Steven Soderbergh’s Netflix movie High Flying Bird is a sharp and layered drama set in Manhattan during a six-month lockout between the NBA and the players. The season’s come to a standstill and no one’s getting paid. Hotshot sports agent Ray Burke (Andre Holland) and his number one client, Erick...

Bird Box, Netflix’s new apocalyptic thriller, jumps between two timelines in an uncompromisingly dark narrative. Based on the 2014 novel by Josh Malerman, this adaption is stacked with talent and the premise seemed like a sure winner: it’s set around a mysterious force that compels people to commit suicide once...