Streaming Movie Recommendations for Lockdown

Hey, this is Steve Blum, and you are listening

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to another episode of the Cinema Geeks. I am

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joining me for today's record is movie revolt

Dan. Hello. Hey. And we are back. Yeah, long

time no talk. We're trying to get back in the

flow and in the rhythm of things, but it is a

strange world out there and. Awesome complications

from time to time. So as is with everybody, but

a lot of podcasts are pumping out a lot of content

and some of the other ones are kind of doing

some it's almost like the shows like the wrestling

shows like they all have like this recorded content

that they're trying to pump out to like. place

hold for other things. So we're trying to do

our best to give you guys some content. And today

we're going to be talking about some stuff that

you could be doing while you are on in quarantine

or stuck in your house. Or I know a lot of people

are going stir crazy and trying to find stuff

to do. Maybe they've exhausted the. The shows

that they were watching kind of heading into

this and I need some more ideas for some movies

to watch. So that's what our goal is today is

to give you guys some movies that you can watch

that are streaming on the various platforms,

Hulu, Netflix, Amazon Prime, things of that nature.

I know we just ended a couple of things that

we were watching on Netflix and Hulu. So we're

looking for some some new stuff as well. I just

got to before we get into it, though, can I just

say like these platforms need a better way to

find stuff? Like especially Netflix, but in a

way, all of them like. You can go online and

look for like stuff that is streaming on Netflix

and find a list that will help you like then

go to Netflix and then type stuff in and find

it. It's easier to do that than to find it through

their actual services. Like I wish there was

an easier way than to just give me a thousand

different. It's like they have like the same

25 movies and they arrange it in 17 different

lists on the main page. I'm just scrolling through

the same movies that you're rearranging in different

forms for. Yeah, I honestly find it easier to

use like letterbox to find. Then I find it to

use the actual website itself. Yeah, it's like

impossible to really. Fine thing. I miss the

days where you could literally just search like

alphabetically or right by year Like I don't

know why you can't do that anymore I wish by

year was an option because it is so much more

handy for me because usually for some reason

I am looking for either current stuff of this

year or like from a specific year And I don't

need to see what's like another movie that I

watched like that doesn't help me at all Like

I just wish there was an easier way, but that

is one of the nice features of letterbox I will

admit I've used that before try to find like

where can I want? watch this, but kind of go

through some of your process and then what you

used as rules or criteria or kind of what was

your approach to come up with the five movies

that you're going to give us suggestions for

today. Yeah, so basically when I was looking

at movies as we're also working on our best of

decade list and it kind of corresponded with

us a little bit in the sense of looking for films

that I feel like are really good. A lot of these

maybe not probably won't make any less, but they

were at least ones that I like. I really liked

these movies, but no one really Talks about them

some of them may be too certain except they might

not be the best movies all time. But I think

they are ones that like Deserve as much as a

watch or perhaps need a little bit more attention

From some people because I know I've listened

to other people talk about things to watch and

I heard someone mention Yeah, you can watch Seinfeld

and then I'm like, that's not I know what Seinfeld

is I don't necessarily need to be informed about

watching Seinfeld So I try to find things that

are somewhat knowledge, you know, people may

know a little bit about them, but they're not

like the big Yeah, the people are well aware

of But you know and I also try to get a variety

I thought about like not getting any sadder depressing

movies, but As I look at my list, that's not

necessarily the case at all But you know because

I know people are looking for escapism, but I

think ultimately these are some good films that

offer You would different styles of filmmaking

so should be enjoyable Yeah, I've suggested us

to watch like Contagion and some other things

that a man is not having anything You didn't

find the humor in that yeah, I kind of did the

same type of thing I was trying to avoid someone

like the obvious ones that because one thing

that has happened Seems like these services have

added a lot of content Out there during this

whole time. They know people are looking for

content So I feel like there's been an influx

of a lot of good quality stuff that's out there

to watch So I did try to avoid some of the obvious

ones that I know are gonna come up in the best

of Decade conversations or some of the ones that

I have talked a lot on over the years through

our different top tens of the year or even the

half decade list So I tried to avoid some of

those especially some of the ones I've just talked

about recently like for 2019 That nature and

trying to go off of ones that I just feel like

I have not got as much talk as I think that they

