Netflix Sexual politics take a turn for the steamy in Vladimir , the story of a middle-aged college professor who, while coping with a scandal involving her husband, becomes fixated on a hunky new faculty member. Based on her novel of the same name , Julia May Jonas’ Netflix series (March 5) is perpetually hot and bothered, and it boasts a Rachel Weisz performance that nimbly navigates the intricacies of desire, obsession, and creativity. Yet neither is enough to enliven this overlong, repetitive, and scattershot affair, which—vainly echoing everything from the charming Michael Douglas film Wonder Boys to TV’s The Chair and Lucky Hank —takes satiric aim at various targets and, to a tee, misses them all. Read more at The Daily Beast.