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 39

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 Hitman’s Bodyguard (2017)
The world’s top bodyguard (Ryan Reynolds) gets a new client (Samuel L. Jackson), a hitman who must testify at the International Criminal Court. They must put their differences aside and work together to make it to the trial on time.
 

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

Comedy: Dumb and Dumber (1994)
After a woman leaves a briefcase at the airport terminal, a dumb limo driver (Jim Carrey) and his dumber friend (Jeff Daniels) set out on a hilarious cross-country road trip to Aspen to return it.
 

Animation: Mr. Peabody and Sherman (2014)
The time-travelling adventures of an advanced canine (Ty Burrell) and his adopted son, as they endeaver to fix a time rift they created.
 

Romance: Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
A recently windowed man’s (Tom Hanks) son calls a radio talk-show in an attempt to find his father a partner.
 

Horror: Midsommar (2019)
A couple travels to Northern Europe to visit a rural hometown’s fabled Swedish mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.
 

Science Fiction: The Great Wall (2016)
In ancient China, a group of European mercenaries encounters a secret army that maintains and defends the Great Wall of China against a horde of monstrous creatures.
 

Crime: Spy Game (2001)
Retiring CIA agent Nathan Muir (Robert Redford) recalls his training of Tom Bishop (Brad Pitt) while working against agency politics to free him from his Chinese captors.
 

Thriller: Split (2016)
Three girls are kidnapped by a man (James McAvoy) with a diagnosed 23 distinct personalities. They must try to escape before the apparent emergence of a frightful new 24^th.
 

Documentary: Born to Be Free (2016)
Revelatory investigative film made by three intrepid, free-diving journalists Gaya, Tanya and Julia, about the global trade in wild sea mammals.
 

Family: Pluk van de Petteflet (2014)
On a quest to find a new home young Pluk in his little red crane wagon ends up in the Petteflet. He moves in to a little deserted tower room and quickly befriends some of the inhabitants and animals from the Torteltuin, the beautiful garden of the place. When he finds out the Torteltuin is about to be destroyed, Pluk and his friends are willing to try everything to stop it.