deserve. So might be ones that we have mentioned

in passing, but I haven't heard them come up

a lot recently as far as when other people have

been putting out their best a decade list. So

I wanted to kind of highlight those things as

as things that people could watch things that

might be forgotten a little bit or just not quite

that top tier movie list that you might see out

there. So I know how I try to approach it. We'll

see how well I did. I know I haven't seen quite

as many under the radar films as as a lot of

people have yourself probably included. So I'm

very interested to Your take on some of these

films. So why don't you start us off and what's

one of the films that you think people should

go stream? And then what service can they watch

it on? Uh, so I guess this one probably is maybe

the the most well -known of the films i'm going

to talk about because it's By the the director

who just won the best picture of the year and

best director, uh in its mother by bong ju ho

of course who uh, basically swept the academy

awards when it came to His work for parasite

mother that came out. It's not the jennifer lawrence

movie. This is from which i also really enjoyed

um, this came out in 2009, um in south korea

2010 in america This was I think the first experience

I had with him as director perhaps i'm not sure

sure exactly i'm gonna watch the host first,

but it was it was close. Um, but There's so much

I really love about this movie And if you enjoyed

parasite the reason I brought it up because I

know a lot of people love parasite myself included

If you really enjoyed that i think you would

also enjoy a lot about mother mother doesn't

say we get into the class. Struggles as much

as it as parasite does there some there but it

also just it has his ability to. Just juggle

tone in such an amazing hey where it's like talking

about you know it being a downer and ultimately

it kind of is it's just like crime drama thriller

ultimately it's about a mom trying to search

for answers are mentally. Challenge son is wanted

for murder basically there is this brutal murder

that happened and doesn't seem like something

that he would do because he's just upbeat very

No seems like a pleasant kid so we're trying

to see what all these answers and take her down

this dark road and it's Encapsulated by what

I think are the best bookends of any film I've

ever seen These two scenes that kind of start

and end the film that encapsulate basically have

the entire journey in such a powerful way. And

it just kind of shows you just the differentiation

between where we start and then where we end

up. So highly recommend seeing it. It's available

on Hulu, which also Parasite is. So if you wanted

to watch, if you haven't seen Parasite, you can

also check that out. But I would also, if you

enjoyed that, check out Mother. And I think you

probably will find some enjoyment in that as

well Yeah, and I had misinterpreted some of our

messages offline So I was under the impression

that once upon a time that I was supposed to

watch some of the films that you were bringing

up So we actually watched this one in preparation

for what I thought I was doing even though it

was wrong So man and I watched this and when

I did quite enjoy it I think what I like about

this one a little bit like what you're talking

about with how not only they juggle tone, but

they they He keeps you on the edge of your seat

because you're not quite sure what direction

you're going at any time. You're not quite sure,

you know, who's not not that there's always like

these black and white, like good or bad characters,

but you're you're not quite sure like which direction

you're going, who you how you should feel about

the characters you're watching. And I like kind

of that beyond the edge of your seat type deal

when it comes to that, because the reason that

the sun is. A little bit messed up is a little

disturbing as well. But yeah, we rather enjoy

this. He's got a good filmography. I haven't

seen the like the first one or two from him.

But when you put this with Parasite, like you

talked about as well as mine just went completely

blank. The train one. Oh, snowpiercer. Yes, no

piercer. When you put those three together, that's

quite a trio of films from this director that

I think I have a lot to like about them. So I

definitely if you liked Snowpiercer or if you

like Parasite, you should definitely agree to

and check out Mother for my number five. This

one. I got some attention when it came out in

2017 and definitely was talked about I think

in the cinephile circles or film Twitter things

of that nature haven't heard much about it in

the last couple years though and I don't know

how much like the mainstream audiences saw this

I think it does deserve another bit of attention

or just another look from some people and it's

streaming out there on Netflix so I think it's

a decent time to take this one in. And that would

be good time by the Safdie brothers. I think,

you know, a lot of people, I still get this when

I when I talk to people that aren't like in our

little circle of like movie lovers. When Robert

Pattinson's names come up, I still hear people

say, oh, I can't think of him as anybody but

the guy from Twilight. And I'm like, oh, like,

man, he has done so much other things like that's.

There's more than to life than what was shoved

at you. So this is Robert Pattinson. doing a

completely different look here. We have Bhargav

Abdi, Jennifer Jason Lee, and Anisafti in this.

