


Its producers include Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, who might reasonably feel that, after turning LEGO blocks into a hit franchise, there’s no idea so dumb they can’t make it fun. The pic stars such comedic heavy-hitters as Channing Tatum, Judy Greer and Andy Samberg. Release date: Wednesday, June 30 (Netflix)Ĭast: Channing Tatum, Jason Mantzoukas, Olivia Munn, Bobby Moynihan, Judy Greer, Will Forte, Raoul Max Trujillo It might’ve been perfectly at home at the late, unlamented Quibi.

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Though it’ll likely leave some customers satisfied in its current form, it would be much easier to take as a series of very short, instantly forgettable episodes that pop up in one’s stream unpredictably. A throw-everything-against-the-wall collection of silly jokes that reimagines American history as a bro-tastic action flick, Matt Thompson’s animated film makes Drunk History look like a Ken Burns production. Then there’s Netflix’s America: The Motion Picture, which has the running time of a conventional feature, but feels less like an actual movie than most hour-and-a-half narratives you’re ever likely to see. Plenty of “limited series” are just very long movies chopped into episodes at the other end of the spectrum are longform music video/artfilm hybrids and featurettes, like Almodóvar’s The Human Voice, that fit neither a theatrical nor broadcast-TV business model. Among its many annoyances, the streaming revolution has at least expanded accessibility to work in formats that wouldn’t have been commercially viable a decade ago.
