“Granite Flats” isn’t an original Netflix drama but it’s new as far as most Netflix subscribers are concerned. Set in the Cold War tensions and paranoia of the early 1960s and focused on the experiences of three schoolkids investigating strange things brewing in their town, it’s a family-friendly drama originally produced for the Mormon-backed BYUtv. […]
Pay-Per-View / Video-On-Demand After four nominations, Julianne Moore won her first Academy Award for “Still Alice,” playing a renowned linguistics professor who is diagnosed with a rare form of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease while still in the prime of a rich and happy life. It veers between familiar disease-of-the-week drama and touching portrait of a strong, […]
Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin reunite for the first time since “9 to 5” for the new Netflix original series “Grace & Frankie.” They play old friends who turn to each other for support when their husbands (Sam Waterston and Martin Sheen) reveal their secret love affair and announce that they are getting married. It’s […]
Sons of Anarchy, the FX drama of family ties, brotherhood, loyalty, betrayal, and honor in an outlaw motorcycle gang that practically runs the (fictional) Central California desert town of Charming. grew from cult show to surprise hit over the course of its seven season run. The crime drama had taken on almost Shakespearean dimensions, from […]
A couple of years ago, Fox remastered the entire run of The X-Files, ostensibly for a Blu-ray and digital HD release of the series. No X-Files Blu-ray has been announced, let alone released, but the first 13 episodes of Season One are now streaming in HD on Netflix (and Netflix only, apparently; Amazon and Hulu […]
Netflix does not reveal viewership numbers for its shows but Daredevil is clearly a success. The subscription streaming service announced this week that “The first Defender is back for Season 2 of @Daredevil” on the show’s twitter account. The second season is scheduled to start shooting sometime in 2015 and premiere in 2016. No firm […]
If you are a fan of a certain strain of popular entertainment, the big news this week is the launch of Daredevil (or, as it’s been branded across the web, Marvel’s Daredevil), the first of five announced Netflix original shows based on Marvel Comics titles. Daredevil is the costumed alter ego of Matt Murdoch, a […]
All caught up with the schemes of Francis Underwood on House of Cards? Because Netflix launches its newest original series on Friday, March 6: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, originally developed for NBC by Tina Fey. Ellie Kemper (of The Office and Bridemaids) is all wide-eyed optimism and cheer as a 29-year-old woman let loose on the […]