And I think it's just an interesting take. Like

it's not something you've seen before. It's a

unique um crime thriller i guess is how it's

categorized but i just think it's a fresh take

you know for those people that complain about

oh it's always you know recycled stuff that we

get over and over again with the franchise films

and sequels etc i think this is something that

is worth a worth a take i don't know if it would

make necessarily like my top 10 list or it's

not going to make maybe some of my Best of the

decade list i wouldn't think i haven't done that

exercise yet but i would be surprised if it's

gonna break real high on there but i still think

it deserves a little bit more time and attention

than it has gotten so that is good time from

two thousand seventeen. Yeah that made my top

ten the year came out i really enjoyed that movie

a lot of it is very disturbing and i know when

i was. Uh cast as batman. It just you know, of

course the fanboy reaction was just like another

kid from twilight and right everything like that

But I think at this point in time both him and

christen steward have long proved themselves

as great actors He did that the rover he's done

a number of films But yeah, and unfortunately,

I still haven't seen uncut gems by the south

seas either. I really need to see it I just unfortunately

haven't we saw that was one of those one like

the half dozen films that we saw half of last

year because At one point, it's like there's

a lot of screaming going on and a lot of yelling.

And Amanda was like, I can't watch this anymore.

We have to shut this off. There's one that I

need to finish on my own. And I just haven't

had a chance because most of the stuff we do

watch together. But I'd be interested to see

how that one finished just based on what I liked

about good time. So what do you have your next

one? My next one comes from a kind of a classic

filmmaker. One, you know, I don't know if people

would put him as like a great film or per se.

He's made a lot of a clean films. I think you

might be in a way even almost underrated and

it's from peter we're who's tracking films like

the truman show witness dead poet society. The

true master commander the far side of the world

which i think is really it's even though that's

a movie nominated for best picture still doesn't

really get the recognition it deserves and the

movie i have is actually his last phone that

he made the way back. Not the bed afric film

that just came out earlier this year This is

a different movie with the same title and it

has really an incredible cast it the story behind

it Is it's your classic survival tale? These

people it's happening during Kind of the height

of russia and the soviet union They escape from

a siberian gulag and they basically try to travel

thousands of miles to find freedom to india And

it's mostly just like that harrowing journey

Of them trying to survive in the worst conditions

imaginable from like high mountains to dry desert.

And it's just classic filmmaking that you get

for someone like Peter we're the type of filming

I hate that I really hate the phrase movies that

they don't make anymore but I feel like that

kind of is the case with the way back and maybe

because it. It got no attention whatsoever. I

just came and went that the cast includes Colin

Farrell at Harris, Circe Ronan, Circe Ronan,

I can never say her name correctly. Jim Sturgis,

Mark Strong, which maybe not the hugest names

ever, but really strong cast when it comes to

acting talent there. And you know with a great

director again not like the greatest movie it's

not like we writing a book on how to do a film

like this is just really well executed and you

thinking of something like. I like the great

escape you know what you know those movies that

are you know it's taking place on location and

this isn't cgi cgi this is. filmmaking matters

there and people going to those locations kind

of getting the real feel of that type of film

which you know I feel like today you You're not

gonna take people and travel to those locations

are just gonna do in CGI and something about

actually seeing it in place Even though this

came out, you know ten years ago It feels like

a more like a movie of the 70s or something like

that And in the way it's executed and you know

hasn't made a movie since then because I think

this was a pretty giant bomb i don't think it

really made any to make any money really it was

nominated for one oscar i think for a set cinematography

from not mistaken i'm not sorry makeup oddly

enough but it's it's in enjoyable kind of impressive

feet and if you're looking for that type of movie

it's in it's available right now on both hulu

and prime if you have those services. Have to

check that one out because I like him as a director

and I like the cast that you riled off And it

just kind of was one that I missed as I as I

went through It's odd that they just put out

another movie with the same name Yeah, I guess

because no one knows that it also makes it even

harder to find because it's like you look the

way Back up and it's ever most recent film. Oh,

it's also but it isn't also available on hoopla

The hoopla is it's no sense. It's a library service.

It depends on what your library If you if you

have that which is a great server like if you

My library doesn't use hoopla but a lot a lot

do and then especially now since you can't go

anywhere It's basically, you know Netflix through

your library and you can watch films through

it. You can even get comic books through it as

well So check out your local library and see

like you're trying to find some stuff. You don't

want to pay for it You know, it's all it's a

good service to use I'm from my next one I was

gonna put a movie by this director on here, but

I realized that I Watched it and it is not available

on any of the streaming services that I could

find currently I don't know if it was at one

point or if I watched this in some other means

but I'm gonna go with a different movie that's

directed by the same person because I think both

of them are relevant and both of them are maybe

Needing to be revisited by those that are putting

on their best of decade list. I'm talking about

director Jeff Nichols um who had the two movies

that i would consider both worthy of a rewatch

these days are take shelter and mud um i recently

watched take shelter for the first time and it

was Impressed by it. I do not see it as listed

as streaming currently Maybe I'm incorrect on

that one, but I checked most of the major services.

