Weekly movie highlights: Squid Games triumph, Netflix's most popular projects and more
Miscellaneous / / October 03, 2021
All the most interesting from the world of cinema over the past week.
Netflix names the most popular original films and TV series on the site
At the Code conference, Netflix content head Ted Sarandos shared data on the most successful movies and TV shows produced by the service. Although the company does not like to disclose information about views, this time they made an exception and revealed not only the leaders in terms of the number of viewers, but also in terms of viewing time.
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A new trailer for the film "The Harder to Fall" about dark-skinned cowboys has been released
A new trailer for James Samuel's "The Harder It Hurts to Fall" has been released on Netflix's YouTube channel. This is a true western, where all the main characters are played by black actors and actresses.
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The first reviews on "No Time to Die" appeared on the web
Already on October 7, Russia will host the premiere of "No Time to Die" - the last film about James Bond with Daniel Craig in the title role, which was repeatedly postponed due to the pandemic. Reviews of foreign critics have already appeared on the Web - Lifehacker chose the most important of these articles.
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Everyone's Talking about "Playing Squid" - New Korean Netflix Series
The new South Korean TV series, Squid Game, burst onto Netflix's hottest content lists in just a few days. The show is actively discussed on the Web, so its name has already been heard even by those who have not seen the trailer or do not watch the series online at all.
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Ridley Scott confirms Gladiator sequel plans
Ridley Scott in an interview with Empire magazine confirmed that he plans to shoot a sequel to the cult "Gladiator", starring Russell Crowe. He will do this film after the biographical drama Kitbag, which is dedicated to Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine de Beauharnais. Joaquin Phoenix and Jody Comer will star in this film.
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"KinoPoisk HD" announced the fantasy series "Eterna" and "Furia" in the "Major of Thunder" universe
On September 30, KinoPoisk held a large presentation of new original content for its online cinema. One of the main announcements was "Fury" - this is a new series, which will be an adaptation of the Bubble comics "Red Fury".
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Premieres of the week🎬
- "Titan": why watch a nasty body horror in which the heroine gets pregnant from a car
- Why "Venom-2" will seem boring and sometimes just unbearable to you
- In Guilty, Jake Gyllenhaal is just on the phone. But you can't tear yourself away from the film
Cover: stills from the series "The Squid Game" and "Eterna" / Netflix, BlackPrince Productions and the film "No Time to Die" / Universal Pictures