They may not necessarily be worth a spot on our big Netflix recommendations list, but fans should take note. UPDATE: Over the last month we saw a big push on two legacy movie franchises on Netflix.

However, don't make do with what Netflix spoon-feeds you. The Netflix approach is reportedly changing, with films like Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery given much more of a marketing push than they might have had back in the early golden years of streaming. Where TV series seem to get cancelled left, right and centre these days, often ending on a cliffhanger, a movie not getting a sequel is rarely a tragedy in film land. And that’s as true of performances as it of ancient sword fittings forged from gold.Watching Netflix movies can feel a lot safer than watching Netflix TV shows. The Dig is a movie steeped in the inevitable passage of time, but it’s also a reminder that the past lives on through the things we leave behind. He is not officially old enough to play a geezer, though he makes a good one. Many years have passed since Fiennes played a disturbingly sexy Nazi (in Schindler’s List), or even a noseless mystical villain (in the Harry Potter movies). Time marches on for all of us, and even if we refuse to acknowledge what we see in our own mirrors, we rarely hesitate to mark its passage in the faces of our actors. And Fiennes is wonderful, as a man whose polite reticence balances a fierce, confident dedication to his craft. The performances here are lovely: Mulligan, playing a woman with a robust spirit but fragile health, has a touching lunar quality. That character really needs a break, and the gods of the past provide it. But that makes one character’s subsequent discovery of the first small gold object that much more triumphant. The first item unearthed is not that thrilling: a ship’s rivet that looks like a clumpy iron peg. That could be boring, but every character sees the war looming, which adds some urgency to the proceedings. As you would expect, there’s a lot of digging in The Dig.

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