Outer Banks is one of Netflix’s top series at this time. Designed as a blend of dozens of 80s movies and TV shows, it is set in the beach vacation destination of the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The series follows an attractive teenage boy John B, who lives on his own. His dad has…
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13th – Netflix film review
Ava DuVernay’s BAFTA award-winning documentary 13th has recently seen a 4,500% increase in streams in light of the murder of George Floyd. The title is a reference to the thirteenth amendment, which states that American people should be subjected to “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime”. The film charts how…
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Becoming: Far from unplugged
After furiously trying (and failing) to book tickets to Michelle Obama’s appearance at the Southbank Centre for her memoir Becoming, I was thrilled to hear that filmmaker Nadia Hallgren’s documentary of the 34-stop tour would be available on Netflix in mid-2020. The biographical documentary has been classified by Netflix as both “feel-good” and “intimate.” I…
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The Inherent Misogyny of Netflix’s ‘Tiger King’
The Netflix series ‘Tiger King’ has gripped the world, amassing over 64 million viewers to date. It follows the life of U.S. tiger park owner Joe Exotic, and specifically focalises his long running feud with his rival, ‘Big Cat Rescue’ owner, Carole Baskin. Although the accusations and personal drama eclipses the issue of animal cruelty,…
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To binge or not to binge?
Binge watching content has become a normal part of our culture. The concept of binge watching has been around for a while, with people able to watch hours of continuous content uninterrupted on YouTube, or on DVD box sets of popular TV shows. Recently, the ability to binge watch has been worsened by the introduction…
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‘Furie’ – Landmark film for Vietnamese Cinema
A Vietnamese film that is not about the war? Is there such a film on Netflix? The answer is yes! Go check out ‘Furie (2019)’, one of the few Vietnamese films available on Netflix UK! It is such a shame that there are not many Vietnamese films on Netflix because there is so much to…