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Tom's Guide
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Tom's Guide
3 best new Netflix movies you (probably) missed this month
Netflix adds a lot of new movies every single month, and naturally, when dozens of new additions flood the streaming service's library, some will get lost in the shuffle. May 2025 has been a slow month for new Netflix original movies, and the few that did arrive, like 'Nonnas,' went straight to No. 1, so they enjoyed plenty of attention. However, Netflix also added a bunch of older library titles this month, and a few of these didn't quite receive the interest that I had expected. So, if you think you've exhausted the 'new arrivals' section, here are three new movies added to Netflix this month that you (probably) haven't watched yet. I was a little surprised that 'Hanna' didn't make more of an impression on Netflix subscribers this month. Netflix viewers seem to gobble up action-thrillers with glee (even the bad ones, like the awful 'Midnight in the Switchgrass' which went to No. 1), and yet this 2011 assassin thriller didn't even manage to rank in the top 10 list. That's a real shame, as it's a well-crafted globe-trotting ride that packs a breakthrough performance from a young Saoirse Ronan. The eponymous Hanna (Ronan) is a 15-year-old with extraordinarily lethal skills after a childhood of training under the watch of her stern father, Erik Heller (Eric Bana), an ex-C.I.A. operative. Hanna's upbringing has shaped her into a lethal assassin, but she is forced to question everything she knows when she's dispatched to eliminate a target with ties to Erik's past, Marissa Wiegler (Cate Blanchett). What follows is a deadly cat-and-mouse game, and as Hanna gets closer to some hidden truths about her past, her primary objective begins to shift. Watch "Hanna' on Netflix now The enigmatic Coen Brothers are most fondly known for their work on movies like 'The Big Lebowski,' 'Fargo' and 'No Country for Old Men.' Those are all fantastic flicks and have earned deserved plaudits, but for my money, 'Burn After Reading' is the directing duo's most overlooked film. This black comedy packs an all-star cast with George Clooney, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, John Malkovich and Brad Pitt all in the mix. Plus, it boasts a charmingly irreverent tone and the Coens' usual habit of writing laser-sharp scripts. It's a real hoot and a half. Osbourne Cox (Malkovich) is a retired CIA analyst who decides to write his memoir. Meanwhile, his wife (Swinton) is having an affair with U.S. Marshal Harry (Clooney). When a CD with Osbourne's first memoir draft is left behind in a gym locker room and found by two bumbling employees (Pitt and McDormand), the pair think they've found the perfect get-rich-quick scheme. They plan to blackmail Osbourne for the return of what they believe to be classified government information. It all leads to a messy knot of hilarious mix-ups, melodrama and unexpected consequences for all parties involved. Watch "Burn After Reading' on Netflix now 'Train to Busan' is another case where I'm more than a little surprised that the movie didn't make a real impact on the Netflix top 10 list. Perhaps it's the fact that this is a Korean movie, so it does require watching with subtitles, but that's a tiny barrier that shouldn't deny anybody entry. For those who have watched, they'll know it's a titan of the zombie genre for good reason, delivering past-faced thrills and a frighteningly plausible vision of the apocalypse. The 2016 movie sees Soek-Woo (Gong Yoo) board a high-speed train from Seoul to Busan with his daughter. As they make their way to their destination, an apocalyptic event breaks out, and flesh-eating zombies emerge. The train journey becomes a non-stop nightmare as passengers face a battle for survival against threats both inside and outside the train. Rarely dropping the intensity levels for a moment, 'Train to Busan' is a first-class action-horror. Watch "Train to Busan' on Netflix now
Yahoo
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
What's Coming to Netflix in May 2025
