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Netflix is a gold mine of interesting and intriguing content to stream with over 3,600 movies and over 1,800 TV shows available and over 13,000 titles available worldwide. With all of these options for content, it can be difficult to make decisions on what to watch.
As soon as Netflix released “Ginny and Georgia,” it became an international sensation.
Wednesday Addams has been a household name since the original “Addams Family” television show premiered in the 1960s. Tim Burton’s version of the character now resonates with a whole new generation of fans, and it is not the version older age groups grew up watching.
It’s no mystery that Rian Johnson’s 2019 endeavor “Knives Out” was a massive hit with audiences and critics alike. So, the next mystery was to see if he was able to recreate the magic for the sequel “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.”
Fake German heiress Anna “Delvey” Sorokin made headlines in 2018 after scamming banks, hotels and some of her closest friends out of about $275,000 to rise through the ranks of New York City’s social elites.
On Thursday, Feb. 3, the show “Murderville” was released on Netflix. The show stars Will Arnett and is an American adaptation of its British counterpart, “Murder in Successville.” “Murderville” successfully infuses comedy into the whodunnit genre of television, allowing viewers to take a ride into a murder–ridden town with their favorite celebrities as guest stars.
In 1999, the now classic rom-com “She’s All That” hit theaters. The movie follows popular high school athlete Zack Siler (Freddie Prinze Jr.) who makes a bet that he can turn loner girl Laney Boggs (Rachael Leigh Cook) into the prom queen. After over 20 years, the film has found a second life with a gender-swapped version titled “He’s All That.” This modern-day reimagining was released on Netflix on Friday, Aug. 27, and features TikTok star Addison Rae and Tanner Buchanan from “Cobra Kai.”
If you are looking for a Halloween movie to watch in these final days of October, look no further. Netflix’s new movie “Vampires vs. the Bronx” has been out since the beginning of the month, and you’ll want to watch it while it’s still in season. The movie, which is directed by “Saturday Night Live” director Osmany Rodriguez, is wholesome, funny and painfully corny at times, but with a serious and spooky twist.
“The Boys in the Band” is a brilliant story about seven gay friends who gather for a party that turns serious, uncovering truth and heartache through a surprise guest and a drinking game. Originally a play by Mart Crowley, “The Boys in the Band” premiered on Netflix on Wednesday, Sept. 30.
The Netflix show “Outer Banks” has become number one in the U.S. since its April 15 release. The show follows four friends on a search for treasure as they navigate the socioeconomic inequalities that consume the North Carolina island they call home
Netflix’s new release, “All The Bright Places,” an adaption of Jennifer Niven’s novel, attempts to tackle the mental illness and teenage struggles addressed by the original novel with accuracy and depth. Violet Markey (Elle Fanning) and Theodore Finch (Justice Smith) meet on a ledge, both literally and figuratively. Both on the brink of desperation, they meet standing on a bridge. Violet lost her sister in a car accident months prior and doesn’t know how to move on, while Theodore, or “Finch,” has been struggling with the wretched deal that was dealt to him.
Teenage girls with secret superpowers seem to be all the rage on Netflix, and their most recent coming-of-age series is no exception. “I Am Not Okay With This” follows 17-year-old Sydney Novak (Sophia Lillis) as she struggles with her father’s recent passing and the awakening of her strange superpowers. The series is based on a graphic novel of the same title by Charles Forsman, who created the source material for another Netflix hit, “The End of the F***ing World.” It also shares producers with “Stranger Things.”
“Love is Blind” is Netflix’s first No. 1 show in its new rating system – and for good reason, too. As the 10-part, three-week first season draws to a close with the finale episode “The Weddings” released on Thursday, Feb. 27, the question of whether love is really blind still lingers.
Where can you watch an ominous stranger reveal news of a fake pregnancy to a dedicated father? An insanely trippy teenage rave? A mysteriously decapitated alpaca? A beloved missing mother? Secrets that unravel, destroying families and the whole community in the process? The answer is in the new Netflix original series “The Stranger.” Released on Thursday, Jan. 30, “The Stranger” is based on the book by renowned American mystery novelist Harlan Coben.
Bill Gates is most notably known for the prominent software that’s been utilized and explored in virtually all devices – Microsoft Corporation. Launched in 1975, Gates and his co-founder Paul Allen had all expectations of taking the world to the next level.
Netflix’s “Queer Eye” is coming back for season three on Friday, March 15.
“Velvet Buzzsaw” is the latest thriller to come out of our loving overlord Netflix.
“The plot of the second season is perhaps inconsequential to the performances of the female leads”
Kyle Newacheck’s “Game Over, Man!” is perhaps one of the most befuddling Netflix releases since Adam Sandler’s dreadful “The Ridiculous 6.”
