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Who would have thought that a mockery of absurd woke culture would be found in Netflix’s latest nostalgia-riddled rom-com? “Senior Year,” starring Rebel Wilson, centers on Stephanie, a former high…

Spoilers ahead. The long-awaited return of “Outer Banks” ended this weekend with the official Netflix release of its second season. A lot of excitement surrounded the release after the show’s…

…book, directed by Academy Award-winner Ron Howard and just released on Netflix, has sparked another round of impassioned critique and analysis — but the film almost didn’t happen. “Initially, I…

This contains plot spoilers. On January 1, Netflix finally earned its modest monthly cost in full, when it began streaming the iconic, award-winning trilogy, “The Godfather.” While older generations may…

The entertaining, kind-of-dumb, straight-to-video Netflix contemporary fantasy offering “Bright” is as paint-by-numbers as a Hallmark Christmas movie in its plot. I didn’t want to like it. But I’ve had a…

…their efforts to make regular people feel bad about unknowingly “traumatizing” transgender people. Netflix allowed one of its writers, Rose Dommu, a transgender woman, to post a thread under its…

When the first season of “Sweet Magnolias” aired on Netflix in May 2020, most Americans found themselves under stay-at-home orders and executive mandates shutting down businesses states deemed “nonessential.” In…

It didn’t take long for a handful of viewers to decide that Netflix’s Addams Family spinoff series “Wednesday” is racist, for the crime of featuring villains who happen to be…

…that deep dives into the often lesser known movies currently available for streaming on Netflix. David and Ellie discuss one movie each episode, carefully reviewing the history of the movie,…

…it all becomes extremely conventional, simplistic, and often boring after a while. Season one of Netflix’s “Barbarians,” a show about the Roman attempt to pacify Germania culminating in the Battle…

Netflix has announced three new projects with antiracist indoctrinator Ibram X. Kendi, intended for a variety of age groups. “Stamped From the Beginning” will be a cross between a documentary…

Two years after the cancellation of her talk show, Chelsea Handler is back on Netflix, this time delivering a documentary-style dive into the concept of white privilege. “Hello Privilege, It’s…

…the least successful box office showings, topping only “Jojo Rabbit” domestically, meaning a good chunk of viewers probably hadn’t seen the night’s big winner. (Figures for Netflix films “Marriage Story”…

The experiment at the heart of Netflix’s “Love Is Blind” was so successful that 26-year-old Lexie Skipper got a ring and still got cut. Like seven other couples, Skipper and…

Near the beginning of her Netflix special, “Quarter-Life Crisis,” Taylor Tomlinson, a cute, petite blonde with a mischievous smile, bemoans the trappings of being in your mid-20s: “You have no…

…ending, all available on Netflix. Is “Jerry Maguire” a sports movie or a romantic comedy? It doesn’t really matter, because the story of a disillusioned sports agent who decides to…

Netflix’s “Rebecca” is a bad dream from which audiences will quickly want to wake — not because it’s frightening (it isn’t) but because of its dreadful dullness and waste of…

Netflix’s latest original mystery series “Clickbait” had all the makings of an awesome show. A compelling mystery with a solid cast – led by the always-great Zoe Kazan – it…

In these quaran-times, most of us are anxious and yearning for human interaction. The coronavirus pandemic is leaving us all feeling a bit lonely and down. Netflix’s “Self Made: the…

…into the flight, at an altitude of approximately 46,000 feet, it was over. They were all gone. Comprising four episodes and a combined three hours, Netflix’s new documentary, “Challenger: The…

…are there parts of the human soul that go beyond the mechanisms of chemistry? If you think that story is too intriguing to fail, you’d be dead wrong. Netflix and…

…character. His upcoming role in the Ryan Murphy adaptation of “The Boys in the Band,” set to hit Netflix sometime this year, will far better demonstrate Parsons’s range and talents,…

“The Old Guard,” Netflix’s newest superhero film based on the comic of the same name, is an engaging and clever look at immortality through fun action set pieces and interesting…

In the third season of Netflix’s “The Ranch,” Ashton Kutcher’s character Colt Bennett steps up to the plate when he finds out his ex-girlfriend is pregnant, and helps her to…

This review includes no spoilers past what’s revealed in the trailer. The latest adaptation of Stephen King’s work is a Netflix original entitled “Gerald’s Game.” I would award it an…

This review contains spoilers. For those hoping that the recent Netflix mini-series “Godless” would be a story of strong women braving the late nineteenth-century western frontier without the help of…

Comedian John Mulaney has a new Netflix special out, “Kid Gorgeous: John Mulaney at Radio City.” He’s the best “Saturday Night Live” writer in this generation and a fine stand-up…

A top Netflix executive funneled millions to a fund aimed at opposing the recall effort of California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom, according to financial disclosures reported to the California Secretary…

…to be broken, it does not save the special from dragging at times, replacing the tension or laughs with boredom or self-indulgence. While Netflix labels “Inside” as “stand-up comedy,” the…

Warning: spoilers throughout. The creators of Netflix’s “Bojack Horseman” have always known the protagonist and the very premise of the show was terribly un-woke. In the opening scene in the…

…film critic. They discuss Bradley Cooper’s “A Star is Born”, what Netflix is investing in and why, the future of comedy, and all the cultural trends in between. Listen here:…

The makers of Netflix’s “Big Mouth” dedicated a whole episode of the tween-charactered cartoon to promoting Planned Parenthood. “It is framed as a sex ed class, where characters discuss different…

Netflix has released its long-anticipated miniseries of “Watership Down,” a co-production with the BBC. It’s the second animated rendition of the beloved 1972 Richard Adams adventure novel, about a group…

…from the home front to the trenches, from boredom to action, and from horror to camaraderie. Now, nearly a century after the book’s publication, Netflix has produced a cinematic adaptation…

You’ve probably heard that Ibram X. Kendi, author of “How To Be An Antiracist,” just teamed up with Netflix to create films and animated shorts about racism for adults through…

Netflix’s new show “Sex Education” is a thinly veiled attempt to force a young audience into swallowing a liberal pill. Asa Butterfield, star of the Academy Award-winning “Hugo,” now stars…