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Jan 26, 2021 07:08 AM EST The Queen s Gambit is a Netflix seven-episode series that has captured the world s attention. The protagonist named Beth Harmon is a young orphaned girl with a troubled past. She picked up the game of chess with such breeze and steadfastness that every scene is enchanting.
Nearly 70 million people across the globe have watched the series on Netflix. A viral tweet also circulated how the show took three decades and nine rewrites to create.
Life Lessons from The Queen s Gambit
When Beth impulsively skips her flight home to join a team of adoring chess players in Sokolniki Park in Moscow, the symbolism of this moment is clear: Beth has become a chess queen with the power to navigate freely through a field of men.
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Jan 25, 2021 04:38 AM EST
If there is life after death is a universal question. A new Netflix series claims to prove it is possible, relying on a complex mishmash of fully debunked phenomena along matters of faith that are not in the realm of science and questions that science has not truly answered yet. Surviving Death
Netflix researchers for the new show Surviving Death rummaged through the archives at the Cambridge University Library for evidence.
They searched through records the Society of Psychical research s library, whose famous members once included Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
The documentary is based on a book of the same name by journalist Leslie Kean.
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Jan 18, 2021 06:59 AM EST
Even if we would not be able to make it to a theater, for the time being, Netflix is premiering over 70 movies in 2021 to keep us entertained at the comfort of our home.
Netflix s 2021 Movie Lineup
The 2021 series of films is star-studded, including Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo DiCaprio, Gal Gadot, Dwayne Johnson, Chris Hemsworth, and Ryan Reynolds, and runs the spectrum from buddy comedies to action flicks to romantic dramas.
Netflix has been a companion for people in 2020. For one thing, the United States streaming platform is one of the most popular in the world, garnering especially huge numbers for the films and television shows it released during a pandemic that confined people indoors, reported Flicks.
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Jan 09, 2021 05:58 AM EST Slam Dunk author Takehiko Inoue announced through Twitter that his shonen manga will be depicted into an animated film. A Twitter account and official website have already been launched, and more information about the movie will be posted soon. Slam Dunk Animated Film Announced
Inoue made the declaration on his official Twitter account @inouetake, posting a GIF photo of the anime title SLAM DUNK. It will be a movie, according to Inoue in Japanese as translated by Google Translate with the hashtag #slamdunkmovie, reported The World News. Slam Dunk is one of the most popular manga and anime ever. It has managed to garner millions of fans of the Japanese genre and basketball lovers for decades in various parts of the globe. The announcement of the creation of an animated film excited many fans, reported Archyde.
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Jan 02, 2021 07:50 AM EST The Queen s Gambit has been a phenomenal hit for Netflix. In the initial 28 days that it was released on the streaming giant, the series set a record for the most viewers ever for a scripted limited-run series, with over 62 million accounts watching at least a portion of an episode. The Queen s Gambit Took 30 Years to Make
The show dropped on Netflix on October 23, 2020, climbing the streaming service s charts and created quite a stir on social media. The show is basically about chess. Chess is a game of sharpness of the mind and grit. Producer Allan Scott clarifies he is no great player, and he needed such skills in abundance to create Netflix s most recent runaway success.