Staying Fit
As the calendar flips to May, Netflix closes out the spring with a bouquet of buzzy new releases. Whether they come in the form of returning favorites (Bridgerton), star-studded sci-fi action-adventures (Jennifer Lopez’s Atlas), or just some good ol’ comedy comfort food (Jerry Seinfeld’s Unfrosted), there’s something for just about everyone. So while you’re looking for ways to pass the time before you can officially break out the sunscreen and swim trunks, allow us to offer some suggestions.
Coming May 2
A Man in Full
Jeff Daniels and Diane Lane star in this darkly funny limited series based on Tom Wolfe’s bestselling novel about a prickly Atlanta real estate mogul who’s facing bankruptcy and fighting off all of the ready-to-pounce jackals eager to see his fall from grace. From David E. Kelley, the producing powerhouse behind Big Little Lies, Anatomy of a Scandal, and, way back when, Ally McBeal.
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Secrets of the Neanderthals
Netflix has always been the home for a treasure trove of eye-opening nature documentaries, but its latest deep dive into planetary history comes with an added incentive: It’s narrated by Captain Picard himself, Patrick Stewart, 83. Scientists unearth 300,000-year-old remains of our long-lost relatives, Neanderthals, who turn out to have been a lot more complicated than we thought.
Coming May 3
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in LA
The deliriously self-deprecating comic takes a page from the Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee playbook for this six-episode live series in which he explores the hidden (and not so hidden) corners of Tinseltown with his funny pals who, he boasts, “are equal to, but not necessarily, Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, and David Letterman.” While you’re at it, check out Mulaney’s amazing stand-up Netflix specials New in Town, Kid Gorgeous and The Comeback Kid.
Selling the OC, Season 3
This sun-kissed Selling Sunset spin-off mixes two of our favorite reality-TV subgenres: backstabbing workplace dramas and high-end real estate porn. Come for the 10,000-square-foot villas with views of the Pacific that none of us will ever be able to afford; stay for the interoffice insult pile-ons. Is there any chance of stumbling onto anything with redeeming social value here? Yeah, right. But sometimes irredeemable is exactly what we want. That and a 10,000-square-foot Pacific villa.
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