BY: HANNAH WEST, STAFF WRITER Photo from Wikimedia Commons A 1994 murder case has been reopened 30 years later because of a Netflix original series. This series, however, is persuading the public eye almost too much. After being convicted of brutally killing their parents in their living room, Lyle and Erik Menendez were handed a…
Photo courtesy of Creative Commons / Jennifer Lopez BY EMILIE WEINBECK, STAFF WRITER Jennifer Lopez is taking on a role we have never seen her in before in her new Netflix movie. The trailer for “The Mother,” shows Lopez looking solid and fierce in the snowy mountains as she prepares for the journey she is…
By Kristyn Johnson, Contributing Writer The 2019 college admissions scandal, known as “Operation Varsity Blues,” took the United States by storm. People were shocked to find that famous actors and actresses, such as Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman, were part of the scandal. Netflix released Chris Smith’s documentary “Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal”…
By Kathy Williams, Features Editor “ Last Chance U: Basketball,” an installment in the Netflix docuseries “Last Chance U,” arrived just in time for basketball fans looking for more entertainment outside of March Madness. Released on March 10, this show pulled the heartstrings of viewers, fans of basketball alike and college athletes. Netflix released the…
By Kelsey Purcell, Contributing Writer Goodbye February and hello March. New additions are arriving on Netflix as the next month begins. There are promising Netflix documentaries, new original series and some older favorite movies and tv shows coming that every household should enjoy. On March 1, Netflix documentary, “Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell,”…
By Cammie Dutchess, Managing Editor “Grand Army,” a new Netflix original series, follows five teens as they navigate and overcome high school, political and social obstacles. The series, which is ranked nine in the top 10 in the U.S. today, is set in a fictional Brooklyn high school where people of all identities attend. The…
New Netflix docu-series follows deaf students in D.C. By Kaitlin Sinclair, Staff Writer The Netflix original series released on Oct.9, “Deaf U” is a Netflix docuseries that follows a group of friends who attend Gallaudet University and are either deaf or hard of hearing. Through eight 20-minute episodes, the audience is exposed to what is…
By Cammie Dutchess, Managing Editor Netflix series, “Trinkets” follows three young girls who kindle a friendship at their weekly Shoplifting Anonymous meetings. In the first season, the series courses through the trio’s struggles with friendships and relationships. While the second season mainly still focuses on those problems, it also pursues the embrace of their three…
By Grace Usala, Staff Writer “BoJack Horseman” has finally ended. “Bojack Horseman,” an American adult-animated web-television series created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg, aired on Netflix on Aug. 22, 2014. The show follows a plot about a washed-up 90’s sitcom actor named Bojack Horseman, voiced by Will Arnett. He plans to return to the spotlight by releasing…
By Matthew Villanueva, Features-Assignment Editor Premiering last month at Sundance Film Festival, “Horse Girl” made its universal launch on Netflix on Feb. 7. Alison Brie makes her screenwriting debut in this memorable story about losing a grip on reality and psychotic depression. The film opens with Sarah, portrayed by Brie, working at a craft store.…
By, Grace Usala, staff writer “She-Ra and the Princesses of Power” is a Netflix 2018 original remake of the 1985, “She-ra: Princess of Power.” These days, the most popular reference to the 1985 version is most likely the He-man’s “What’s goin’ on” meme. Sadly, He-man has not been, nor will he ever be, included in…
By Matthew Villanueva, Features Assignment Editor There’s a common phrase about grief, “Grief never ends, but it changes.” Dan Schneider, a pharmacist in a small in Poydras, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans, tells his heroic story in Netflix’s new mini-series, “The Pharmacist,” that exemplifies how grief can push a man to help others. Schneider…
Just in time for spooky season, Netflix and Hulu stocked up their streaming services with original scary movies. However, with the surplus of thrillers out there, which platform is worth turning to to get a scare? One Netflix original, “The Silence,” follows Ally Andrews, a deaf 16-year-old girl, and her family through a surreal threat…
People are usually told to not judge a book by its cover since the beginning of time. One of Netflix’s newest series takes this phrase to a new level. The young adult drama “Trinkets” follows three girls on their journey through high school dilemmas, relationships and shoplifters anonymous meetings – where they meet. The unlikely…
Sister Cathy Cesnik was a beloved teacher at a Catholic school in Baltimore, Maryland. On Nov. 7, 1969, Sister Cathy went missing. It wasn’t until almost 25 years later that stories of a potential cover-up of her death started to emerge. The seven episode Netflix documentary series, “The Keepers” follows two of Sister Cathy’s students.…
Fans of cinematography will find themselves anxiously waiting for a season two premiere of Mindhunter, a new original series by Netflix. The release of Mindhunter season one was released on Oct. 13, but with only 10 episodes, the finale feels abrupt. In contrast to that feeling, the acting and directing phenomenally grasp viewers with every…
Chaos: the typical state of hit Netflix show “Stranger Things 2.” Fans start out in a different place with unknown people—unsure of how they connect to small-town Hawkins, Indiana with familiar Michael Wheeler, Will Buyers, Eleven and many other characters. Things seem a little bit clearer when the mysterious Kali breaks down a bridge, but…
“American Vandal,” a Netflix original series, puts a comedic spin on documentaries by making theirs into a “mockumentary,” following high school senior Dylan Maxwell who is wrongfully accused of spray painting phallic images onto 27 staff cars in the faculty parking lot. The documentary shows why Maxwell was the clear suspect of this obscene prank,…
By Anastasia Cottone Staff Writer Fans of the show Blacklist can look forward to a thrilling episode while watching the premiere of season four. It begins right where season three left off. Viewers have just learned that the main character, Agent Elizabeth Keen, who was thought to be dead, is not. Fans are instantly hooked…
Tom Cottingham Features Editor Last Friday, Marvel Television released their fourth Netflix series Iron Fist. So far, Marvel retains an impressive streak of distributing high quality superhero television series with in depth story lines and breathtaking action. That streak has to come to an end with the addition of Iron Fist. There are still some…