Tag: Netflix Originals
Can true love be analyzed and dissected by science? That is the premise of the Netflix mini-series, The One. Entrepreneur Rebecca Webb (Hannah Ware), uses her own husband Ethan (Wilf Scolding) as living proof that genetic matchmaking can produce “the one” against all odds. Her own...
Concrete Cowboy
Guest Reviewer: Jerry Ludwig, retired Hollywood screenwriter and author of The Black List
Concrete Cowboy: Two words that don’t go together. But an apt title for this new movie streaming on Netflix. The words collide because it’s about two wildly different...
“Self-Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam CJ Walker”–First Female Millionaire in US
This mini-series was inspired by a biography written by Madam CJ Walker’s great-great-granddaughter, A’Lelia Bundles (“On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker”). This Netflix four-episode mini-series highlights the extraordinary, –almost unbelievable– life of Sarah Breedlove...
“The Social Dilemma”– Addiction or Threat?
This is a Netflix docudrama not to be missed. The Social Dilemma, a granular investigation of the rise of social media and the ongoing damage it is causing to segments of society around the globe, is chilling. Focusing on exploitation of Internet users, The Social Dilemma, produced by Jeff Orlowski, reveals how most users are...
“Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich”–Obscene Power
Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich is an explosive and deeply disturbing four-part Netflix Original documentary, that spotlights a dark international web of underage sex trafficking. Billionaire playboy and financier Jeffrey Epstein operated his sick obsession in plain sight. In Filthy Rich we watch this wealthy predator cultivate links to...
“The English Game”–From Provincial to International
The English Game, Netflix Original
The English Game, created by Julian Fellowes (of “Downton Abbey”), is a Netflix Original period drama based upon a true story. Set in 1880’s England, The English Game is a notable example of class divisions exhibited in the early evolution of football aka soccer....
