Joey Chestnut mustered the strength to down a world record 83 hot dogs on Monday, relishing another victory against rival Takeru Kobayashi, who struggled to catch up to the world’s best competitive eater in Netflix’s “Unfinished Beef” Labor Day showdown. Following the same format as the Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest held in … Read more
After a lengthy and well-received run on the festival circuit, “Going Varsity in Mariachi” has arrived this week on Netflix, where it should find the wide mainstream audience it deserves. And “mainstream” really is the operative word here. Although it may sound in synopsis like a niche-audience attraction, this engaging and entertaining documentary about Texas … Read more
Netflix has unveiled the trailer for Jacques Audiard’s Cannes-winning musical drama “Emilia Perez,” which is being positioned as one of the streaming giant’s big Oscar contenders this fall. The movie, starring Zoe Saldaña and Selena Gomez, was one of the big sensations at Cannes this year, where it took home the jury prize and the … Read more
The gross-out high school comedy: we all get older, they stay the same. “Incoming” marks the genre’s latest addition, a Netflix release written and directed by Dave and John Chernin, who cut their teeth on the landmark vulgarity of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” before creating the short-lived but memorably raucous Fox comedy “The Mick.” … Read more
“Stranger Things” star Millie Bobby Brown plans to turn her debut novel, “Nineteen Things,” into a feature film at Netflix. Brown has close ties to the streaming behemoth because it’s home to the hugely popular television series that propelled her to fame. She’s also worked with Netflix on the Sherlock Holmes spinoff series “Enola Holmes” … Read more
Sally Field is in talks to star in “,” a film adaptation of the novel by Shelby Van Pelt. Netflix has acquired the project, which is in early stages of development. Olivia Newman, the filmmaker of last summer’s sleeper hit “Where the Crawdads Sing,” is directing the movie. “Where the Crawdads Sing,” starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, … Read more