Netflix Weekly Roundup – 11th November 2018
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Trailers & Clips
Baby (Italy) | Series
Baby is a coming-of-age story that explores the unseen lives of Roman high schoolers. Loosely inspired by a true story, the series follows a group of Parioli teenagers as they defy society in their search for identity and independence against the backdrop of forbidden love, family pressures, and shared secrets.
Drama |Subtitles | 6 Episodes | Coming Soon
Selection Day (India) | Series
Fourteen-year-old Manju is destined for cricket greatness. There’s only one problem, he hates cricket. Controlled from a young age by his overbearing and cricket-obsessed father, Manju’s main role in life is to support his older brother and fellow cricket star, Radha. When the family moves to Mumbai and the brothers start at a new school, Manju discovers his interests outside of cricket and starts slipping away from Radha and his father’s grasp. More importantly, Manju becomes friends with Radha’s greatest cricket rival, a boy who is the very definition of freedom and confidence – concepts Manju has never experienced himself.
Sports, Drama | Subtitles | 6 Episodes | 28th December 2018
Kingdom (South Korea) | Series
In a kingdom defeated by corruption and famine, a mysterious rumor of the king’s death spreads, as does a strange plague that renders the infected immune to death and hungry for flesh. The crown prince, fallen victim to a conspiracy, sets out on a journey to unveil the evil scheme and save his people.
Horror, Thriller | Subtitles | 12 Episodes | 25th January 2019
1983 (Poland) | Series
The deeply frozen Cold War is heating up. Twenty years after a devastating terrorist attack in 1983 that halted the course of Poland’s liberation and the subsequent downfall of the Soviet Union, an idealistic law student and a disgraced police investigator stumble upon a conspiracy that has kept the Iron Curtain standing and Poland living under a repressive police state.
Now, in 2003, after two decades of peace and prosperity, the leaders of the regime enact a secret plan made with an unlikely adversary in the 1980s that will radically transform Poland and affect the lives of every citizen in the nation — and the world.
What these two men discover has the potential to ignite a revolution and those in power will stop at nothing to keep it a secret.
Crime, Thriller | Subtitles | TBC Episodes | 30th November 2018
Dogs Of Berlin (Germany) | Series
Dogs of Berlin tells the story of two contrasting Berlin police detectives who become a team against their will – and are forced into a territorial battle with the Berlin underworld that confronts them with their own human weaknesses and criminal activities – and into a final decision on which side of the law they’re actually on.
Crime, Drama | Subtitles | 10 Episodes | Coming Soon
Dogs | Series
An elegant, engaging and cinematic verite documentary series celebrating the deep emotional bonds between people and their beloved four-legged best friends. The series tracks six incredible stories from across the globe including Syria, Japan, Costa Rica, Italy and the US—each proving that the unconditional love one feels for their dog is a beautiful universal truth. With episodes helmed by critically acclaimed directors including: Academy Award-nominated Amy Berg (Deliver Us From Evil), Academy Award-winning Roger Ross Williams (Life Animated, Music by Prudence), Academy Award-nominated Heidi Ewing (Jesus Camp, One of Us), Emmy Award-winning Richard Hankin (The Jinx) and Academy Award-winners T.J. Martin and Daniel Lindsay (Undefeated), Dogs takes us on an inspirational journey exploring the remarkable, perhaps even magical qualities that have given these animals such a special place in all of our hearts.
Dogs is a Netflix Original Documentary Series, developed as a documentary series by Glen Zipper. Academy Award-nominated Amy Berg, of Disarming Films and Zipper, of Zipper Bros Films, serve as executive producers.
Documentary | 6 Episodes | 16th November 2018
The Princess Switch | Film
One week before Christmas, Margaret(Vanessa Hudgens), the gorgeous Duchess of Montenaro, switches places with Stacy, a “commoner” from Chicago, who looks exactly like her. With the assistance of a magical Santa’s helper, Margaret falls in love with Stacy’s handsome co-worker, while Stacy falls in love with Margaret’s fiance, the dashing Prince.
Romance | Film | 16th November 2018
Other Trailers & Clips (links)
Cam | Film | Horror | 16th November | Watch Trailer
Narcos: Mexico | Series | Season One | Crime | 16 November | Watch Clip
Mowgli: Legend Of The Jungle | Film | Adventure | Watch Trailer
The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs | Film | Western | 16th November | Watch Trailer Two
Reviews
The Outlaw King | Film | History, War, Drama | 9th November | Read Review
The Other Side Of The Wind | Film | 9th November | Read Review
News
Katherine Ryan To Star In Two Netflix Shows
British-based actress and comedian Katherine Ryan will return to Netflix with a new scripted series and stand-up comedy special.
The Duchess
Katherine Ryan will write, EP and star in her debut scripted series The Duchess, following the powerful and problematic choices of a fashionably disruptive single mom living in London. Her daughter, Olive, is her greatest love so she debates a second child with her greatest enemy — Olive’s dad. Can two wrongs make another right?
Episodes: 6 x 30 minutes
Glitter Room
Katherine Ryan will bring her acclaimed, sold out 2018 UK tour show Glitter Room to Netflix for an hour-long stand-up comedy special after an unprecedented four week run at London’s Garrick Theatre in the West End.
The special tapes on December 11 at The Belasco Theater in Los Angeles and launches globally in 2019.
This is Ryan’s second Netflix stand-up special, following 2017’s Katherine Ryan: In Trouble.
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