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Metro
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Metro
'Nightmare fuel' series with near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score streaming now
Cancel all of your weekend plans – one of the most iconic television series of all time is available to binge-watch in full right now. Back in 1990, audiences across the world were asking themselves the question 'Who killed Laura Palmer?' when David Lynch's surreal murder-mystery Twin Peaks began. Starring Kyle MacLachlan, Sherilyn Fenn, Lara Flynn Boyle, Sheryl Lee, and many more, Twin Peaks follows the investigation into the murder of local teen Laura Palmer (Lee) and the mystery that surrounds its unusual circumstances and other phenomena in the town. The investigation is led by FBI special agent Dale Cooper (MacLachlan) who is pulled deeper and deeper into the town's secrets, uncovering far more than he bargained for when he checked into The Great Northern Hotel. Like much of Lynch's work, Twin Peaks, created alongside Mark Frost, contains an eccentric cast of characters, supernatural themes, melodramatic storylines, and a surreal, uncanny atmosphere. Its uniqueness is what led Twin Peaks to be such a smash hit at the time of its release and revered by fans 35 years later, and now, both seasons of the show as well as Twin Peaks: The Return can be streamed now on Mubi. Seasons one and two, containing 30 episodes, ran from 1990 to 1991 and were followed by the prequel film Fire Walk with Me in 1992. Sixteen years after its original run, Lynch and many of the original cast hit our screens again in Twin Peaks: The Return set 25 years after season two's devastating finale. Twin Peaks quickly gained a devoted following and is often listed among the greatest television series of all time, as well as one of the most terrifying, thanks to the themes it tackles. Season one holds a 91% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with the critics' consensus reading: 'Twin Peaks plays with TV conventions to deliver a beguiling — and unsettling — blend of seemingly disparate genres, adding up to an offbeat drama with a distinctly unique appeal.' The second season sits at 65%, while The Return has a huge 94% score. Deputy TV editor Tom Percival says: There have been plenty of great television shows over the years: The Sopranos, The Simpsons, Breaking Bad, and Geordie Shore (okay, maybe not that last one). Still, when journalists are curating lists of the best TV shows of all time there's one peculiar horror series that may seem a little out of place: Twin Peaks. After all, the horror genre doesn't get a lot of love from more esteemed critical circles. Yet this strange series – which premiered 35 years ago in 1990 – is unquestionably one of the best TV shows of all time and a technical marvel that pushed the boundaries of what people thought the small screen was capable of. Nominally the show was a mystery drama of sorts but honestly, that description doesn't do Twin Peaks justice. By design, it defied categorisation, blending supernatural and surreal elements with the theatrical tropes and cliches that defined so many beloved soaps. Read the full review here In their review of the show, the Sydney Morning Herald said: 'Twin Peaks has many of the elements of a soap opera: it is slow (although not vapid), has a complex plot, melodrama and a plethora of disasters. It's the weirdness, the David Lynch trademark,k which is the lure.' Buffalo News added: 'Twin Peaks is refreshing, unsettling, funny and mystifying. If you are the very unusual TV viewer looking for something different, the first three hours should put you in the mood for more.' Of The Return, Vox said: 'It stopped feeling like a TV show to me, at some point, and started feeling like a gift.' Rolling Stone added: 'What we just witnessed was unmatched in the medium's history,' meanwhile, The Atlantic wrote: 'Twin Peaks remains the nightmare fuel it always has been.' The Guardian added to the glowing praise, saying: 'The Twin Peaks revival is perfect. I'm in deep with it. It's easily the best series of the year so far. And, although this might seem like heresy to long-time fans, I think it might actually be better than the original.' Twin Peaks' addition to Mubi comes at a poignant time following the death of its visionary creator, Lynch, earlier this year, aged 78. More Trending The celebrated filmmaker, who was behind the likes of Mulholland Drive, The Elephant Man, died on January 15. His cause of death was confirmed as cardiac arrest due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The filmmaker visionary died after becoming housebound with emphysema following years of chain-smoking, and a death certificate released by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed COPD was an underlying condition suffered by the auteur. 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Tom's Guide
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Tom's Guide
The entire run of 'Twin Peaks' was just added to a streaming service you've probably never heard of — here's where to watch all 48 episodes now
