Tag: Netflix
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Lightning Recs: Resurrected Rides
If you spent your teenage years sitting a few inches away from the TV, losing your mind over the souped-up & maxed-out cars of Pimp My Ride, you’ll be so seated for this one.
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Say Salut to Delulu in the New ‘Emily in Paris’ S4 Part 1 Trailer
It really is a brat summer—Emily in Paris S4 is almost upon us and she’s been busy thinking ’bout boys (ok, we’re mixing our metaphors here but it’s all in the name of delulu).
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Emily in Paris Says Ciao to New S4 Photos & Cast Members
The summer of Emily is right around the corner and Netflix is not done teasing us yet.
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Lightning Recs: Cobra Kai – Season 6, Part 1
Cobra Kai has fought valiantly but it’s getting ready to hang up its gi.
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Exploding Kittens Smashes its Way onto Netflix for a Rowdy Romp
The Netflix series brings the much beloved and delightfully twisted card game to animated life.
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Vikings: Valhalla – Season 3
The end is nigh for Vikings: Valhalla but the show isn’t going out without a fight.
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The Umbrella Academy Season 4 Trailer: A Final Showdown
The highly anticipated fourth and final season of The Umbrella Academy is set to premiere globally on Netflix on August 8, 2024. This season promises to bring closure to the tumultuous journey of the Hargreeves…
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Heartstopper Season 3: The First Look Photos Have Arrived
Monday blues? Not us—because Netflix dropped new Heartstopper season 3 images!
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Lightning Recs: The Boyfriend
Netflix’s new LGBTQ+ dating series brings together a group of young men for an unforgettable summer in Tateyama.
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Space Cadet feat. Liz W. Garcia, Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted feat. Isaac Gale & Ben Wu, Dead Boy Detectives Interviews
Sherin chats with writer/director Liz W. Garcia about Space Cadet, before moderating a discussion with director Isaac Gale and producer Ben Wu about Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted. We also revisit our time spent…
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Secrets & Mystery are Afoot in the A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder Trailer
Netflix is adapting Holly Jackson’s bestselling novel A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, starring Emma Myers as our lead amateur detective Pip.
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Ultraman: Rising
Ultraman – one of the most known Tokusatsu and Superhero characters from Japan known all over the globe. Created by Eiji Tsuburaya after co-creating Godzilla, Ultra Q, and later, the titular Ultraman is a hero…
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The Explosive Vikings: Valhalla S3 Trailer Has Landed
Vikings: Valhalla is coming back to your screens on July 11 for one last round and it’s shaping up to be a good one.
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The Apocalypse is Nigh in the Exploding Kittens Trailer
Tom Ellis is God, didn’t you get the memo?
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Series Appetizer: Perfect Match – Season 2
Perfect Match is back for another round, diving into Netflix’s dating pool to bring together all their reality series’ sexy singles.
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Sweet Tooth Season 3: Evolution is an Exclusive Club (and the Fees Are High)
It’s the end of the world as we know it in Sweet Tooth Season 3. Based on the comic book by Jeff Lemire, the series returns to Netflix today for a third-season conclusion. Although, in…
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On Geek Girl Riot: To Bridgerton, (Mostly) With Love
Dearest gentle reader, the first half of Bridgerton season 3 has arrived and thus, the right honorable ladies of Geek Girl Riot cordially invite you for a spot of afternoon tea and gossip.
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ERIC – Who’s Pulling the Strings?
Netflix’s ERIC, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, is a journey into the life of puppeteer Vincent, whose world spirals into chaos following the disappearance of his son Edgar (Ivan Morris Howe). The limited series, which includes a…
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All Roads Lead to Alaska in the ‘Sweet Tooth’ S3 Trailer
Sweet Tooth returns to Netflix to tell its final chapter on June 6, and the trailer promises it’s going to be an epic conclusion.
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Dear Reader: A Review of BRIDGERTON Season 3 – Part 1
Dearest Gentle Reader, “We have been apart for far too long.” As season three begins, we are faced with a most irresistible trope. Friends to Lovers. The Bridgerton family has proven their propensity towards swoony…
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Heartstopper is Back for S3 on October 3!
Netflix dropped a super-duper cute date announcement, including an exclusive snippet of Billie Eilish’s new song “Birds of a Feather”.
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Emily in Paris Says “Bonjour, Saison 4”
Love it or love to hate it, there’s no stopping Emily (and believe us, we’ve tried).
