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On Thursday, August 14, 2025, “Live with Kelly and Mark” will feature an exciting lineup for Season 3, Episode 248. This episode promises to bring plenty of laughter and entertainment as the hosts welcome three special guests.

First up is Anthony Anderson, known for his comedic talent and charismatic personality. He has a knack for making audiences laugh, and his stories are always a hit. Fans can expect some fun anecdotes and maybe even a few surprises from the beloved actor and comedian.

Next, Sofia Carson will join the show. The talented actress and singer has captured hearts with her performances in various films and shows. Her presence is sure to add a lively energy to the episode, and viewers can look forward to her sharing insights about her latest projects and her journey in the entertainment industry.

Finally, Linda Cardellini will round out the guest list. With her impressive range as an actress,...

A record-breaking Netflix movie has reclaimed the top spot on a major chart. Netflix is one of the biggest subscription streaming services in the modern era. While it also boasts a library of licensed titles, it is best known for its original movies and television shows.

Some of the most-watched Netflix movies are the star-studded action-comedy Red Notice, the Taron Egerton-led Tsa thriller Carry-On, the Oscar-nominated satire Don't Look Up, the post-apocalyptic monster thriller Bird Box, and a new title that has found astonishingly consistent success.

KPop Demon Hunters Is Back On Top In The U.S.

The animated fantasy-horror musical KPop Demon Hunters is continuing to prove its dominance on Netflix. The movie, which follows a KPop girl group called Huntr/x that moonlights as demon hunters, debuted on the streaming platform on June 20.

It became a more or less instant sensation, topping Netflix's global chart for three...

This post contains major spoilers for "My Oxford Year."

Netflix might be responsible for one of the best limited series of the year in "Adolescence," but that doesn't mean the streamer has forgotten how to churn out the easily binge-able melodramas that helped it win the streaming wars. "My Oxford Year" is the latest Netflix romance film and it's, well, nonsense really. But it's sort of fun nonsense in that it makes no attempt whatsoever to apologize for its young adult modern-day fairy tale naiveté.

The film stars Sofia Carson, who played Nora Parisi in Netflix's "Carry-On" and has been making a name for herself as an aspiring queen of Netflix romantic dramas, beginning with 2022's "Purple Hearts" and continuing on to the romantic comedy "The Life List" (which dominated Netflix's top charts in 2025). Now, she's returned for more romance with "My Oxford Year," a BookTok fantasy come to life...

If you think about it, Robert Downey Jr.'s decision to return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe makes all the sense in the world. He won an Oscar for his performance in Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer, but the film's box office success can be attributed to several factors. Downey's non-Marvel films in the last couple of decades have been largely hit-or-miss. The two movies that worked beyond a doubt — Sherlock Holmes and its sequel, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows — didn't result in a third installment. The Judge and The Soloist underperformed, while Due Date was only a moderate hit. Downey's biggest flop, however, was the would-be franchise-starter Dolittle. The movie is now witnessing a resurgence on Netflix, where it debuted a few days ago.

According to FlixPatrol, Dolittle has accumulated a total of over 1,200 points so far this year on Netflix, and more on HBO Max. It was the...

My Oxford Year author Julia Whelan reveals how she wants to change the audiobook industry. The romance novel was Whelan's debut work, focusing on the story of a young woman named Anna who sets out to attend England's Oxford University. There, she meets a man who will change both of their lives.

This year, My Oxford Year was released as a movie of the same name, directed by Iain Morris and debuting on Netflix on Aug. 1. My Oxford Yearstars Sofia Carson and Corey Mylchreest in the lead roles, with a supporting cast that includes Dougray Scott, Catherine McCormack, Harry Trevaldwyn, and Poppy Gilbert.

Meanwhile, via The Rolling Stone, Whelan explained how she wishes to change the audiobook industry through the romance genre. This stemmed from her own work providing the voice of Amy in the audiobook for Gone Girl, for which she was only paid $2,500. The author noted that audiobooks are "a multibillion-dollar industry.

Sofia Carson only ever had one actor in mind for Jamie, the enigmatic and charming other half to her character Anna in the romance My Oxford Year. “I always knew it would be Corey Mylchreest,” she says. Carson, known for Purple Hearts,Carry-On, and The Life List, also executive produces the film. “The moment he walked into the room and we started reading the script, we transformed into Anna and Jamie. Instantly.”

My Oxford Year follows Anna, an ambitious girl from Queens, New York City, who comes to Oxford University in the UK for a year-long poetry class before starting a grueling role at Goldman Sachs back in Manhattan. When she meets Jamie, a fellow student-turned-unexpected teaching assistant, the two embark on an epic romance that leads her to question her structured life plan.

Their relationship is anything but straightforward, starting with their bumpy meet-cute. The two collide in a...

