Valentine’s Day is almost upon us, and whether you’re planning a fancy night out at your favorite restaurant or flopping onto the couch with single friends, let’s face it, at some point you will be watching Netflix. Nothing breaks the mood more than a dull movie, so we’ve put together a collection of romantic movies on the streaming giant that will keep the night on a high note. From studio rom-coms like “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days” and “13 Going on 30” to romantic classics like “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” and “The Great Gatsby,” there’s a lot of passion going on in this list. Here are 20 romantic movies on Netflix you need to check out: Note: Numerous Netflix titles drop off the streaming service monthly so the availability of titles below may change. This has been updated since its original posting. “13 Going on 30” Get ready to do the … [Read more...] about The 20 best romantic movies on Netflix you’ll actually want to watch
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Watch the trailer for Netflix’s upcoming comedy steeped in 90s nostalgia, which the company’s content chief calls its next ‘sleeper hit’
Netflix’s content boss, Ted Sarandos, singled out “Everything Sucks!” as a Netflix original series that “people should keep an eye” in an earnings call last month. The 90s-set, coming-of-age comedy series premieres February 16 on Netflix. Watch the first official trailer for the series below. In an earnings call last month, Netflix‘s head of content Ted Sarandos listed a few upcoming Netflix originals that audiences should look forward to, including the big-budget, sci-fi series “Altered Carbon,” and the comedy series “Everything Sucks!” Sarandos singled out “Everything Sucks!” as a “sleeper hit that people should keep an eye on.” “Everything Sucks!” is a coming-of-age comedy series that “follows two groups of high school misfits,” an A/V club and a drama club, “who collide in 1996 Oregon,” according to … [Read more...] about Watch the trailer for Netflix’s upcoming comedy steeped in 90s nostalgia, which the company’s content chief calls its next ‘sleeper hit’
The 18 worst Netflix original movies of all time, according to critics
Netflix‘s strategy for original content has proved time and again that the streaming service values quantity – sometimes over quality. In December, the company released the Will Smith-led movie “Bright” into a critical bloodbath. But Netflix CEO Reed Hastings later brushed off the negative reviews by calling the film a commercial success and critics “disconnected from the mass appeal.” This week, critics are tearing apart “The Cloverfield Paradox,” a sequel to the sci-fi film “Cloverfield” that Netflix bought from Paramount and surprise-released following the Super Bowl on Sunday. To find out which Netflix original films critics have deemed the worst of the worst, we turned to the reviews aggregator Rotten Tomatoes to rank the movies that received a “Rotten” critical score of less than 60%. We excluded films that didn’t have enough reviews to receive a designation of “Rotten,” and we used … [Read more...] about The 18 worst Netflix original movies of all time, according to critics
Netflix surprised everyone by releasing the 3rd ‘Cloverfield’ movie right after the Super Bowl — but it’s getting torn apart by critics
Netflix released “The Cloverfield Paradox” right after the Super Bowl. Critics are calling it a “trainwreck,” and it has a 16% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. This is a surprise, since the other two movies in the franchise were well-received by critics, especially 2016’s “10 Cloverfield Lane.” Netflix released a trailer for “The Cloverfield Paradox,” the highly anticipated third movie in the “Cloverfield” franchise, during the Super Bowl on Sunday night. And then it released the movie on Netflix right after the game. This was shocking given that, as of early January, Paramount was set to release the movie in theaters in April. The reveal stunt was great, but unfortunately critics hate the movie. Right now, it has a 16% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The first movie, “Cloverfield” (2008), has a 77% rating, and the second movie, “10 Cloverfield … [Read more...] about Netflix surprised everyone by releasing the 3rd ‘Cloverfield’ movie right after the Super Bowl — but it’s getting torn apart by critics
Netflix, Amazon and HBO handed NBC millions for Super Bowl ads — as they actively try and kill TV
Netflix last night handed NBC upwards of $US5 million for a Super Bowl ad – just to tell an expected television audience of 100 million or so people to stream an-out of-nowhere sequel to sci-fi hit “Cloverfield” after the game. Stream it, that is, instead of watching NBC’s all-new, way-hyped, episode of “This is Us.” Hulu also ran a Super Bowl ad to promote its upcoming series from Stephen King and J.J. Abrams called “Castle Rock.” Amazon did the same for its new “Jack Ryan” series, as did HBO to promote a trailer for season 2 of “Westworld.” All told, they streaming services likely paid over $US20 million on advertising meant to encourage people to watch TV without commercials instead of tuning in to, say, a major sporting event. Meanwhile, NBC’s own ads during the game showed us what it wants people to do: stick around for that super-emotional “This is Us” and remember to tune in to the Winter … [Read more...] about Netflix, Amazon and HBO handed NBC millions for Super Bowl ads — as they actively try and kill TV