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Challengers, George Rexstrew and Jayden Revri x Dead Boy Detectives, SPY x FAMILY Code: White, Kaiju No. 8, Wind Breaker
The Dead Boy Detectives AKA George Rexstrew and Jayden Revri stop by for a chat. Our Rioters also get into Challengers, Fallout, and some of the anime picks they’ve been loving lately.
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Back to Black, Yuyu Kitamura x Dead Boy Detectives, X-Men ’97
Yuyu Kitamura stops by to talk Dead Boy Detectives. Sherin & Philip also get into Back to Black, X-Men ’97, and their fave SFF & paranormal Netflix adaptations.
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Episode Appetizer: The Circle – Season 6
The devil works hard but the casting directors work harder, pulling in players from across America for the biggest personality smorgasbord yet.
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Make Way for the Bridgerton Season 3 Trailer & Key Art
Dearest gentle readers, Bridgerton season 3 is almost upon us.
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The Dead Boy Detectives Trailer is Full of Spooky Supernatural Shenanigans
Prepare to head back into the Sandman universe for a monstrous thrill-ride with Dead Boy Detectives.
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3 Body Problem: Can We Coexist?
In their new adaptation of 3 Body Problem, Netflix explores hard science fiction with an edge of cyberpunk, remixing Liu Cixin’s acclaimed novel The Three-Body Problem into a more compact 8 episodes. Still, this new…
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Road House Cast Interviews & Preview, Girls5eva, Irish Wish, Entertainment News
Sherin chats with the cast of Road House for GGR’s preview of the new movie. Our Rioters also get into Girls5eva, Irish Wish, and some entertainment news near and dear to their hearts.
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The Rebellion Intensifies in ‘Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver’ Trailer
Netflix has released the new trailer for Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver Continuing the saga of Kora and her band of warriors, they prepare to face the Realm with the peaceful village of…
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Jennifer Lopez Hunts a Renegade Robot in Netflix’s ATLAS Trailer
If you have misgivings about the rise of AI, Netflix’s new film is going to add fuel to the fire.
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Girls5eva Hit the Road for a Fun & Feelings-Filled Journey in Season 3
The third season sees our leading ladies hit the road on a reunion tour in support of their new album, aptly titled Returnity.
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Avatar: The Last Airbender Has Been Renewed for Two More Seasons at Netflix
Netflix has renewed the series for seasons 2 and 3.
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The Ever Expanding Universe of ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’
The anticipation is palpable for Netflix’s live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender. With the original creators parting ways due to creative differences, the buzz around the show has been undeniable. The question on everyone’s…
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Avatar: The Last Airbender Live Action Spoiler-Free Preview
Our Rioters get you fired up & ready for Netflix’s live action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender with this spoiler-free preview episode.
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The Vince Staples Show
The Vince Staples Show follows the titular Vince Staples living his life as a rapper and his adventures and trials as a decently successful and known rapper in Southern California. While this sounds pretty basic,…
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The Vince Staples Show + Black Absurdism
Our Rioters were so busy getting down with Usher during the Super Bowl that they only managed to squeeze in one new segment all about The Vince Staples Show, before throwing it back to our…
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One Day (2024)
One Day you’ll fall in love, but when? If you’re ready to dive headfirst into a whirlpool of emotional push and pull, you’re ready to press play…
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Mrs & Mr Spy: The Second Helping
We know how much y’all loved our Mrs & Mr Spy episode last year and now we’re back for another mission. Hear our Rioters’ hot takes on the Grammys, Argylle, Mr & Mrs Smith, Wild…
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Episode Appetizer: Queer Eye – “When I Say Sexy, You Say” [season 8 finale]
Why has Queer Eye always got us crying at the club?
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The Avatar: The Last Airbender Trailer Has Arrived
Netflix’s live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender has been long-awaited and already much-discussed.
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The Brothers Sun
Hostile family dynamics is what The Brothers Sun is all about (and it’ll make you feel a lot better about throwing that butter knife at your cousin)
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Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire
Rebel Moon Part One should be good. It has all the component parts: a seasoned director, a story based on the Seven Samurai plot engine, gorgeous production design, a charming and ‘really really ridiculously good-looking’…
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Yu Yu Hakusho (Live Action)
Yusuke Urameshi (Takumi Kitamura) is a much-feared juvenile delinquent who, out of the blue, saves a kid from a speeding truck… and dies. This improbable deed shocks the judges of the afterworld, so spirit guide…
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Michelle Yeoh Takes Control in The Brothers Sun Trailer
The Brothers Sun is primed and ready to explode onto your Netflix screens on January 4, 2024.
