Yeah I literally had no idea what to do for this week and this is coming out a day late so yeah... Anyway since I don't really have a life besides this and school I tend to either play video games or check out movies on netflix and since I am late as it is I'll be putting up a top five recommendation list for movies you might want to check out on netflix (and mini-reviews with them.)
5.) Death of a superhero
It's kind of strange to see that "Kids-with-cancer" is a genre in movies now and Death of a superhero might just be the best one. While I do like the fault in our stars I couldn't get that emotionally invested in the characters because of how slightly cheesy it is, well what death of a superhero does is take out the cheese factor to it. The film is about a young man named Donald who wants to get laid before he dies of cancer. That might sound like a "eh" premise but it is way better and a long of that is carried on the writing and the performance of Thomas Brodie-Sangster who turns in a very genuine and real performance that completely carries the movie.
4.) The Hours
Take a film that revolves (but not about) Virgina Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway, put Julianne Moore, Nicole Kidman and Meryl Streep in it and you've got yourself a very good movie. While I don't know if I technically "liked" The hours but it is a fascinating film to watch and has interesting character studies for Moore, Kidman and Streep characters all of whom are interesting. Also it is very fascinating to watch Nicole Kidman look so unlike herself I did not think that was actually her at first.
3.) Gods and Monsters
Again another character study about interesting characters, and I overall think I liked this more then the hours. It helps that one of my favorite actors Ian Mckellen is in this and it's also better for a movie to have either Ian Mckellen or John Goodman in a movie. This is a film about the final days of director James Whale who directed the original black and white frankenstein and frankenstein bride, I don't know if this movie is completely factual but it's still a good movie that lives primarily on Ian Mckellen.
2.) Annie Hall
Their is a reason people call this their favorite Woody Allen movie. Annie Hall is a very realistic yet charming and loving movie that pulls at the heart strings but even if you don't want to be sad by the end of it, the movie is amazingly funny with memorable and gust busting jokes.
1.) What Maisie Knew
One of my new favorite movies Maisie knew is about a six year old going through her parent's divorce and yes it is as horribly depressing movie as it sounds. Yet it is an amazing movie with great acting from our young lead and makes me want more movies based around young children going through stuff. Also a really good performance from Julianne Moore who plays her hooked on a drug rockstar mom.
So that is my top Netflix picks and hopefully the next editorial comes out cleaner than this although I might do more If I watch enough movies on netflix. Hopefully I informed the three people reading this some pretty awesome movies to check out and I hope you appreciate it. Anyway see you next time.
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