On Oct. 28, Erik and Lyle Menendez’s defense team submitted a request for clemency for the brothers, who in 1996 were convicted of first-degree murder in the 1989 killings of their parents José and Kitty Menendez. Public sympathy for the brothers and general reinterest in the case was sparked by Ryan Murphy’s scripted series Monsters: […]
What a time for Netflix’s hit political thriller to return. Days before the election, season two of Netflix’s The Diplomat starring Keri Russell as Kate Wyler, a U.S. ambassador to the U.K. caught in the midst of a political crisis, hit the streaming platform. [Spoilers ahead]. By the end of the six-episode second season, Kate […]
The U.S. has an aging male president who’s expected to pass the torch to his younger female vice president. But something happens that disrupts these plans, and the White House scrambles to find a solution that will allow them to build on their commander-in-chief’s legacy. That’s the political landscape in the fictional Washington of Netflix‘s […]
The great conundrum of the streaming age is that dozens, if not hundreds, of movies are available at your fingertips to stream—but it can be extremely hard to decide on the best movies on Netflix. Let this list be your guide as you navigate Netflix’s catalog of feature films. These 25 movies feature something for […]
In 2021, Netflix moved to create a new movie collection for its viewers. “Netflix will launch the Palestinian Stories collection, showcasing films from some of the Arab world’s finest filmmakers,” said an announcement of the new grouping. “[T]he collection is a tribute to the creativity and passion of the Arab film industry as Netflix continues […]
Footage of Luis Rubiales and Jenni Hermoso from the film #SeAcabó: Diario de las campeonas NETFLIX This week Netflix releases a stunning feature-long documentary in which members of the Spanish women’s team assess the impact of “The Kiss That Changed Spanish Football”. The 94-minute film is entitled “#SeAcabó: Diario de las campeonas” (It’s Over: Diary […]
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that Wallace, the scattered entrepreneurial protagonist created by the Oscar-winning animator Nick Park, has an invention for everything. The modest suburban home on Wallaby Street that Wallace shares with his expressive beagle, Gromit, is filled with Rube Goldberg-esque gizmos. One machine, functioning as a kind of alarm, ejects […]
The streaming platforms of European broadcasters are outgunning the global streamers when it comes to depth of content, research agency Glance reported in Cannes during TV market Mipcom this week. “Everyone is a streamer, even the broadcasters,” Frédéric Vaulpré, senior VP at Glance, told Variety in a café in the Riviera resort, referring to a […]
In just a few short weeks, it’ll be nothing but Hallmark movies and Lindsay Lohan rom-coms, but right now it’s spooky season and if you’re looking to relax with a chainsaw-wielding serial killer, a telekinetic teen hellbent on revenge, or a homicidal merman, we’ve got you covered. Just in time for Halloween, we’ve pulled together […]
It’s time to make it reindeer. In the trailer for Netflix‘s holiday rom-com “The Merry Gentlemen,” Britt Robertson stars as a former big-city dancer who dreams up creative (and sexy) way to save her parents’ small-town performing venue: an all-male, Christmas-themed revue. Sparks fly between Robertson and Chad Michael Murray as he strips down in […]
