In the giant grab-bag of comedy ventures that Netflix chooses to reproduce, resurrect or freshly launch, a Christopher Guest mockumentary movie seems like a damn good idea. Since the 80s, Guest has been doing this form of comedy since the “This is…Spinal Tap” days to his directorial debut of 1996’s “Waiting for Guffman” which combined documentary style with improvisational comedy.
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Catch Werner Herzog’s new film ‘Into the Inferno’ on Netflix ahead of his Virginia Film Festival appearance 11/4
The Virginia Film Festival‘s lineup is pretty impressive this year with German Filmmaker Werner Herzog topping the bill. And while he’ll be screening his newest documentary, ‘Into the Inferno’ at the festival, you can catch it ahead of time on Netflix towards the end of this month.
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Netflix’s ‘Luke Cage’ succeeds with a Black role often neglected
Netflix seems to have successfully adapted a 1970s blaxploitation comic into a 13-episode, insanely relevant story about a bulletproof Black man and his journey to becoming a hero in Harlem, NYC.
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Netflix announces episode names, release window, for ‘Stranger Things’ Season 2
Everyone get pumped as Netflix’s hit summer sci-fi show Stranger Things is set for a season two and Netflix has given us a few hints as to what’s in store.
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‘House of Cards’ season 4 trailer drops and it is hilariously epic
When we last left Frank Underwood he was set to take on a challenger in the general election, but behind the scenes everything was turning to shit.
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Bob Odenkirk and David Cross return to sketch comedy with new Netflix show on 11/13
Famed comedians Bob Odenkirk and David Cross are reuniting on the small screen with their first full series since the mid-nineties underground hit Mr. Show.