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The Shards Finally Gave Me The Moment I’d Been Waiting For All Season (But Apparently It’s Not In The Book)

It's about damn time!

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The Drama, home-grown Kiwi comedy and everybody’s favourite TV coach: what to stream in September

It’s the first day of spring and we’re back with another round of streaming recommendations for your next binge.

The Conversation

I'm Worried Ryan Murphy's New Show Is About To Go Full Ryan Murphy

I think I've seen this film before.

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What is the release date for The Shards episode 5 on Hulu and Disney+?

The Shards is now streaming on Hulu and Disney+, but when can you watch the next episode?

TechRadar

3 new Hulu shows you need to binge-watch this weekend (Aug. 14-16)

Here are three new to Hulu shows that you need to add to your weekend watchlist right now.

Tom’s Guide

Drew Starkey fuels American Psycho speculation with interview slip-up

It was recently reported that Drew Starkey will be taking on the role of Patrick Bateman in the director’s take on Bret Easton Ellis book American Psycho.

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What to watch tonight: 28 new shows and movies added to Netflix, Paramount+, Hulu and more (Aug. 13)

Looking for what to watch? Here's your guide to every movie and show streaming tonight.

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Ryan Murphy reveals one thing Bret Easton Ellis requested for The Shards adaptation

The ‘Glee’ creator was not the first filmmaker to attempt to adapt the 2023 novel

The Independent UK

Bret Easton Ellis was the crown prince of Gen-X shock. Then it all went wrong

BOOKS: Best read when you’re 13 and trying too hard, the ‘American Psycho’ author has largely fallen out of favour since his Eighties and Nineties heyday. A series of exhaustingly public calamities didn’t help. So why, amid the launch of a very expensive TV adaptation of his 2023 novel ‘The…

The Independent UK

From The Shards to Phoebe Bridgers: the week in rave reviews

Ryan Murphy and Brett Easton Ellis team up for a retro serial-killer drama, and the California songsmith is back with a remarkable new album. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews

The Guardian - UK

3 new Hulu shows you need to binge-watch this weekend (August 7-9)

Here are three new to Hulu shows that you need to add to your weekend watchlist right now.

Tom’s Guide

7 new movies and TV shows to watch on Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, and more this weekend (August 7)

From Ted Lasso's return to Netflix's latest original movie, here's what's worth watching this weekend.

TechRadar

The Shards transforms Bret Easton Ellis’s 1980s LA nightmare into a warning for the present

Ryan Murphy, director of the controversial Netflix true-crime Monster Anthology (2022-), and Bret Easton Ellis, literary provocateur and author of American Psycho (1991), seem the perfect match. Sure enough, Murphy’s new TV adaptation of Ellis’s 2023 novel, The Shards, for Disney+ is an exhilarating mix of teen drama, serial killer…

The Conversation

Ryan Murphy left 'shocked' by his The Shards emotion

Ryan Murphy has teamed up with Bret Easton Ellis for a small screen adaptation of the latter’s semi-autobiographical novel, which follows his life as a 17-year-old as its turned upside down when a serial killer sets their sights on his prep school.

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The Shards review: Ryan Murphy and Bret Easton Ellis are a match made in heaven in Hulu's stylish, blood-soaked new show about privileged teenagers stalked by a serial killer

Bret Easton Ellis' semi-autobiographical novel The Shards is in excellent hands with Ryan Murphy.

The Conversation

5 Bret Easton Ellis adaptations, ranked from worst to best

Bret Easton Ellis’ books look like they should be perfect material for the screen. They’re filled with beautiful, amoral young things, designer clothes, pop music, lashings of drugs and casual sex, horrific violence and the sun-drenched landscape of California. His characters inhabit a world already saturated with images drawn from…

Salon

"The Shards" oozes '80s excess

Ryan Murphy’s collab with the American Psycho author brings Gen X's wasted youth back from the grave

Total Film

The 6 best new shows and movies streaming this week on Netflix, HBO Max, Disney Plus and more (August 7-9)

The House of the Dragon season 3 finale, a new Star Wars show and the return of Ted Lasso are among this week's must-watch streaming releases

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Evening Standard

The Shards on Disney+ review: Watchable and dreamily shallow but lacks suspense

3/5

The Conversation

Ryan Murphy’s new thriller The Shards takes place in 1981 – but it’s about the present

The Shards follows a fictionalised version of novelist Bret Easton Ellis during his final year of high school. Based on Ellis’ 2023 book of the same name, it’s September 1981, and the elite world of a wealthy prep school unravels as a serial killer known as “the Trawler” starts targeting…

The Guardian - UK

The Shards review – murder, 80s mayhem and the Ryan Murphy comeback we’ve been waiting for

Murphy is back on form with this gorgeously curated, shot and scored adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’s novel – about a serial killer stalking privileged LA teenagers

Tom’s Guide

How to watch 'The Shards' online — stream the Bret Easton Ellis adaptation from anywhere

Parties, wealth, drugs, and elite socialites collide with a serial-killer story — here's how to watch "The Shards" online and potentially for FREE.

The Guardian - US

Sex, drugs and serial killers: inside Ryan Murphy and Bret Easton Ellis’s lurid TV thriller

The Shards brings the cocaine-addled teens of a 1980s prep school to life with a cast of newcomers and a heavy dose of sleaze

The Independent UK

What to Stream: 'Ted Lasso,' Billie Eilish, Stray Kids, 'You Me & Tuscany' and 'The Shards'

This week, streaming platforms offer a variety of new entertainment options

Tom’s Guide

5 biggest new shows to stream this week —including the return of 'Ted Lasso'

This week’s new TV lineup is packed with drama, thrills and laughs that you can stream, including "Ted Lasso" season 4, "The Shards" and "House of the Dragon" season 3 finale.

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