Sunday 28 May 2017

New Releases on Netflix - David Vs. Goliath: Battle of Faith


At the crossroads of two great ancient empires, a shepherd named David trains in combat and takes on a terrifying giant. One of history's most legendary battles is retold in a stylistic bloody tale of courage and faith.

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New Releases on Netflix - Golden Years


Retired couple Arthur and Martha Goode live a quiet suburban life, tending to their garden and socializing with friends at their club. But when the nation's financial crisis empties their hard-earned pension accounts, the couple seizes the opportunity to replenish their funds through a series of bank robberies.

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New Releases on Netflix - The Resurrection of Gavin Stone


Once a child star, washed-up actor Gavin Stone hits rock bottom when he's sentenced to 200 hours of community service. Hitting on an idea, he pretends he's a Christian so he can portray Jesus in a megachurch's Easter play to satisfy his obligation.

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New Releases on Netflix - A Dog's Purpose


Unfolding through the prospect of a reincarnated dog, this affecting family tale follows the faithful canine as he learns the purpose of his existence through the lives of his numerous owners.

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New Releases on Netflix - Staying Vertical


When his amorous encounter with free-spirited shepherdess Marie results in a baby, wandering filmmaker Léo is content to let her raise the child. But months later, she runs off after depositing the baby with Léo, who's unprepared for fatherhood.

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New Releases on Netflix - The Shack


Though Mack Phillips is filled with doubts and still grieving after a family tragedy, he answers when God calls him to a deserted shack in the Oregon wilderness -- where what Mack finds will transform his life.

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New Releases on Netflix - The Blackcoat's Daughter


Stranded and snowbound at their isolated boarding school when their parents fail to fetch them for winter break, Rose and Kat encounter an unseen sinister presence as a haunted young woman on a mission heads in their direction.

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New Releases on Netflix - Rupture


After being kidnapped and taken to a nightmarish lab, Renee Morgan learns from her captors that she has a genetic anomaly that could turn her into a gruesome life form -- and they plan to trigger the transformation.

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New Releases on Netflix - The Shack


Though Mack Phillips is filled with doubts and still grieving after a family tragedy, he answers when God calls him to a deserted shack in the Oregon wilderness -- where what Mack finds will transform his life.

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New Releases on Netflix - Major Crimes: Season 5


As the demands on the major crimes unit increase, Sharon does her best to stay focused while grappling with her concerns about Rusty's college education and her uncertain relationship with Andy Flynn.

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New Releases on Netflix - Suits: Season 6


After signing a plea deal to spare his colleagues at Pearson Specter Litt, Mike faces the harsh realities of prison life as he starts his two-year sentence. Meanwhile, the once bustling PSL offices are now a ghost town. The partners have defected, leaving Harvey, Jessica, Louis, Donna, and Rachel to pick up the pieces. With the firm facing numerous lawsuits as fallout of the plea deal, and Harvey on a mission to get Mike released from prison, PSL's troubles are far from over

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New Releases on Netflix - The Last Kingdom: Season 2


A story of redemption, vengeance, and self-discovery set against the birth of England, this drama series follows young warrior and outsider, Uhtred on a fierce mission to reclaim his birthright. The Last Kingdom combines real historical figures and events with fiction, re-telling the history of King Alfred the Great and his desire to unite the many separate kingdoms into what would become England.

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Sunday 21 May 2017

Cannes festival: Netflix film Meyerowitz Stories 'made for big screen'

Noah Baumbach, director of The Meyerowitz Stories, tells Cannes he meant it to air in cinemas.

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New Releases on Netflix - My Life as a Zucchini


When his alcoholic single mom dies in an accident, 9-year-old Courgette is sent to live at a children's home with other youngsters from troubled backgrounds. Though he struggles to fit in at first, Courgette gradually bonds with his new companions.

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New Releases on Netflix - Rock Dog


Tibetan mastiff Bodi is slated to take on the role of village protector. But when a radio falls from the sky and he hears a tune by rocker cat Angus Scattergood, wide-eyed Bodi sets off for a different life in the big city.

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New Releases on Netflix - Dheepan


Forced into exile by war in his native Sri Lanka, former Tamil resistance fighter Dheepan is able to find refugee housing in the suburbs of Paris. However, he soon discovers that his new world is nearly as oppressive as the one he left behind.

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New Releases on Netflix - XX


In this spine-tingling collection of short horror films that all feature female leads, a talented roster of female directors journeys deep into the dark side of the distaff imagination.

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New Releases on Netflix - The Great Wall


Set in 15th-century China, this epic tale follows a pair of traveling British warriors who discover that the Great Wall being erected isn't to keep out the Mongols: It's to repel a horde of rampaging supernatural creatures.

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New Releases on Netflix - Unlocking the Cage


Unlocking the Cage follows animal rights lawyer Steven Wise as he tries to break down the legal wall that separates animals from humans. Arguing that cognitively complex animals such as chimpanzees, whales, dolphins and elephants deserve to be treated as sentient, self-aware and autonomous beings, Steve and his legal team are making history by fighting to transform a chimpanzee from a "thing" with no rights to a "person" with limited legal protections. This riveting film captures a monumental shift in our culture as the public and judicial system show increasing receptiveness to Steve's impassioned arguments.

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New Releases on Netflix - Call the Midwife: Series 6


The 1960s have arrived and with them waves of change, including a brand-new contraceptive pill and a raft of government welfare policies. Meanwhile, an austere new nun takes over as the head of Nonnatus House.

