Tag: netflix

Anime Summer 2024 Guide: What We've Seen, Liked, and Loved

(*UPDATED 7/23/24*). Summer 2024 began Thursday, June 20, which also marked the launch of Anime Summer 2024, and a subsequent onslaught of shows. In the U.S., where I reside, I have subscriptions to Crunchyroll, which simulcasts many shows that debut...

Now Streaming: GANGS OF GALICIA (CLANES), Spanish Crime Gets Desperate

Clara Lugo and Tamar Novas star as a lawyer and a gangster in a new Netflix thriller series.

UNDER PARIS Review: Save the Shark! (Before She Eats Anyone Else.) (Oops, Too Late.)

Xavier Gens directs Berenice Bejo and Nassim Lyes in a riotously unglued, 'police vs. shark(s)' action-thriller. Now streaming on Netflix.

HIT MAN Review: More Outrageous Adventures From Richard Linklater

Glen Powell and Adria Arjona star in Richard Linklater's latest, heading to Netflix on Friday, June 7.

Now Streaming: BLOOD OF ZEUS S2, The Gods Get Gory

Derek Phillips, Elias Toufexis and Fred Tatasciore star in an animated action series, now streaming on Netflix.

BLOOD OF ZEUS Season 2 Trailer: Something Bloody and Mythological This Way Comes

I'm always amazed at how many good shows completely fly by me. Case in point: Blood of Zeus, an animated show about gods and demons and other monsters of Greek mythology, created by Charley Parlapanides and Vlas Parlapanides. Season 1...

Now Streaming: THE REGIME Plods, GIRLS5EVA Rocks

Kate Winslet and Matthias Schoenaerts star in a dramatic satire. Sara Bareilles, Busy Phillips, Paula Pell and Renee Elise Goldsberry star in a comic satire.

HOUSE OF NINJAS Review: Shinobi Stealth Success

Kento Kaku, Yosuke Eguchi, Tae Kimura, Kengo Kora, Aju Makita, and Nobuko Miyamoto star in Dave Boyle's Japanese-language action series.

GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S PINOCCHIO 4K Review: An Honest to Goodness Great Film

Ewan McGregor, Gregory Mann, Tilda Swinton, David Bradley, and Christoph Waltz star in the award-winning stop-motion take on the dark fairy tale.

Now Streaming: THE BROTHERS SUN, Charles in Charge

Michelle Yeoh, Justin Chien, and Sam Song Li star in the Netflix action-comedy series.

MAN ON THE RUN Review: The Wolf of Malaysia

Director Cassius Michael Kim documents how Jho Low exploited a fund intended to benefit the people of Malaysia and instead financed 'The Wolf of Wall Street,' among other reported misdeeds.

REBEL MOON - PART ONE: A CHILD OF FIRE Review: Lovingly Unoriginal Space Adventure

There's no denying that Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire, which follows a pair of farmers as they seek aid from fighters to make a stand against the space imperials who would rob their village of its...

Now Streaming: Best of 2023

'Beef,' 'Poker Face,' 'Dead Ringers,' 'Scott Pilgrim Takes Off,' 'Drops of God,' 'Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai,' 'Monarch: Legacy of Monsters,' 'Captain Fall,' plus 'The Bear,' 'Wolf Like Me.'

CHICKEN RUN: DAWN OF THE NUGGET Review: No Chicken Is An Island

Aardman Animations makes its return to theaters, courtesy of Netflix, looking modern with the same classic sense of humor.

FAIR PLAY Review: Love Is a Corporate Battlefield

Phoebe Dynevor and Alden Ehrenreich star in the highly-charged drama, written and directed by Chloe Domont.

BURNING BODY Review: Tangled Up in Love

Úrsula Corberó, Quim Gutiérrez, and José Manuel Poga star in a Netflix limited series, based on a true story.

CAPTAIN FALL Review: Beguiling, Hilarious, Absolutely Absurd, Definitely Only for Adults

Jason Ritter, Christopher Meloni, Lesley-Ann Brandt lead the voice cast in an outrageous animated series, from 'Norsemen' creators Jon Iver Helgaker and Jonas Torgersen, now streaming on Netflix.

Now Streaming: ARNOLD, Austrian Bodybuilder Sets His Sights on Hollywood

Directed by Lesley Chilcott, the documentary series is now streaming on Netflix.

Friday One Sheet: MADE IN HEAVEN

When I look at this key art for Netflix's Indian wedding planner series, Made In Heaven, I cannot help but hear Townes Van Zandt's mournful twang playing in my head: Send me dead flowers by the mail Send me dead...

Cannes 2023 Review: MAY DECEMBER, Delicious Ides

Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore star in a new film by Todd Haynes.