Series gets in blow
Netflix is turning its attention to the world of cocaine trafficking in the 1980s for its new series Narcos. The series examines the rise of Pablo Escobar and the growth of the drug trade around the world. It will screen next year.Fans of WGN America's World War 2 nuclear bomb series Manhattan will be pleased to know that the second series will screen in October.We've had Empire and Power but now the music industry of Miami, home of porn, house music and Cuban pork sandwiches, will be the focus of a new show on Hulu Plus. South Beach, a six- part series dealing with the Florida city's murkier side, debuts later this year.Also openingBLACK SEAThe premise of the darkly comic film seems worn out: misfits go on a mission to find goldin the Black Sea. But it is surprisingly seaworthy, with unexpected depth. Michael O'Sullivan, The Washington PostWHILE WE'RE YOUNGLargely an ugly cliche, especially about twentysomethings. Bits of it were funny and there is nostalgia. Dominic Rushe, The GuardianROYAL NIGHT OUTThink of this fizzy comedy drama, about young princesses Elizabeth and Margaret's adventures beyond the palace, as "Two Go Mad On V.E. Day". Robbie Collin, The Daily TelegraphCUT BANKComic neo-noir with a mixture of the zany and surreal.Stephen Holden, nytimes.com..
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