Cut the crap: our weekly streaming column recommends one perfect thing to watch – The Verge The Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in video, and in podcasts. 2019-11-01T14:02:00+00:00 https://www.theverge.com/rss/stream/17132625 https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/verge-rss-large_80b47e.png?w=150&h=150&crop=1 Noel Murray <![CDATA[A classic Mary Tyler Moore Show episode mirrors Apple TV Plus’ Morning Show series]]> https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/1/20942581/apple-tv-morning-show-jennifer-aniston-steve-carell-hulu-streaming-recommendation-mary-tyler-moore 2019-11-01T10:02:00-04:00 2019-11-01T10:02:00-04:00

There are so many streaming options available these days, and so many conflicting recommendations, that it's hard to see through all the crap you could be watching. Each Friday, The Verge's Cut the Crap column simplifies the choice by sorting through the overwhelming multitude of movies and TV shows on subscription services and recommending a single perfect thing to watch this weekend.

What to watch

"Assistant Wanted, Female," a season 1 episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, written by Treva Silverman and directed by Peter Baldwin, and originally airing on CBS on November 21st, 1970. Over the course of seven seasons, the groundbreaking sitco …

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]]> Noel Murray <![CDATA[Mike Judge’s Silicon Valley take on power continues in Tales from the Tour Bus]]> https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/25/20932300/silicon-valley-season-6-mike-judge-tales-from-the-tour-bus-prince-morris-day-cinemax-streaming 2019-10-25T14:48:42-04:00 2019-10-25T14:48:42-04:00

There are so many streaming options available these days, and so many conflicting recommendations, that it's hard to see through all the crap you could be watching. Each Friday, The Verge's Cut the Crap column simplifies the choice by sorting through the overwhelming multitude of movies and TV shows on subscription services, and recommending a single perfect thing to watch this weekend.

What to watch

"Morris Day and The Time," an episode of Mike Judge Presents: Tales from the Tour Bus, an animated documentary series on Cinemax. For two seasons now, Tales from the Tour Bus has collected musicians' wildest anecdotes about life on the road, pla …

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]]> Noel Murray <![CDATA[Before HBO’s Watchmen, stream V for Vendetta, the best Alan Moore adaptation]]> https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/18/20920817/v-for-vendetta-movie-watchmen-adaptation-alan-moore-natalie-portman-lana-lilly-wachowski 2019-10-18T11:37:38-04:00 2019-10-18T11:37:38-04:00

There are so many streaming options available these days, and so many conflicting recommendations, that it's hard to see through all the crap you could be watching. Each Friday, The Verge's Cut the Crap column simplifies the choice by sorting through the overwhelming multitude of movies and TV shows on subscription services, and recommending a single perfect thing to watch this weekend.

What to watch

V for Vendetta, the 2006 movie adaptation of the politically charged graphic novel by writer Alan Moore and artist David Lloyd. Set in a dystopian future England, the film stars Natalie Portman as idealistic young woman Evey Hammond, who becomes …

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]]> Noel Murray <![CDATA[This weekend, stream an all-time great Black Mirror episode from Succession’s creator]]> https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/11/20910077/succession-creator-jesse-armstrong-black-mirror-season-1-entire-history-of-you-jodie-whittaker 2019-10-11T14:35:20-04:00 2019-10-11T14:35:20-04:00

There are so many streaming options available these days, and so many conflicting recommendations, that it's hard to see through all the crap you could be watching. Each Friday, The Verge's Cut the Crap column simplifies the choice by sorting through the overwhelming multitude of movies and TV shows on subscription services, and recommending a single perfect thing to watch this weekend.

What to watch

"The Entire History of You," a season 1 episode of the science-fiction anthology series Black Mirror. The story is set in a near-future society where the hot technology is a skull implant that turns memories into first-person video clips, which …

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]]> Noel Murray <![CDATA[Here’s the best Joker episode of Batman: The Animated Series to stream this weekend]]> https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/4/20897556/joker-streaming-batman-the-animated-series-best-episode-harley-quinn-joaquin-phoenix-mark-hamill 2019-10-04T13:41:04-04:00 2019-10-04T13:41:04-04:00

There are so many streaming options available these days, and so many conflicting recommendations, that it's hard to see through all the crap you could be watching. Each Friday, The Verge's Cut the Crap column simplifies the choice by sorting through the overwhelming multitude of movies and TV shows on subscription services and recommending a single perfect thing to watch this weekend.

