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Netflix Originals to check out in October 2021

In September, the Netflix Original super hit was the Korean survival drama series: Squid Game. It’s been hailed as one of Netflix biggest hits and becoming No.1 show in 70 countries. This October, two Netflix Originals we look forward to are the following:

The Guilty

Based on a 2018 Dutch film, this suspense drama starring Jake Gylleynhaal as a police officer taking emergency calls amid wild fires in Los Angeles.

Army of Thieves

Coming to Netflix: late October

An offshoot of director Zack Snyder’s hit heist film: Army of the Dead, this film stars Matthias Schweighöfer reprising his role from Army of the Dead and Nathalie Emmanuel best known from her roles in the Fast & Furious films and Games of Thrones. This prequel is set 6 years before Army of the Dead in the early days of the zombie outbreak.

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Hilarious Series ramps up with Season 2

These two comedy series are now airing their season 2 programs. Highly acclaimed and are must-watch rib ticklers in our opinion.

Resident Alien 2: starring Allan Tudyk

Space Force 2: starring Steve Carell

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The Batman… now showing in theaters.

The Batman starring Robert Pattinson and Zoe Kravitz is now showing in selected local cinemas. Critics’ reviews have been good and it’s a fresh intense take on the Batman story. They says it’s a thinking man’s version and I can’t disagree. Catch The Batman now showing at Ayala Center Cebu and SM City Cebu cinemas.

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Scams on Netflix

Scams are everywhere these days and here are 2 trending Netflix shows based on true events that have viewers obsessed about scammers and con artists.

Inventing Anna

February 2022 | 18+ | 1 Season |

This February Inventing Anna began airing on Netflix. The drama series has a journalist chasing down the story of 25 year old Anna Delvey, who convinced New York’s elite she was a German heiress and came close to swindling New York banks and high society out of millions of dollars.

Between 2013 and 2017, Anna Delvey (Anna Sorokin in real life) scammed her way across New York as a fake German heiress. She wore designer clothing, stayed at boutique hotels, and had dinners at expensive restaurants. She managed to swindle tens of thousands of dollars from friends to banks. And she came so close to conning financial institutions into giving her $40million to fund her exclusive social club project, the Anna Delvey Foundation. But soon after things began to unravel for Anna.

The Tinder Swindler

February 2022 | 18+ | 1 Season

This British true crime documentary follows the story of Simon Leviev, an Israeli con-artist who posed as the son of the “king of diamonds” Lev Leviev, a famed Russian-Israeli diamond oligarch in order to woo young women on the dating app Tinder and seduce them with travel by private jet, luxury hotels and expensive dinners.

Thereafter he manages to swindle them for millions and pay for his luxurious lifestyle. This is the true story of Cecilie Fjellhøy, Pernilla Sjöholm and Ayleen Charlotte, their heartbreak and financial ruin thereafter—just three of Simon Leviev’s many victims across Europe.