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While other media giants seem to be scaling back on their streaming content, Netflix keeps reaching for the skies (literally) with this month’s big-budget sci-fi thriller 3 Body Problem and the indie-style Spaceman, starring Adam Sandler. The streamer dips a sneakered toe into live sports with a high-profile tennis match and gives us all the St. Paddy’s Day vibes with a new Lindsay Lohan rom-com. It’s a blooming March at Netflix: Here are the 14 best things to watch this month.
Coming March 1
Spaceman, R
Johan Renck, 57, the filmmaker behind the Emmy-winning HBO series Chernobyl, here tackles an ambitious adaptation of a novel about an astronaut (Adam Sandler, 57) sent on a six-month solo mission to the edge of the solar system. He battles not only loneliness but also guilt about his fractured relationship with his wife (Carey Mulligan). There are surprises aplenty here, from the mysterious creature he encounters (voiced by Paul Dano) to the fact that the astronaut is played by Sandler in a rare dramatic role.
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Coming March 3
Nadal vs. Alcaraz: The Netflix Slam
Netflix is diving into the live sports arena with this one-off match between the two top-ranked Spaniards in pro tennis. Rafael Nadal, the veteran with 22 Grand Slam titles, will serve it up with Carlos Alcaraz, the 20-year-old upstart who’s already won both Wimbledon and the U.S. Open. The Las Vegas showdown will livestream at 3:30 p.m. ET/12:30 p.m. PT.
Coming March 5
The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping
In this three-part docuseries, filmmaker Katherine Kubler revisits her teenage trauma at the Academy at Ivy Ridge, a now-shuttered boarding school in upstate New York that pitched itself as a rehabilitation program for troubled youth. She uncovers a global network of similarly troubled programs that resort to coercive marketing, psychological torture and physical abuse.
Coming March 7
The Gentlemen, Season 1
Director Guy Ritchie, 55, revisits the world of The Gentlemen, his stylish 2019 gangster film starring Matthew McConaughey, 54, that tanked at the box office despite decent reviews. In this spin-off series, Theo James (The White Lotus) stars as the estranged son of a duke who gets caught up with a cannabis kingpin played by veteran baddie Ray Winstone, 67. Expect some well-tailored cufflinks with Ritchie’s usual fisticuffs.
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