Netflix Reviews

DGA Award and five-time Tony Award winner director George C. Wolfe follows up his highly enjoyable 2020 August Wilson adaption of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom with a biopic in Rustin from Netflix. Julian Breece and Dustin Lance Black collaborated on the screenplay based on a story by Breece.

Three-time Academy Award nominee director David Fincher continues his successful relationship with streaming giant Netflix for his thirteenth feature film, The Killer. Fincher reunites with Andrew Kevin Walker, his script writer from Se7en, who adapts Alexis “Matz” Nolent same titled graphic novel for the screenplay.

Director David Yates takes a break from the world of wizards for his latest feature in Pain Hustlers from Netflix. Wells Tower and Evan Hughes wrote the screenplay of the film. It is a fictional story that draws inspiration from the 2010 Opioid Crisis, a public health emergency in the United States caused by the over-prescription and abuse of opioid painkillers.

For their latest project, the creators of Fear City team with Netflix once again to tell the meteoric rise and crashing fall of infamous mobster John Gotti in Get Gotti.

Gal Gadot and director Tom Harper attempt to launch another action franchise in Netflix’s Heart of Stone.

Season 4 of Netflix’s The Upshaws welcomes back Mike Epps and his crew. The series follows the life of Bennie Upshaw (played by Epps), the head of a Black working-class family residing in Indianapolis. Bennie is a charming and well-intentioned mechanic, but he has a knack for creating chaos.

The remaining episodes of the Second season of Netflix’s The Lincoln Lawyer arrive as Mickey Haller (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo) continues to defend Lisa Trammell (Lana Parrilla), a chef accused of murdering a real estate developer. Mickey, his legal assistant and former spouse Lorna Crane (played by Becki Newton), his trusted investigator Cisco (played by Angus Sampson), and his driver Izzy (played by Jazz Raycole), will stop at nothing to take down the formidable criminal prosecutor Andy Freemann (played by Yaya DaCosta) in Trammell’s case..

After years of supporting work, comedian Michelle Buteau takes center stage in Survival of the Thickest from Netflix. Taking inspiration from Buteau s same titled essay series, the eight-episode sitcom centers on Mavis Beaumont (Buteau), a newly single Black plus-size stylist who put her dreams on hold to cater to her leach of a boyfriend.

Comedian Mikey Day reunites with Netflix for Season 2 of the hit show Is It Cake. Deception is the name of the game for the world’s most talented bakers, who will compete to create hyper-realistic cakes that look exactly like everyday objects – with cash on the line. But are they good enough to deceive a panel of celebrity judges… and you? You’ll be asking yourself, ‘Is it real?’ Or…Is It Cake?”

Comedian Amy Schumer reunites with streaming giant Netflix for another special in Emergency Contact. Using her usual shtick, Schumer invites audiences into her life as she discusses topics such as getting older, motherhood, and marriage.

Legendary comedian, actress, and producer Wanda Sykes returns for her second hour-long Netflix comedy special in Wanda Sykes: I’m An Entertainer.

Barrack and Michelle Obama’s Film Company Higher Ground continues its successful relationship with Netflix in their latest docuseries, Working: What We All Do. Caroline Suh directs the four-part series. At the forefront are the questions, What brings you joy in work? What gives you purpose? What makes a good job good?