It is time for a round up of new films that I have seen on Netflix this month.

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
Eddie Murphy reprises his most famous role, 40 years on from the original. He returns to Los Angeles to deal with a threat to his daughter’s life, and, in the process, teams up with his old partners John Taggart (John Ashton) and Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold). This tired effort falls into the same trap as the latest Ghostbusters film. In place of a compelling story are too many nods to the first film and wheeling out of old characters who have nothing to add to the plot. There a couple of good action sequences but none of the wit or energy of the original.
Rating: 5.5 out of 10

The Long Game
In 1955, five young Mexican-American caddies in Texas love golf but cannot play anywhere because of racist rules at local clubs. They created their own golf course in the middle of the desert, where they are spotted by JB Pena, their school superintendent and avid golf player. He moulds them into a team that become the Texas state champions two years later. This is a decent telling of a remarkable true story. Magnum PI’s Jay Hernandez is good as Pena though Dennis Quaid is a little wasted as the team coach. The triumph is a little downplayed so there is not the grandstanding ending I expected.
Rating: 6.5 out of 10

Baby Ruby
Jo (Noémie Merlant) is a lifestyle influencer. Her relationship with Spencer (Kit Harington) strengthens as they wait for the couple’s first baby, named Ruby. After the birth of Ruby, Jo’s successful world begins to fall apart as she suffers postpartum depression. It felt like writer/director Bess Wohl was not sure if she was making a horror movie or a serious drama about mothers who struggle to cope with their babies. Consequently, despite Merlant’s best efforts it does not work as either.
Rating: 3.5 out of 10

Nice Girls
Alice Taglioni stars as a maverick cop who teams up with a German colleague to investigate her brother’s murder. Everyone tries too hard in this broad, forced, unfunny comedy.
Rating: 3 out of 10

The Present
Taylor Diehl’s parents are the verge of divorce and he is distraught. But he discovers that if he puts the time back on an old clock that the family have just taken possession of, he can move actual time backwards. He sees that as a chance to get his parents to reconcile. This is a harmless family comedy, elevated by Greg Kinnear and Isla Fisher as the parents.
Rating: 5 out of 10

Incoming
Dave and John Chernin wrote and directed this comedy about four teenagers must navigate their first ever high school party. The worst comedy of the year so far, this is crude, badly acted and embarrassing.
Rating: 1.5 out of 10