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INSANE: 2 - The Real Truth

New on Netflix in January 2025 — all the new shows and movies you need to watch

Netflix has confirmed its slate for January 2025 and it includes "Back in Action," "The Night Agent" season 2 and more.

Tom’s Guide

Enough of the satire, dial down the rom-coms - Philomena Cunk is right: we need more stupid comedy

These are serious times, and they demand silly entertainment. Please, British TV – send in the clowns, says comedian Viv Groskop

The Guardian - UK

Shakespeare’s First Folio: State Library of NSW takes the Bard’s ‘radical’ 400-year-old book out of the vault

Half of Shakespeare’s plays would have been lost without it – and it is now among the most valuable books in the world

The Guardian - AU

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6 new Netflix shows in 2023 with 100% scores on Rotten Tomatoes

From a British mockumentary to an adult animation set in 17th-century Japan, here's what Netflix shows with a perfect Rotten Tomatoes rating to watch

TechRadar

Jennifer Wong: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

The comedian and food enthusiast shares what makes her laugh online. Unsurprisingly, there are two jokes about pasta

The Guardian - AU

Review: Netflix’s ‘Cunk on Earth’ is the funniest mockumentary around

The Mel Brooks sequel “History of the World: Part II” premieres on Hulu March 6, but there’s room for more than one amateur sociologist / historian / gagmeister on the planet. To wit: the British mockumentary series “Cunk on Earth,” now on Netflix. It’s the funniest thing I’ve seen in…

Chicago Tribune

What you need to know about Cunk on Earth, the mockumentary baffling experts and blasting Pump Up the Jam

From wondering if Beyonce's Single Ladies is more culturally significant than the Renaissance, to pondering if Jesus was the first victim of cancel culture, Cunk on Earth is baffling experts while blasting Pump Up the Jam.

ABC News

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What to watch on Netflix in January

New year, new stuff to binge

Salon

Dry Cleaning review, Stumpwork: Spoken-word monologues that recall Philomena Cunk

Any moments of flourish are rendered dreary by Florence Shaw’s one-note meanderings about gaming mouses, brain parasites and Arctic expeditions she isn’t on

The Independent UK

Cunk on Earth review – Diane Morgan’s character is so well-written it’s easy to forget she’s not real

Philomena Cunk is back with a spoof documentary series that homes in on the pyramids, the Great Wall and philosophy. It’s impeccably surreal and occasionally genuinely insightful

The Guardian - UK

Do we really need 'Black Mirror' Season 6? Why the Netflix series has lost its edge

The anthology series was revolutionary for its time, but it's overstayed its welcome.

Inverse

Thatcher & Reagan: A Very Special Relationship – crying out for a Philomena Cunk voiceover

There are plenty of insider interviews in Margaret Thatcher’s authorised biographer’s uncritical, traditional-feeling documentary. But you can’t help chuckling at its dated format

The Guardian - UK

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