Netflix is blessing us this week with some true gems.
Up first is Triple Frontier, an action flick with a casting sheet that reads “rugged, manly, and famous.” Everyone from Ben Affleck to Oscar Isaac to Charlie Hunnam is in this heist thriller about a group of military vets trying to steal millions from a drug lord deep in the jungle of South America. The BDE vibes continue with Idris Elba’s Turn Up Charlie, which transforms the action hero into a struggling DJ-turned-manny. And, if you need a dose of reality, the third season of Queer Eye is here to remind you that there are good people out in the world and they know how to dress, decorate, and make a killer guacamole.
Triple Frontier (Netflix film streaming 3/13)
Netflix’s next entry into the big-budget action flick universe is this heist thriller starring a whos-who of Hollywood hunks. Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac, Charlie Hunnam, Garrett Hedlund, and Pedro Pascal play a group a former special ops bros who reunite to take down an infamous cartel kingpin and steal his profits in the process. Isaac and the rest of the guys are looking suitably rugged, traipsing through the jungle in all their salt-and-pepper glory, ready to do a bad thing for a good reason. It won’t end well, of course, but the ride will be fun.
Turn Up Charlie (Netflix series streaming 3/15)
It’s finally here. Idris Elba’s comedy about a washed-up-DJ-turned-f*ckable-manny has arrived on Netflix and the world shall never be the same. Elba — who actually can turn the tables guys — plays the titular Charlie, a guy who sports wine stains on his shirts at gigs and is nearing the end of his lackluster career until a friend hires him to babysit his problem child. Elba doesn’t do much comedy, so this is a welcome change, even though we won’t be seeing him as James Bond incorporating a DJ set into the next 007 flick.
Queer Eye: Season 3 (Netflix series streaming 3/15)
The Fab Five return for another season of feel-good makeovers and guacamole-making lessons. This time, Antoni Porowski, Karamo Brown, Jonathan Van Ness, Tan France, and Bobby Berk take their life-renovation skills to Kansas City where they’ll help more straight white dudes get their sh*t together. It’s the kind of fluffy content the world needs right now.
Here’s a full list of what’s been added in the last week:
Avail. 3/12/19
Jimmy Carr: The Best of Ultimate Gold Greatest Hits
Terrace House: Opening New Doors: Part 6
Avail. 3/13/19
Triple Frontier
Avail. 3/15/19
A Separation
Arrested Development: Season 5 B
Burn Out
Dry Martina
Girl
If I Hadn’t Met You
Kung Fu Hustle
Las muñecas de la mafia: Season 2
Love, Death & Robots
Paskal
Queer Eye: Season 3
Robozuna: Season 2
The Lives of Others
Turn Up Charlie
YooHoo to the Rescue
And here’s what’s leaving next week, so it’s your last chance:
Leaving 3/16/19
Baby Mama
Charlie St. Cloud
Role Models
Leaving 3/18/19
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