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Generate Key Takeaways From beloved animated films to new shows vying for Emmy consideration, Netflix's May releases include a number of returning favorites and originals. New releases include the Oscar-nominated animated film 'The Wild Robot,' the 'Fear Street' follow-up 'Prom Queen' directed by Matt Palmer, the eighth and final season of 'Big Mouth' featuring guest stars Cynthia Erivo, Quinta Brunson and Holly Hunter, the new limited series 'Sirens' starring Julianne Moore and Kevin Bacon and the fourth volume of 'Love, Death and Robots,' which features 10 brand-new stories. More from Variety A new month also brings new classics to Netflix, with April's lineup of older titles including George Lucas' 'American Graffiti,' 'Burn After Reading,' 'Dawn of the Dead,' 'Ocean's Eleven,' 'Starship Troopers' and 'Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit,' among others. Take a look at Netflix's full May schedule below. May 1 'Ali' 'Airport' 'Airport 1975' 'Airport '77' 'American Gangster' 'American Graffiti' 'Angi: Fake Life, True Crime' (Netflix Original) 'Burn After Reading' 'Constantine' 'Crazy, Stupid, Love.' 'Dawn of the Dead' 'Eat Pray Love' 'The Equalizer 2' 'Hanna' 'Home' 'Mid90s' 'Ocean's Eleven' 'Ocean's Twelve' 'Ocean's Thirteen' 'Past Lives' 'Paul' 'The Paper Tigers' 'The Sugarland Express' 'Sisters' 'Starship Troopers' 'The Biggest Fan' (Netflix Original) 'The Cliche' 'The Four Seasons' Season 1 (Netflix Original) 'The Jerk' 'The Lego Movie' 'The Mule' 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1' 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2' 'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse' 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' 'Trainwreck' 'Trolls' 'Twilight' 'Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit' 'Why I Dressed Up For Love' May 2 'Bad Boy' (Season 1) 'Peninsula' 'Train to Busan' 'Unseen' Season 2 May 4 'Conan O'Brien: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor' (Netflix Original) May 5 'Britain and the Blitz' (Netflix Original) 'Mighty Monsterwheelies' Season 2 (Netflix Original) May 5 'Britain and the Blitz' (Netflix Original) 'Mighty Monsterwheelies' Season 2 (Netflix Original) May 6 'The Devil's Plan' Season 2 (Netflix Original) 'Untold: Shooting Guards' (Netflix Original) May 7 'Fun Speed' Season 2 'Last Bullet/Lost Bullet 3' (Netflix Original) May 8 'Blood of Zeus' Season 3 (Netflix Original) 'Forever' Season 1 (Netflix Original) 'Heart Eyes' 'The Haunted Apartment 'Miss K'' May 9 'A Deadly American Marriage' (Netflix Original) 'Bad Influence' (Netflix Original) 'Nonnas' (Netflix Original) 'Too Hot to Handle: Italy' Season 1 (Netflix Original) 'The Royals' Season 1 (Netflix Original) May 11 'ABBA: Against the Odds' May 12 'Tastefully Yours' Season 1 (Netflix Original) May 13 'All American' Season 7 'Bad Thoughts' Season 1 (Netflix Original) 'Untold: The Liver King' (Netflix Original) May 14 'American Manhunt: Osama bin Laden' Season 1 (Netflix Original) 'Fred and Rose West: A British Horror Story' (Netflix Original) 'Garbo: Where Did You Go?' 'Married at First Sight' Season 17 'Smile' 'Snakes and Ladders' Season 1 (Netflix Original) May 15 'Bet' Season 1 (Netflix Original) 'Franklin' Season 1 (Netflix Original) 'Love, Death & Robots' Volume 4 (Netflix Original) 'Pernille' Season 5 (Netflix Original) 'Secrets We Keep' (Netflix Original) 'Thank You, Next' Season 2 (Netflix Original) 'The Reserve' (Netflix Original) 'Vini Jr.' (Netflix Original) May 16 'Dear Hongrang' Season 1 (Netflix Original) 'Football Parents' Season 1 (Netflix Original) 'Instant Family' 'Rotten Legacy' Season 1 (Netflix Original) 'The Quilters' (Netflix Original) 'Where Hope Grows' May 20 'Sarah Silverman: Postmortem' (Netflix Original) 'Untold: The Fall of Favre' (Netflix Original) May 21 'Poor' Season 1 (Netflix Original) 'Real Men' Season 1 (Netflix Original) 'Sneaky Links: Dating After Dark' Season 1 (Netflix Original) 'The UnXplained with William Shatner' Season 6 May 22 'She The People' Season 1 — Part 1 (Netflix Original) 'Sirens' (Netflix Original) May 23 'Air Force Elite: Thunderbirds' (Netflix Original) 'Big Mouth' Season 8 (Netflix Original) 'Fear Street: Prom Queen' (Netflix Original) 'Forget You Not' Season 1 (Netflix Original) 'Off Track 2' (Netflix Original) May 24 'Our Unwritten Soul' Season 1 (Netflix Original) 'The Wild Robot' May 26 'CoComelon' Season 13 (Netflix Original) 'Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders' (Netflix Original) 'Mike Birbiglia: The Good Life' (Netflix Original) May 27 'Better Late Than Single' (Netflix Original) May 28 'F1: The Academy' Season 1 (Netflix Original) May 29 'Dept. Q' Season 1 (Netflix Original) 'Losmen Bu Broto: The Series' Season 1 (Netflix Original) May 30 'A Widow's Game' (Netflix Original) 'Lost in Starlight' (Netflix Original) 'The Heart Knows' (Netflix Original) May 31 'Netflix Tudum 2025' (Live) Best of Variety Sign up for Variety's Newsletter. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Yahoo
