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‘Damsel’ Leaves Me Wondering What Could Have Been

By Ethan Hill, Hoya Staff Writer March 20, 2024

I can’t remember the last time I was this frustrated watching a movie. At its core, “Damsel” has a good movie in it, and, given the opportunity, it shines. This film feels like it was trying...

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Netflix’s ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Fails to Capture the Magic of the Original

By Tanvi Gorripati, Hoya Staff Writer March 13, 2024

A cheap copy of Nickelodeon’s childhood classic, Netflix’s “Avatar: The Last Airbender” is a tragedy. Netflix’s live-action adaptation of the beloved graphic novels and animated series portrays...

Wikimedia Commons | Episode six of Netflixs Break Point followed U.S. tennis star Ben Sheltons breakout success at the 2023 U.S. Open.

WERDIGER | Grading ‘Break Point’ Season 2: Part 2

By Robbie Werdiger February 15, 2024

Season 2 of “Break Point,” the Netflix docudrama series that follows the lives of several top players on the professional tennis tour, was released Jan. 10. Here are my grades for the final three episodes. For...

Jacqueline Novak (COL 04) in Get on Your Knees, an irreverent new Netflix comedy special.

‘Get On Your Knees’: A Sharp-Witted Comedic Masterpiece by a Georgetown Graduate

By Elizabethe Bogrette, Deputy Guide Editor February 8, 2024

“Get on Your Knees,” a new Netflix comedy special written and produced by Georgetown alumnus Jacqueline Novak (COL ’04), has broken the barriers of feminine purity culture while simultaneously...

Mike Birbiglia Dives Deep on ‘The Old Man and the Pool’

Mike Birbiglia Dives Deep on ‘The Old Man and the Pool’

By Jasmine Criqui January 17, 2024

What’s so funny about cancer, heart attacks and an impending sense of your own doom? Mike Birbiglia (COL ’00), back for his fifth Netflix special, is here to tell you. Filmed in the Lincoln...

Sticking the Landing: ‘Sex Education’ Season 4 Ends the Series With A Bang

Sticking the Landing: ‘Sex Education’ Season 4 Ends the Series With A Bang

By Isabella Magness September 27, 2023

★★★★☆ After four seasons of quirky characters, irreverent humor and surprisingly deep philosophical insights, the Netflix original comedy-drama “Sex Education” has come to an end. Although...

You Need to Watch ‘YOU’ Season 4, Part 1

You Need to Watch ‘YOU’ Season 4, Part 1

By Dylan Mubangizi February 22, 2023

★★★★★ Leaving the wealthy suburbs of Madre Linda, Calif., season four of Netflix’s hit show “YOU” takes protagonist Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) out of the sun and into the cold rainy...

Netflix’s ‘The Sandman’ Does Justice to Its Legendary Source Material

Netflix’s ‘The Sandman’ Does Justice to Its Legendary Source Material

By Ishaan Rai September 7, 2022

★★★★☆ The “unfilmable” comic book has finally made it to the small screen, and to the surprise of many, it soars.  First released in 1989, “The Sandman” is widely considered...

QUEER HERE | ‘Heartstopper’ Brought Out My Hopeless Romantic Side

QUEER HERE | ‘Heartstopper’ Brought Out My Hopeless Romantic Side

By Emily Scheibe August 1, 2022

Hi, fellow queer here! “Heartstopper” first appeared on Netflix in April, and since then, it has been blowing up the news and igniting hearts. Once described to me as “a warm hug,” this Netflix...

QUEER HERE | Can the Genre of ‘First Kill’ Make Up for Its CGI?

QUEER HERE | Can the Genre of ‘First Kill’ Make Up for Its CGI?

By Emily Scheibe July 6, 2022

Hi, fellow queer here! Welcome back with another lesbian teen romance — but this time, instead of a movie, we have a whole series! On June 10, Netflix released “First Kill,” a supernatural drama...

‘Bridgerton’ Season Two is the “Bane of My Existence and the Object of All My Desires”

‘Bridgerton’ Season Two is the “Bane of My Existence and the Object of All My Desires”

By Mason Stempel April 6, 2022

★★★★☆ Dearest gentle reader, hold on to your bonnets — because the enchanting costumery and sizzling sexual tension of the second season of “Bridgerton” will knock your stockings clean...

‘Tall Girl 2’ Is The Worst Rom-Com Film Since ‘Tall Girl’

‘Tall Girl 2’ Is The Worst Rom-Com Film Since ‘Tall Girl’

By Mason Stempel February 23, 2022

★★☆☆☆ Apparently being a gratifying sequel to Netflix’s original teen rom-com about a six-foot-one-and-a-half girl is too tall of an order for “Tall Girl 2.” With caricatured acting,...

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