His representative told People he died by suicide on Monday, 12 October, and police in Brownsville, Texas, say their inquiry is still open. Bryan Cranston led the tributes to his on-screen son.
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A Mount Zion remake chasing Jenifa's record, Hollywood's new No 1 and a Tom Cruise flop share Nigerian screens, while Netflix adds Ben Affleck's Animals and a new K-drama on Friday, 9 October.
Nigerian cinemas have rarely had a week like this. A Mount Zion remake is chasing Jenifa's opening record, Hollywood's new No 1 is on the same screens, and Tom Cruise's weakest opening in 19 years, by Deadline's count, is two doors down. These are the new movies to watch this week in Nigeria, ranked by GistMatrix. This is an editorial…
The Oscar winner told a Bloomberg audience the tech helped make his kidnap thriller but refused to say where. The film lands on Netflix on 9 October, and Netflix now owns the AI company he founded.
Ben Affleck has admitted he used AI to make Animals, his new Netflix thriller. He just won't tell you which parts. Speaking at Bloomberg's Screentime event on Wednesday, 30 September 2026, the director and star said he used the technology "for lots of things in that movie", according to The Playlist. Asked to name them, he declined. Affleck said he…
Florence Pugh's East of Eden is already on Netflix and the MKO documentary hits Nigerian cinemas on Friday. Here is where and when to watch all ten, and which ones are not out yet.
Ten picks for your screen this October, from a John Cena action romp on Apple TV to the MKO documentary opening in Nigerian cinemas on Friday. These are the movies and shows to watch, ranked by GistMatrix. It is an editorial ranking, not an official chart. Three of the ten are already out. Four more land on Friday, 2 October,…
The sequel to the 1987 sitcom did it in just four days, and Nigerian viewers have a reason of their own to watch: Nollywood veteran RMD turns up in episode 7 as a worried Hillman College parent.
Four days. That is all Netflix's A Different World needed to pull 4.2 million views and land at No 4 on the platform's global English TV chart, according to the Netflix Top 10 for the week of 21 to 27 September 2026, published on Tuesday, 29 September. The sequel to the 1987 NBC sitcom only arrived on Thursday, 24 September,…
Florence Pugh's seven-part Steinbeck saga lands on Thursday, 1 October, but two Nigerian titles are already near the top of the local charts. The ranking covers Netflix and Prime Video, and explains what happened to Showmax.
Florence Pugh's East of Eden is the big new arrival on Netflix Naija this week, landing on Thursday, 1 October 2026. It heads the GistMatrix Streaming Countdown: 10 picks across Netflix and Prime Video for the week of 28 September to 4 October. Nigerian titles are holding their own. Akinola Davies Jr.'s My Father's Shadow was Netflix's No 2 movie…
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