Today there are several exciting reboots on Netflix: In addition to “Lady Chatterley’s Lover”, the film adaptation of a scandalous erotic book, which long left moral guards gasping for breath and was even banned in numerous countries decades after publication in the unabridged version, starts also “Sr.”, also a documentary that gives intimate insights into the life of director Robert Downey Sr. – father of Marvel superstar Robert Downey Jr. – who died in 2021.
In addition, the second season of the Netflix hit series “Always there for you” is available on Netflix today, in which the wonderfully harmonious lead duo of Katherine Heigl (“Grey’s Anatomy”) and “Scrubs” star Sarah Chalke will once again become BFFs Kate and Tully. to be seen.
“Lady Chatterley’s Lover”
Huiuiui, it gets very hot under the bodice: The very first restart at the streaming giant with the red N was an absolute scandal at the time, which caused a lot of commotion. The novel “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” was initially barely noticed after publication.
But this was only the calm before the storm – because gradually the erotic book made waves, and for a long time in many countries it was not possible to get an unabridged version of the work. In Britain there was even a court case about the book in 1960.
The local publisher released eleven unabridged copies of “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” and then reported. A simple marketing stunt? Not at all, because in the legal proceedings that followed, it was possible to obtain the release of the book and thus help the story to become a worldwide success.
A ‘The Crown’ star discovers his own body
In Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Emma Corrin (Diana from The Crown season 4) plays Connie, whose life in the British aristocracy seems destined after she marries Sir Clifford Chatterley (Matthew Duckett). But after her husband returns from World War I disabled and in a wheelchair, the passion for a marriage of convenience, already on the back burner, quickly dies.
When she meets gamekeeper Oliver Mellors (Jack O’Connell), who works at the Chatterley estate, an unexpected fire of passion flares up inside her. The two begin an affair in which Connie experiences lust and passion on whole new levels. But when her affair spreads and becomes the talk of the town, Connie is forced to act…
With “Always there for you” a hit series enters the next season
In fact, after the success of the first season, it came as no great surprise that Netflix ordered a second season of the hit production “Always there for you”. Fans probably couldn’t breathe a sigh of relief until after the official announcement of the new episodes, otherwise the series would have ended with two nasty cliffhangers.
In the new season “Always There for You” May Kate (“Scrubs” star Sarah Chalke) and Tully (Katherine Heigl) will now go through thick and thin for another season – and the fact that they may need each other more than ever is already hinted at the end of the season – after all, we don’t know what’s next for Kate and Johnny. Did the war reporter survive an explosion in Iraq? The new episodes will hopefully answer this question…
“Sr.” – Perhaps the most intimate film starring Robert Downey Jr.
Otherwise, today also starts with “sir“probably the most personal movie with Robert Downey Jr. on Netflix so far, because the documentary is about none other than Robert Downey Sr., the father of the Marvel superstar. He passed away in 2021 and gets with ‘Sr.’ a cinematic monument.
And he deserved it, the filmmaker shaped counterculture cinema in the 1960s and 1970s with his critical comedies. Downey Jr. accompanies filmmaker Chris Smith to explore his father’s life’s work while taking an intimate look at the family history.