Prepare to laugh and cry with Sofia Carson and Corey Mylchreest in My Oxford Year, a new romance written by Allison Burnett (Autumn in New York) and Melissa Osborne, and directed by BAFTA nominee Iain Morris, now streaming on Netflix. The film is based on a novel by Julia Whelan, which was adapted from Burnett’s original screenplay. Head to campus with the brand-new trailer above.

“Iain Morris created one of the most iconic pieces of British television, The Inbetweeners,” says Carson, who also executive produces the movie — her second production credit following 2022’s Purple Hearts. “Comedy is his language. It was so important for Marty to bring in Iain as our director, because he was so certain of the importance of comedy to the DNA of this film. You simply cannot have a British romance without iconic British humor. Iain’s vision of this film brought to life a sweeping,...

Have you ever tried to win a free trip to Paris? Well then Netflix's new film, The Wrong Parismight be the perfect love story for you! The new Janeen Damian film stars Miranda Cosgrove, who also executive produced the film, as a woman who is looking for love and thinks that a dating show's advertisement is going to take her to France if she gets chosen. The Wrong Paris is written by Nicole Henrich and stars Cosgrove, Pierson Fodé, Madison Pettis, Madeleine Arthur, Frances Fisher, and Yvonne Orji. The film also stars Torrance Coombs, Christin Park, Emilija Baranac, and Hannah Stocking.

The trailer for The Wrong Paris shows Cosgrove as a France-obsessed young woman working at a restaurant to save money to go to Paris. But when she learns about "Honey Pot," a dating show set in the City of Love, she decides to go for it. Except that the advertisement is misleading.

Which Henry Cavill Thriller Took Over Top Gun: Maverick On Streaming? ( Photo Credit – Prime Video )

Henry Cavill is currently doing something unexpected on Paramount+. Night Hunter, a thriller he led years ago, is pulling in more views than Top Gun: Maverick, the Tom Cruise blockbuster that once dominated cinemas worldwide. Both actors shared the screen in Mission: Impossible—Fallout, but their films are now competing in a very different arena: streaming.

Night Hunter Becomes One Of The Most-Watched Titles On Paramount+

According to FlixPatrol, Night Hunter was the third most-watched title on the platform on August 5, 2025. It even outranked Top Gun: Maverick, which dropped into fourth. Novocaine, another action flick, and I’m Still Here, a Brazilian Oscar-winner, were sitting above both titles.

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Star John Boyega has had a tremendous post-Star Wars run. After playing Finn in the sequel trilogy, Boyega headlined a string of well-reviewed genre films, returning to his roots. He broke out with a charming lead role in the British science-fiction film Attack the Block, before being cast in one of the lead roles in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens. Among his recent films is the drama-thriller Breaking, which was released theatrically in 2022, following a premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. The fact-based movie was compared to the Al Pacino classic Dog Day Afternoon, and earned excellent reviews. Although it didn't make much of a dent at the box office, Breaking is climbing up the streaming charts following its debut on Netflix.

According to FlixPatrol, Breaking was the ninth-most-watched film on Netflix worldwide on August 5. It outperformed An Honest Life, and finished just behind Gladiator II. The...

My Oxford Year Cast & Character Guide ( Photo Credit – X )

Netflix has a whole library of romantic films, and the latest addition to the catalog is My Oxford Year starring Sofia Carson and Corey Mylchreest. It is based on the novel of the same name by Julia Whelan. Here’s which actors played which characters in the romantic drama film released on August 1.

My Oxford Year: Cast & Character Guide Sofia Carson as Anna De La Vega

Sofia Carson plays Anna, who was born and raised in Queens, New York, and has her whole life planned out, including a job she is set to start in a year. Prior to that, she wants to embark on a journey studying poetry at Oxford University for a year. She then meets Jamie, the stand-in professor at the poetry program.

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For the past six weeks, the animated KPop Demon Hunters has been dominating Netflix's Global Top 10 chart, finishing in first or second place every week since its release on June 20. It's even earned the distinction of becoming Netflix's fourth most-watched movie of all time with 158.8 million views, ranking behind Don't Look Up, Carry-On, and Red Notice.

However, for the past two weeks since its release on July 25, it's been Happy Gilmore 2 that has topped Netflix's Global Top 10 chart with 46.7 million views and 40.8 million views, respectively. In fact, Happy Gilmore 2 received 46.7 million views within its first three days, marking the biggest debut ever for any Adam Sandler movie on Netflix.

Happy Gilmore 2 also recorded the largest opening weekend ever for a Netflix film in the United States. While these two titles have been dominating the streamer's charts for the past few weeks, Netflixhasa new movie on its Global Top 10 chart this week.

“KPop Demon Hunters” made Netflix history during the week of July 28, becoming the streamer’s fourth most-watched English-language movie to date. In the seven weeks since its debut, the action musical secured 158.8 million views.