I don't think it is but mud is Streaming and

that is streaming on Netflix and that's a Matthew

McConaughey film with Ty Sheridan Sam Sheppard

Reese Witherspoon, etc from 2012 take shelter

was from 2011 those back -to -back years where

I thought Jeff Nichols did a great job now that

I've seen take shelter of putting out two very

well put together films, and I'm just a huge

Matthew McConaughey fan. So I think his role

in this is probably one of my or the top of his

filmography as far as my favorite roles of his.

But I could watch him just about do anything.

That's why I'm even entertained by his commercial

work. But I just think this one's a good take.

It's I like the relationships that are developed

between. O 'Connor, who is kind of like this

mysterious, strange enigma of a man and then

how he is interacting with these two 14 year

old boys played by Ty Sheridan, like I mentioned

before, and Jacob Laughlin. And I just think

it's a good film that really kind of delves into

some of that, some of those relationships and

dynamics. And I don't want to give too much away,

but I think it's definitely worth for watching

for anybody that is a Matthew Connolly fan or

likes any of other Jeff Nichols films. Yeah,

I really actually remember seeing Oddly enough.

I saw mud in the drive -in and I really love

that movie. It's just I'm a fan of Jeff Nichols

like again and he has he's like a Now once he's

not really like Peter I was gonna say it's kind

of like Peter rare, but that's not really case

but he definitely has a certain style to have

the characters have a lot of Have a lot of personality

Yeah, that's really good movie and it was like

part of the McConaissance, but you know when

he was yeah, absolutely He hasn't come out with

a movie since since 2016. He did a loving and

midnight special. He hasn't had anything since,

but I'm interested to see what he does next.

Yeah, I wasn't the biggest fan of midnight special,

but I still think neither he he he's still great,

even though I didn't love it. You can definitely

tell he is. He's a strong filmmaker. My next

film, it comes from this was a 2016 film from

the thick, I believe, first time director. And

hope dick dickers and leech and it's called the

leveling. It's a story about Uh, uh, basically

it's a father -daughter story where? Ellie kendrick

who plays clover who's this character? That has

basically left home for for some years. She's

become become a veterinarian But after learning

that her her brother has passed away potentially

what it seems like some from suicide She comes

back home and it's not you know classic story

of you can't come home again. Her family has

a farm and as she's there she's kind of learning

and discovering just how bad of situation it

has become. She's really kind of trying to understand

what exactly would drive her brother just to

suicide because it's not necessarily the person

that she knew and she just is unraveling of kind

of realizing what's really happening and seeing

this recalcitration of her and her father who

had I have a contentious relationship again.

This is I would say a bit of a Downer movie as

I talked about, you know more uplifting films,

but it's just so well -acted and directed And

again, it's one. I think that got a lot of attention

I think overseas in Europe and especially in

United Kingdom and I think was nominated for

A back to if I'm not mistaken for up -and -coming

filmmakers because I definitely think that yes,

it was for one a few BAFTAs, one for writing

and that was nominated for directing as well.

And I can certainly see it. And I really hope

that we get more from Hope Dickerson -Lietz,

because when it comes to directing actors, it's

really fantastic. In a way, you can see some

similarities to someone like Jeff Nichols, because

it's very of a certain place. People that you

know live live live on the earth and going to

them a really tough times that you know There's

been major floods and basically the farmers like

falling apart, you know in a way and kind of

dealing with almost a newfound depression and

how they're trying to you know survive so it's

just that that context is relationship of in

kind of you know seeing how sometimes you know

You're what you thought What happens when you

leave like especially I personally related to

a lot because when you hi. You leave a certain

situation like where you grew up in you kind

of just feel like it gets frozen in time and

then when you come back to it and you see that

now it's actually kind of it's nothing like you

remember and maybe it's gone through some really

tough times you just realize just you know you

feel like you've really disconnected yourself

from where you came from. And that hit me personally,

and I think especially looking at the situation

we're in now, it speaks volumes as well. But

it's available on a few platforms right now on

Prime Video and Canopy. It pops up on Netflix

here and there. It's one of those that I watched

it through Netflix not too long ago, but it's

not there anymore. But I feel like it kind of...