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Series Appetizer: My Life with the Walter Boys
Adapted from the YA novel of the same name by Ali Novak, My Life with the Walter Boys is a paint-by-numbers coming-of-age drama.
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Series Appetizer: Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off is a joy to watch, bringing new life to the SP-verse and paying glorious homage to the original movie, while making something entirely its own.
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You Can Now Watch Blue Eye Samurai Episode 6 “All Evil Dreams & Angry Words” in Black & White
To deepen that love for this stunning series, Netflix has released the sixth episode, “All Evil Dreams & Angry Words”, in black and white, which you can watch in full on YouTube.
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MAY DECEMBER (FOR AWFJ)
In a review for AWFJ, Sherin explores the unsettling nature and ultimate effectiveness of May December
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The Killer
David Fincher returns with a killer flick about, well, a killer for hire who goes on the run when a job goes south.
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Blue Eye Samurai
The pages of history are filled with women who posed as men to fight wars, either political or artistic. Not trans men (who also populated history), but women who donned the armor of masculinity that…
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Lupin Part 3 (Let’s call it The Third)
Season 2 of Lupin starts with Assane in hiding, separated from his family, and yet still unreformed. Things kick off with a heist and never stop rolling.
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Fair Play and the Game of Reversals
Chloe Domont wanted to challenge the belief that “success is a zero-sum game” and to indict the idea that “masculinity is an identity.” With those goals in mind, I’m calling Fair Play a Victory Royale.
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Fair Play
Fair Play is a new film by Chloe Domont starring Phoebe Dynevor and Alden Ehrenreich. Fair Play is a throwback, a return to the erotic thriller genre, something that used to have films out all…
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One Piece (2023 – Season 1)
We’re in foreign waters now, folks. You’re probably like, this is a bad pun, or what do you mean by that? Well, we’re in a good live-action Anime adaptation world. With getting that out of…
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The Monkey King (2023)
Journey to the West might be one of the most influential stories in the world. The story of a Buddhist monk traveling westward to central Asia and India greatly impacts the Eastern world. At least…
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Heart of Stone
Heart of Stone is another one of Netflix’s attempts at making a big-budget action movie that you watch at home instead of the movie theater. Even though you can watch it in a theater for…
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Heart of Stone and the Femme Spies We Love
We’re a day away from the premiere of Heart of Stone, the new Netflix movie that puts “femme spies” (named for the 1990 La Femme Nikita) back in the lead. Starring Gal Gadot, Jing Lusi,…
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They Cloned Tyrone
Right now, we are in a surprising place of a lot of Black surrealism in our media. And a lot might not be the best description for some, but we went from nothing to a…
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Series Appetizer: Survival of the Thickest
This is the kind of comedy-drama we need (and deserve) to see more of!
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TV Appetizer: Nimona
This is the animation we’ve all been waiting for!
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Series Appetizer: Glamorous
Glamorous is light and fluffy, set to an effervescent soundtrack that hits all the right notes even when the show doesn’t.
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Briefs on Never Have I Ever, Based On a True Story, Flamin’ Hot
Our Rioters get up close and personal with Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, before dropping some quick takes on Never Have I Ever, Based On a True Story, and Flamin’ Hot.
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Black Mirror Season 6 is Coming For You
Charlie Brooker’s hit anthology series returns to Netflix on June 15th for five new episodes and the trailer promises the unexpected.
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XO, Kitty, PRIMO, Saint X, The Power, Ted Lasso S3
You know how we do: Geek Girl Riot has got the tea on all your next binge-watches, including: XO, Kitty, PRIMO, Saint X, The Power, and Ted Lasso.
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Queen Charlotte, Aladdin & Genie, Schmigadoon! S2
Geek Girl Riot is more theatrical than ever with Riotous conversations about Queen Charlotte, Aladdin the Musical with stars Adi Roy and Marcus M. Martin, and Schmigadoon! season 2.
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Queen Charlotte: The Event, The Backstory, and the Review
The series unfolds like a six-course feast, made to delight you, satiate you, and keep you in your seat indulging in more. It’s lovely but it isn’t gentle.
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The Diplomat
The Diplomat is a feast for your political intrigue cravings (especially if you like a little scandal on the side)
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Next In Fashion Season 2 with Tan France (Teaser)
We sip “tea” with Tan France.