It's the 35th anniversary of "Twin Peaks" this year, with the first episode of David Lynch's acclaimed mystery-horror drama premiering back on April 8, 1990. To celebrate, the streaming service Mubi has added all 48 episodes of the series — 30 episodes of "Twin Peaks" and 18 episodes of "Twin Peaks: A Limited Series Event" (also referred to as "Twin Peaks: The Return" or "Twin Peaks" season 3) — available to stream right now. If you haven't heard of Mubi, that's understandable. It's not currently on our list of the best streaming services, though we're planning to review it for consideration later this year. But I've been a Mubi subscriber for a while, and it's probably the best streaming service you've never heard of. Especially for cinephiles who love indie, arthouse and foreign films. So, for those who aren't familiar, let's dive into what "Twin Peaks" is about, why you need to watch it, and why Mubi is worth signing up for to stream the iconic series right now. "Twin Peaks" and its follow-up, "Twin Peaks: A Limited Series Event," are, for the most part, about the investigation of the murder of Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee). The shows are set in the fictional Pacific Northwest town of Twin Peaks, and stars Kyle MacLachlan as FBI special agent Dale Cooper, who is tasked with investigating the local teen's untimely demise. Get instant access to breaking news, the hottest reviews, great deals and helpful tips. It's tough to pin down a genre to define this show. It's a mystery show, to be sure, but there are elements of soap opera campiness and melodrama as well as plenty of surrealist horror. Because the series was created by and directed by David Lynch, it often takes on a more cinematic presentation than the typical TV show. The pilot was a two-hour-long feature film. Despite these quirks, or (more accurately) because of them, the show was a massive critical success. Season 1 earned 14 Emmy nominations and season 2 earned four more, while also winning several Golden Globes. "Twin Peaks: A Limited Series Event" was similarly critically successful, earning nine Emmy nominations and a Golden Globe nomination for MacLachlan's reprisal as Dale Cooper. It's safe to say that, unless you've already seen "Twin Peaks," you've never seen a show like "Twin Peaks." As of today, you can stream all eight episodes of "Twin Peaks" season 1 on Mubi, including the feature-length pilot. You can also stream all 22 episodes of season 2 and all 18 episodes of "Twin Peaks: A Limited Series Event," which is set 25 years after the events of the season 2 finale. Mubi is a great way to stream some lesser-known movies. Specializing in indie, arthouse and foreign films, it has a deep library that is a cinephile's dream. And now, it even has "Twin Peaks"! You can get Mubi for $14.99 or get Mubi Go in select cities for just $5 more, which gives you a curated movie ticket to a local cinema every single week. Sign up now for a seven-day free trial! Now, it's important to note that you cannot watch the prequel movie, "Fire Walk With Me," on Mubi. You need to head to Max for that. Nor can you watch the deleted scenes compilation film "Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces." You'll need to head to The Criterion Channel — another underrated streaming service for cinephiles — to watch that movie. But beyond the three seasons of "Twin Peaks," there are a lot of great movies to watch on Mubi. We've even covered a few of them here at Tom's Guide. Last year's hit body horror movie "The Substance" is available to stream on Mubi right now, as is the hilarious documentary "Grand Theft Hamlet," which covers the attempt to recreate Shakespeare's "Hamlet" entirely within the game "Grand Theft Auto Online." So head over to Mubi and get yourself a membership now. It comes with a seven-day free trial in case you decide it's not for you or you binge through the entire 48-episode run of "Twin Peaks" in a week and decide you don't need more than that. Stream "Twin Peaks" and "Twin Peaks: A Limited Series Event" on Mubi Malcolm has been with Tom's Guide since 2022, and has been covering the latest in streaming shows and movies since 2023. He's not one to shy away from a hot take, including that "John Wick" is one of the four greatest films ever made. Here's what he's been watching lately:
New York Post
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
'Twin Peaks' creator reveals why execs were 'irritated' over David Lynch cult series
The owls are not what they seem. David Lynch and Mark Frost's cult hit 'Twin Peaks' celebrated its 35th anniversary this year – and now, the two-season series, plus its 2017 sequel 'Twin Peaks: The Return,' are streaming on the MUBI platform starting Friday, June 13. 'The only time [ABC network execs] ever tried to give us notes was after they had read the pilot,' Frost, 71, exclusively told the Post. 'And they said, 'Now we've got a few thoughts. Would you like to hear them?' And they pulled out their notes, and David just said, 'No.'' Frost quipped, 'They just put their notes back in their pocket.' 13 Madchen Amick, Peggy Lipton, Everett McGill, Wendy Robie, Kyle MacLachlan in 'Twin Peaks.' Everett Collection / Everett Collection 13 David Lynch and Mark Frost in 1990. Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images 13 David Lynch speaks onstage during the In Conversation Panel for 'Another Day In The Life' with Ringo Starr, David Lynch and Henry Diltz at Saban Theatre on October 29, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. Getty Images for ABA 'Twin Peaks' first premiered on ABC in 1990, and ran for two seasons, before it returned for Showtime's 'Twin Peaks: The Return' in 2017. Set in the fictional titular town, the story followed FBI special agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) investigating the murder of local teen Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee). Madchen Amick, Sherilynn Fenn, Lara Flynn Boyle, and Michael Ontkean also starred. The story was surreal, filled with supernatural elements and dream sequences. It was also a hit, raking in over 17 million viewers when it debuted in 1990. 