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'Dog Gone:' More than the expected dog cliché

‘Dog Gone:’ More than the expected dog cliché

Leticia Cezário Santos, Marketing Director January 25, 2023

On Jan. 13, Netflix launched "Dog Gone," which has stayed within the platform's top 10 trending programs ever since. Furry protagonist Gonker's story is different from the ones you are used to — it has...

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Cullen’s scandal: Netflix produces yet another true crime documentary

Leticia Cezário Santos, Marketing Director November 16, 2022

After releasing "The Good Nurse," Netflix returned with "Capturing the Killer Nurse." Launched on Nov. 11, the documentary further explores the story of Charlie Cullen.  If you didn't watch "The Good...

'The Good Nurse': What does the system keep hidden away?

‘The Good Nurse’: What does the system keep hidden away?

Leticia Cezário Santos, Marketing Director November 9, 2022

*Review contains spoilers* Do you know what happens within the systems you rely on as a citizen? What would you do if you found out your co-worker, and almost best friend, might be a criminal? Or even...

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“The Watcher:” Receiving letters was never so terrorizing

Leticia Cezário Santos, Marketing Director November 2, 2022

We all love a good old mystery to turn our heads upside down. This is what "The Watcher" came for (literally). On Oct. 13, Netflix launched this true-story-based production starring Naomi Watts and...

‘Blonde:’ Problematic from beginning to end

‘Blonde:’ Problematic from beginning to end

Leticia Cezário Santos, Marketing Director October 5, 2022

*Content Warning: This movie is rated NC-17 and contains explicit and sensitive material which might be triggering for some.  "Above all, I want to be treated as a human being," Marilyn Monroe once...

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‘Look Both Ways’: What if it was all different?

Leticia Cezário Santos, Marketing Director September 28, 2022

*Spoilers ahead* Here we are — the first month of classes is almost gone, and you might still be wondering what this semester will look like for you. Besides that, if you are about to graduate, you...

Netflix's new stop-motion film depicts three unsettling stories taking place in the same house.

Netflix’s new stop-motion film ‘The House’ is trending

Bridget Janis, Managing Editor January 26, 2022

Stop motion is the most underrated type of film, as they are usually so artfully done and worth watching. Netflix’s new film — “The House '' — has gone viral for its off-putting stop motion and...

"Don't Look Up," starring Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio, may not have been the best movie ever, but its message is extremely important.

It doesn’t matter if ‘Don’t Look Up’ was bad

Bridget Janis, Managing Editor January 12, 2022

Everyone is so far from reality these days, on seemingly unreachable planets, that we have to just try making bad movies with deep meanings and mock people to get anyone’s attention. “Don’t Look...

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