Josh Herr
The Fiscal Times
New York, NY, United States
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Why Netflix Didn’t Pay the Ransom for ‘Orange Is the New Black’
Over the weekend, hackers calling themselves “thedarkoverlord” threatened to release the first 10 episodes of the fifth season of Netflix’s “Orange Is the New Black” on the popular file sharing network Pirate Bay if they didn’t get a ransom payment. Netflix opted to do nothing. → Read More
Don’t Call It a Comeback: Stephen King Is About to Be Everywhere Again
Stephen King has been a constant figure in pop culture for the better part of five dec → Read More
Netflix’s Big Purge: How Much More Can They Cut Without Losing Subscribers?
As Netflix announces another round of cuts from their archive, it becomes clear that original programing is their game plan. But will it be enough to keep the company on the upward swing? → Read More
The $500 Million Mountain King Kong Must Climb
Kong: Skull Island, the latest update to the King Kong legend, came out of its opening weekend with a roar. But Warner Bros. can’t get too excited just yet. The studio paid handsomely for their success -- Variety reported the film would need to haul in $500 million worldwide just to cover its costs. → Read More
Why the Craziest Oscars Ever Was One of the Least Watched
If you care at all about this sort of thing, by now you’ve probably read the various O → Read More
How Donald Trump Is Winning His War on Hollywood
Did you know the 2017 Oscar nominations came out Tuesday morning? Maybe you did. Maybe you saw an alert on your phone, or a notification on Facebook. Maybe you’re the kind of diehard Oscar watcher who has this date circled in red on your calendar. Assuming you’ve now read the list, is your favorite movie on there? Is there a race you are really passionate about? Or a contentious nomination or… → Read More
A Record Year for Hollywood: The Biggest Money Makers and Losers
Last year was the best ever at the domestic box office, as movies generated over $11.3 billion in ticket sales. Disney, on its own, generated more than $3 billion in U.S. box office, and more than $7 billion worldwide — a first for any studio, topping Universal's record $6.89 billion from last year. So why does it feel as if the movies are riding off into the sunset? Here's a look at a few big… → Read More
Why ‘Rogue One’ Is the Real Test for Star Wars and Disney
Star Wars: The Force Awakens was always going to be a success. → Read More
13 Movies You Should Watch This Halloween
The Exorcist (1973) The gnawing fear that an increasingly secular world has done nothing to eliminate the reality of evil was brought to the front in this fantastic (in every sense of the word) film about an actress whose 12-year-old daughter begins to behave … oddly. The Washington D.C. setting adds to the creep factor. → Read More
How Success Could Ruin ‘Peak TV’
For almost two decades now, one of the biggest stories in entertainment has been the i → Read More
The Netflix Library Is Shrinking Fast: Here’s Why It Doesn’t Matter
For the past 19 years, Netflix has been changing how we think about entertainment. → Read More
2016 Emmy Awards: Who Will Win on TV’s Big Night
Despite the unquestionable shift in focus by the entertainment industry from the big s → Read More
iPhone7: Why Apple Could Be Making a Huge Mistake
For over a decade now the September announcement from Apple has reliably set off a med → Read More
2016’s Summer of Movie Flops Is Not a Fluke, It’s the Beginning of the End
This past weekend’s biggest release, Ben-Hur, the latest adaptation of Lew Wall → Read More
From ‘Stranger Things’ to ‘Star Wars’: How Gen X Quietly Took Over Hollywood
The idea that Netflix can produce an acclaimed television show is no longer revolution → Read More
Mr. Robot Returns: Put on the Mask, Burn the Money
Warning: The following article contains spoilers for Season 1 of Mr. → Read More
The Best Movies to Watch on the 4th of July
For those who need a little more drama in their Revolution. Though the HBO mini-series covers the period from the Boston Massacre to the presidency of Adams’s son, John Quincy, the best bits are undeniably the sparring between Adams (Paul Giamatti) and his hot-headed brother Sam (Danny Houston) about the defense of the British soldiers responsible for the Massacre and the odd couple trip to… → Read More
YouTube Wants to Step Up Its Content Game, but Is It the Right Move?
YouTube Red announced this week that it had bought its first big-budget television ser → Read More
The ‘Warcraft’ Movie Is the Next Troubling Step in the Evolution of Hollywood
The World of Warcraft movie opens wide in the United States this weekend, seemi → Read More
Why Hollywood No Longer Saves Its Biggest Movies for Summer
Twenty years ago this week, the summer movie season was kicking off with the release o → Read More