13 Mark Frost poses during his 'Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier' discussion and signing at Vroman's Bookstore on October 31, 2017 in Pasadena, California. Getty Images 'The only people it really seemed to puzzle or disturb were veteran network development people,' Frost explained. 'It was like we'd invented a new kind of math, and they didn't understand it, and it bothered them,' he continued. 'It ran against their belief that they knew what they were doing, and that nobody else should do it any other way.' 13 Kyle MacLachlan in 'Twin Peaks.' ©ABC/Courtesy Everett Collection 13 Sheryl Lee in 'Twin Peaks.' ©Aaron Spelling Prods/Courtesy Everett Collection Under pressure from the network, Season 2 of 'Twin Peaks' did reveal the answer to the mystery of who killed Laura (it was her father, Leland Palmer, who was possessed by Bob, an evil spirit). The co-creator and the late Lynch were 'in agreement' about not revealing that, but the network execs 'really were in a hurry to get this thing over with.' 'I think the show made them deeply uncomfortable – even though they didn't mind the Super Bowl numbers we got when we debuted, and the fact that there was more critical attention being paid to ABC than they'd seen in about five years as a result,' Frost told the Post. 13 Madchen Amick and Dana Ashbrook in 'Twin Peaks.' ©ABC/Courtesy Everett Collection Although ABC is now owned by Disney, it was owned by the company Capital Cities at the time. 'It didn't fit their idea of what a show should be. So they were, I think, irritated by it in some ways. And they wanted us to just get on with it and solve [the mystery],' Frost explained. 'And we kept telling them 'that's a huge mistake.' They wouldn't renew us for a second season until we gave them our word that we would solve it in the second season.' Frost said that he 'fought it off' as long as he could. 'David and I still were in agreement that it might've been more interesting had it never been solved. It was really what Hitchcock used to call 'the MacGuffin' that got us into the story. And once you solve the MacGuffin, you remove some of the magic.' 13 Lara Flynn Boyle in 'Twin Peaks.' ©Aaron Spelling Prods/Courtesy Everett Collection 13 David Lynch attends a photocall during the 12th Rome Film Fest at Auditorium Parco Della Musica in Rome, Italy in 2017. Anadolu via Getty Images According to Frost, that was the only time that the network 'basically put an iron fist and a velvet glove and gave us that message.' 'They were too baffled by [the show] to really mount a cohesive counter-argument,' he added. 'But, they were on me constantly about it.' Frost recalled that 'a pestering little junior executive' was assigned 'to hector me about it.' But Frost was a seasoned TV veteran, having previously worked on 'Hill Street Blues,' so he was unfazed. 13 Michael Ontkean and Kyle MacLachlan in 'Twin Peaks.' ©ABC/Courtesy Everett Collection 'I was used to that sort of thing… and we just, for the most part, disregarded it.' 'Twin Peaks' has influenced countless other shows and movies, from 'Lost' to 'True Detective' to 'Riverdale.' 'It's always flattering to hear that somebody found something in your work that inspired them in some way. I think the one that was most meaningful to me was talking to David Chase, when 'The Sopranos' really hit,' said Frost. 13 David Lynch and Mark Frost (right) during Twin Peaks Press Conference at Sony Studios in 1990. FilmMagic, Inc He recalled that Chase told him that when 'Twin Peaks' used dreams and 'plunged into the subconscious,' that gave 'The Sopranos' creator, 'the courage to try it with these mobsters in New Jersey. And I thought, well, that's pretty cool.' Lynch died in January of cardiac arrest due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was 78. The last time he spoke to Lynch was in Dec. 2024. 'When I finally found out about his diagnosis of emphysema, it's a very serious deal. My grandfather died of it…So, I just wanted to say hello and wish him well. It was very clear it wasn't gonna affect his creativity, and his will to work. It just was slowing him down physically.' 13 Actor Michael Ontkean, director David Lynch and writer-producer Mark Frost in 1990. Getty Images 'We weren't sentimental types, but we had one last cup of coffee together,' he went on. 'I think we both knew it was the last one. It was pretty poignant. Sometimes you're here today, gone tomorrow. So, you have to appreciate and love the people that you're with, because you never know.' Following Lynch's death, public tributes rolled in. But Frost said he still feels that the 'Mulholland Drive' filmmaker wasn't fully understood, in one key way. 'I'm not sure people fully realize how funny he was…There were always moments of levity and lightness [in his work], but left to his own devices, he was interested in very dark themes,' he said. 'But as a person, to the people who knew him best, he was one of the most delightful, light-hearted, friendly human beings you'd ever want to know.' 13 David Lynch, on set of 'Twin Peaks' circa 1990. ©ABC/Courtesy Everett Collection 'And he was a constant joy and surprise, because his mind worked like nobody else I've ever met. We had a heck of a good time making our little show, and the fact that it's lasted all these years is gravy.' About whether the world of 'Twin Peaks' could ever continue, Frost said, 'It's too early for me to say. It's hard to imagine going back there without David.' However, he did write some novels that expanded the 'Twin Peaks' universe. 'So maybe that's a way to do it. But, I haven't really figured that out yet,' he told the Post. 'I'm kind of waiting for the moment when the light comes on and says, 'Okay. Something's cooking.''
