‘The Umbrella Academy’: 8 reasons to watch Netflix’s cinematic spectacle
Warning: This story contains minor spoilers from Seasons 1 and 2 of “The Umbrella Academy.”Who needs confident, Spandex-clad superheroes? Been there, done that. In “The Umbrella Academy, the Netflix show uses dysfunction and leather to create a fantastical — and cinematic — foray into the genre.The show, now in its second season, follows the weird, wild adventures of seven adopted children, six of whom have unique powers and were raised to be superheroes by their manipulative father.