16-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
George Clooney Says Calling For Biden To Drop Out Was His 'Civic Duty'
George Clooney isn't apologizing for his op-ed imploring President Joe Biden to pass the torch during the lead-up to the 2024 election. The Oscar winner stood by his divisive New York Times essay while talking to CNN's Jake Tapper about his role as newsman Edward R. Murrow in the Broadway adaptation of his 2005 film, 'Good Night, and Good Luck.' As Clooney spoke about his admiration for Murrow, an outspoken critic of anti-communist crusader Sen. Joseph McCarthy, Tapper said that many have also called Clooney courageous. 'I don't know if it was brave. It was a civic duty,' said the actor, referring to his July 2024 piece titled 'I Love Joe Biden. But We Need a New Nominee.' Describing himself as a Kentucky Democrat, Clooney told Tapper that when he 'saw people on my side of the street not telling the truth, I thought that was time to' confront the issue of Biden's age. Asked if his op-ed angered people, the actor-director said he couldn't take offense at the criticism. 'That's OK, you know,' he told Tapper. 'Listen, the idea of freedom of speech is you can't demand freedom of speech and then say, 'But don't say bad things about me.'' 'That's the deal, you have to take your stand if you believe in it,' Clooney continued. 'Take a stand, stand for it and then deal with the consequences. That's the rules.' Reminding Tapper how he already dealt with blowback for his opposition to the Iraq War, he said, 'People picketed my movies and they put me on a deck of cards: I have to take that, that's fair.' 'I defend their right to criticize me as much as I defend my right to criticize them,' the 'Burn After Reading' star continued. In his essay, the devoted Democrat and high-profile fundraiser argued that Biden simply couldn't lead the left to victory after the world witnessed his dismal debate against now-President Donald Trump. 'We are not going to win in November with this president,' he stated bluntly in the op-ed, adding that the fate of the House and Senate were also at risk. Though President Biden would bow out of the race less than two weeks later and christen Vice President Kamala Harris as his successor, the shift in strategy did not save the day. Trump Throws A Fit At 'Failed' George Clooney In Bonkers New Sunday Night Rant George Clooney Reveals What Made Him Change His Mind About Fatherhood George Clooney Makes Trump An Offer In Taunting Clapback: 'I Will If He Does'
New York Times
29-03-2025
- Politics
- New York Times
The Trump White House's Signal Problem
'It's not the crime; it's the cover-up' is a horrible cliché of Washington journalism, but nonetheless it fits the Signal scandal that engulfed the Trump administration this week. The apparently unwitting inclusion of Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor of The Atlantic, in high-level national security preparations for a strike against the Houthis, is both a great story and a grave embarrassment. But it's not nearly as fundamentally damaging as the wall-to-wall coverage might suggest. The Trump White House's reflexive attempt to attack the messenger, on the other hand, is an illustration of the new administration's biggest political problem: its difficulty in speaking to anyone who isn't already invested in its cause. The scandal itself belongs to the world of Trump's first term, when an administration took power unprepared and stumbled through various chaotic episodes that yielded similarly stumblebum attempts to take the White House down. The artistic touchstone for these follies was the Coen brothers' mordant comedy 'Burn After Reading,' a Washington movie about hapless people blundering their way through an imagined world of international skulduggery. But Trump and his allies survived these spates of folly because the surface chaos didn't yield real disasters. For the first three years, the economy kept growing, the stock market stayed high, and American foreign policy avoided new wars and major debacles — and then the pandemic's arrival felt more like an act of God than an act of Trump. This created a certain public tolerance for Trumpian follies — and a certain nostalgia, when the Biden era proved war-torn and inflationary, for an era when D.C. meltdowns coexisted with greater general peace. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
