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Netflick of the Week: “Okja”

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There are some movies, great movies, that you can’t talk about without sounding completely ridiculous. “Okja” is one of these great, but ridiculous, movies. “Okja” follows a young girl, Mija (Ahn Seo-hyun), and her grandfather’s absolutely massive super pig. This pig is one of the 26 given out throughout the world by the Mirando Corporation, who, ten years later, plan on crowning the top
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Netflick of the Week: “American Vandal”

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As a genre, "true crime" has exploded in popularity; the release of the podcast Serial and Netflix’s Making a Murderer each took over the collective pop culture consciousness following their release and have fans still searching for answers today. With so many storytelling tropes, the true crime documentary format is ripe for parody, but the mystery presented in American Vandal is well worth your
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Netflick of the Week: Ozark

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The Netflix original series “Ozark” is to money laundering what AMC’s “Breaking Bad” was to drug dealing. The video streaming company already has a show about drug kingpins, “Narcos,” but they’re continuing the trend of well-written crime narratives with “Ozark.” Set in the Ozark Mountains of southern Missouri, the show follows Marty Byrde (Jason Bateman, giving a gripping performance), a financial advisor involved in
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Netflix’s “13 Reasons Why” Is a Poignant Tribute

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It’s almost expected that any sort of anti-bullying content will stand on a sanctimonious pedestal, creating a climate that fails to get people to understand the depths of what their actions are capable of. In spite of this, “13 Reasons Why” manages to break the tropes associated with this style of content. It’s an honest, often brutally so, adaptation of a fantastically raw novel
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Danny Rand’s Iron Fist is a Golden McGuffin

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The final defender is here, aiming to take his place on our team of New York native misfits, but with his standalone series missing many crucial points that made the others beloved, this series fails to claim its spot along the critically acclaimed Netflix shows. Daredevil struggled with the idea of killing for an entire sea¬son in a way that felt genuine and heartfelt.
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Netflick of the Week “Black Mirror”

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Originally a British show lasting two seasons on the network Channel 4 (2011-14), “Black Mirror” was picked up by Netflix in 2016 and given a third season. The series is heavily science-fiction based, while also taking place in a grounded reality (most of the time). The show gets its title from the themes it deals with. “Black Mirror” presents issues and ideas about technology
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Netflick of the Week: “Hush”

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A film easily overlooked many times while browsing Netflix for something scary to watch, “Hush,” is surprisingly high quality. Every movie or TV show you hover over on Netflix gives you a description and a series of thumbnails to preview what you're about to watch. The thumbnails “Hush” give look silly and give the impression it would a B-grade horror flick. Unexpectedly, that is
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A Show With Bulletproof Skin: “Luke Cage” Dominates

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“Luke Cage” is a fasci­nating example of the ability that Marvel has to take their supernatural wars down to a scale that the every-man can understand. This Netflix ex­clusive series takes a differ­ent approach from the likes of “Jessica Jones” or “Agents of Shield” and drags us fully into the world of Harlem, New York City. Luke Cage, a man imper­vious to most mortal
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Netflick: “Wet Hot American Summer”

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Earlier this year, after 14 years, the cult classic film “Wet Hot American Summer” received a Netflix original prequel series “Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp.” The series takes place before the film and reunites the middle aged cast, all of whom are still playing teenagers. The series has received great reviews from longtime fans, but the original film has been lost
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