Tagged Netflix
Mar 26 2026
Netflix’s New Red Hot Chili Peppers Doc Shows the Unbreakable Bonds Among Outcasts
Every so often I start watching a movie at midnight thinking I’ll just check out the first 10 minutes to see if it’s worth watching later and then I become so engrossed with it that I end up watching the entire thing. That was my experience with Netflix’s new music documentary, The Rise of the Red Hot Chili…
Mar 31 2025
“Tomorrow and I” Offers Surprising Depth with Its Sci-Fi Stereotypes
I went into Tomorrow and I, a Thai anthology series streaming on Netflix, expecting campy sci-fi and a good laugh with friends. Instead, I walked away feeling seen in a way I didn’t know I was craving, having experienced representation on the screen in one of the most profound pieces of transgender…
Sep 05 2024
The Modern Remake of the Classic Anime “Ranma ½” Is Coming to Netflix in October
I’ve noticed lately that the line separating “old-school” and modern anime has moved up far enough to make me feel my age. At a recent convention I was complaining good-naturedly about how Naruto isn’t old, dammit! And someone I was with replied, “Naruto … isn’t…
Mar 15 2024
Nimona’s Amazing Comeback Story
Some days I look around and feel like gender identity is seen as a weird and foreign concept. But other days, I feel like equality is here. Like queer folks are celebrated, and the community is strong. Nothing has given me that sense of celebration recently like watching Netflix’s animated family…
Sep 09 2023
The One Piece Live-Action Series Ushers in the Great Pirate Era
The One Piece live-action adaptation has been shattering records since its release last week. On September 2, 2023, it became the number-one most watched show on Netflix in 84 countries, surpassing the record set by season 4 of Stranger Things. It has over 10,000 audience reviews on Rotten Tomatoes,…
Oct 17 2022
Netflix Revives Cult-Favorite Reality Series The Mole
“Are you the Mole?”
This question begins Netflix’s reboot of The Mole, a reality competition show whose US seasons aired on ABC, in which 12 players must work together to add money to a pot that, in the end, only one of them will take home. One of these players is the titular Mole, an imposter hired by the producers,…
Jul 07 2022
Netflix’s Love and Gelato Misses the Heart of the Source Material
I tend to be cautiously optimistic when it comes to film adaptations based on books. It’s an expectation now to brace oneself for disappointment and for the original story to be mangled beyond recognition, but lately I’ve seen book-to-film adaptations take the time and care to preserve…
Dec 27 2021
The Live-Action Cowboy Bebop Is All Style, No Substance
What a fever dream. It’s 2021 and the live-action Cowboy Bebop series has finally arrived. Fans have anticipated this for a very long time. For better or for worse, it’s here. My expectations were low when this was first announced, and they remained so after the first trailer. Cowboy …
May 15 2021
Netflix’s Shadow and Bone Is a Pitch-Perfect Addition to the World of Book-to-Screen Adaptations
Shadow and Bone is the latest offering in a run of adaptations of book series by streaming services. The show’s announcement in 2019 inspired excitement and impatience in fans of the books and curiosity among those new to the story. I’ve been waiting with bated breath ever since I learned…
Dec 13 2020
Mank Is a Meandering Commentary on Hollywood’s Past and Present
Director David Fincher has tackled some ambitious subject material in his nearly 30-year career. Often at the center of his films is the exploration of a complicated persona, whether fictional antiheroes like Tyler Durden and Amy Dunne or real-life menaces to society like the Zodiac Killer and Mark…