Apple TV+ has done it again with the second season of The Problem With Jon Stewart. The series joins other new shows coming to the streamer this October with six great episodes. Jon Stewart is a leading American comedian, commentator, television host, actor, producer, and writer, popularly known for his success in The Daily Show, The Jon Stewart Show, and recently The Problem With Jon Stewart. The series launched its first season in September 2021 and received loads of positive reviews and critics from fans, with a 58% average audience score on Rotten Tomatoes and a 7 out of 10-star rating on IMDb.

More reviews about the biopic film Blonde have been pouring in since its debut on Netflix on Wednesday, September 28 2022. Some critics and fans are pleased with the film's delivery, while others are utterly disappointed. However, one will stand the test of time, and that is Ana de Armas’ memorable acting and depiction of the blond bombshell Marilyn Monroe.

Dahmer, also known as Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, is expected to be one of Netflix's most popular programs of the year. It's the most watched series debut since Stranger Things season 4 earlier this year, and it's already the top show on the service in dozens of nations.However, given how the real-life serial killer is portrayed in the show, Netflix keeps encountering disputes after disputes. If you've seen the show, I don't think it's possible to claim that it 'glorifies' Dahmer in any manner, but the problems with it originate from how Netflix has characterized it and the fact that it was produced in the first place.

An edge-of-your-seat event in Netflix's horrifying true crime documentary American Murder: The Family Next Door exposes how murderer Chris Watts' neighbor assisted to uncover his violent crimes.In 2018, Watts, a resident of Frederick, Colorado, brutally killed his wife Shanann, 34, and their two daughters Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3.At first, Watts insisted on his innocence, saying that his family had mysteriously disappeared. However, CCTV footage obtained from his neighbor showed that Watts' story had much more going for it.

This week, Netflix unveiled the complete cast roster for their upcoming live-action rendition of Avatar: The Last Airbender in addition to new trailers and sneak peeks for shows including Bridgerton, Queen Charlotte, and You series 4.The cast news comes after Netflix's virtual fan event, TUDUM, which took place over the weekend, and as the streaming giant continues to reveal new details about upcoming projects.

Here are the shows and movies scheduled for release from October 2 to 7. There are many exclusive Netflix Originals for this batch so be sure to mark your calendars!

Prime Video seems to be gearing up its content as the year approaches its final months. The platform's official releases for October have been disclosed, and the lineup is packed with multi-genre releases that suggest October would be pretty exciting for Prime Video subscribers. Here are some releases to expect from Prime Video in the coming weeks.

Isaiah Stannard is an American actor who rose to fame for his role as Ben Marks on on NBC’s runaway sensation Good Girls. Stannard got a start to his career as a voice actor, lending his voice to cartoons.  From there he would go on to dub translations for foreign films and TV shows such as the role of Young Carl Sagan in the film Star Stuff. He also landed several small parts in films including Party Dress and Brad’s Status.  Brad’s status saw him starring alongside big Jenna Fisher, Michael Sheen, Luke Wilson and Ben Stiller.

Warning: This article contains spoilers for the original novel and season 5 episode 4. The philosopher Plato once told a story about a group of prisoners who had been trapped inside a cave their entire lives. All they could see were the shadows dancing on the walls. Those shadows were their reality. They represented the ideas and objects that humans use to define everything around them. According to him, that was all most humans were capable of seeing. Should a prisoner venture outside the cave, the light would hurt their eyes, and they would be blinded by it, unable to perceive the outside world. The pain would be too much and they'd retreat back into the comfortable darkness. This story, commonly referred to as the Allegory of the Cave, is mostly meant to outline our limited perception. We don't understand the world around us, and we certainly can't look inside ourselves and perceive our own nature. The public would never accept the science behind why we do things and the way we think. It goes against our most ingrained beliefs about who and what we are. That is a light we cannot withstand. It's like when someone insults us. We get defensive and shield ourselves from the truth because it hurts.Fiction reflects that. There are all sorts of rules that writers follow to avoid the darkest aspects of human nature and the world around us. Some truths are too uncomfortable, so they we skip those parts, focusing instead on beautiful lies. Margaret Atwood doesn't gloss those things over. She grabs a mirror, shoves it in our faces, and demands that we look. That's why so much of her work seems outlandish and counterintuitive. It's real. She refuses to give us anything other than an objective view of what we are and what we're capable of. She doesn't write about heros or heroines. She doesn't do happily ever afters. She gives us probable conclusions--decades of Gilead, no hope, and very little chance of escape. She lives in our world, not the world of fiction. 'The Handmaid's Tale' series reproduces Atwood's blinding objectivity, and it can be overwhelming. They challenge our notions of what it means to be good and evil. They go to places fiction doesn't go. Sometimes it's uncomfortable and unfamiliar, but that's because it's realistic. If we take a step back, focus our eyes, and see it for what it is, we can begin to understand it better.

The third installment of the black comedy-drama film Clerks III has received interesting reviews based on both fans' and critics' strong opinions. Clerks III finally debuted on September 13 2022, coming sixteen years since the second film, released in 2006. A huge time gap also relapsed between the debut film and the second, with Clerks dropping in 1994.See what the audience has to say about Kevin Smith’s Clerks III now that the trilogy is complete.

Netflix has been releasing riveting and blood-curdling documentary series in recent years, such as Catching Killers (2021), The Women and the Murderer (2021), The Raincoat Killer: Chasing a Predator in Korea (2021) and Indian Predator: The Butcher of Delhi (2022), to mention a few.The streamer’s newest installment Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, premiered on September 21, 2022, and is based on the life of the psychopathic murderer Jeffrey Dahmer (May 21 1960- November 28 1994). The limited series sheds light on corruption in the police force that encouraged Dahmer's notorious killing behavior for over a decade.Here’s everything to know about this biographical crime drama series.

Our Netflix boyfriend has returned (and in a brand new way). As a part of the new thriller series The Recruit, Noah Centineo will make a comeback to the medium that first made him famous. Netflix just unveiled information and the first image of The Recruit, the 26-year-old actor's entry into the action-thriller genre. about the series during its Annual Tudum event, despite the fact that it won't premiere until December 16.Consider Noah Centineo's upcoming film as a sequel to To All the Spies I've Flew Before. For The Recruit, Centineo is not only tackling the intense realm of spy games, but also donning his executive producer hat for the first time.