For years, top Netflix executives insisted that the platform would always remain free of ads. But in the fast-moving world of tech and entertainment, being able to change company policies as per requirements is a necessity. So while many viewed Netflix's decision to introduce an ad-supported tier with skepticism, the decision turned out to be a savvy business move. During Netflix's earnings conference call yesterday, the company said that ad revenue on the platform during the most recent quarter set a new record.
(Spoilers for the first Troll movie below.) Don't confuse the Netflix franchise with 2010's Trollhunter, shot in the style of a found footage mockumentary. A group of college students sets off into the wilds of the fjordland to make a documentary about a suspected bear poacher named Hans. They discover that Hans is actually hunting down trolls and decide to document those endeavors instead, but soon realize they are very much out of their depth.
Futures are gaining momentum ahead of a big earnings week. At the moment, the S&P 500 is up about 12 points. The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF ( NYSEARCA: VOO) is up another $1.34 in premarket. The Dow is up 50, as the Nasdaq gains 67. More than 80 S&P 500 companies are slated to post earnings this week, including Netflix, General Motors, and Tesla.
This week marks the 10th anniversary of Beasts of No Nation, the first feature film distributed directly by Netflix. Directed by Cari Joji Fukunaga and starring Idris Elba, the movie made a modest splash in that year's awards season, with Elba winning the SAG Award for Best Supporting Actor, before ultimately falling short of any Oscar nominations. Within three years, and after making a significant investment in its publicity apparatus (hiring ace awards strategist Lisa Tayback),
Roald Dahl made his career writing children's books that dared to be mean (yes, sometimes in rather unfortunate ways). Across almost 20 novels, the British author spun fantastical tales with unsentimental wit, infusing his work with darkly morbid humor, blithe child endangerment, rotten and antagonistic adults, and a willingness to occasionally laugh at the misfortune of others. And no other work of Dahl's gets more pitch-black than "The Twits," a thin, acidic little text about deeply repugnant people.
Boots follows 13 Reasons Why star Miles Heizer as Cameron Cope, a closeted teen who signs up to the marine corps after struggling to find a sense of purpose at home. While at boot camp, with his best friend Ray (newcomer Liam Oh), he learns that it's not just tough and gruelling, but homophobic too. The Netflix drama is set in 1990, when being gay in the US armed forces was still illegal.
Reports about Netflix's efforts to bring its mobile games to televisions began in early 2023. Later that year, the company launched a game controller app for iOS devices. However, there hadn't been much word about gaming on the big screen until now, but it looks like the wait is finally over. To use the new feature, go to the "Games" tab on the Netflix TV app, then pick a game and use your phone as the controller.
It can be pretty tough to predict when the next share split will be for any given name. Undoubtedly, some stocks can continue flying into the high hundreds and even settle into the thousands for many years at a time. And while stock splits are great for accessibility, I do think that with the rise of partial share purchases that stock splits are becoming less of a critical factor for managers.
The days of Battleship bombing at the box office are over: toys and games are now ripe for successful creative adaptations. From to , any thing that's popular enough has the power to become movie source material. Still, some subject matter is easier to adapt than others. Is the Monopoly movie currently in development going to be a gritty real estate drama or a lighthearted family adventure that's also about the foibles of capitalism?
In its announcement, Netflix said contestants will play roles like Colonel Mustard, Miss Scarlett, and Professor Plum as they face "physical and mental challenges." Like the board game, the goal of the reality competition series is to collect clues and try to figure out who is behind a crime.
We have to look at who regulates the FCC [regulator the Federal Communications Commission], and since it's cable, does that count? I don't know. We need to find out what their agenda is, and why they're pushing this stuff because from what I understand, that... is the number-one-rated cartoon. "That is recruiting," he said of trans representation on the show. "That is grooming, that is the worst of the worst because they're taking young minds, and they know they can do that."
I've kind of dug into this a little bit more, and the way they do it is they do these scenes, and they switch them around very fast. In the old days [in the era of comedian and producer] Andy Griffith, it was just one camera and it was great. And [modern producers] do different scenes and it's moving around every second, and that releases certain things in young children's minds, and we need to find out why are they doing like this because this is contracting their brains, this is molding their brains.
In the clip, a transmasculine character with freckles and a cropped blue haircut says, "I'm trans, Norma. And everyone at school knows, and everyone at home knows, and being here, it's like a whole new place. I can just be Barney, and I can choose if and when I tell people. I've never been happier ... Pugsley reminded me how important it is to live your life without apology."
However, the show caught the attention of Musk after far-right social media accounts began recirculating clips of the series this week. The show's creator, Hamish Steele, shared to his BlueSky account that "It's probably going to be a very odd day" after Musk retweeted a post from Libs of TikTok calling out Dead End: Paranormal Park for "pushing pro-transgender of CHILDREN." The post claimed the series was "advertised for 7-YEAR-OLDS" and "promoted on Netflix Kids now," to which Musk added: "This is not ok."
Watch classic 1980s movies like "Dirty Dancing" and "The Goonies" on Netflix this October. There are also other hits available like "Taxi Driver" and "Point Break." The Netflix original movie "The Woman in Cabin 10" starring Keira Knightley premieres later this month. October isn't just spooky season - with the arrival of some classic movies on Netflix, it's also time to brush up on some old favorites.
Horror and true crime lead, but they're flanked by tentpole titles and global stories that extend beyond seasonal viewing and into marquee cultural conversation. Monster: The Ed Gein Story is positioned to spark discourse around the myth and media impact of one of America's most notorious criminals, while The Monster of Florence turns Italy's decades-long investigation into serialized, binge-ready narrative.
MADRID -- Spanish club Valencia said on Monday they filed a lawsuit against Netflix claiming falsehoods in a documentary about Brazil player Vinícius Júnior. Valencia said the documentary mistakenly accused a large group of Valencia fans of making racist chants against the Real Madrid forward in a LaLiga match in 2023. The club filed the lawsuit after its public demands for corrections by the documentary's production company were not fulfilled. The lawsuit is against Netflix and the production company for damaging "Valencia's honor." It seeks financial compensation, corrections of the subtitles in the documentary, and the publication of the sentencing, the club said.
Clichés and unrealistic scenes won't stop the glossy Netflix show from reeling in the viewers It is difficult to describe Netflix's House of Guinness. One of its slogans reads "Trouble is brewing," and it is true that there is a lot of trouble here. On the plus side, it is not every day that you see the construction of social housing as a theme in a TV drama; social housing is even used here as an instrument of courtship. It is not every day either
