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Netflix’s new western thriller is one of my most anticipated shows of 2025 — watch the first trailer now

Netflix just dropped the first trailer for its upcoming western thriller show, and it looks like the perfect binge watch. Here's everything you need to know about it.

Tom’s Guide

Friday Night Lights set to be rebooted for new audience

The original football drama series aired from 2006 to 2011

The Independent UK

Elon Musk, unions and JLo: the most anticipated documentaries of 2024

The next year promises a raft of fascinating eye-openers including looks at dicey legal issues and some A-list celebrities

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Why the UAW is fighting so hard for these 4 key demands in the auto strike

Driving the UAW's tough stance in negotiations with the Big Three automakers is the sense that the union is owed a long-overdue redressal for all the concessions workers made in 2007.

WEKU

Lone Survivor Director Peter Berg Uses A Disturbing Martin Scorsese Example To Prove His Chilling Point About A.I. Technology

Painkiller director Peter Berg spoke about the rapid evolution of A.I. technology, and we'd be wise to heed his warnings.

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Ahsoka Review | Star Wars Series Off To A Slow Start

We review Ahsoka, and talk to director Peter Berg about his new show Painkiller!

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Friday Night Lights Creator And Painkiller Director Opens Up About Seeing Taylor Kitsch ‘Shed The Tim Riggins Legacy’ And Grow Into The Actor He Is Today

Painkiller's director and Friday Night Lights creator Peter Berg opened up about how Taylor Kitsch has "shed the Tim Riggins legacy," and grown as an actor.

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Painkiller Director Describes What It Feels Like To Take OxyContin, And How His Drug Use Helped Him Portray The Opioid Struggle

Painkiller's director Peter Berg described what it feels like to take OxyContin, and how that helped them portray the opioid struggle in the Netflix series.

Cinemablend

"Greedy evil" birthed the opioid crisis

Director Pete Berg on the addiction and devastation that drug companies cause: "The death and the pain are real"

Salon

Painkiller’s Director Explains The Meaning Behind The Netflix Series Starting And Ending With A Fire Alarm And ‘The Sound Of Silence'

Painkiller's director, Peter Berg, explained the meaning behind the Netflix series starting and ending with a fire alarm and "The Sound of Silence."

Cinemablend

Painkiller: What To Know About Netflix's True Crime Miniseries Before You Watch

A new limited series about the opioid crisis, Painkiller, has come to Netflix.

Cinemablend

Why Do The Disclaimers In Netflix’s Painkiller Include Families Who Have Been Impacted By OxyContin Addiction? The Producers Explained.

Netflix's Painkiller features disclaimers read by families who have been impacted by OxyContin, and the producers explained why.

Cinemablend

Netflix Takes On Opioid Epidemic With Scripted Series ‘Painkiller’

Uzo Aduba, Matthew Broderick in the cast of Peter Berg-directed series

Broadcasting & Cable

Painkiller on Netflix review: this drama exploring America’s opioid crisis feels achingly real

This show skilfully captures the impossible emotional complexity of loving an addict

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Breakups, breakdowns and baseball: the five best films added to US streaming this week

Highlights include the divorce drama Blue Valentine, Peter Berg’s Friday Night Lights and Robert De Niro thriller The Fan

Sports Illustrated

‘Boys in Blue’ Documentary Takes on New Meaning After Death of 15-Year-Old Quarterback

The series follows a north Minneapolis high school football team and its coaches, most of whom are police officers, during the aftermath of the police killing of George Floyd. But the story changed when tragedy struck.

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