Yeah, I feel like there's some that just do the

traveling of services right right now It's on

prime and canopy and I'm you know, if you don't

have those give it some time I'm sure it'll show

back up on Netflix. Yeah, absolutely That's interesting

because I've definitely felt that whole thing

of going back to somewhere where you knew and

whether it's just like a scale thing where it's

like, oh I remember this being so much bigger

or so much, you know different or whether it's

a more of a Time has taken its toll on something

like, you know, a house or a building or something

like that And it's like, oh, this is where we

used to do this and I definitely can feel that

so I'd be interested in checking that one out

as well For my next film. I kind of wanted to

highlight For me, it's almost like maybe this

sub genre or it's a genre has existed before

but I feel like it's something that's Barely

knew that I've seen a few examples of here in

the last five years or so and that is kind of

taking what would be maybe our generation or

even the next generations. Obsession with fandoms.

Or with pop culture or with things of that nature

where you have all of these different groups

that or people that become very fixated on a

piece of pop culture whether it be a television

show a movie or some other type of thing and

then their Life can be shaped by that Attachment

or by that journey to come to terms with what's

real and what's entertainment and things of that

nature i think of three examples i guess that

would highlight what i'm talking about one of

them is the film that i'm going to be bringing

up but um we saw it last year with like a peanut

butter falcon where you have somebody that is

kind of attached or obsessed with the with the

wrestling genre and then goes on this journey

to try to you know achieve that or find that

um Kind of the journey of who they come into

contact with and whether the end result is what

they were looking for Or what they learn about

the way I just find that all fascinating We also

saw that a little bit with I guess in a little

bit of a different way because it's a little

bit more twisted But with Briggs the Briggs be

bare, maybe you could put that in there But the

one I'm thinking of for me for this list would

be the 2017 film. Please stand by I know I talked

about this again when we did our top ten, I believe

for 2017 but Comedy drama film directed by the

Australian director Ben Lewin starring Dakota

fanning and she is a Autistic woman that is fixated

on Star Trek So I also thought it might speak

to you know, the crowd here that we have at cinema

geeks or a geocast radio For those that haven't

seen it. I still think this is worth a view I

know it didn't receive overwhelmingly, you know

huge positive receptions I think it's like a

60 % maybe on Rotten Tomatoes or you know kind

of in that Not bad reviews, but not overly fantastic,

but I still think I'm I don't know. I'm fascinated

by this type of story where we're taking someone

that is obsessed or attached to something like

this. And then they go on this journey. In this

case, she's has written a 450 page Star Trek

script that is entering a contest that I believe

it was Paramount was doing as far as a screenwriting

contest and kind of just that journey. And if

the journey is more important than the end results

or what you kind of learn throughout that I know

in this case I guess in all three movies you're

dealing with one person that who was kept sheltered

almost kidnapped in a way you have another person

that I was dealing with Down syndrome and then

obviously this one You have an autistic woman,

but not that it has to be that I mean there's

plenty of people that don't have any of those

afflictions I still have that fixation on a certain

thing and kind of how healthy it is or how or

how unhealthy it is or kind of what that journey

is like for them to realize when they come into

contact with that person or with that event or

with that thing that they've been fixated on

and kind of how that transforms their life. So

I don't know. I just think this one's a fascinating

film and I think it's worth the watch. And I

think to go to fanning does a really good job

in it. Nice. That's what I have not seen. I think

I do remember you talking about that, but is

this is available. Yeah. Please stand by is available

on Hulu. I have not seen that it seems like something

I might like so yeah I'm actually gonna go to

the world of animated films and this is again

a movie we talked I talked about before I think

when we were doing our top ten animated films

of the decade so far back like five years ago

which is crazy to say out loud but I think it's

still kind of oddly timely in a way it's called

wrinkles it's originally a Spanish film I believe

and based upon a Spanish comic book It takes

place in a nursing home, which I think it's only

for a lot of reasons. Obviously with COVID right

now, nursing homes are a huge focal point because

of how hard it's hit some of those. And it really

puts some perspective because I think sometimes

it's, you know, again, talking about situations

where you're kind of separated from and don't

understand. I think that's the case a lot of

times with a lot of people. But it's ultimately

about the friendship between these two individuals.

Who are you know having you know in a way having

it when the movie begins kind of a time of their

lives in a way where they're still kind of enjoying

things but there's this ever present kind of

fear of ending up in what they call is like the

certain for for those that are called it's the

assistant for for those that are dealing with

on all timers and they've been kind of a friend

a new person who comes to who's known on the

cusp of of having to travel to that for an Their

day -to -day and almost their attempt to escape

in a way and you know I know a lot of people

have that feeling right now of wanting to escape

and feeling trapped into a certain place. I think

there's a lot of Lot to relate here And it's

also really sweet as well in there is both a

you know a dubbed as well as No subtitle version

of it and and I really don't I think When it

comes to especially animated films, foreign animated

films, sometimes the dubbing can go either way.

