The new Netflix legal drama rocketing up the Top 10 chart
Legal dramas continue to dominate the top charts on Netflix, with the newly released Partner Track — based on Helen Wan’s 2013 novel of the …
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Here are the 4 new Netflix releases everyone will be talking about next week
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This might be Netflix’s most cringe-inducing dating show yet
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Netflix’s raunchy new movie with Kevin Hart and Mark Wahlberg is out tomorrow
John Hamburg first directed Kevin Hart a couple of decades ago, for the Judd Apatow-created TV show Undeclared on Fox. Since then, Hart has evolved …
The 10 movies dominating Netflix around the world this week
For the second week in a row, occupying the #1 spot on the list of the Top 10 Netflix movies worldwide is a Jamie Foxx-led …
7 new Netflix titles start streaming today, and one is totally insane
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Wild John McAfee Netflix doc questions whether or not he’s really dead
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This atrocious new Netflix movie is nothing but a sex-fest
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The 5 biggest Netflix series in the world this week – including 1 must-watch K-drama
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The mind-bending new Netflix drama you need to binge watch right now
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Fans of Killing Eve and The Americans will love this new Netflix spy show
Before opening on a shot of an alley not far from the Berlin Wall (circa East Berlin, 1987), a title card for the Netflix German-language …
The 6 most popular HBO shows right now
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TinyWow: This free file converter website has completely changed the way I work
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‘The tide is moving out on TikTok’: A conversation with FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr
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Here are 6 new Netflix releases that’ll have everyone talking next week
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Watch more exciting House of the Dragon footage ahead of this weekend’s debut
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Do you use Apple Pay? It’s (almost) everywhere now
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5 new Netflix titles released today, including 1 you can’t miss
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The #1 Netflix show in the world right now is a trippy visual masterpiece
One of the patterns you often see with Netflix’s new releases that rocket up the streamer’s Top 10 charts immediately post-release is an inevitable deceleration …
The story behind that heartwarming image you’re seeing on Google’s homepage today
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New Netflix doc revisits an NFL player’s secret, scandalous online relationship
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What people are saying about the #1 Netflix movie in the US right now
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People are loving the new season of this quirky Netflix dramedy
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2 fantastic new Netflix documentaries out now that you need to watch
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Everyone will be buzzing about these 5 Netflix releases next week
In addition to the regular Netflix content we produce, tracking new additions to the streamer on a weekly and monthly basis, every Friday we also …
