The first season of ‘Lupine’, the third of ‘The Kominsky method’, the animated ‘The Mitchells against the machines’ and the Spanish thriller ‘Bajo cero’ are some of the platform’s titles that are worthwhile

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Netflix is not having a buoyant 2021, but in the meantime there is always a good title. Here are five television series and five movies that the platform has released this year and they are worth it.

Lupine: The best Netflix series and movies so far this year

With Netflix low due to the pandemic, the platform divided the first season of the French ‘Lupine ‘ into two parts. In January, the first five episodes of this series created by the British George Kay and starring the French Omar Sy (‘Untouchable’) as this white-collar thief who wants to avenge his father while sneaking into the Louvre , premiered in January . Escapism with good views: Paris and protagonist. The second part premiered last Friday and there will be a third.

[ “Lupine,” Netflix’s latest global hit ]

Who Killed Sara?: The best Netflix series and movies so far this year

Along with ‘Lupine’, Netflix also pulverized viewing marks with the Mexican ‘ thriller’ ‘Who killed Sara?’ . The platform also divided the first season into two parts: the first, of ten installments, premiered in March; the second, eight, in May. As in ‘Lupine’, the protagonist ( Manolo Cardona ) seeks revenge after leaving prison for the murder of his sister that he did not commit. Funambulismo between the genre ‘Who did it’ and the Latin American soap opera with the Spanish Ginés García Millán as the villain.

[ Ginés García Millán, the villain of ‘Who Killed Sara?’: “It reminds us of the Agatha Christie novels” ]

The Kominsky method 3: The best Netflix series and movies so far this year

Three seasons is what Netflix series ( the most fortunate ones ) can endure lately . The wonderful family comedy ‘Day by Day’ lasted three seasons and ‘The Kominsky Method’ lasted for three seasons , the latest from the priest Chuck Lorre . At this last stop, Alan Arkin falls off the trip , but Michael Douglas continues , as that old actor who never quite succeeded and is now paired (again) with Kathleen Turner. “The series does not lose strength and addresses the great problems that torment the human being with a sensitivity free of stupidity,” said Federico Marín Bellón.

Master of None 3: The best Netflix series and movies so far this year

The third season of ‘Master of None’ , released in May without prior notice , is not as such; It is more of a cutting now starring Denise ( Lena Waithe ), who was Dev’s best friend ( Aziz Ansari , who directs all five episodes). The title, as it happened in its excellent sequel, it changes its skin again; this time to tell the story of a divorce, that is, that of a marriage, that is, that of an infidelity. Not an iota of comedy in this snobbish drama about a superfluous writer in full creative block. Claimable its fourth and penultimate episode about a single lesbian woman trying to get pregnant. Perhaps this ‘Master of None Presents: Moments of Love’ is the first series to portray the tedium and loneliness of the pandemic.

Feel good 2

Two seasons has lasted ‘Feel Good’ , one (another) more dramedia about a comedian who, while undoing her drug addiction, falls in love. It is written and stars Mae Martin . Appears ‘s friend Lisa Kudrow as the mother of the protagonist. He doesn’t give up on drama to make people laugh.

Special mentions of series

‘Shtisel’ (season 3), ‘Cobra Kai’ (season 3), ‘Hache’ (season 2), ‘The neighbor’ (season 2), ‘Red sky’ , ‘The innocent’ , ‘The snake’, ‘ Luis Miguel. The series’ (season 2), ‘Love, Death & Robots’ (season 2), ‘ Halston ‘ ,’ Special ‘(season 2),’ Lucifer ‘(season 5B).

The Mitchells against the machines

Michael Rianda and Jeff Rowe , screenwriters of the magnificent series ‘Gravity Falls’ (Disney +) are premiered in the direction and writing of a feature film with the familiar and frenzied ‘The Mitchells against the machines’ .

News from the big world

ABC film critic Oti Rodríguez Marchante gave four stars to ‘Noticias del gran mundo’, “a western with another air and breath, a wonderful film . ” It stars Tom Hanks and is directed by Paul Greengrass (‘Flight 93’, ‘Captain Phillips’).

[ Tom Hanks: “You can’t make a western today if you don’t have lightsabers” ]

Below zero

It was going to be released in theaters, but the pandemic truncated the screening in theaters of ‘Bajo cero’ , a Spanish ‘thriller’ with a trio of aces such as Javier Gutiérrez , Karra Elejalde and Luis Callejo . In these cases, it is better not to know anything about the premise to enjoy each turn. Lluís Quílez directs this story about a van with prisoners. According to Rodríguez Marchante, “the director shines in action scenes, in the production of claustrophobia and in the weaving of threads – sympathy, danger, understanding – with his characters.”

[ The reasons for the success of “Bajocero”, the most watched Spanish film on Netflix worldwide ]

Fragments of a woman

Very hard story about the birth of a marriage, the literal and the figurative, the one that proposes ‘Fragments of a woman’ . This woman, who has to live the unspeakable, is played by Vanessa Kirby , nominated for an Oscar for this role. He is accompanied by Ellen Burstyn (88) as the mother of the protagonist.

Malcolm & Marie

Netflix lit the black and white of ‘Mank ‘ with the black and white of ‘Malcolm and Marie’ , a film written and directed by Sam Levinson (‘Euphoria’) during the pandemic. It is everything metatextual (sexual) you can expect from a story about a film director ( John David Washington ) and his girlfriend ( Zendaya ), both at home after the premiere of their film. “The plot and its space-time anchor have the DNA of a theatrical performance, although the planning and the elegant dance of the camera make it a succulent cinematic feast”, wrote Oti Rodríguez Marchante.

Movie Special Mentions

‘White tiger’, ‘The excavation’, ‘To all the boys: Forever’, ‘Crazy about her’ , ‘Oxygen’, ‘The woman in the window’ , ‘Army of the dead’ , ‘Xtremo’, ‘ Of love and monsters. ‘