Last week we noted that Netflix was taking it a little easier after the long-awaited start of the fifth “Cobra Kai” season. At least there was still a big title on Friday with the second season of the fantasy hit “Fate: The Winx Saga”. After the “Fate” sequel, however, there will finally be a small Netflix thirst period before the new Sisi series “The Empress” awaits us at the end of September.
In order to pick a few gems out of the Netflix programme this week, we’ve taken a close look at the upcoming reboots. Here are the highlights of the Netflix week from 19 to 25 September 2022.
MONDAY: START OF THE WEEK FOR THE LITTLE ONES
First and foremost, the start of the Netflix week turns out to be very leisurely this time. On Monday, there is something for the little viewers of the streaming service, who can look forward to the third season of the children’s animated series “A Funny Dog’s Life.
TUESDAY: NETFLIX LULL
What is usually the weekend is Tuesday this week: Netflix has not announced any new films or series so far. But – this much should be anticipated here – there will be particularly exciting new releases on the coming weekend.
WEDNESDAY: SERIES KILLER PORTRAY & “THE PERFUME” WITH A DIFFERENT VOICE
That serial killers have a strange fascination not only for many crime fans, but also for series thespian Ryan Murphy, the director, writer and producer has already proven several times in his hit series “American Horror Story” and “American Crime Story”. In the fifth season of the former (“Hotel”), the notorious Jeffrey Dahmer also appeared on the sidelines. In his new mini-series project “Dahmer – Monster: The Story of Jeffrey Dahmer” Murphy now devotes himself entirely to the (at least) 16-time murderer, who is embodied here by “AHS” veteran Evan Peters.
After Patrick Süskind’s world bestseller “Perfume” already served as only a loose inspiration for a modern crime series in the ZDFneo series “Perfume”, “The Perfumer” is now taking a very similar path. The Netflix film is also based only on the motifs of the popular original and weaves its own killer story set in the present. At its centre is a young inspector (Emilia Schüle) who has recently lost her sense of smell and would give just about anything to regain it. When she meets a charismatic perfumer (Ludwig Simon) who doesn’t even shy away from murder in his search for the perfect scent, she gets involved in a dangerous game.
The two true-crime series “The Real Bling Ring: Hollywood Heist” and “Wanna Marchi: The TV Cheater”, on the other hand, deal with very real crimes. While the former is dedicated to the series of burglaries in the homes of many Hollywood stars already taken up in Sofia Coppola’s satire of the same name, the latter is about the titular teleshopping saleswoman who ultimately ended up in prison for fraud.
THURSDAY: STUNNING RESCUE OPERATION
Just recently, Ron Howard’s “Thirteen Lives,” a star-studded film version of the true events surrounding a football team trapped in a Thai hell, launched on Amazon Prime Video. But now, with “Thai Cave Rescue”, there is the direct next reworking of the historic rescue operation from 2018 – this time from Thailand itself and in the form of a six-part miniseries.
Meanwhile, Thursday continues with “Fast Money” (season 2), the series continuation of the Swedish business thriller film trilogy “Easy Money”, and the children’s music series “Karma’s World” (season 4), developed by rapper and “Fast & Furious” star Ludacris.
FRIDAY: NETFLIX-POTPOURRI
The biggest mass of new Netflix content awaits us again this quiet week on Friday. Even if there are no titles of the magnitude of real Netflix hits, we still want to highlight two films separately. On the one hand, there is the thriller drama “Lou”, in which Oscar winner Allison Janney (“I, Tonya”) goes on a search for a kidnapped girl together with “Birds Of Prey” star Jurnee Smollett. And on the other hand, we can also highly recommend the French action drama “Athena”, which presents us with a technically absolutely impressive adrenaline rush in a tough cops vs. teenagers story, especially at the beginning.
Completing Netflix Friday is a colourful bouquet of smaller films and series – from Tyler Perry’s historical crime drama “A Jazzman’s Blues” to “Pokémon” sequels with “The Arceus Chronicles” to the six-part Spanish cancer drama “The Girls from the Last Row” and the second season of the Indian phone scammer series “Jamtara – The Phisher Village”.
SATURDAY: A SOAP REMAKE COMES TO AN (UNTIMELY) END
With “The Denver Clan” (or “Dynasty” in the original), a remake of the soap classic of the same name around the intriguing power struggles of the heavily wealthy Carrington and Colby families was launched in 2017. Five years later, season 5 is now appearing on Netflix – and only a few days after it ended on US television. However, this is also generally the finale of the series, as it was announced in the middle of the fifth season that it would be the last. With 108 episodes, the remake is “only” half as long as the cult original.
The manga “Fullmetal Alchemist” is also cult, and its animated adaptations are considered two of the best anime series ever. The 2003 adaptation of the same name is ranked 200th in the IMDb list of top-rated series, while the follow-up series “Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood”, which follows the original even more closely, is even ranked 16th! And for the many fans of the steampunk fantasy story, “Fullmetal Alchemist: The Final Alchemy”, the third part of the associated live-action film adaptations, is now available on Netflix on Saturday.
SUNDAY: SECRET TIP “THE KID DETECTIVE “
At the end of the week, you can look forward to a real film treat that has so far gone completely under the radar in Germany. The abysmal crime comedy “The Kid Detective” is not only very popular with many FILMSTARTS editors, but has also received a lot of good reviews (74 points on Metacritic, 85 percent positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes).
And yet the story about a washed-up ex-child detective (Adam Brody) who one day has to deal with a life-changing murder case has neither been given a cinema nor a DVD release in Germany, but at some point simply appeared on Sky. Now Netflix is following suit and hopefully finally giving the film the attention it deserves.
