Netflix‘s Criminal is, depending on how you want to look at it, either one big, bold experiment or four smaller experiments. A police procedural where every episode takes place only inside an interview room and its immediate surroundings, it is Bottle Episode: The Series — only with an international component …
Read More »David Letterman Plots Season Two of 'My Next Guest Needs No Introduction'
UPDATE:The second season of David Letterman‘s Netflix series,My Next Guest Needs No Introduction, will feature interviews with Kanye West, Ellen DeGeneres, Tiffany Haddish, Melinda Gates and Formula 1 racer Lewis Hamilton. ** David Letterman’s interview series My Next Guest Needs No Introduction will return to Netflix for its second season …
Read More »'Someone Great' Director Talks Fact and Fiction in the Netflix Anti-Rom-Com
“I can’t believe everyone is sobbing,” Jennifer Kaytin Robinson says. “The main takeaway from everyone so far is that they are broken and sobbing. I hate to say I’m just scrolling through my phone and smiling at all these sad people on the internet, but, I mean.” The 31-year-old writer …
Read More »'Fosse/Verdon' Review: A Dance With the Devil
When we first meet the main characters of FX’s new limited series Fosse/Verdon, stage and screen director-choreographer Bob Fosse (Sam Rockwell) assumes such control over his wife, the dancer Gwen Verdon (Michelle Williams), that he moves her body into the position he wants. She tries it his way, then moments …
Read More »'Polar': Watch Mads Mikkelsen, Vanessa Hudgens in Graphic Novel Adaptation
Mads Mikkelsen and Vanessa Hudgens are set to star in Netflix‘s film adaptation of graphic novel Polar. See them in action for the movie’s first official trailer. Jonas Åkerlund directed the feature, which has Mikkelsen portraying Duncan Vizla, a top assassin known around the world as the Black Kaiser. He intended …
Read More »Taylor Swift Previews Netflix Concert Doc With Brassy 'Shake It Off'
After taking her Reputation tour to 36 cities, seven countries and four continents in 2018, Taylor Swift is bringing it to the rest of the world via Netflix: The Reputation concert film, shot during a show at the AT&T Stadium in Dallas with the help of 28 cameras, arrives on …
Read More »'Springsteen on Broadway' Soundtrack Set for December Release
Bruce Springsteen will celebrate his acclaimed series of acoustic performances on Broadway with a soundtrack album out December 14th. He previewed the LP on Friday with the lead single “Land of Hopes and Dreams.” “Land of Hopes and Dreams” appeared on theLive in New York City album before making its …
Read More »Netflix Cancels 'Luke Cage' After Two Seasons
Netflix continues to prune its Marvel properties as, a week after the streaming service canceled Iron Fist, they announced Friday night that Luke Cage would not return for its third season. “Unfortunately, Marvel’sLuke Cage will not return for a third season. Everyone at Marvel Television and Netflix is grateful to …
Read More »Trailers of the Week: 'Rocketman,' 'Vice,' New 'Daredevil' Season
This week: Two Netflix shows drop official trailers; Adam McKay’s vice-president biopic now not only has a name but a sneak peek filled with Big Dick (Cheney) Energy; another cryptic Overlord clip; and a look at Clint Eastwood‘s late-breaking Oscar hopeful. All this, and Spider-Ham. That’s right. Spider-Ham. Chilling Adventures …
Read More »Why Netflix Dramas Sag Midseason — and How They're Fixing It
You probably know this feeling: You’re bingeing a season of a new drama. You like the characters and the atmosphere, and you’re curious about where the story goes, but at a certain point (usually somewhere between halfway and two-thirds of the way through the season), you start to grow impatient …
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