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QUARANTINE AND CHILL SINCE WE HAVE ALL BEEN IN THE HOUSE ON STAY AT HOME AND MANDATORY SHELTERS IN PLACE, HERE’S WHAT OUR READERS HAVE BEEN BINGE WATCHING.

All American

When a star high school football player from South Central is recruited to play for Beverly Hills High School, two separate worlds collide. The high school football player Spencer, goes from being in a not so save situation to the fancy in Beverly Hills. The storyline is centered around him and the people around him, his mom, brother, Coach Billy Baker, Jordan, Olivia, Asher and others.

All American is an American sports drama television series, created by April Blair. The series is inspired by the life of professional American football player Spencer Paysinger. The show has two seasons and it was recently renewed for a third season. You can watch the new season on The CW sometime later this year or at the beginning of next year.

Release Date: October 10, 2018 Streaming: Netflix; Amazon Prime Original Broadcast: The CW Genre: Drama; Sports drama Writer: April Blair Producer: Robbie Rogers

TIGER KING

TIGER KING

Murder, Mayhem and Madness. An exploration of big cat breeding and its bizarre underworld, populated by eccentric characters. A zoo owner spirals out of control amid a cast of eccentric characters in this true murder-for-hire story from the underworld of big cat breeding.

It was released on Netflix on March 20, 2020. The series focuses on the small but deeply interconnected society of big cat conservationists such as The life of zookeeper Joe Exotic, the eccentric owner of the G.W. Zoo in Wynnewood, Oklahoma, and his bitter years-long feud with Carole Baskin, CEO of Big Cat Rescue in Tampa, Florida. The series was watched by 34.3 million people over its first ten days of release, ranking as one of Netflix’s most successful releases to date.

Release Date: March 20, 2020 Streaming: Netflix Genre: Docuseries; True Crime Director: Eric Goode; Rebecca Chaiklin Writer: Netflix Running Time: 48 minutes

OZARK

Ozark

Marty Byrde, a financial planner who relocates his family from Chicago to a summer resort community in the Ozarks. With wife Wendy and their two kids in tow, Marty is on the move after a money-laundering scheme goes wrong, forcing him to pay off a substantial debt to a Mexican drug lord in order to keep his family safe. While the Byrdes’ fate hangs in the balance, the dire circumstances force the fractured family to reconnect.

The Byrdes and their teenage kids, Charlotte and Jonah, are, for all intents and purposes, an ordinary family with ordinary lives. Except for the job of Marty, a Chicago financial advisor who also serves as the top money launderer for the second largest drug cartel in Mexico. When things go awry, Marty must uproot his family from the skyscrapers of Chicago and relocate to the lazy lake region of the Missouri Ozarks.

DYNASTY

DYNASTY

A modernized reboot of the 1980s primetime soap follows two of America’s wealthiest families, the Carringtons and the Colby’s, as they feud for control over their fortune and their children. “Dynasty” not only features the glitz and gloss of extreme wealth, but also exposes the dark underbelly of a corrupt world built on backroom deals.

Dynasty begins with heiress Fallon Carrington unhappy to find her billionaire father Blake engaged to Cristal, a rival employee at the family company. The Carringtons form a united front in the wake of the suspicious death of Cristal’s former lover, but things at the mansion do not remain harmonious for long. The reboot updates several elements from the 1980s original, including moving the setting from Denver, Colorado to Atlanta, Georgia and other eye-catching updates.

Release Date: October 11, 2017 Streaming: Netflix Original Broadcast: The CW Genre: Soap opera, Drama Writer: Richard and Esther Shapiro

RAISING DION

Raising Dion

Raising Dion is an American superhero drama web television series. It is based on the 2015 comic book and short film of the same name by Dennis Liu. A single mother must hide her young son’s superpowers to protect him from exploitation while investigating their origins and her husband’s death.

The widowed mom sets out to solve the mystery surrounding her young son’s emerging superpowers while keeping his extraordinary gifts under wraps. After she discovers that her son has super powers she tries to figure out how to raise him safely and responsibly. Netflix renewed the series for a second season.

Release Date: October 4, 2019 Streaming: Netflix Genre: Superhero, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Adventure fiction, Drama Director: Carol Barbee Writer: Carol Barbee Running Time: 50 minutes

SAINTS & SINNERS

SAINTS & SINNERS

Saints & Sinners is an American prime time television soap opera. The series follows the conflicts among the members of a large Southern Baptist church that is the background for greed, corruption and murder in small-town Georgia. It’s game on for the power players of Cypress.

This is about family, love and loyalty that has become tainted by lust, greed, and deeply ingrained secrets. With the return of a prodigal son and a shocking crime that rattles the core of the community, mysteries begin to unravel that could demolish the very heart of the church and shatter the lives of those within it. The return of a prodigal son and a shocking crime rattles the core of the community, mysteries begin to unravel that could demolish the very heart of the church and shatter the lives of those within it.”

