Millions of Americans have fallen victim to a growing epidemic of online scams, from sextortion schemes aimed at teens to crypto investment scams targeting seniors. FRONTLINE and Associated Press have spent more than a year investigating this shadowy world that's grown into a global criminal industry, powered in many cases by organized crime, trafficked labor, American technology, and, increasingly, Al.
Taika Waititi writes, directs and co-stars in 'Boy', set in 1984 New Zealand. The film does just what Waititi dreamed of — it gave a great coming-of-age story to Māori people without making a story of the Māori people as an exotic other.
This Netflix series is a remake based on the book series of the same name with a more diverse main cast.
Over the last several years, I have had the privilege of being one of the critics having the opportunity to watch and review several films from writer/director/producer Marcellus Cox, whose efforts are never anything less but grounded, relevant, and steeped in unflinching glimpses illustrating the gripping, inspired, and ever-vacillating realms that make up the human condition.
Between its problematic nature, its lack of originality, and the senselessness of its violence, Onslaught cannot be recommended in good faith.
