12 h. ago 'I watched the world's worst film on Amazon Prime – here's why I'll watch it again'

EXCLUSIVE: The Daily Star's resident 'pain is fun' expert Adam Cailler sat down to watch the controversial new take on War of the Worlds to see just how bad it really is

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33 h. ago 'Compulsively watchable' Second World War series is based on heartbreaking novel

The series is available to watch on Channel 4's streaming service and is based on Mary Wesley's novel of the same name

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34 h. ago Chilling true crime documentary about 'Scotland's most controversial murder' leaves viewers baffled

The Amazon Prime Video documentary delves into the brutal 1994 murder of Shamsuddin Mahmood on a small Scottish island that was a cold case for years before an arrest was finally made.

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36 h. ago Long Story Short: this Jewish family comedy from the creator of BoJack Horseman is painfully beautiful

A sweeping, hilarious family saga told in multiple timelines from the 50s to the present day. Yes, that’s right – it’s basically Bluey meets TolstoyLike schoolboys, my friend Charlie and I send each other coded messages. One of these is “Am back on the horse”, which means “Rewatching BoJack Horseman”, which means “Having a mental health crisis”. The recipient knows to go to the other’s house with Danish pastries and some grass to touch. That show changed my life. The Simpsons had redefined what a cartoon could be, Ren & Stimpy and South Park were transgressive thrill-rides. But Raphael Bob-Waksberg’s tale of a washed-up actor chasing redemption wasn’t just adult; it was profound.So I was worried, approaching the new animated series from that show’s creators. It’s not about celebrity. There are no talking dogs or porcupines, or underwater worlds. No Will Arnett. How could I watch without expectation? It feels unfair yet unavoidable to keep an artist’s previous work in mind. Isn’t...

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42 h. ago Watch: Trump and Putin hold press conference after crunch Ukraine talks

Watch again as Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin held a press conference after “high stakes” talks on Ukraine in Alaska on Friday (15 August).

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44 h. ago Watch live: Trump and Putin hold press conference after crunch Ukraine talks

Watch live as Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin hold a press conference after “high stakes” talks on Ukraine in Alaska on Friday (15 August).

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48 h. ago Watch live: Trump and Putin hold crunch Ukraine summit in Alaska

Watch live as Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin hold “high stakes” talks on Ukraine in Alaska on Friday (15 August).

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50 h. ago 'It's far more widespread than anyone knows': Inside the evil world of cat torture as thousands tune in to watch felines being brutalised for entertainment online

This week I watched kittens being tortured, decapitated, even burnt alive. In all my many decades as a journalist it was one of the most disturbing experiences I have endured.

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3 d. ago Volkswagen now charges some EV owners a monthly fee to unlock full power from their electric cars

If you thought paying an extra monthly subscription to Netflix and Amazon Prime Video to go ad free was bad, VW is now charging a recurring fee to unlock the full power of customers' electric cars.

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3 d. ago Watch live: World Humanoid Robot Games opening ceremony kicks off in China

Watch live as Beijing hosts the opening ceremony for the World 2025 Humanoid Robot Games on Thursday (14 August).

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3 d. ago Cheer up, Ice Cube, your War of the Worlds movie may be really bad, but it's not worthless | Saranka Maheswaran

Awful clunkers occasionally emerge from both Hollywood and Bollywood, but I have found value in most cinematic calamitiesIf the latest adaptation of HG Wells’s 1898 novel The War of the Worlds, a movie starring Ice Cube and Eva Longoria, was designed to make us pause and ask questions, it has certainly succeeded. Unfortunately, what a lot of viewers have been asking is why it was inflicted on the public in the first place. Is War of the Worlds “one of the worst movies ever made?”, asked the BBC. “Shockingly bad War of the Worlds is one of the worst movies of the decade,” said the New York Post. “Amazon’s War of the Worlds update should never have been released,” declared the Telegraph.The 2005 adaptation, starring Tom Cruise, was a smash hit. Now people are flocking to the remake to see just how bad a film can be – it’s in the top 10 films watched in the UK and US on Amazon Prime. It seems that we have come to love “bad” films almost as much as those deemed good. The website Rotten ...

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3 d. ago Can’t pay, won’t pay: impoverished streaming services are driving viewers back to piracy

As subscription costs rise and choice diminishes on legal sites, film and TV fans are turning to VPNs and illicit streamers, with Sweden – home of both Spotify and The Pirate Bay – leading the wayWith a trip to Florence booked, all I want is to rewatch Medici. The 2016 historical drama series tells of the rise of the powerful Florentine banking dynasty, and with it, the story of the Renaissance. Until recently, I could simply have gone to Netflix and found it there, alongside a wide array of award-winning and obscure titles. But when I Google the show in 2025, the Netflix link only takes me to a blank page. I don’t see it on HBO Max, Disney+, Apple TV+, or any of the smaller streaming platforms. On Amazon Prime I am required to buy each of the three seasons or 24 episodes separately, whereupon they would be stored in a library subject to overnight deletion. Raised in the land of The Pirate Bay, the Swedish torrent index, I feel, for the first time in a decade, a nostalgia for the hi...

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3 d. ago Amazon to broadcast 17 NBA Cup games, including championship, on Prime Video

Amazon has announced its NBA Cup broadcast schedule, with Prime Video set to air 17 games, including the championship

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4 d. ago 'Extraordinary' BBC World War I drama sees fans 'hooked' and left 'in tears'

The historical series, which is available to stream on Amazon Prime, follows the lives of volunteer nurses and medical staff in northern France during World War I

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4 d. ago Clarkson's Farm star Harriet Cowan sparks The Grand Tour rumours after latest collab

Harriet Cowan, who starred in the fourth season of Amazon Prime's Clarkson's Farm, has been started Top Gear rumours after she shared a video with Richard Hammond's daughter Izzy

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4 d. ago Amazon expands its perishable delivery service, putting pressure on traditional grocers

Amazon is now rolling out a service where its Prime members can order their blueberries and milk at the same time as their batteries and other basic items

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4 d. ago Women's Rugby World Cup 2025: Six players to watch as globe's best battle for glory

England have home advantage on biggest stage

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4 d. ago 'I watched friend get eaten by a shark and most haunting moment was exactly like Jaws'

A woman who survived a shark attack in Florida when she was just 21-years-old has opened up about the terrifying ordeal that invovled watching a predator eat her friend

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5 d. ago Children watch in horror as their father kills himself on live TV

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT JoDon Romero, 33, committed suicide on live television after a police pursuit in the US state of Arizona - his partner and children were watching at home

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5 d. ago Children watch in horror as dad takes own life in live TV police chase

WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT: JoDon Romero, 33, took his own life after leading police on a chase live on TV, the man's partner and children saw the suicide

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