The animated movie from Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans has now been more widely watched in its first 90 days than Ryan Reynolds and Jennifer Garner’s “The Adam Project,” Sandra Bullock’s “Bird Box,” Cameron Diaz and Jaime Foxx’s “Back in Action,” Sam Esmail’s “Leave the World Behind,” Ryan Gosling’s “The Gray Man,” Millie Bobby Brown’s “Damsel” and Robert Rodriguez’s “We Can Be Heroes.” It also bumped “We Can Be Heroes” out of Netflix’s top 10 most popular English-language movies list.

And since the 90-day cutoff for “KPop Demon Hunters” won’t happen until mid-September, chances are high that ranking will only be going up, up, up.

Despite the success of Netflix’s latest hit,...

Warning: The following contains spoilers for 2025's My Oxford Year.The My Oxford Year stars explain why the movie departs from the original ending of the book. Based on Julia Whelan's novel of the same name, the new Netflix romantic comedy features Sofia Carson as Anna, a young woman who spends a year in Oxford pursuing her passion for poetry, where she falls in love with Corey Mylchreest's Professor Jamie Davenport, who has terminal cancer and has decided to stop treatment.

The book ends with Jamie participating in a medical trial that allows him to travel across Europe with Anna, while the movie features a more tragic conclusion, where Jamie fades away with Anna at his bedside while he dreams about spending more time together in Europe.

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Carson and Mylchreest broke down the movie's change to Jamie and Anna's ending. Mylchreest, who serves as a producer,...

Corey Mylchreest In My Oxford Year ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

After creating waves online with his performance as King George in Netflix series Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, Corey Mylchreest is back again to charm you with his looks. His latest film, My Oxford Year, along with Sofia Carson, is currently streaming on Netflix, and his stellar appearance would definitely make your heart skip a beat. He plays Jamie Davenport, an English poetry professor, whose class you would never wanna miss.

In the film, his on-screen chemistry with Sofia Carson’s character, Anna, was electric—filled with lingering glances, playful banter, and undeniable romantic tension. For rom-com lovers, it’s the perfect blend of charm and heart-fluttering moments. But what is his relationship status in real life? Does Mylchreest have a girlfriend? Scroll ahead to find out.

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When director Iain Morris was approached about directing Netflix’s My Oxford Year, he thought they got the wrong person.

For Morris, a British comedy legend best known for creating The Inbetweeners, taking on a romance film wasn’t something he necessarily thought was in his future, but perhaps that was the point.

“This script came through, and I thought, ‘They got the wrong person,’ because it was quite sincere. It was quite romantic. I was like, ‘Oh, I wonder if they know what I do?,’” Morris tells The Hollywood Reporter. But when speaking with producer Marty Bowen, Morris recalls the “first thing” he told him being, “I love The Inbetweeners. I’d love [for] you to try and bring some of that energy to this and see how it goes.”

“And I’m a terribly shallow and a sucker for flattery,” Morris quips. “And I thought, ‘Okay, I wonder if I can?...

The first ‘Descendants’ movie is turning 10 years old, and we’ll give you all the details you need to know about streaming the franchise here.

Can you believe that the “Descendants” franchise is turning 10 years old? Well, it’s true! The movie series released its first installment in July 2015, which means it’s been over a decade since the loveable rascals therein first graced the Disney Channel. With “Descendants” now celebrating its 10th anniversary, we thought it would be helpful to fans to let you know where you can stream the films, as well as numerous specials in the franchise.

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Sofia Carson has been making stylish rounds on the press circuit while promoting her new Netflix rom-com My Oxford Year, using the opportunity to highlight her signature style sense, which often blends classic elegance, contemporary trends, and a hint of edginess.

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1. Sofia Carson Returns to Rom-Coms with My Oxford Year 2. Sharp & Structured: Green Fendi Co-Ords and Knee-High Boots 3. Vintage-Inspired Glamour: Dolce & Gabbana Chiffon Gown 4. Dramatic Couture: Richard Quinn Layered Gown and Black Pumps 5. More of Sofia Carson’s Best Red-Carpet and Street-Style Looks

She made an appearance on Live with Kelly & Mark sporting sleek boots, a structured green Fendi jacket, and matching trousers, creating a sharp yet chic ensemble. Wearing a Dolce & Gabbana white chiffon gown and matching ivory shoes, she radiated ethereal glamour at the Empire State Building. And for the movie’s Los Angeles premiere, she turned heads in a striking black-and-white Richard Quinn...

After an underwhelming critical reception, My Oxford Year, starring Sofia Carson(Purple Hearts),is dominating Netflix's global charts. The romantic comedy based on Julia Whelan’s novel of the same name is currently trending across multiple countries, days after its August 1, 2025, premiere. The film is also holding strong at #1 in Netflix’s Global Top 10 Movies list as of August 3.

