Netflix Friday - Volume 87

Some Netflix film tips for the weekend! And there is something for everyone, since I picked a movie for all the different genres.
 

Action: American Assassin (2017)
After the death of his girlfriend at the hands of terrorists, Mitch Rapp (Dylan O’Brien) is drawn into the world of counterterrorism, mentored by tough-as-nails former U.S. Navy S.E.A.L. Stan Hurley (Michael Keaton).
 

Drama: Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Following the Normandy Landing, a group of U.S. soldier go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper (Matt Damon) whose brothers have been killed in action.
 

Comedy: Last Action Hero (1993)
With the help of a magic ticker, a young movie fan (Austin O’Brien) is transported into the fictional world of his favorite action movie character (Arnold Schwarzenegger).
 

Animation: Happy Feet 2 (2011)
Mumble’s (Elijah Wood) son, Erik, is struggling to realize his talents in the Emperor Penguin world. Meanwhile, Mumble and his family and friends discover a new threat to their home. One that will take everyone working together to save them.
 

Romance: The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)
Goaded by his buddies, a nerdy guy (Steve Carell) who’s never “done the deed” only finds the pressure mounting when he meets a single mother (Catherine Keener)
 

Horror: Pet Sematary (2019)
Dr. Louise Creed (Jason Clarke) and his wife, Rachel (Amy Seimetz), relocate from Boston to rural Maine with their two young children. the couple soon discover a mysterious burial ground hidden deep in the woods near their new home.
 

Science Fiction: Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) is best with troubles in his failing personal life as he battles a brilliant scientist named Doctor Otto Octavius (Alfred Molina)
 

Crime: Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster (Robert De Niro) returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan 35 years later, where he must once again confront the gosts and regrets of his old life.
 

Thriller: The Good Liar (2019)
Consummate con man Toy Courtnay (Ian McKellen) has set his sights on his latest mark: the recently widowed Betty McLeish (Helen Mirren), worth millions. But this time, what should have been a simple swindle escalates into a cat-and-mouse game with the ultimate stakes.
 

Documentary: Joan Didion: the Center Will Not Hold (2017)
Literary icon Joan Didion reflects on her remarkable career and personal struggles in this intimate documentary.
 

Family: Tales of Beatrix Potter (1971)
Beatrix Potter’s most beloved characters spring to life in this live-action classic.

Netflix Friday - Volume 71

Some Netflix film tips for the weekend! And there is something for everyone, since I picked a movie for all the different genres.
 

Action: The Guns of Navarone (1961)
A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2000 trapped British soldiers.
 

Drama: The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors, not knowing that the allied forces are planning to destroy it.
 

Comedy: Last Action Hero (1993)
With the help of a magic ticket, a young movie fan (Austin O’Brien) is transported into the fictional world of his favorite action movie character (Arnold Schwarzenegger).
 

Animation: Storks (2016)
Storks have moved on from delivering babies to packaged. But when an order for a baby appears, the best delivery stork must scramble to fix the error by delivering the baby.
 

Romance: Cold Mountain (2003)
In the warning days of the American Civil War, a wounded soldier (Jude Law) embarks on a perilous journey back home to Cold Mountain, North Carolina to reunite with his sweetheart (Nicole Kidman)
 

Horror: The Final Girls (2015)
A young woman (Taissa Farmiga) grieving the loss of her mother, a famous scream queen from the 1980s, finds herself pulled into the world of her mom’s most famous movie. Reunited the women must fight off the film’s maniacal killer.
 

Science Fiction: Spider-Man (2002)
When bitten by a genetically modified spider, a nerdy, shy, and awkward high school student (Tobey Maguire) gains spider-like abilities that he eventually must use to fight evil as a superhero after tragedy befalls his family.
 

Crime: Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1974 (2009)
A rookie Yorkshire journalist (Andrew Garfield) sets out to solve the case of a child murderer)
 

Thriller: A Cure for Wellness (2016)
An ambitious young executive (Dane DeHaan) is sent to retrieve his company’s CEO from an idyllic but mysterious ‘wellness center’ at a remote location in the Swiss Alps, but soon suspects that the spa’s treatments are not what they seem.
 

Documentary: Untold: Malice at the Palace (2021)
A brawl broke out near the end of a game between the Indiana Pacers and the Detroit Pistons on November 19, 2004. Nearly 17 years later, we re-examine that night and all the consequences that came from it.
 

Family: Annie (1982)
A spunky young orphan (Aileen Quinn) is taken in by a rich eccentric, much to the chagrin of the cantankerous woman who runs the orphanage.