Netflix Friday - Volume 103

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 Hurt Locker (2008)
During the Iraq War, a Sergeant (Jeremy Renner) recently assigned to an army bomb is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.
 

Drama: Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
The true story of Heinrich Harrer (Brad Pitt), an Austrian mountain climber who became friends with the Dalai Lama at the time of China’s takeover of Tibet.
 

Comedy: 28 Days (2000)
A big-city newspaper columnist (Sandra Bullock) is forced to enter a drug and alcohol rehab center after ruining her sister’s wedding and crashing a stolen limousine.
 

Animation: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Warrior and pacifist Princes Nausicaä desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet.
 

Romance: The Best of Me (2014)
A pair of former high school sweethearts (James Marsden, Michelle Monaghan) reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown.
 

Horror: The Ritual (2017)
A group of old college friends reunite for a trip to a forest in Sweden, but encounter a menacing presence there stalking them.
 

Science Fiction: Anon (2018)
In a world without anonymity of crime, a detective (Clive Owen) meets a woman (Amanda Seyfried) who threatens their security.
 

Crime: The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Two imprisoned men (Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman) bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.
 

Thriller: Calibre (2018)
A shocking deed turned their weekend trip into a nightmare. Now their only hope is to swallow their paranoia and act normal.
 

Documentary: Modern Slavery (2009)
There’s 27 million slaves in the world today. We find them in the sex industry, as child soldiers, as unpaid housekeepers and in production and as shop workers. We have all a responsibility for this.
 

Family: Ponyo (2008)
A five-year-old boy develops a relationship with Ponyo, a young goldfish princess who longs to become human after falling in love with him.

Netflix Friday - Volume 69

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

Action: Black Hawk Down (2001)
160 elite U.S. soldiers drop into Somalia to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord and find themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily-armed Somalis.
 

Drama: Django Unchained (2012)
With the help of a German bounty-hunter (Christoph Waltz), a freed slave (Jamie Foxx) sets out to rescue his wife (Kerry Washington) from a brutal plantation-owner (Leonardo DiCaprio) in Mississippi.
 

Comedy: Forrest Gump (1994)
The presidencies of Kennedy and Johnson, the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal and oter historical events unfold from the perspective of an Alabama man (Tom Hanks) with an IQ of 75, whose only desire is to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart (Robin Wright)
 

Animation: Ponyo (2008)
A five-year-old boy develops a relationship with Ponyo, a young goldfish princess who longs to become human after falling in love with him.
 

Romance: The Jane Austen Book Club (2007)
Six Californians start a club to discuss the works of Jane Austen, only to find their relationships, both old and new, begins to resemble 21^st century versions of her novels.
 

Horror: The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
A lawyer (Laura Linney) takes on a negligent homicide case involving a priest (Tom Wilkinson) who preformed an exorcism on a young girl (Jennifer Carpenter)
 

Science Fiction: Children of Men (2006)
In 2027, in a chaotic world in which woman have become somehow infertile, a former activist (Clive Owen) agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea.
 

Crime: Scarface (1983)
In 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant (Al Pacino) takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed.
 

Thriller: Blood Diamond (2006)
A fisherman (Djimon Hounsou), a smuggler (Leonardo DiCaprio) and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond.
 

Documentary: Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal and Greed (2021)
Bob Ross brought joy to millions as the world’s most famous art instructor. But a battle for his business empire cast a shadow over his happy trees.
 

Family: Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)
Three musical chipmunks are discovered by an aspiring songwriter (Jason Lee) who wants to use their amazing  singing abilities to become famous.

Netflix Friday - Volume 5

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

Action: Inception (2010)
A thief (Leonardo DiCaprio) who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O.

Drama: The Iceman (2012)
The story of Richard Kuklinski (Michael Shannon), the notorious contract killer and family man. When finally arrested in 1986, neither his wife nor daughter had any clue about his real profession.

Comedy: The Disaster Artist (2017)
When Greg Sestero (Dave Franco), an aspiring film actor, meets the weird and mysterious Tommy Wiseau (James Franco) in an acting class, they form a unique friendship and travel to Hollywood to make their dreams come true.

Animation: Ponyo (2008)
A five-year-old boy develops a relationship with Ponyo, a young goldfish princess who longs to become human after falling in love with him.

Romance: Juliet, Naked (2018)
Annie (Rose Byrne) is the long-suffering girlfriend of Duncan (Chris O’Dowd) who is obsessed with now faded singer-songwriter Tucker Crowe (Ethan Hawke). She finds herself in an unlikely transatlantic romance with Tucker.

Horror: The Mist (2007)
A freak storm unleashes a species of bloodthirsty creatures on a small town, where a small band of citizens hole up in a supermarket and fight for their lives.

Science Fiction: I Am Legend (2007)
Years after a plague kills most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters, the sole survivor in New York City (Will Smith) struggles valiantly to find a cure.

Crime: The Highwaymen (2019)
The untold true story of the legendary detectives (Kevin Costner, Woody Harrelson) who brought down Bonnie and Clyde.

Thriller: El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019)
“El Camino: A Breakin Bad Movie” follows fugitive Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) as he runs from his captors, the law and his past.

Documentary: 13th (2016)
An in-depth look at the prison system in the United Stated and how it reveals the nation’s history of racial inequality.

Family: Paddington (2014)
A young Peruvian bear (Ben Wishaw) travels to London in search of a home. Finding imself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he meets the kindly Brown family, who offer him a temporary haven.