What to watch

"Joker's Favor," a 1992 episode of Batman: The Animated Series. Ed Begley, Jr. provides the voice of Charlie Collins, a harried Gotham resident whose road rage gets him into huge trouble when the driver he's cursing at turns out to be Batman's ar …

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]]> Noel Murray <![CDATA[Ryan Murphy’s Netflix series The Politician is a perfect pairing with Election]]> https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/27/20886427/netflix-what-to-watch-the-politician-ryan-murphy-election-alexander-payne-reese-witherspoon 2019-09-27T10:40:08-04:00 2019-09-27T10:40:08-04:00

There are so many streaming options available these days, and so many conflicting recommendations, that it's hard to see through all the crap you could be watching. Each Friday, The Verge's Cut the Crap column simplifies the choice by sorting through the overwhelming multitude of movies and TV shows on subscription services and recommending a single perfect thing to watch this weekend.

What to watch

Election, a 1999 political satire directed by Alexander Payne and co-written by Payne and Jim Taylor, adapting Tom Perrotta's novel of the same name. Set in an Omaha, Nebraska high school, the film stars Reese Witherspoon as Tracy Flick, an energ …

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]]> Noel Murray <![CDATA[The Downton Abbey movie is a terrific excuse to revisit Gosford Park]]> https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/20/20874762/downton-abbey-movie-gosford-park-streaming-recommendation-robert-altman-julian-fellowes 2019-09-20T12:03:17-04:00 2019-09-20T12:03:17-04:00

There are so many streaming options available these days, and so many conflicting recommendations, that it's hard to see through all the crap you could be watching. Each Friday, The Verge's Cut the Crap column simplifies the choice by sorting through the overwhelming multitude of movies and TV shows on subscription services and recommending a single perfect thing to watch this weekend.

What to watch

Gosford Park, a multi-Oscar-nominated 2001 drawing-room mystery, written by Julian Fellowes and directed by Robert Altman. A riff on the classic "murder at a sprawling country estate" story, the movie features a cast of accomplished UK and Americ …

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]]> Keith Phipps <![CDATA[Amazon’s Undone makes a terrific double feature with Waking Life]]> https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/13/20860403/amazon-studios-undone-animated-feature-rotoscoping-waking-life-scanner-darkly-richard-linklater 2019-09-13T11:09:52-04:00 2019-09-13T11:09:52-04:00

There are so many streaming options available these days, and so many conflicting recommendations, that it's hard to see through all the crap you could be watching. Each Friday, The Verge's Cut the Crap column simplifies the choice by sorting through the overwhelming multitude of movies and TV shows on subscription services and recommending a single perfect thing to watch this weekend.

What to Watch

Waking Life, an animated film that premiered at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival alongside Tape, a low-budget drama shot on a camcorder. Both films were directed by Richard Linklater, and as his first films following his major studio release The N …

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]]> Keith Phipps <![CDATA[Why the horror movie Mama makes the perfect pairing with It Chapter Two]]> https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/6/20852370/it-chapter-two-mama-andy-muschietti-horror-movie-streaming-recommendation-what-to-watch 2019-09-06T10:13:36-04:00 2019-09-06T10:13:36-04:00

There are so many streaming options available these days, and so many conflicting recommendations, that it's hard to see through all the crap you could be watching. Each Friday, The Verge's Cut the Crap column simplifies the choice by sorting through the overwhelming multitude of movies and TV shows on subscription services and recommending a single perfect thing to watch this weekend.

What to Watch

Mama, a 2013 horror film released during the sleepy January movie season. Its origins, however, date back to 2008. That's when "Mamá," a short film directed by Argentinian director Andy Muschietti and produced and co-written by his sister Barbara …

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]]> Noel Murray <![CDATA[Netflix’s new Dark Crystal reboot reaches back to the gentle fantasy of Fraggle Rock]]> https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/30/20838726/netflix-dark-crystal-age-of-resistance-series-fraggle-rock-streaming-reboot-jim-henson 2019-08-30T11:20:40-04:00 2019-08-30T11:20:40-04:00

There are so many streaming options available these days, and so many conflicting recommendations, that it's hard to see through all the crap you could be watching. Each Friday, The Verge's Cut the Crap column simplifies the choice by sorting through the overwhelming multitude of movies and TV shows on subscription services and recommending a single perfect thing to watch this weekend.

What to watch

"The Gorg Who Would Be King," a 1987 episode of the HBO children's series Fraggle Rock, and one of the last installments of the show's original five-season run. The story follows Junior, the prince of his giant-sized race, as he shrinks down to t …

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