Hip Hop heads and documentary fanatics are in for a treat with Netflix’s Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell from director Emmet Malloy. Following the rapper’s landmark induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and ahead of what would have been his 50th birthday, fans get a fresh look at Biggie Smalls’ legacy.
Director J Blakeson makes a wonderful return to feature film directing in Netflix’s I Care a Lot. Marla Grayson (Rosamund Pike) uses the poise of a shark-like self-assurance in her job as a professional, court-appointed guardian for dozens of elderly wards.
Director Sam Levinson and his Euphoria star Zendaya collaborate with John David Washington in Netflix’s Malcolm & Marie. Before I began my review, I want to let viewers know that Malcolm & Marie only features two actors and the entire film is in black & white.
A week before audiences watch the Chiefs and Buccaneers face off in Super Bowl 55, Netflix gives football fans a documentary to hold them over with We Are: The Brooklyn Saints. Emmy-award winning filmmaker Rudy Valdez directs the four-part documentary series following a youth football program in the heart of inner-city East NY, Brooklyn.
The buddy cop genre receives a new addition in Netflix’s, Outside the Wire from director Mikael Håfström. The film written by Rob Yescombe and Rowan Athale takes place in 2036, where America serves as a peacekeeping force.
Grief is the subject of director Kornél Mundruczó latest film Pieces of a Woman from Netflix. Martha (Vanessa Kirby) and Sean (Shia LaBeouf) are a Boston couple on the verge of parenthood whose lives change when a home birth ends in unimaginable tragedy.
Netflix continues to always have something for everyone to watch with their new series History of Swear Words. Collaborating with production Companies: Funny or Die and B17 Entertainment, Netflix gives viewers an education in expletives. It’s the history lesson you didn’t know you needed, and it’s hosted by Nicolas Cage.
One of the most popular shows in recent memory, Cobra Kai, kicks its way into a highly anticipated third season. Initially beginning on YouTube Red back in 2018, the show gained a whole new fan base when it started airing on Netflix.
Director Ryan Murphy adapts a Broadway play in Netflix’s The Prom. Chad Beguelin and Bob Martin provide the screenplay from their 2018 Broadway musical of the same name. Dee Dee Allen (Meryl Streep), and Barry Glickman (James Corden) are New York City stage stars with a crisis on their hands:
The late Chadwick Boseman galvanized the screen in Netflix’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Directed by George C. Wolfe and written by playwright & actor Ruben Santiago–Hudson, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is an adaption of August Wilson’s 1984 same-titled play.
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