Articles tagged: Netflix

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Cheer and Tears: A Sports Docuseries for All Audiences

I stumbled upon Netflix’s Cheer purely by accident while in search of mindless entertainment. I did not expect to end up crying in my bed because I was so proud... Read more

By January 24, 2020

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Best of the Decade: Films

As the decade comes to a close, Halftime is celebrating by taking a look back at the best that the 2010s had to offer. Below you’ll find some of our... Read more

By and December 6, 2019

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Trailer Takes: Antebellum, A Christmas Prince, Call of the Wild

Trailer 1 — Antebellum (2020) Emma: At first glance, the movie is gorgeous. The trailer opens to a beautiful estate, but it soon turns horrifying when the screen shows someone... Read more

By , and December 3, 2019

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Please Watch The Crown

701 days. That’s how long I’ve been waiting for season three of Netflix’s The Crown to premiere. Exploring the life of Queen Elizabeth II, Great Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, The Crown... Read more

By November 28, 2019

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Holly Jolly Bake-Off

As the holiday season approaches, we are blessed with many a festive Netflix special, my favorite of which is undeniably the Great British Baking Show: Holidays. It has all the... Read more

By November 25, 2019

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Let It Snow: A Christmas Twist On Classic Romantic Comedy Tropes

Let it Snow (2019) is the perfect movie to watch on a cozy Friday night after a long, stressful week—or a cozy, drunken Tuesday night after a long, stressful beginning... Read more

By November 18, 2019

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Can The Witcher Claim HBO’s Old Throne?

The Witcher is being advocated as Netflix’s attempt at a Game of Thrones show and we now have the latest trailer to see how their attempts have panned out. The... Read more

By November 16, 2019

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Seth Meyers’s Lobby Baby is on Solid Ground

Saturday Night Live alum Seth Meyers, best known for his current talk show Late Night with Seth Meyers, just made his Netflix stand-up comedy special debut with Lobby Baby. The... Read more

By November 15, 2019

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The Laundromat is a Bad Copy of The Big Short

When The Big Short  was released in 2015, it should not have worked nearly as well as it did. It was trying to explain a complex issue within the constraints... Read more

By November 7, 2019

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Unbelievable: A Netflix Must Watch

Content Warning: This article discusses sexual assault   As of late, believability has become quite the hot topic. In the era of fake news, the public is constantly given minimum... Read more

By October 21, 2019

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Sticks and Stones: Will Jokes Ever Hurt Us?

In perhaps one of the most controversial comedy specials in the last 10 years, Dave Chappelle opens with a joke about Anthony Bourdain’s suicide. Bourdain, the victims of Michael Jackson,... Read more

By October 8, 2019

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Tall Girl: Another Formulaic Teenage Rom-Com with a Towering Gimmick

I tried not to judge the movie before I watched it. Although the general premise isn’t my cup of tea and the groan-inducing trailer did nothing to alleviate my fears,... Read more

By September 23, 2019

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Cooking with Glass in Blown Away

Cooking competitions like Chopped, Cupcake Wars, and Iron Chef (2002) have been relatively popular for many years. However, the cult-like following that emerged after The Great British Bake Off’s arrival... Read more

By September 13, 2019

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Freshly Baked Takes On The Great British Baking Show

Alas, it is that time again. No not apple picking season or the winter holiday, it is Great British Baking Show season. This season does not fail to bring all... Read more

By September 8, 2019

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Cooking Up Predictions for the Great British Baking Show

In a season premiere that began with a truly absurd sequence featuring the judges and hosts dressed as characters from the Wizard of Oz (1939) (including Paul Hollywood aptly costumed... Read more

By September 6, 2019

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The Perfect Date Is A Perfectly OK Movie to Watch on a Date

Netflix’s new movie, The Perfect Date (2019), features its highly-utilized heartthrob Noah Centineo as Brooks Rattigan, a senior in high school who has sky-high dreams, which is nothing new in... Read more

By and April 18, 2019

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Trailer Takes: Star Wars IX, The Last Summer, and The Professor

Star Wars IX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGAupmtXcMM Jake: Remember when we were supposed to let the past die, kill it if we had to? Yeah, me neither, because apparently nothing’s ever really gone.... Read more

By , and April 17, 2019

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Does Netflix’s The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann Mark a Turning Point in the True Crime Genre?

This March, Netflix released The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann, an 8-part documentary chronicling McCann’s disappearance from a Portuguese resort and the subsequent investigation. This is merely the latest entry in... Read more

By April 8, 2019

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Trailer Takes: The Perfect Date, The Silence, and The Angry Birds Movie 2

The Perfect Date: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hld-7oBn3Rk Aaron: “Do you even need to see the movie now?” It may be a complaint I see in the comments under pretty much every trailer I’ve... Read more

By , and April 3, 2019

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Trailer Takes: Unicorn Store, Toy Story Four, and Dora the Explorer: The Lost City of Gold.

Unicorn Store: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bwx3gxdxsxg Katie: Hmmmm ok, I am more than a little confused by this trailer. The thing that first jumped out of me was the Captain Marvel (2019) dream... Read more

By , and March 27, 2019