Netflix

Inside the wild world of college cheerleading
Outdoors

Inside the wild world of college cheerleading

Class, community and capitalism — New Netflix series Cheer is filled with high stakes stunts and drama – but it can also teach us a lot about America’s class problem.

Written by: Ruby Lott-Lavigna

What Netflix did next: Meryl Streep & dirty laundry
Film

What Netflix did next: Meryl Streep & dirty laundry

Are you still watching? — Writer Megan Nolan bravely ventures into the latest Netflix Original releases, in an attempt to figure out if anything is even worth our time anymore. This week, it’s Panama Papers drama The Laundromat, and Blaxploitation comedy Dolemite Is My Name.

Written by: Megan Nojlan

What Netflix did next: time travel & hot Sam Rockwell
Film

What Netflix did next: time travel & hot Sam Rockwell

Are you still watching? — Writer Megan Nolan bravely ventures into Netflix’s new releases, in an attempt to figure out if anything is even worth our time anymore. This week, it’s In The Shadow of the Moon (bloated, muddled) and Mr Right (Sam Rockwell, hot).

Written by: Megan Nolan

Top Boy exposes the problem with British broadcasting
Opinion

Top Boy exposes the problem with British broadcasting

Middle class mediocrity — The show, which considers financial struggle, alienation and racism, was one of the few important documents of life in modern Britain. So why did Channel 4 cancel it?

Written by: Nathalie Olah

What Netflix did next: the desperate plight of the tall girl
Film

What Netflix did next: the desperate plight of the tall girl

Are you still watching? — Writer Megan Nolan bravely ventures into Netflix’s new releases, in an attempt to figure out if anything is even worth our time anymore. This week, it’s two subpar romcoms: Tall Girl and Back To School.

Written by: Megan Nolan

What Netflix did next: sextuplets & Christina Milian
Film

What Netflix did next: sextuplets & Christina Milian

Are you still watching? — Writer Megan Nolan bravely ventures into Netflix’s new releases, in an attempt to figure out if anything is even worth our time anymore. This week, it’s Falling Inn Love (cosy, nice) and Sextuplets (awful, stupid).

Written by: Megan Nolan

What Netflix did next: women over 30, having fun!
Film

What Netflix did next: women over 30, having fun!

Are you still watching? — Writer Megan Nolan bravely ventures into Netflix’s new releases, in an attempt to figure out if anything is even worth our time anymore. This week, it’s Otherhood (bored mothers) and American Hangman (creepy tech whizzes).

Written by: Megan Nolan

What Netflix did next: casual racism & horny puppets
Film

What Netflix did next: casual racism & horny puppets

Are you still watching? — Writer Megan Nolan bravely ventures into Netflix’s new releases, in an attempt to figure out if anything is even worth our time anymore. This week, she plumbs new depths with puppet comedy Happytime Murders and white saviour drama The Red Sea Diving Resort.

Written by: Megan Nolan

What Netflix did next: corrupt cops & unsexy sex
Film

What Netflix did next: corrupt cops & unsexy sex

Are you still watching? — Writer Megan Nolan bravely ventures into the latest Netflix releases, in an attempt to figure out if anything is even worth our time anymore. This week, its confused cop remake Point Blank, and meandering polyamory drama You, Me, Her.

Written by: Megan Nolan

What Netflix did next: crazed stalkers & Harry Styles fanfic
Film

What Netflix did next: crazed stalkers & Harry Styles fanfic

Are you still watching? — Writer Megan Nolan bravely ventures into the latest Netflix releases, in an attempt to figure out if anything is even worth our time anymore. This week, it’s After (middling, fine) and Secret Obsession (cheap, fun).

Written by: Megan Nolan

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