Stanley Kubrick would likely appreciate George Clooney’s The Midnight Sky for its representation of the vastness of space, the deafening silence of loneliness and the raw instinct to survive when there is no one else to turn to.
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The History of Future Folk (Netflix)
Exquisitely awful, yet deliciously tacky. Future Folk is the the lowest budget silly movie you’ll ever love disliking, featuring banjo and guitar duets sung by space aliens in plastic bucket helmets while they try to save their home planet and Earth… for love.
Soul (Disney+)
Looking past the polish of exceptional music, animation and story telling, you’ll find a fresh perspective in Soul. It’s not an action packed riveting adventure that the younger audience will flock to. It is, however, a heart warming reminder to us “bigger kids” embrace the moment. I particularly love how Soul solidifies ethereal concepts about our mortality, all without the weight of doom or judgment, unburdened by any ideological constraints. And the jazz is legit.
Car! Turn Left!
Did you ever notice the ‘droids in Star Wars had complex AI-driven personalities but the ships did not? I mean, they could have, but didn’t.
Perhaps Amazon’s Alexa in my car isn’t such a good idea after all.
The Gardener (Prime Video)
The Gardener is a documentary about “Les Quatre Vents”, or Cabot Garden, in Quebec.
This is one of the most breathtakingly beautiful things I’ve seen on a screen in a very long time. To stroll this creation in person just found entry on my bucket list.
Pro tip: watch it in 4K if you can. You will not be disappointed.
Dude Perfect (HULU)
What a great natured and fun group of guys in Texas that do trick shots with athletes and other professionals. Entertaining and family safe. I highly recommend this.
My 6 year-old LOVES this show and we all have a lot of fun watching it together.
Kingdom (Netflix)
Imagine The Walking Dead in 16th century Korea. Except it’s better from the origin. If TWD is your flavor and you can handle subtitles, Kingdom is pure binge worthy. Watch to the end of S1:E3 and convince me I’m wrong.
Buster’s Mal Heart (Netflix)
Buster is less about a “transformation” as the brief description conveys than a downward spiral into deep, tragic mental illness. The outcome of which is always unpredictable. Rami Malek is perfectly disturbed as always.
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The Ghost Bride (Netflix)
The Ghost Bride is a romantic drama, with a warm presence of charm and humor and a bucket of supernatural that dances with the grotesquely dark side of death and the afterlife. In Mandarin, set in 1890’s China.
Continue reading The Ghost Bride (Netflix)Rant: Non-English Movies
I prefer subtitles. I want to hear the native dialect, the visceral actor’s conviction in their original words. I’m willing to read and have all of the feels. Just let me do the work.
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