Yahoo
05-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Phineas and Ferb' Sticks to What Works in a Welcome Return
Most TV revivals are bad. They exist solely for the cynical purpose of exploiting a familiar title, not because there are new stories worth telling in a particular world. Good TV shows are the product of a specific time in the lives of the characters on the show, the people making the show, and the people watching at home. Change one or more of those, and it usually doesn't work. There are exceptions, of course. The passage of time in some ways enhanced both Roseanne/The Conners and Party Down, because they're shows about people in dire financial straits, and revisiting them in an even worse economy made the comic stakes even sharper. And Twin Peaks: The Return was a masterpiece because traditional rules of storytelling never applied to David Lynch. More from Rolling Stone Disney's Live Action 'Snow White' Gets Digital and Physical Release Dates America Runs on Disney: Brooks Drop Surprise Limited-Edition RunDisney Sneaker Collab Lululemon's Viral Disney Capsule Initially Sold Out Fast - Here's Where It Just Restocked Online Now there's Disney's Phineas and Ferb, returning with its first new season in a decade. The family TV classic is animated, which helps enormously, because the characters don't have to age (though they do very slightly). More importantly, it's a show designed to be both timeless and formulaic, so that it can return in any era, act exactly like it always has, and nothing will seem amiss. As the infectious Bowling for Soup theme song has long explained, the title characters — stepbrothers in a blended family (voiced in the original series by, respectively, Vincent Martella and Thomas Brodie-Sangster) who live in an unnamed tri-state area — have 104 days of summer vacation to fill, and the kind of boundless imaginations, technical skills, and resources to do anything they want. In various episodes of the original series, they traveled through time and space, built the world's biggest roller coaster, and designed a plane that allowed them to circumnavigate the globe in one incredibly long summer day by always staying ahead of the sunset. Their older sister Candace (Ashley Tisdale) is obsessed with busting them by showing their mother Linda (Caroline Rhea) the boys' wild and dangerous creations. And every episode has a subplot where the family's pet platypus, Perry, secretly works as a spy, who is constantly trying to prevent the 'evil' — really, just annoying — schemes of pathetic mad scientist Heinz Doofenshmirtz (played by the show's co-creator, Dan Povenmire). Inevitably, the plots intersect when Doof's latest gadget (which always has the suffix '-inator') somehow erases evidence of the boys' latest scheme just before Linda can get a look at it. And that's it: the same idea, repeated in two stories per episode, for nearly 140 episodes that aired over eight years. But the genius of what Povenmire, co-creator Jeff 'Swampy' Marsh, and company did over those eight years was the way they gradually turned that rigid formula to their advantage. Once the audience understood that the same story beats would happen in the same rough order from week to week, no matter how different the inventions, the more the show got to have fun with it. At times, it involved the characters becoming aware of those recurring tropes, like Candace eventually deciding that there's some universal force preventing Linda from ever seeing what the boys are really doing, or Doofenshmirtz noticing when Perry is late or otherwise not following his usual routine. At others, the show found ways to subvert its own formula while somehow sticking with it; in one classic episode, Candace and Doof's teenage daughter Vanessa (Olivia Olson) swap outfits after a dry cleaner mix-up, and as a result, the usual A-story/B-story structure gets flipped, so that it's Doof with a big idea (trying to build his own floating island nation), while the boys build an -inator (albeit one with a benign purpose, to show a friend what they think will be her first rainbow). The only thing standing even partially in the way of a revival is the fact that the show had a definitive ending in 2015, with an episode set on the last day of that wonderful summer vacation. When the team reunited briefly for the 2020 movie Candace Against the Universe, the story was set earlier in that summer. As it is, there are far more individual stories than would fit into even a 104-day summer. At some point, the story needs to move forward, even a little(*). (*) There was another 2015 episode, 'Act Your Age,' set 10 years in the future, where the boys and their friends are preparing to leave for college. But nothing in it would significantly constrain stories set in the kids' present-day lives. And that is basically what this fifth season does. We begin on the last day