Netflix Picks: May 2017

BEST BET – FILM
War Machine – 5/26
Netflix’s biggest acquisition to date: A $60 million satire about U.S. involvement in Afghanistan starring Brad Pitt from the director of Animal Kingdom. It’s going to be really tricky to pull off, but these are some talented folks involved.

BEST BET – TV
Master of None (Season 2) – 5/12
The first season was one of my favorite shows of 2015: not only insightful into modern relationships and being the children of immigrants, but also frequently hilarious. Season Two takes us to Italy. Woooooooooo!

BEST BET – COMEDY
Norm Macdonald: Hitler’s Dog, Gossip & Trickery – 5/9
Since Netflix has promised a minimum of one new stand-up special a week for the rest of the year, I’m going to highlight one each month. Norm Macdonald’s talent has only been elevated in the year’s since he left his controversial run at SNL. With memorable appearances on late night shows, as well an insightful Twitter account and a brilliant faux-memoir, he’s one of the best around. I don’t know where a joke about Hitler’s dog is going to come from, but I’m here to listen to Norm tell it.

NETFLIX ORIGINALS
In the Shadow of Iris – 5/1
Maria Bamford: Old Baby – 5/2
Chelsea (Season 2) – 5/5
Handsome – 5/5
Kazoops! (Season 3) – 5/5
Sense8 (Season 2) – 5/5
Simplemente Manu Nna – 5/5
Spirit: Riding Free (Season 1) – 5/5
The Last Kingdom (Season 2) – 5/5
The Mars Generation – 5/5
All Hail King Julien: Exiled (Season 1) – 5/12
Anne with an E (Season 1) – 5/12
Get Me Roger Stone – 5/12
Mindhorn – 5/12
Sahara – 5/12
Tracy Morgan: Staying Alive – 5/16
BLAME! – 5/19
Laerte-se – 5/19
The Keepers (Season 1) – 5/19
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Season 3) – 5/19
Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King – 5/23
Bloodline (Season 3) – 5/26
Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower – 5/26
Bunk’d (Season 2) – 5/28
F Is for Family (Season 2) – 5/30
House of Cards (Season 5) – 5/30
Sarah Silverman: A Speck of Dust – 5/30

CATALOG SHOWS
Under Arrest (Season 5) – 5/1
Switched at Birth (Season 5) – 5/11
The Fosters (Season 4) – 5/11
Sherlock (Series 4) – 5/15
Royal Pains (Season 8) – 5/18
Riverdale (Season 1) – 5/18

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