Thread by @thetimes

Netflix has lifted the lid on its “big black box” of viewing data, which it normally keeps closely guarded, to reveal that Bridgerton, the racy Regency-era drama series, is its best performing TV show

Over 40% of subscribers have watched the show thetimes.co.uk/article/netfli…

Amid pressure from stars and shareholders, the streaming service is slowly becoming more transparent about what people are watching (and what they aren’t)

But which offerings are worth your time? Times critic @KevinTMaher gives you the run-down

Extraction

A vacuous action yarn in which Chris Hemsworth (Thor in the Marvel movies) plays a mercenary who deals with the death of his son by repeatedly shooting people in the face

Verdict: Don’t watch 👎

Bird Box

Silly but engaging thriller in which a blindfolded Sandra Bullock stumbles around in a world full of aliens that make you commit suicide if you set eyes upon them

Verdict: Do watch 👍

Spenser Confidential

Mark Wahlberg plays a former cop investigating police corruption in a solidly entertaining action-comedy set in Boston

Verdict: Do watch 👍

6 Underground

From Michael Bay, the man behind the Transformers franchise, comes this queasily frenetic action thriller starring Ryan Reynolds as a billionaire turned geopolitical vigilante

Verdict: Don’t watch 👎

Murder Mystery

Aimless comedy starring Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler as a blue-collar New York couple who get caught up in an Agatha Christie-style whodunnit while on holiday in the Mediterranean

Verdict: Don’t watch 👎

The Old Guard

Forgettable superhero movie starring Charlize Theron stars as the leader of a group of immortal mercenaries bent on revenge

Verdict: Don’t watch 👎

Enola Holmes

Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven in Stranger Things) plays Sherlock Holmes’s precocious teenage sister in a fun, suffragette-era sleuthing adventure

Verdict: Do watch 👍

Project Power

Slick fantasy about a mysterious pusher who supplies pills that give their users superpowers for five minutes

Verdict: Do watch 👍

Army of the Dead

Overblown zombie heist flick from Zack Snyder, the director of 300 and Justice League

Verdict: Don’t watch 👎

Fatherhood

Paul Weitz (American Pie) directs Kevin Hart in a formulaic but effective story of a father who raises his daughter alone after the death of his wife

Verdict: Do watch 👍

The top ten tables represent only a snapshot of Netflix’s viewing information, which the company continues to release on its own terms, but the absence of heavy-hitters such as The Crown is notable thetimes.co.uk/article/netfli…