NETFLIX this week
“Damsel” (2024)
Make your own destiny with the fantasy adventure film “Damsel,” making its debut Friday, March 8, on Netflix.the film stars Millie Bobby Brown (“Enola Holmes,” 2020) as Elodie, a dutiful damsel who agrees to marry a handsome prince. But Elodie’s hopes of a fairytale soon shatter around her when she learns that the whole proposal was a trap, with the royal family planning to use her as a sacrifice to repay an ancient debt.thrown into a cave with a fire-breathing dragon, Elodie learns who she truly is as she uses nothing but her wits and her will to live. From director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (“28 Weeks Later,” 2007), “Damsel” is written by Dan Mazeau (“Wrath of the Titans,” 2012). Robin Wright (“Forrest Gump,” 1994),Angela Bassett (“9-1-1”), Nick Robinson (“Love,victor”), Brooke Carter (“The Peripheral”), Ray Winstone (“Sexy Beast,” 2000) and Shohreh Aghdashloo (“The Expanse”) also star.
“Full Swing” - Season 2
Golf fans have the opportunity to peek behind the scenes of the sport once more when “Full Swing” returns to Netflix with its second season Wednesday, March 6.This immersive documentary series follows a diverse group of professional golfers — both returning favorites and some new faces — on and off the course through all the triumphs and challenges of a relentless competition season.as they take on the non-stop, high-stakes schedule of the PGA Tour, cameras follow the golfers, their families and their teams as they train for and play in The Players,the Masters, the PGA Championship, the U.S. Open,the Open Championship and Fedexcup Playoffs.across the series’ eight episodes, fans see what it takes to succeed at the highest level of men’s professional golf. Plus, this season promises some even more dramatic stakes, with an “unexpected proposed agreement between the PGA Tour, the DP World Tour and the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, backers of LIV Golf, as well as the Ryder Cup, a biennial event, putting golf on the world stage with a team competition consisting of the best players from the U.S. and Europe” (per Netflix).this season features appearances from some of the biggest names in the sport alongside some relative newcomers, including Rory Mcilroy, Justin Thomas, Dustin Johnson, Rickie
Fowler,tom Kim, Joel Dahmen, Matt Fitzpatrick,alex Fitzpatrick, wyndham Clark, Keegan Bradley and Justin Rose, along with Ryder Cup captains Luke Donald and Zach Johnson.
“The Gentlemen”
Keep your guard up for director and writer Guy Ritchie’s (“Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels,” 1998) newest gangster series, “The Gentlemen,” premiering Thursday, March 7, on Netflix. Based in the same world as Ritchie’s 2019 film of the same name, this series continuation features a whole new story and a new cast of criminally intriguing characters. “The Gentlemen” stars Theo James (“The White Lotus”) as Eddie, who unexpectedly inherits his father’s sizable country estate.adding on to the surprises, Eddie discovers that not only is his inheritance part of a large cannabis empire, but a number of unsavory characters from Britain’s criminal underworld want a piece of the operation.trying to get himself out of the clutches of his new “associates,” Eddie tries to play the gangsters at their own game and soon finds himself developing a taste for crime. The series also stars Kaya Scodelario (“Skins”), Ray Winstone (“The Departed,” 2006), Daniel Ings (“Lovesick”), Giancarlo Esposito (“Better Call Saul”),vinnie Jones (“Snatch,” 2000), Joely Richardson (“Nip/tuck”) and relative newcomer Shane Walker (“Domino Day”).
“Hot Wheels Let’s Race” - Season 1
Get ready to win with flying colors when “Hot Wheels Let’s Race,” the new animated family series from Netflix and Mattel, premieres Monday, March 4, on Netflix. Based on the long-popular Hot Wheels toys, this high-octane series takes viewers on a highspeed adventure, following “the newest generation of racers as they experience mind-blowing races, extreme stunt contests and thrill-seeking challenges” (per Netflix).an adventure that “ignites and unlocks the challenger spirit within every racer,” “Hot Wheels Let’s Race” comes from series creators Robert David (“He-man and the Masters of the Universe”), Jordan Gershowitz (“The Twisted Timeline of Sammy & Raj”) and Melanie Shannon (“Masters of the Universe: Revolution”). Featuring music by Fall Out Boy frontman Patrick Stump (“Sugar We’re Goin down”), “Let’s Race” is executive produced by David, Christopher Keenan (“Polly Pocket”) and Fred Soulie (“Hot Wheels: Ultimate Challenge”).