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Critical Condition: Stranger Things

Stranger Things (Netflix, from Friday) “This creepy Netflix drama about odd events in a small Indiana town in the ’80s calls upon the ghosts of Stand by Me and The X-Files, and large parts of it serve as an extended homage to the mid-career work of Steven Spielberg, especially E.T. It’s not just the banana-seat bikes […]

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New to Netflix NZ in July

❏ NETFLIX ORIGINALS Marcella: Season 1 (July 1) Set in contemporary London and starring Anna Friel, Marcella, from  screenwriter and novelist Hans Rosenfeldt (The Bridge), centres on the psychological struggles of a Metropolitan police officer at a crisis point in her personal life.  Deep: Season 1 (July 1) As he grapples with a life-threatening illness, […]

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