Ashley Rodriguez

Blade Runner is the latest film to be revived after years in retirement.

Rotten Tomatoes, which scores movies on its Tomatometer based on the share of critics on the site who gave “good” or “bad” reviews, is the go-to barometer for US films. And Hollywood encouraged it all—until things got rough.

It’s autumn in the US and, along with pumpkin lattes and warm sweaters, it means the return of scores of TV shows for audiences to watch, or more likely, DVR and binge-watch later.

Thirty years ago, all the best TV was free.

Directors like Christopher Nolan or Quentin Tarantino would cringe at the thought of audiences experiencing their cinematic exploits anywhere other than in cinemas—let alone on an iPhone with crappy headphones, perhaps in the back of a car or on a crowded subway or bus.

Some Hollywood studios blamed Rotten Tomatoes for sinking their terrible movies this summer.

New habits don’t form overnight.

The It reboot shows that smart, scary movies for adults can still soar. The R-rated remake of the classic 1990 miniseries—based on Stephen King’s 1986 novel of the same name—floated to the top of the box office this weekend, thanks in part to its audience of nostalgic older adults.

I was only a year old when the It miniseries first aired on ABC in 1990, but I have a brief memory of watching it later as a child. The TV was left on, and there was a young boy playing in a yellow raincoat on screen. I sat down to watch. Things quickly took a dark, dark turn.

Last week, Facebook launched a new hub for original video with TV-like shows and shorter-form series similar to those already on Facebook or platforms like YouTube.

If you’ve been on Facebook in the last week, you might have noticed a TV-shaped Watch button appear at the bottom of the mobile app, or in the left-hand column on desktop.

T-Mobile—which dubs itself the “uncarrier”—takes pride in upending the staid ways of the traditional wireless industry. Two years ago, it stopped counting most video streams against its data plans. Later, it led the shift to bring back unlimited data plans, which had been replaced in previous years with tiered packages as providers struggled to cope with skyrocketing data usage.  Then it offered customers a literal stake in the company as part of an extreme loyalty play.

Netflix, the app that Roku was built to bring to living rooms, barely makes any money for the media player.

For many in the US, the end of summer means the start of the American football season. Along with the usual cookouts, beach outings, and pool parties, some will be celebrating this Labor Day weekend hosting draft parties for their fantasy football leagues.

Vegetarian, organic, and gluten-free don’t necessarily mean healthy.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, hundreds of thousands of Texas residents are cleaning out their flooded homes. Some may find their digital memories have been lost to the storm, too: Family photos, business files, and financial records all casualties of water-logged phones and devices.

“But sometimes, my arms bend back.”

Baby Driver was a refreshing bit of summer fun. The Edgar Wright-directed heist film about a music-blaring getaway driver with tinnitus stood out, in part, because it was one of the few original movies that excelled at the North American box office this season.

While Snapchat and other digital-advertising entrants have burst onto the scene—vying for ad dollars against juggernauts like Google and Facebook—Amazon has stealthily snatched market share and introduced new tools to make it easier for marketers to buy ads on its platforms.

Games of Thrones can’t stop setting records.

Netflix knows how to tell a good story. Have you heard the one with Reed Hastings and the overdue video rental?

Depending on who you ask, Rotten Tomatoes is either one of the best or worst things to happen to cinema today. It spelled the death of films like The Dark Tower and Baywatch this summer. But it also lifted up good movies like Wonder Woman and Dunkirk.

Hurricane Harvey closed theaters in Texas. Saturday night was dominated by the Mayweather vs. McGregor fight; Sunday by the Game of Thrones season finale. And kids around the country readied for back to school. Americans had plenty of reasons to stay home this past weekend.

Hollywood squandered its strong start to the year with a slate of utterly unappetizing summer movies like King Arthur, Baywatch, and The Dark Tower.