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This weekend, Netflix is welcoming a double dose of documentaries and an action-comedy TV series starring one of the biggest action stars ever. Last weekend, Netflix added the comedies Fifty Shades of Black and Ted, season 3 of La Reina del Sur, the first five seasons of S.W.A.T., the Indonesian horror movies Spirited and Bayi Ajaib, the thriller movie Missing, the drama movie The Son, and the Indian horror movie Virupuaksha, along with the documentary Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me, the documentary series McGregor Forever, and the rom-com TV series Xo, Kitty, a spinoff of the beloved movie trilogy To All The Boys.

This weekend, the streaming giant will make some interesting additions from different genres to its catalog of licensed content, with the arrival of all seasons of the animated series The Batman, the animated movie The Boss Baby, season 5 of All American,...

If The Incredibles 2 was a horror film about a baby who happens to be possessed, it would be Bayi Ajaib. This absurdly camp Indonesian remake of an old cultural classic had me laughing out loud for the most part and squirming in disgust for the other. I sat down to watch Bayi Ajaib with no idea what it was about, and at first, I was excited to get some insights into Indonesian culture and rural way of life. That quickly faded away to wanting to switch to the Discovery channel and stop the menace that was this film. And I don’t use that word to describe the horrors of the film but to talk about how alarmingly comical the whole affair is. There are many sub-genres of the horror kind, and Bayi Ajaib can fall under many of them, including pregnancy horror, body horror, folklore, and religion (the...

This weekend, Netflix is adding a documentary about a model and actress, a documentary series about a controversial martial artist, and a rom-com TV series from a popular movie series. Last weekend, the streaming giant welcomed the animated series Justice League and Justice League Unlimited, season 4 of the comedy parody series Documentary Now!, the comedy-drama movie St. Vincent, the documentary Call Me Kate, and the animated movie Uglydolls, along with the documentary drama series Queen Cleopatra, the action drama The Mother, and season 7 of the reality TV series Queer Eye.

This weekend, Netflix will add a variety of licensed content to its extensive catalog, such as the comedies Fifty Shades of Black and Ted, season 3 of La Reina del Sur, the first five seasons of S.W.A.T., the Indonesian horror movies Spirited and Bayi Ajaib, the thriller movie Missing, the drama movie The Son, and the Indian horror movie Virupuaksha. As for original content,...