Tensions are rising for Princess Diana and the whole of England in the official trailer for The Crown Season six, which will premiere on Netflix with its first four episodes on Nov. 16. The series ramps up for the epic finale of the popular series through the use of the …
Read More »'Pain Hustlers' Lets Emily Blunt Tear Big Pharma a New One
Liza Drake is a single mother, a part-time stripper, and a full-time hustler. She has to be, given that she’s stuck in Florida in the year of our lord 2011, trying to figure out the next step for her and her daughter, Phoebe. On the plus side, Liza has grit, …
Read More »'Doona!': Inside Netflix's K-Pop Romance Sensation
Netflix’s latest South Korean hit Doona! opens in a dream. A sequined Lee Doo-na (Bae Suzy) falls into deep water, sinking into the darkness below. The light filtering through the water’s shimmering surface displays distorted memories of her past as the lead vocalist of Dream Sweet, a K-pop sensation that …
Read More »Why 'Gilmore Girls' Is the Ultimate Fall TV Show
Fall is here and Gilmore Girls fans know what that means: It’s time to head to the fictional Connecticut town of Stars Hollow. Viewers stream the cult classic year-round on Netflix but there’s something magical about tuning into the lives of Lorelai (Lauren Graham) and Rory (Alexis Bledel) Gilmore in …
Read More »'Maestro': Bradley Cooper's Leonard Bernstein Biopic Unveils Official Trailer
Bradley Cooper embodies Leonard Bernstein in the new trailer for Maestro, the actor-director’s acclaimed biopic about the legendary composer and his lifelong relationship with Felicia Montealegre, played by Carey Mulligan. Following its teaser trailer this summer, the latest preview further highlights the painstaking (and somewhat controversial) level of detail that …
Read More »Sylvester Stallone Reveals Origin Story of the Name 'Rocky Balboa'
Over the past handful of years, Thom Zimny has emerged as one of the most prolific music documentarians around. A former editor on The Wire, Zimny won an Emmy for directing the Netflix film Springsteen on Broadway, reunited with Bruce for Letter to You, chronicled the life of Elvis Presley …
Read More »Julia Roberts and Mahershala Ali Face Blackouts and Cyber Attacks in 'Leave the World Behind' Trailer
In the Netflix film Leave the World Behind, the apocalypse doesn’t look like brain-hungry zombies or Earth-invading aliens. For the Sanford and Scott families, it looks like blackouts, cyber-attacks, and unlikely (though deeply untrustworthy) unions with one another. In the trailer for the film, which arrives on Dec. 8, Julia …
Read More »How the FBI Nailed the Donald Trump of Mobsters
Everyone likes to tell war stories, including cops and definitely gangsters. Such tales provide the fuel for Get Gotti, Netflix’s new three-part docuseries that tries to breathe fresh life into a story that ended well before there was even such a thing as Netflix. Fast and slick, well-sourced and cogently …
Read More »Heather McMahan Turned Death and IVF Into Beautiful Comedy
This week, comedian Heather McMahan’s first comedy special Son I Never Had debuted on Netflix and according to McMahan, it all started with an edible and a vision board. A few years back, McMahan says she was hungover on New Year’s Day and as corny as it might sound, she …
Read More »'Squid Game' Reality Show Drops First Trailer: 'This Is a Savage Game'
Let the games begin. After Squid Game premiered on Netflix in 2021, it quickly became one of the streaming giant’s biggest shows thanks to the bizarre yet captivating premise of having 456 players compete for a multi-million dollar prize in a series of deadly games. Now, Netflix is turning the …
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