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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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)
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.
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.
A rookie Yorkshire journalist (Andrew Garfield) sets out to solve the case of a child murderer)
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.
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.
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.
