The best shows to watch on Netflix with your family

Netflix’s Back to the Outback is must-watch family goodness

Tired of being locked in a reptile house where humans gawk at them like they’re monsters, a ragtag group of Australia’s deadliest creatures plot a daring escape from their zoo to the Outback, a place where they’ll fit in without being judged for their scales and fangs. Back to the Outback is an animated adventure that proves just because something’s different, doesn’t mean it isn’t beautiful.

And the cast list is EPIC …

Back to the Outback stars …

• Isla Fisher – Maddie, a poisonous snake with a heart of gold
• Miranda Tapsell – Zoe, a Thorny Devil lizard
• Guy Pearce – Frank, a hairy spider
• Angus Imrie – Nigel, a sensitive scorpion
• Tim Minchin – Pretty Boy, a cute obnoxious koala

As well as Eric Bana, Rachel House, Keith Urban, Celeste Barber, Wayne Knight, and Jacki Weaver!

Take a sneak peek at the characters below …

Karma’s World

Created by multi-award winning rapper, actor, composer and philanthropist Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges, Karma’s World follows Karma, an aspiring musical artist and rapper with huge talent and ambition.

Throughout the series, Karma, voiced by 3-time Grammy nominated singer and songwriter, Asiahn Bryant, and her crew face the challenges of growing up while learning to express themselves.

Every episode of the animated series for children ages 6-9 years, is infused with all-new original hip-hop music by Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges.

Karma’s World premieres on Netflix on October 15, 2021.

Watch trailer above.

Gabby’s Dollhouse, 3 seasons

This season Gabby, Pandy Paws and all their kitty friends are jumping back into Gabby’s Dollhouse! With cat-tastic dollhouse deliveries and a little bit of imagination, the friends will check-in at The Dollhouse Hotel, become medieval knights-in-training, visit the Wild West, and even find a way for a plain old banana to turn a rainy day into a magical one. Filled with groovy music, creative crafts and lessons to learn along the way, Gabby’s Dollhouse is filled with meow-mazing adventures!

Over the Moon PG

Fueled with determination and a passion for science, a bright young girl builds a rocket ship to the moon to prove the existence of a legendary Moon Goddess.

There she ends up on an unexpected quest, and discovers a whimsical land of fantastical creatures.

Directed by animation legend Glen Keane, and produced by Gennie Rim and Peilin Chou, Over the Moon is an exhilarating musical adventure about moving forward, embracing the unexpected, and the power of imagination.

Watch the trailer below! Continues after …

Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous (G) 

Got a little dinosaur fanatic on your hands? They’ll love this new 8 part series on Netflix.

Set against the timeline of the blockbuster film Jurassic World, new animation blockbuster, Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous follows a group of six teenagers trapped at a new adventure camp on the opposite side of Isla Nublar.

When the events of the film unfold and dinosaurs are unleashed across the island, each kid realises their very survival rests on the shoulders of themselves and their fellow campers.

Unable to reach the outside world, our six teens will go from strangers to friends to family as they band together to survive the dinosaurs and uncover hidden secrets so deep they threaten the world itself.

Watch the trailer below! Continues after …

The Willoughbys (PG)

Four siblings with horribly selfish parents hatch a plan to get rid of them for good and form a perfectly imperfect family of their own.

Starring: Will Forte, Maya Rudolph, Ricky Gervais

Wonder (PG)

After being homeschooled all his life, a boy with facial differences attends a traditional school, where he must find friends among his bullies.

Starring: Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson, Jacob Tremblay

Walk. Ride. Rodeo. (M)

In the wake of an accident that leaves her paralyzed, a champion rodeo rider vows to get back on her horse and compete again. Based on a true story.

Starring: Spencer Locke, Missi Pyle, Sherri Shepherd

Despicable Me 2 (PG)

Arch-villain Gru and his three orphan girls return for more shady exploits in this wacky animated feature voiced by some of Hollywood’s biggest stars.

Starring: Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Benjamin Bratt

Matilda
(PG)

Cursed with a cruel school principal and parents, a little girl discovers her hidden powers which she uses to stand up to the bullies in her life.

Starring: Mara Wilson, Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman

Blinky Bill: The Movie (G)

Happy koala Blinky Bill and some spunky pals travel the Outback following clues to help him find his long-lost father and finally bring him home.

Starring: Ryan Kwanten, Rufus Sewell, Toni Collette

The Spy Next Door (PG)

While babysitting, an undercover agent is thrust back into the world of top-secret adventure when one his young charges downloads a classified file.

Starring: Jackie Chan, Amber Valletta, George Lopez

Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat (PG)

While Mom is away, a bored little boy and girl are visited by the Cat in the Hat, who proceeds to turn the house into the “mother of all messes.”

Starring: Mike Myers, Alec Baldwin, Kelly Preston

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (G)

When Nanny McPhee arrives at the Green farm, she uses magic and discipline to help frazzled Mrs. Green run things while her husband fights in the war.

Starring: Emma Thompson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Rhys Ifans

Pokémon Detective Pikachu
(PG)

In a world where humans and Pokémon coexist, an electrifying supersleuth teams with his missing partner’s son to crack the case of his disappearance.

Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Justice Smith, Kathryn Newton

Feel the Beat
(G)

After blowing a Broadway audition, a self-centered dancer reluctantly returns home and agrees to coach a squad of young misfits for a big competition.

Starring: Sofia Carson, Wolfgang Novogratz, Donna Lynne Champlin