According to FlixPatrol, My Oxford Year has taken the top spot on Netflix in over 40 countries, including Canada, France, Greece, Argentina, Australia, and more. Despite a low 29% critics' score on Rotten Tomatoes, the film debuted in the Top 10 in nearly every tracked country on the platform. This mirrors the success of Carson’s 2022 romantic drama Purple Hearts, which gained over220.6 million hours of watch time in its first 28 days on Netflix.

My Oxford Years follows Sofia as Anna, an ambitious American student who attends Oxford University to study literature. However,...

[This story contains spoilers for Netflix’s My Oxford Year.]

When portraying King George in Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, Corey Mylchreest left audiences in love and heartbroken after his character’s emotional arc. Now the actor is set to once again make the audience swoon and possibly cry in Netflix’s My Oxford Year.

In the film, directed by Iain Morris and based on Julia Whelan’s 2018 novel of the same name, Mylchreest stars as Jamie, an Oxford professor who falls in love with American student Anna (played by Sofia Carson). What begins as a fun fling evolves as the two grow a strong bond built on poetry and literature, before profoundly altering each other’s lives and subverting each other’s expectations. However, Jamie reveals that he has been secretly battling cancer, the same illness to which he lost his brother, and has made the decision to no longer continue treatment much to his father’s protests.

Netflix's new rom-com based on a bestselling novel continues a disappointing Rotten Tomatoes trend for Sofia Carson. Known for playing Evie, the daughter of the Evil Queen, in Disney's musical Descendants franchise, the actor has starred in many Netflix movies.

However, except for the 2024 action thriller Carry-On, where she played Nora Parisi, the director of operations at Lax, which garnered positive reviews from critics, most of her Netflix movies have not achieved the same recognition.

Carson starred as Cassie in the 2022 Purple Hearts, which follows an unconventional love story between a struggling singer-songwriter and a troubled Marine, but the movie only has a 33% critical approval rate on Rotten Tomatoes. Similarly, her 2025 coming-of-age movie The Life List, about a woman on a quest to complete a teenage bucket list, also ended up with a divisive score of 47%.

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Warning: This post contains spoilers from My Oxford Year!

Corey Mylchreest and Sofia Carson are starring in the new Netflix movie My Oxford Year, and it’s already shot up to No 1 on the streamer in just one day across the world!

The movie follows Anna (Carson), an ambitious young American woman, who sets out for Oxford University to fulfill a childhood dream. She has her life completely on track until she meets a charming and clever local, Jamie (Mylchreest), who profoundly alters both of their lives.

While the movie is based on the novel of the same name by Julia Whelan, the ending is different than the book.

Corey and Sofia recently opened up about the movie’s differing ending.

Keep reading to find out more… Spoilers Ahead!

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In the book, Jamie gets more...

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Audiences may have seen Sofia Carson fall in love onscreen in roles such as Netflix’s Purple Hearts and the Life List, but her new film is offering a revival of the traditional classic love story.

“There’s a certain level of escapism that comes with falling in love with a love story that is so beautiful to be able to offer that, and this one in particular just felt timeless,” Carson tells The Hollywood Reporter. “It felt like it had been a while since I had seen a classic and timeless love story brought to life for this generation.”

That love story is My Oxford Year, directed by Iain Morris and starring Carson (who also exec produce) and Queen Charlotte star Corey Mylchreest. The film, based on the 2018 book by Julia Wheelan, centers on Carson’s Anna, an ambitious young American woman who sets...

Spoiler Alert !!!This article contains spoilers for My Oxford Year.

My Oxford Year has followed the pattern of its predecessors, fortunately or unfortunately. Book-to-screen adaptations rarely walk in a straight line. They pick a lane, tighten some threads, loosen others, and chase a feeling that works on screen. Julia Whelan’s novel is brisk and witty, with a clear eye on ambition and intimacy. However, Netflix’s adaptation leans into romance and reflection, reshaping the same journey for a different medium.

You’ll still see Oxford, the spark between them, and a year that changes everything. What changes from book to movie is the frame: who she is when she arrives, how the truth comes out, and how the ending feels. Now, let’s walk through the three big differences between Julia Whelan’s novel and the recently released Netflix hit.

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Spoiler Alert: In this article, there are a lot of spoilers revolving around the film My Oxford Year.

Sofia Carson is back with another rom-com drama, and that too with Corey Mylchreest (the man from Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story), yes, I am sat. The movie My Oxford Year premiered on August 1, 2025, and is currently streaming on Netflix. It is a love story between an American girl, Anna, and a British boy, Jamie. Based on a novel of the same name by Julia Whelan, the storyline follows Anna (Sofia), who, after deferring her offer to do a well-paying finance job for one year, goes to study English poetry at Oxford University, which has always been her dream.

