10 things to watch on Netflix in September 2017
What's new on the streaming service this month?
Words: Gentleman's Journal
Netflix just keeps getting better. Later this year, films starring Dustin Hoffman and Will Smith are coming to the streaming service, released across Netflix rather than in cinemas. Mixing originals alongside existing titles, the platform is now an unparalleled wealth of entertainment – and this is what to expect this September…
The story continues after the death of Pablo Escobar and shows the fight of DEA against the Cali Cartel. Expect action moving to New York, as well as back in Colombia as Pedro Pascal returns – all guns blazing – as DEA agent Javier Pena.
Everyone loves a boxing drama, and Ben Younger’s Bleed for This is one of the best of recent years. Starring Miles Teller, it tells the story of former world champion boxer Vinny Pazienza, now known as Vinny Paz as he fights to get back into the ring after a car accident.
Set roughly a decade before the events of the original Star Trek series, separate from the timeline of the concurrent feature films, Discovery will explore the Federation-Klingon cold war while following the crew of the USS Discovery.
Presented by the comedian and his father, this new road trip comedy series sees the the pair travel to South East Asia on a popular “gap year route”, and will involve them travelling through countries such as Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia.
If you haven’t seen it yet, then shame on you. Britain’s best spy comes back to Netflix on 22nd September in Spectre – the latest film which saw 007 flit from Rome to London to Mexico. Co-starring Christoph Waltz as a villain with a familiar past, this is Daniel Craig’s finest hour as Bond.
Directed by Angelina Jolie, this hard-hitting biographical thriller is an adaptation of Loung Ung’s memoir. Not for the faint-hearted, it tells the story of the Cambodian author’s experiences during the Khmer Rouge years.
Riding strong on the coattails of Making A Murderer, Strong Island, a film about a black man who became the prime suspect in his own murder, is the latest addition to Netflix’s crime documentary catalogue. Expect water-cooler talk until Christmas.
The story of a former youth boxing champion, Jimmy McCabe is a man in search of hope but looking in all the wrong places. When he hits rock bottom he turns to his childhood boxing club and the only family he has left: gym owner Bill, cornerman Eddie and promoter Joe. A British underdog story.
If you haven’t seen the first season, get watching now. Kiefer Sutherland plays a lowly politician thrust into the role of President after a bombing. And, after an explosive first season, we’re convinced we’ll stay hooked.
Quentin Tarantino’s two-part martial arts film series was a hit when released, and is bound to see a resurgence in popularity once it hits Netflix. The cult classics follow a character initially identified as “The Bride,” a former assassin seeking revenge on her ex-colleagues who massacred members of her wedding party and tried to kill her.
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