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Netflix has just released a trailer and poster art for its original movie, Extinction, which will premiere globally on July 27 (presumably in 4K HDR). It stars Michael Pena (12 Strong) as working-class father of the future who faces recurring dreams of destruction by an unknown force. When his unwanted nightmares begin to affect his relationship […]

Black Lightning | Amazon Netflix, from Tuesday ➢ “It feels like 2018 is just about the perfect time for a show that features a black, lesbian superhero. Sure, in the pilot of Black Lightning — created by Mara Brock Akil (Girlfriends) and husband Salim Akil and produced by Arrowverse mastermind Greg Berlanti — Anissa Pierce (Nafessa Williams) […]

THE DEFENDERS| Netflix, from today ➢ “Marvel’s pocket universe of super-powered pulp heroes on Netflix has been trending less marvelous since the first seasons of Daredevil (starring Charlie Cox) and Jessica Jones (starring Krysten Ritter). Luke Cage had muscular performances, led by the commanding Mike Colter, but a thin plot, while Iron Fist, led by […]

Luke Cage (Netflix, from Friday) “Luke Cage is vital and alive and of-the-moment. It sings with the rhythms and swagger of Harlem and it’s a genre show that wears its intellectual curiosities like a badge. It’s so satisfying as badass street poetry and muscular urban renewal parable that after watching the seven episodes made available for […]

❏ Netflix Original Series Narcos: Season 2 (September 2) In the second season, notorious drug kingpin Pablo Escobar is on the run, with the Colombian authorities in relentless pursuit, and determined to put an end to his illegal activities. Easy (September 22) An eight-episode anthology series that explores diverse Chicago characters as they fumble through the modern maze of love, sex, […]