On the very first day of her existence in Oxford, she meets the ever-charming womanizer Jamie Davenport (Corey). Although their first meet-cute (iykyk) wasn’t pleasant,...

College romances come with their bouquet of characters, like a British garden in spring! Especially a romance taking place in Oxford floods us with a rush of archetypes within its students, but with the complexity of their emotional worlds involved, we also have glimpses of their family, the values that shaped their childhood, and the lovers themselves. Let’s take a look at the major characters of Netflix’s latest release, My Oxford Year.

Anna De La Vega

Sofia Carson’s Anna is the protagonist of the film—we enter Oxford through her lens to fulfill the dream she had as a ten-year-old girl who was told that she could do anything if she wanted. She is a graduate of Cornell University and has a perfectly utilitarian job at Goldman Sachs lined up for her. The point of the master’s is sort of like a sabbatical, where she gets to “explore” her passion.

A film’s opening moments often function as a declaration of intent. In My Oxford Year, the declaration is a familiar one. We meet Anna De La Vega, a young woman caught in a classically modern dilemma: a secured future in finance at Goldman Sachs versus a year of intellectual indulgence studying Victorian poetry at Oxford.

The university itself is rendered not as a place but as an ideal, a fantasy of stone spires and hushed libraries captured in soft, reverent light. It is a backdrop practically begging for a romance to disrupt its academic calm. The disruption arrives in the form of Jamie Davenport, a doctoral student whose charming arrogance is as tailored to the genre as his tweed jacket. He becomes her professor, and the film sets its coordinates for a conventional campus romance.

Yet, a shadow hangs over this bright construction. The film begins as one thing...

Taron Egerton recently opened up about the possibility of a sequel to his hit 2024 thriller Carry-On, and it sounds like fans might not want to get their hopes up.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Egerton explained that making Carry-On 2 would be tricky without losing the magic of the original. “Carry-On 2 is really hard. It’s a celebration of Christmas and a celebration of people who work at Christmas. It then needs to have this huge plot that needs to be foiled and maybe the earwig component. All of that is quite hard to achieve in a sequel without it feeling contrived and to the point of defying credulity. So I have not heard anything, but who knows, stranger things have happened,” he said.

The actor, who played Tsa agent Ethan Kopek, seems skeptical but didn’t completely shut the door on the idea. Carry-On, released on Netflix on...

Taron Egerton recently spoke about the chances of a sequel to Carry-On, the 2024 Netflix thriller that became one of the streaming service’s biggest hits.

The film, set on Christmas Eve, tells the story of a Tsa agent who faces a huge challenge when a traveler tries to blackmail him into letting a dangerous package through airport security. Carry-On was praised by critics and quickly became the second most-watched movie on Netflix.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Egerton was honest about the difficulty of making a follow-up.

He explained that the original movie was a celebration of Christmas and the people who work during the holidays, which makes creating a sequel tricky. Egerton said, “Carry-On 2 is really hard. It’s a celebration of Christmas and a celebration of people who work at Christmas. It then needs to have this huge plot that needs to be foiled and maybe the earwig component.

An Oxford-set college rom-com from the guy behind The Inbetweeners; the return of one of Netflix’s biggest ever shows; Genndy Tartakovsky’s latest adult animated project; Vanessa Kirby’s return to more intimate dramas about the human condition; a documentary that promised to shed new light on the Jussie Smollett hate crime incident; and a murder mystery film featuring several British and Irish acting icons are some of the highlights among the new films and series hitting Netflix in August.

Kicking off August is the rom-com My Oxford Year, which focuses on the tried and trusted formula of a young American girl heading to stuffy old Europe and finding love with some impossibly handsome and terribly charming guy, so it’s almost guaranteed to find a huge audience. In this instance, Sofia Carson plays Anna, an ambitious American student at Oxford University whose life is changed when she meets...

Netflix brought in a blend of heartwarming romance and witty comedy with the timeless charm of England’s academic elite in the new romantic comedy, My Oxford Year. Based on Julia Whelan’s novel of the same name, the film follows Anna (Sofia Carson) as she moves to Oxford, England, to pursue her dreams, only to have her life transformed after she meets Jamie Davenport (Corey Mylchreest).

However, what truly elevates the film’s emotional punch is its carefully curated soundtrack, a collection of songs that perfectly mirror the highs, lows, and bittersweet in-betweens of the story. From indie gems to soulful ballads, each track has been carefully selected to suit Anna’s story as she becomes embroiled in love, ambition, and self-discovery throughout her life-changing year in Oxford.

Whether it’s a song playing during a quiet moment of reflection or one that showcases a romantic crescendo, the soundtrack captures the essence,...

Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson for Wbgr-fm on July 31st, 2025, reviewing the new film “My Oxford Year,” similar in theme to the previous “A Yank in Oxford.” Streaming on Netflix beginning August 1st.

