What To Watch On Netflix Thats New This Week (Feb. 25-March 3)

The Notable Netflix  Movie: “Wet Hot American Summer” returns to Netflix on March 1. The start of the month brings many classic movies to the service (you can read the full list below), but I wanted to highlight “Wet Hot” as a tribute to Bradley Cooper’s multiple snubs at the Academy Awards on Sunday.

“Wet Hot” features Cooper’s first big acting role in a movie, so you have the opportunity to see how far he has come from a struggling actor just starting out to an actor/director/screenwriter that should have won an Oscar for “A Star Is Born.” You can read a less Cooper-centric description of the movie and watch the trailer below.

The Others: “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind,” “Budapest,” “River’s Edge” and “Your Son” are all Netflix Originals that debut on March 1.

“The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind” is the standout Original as actor Chiwetel Ejiofor directed and wrote this adaptation of the popular book with the same name. I have not seen this movie about a 13-year-old in Malawi, but “The Boy” has earned decent reviews so far, with an 83 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and a 67 on Metacritic .

Sum Up: A cult classic comedy that Netflix revived as a television show in 2015. Almost every cast member of the original went on to a successful comedy career. The movie has inspired countless parodies since its debut in 2001, but the dumb jokes and sight gags still make this a fun, if no longer revolutionary, watch.

Heads Up: Initial reviews back in 2001 were bad. If you don’t have a stomach for alt-comedy and think you’ll find no pleasure in the simple joys of watching comedians break things both narratively and literally for 1 hour, 37 minutes, then this might not be for you.

Trailer:

Feb. 25

• “Dolphin Tale 2”

Feb. 26

• “Our Idiot Brother”

Feb. 28

• “The Rebound”