Don t show me this message again✕ The Ballad of Buster Scruggs , Annihilation , Dolemite Is My Name and Gerald s Game are among the best original films to watch on Netflix (Netflix)
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aving established itself as a power-house of binge TV, Netflix has more recently turned its attention to movies.
But with dozens of Netflix original films to chose from, how to sort the gold from the feature-length dross?
To help you make sense of the service’s mind-boggling viewing options here’s a countdown of the best original movies available to stream on Netflix UK.
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Monster is finally here more than three years after it made its world premiere at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. But now that you can watch the story of a high school honor student falsely accused of murder in a robbery gone wrong on Netflix, you are probably wondering where youâve seen the
Monster cast before. And while names like Jennifer Hudson, Jeffrey Wright, and John David Washington are easy ones to figure out, some, like the filmâs star, Kelvin Harrison Jr. might have you stumped.
Below is a quick breakdown of the major players on the
Monster cast, who they play, and where youâve seen them in the past. With both established and rising stars in the acting world, as well as some of the best hip-hop artists of yesterday and today, taking up residence on the cast, thereâs a lot to unpack hereâ¦
You can sing along, Mayes says. In fact, they want the audience to do just that as selections from the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein II musical are performed by Mayes as Captain von Trapp and Trinidadian soprano Jeanine De Bique as Maria. The HGO Chorus and Orchestra, conducted by HGO Chorus Master Richard Bado, will accompany the pair. And Megan Marino, Mayes wife, will perform as Elsa Schraeder and a co-host.
Musical theater isn t anything new for Mayes, who was last seen here in the title role of HGO s 2019 production of
Rigoletto. He grew up in Cut and Shoot, Texas. I grew up wanting to be Johnny Cash or Willie Nelson. Not Pavarotti. His mother had VHS tapes of
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Clockwise from top left: Can’t Hardly Wait (Screenshot); Lady Bird (Screenshot); To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before (Photo: Netflix); The Artist (Screenshot); The Lovebirds (Photo: Netflix); The Little Hours (Photo: Gunpowder & Sky); The Incredible Jessica James (Photo: Netflix)
Streaming libraries expand and contract. Algorithms are imperfect. Those damn thumbnail images are always changing. But you know what you can always rely on? The expert opinions and knowledgeable commentary of
The A.V. Club. That’s why we’re scouring both the menus of the most popular services and our own archives to bring you these guides to the best viewing options, broken down by streamer, medium, and genre. Want to know why we’re so keen on a particular movie? Click the title at the top of each slide for some in-depth coverage from