Sofia Carson is Anna De La Vega, an ambitious post graduate who decides to take a gap year to study Victorian poetry – before her financial job starts at Goldman Sachs –at the prestigious Oxford University in England. After a meet cute in which Anna gets car-splashed by an errant Jaguar, the driver happens to be her eventual poetry instructor Jamie (Corey Mylchreest). Over first editions and languid words the two begin a love affair, the torrent of which is interrupted by news of Jamie’s rare cancer … it seems that all the happiness might be upended by reality. As Lord Alfred Tennyson wrote, ’Tis better to have loved and lost,...

Netflix’s penchant for taking two pretty and committed faces and throwing them into a cesspool of romantic mediocrity continues with its latest offering, “My Oxford Year” (2025). Starring Sofia Carson and Corey Mylchreest, the Iain Morris-directed film aims for poignancy but can only become a series of tried and tired romantic tropes.

The film pits a dainty dreamer-girl against a swoonworthy British boy who serves cake, figuratively and literally. Understandably, the two get involved in a fling, which turns out to be something more. Let us see how Anna and Jamie shape each other’s lives.

My Oxford Year (2025) Netflix Plot Summary & Movie Synopsis:

Anna (Sofia Carson) is someone who has planned her entire life, starting with chalking out her career as a financial analyst at Goldman Sachs. However, underneath that pragmatism, there is a wishful little girl’s dream hidden somewhere. It is that little girl’s voice...

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My Oxford Year is a romantic comedy-drama film directed by Iain Morris from a screenplay by Allison Burnett and Melissa Osborne. Based on the 2018 novel of the same name by Julia Whelan, the Netflix film is set in England and follows Anna De La Vega, an ambitious young woman who travels to Oxford to fulfill her dreams but soon finds herself falling for a charming young man. My Oxford Year stars Sofia Carson, Corey Mylchreest, Dougray Scott, Catherine McCormack, Harry Trevaldwyn, Hugh Coles, Poppy Gilbert, and Barney Harris. So, if you loved the swoon-worthy love story, likable characters, and the bittersweet ending in Netflix’s My Oxford Year, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Spoiler Alert: This post contains spoilers for My Oxford Year now on Netflix.

School is now in session for My Oxford Year, which arrived August 1 on Netflix.

The film, based on the book by Julia Whelan, watches Sofia Carson’s Anna De La Vega attend Oxford University for a year before she returns to the states to start a job lined up at Goldman Sachs. Ambitious Anna strikes up a feud with Jamie Davenport (Corey Mylchreest) who turns out to be one of her professors. The burning hate, which masks other feelings, is mutual until the pair get to know each other, bonding over poetry and nights out on the town.

Several changes — large and small — have been made in the movie adaptation from character names to certain plot points. Astute viewers and readers of the book may have caught these, but those that want to study up can find...

“My Oxford Year,” based on the novel by Julia Whelan, is about a woman who goes to Oxford for an entire year, so I guess there’s nothing to criticize about the title. It’s also a love story starring Sofia Carson and Corey Mylchreest, two actors so conventionally attractive they must have been bitten by radioactive issues of “Us Weekly.”

But as the credits rolled, I sank into my chair, feeling vaguely sated by Netflix’s latest, flagrant attempt to rip off Hallmark’s by making shiny, simplistic-yet-satisfying romances with slightly higher production values and a soundtrack budget that can afford “Yellow” by Coldplay.

That, unfortunately, is the problem. “My Oxford Year” has all the airy charms of a generic rom-com, but that’s not what this movie is. It’s a film that tries, although not very hard, to claw away at your soul. This is not adorable lovey-dovey escapism.

Netflix’s new rom-com release, My Oxford Year, starring Sofia Carson and Corey Mylchreest, is an overdose of cliches. It’s one of those films that makes you wonder if you’ve already watched it before. The film is centered around Anna De La Vega, an ambitious second-generation immigrant in the United States resolute on making all her dreams come true. From a young age, Anna had her goals set—college, Oxford, and Goldman Sachs—and she lived up to them. She already had a job offer from Goldman Sachs as a financial analyst when she graduated, but she deferred it to spend a year at the University of Oxford to study Victorian poetry. Anna had been living her life according to her perfect plan, but that was before she crossed paths with Jamie Davenport.

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Just like any typical rom-com, Jamie and Anna...

There’s one surefire way to beat the heat: staying inside. And what better way to pass the time than with a great new movie? August has a number of new features hitting streaming, and we’ve put together a curated list of some of the best films on Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, Max, Disney+ and beyond. They range from recently released horror films (“Final Destination: Bloodlines”) to brand new comedies (“The Pickup”) to hidden gems destined to take off on streaming (“Freaky Tales”).

Check out our list of the top new movies streaming right now below.