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My Dad the Bounty Hunter with Priah Ferguson and JeCobi Swain (Teaser)
We were all laughs (even though JeCobi feels no amusement about the hair-pulling).
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My Dad the Bounty Hunter with Laz Alonso and Yvonne Orji (Teaser)
Here’s a teaser from our interview with Yvonne Orji and Laz Alonso on My Dad the Bounty Hunter.
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You – Season 4
Joe (Penn Badgley) is back for more fucked up fantasies, this time in London.
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Perfect Match
What happens when you take all the unlucky-in-love stars of Netflix’s many reality series and put them in a new show together? You get Perfect Match—’cause the streaming platform really said: Why the hell not?
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My Dad the Bounty Hunter with Everett Downing Jr. and Patrick HarpiN
Showrunners and creators Everett Downing Jr. and Patrick Harpin gave us so many reasons to watch My Dad the Bounty Hunter
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You People
Basically: A raunchier Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner and a great rom-com about two people who never expected to fall for each other. Time to be honest: I’ve been hard on Kenya Barris and his work lately. Some…
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Watch This Week – 12/12/22
This week: Baking It, National Treasure: Edge of History, The Recruit, Dance Monsters, 1923
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Watch This Week – 12/5/22
This week: His Dark Materials, Doom Patrol, Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Dragon Age: Absolution
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Watch This Week – 11/28/22
This week: The Great Christmas Light Fight, Willow, Irreverent, Gossip Girl, Three Pines, Riches, Spoiler Alert, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Firefly Lane, Women Talking
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Watch This Week – 11/21/22
This week: Our Universe, Welcome to Chippendales, Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin, Wednesday, Love, Lizzo, The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
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Watch This Week – 11/14/22
This week: Interview with the Vampire, The Santa Clauses, Mind Your Manners, Alaska Daily, The Sex Lives of College Girls, Dead to Me, Gangs of London, Inside Job, Central Park
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Watch This Week – 10/31/22
This week: The Capture, Blockbuster, Enola Holmes 2, Manifest, Lopez vs. Lopez, Young Rock, Central Park, Dangerous Liaisons, Interview with the Vampire
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Watch This Week – 10/24/22
This week: Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities, Fortune Feimster: Good Fortune, Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi, Wendell & Wild, Big Mouth, Drink Masters, Central Park, Interview with the Vampire
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The Rings of Power S1 Spoiler-Zone, The School for Good and Evil, From Scratch, Panhandle
Dive into a spoiler-ific breakdown of The Rings of Power Season 1. Hear teasers of The School for Good and Evil, From Scratch, Panhandle, and more TV!
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Andor, Don’t Worry Darling, See How They Run, Blonde
Geek Girl Riot’s headed to the movies this week with Don’t Worry Darling, See How They Run, and Blonde, before going intergalactic with Andor.
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Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul., MO, The Bear, Inu-Oh
Geek Girl Riot’s serving up the good stuff this week, we’re talking Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. and MO, before throwing it back to our chats about The Bear and Inu-Oh.
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Watch This Week – 7/25/22
This week: Motherland: Fort Salem, Street Food: USA, Dream Home Makeover, The Most Hated Man on the Internet, Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, Keep Breathing, Not Okay, Uncoupled, Paper Girls
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Watch This Week – 7/18/22
This week: Motherland: Fort Salem, Virgin River, grown-ish, Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, Rap Sh!t, Blown Away, Anything’s Possible
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Watch This Week – 7/11/22
This week: Motherland: Fort Salem, Solar Opposites, Everything’s Trash, Resident Evil, Hart to Heart, Persuasion
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Watch This Week – 7/5/22
This week: Motherland: Fort Salem, Maggie, Moonhaven, Boo, Bitch, The Wonderful Summer of Mickey Mouse
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Watch This Week – 6/27/22
This week: Only Murders in the Building, Cristela Alonzo: Middle Classy, Motherland: Fort Salem, Baymax!, The Upshaws, The Princess, Stranger Things, The Terminal List
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REVISITED: The Umbrella Academy – Season 3
Basically: They’re back and they’re bad at it but they’re saving the universe anyway . . . we hope. At some point, while watching The Umbrella Academy, you ask yourself: Why is this so good? It could be during…
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Watch This Week – 6/13/22
This week: Love, Victor, Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend, Rutherford Falls, Spiderhead, The Summer I Turned Pretty