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New Releases on Netflix - Outsiders: Season 2


In this season of the Appalachian drama, the mountaintop standoff between the rugged Farrell clan and Big Coal interests continues to have consequences for the family and the townspeople.

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Sunday 14 May 2017

New Releases on Netflix - xXx: Return of Xander Cage


Vin Diesel steps back into the deadly world of Xander Cage in this third installment of the explosive action franchise. Emerging from exile, Cage must battle alpha warrior Xiang for Pandora's Box, a superweapon capable of mass destruction.

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New Releases on Netflix - Between Us


Though longtime couple Dianne and Henry aren't in a rush to get married, everyone else seems to think they should, so they head to city hall and tie the knot. But a sense of panic sets in almost immediately as they face the prospect of settling down.

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New Releases on Netflix - Lovesong


With her hubby constantly on the road, Sarah decides to hit the road herself and sets off with her young daughter and best friend, Mindy. Always close, the pals soon become something more -- but when Mindy makes an abrupt exit, Sarah is left hanging.

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New Releases on Netflix - Welcome to Happiness


At his landlord's request, young author Woody Ward becomes the guardian of a mysterious door inside his closet, opened only to those in mental agony. When Woody's own miseries begin to mount, he desperately seeks to gain entry.

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New Releases on Netflix - Resident Evil: The Final Chapter


As one of the few survivors of the zombie apocalypse, Alice returns to Raccoon City to join some unlikely allies in a fight against the undead hordes and mutant monsters that Umbrella Corp. plans to unleash on what's left of humanity.

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New Releases on Netflix - Sleepless


Cop Vincent Downs has been working both sides of the law for some time with a fair degree of success. But after he and his partner get caught stealing a drug kingpin's cocaine shipment, the life of Vincent's son is put in danger.

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New Releases on Netflix - Split


In this supernatural thriller, a man already shattered by a personal loss finds his world increasingly haunted by four young women, all of whom are after the same thing: his mortal identity.

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New Releases on Netflix - Teen Titans: The Judas Contract


In this all new animated DC feature film, the Titans are on the hunt for the villainous Brother Blood, not realizing that they might have a traitor among them. Directed by Sam Liu and written by Ernie Altbacker.

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New Releases on Netflix - Keep Quiet


Virulently anti-Semitic, right-wing Hungarian politician Csanad Szegedi finds his views undermined after learning about his Jewish heritage. Over a three-year period, he comes to embrace his new faith, as chronicled in this fascinating documentary.

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New Releases on Netflix - The Free Man


In this extreme sports documentary feature focused on the athletes, Olympic freestyle skier Jossi Wells takes up the challenge of new extreme sports in which he has no experience at all.

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Sunday 7 May 2017

New Releases on Netflix - A Street Cat Named Bob


Long a solo act, street busker and recovering addict James Bowen finds himself part of a team when he adopts a stray cat who's as interested in taking care of James as he is in taking care of the feline. Soon, the cat becomes part of the act.

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New Releases on Netflix - Hidden Figures


In the race to space between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War, three black female mathematicians play a key role in launching astronaut John Glenn into outer space, making him the first American to orbit Earth.

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New Releases on Netflix - Things to Come


Middle-aged philosophy teacher Nathalie seems to have it all: a job she's passionate about, a family she loves and a beautiful Paris apartment. But her world changes in an instant when her husband of 25 years announces that he's leaving her.

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New Releases on Netflix - Walking with the Enemy


When the Nazis invade Hungary, young Elek Cohen dons a Nazi uniform to save his skin and find his family. Instead, he uncovers a terrible truth. Now cognizant of Hitler's "final solution," Cohen sets about saving thousands of Jews.

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New Releases on Netflix - Tall Men


Terrence Mackleby claims bankruptcy after being over $80,000 in debt. His private world is turned upside down when Terrence is visited by strange demons and tall phantoms in business suits after he applies for a mysterious black credit card.

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New Releases on Netflix - The Bye Bye Man


In this harrowing tale of horror, a trio of Wisconsin college kids decides to rent an off-campus house together, only to discover that the place is home to an evil supernatural entity known as the Bye Bye Man.

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New Releases on Netflix - The Void


After spotting a bloodied man limping down the road, cop Daniel Carter rushes him to the nearest hospital -- where terror is unleashed as white-cloaked figures gather outside and those inside undergo an unearthly transformation.

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New Releases on Netflix - Holy Hell


Through more than two decades of footage that he shot while a member of the Buddhafield spiritual community, documentarian Will Allen recounts his gradual immersion into the Southern California cult and his eventual disenchantment with it.

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New Releases on Netflix - Beaches


In this affecting update of the 1988 classic, CC Bloom and Hillary Whitney meet by chance as young girls and form an unlikely friendship that lasts a lifetime as they share the dramatic ups and downs of their careers and love lives.

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New Releases on Netflix - Divorce: Season 1


After a midlife review of herself and her priorities, Frances decides to leave her longtime husband, Robert. But it soon becomes clear that the road to separation will be a rocky one, with little support from her unhappy mate.

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New Releases on Netflix - Orange Is the New Black: Season 4


Changes are in store this season as the show's focus shifts from Piper's personal journey to the dynamics of Litchfield's larger population, the corporatization of the penitentiary and various political agendas.

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