My Oxford Year “My Oxford Year” (Netflix)

Netflix – Aug. 1

“My Oxford Year” is a brand-new Netflix original film, written by Allison Burnett and Melissa Osborne and directed by Iain Morris. It’s based on the novel of the same name by Julia Whelan and stars Sofia Carson and Corey Mylchreest. Here’s Netflix...

As festivities continue for the 10th anniversary of Disney’s Descendants, it’s impossible to discuss the franchise’s enduring legacy without honoring the heart and soul of the first three films: the late, great Cameron Boyce.

“He was our muse, everyone’s favorite, the forever boy,” director Kenny Ortega told TVLine during a recent visit to our New York studio. “He was the most generous, aspirational kid. He would shadow me as a director and choreographer. … And at the same time, he was building freshwater wells in impoverished areas in Africa. Every time you turned around, you heard something else this kid was doing,...

Netflix’s My Oxford Year, based on the book by Julia Whelan, which in turn was based on the original screenplay by Allison Burnett, takes viewers on a journey, both romantic and across the world.

The film, which launched on the streamer August 1, stars Sofia Carson as Anna De La Vega and Corey Mylchreest (Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story). Anna has a plan after she attends Oxford for a year of English studies, but that plan gets challenged when she develops feelings for her professor Jamie Davenport (Mylchreest). The pair experience an enemies to lovers arc, complete with karaoke, a ball and more.

Find all the songs in My Oxford Year on Netflix below:

“Make It Happen” by Laura Welsh “Helicopter” by Bloc Party “Consolation Prize” by Marchelle Bradanini “Oscar Wilde” by Marchelle Bradanini Britney Spears’ “…Baby One More Time” Performed by the Cast Coldplay...

Summer is rapidly heading toward its end, but we’re not quite there yet. There’s still plenty of time to rot on the couch and watch Netflix.

And, like any new month on the streamer, there will be new options to choose from. Beginning August 1, new movies and shows will hit Netflix, including their next Sofia Carson-starring original, “My Oxford Year.” Of course, there will also be some comfort favorites, like “American Pie,” “Rush Hour” and more.

You can find a full list of what’s headed to Netflix in August below.

Aug. 1

“My Oxford Year”

“Perfect Match,” Season 3

“American Pie”

“American Pie 2”

“Anaconda”

“Clueless”

“Dazed and Confused”

“The Departed”

“Despicable Me”

“Despicable Me 2”

“Fast Times at Ridgemont High”

“Fire Country,” Season 2

“Groundhog Day”

“Journey 2: The Mysterious Island”

“Journey to the Center of the Earth”

“Jurassic Park”

“The Lost World: Jurassic Park”

“Jurassic Park III”

“Megamind”

“Minions”

“Pawn Stars,...

An American lives out her British dream in an uninspired yet competently assembled trifle from The Inbetweeners creator Iain Morris

Call it the Bridgerton effect, which itself was arguably the result of The Crown effect, but the Netflix algorithm is currently aimed toward the UK with moonier eyes than usual. Last month saw Lena Dunham recount her days as an American getting to grips with the realities of London in Too Much, and as production begins on yet another adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, here comes the sudsy romance My Oxford Year where the object of affection is England itself.

One might assume that a university-set film directed by The Inbetweeners creator Iain Morris would be a ribald comedy geared toward a younger male crowd, but My Oxford Year, based on a novel by Julia Whelan, picks sentiment over sauce. It’s a frothy, throwaway fantasy about another American hoping...

Spoiler Alert !!!May contain spoilers for My Oxford Year Ending

In My Oxford Year, Corey Mylchreest plays the role of Jamie, an Oxford tutor who wins over Anna (Sofia Carson). What begins with fun banter between the duo soon crosses into romance territory. Anna then learns that Jamie has a rare hereditary blood disorder, the same one that took his brother’s life. On top of that, he decides to stop all treatment and wants to live life on his own terms.

This obviously laid down the ground that he would probably die towards the end of the movie. But to the surprise of many, he does not die (not on screen at least), and we get an open ending. Towards the end, we see him and Anna making the conscious decision to treasure what time they have left.

My Oxford Year Ending: Jamie’s Terminal Illness Twist Sofia Carson...

This is the second Sofia Carson romance movie I’ve seen on Netflix this month, and they’ve both somehow captured the same feeling, one that I cannot mention out of fear of spoilers. Look, if you’ve seen the trailer for My Oxford Year, then you already have a fair idea of how things are going to turn out. On the other hand, if you’ve read the book, then you definitely know how this ends, but if, like me, you’re entirely new to this story, then I’d recommend going in blind. My Oxford Year follows Anna, a young American woman, who decides to defer her 6-figure job to go do a year of literature at Oxford to live a little bit. She’s the kind of girl who dreams about libraries and has the Harry Potter theme playing as the background score of her life. Anna...

