SAN RAMON—Netflix’s video streaming service has surpassed 200 million subscribers for the first time as its expanding line-up of TV series and movies continues to captivate people stuck at home during the ongoing battle against the pandemic. The subscriber milestone highlighted Netflix’s fourth-quarter results released Tuesday. The service added another 8.5 million subscribers during the […]

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In an escalation in the battle over Netflix’s Cuties, Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA) is asking the Federal Communications Commission to prohibit any future broadcast of the underage twerking movie on public television channels, saying in a letter, sent exclusively to Breitbart News, that the movie meets the standard of “obscene material” and therefore would not […]

The French film “Cuties” was finally released on Netflix this week and it is much worse than anyone thought it would be. Netflix tried to lie to American viewers by telling them the hyper-sexualized promotional poster that showed pre-teen girls in seductive poses was not representative of the film. The film contains numerous inappropriate scenes […]

Democratic Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard said Friday evening that she canceled her Netflix account over “Cuties,” calling the newly released film “child porn.” “@netflix child porn ‘Cuties’ will certainly whet the appetite of pedophiles & help fuel the child sex trafficking trade,” Gabbard tweeted. “1 in 4 victims of trafficking are children. It happened to […]

The backlash against streaming giant Netflix continues to escalate around the world over the release of the preteen dance competition film Cuties, with the hashtag #CancelNetflix becoming a top trend on Twitter as critics accuse the California company of sexualizing children. The film, which was released on Wednesday, is described as a French coming-of-age comedy-drama where the protagonist is an […]

A Chinese Netflix producer and chairman of the Shanghai-based entertainment company Yoozoo Group has died after a suspected poisoning attempt. In a statement, Yoozoo confirmed the death of 39-year-old Lin Qi without providing further details. Qi was recently admitted to hospital after experiencing various symptoms, although the company said two days ago that his condition was […]

Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee explained why he believes the making of the Netflix film “Cuties” could be criminal during a Tuesday night appearance on Fox News’ “The Story.” Lee sent a letter Friday to Netflix CEO Reed Hastings demanding an explanation “as to whether or not the potential exploitation of minors in this film constitutes […]

Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) is among the Republican lawmakers calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to open a criminal investigation into Netflix for what Cotton called “peddling child pornography” after the streaming giant released the preteen twerking film Cuties. “Like any parent, I find ⁦[Netflix’s]⁩ decision to peddle child pornography disgusting. And it’s criminal,” […]

Netflix defended the newly released “Cuties” in a Thursday evening statement to the Daily Caller News Foundation, calling the film “powerful” and “award winning.” “Cuties is a social commentary against the sexualization of young children,” a Netflix spokeswoman told the DCNF late Thursday. “It’s an award winning film and a powerful story about the pressure […]

“Cuties,” the award-winning French film featuring young teen dancers was released Wednesday on Netflix and is receiving another round of backlash from viewers for its depiction of children in sexual situations. The film, which is directed by French movie maker Maïmouna Doucouré, centers around Amy, 11, joining a group of young underage female dancers in a group “named […]

As small businesses around California struggle to stay afloat amid the latest round of stay-at-home orders, Hollywood studios are able to keep the cameras rolling thanks to the work of highly paid lobbyists whom the studios reportedly hired to sway state politicians, including Gov. Gavin Newsom (D). The Intercept reported that major studios including Disney, […]

If the uproar over Netflix’s Cuties tells us anything, it’s that we’re now at a point where the political left and the national media want to normalize child pornography. There is no moral world, no sane world in which a movie like Cuties is okay. While I acknowledged in my review that Cuties is critical […]

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) is condemning Netflix for releasing the controversial Cuties, calling the movie “child porn” and telling the streamer that it is “complicit” in encouraging pedophiles and helping to fuel the child sex trafficking trade. Her condemnation adds to the growing Congressional scrutiny of Netflix over its decision to distribute the sexually charged movie. […]

Netflix’s “Cuties” is a “training film to market and seduce children,” the chief executive officer of an organization hunting missing children said Thursday. “Cuties” not only includes many close up shots of little girl’s crotches and buttocks, but also links young girls to pornography, discussions of sexual acts, a child photographing her genitalia, and more. […]

Last week, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle signed a deal with Netflix that could be worth up to $150 million. In the wake of this announcement, it’s been revealed that Harry and Meghan have since been cut off by Prince Charles, who will no longer be giving money to them. Newsweek reported that it’s been […]

Netflix Inc., in a response to U.S. senators’ concerns over the company’s plans to adapt a Chinese science-fiction book trilogy, said on Friday it did not agree with the Chinese author’s views on the Chinese communist regime’s treatment of ethnic Uyghurs. Five Republican senators urged Netflix (pdf) this week to reconsider plans to adapt the […]

Netflix’s highly-anticipated new movie “The Devil All the Time” arrives September 16. The plot of the film, according to Netflix’s PR site, is as follows: In Knockemstiff, Ohio and its neighboring backwoods, sinister characters — an unholy preacher (Robert Pattinson), twisted couple (Jason Clarke and Riley Keough), and crooked sheriff (Sebastian Stan) — converge around […]

The notionally conservative Telegraph has published a review defending Netflix’s Cuties against “an age terrified of child sexuality”. The review of the controversial piece — Cuties, Netflix review: a provocative powder-keg for an age terrified of child sexuality — was penned by Tim Robey, one of the newspaper’s regularly published film critics. While writers often do not […]

The Netflix release Cuties is dull and morally indefensible, an appalling act of sexual exploitation of young girls. Actually, as you’ll read below, it’s even worse than that. You can’t judge a movie by its content. It’s not about content. It’s about what the movie has to say about the content. The Bible’s a good […]

Former Obama national security advisor Susan Rice has sold a large chunk of her Netflix shares as speculation rises that she is a top contender to be Joe Biden’s vice presidential running mate. Rice has served as a Netflix board member since 2018. Rice exercised options to sell her shares at a price of $508.68, according […]