Release Date: March 6, 2016 Streaming: Hulu; Amazon Prime Original Broadcast: Bounce TV Genre: Soap opera Writer: Ty Scott Running Time: 42 minutes

COFFEE & KAREEM

COFFEE & KAREEM

Coffee & Kareem is a American Action Comedy film that stars Ed Helms, Terrence Little Gardenhigh, Betty Gilpin, RonReaco Lee, Andrew Bachelor, David Alan Grier and Taraji P. Henson, and follows a bumbling Detroit cop who must rescue his girlfriend and her son from gangsters after the boy witnesses a murder.

While police officer James Coffee enjoys his new relationship with Vanessa Manning, her beloved son Kareem plots their break-up. The 12-year-old’s scheme to scare away his mom’s new boyfriend, police officer James Coffee, backfires, exposing his family to a secret network of criminal activity.

Release Date: April 3, 2020 Streaming: Netflix Genre: Action; Comedy Director: Michael Dowse Writer: Shane Mack Running Time: 88 minutes

6 UNDERGROUND

6 UNDERGROUND

6 Underground introduces a new kind of action hero. After faking his death, a tech billionaire recruits a team of international operatives for a bold and bloody mission to take down a brutal dictator.

Six individuals from all around the globe, each the very best at what they do, have been chosen not only for their skill, but for a unique desire to delete their pasts to change the future. The team is brought together by an enigmatic leader, whose sole mission in life is to ensure that, while he and his fellow operatives will never be remembered, their actions damn sure will.

Release Date: December 13, 2019 Genre: Action; Thriller Director: Michael Bay Writer: Paul Wernick Rhett Reese Running Time: 128 minutes

SELF MADE

SELF MADE

Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker is an American drama web television limited series, based on the biography On Her Own Ground by A’Lelia Bundles.

Self Made is a fictionalized depiction of “the untold and highly irreverent story of black hair care pioneer and mogul Madam C. J. Walker and how she overcame the hostile turn-of-the-century America, epic rivalries, tumultuous marriages and some trifling family to become America’s first Black, self-made female millionaire.” The African American washerwoman rises from poverty to build a beauty empire and become the first female self-made millionaire.

Release Date: March 20, 2020 Streaming: Netflix Genre: Drama Cast: Octavia Spencer, Tiffany Haddish, Carmen Ejogo Running Time: 45–49 minutes per episode

UNCORKED

UNCORKED

Uncorked is a American drama film, written and directed by Prentice Penny. It stars Mamoudou Athie, Courtney B. Vance, Niecy Nash, Matt McGorry, Sasha Compere, Gil Ozeri, Kelly Jenrette, Bernard David Jones, Melisia Lomax and Meera Rohit Kumbhani.

A young man upsets his father when he pursues his dream of becoming a master sommelier instead of joining the family barbecue business. Meanwhile Elijah’s future, at least in his father’s eyes, seems to be decided upon that he would one day take over the family restaurant just like his father did back in the day, when it was run by the family patriarch. Elijah must balance his dream and job at the family’s Memphis BBQ joint.

Release Date: March 27, 2020 Streaming: Netflix Genre: Drama Director: Prentice Penny Writer: Prentice Penny Running Time: 103 minutes

SECRET OBSESSION

SECRET OBSESSION

Secret Obsession is a American psychological thriller film that stars Brenda Song, Mike Vogel, Dennis Haysbert, and Ashley Scott.

Recuperating from trauma, Jennifer remains in danger as she returns to a life she doesn’t remember when she wakes up with amnesia after a traumatic attack, her doting husband cares for her. But she soon realizes that the danger is far from over. On a rainy night, a woman flees down the street from an unknown pursuer. She is struck by a car, leaving her injured and unconscious. She wakes up in the hospital with short-term memory loss, recalling nothing about the incident or her life prior.

Release Date: July 18, 2019 Streaming: Netflix Genre: American Psychological Thriller Director: Peter Sullivan Writer: Kraig Wenman; Peter Sullivan Running Time: 97 minutes

DANGEROUS LIES

DANGEROUS LIES

Dangerous Lies is a American thriller film, directed by Michael Scott, from a screenplay by David Golden. It stars Camila Mendes, Jessie T. Usher, Jamie Chung, Cam Gigandet, Sasha Alexander and Elliott Gould. After losing her waitressing job, a broke women who takes a job as a caregiver is drawn into a web of lies and murder after a wealthy elderly man dies and she unexpectedly inherits her patient’s estate.

The young woman and her husband are pulled into a complex web of lies, deception, and murder. But dark secrets swirl around her newfound wealth, tangling her in deceit and danger. If she’s going to survive, she’ll have to question everyone’s motives including the people she loves the most.

Release Date: April 30, 2020 Streaming: Netflix Genre: American Thriller Film Director: Michael Scott Writer: David Golden Running Time: 96 minutes