At last, a show that does for Jewish families what BoJack Horseman did for washed-up sitcom stars. Raphael Bob-Waksberg’s Long Story Short might not be what you’d expect from the creator of animation history’s most self-loathing equine—in fact, there are no horses at all, although a pack of (non-talking) wolves do make a key appearance. But he’s channeled the same …
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Six years after he claimed he was the victim of a hate crime, actor Jussie Smollett continues to push back against Chicago officials’ narrative that it was all a “hoax.” In “The Truth About Jussie Smollett?,” a Netflix documentary that debuts Thursday, Smollett, the former “Empire” star, revisits the legal battle surrounding the alleged attack, which police and city officials …
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In the tradition of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and a flood of other geezer films, The Thursday Murder Club knows exactly what it is: a way to bring together a group of stars who are, let’s say, no longer young, and have them reel in an audience. A mystery about retirees who solve cold cases for fun, it is …
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When the derivative Netflix spy drama Treason premiered in 2022, I used the Charlie Cox vehicle as an excuse to write a small treatise on the institutional misuse and overuse of in medias res openings. I’ve occasionally needed to reference what I wrote, but I’ve never been able to consistently remember what show I pegged the analysis to. Treason has …
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With echoes of Emmy nominees like The Diplomat and Bodyguard, the latest Netflix U.K. import about the intersection of political crises and personal dilemmas sounds promising enough on paper, with the makings of a miniseries that could be gripping and gobbled up over a late-August weekend. But sadly, Hostage is the kind of show you’ll forget by Labor Day. The …
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Jacob Elordi is unrecognizable in “Frankenstein.” He’s not the high school jock who struts the halls of “Euphoria” High, the college boy worth killing for in “Saltburn,” the taller-than-life rock star from “Priscilla.” In Guillermo del Toro’s adaptation of the classic horror novel, Elordi is a creature locked in a deadly feud with his maker, Victor Frankenstein (played by Oscar …
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Andiamo! Emily in Paris Season 5 will continue the European journey of one fashionista and marketing expert when it lands on Netflix December 18. The fifth season, which contains 10 episodes, will arrive in a binge format at the end of the year after Season 4 was split into two parts, taking Emily out of the French capital and into …
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Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Jake Paul will meet in an exhibition Nov. 14 at Atlanta’s State Farm Arena on Netflix, sources confirmed to The Ring. Davis (30-0-1, 28 KOs) was slated for a lightweight title fight rematch with Lamont Roach this month but that was scrapped after Davis’ arrest for alleged domestic violence on July 11. Charges were later dropped. …
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A former coach on “The Biggest Loser” is swatting back after a Netflix docuseries about the wildly popular 2000s-era weight loss show portrayed her in a less-than-flattering light. In a flood of Instagram posts Tuesday, Jillian Michaels posted screenshots of emails and texts between her, former co-host Bob Harper, the show’s medical consultant Dr. Robert Huizenga, and producers on the …
Read More »Netflix will soon be hosting another major boxing event. The sports streaming service, which boasts 300 million subscribers and will televise the Sept. 13 battle of pound-for-pound greats between Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Terence Crawford, began its boxing journey with Jake Paul’s controversial fight with Mike Tyson this past November in Arlington, Texas, and now looks to play host to …
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