binge-watch Archives

Thanks for The Princess Switch, Netflix. But I’d Rather Watch Love Actually

Holiday films are to me what Tom and Jerry is to children, so I was overjoyed when Netflix released two holiday season films last week – The Princess Switch and A Christmas Prince. They’re my gloomiest holiday binge ever.

Sehaj K May 23, 2016

Pop Culture

Arré Recommends: Make Use of the Lockdown and Binge-Watch These Hidden Gems

While going out and travelling to different places is in a future that is currently out of reach, the varied universes in movies, shows, books are still available to us. In the past few weeks, I’ve found it immensely calming to start a new show or watching a movie that I’d forgotten about, if only as a reminder that we can still enter a life outside our own rooms.

Poulomi Das April 9, 2016

Technology

Netflix and Chill for Life: What Happens When AI Takes Over Our Jobs?

The case for automation at work has been made many times by very smart, scientific people. But in a world where robots run shit and humans have unlimited free time, will every day be like the weekend — a snoozefest where we do nothing at all?

Kahini Iyer April 9, 2016

Modern Family

Netflix and Overkill: How I Lost My Retired Father to Binge-Watching

When Baba came to visit me this summer, I installed the Amazon Prime and Netflix apps on his phone, thinking he’d watch the odd movie sometimes. I didn’t expect him to get addicted to it and walk around the house like a teenager with headphones glued to his skull.

Runa Mukherjee March 14, 2016