Netflix comedy specials don’t usually make me cry, but right in the middle of watching Austrialian comedian Hannah Gadsby’s Nanette, I broke down. And, up until that particular moment, I’d been having a great time. Gadsby’s buzzy special takes on everything from her conservative upbringing in Tasmania to Pablo Picasso’s reputation as a notorious womanizer…
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There’s a moment in the upcoming Netflix film Sierra Burgess Is a Loser, about 40 minutes in, that will feel very familiar if you’ve ever seen an early Channing Tatum movie. In the scene, Sierra (Shannon Purser) is cat-fishing popular athlete Jamey (Noah Centineo) on the phone. Their conversation’s going well—it’s cute, there’s giggling—when Jamey…
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Netflix is one of the most diverse platforms in entertainment, with hundreds of original titles featuring people of every race, gender, sexuality, and size—both onscreen and off. The streaming giant showcased its diversity last year during a BET Awards TV spot titled “It’s About Time” and a campaign called #FirstTimeISawMe, where black and Latinx talent…
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If I had my way, I’d watch Hilary Duff’s seminal classic A Cinderella Story every day. And with Netflix, I had that possibility. The movie’s been available for streaming on Netflix for a while now, but the gravy train is about to end. That’s right: A Cinderella Story is leaving Netflix streaming at the end…
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With the royal wedding over and done with, we’ll have to get our fairytale romance fix somewhere else. Luckily Netflix is here to fill the gap, announcing on Monday a new royal wedding–y movie, starring Vanessa Hudgens and Sam Palladio. The movie is called The Princess Switch, according to @seewhatsnext, Netflix’s news-bearing Twitter account, and…
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I have some tragic news to share with you, my friends: 50 First Dates—one of the most culturally and historically important movies of our time, starring cinema auteur Adam Sandler—is leaving Netflix in June. Never again will you be able to come home, flip on Netflix, and get lost in Drew Barrymore’s eyes whenever you…
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