Netflix is kicking off the final month of summer with a packed slate of new content. This month will be headlined by the return of one of its biggest original series, Wednesday season 2. But the series isn’t the only highlight this August. The streaming giant is dropping 50-plus movies and TV shows, ranging from blockbuster franchises to Netflix Originals, reality TV shows.

Jenna Ortega returns as Wednesday Addams in a darker, more dangerous chapter. The first part of Wednesday Season 2 Part 1 will drop on August 6, with the rest arriving in September. Fan excitement is already sky-high thanks to new cast additions like Steve Buscemi and Lady Gaga.

But don’t stop there. Titles like My Oxford Year, The Thursday Murder Club, Perfect Match Season 3, and political thriller Hostage give viewers plenty more to talk about. Plus, global originals from Korea, Brazil, and Japan fill out the calendar with international...

With its premiere on the Netflix streaming service, My Oxford Year arrives as a romantic drama navigating the well-trodden terrain of love and loss against the storied backdrop of British academia. Produced by Temple Hill Entertainment, a company with a notable portfolio in emotionally resonant narratives, the film charts the collision of two lives: Anna De La Vega (Sofia Carson), an American student of immense ambition, and Jamie Davenport (Corey Mylchreest), her charismatic but troubled literature tutor. The film’s genesis is unusually circular: it is an adaptation of Julia Whelan’s novel of the same name, which was itself adapted from an original screenplay by Allison Burnett. Burnett returns as a co-writer for this cinematic version, completing a rare journey from screen to page and back again. The project is helmed by BAFTA nominee Iain Morris, a director whose background in comedy suggests a deliberate, and perhaps unexpected, tonal strategy for the material.

Seconds after the opening credits of “My Oxford Year” have discreetly scrolled across the screen, our happy heroine strolls the streets surrounding the titular British institution and is haphazardly doused by a massive puddle thanks to a vintage vehicle driven by her soon-to-be paramour. This klutzy comedic moment endemic to the rom-com genre unfortunately doubles as a fitting metaphor for the viewing audience, as the ensuing shenanigans make us feel pelted by that same gutter water time and time again. What should be a tender, feminist-minded story centered on a young woman rediscovering her dormant childhood dreamer turns into a middling melodrama about being with a cute guy in desperate need of her rescue.

Anna de la Vega (Sofia Carson) has been fantasizing about attending Oxford University since she was 10 years old, cracking open a dusty old book of poetry for the first time. Even before her face appears on...

My Oxford Year is the kind of movie I probably wouldn’t have watched if it wasn’t my job. This kind of cheaply produced romantic comedy/drama, where the entire budget goes to shooting in an exotic location and exactly one or two known stars, goes for a dime a dozen on Netflix. This isn’t even the first one this year to star Sofia Carson. But unlike The Life List from a few months back, this one is actually based on an (apparently) popular book by Julia Whelan.

Does the pedigree of the source material help to elevate the adaptation? Unfortunately, no, as My Oxford Year is a dull, often frustrating mess that frequently fails to clear even the extremely low bar of turn-your-brain-off Netflix rom-coms. And if it is accurate to the book, which I doubt it is, the source material wasn’t all that great to begin with.

It’s hard to believe it’s been a full decade since Descendants premiered on Disney Channel and became the musical franchise for a new generation of Disney kids. The Core Four — Mal (Dove Cameron), Evie (Sofia Carson), Carlos (Cameron Boyce), and Jay (Booboo Stewart) — stepped into their rightful places amongst Disney Channel royalty. Carson looks back at her Descendants journey with nothing but love. The actress made her film debut as Evie, the aspiring fashion designer daughter of the Evil Queen (Kathy Najimy), who embraces her time in Auradon when the kids of Disney villains get a chance at a life outside the Isle of the Lost. The My Oxford Year star spoke with TV Insider about that magical moment in her life. “When I finished the first Descendants movie, which was my first film, my first real job. I remember I was in the car with our producer,...

As the calendar page turns from July to August, the looming dread of the back-to-school season returns. But Netflix has the cure for that seasonal angst in the form of its "C's Get Degrees" collection. Debuting on August 1, the streamer has a collection of classic movies centering around "school days, teenage angst, and first-of-their-kind adventures." The C's Get Degrees collection features a number of classic films, ranging from the 1980s, the 1990s, and the 2000s.

The collection's 1980s fare includes the John Hughes classic Ferris Bueller's Day Off, in which the title character (Matthew Broderick) plays hooky for a day with his neurotic best pal (Alan Ruck) and his girlfriend (Mia Sara) for an adventure across Chicago; another Hughes comedy, Weird Science, about a pair of goofball nerds (Anthony Michael Hall and Ilan Mitchell-Smith) accidentally create the perfect, and all-powerful, woman (Kelly LeBrock) via a scientific experiment; and Amy Heckerling...