of the school year, as Phineas has just finished telling the class about all the adventures he, Ferb, Isabella (Alyson Stoner), Baljeet (Maulik Pancholy), and Buford (Bobby Gaylor) had the previous summer. The bell rings, there's a musical number — because there's always an upbeat musical number somewhere in each episode — and then a new summer begins. When we finally get Bowling for Soup to open the second episode, the theme song's lyrics now declare, 'There's another 104 days of summer vacation,' and everything else is otherwise the same. That holds true for the show. The kids are in theory a year older, but the only way to tell that is that some of the actors' voices have gotten deeper. (Martella is now in his thirties, and he re-recorded a few of his lines in the opening credits so they're more consistent with how Phineas sounds today; Ferb is now voiced by David Errigo Jr., but he speaks so infrequently that you'd barely notice.) The show remains unapologetically self-aware. When Perry crashes into the Doofenshmirtz Evil, Inc., headquarters like usual to find out about his nemesis' latest scheme in the first episode, Doof admits, 'I know, today's -inator is a little basic. But I'm purposely starting slow.' And that classroom musical number includes Phineas acknowledging the high bar they set the previous summer, while insisting, 'I'm confident we can top ourselves somehow.' The bar is, indeed, spectacularly high. The original run is one of the greatest kid/family/whatever animated comedies of all time. With one exception, there's not anything in the five episodes I've seen that I would put against the very best of the 2000s/2010s batch. But the fact that the series is able to return after a decade away (give or take Candace Against the Universe) and still feel like itself is a remarkable achievement. The new episodes are much more of a piece from the final season or so, when the creative team was pushing harder against the boundaries of their formula, and focusing more on the supporting characters. There are several stories this time out that barely even feature Phineas and Ferb, including one that follows up on the idea that Candace's best friend Stacy (Kelly Hu) knows that Perry is really a secret agent(*). The best of this group (the one that belongs in the stratosphere of the original) is an even bigger experiment, where the kids build a giant zoetrope — which Buford dubs 'Tropey McTropeface' — and it goes off to have a delightful series of adventures that includes a romance with a local Ferris wheel, much of this accompanied by an unexpected special musical guest. It would be the weirdest new installment if it weren't for the one that turns a single joke from an old episode — that Buford for some reason has life-sized molds of all the other characters, for purposes unknown — into an entire plot, which at one point has Buford simultaneously wearing a Candace skin suit and a Linda skin suit. (Warning: You might have nightmares about that one later.) Mostly, though, Phineas and Ferb thankfully manages to still be Phineas and Ferb. (*) For O.W.C.A., the Organization Without a Cool Acronym, where all the agents are animals wearing fedoras. Later this summer, King of the Hill will return from an even longer hiatus with a season that will both age up the characters and explicitly deal with how the world has changed since that animated classic last appeared. Maybe that will work. But it's a relief to have something as funny, optimistic, joyous, and inventive as Phineas and Ferb back in our lives, acting as if barely any time at all has passed. The first two episodes of the new Phineas and Ferb season debut tonight on Disney Channel, with additional episodes releasing weekly on Saturday mornings, while 10 episodes will begin streaming June 6 on Disney+. I've seen five episodes. 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Time Out
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time Out
A replica of the ‘Twins Peaks' diner is popping up in London
It's the 35th anniversary of David Lynch and Mark Frost's landmark TV brain-bender Twin Peaks and MUBI is celebrating in style. For one day only, the streamer will be turning Stoke Newington's New River Café into a pop-up version of Twin Peaks, Washington State's famous Double R Diner – Agent Dale Cooper's morning stop-off of choice. Expect cherry pie, damn fine coffee, and maybe even a glimpse of the Log Lady passing by. The diner will be drop-in only and open from 11am-7pm on June 18. Alongside the coffee and pie, you'll be able to win limited edition Twin Peaks goodies throughout the day. The pop-up diner is the handiwork of the Mam Sham crew and creative agency Hot Sauce Presents. You'll find it at New River Café, 271 Stoke Newington Church Street. Twin Peaks (1990) and 2017's Twin Peaks: The Return are streaming on MUBI from June 13. from September 27-28.