It's just really bad or doesn't make sense. I

think either is fine. It's available right now,

I think Netflix and Hulu, as well as Hoopla,

if you wanted to watch it. And it was available

shortly on IMDB, their service. But it's not

there currently which i don't i don't know if

everyone's ever used. It's actually kind of it's

kind of not too bad It's you do get commercials

with it, which is a little annoying but they're

not too egregious And it's kind of like it reminds

me of watching movies back on back in the day

when I would watch it Like you'd a movie would

pop on like saturday afternoons after all the

cartoons you'd have a movie come on I feel like

it reminds me of those with just the like the

quality isn't the greatest in the sense of like

Usually it's not really great HD, but it just

it's weird seeing commercials and movies I haven't

really you know with Netflix. You don't really

do that anymore. It's almost a nostalgia to it,

but ultimately I think this is just a good movie

about friendship and Really under some animated

film. It's isn't 2d animation again, which we

don't get nearly enough of anymore animations

really crisp and strong as well, so Advice checking

out awesome I'll have to check that one out.

That one was not was not on my radar at all.

And I try to watch as much animated stuff as

I can. So I will definitely check that one out

for my final two films that I'm going to be talking

about. Just as a preface there, there are going

to be ones that are a little bit more well known,

probably a little bit more people have seen them.

But I'm trying to highlight them because I still

don't think they get enough talk. Like, I still

don't think they're popping up enough in people's.

list or just being talked about in general or

just coming up at all. And I think they deserve

a little bit more attention. So for my first

one, you know, when it comes to like the action

thriller genre, I think this last decade has

been dominated by the likes of Mad Max, Fury

Road, as well as the Mission Impossible films,

as well as like the John Wick franchise. I think

those have kind of like really dominated the

The topics when it comes to those, you know,

straight action films. And I think a film like

this has kind of gotten left left beside or,

you know, just forgotten about in a way. And

I would actually put this as David Ayers best

film. I know he did Training Day and. You know,

I enjoyed fury but I think end of watches his

best film and that's the 2012 action thriller

that I'm talking about with Jake Gyllenhaal and

make Michael Pena I know it did get a good reception

It does have like over 80 % 85 % or something

like that on Rotten Tomatoes and I know it overall

got received Well, but I think that was in you

know 2012 and then since then I've heard very

little about it And I think it deserves to be

in that discussion, you know when it comes to

whether you're talking about these procedural

films or action thriller films or things of that

nature. I think the the pacing of it was really

done well. I think we got to see a really great

performance by the two main stars, Jake Gyllenhaal

and Michael Pena, almost before they were as

big as they are now, it seems like. And I just

think more people should see this film. And I

think it deserves to be talked about more, I

guess, when it's when we're looking back at some

of the best action films of the last decade.

So end of watch was my next pick. I'm at a streaming

on Netflix. I remember really enjoying the end

of watch and sometimes the fun footage works

better with certain genre genres. I think when

it comes to like a cop drama like that, it makes

sense because we're used to seeing seeing that

type of thing with the cops and all those cop

cop shows. And so it felt really natural. But

also you mentioned the action was really intense

with that. It's that that's quite a good movie.

My last film i'm just gonna go to the world of

documentaries. I know since kind of the coveted

situation has occurred everyone's talking about

tiger gang Which i've watched enjoyed but I think

even i'm kind of getting sick of people talking

about it But there are tons of really crazy documentaries

out there about people that you know Insane stories

that get weirder and weirder And one that came

to mind is this film called kung fu elliot from

2014. Uh, it's available for streaming on prime

as of right now and When it comes to documentaries,

there's usually two Documentaries like either

you have a documentary that's good because it's

a good story a god documentary. That's good That's

because it's well made and you know eventually

and sometimes you get a couple the really great

ones which are a combination of both and I think

Kung Fu Elliot is not particularly extremely

well made documentary, but it is this fascinating

story that gets weirder and weirder as it goes

along and It's about this Kung Fu legend from

Canada and all slash filmmaker. In his journey

to basically make movies if I don't know if you

ever watched the movie American movie, which

I would also recommend seeing. Which is about

this aspiring filmmaker that his baby his dreams

don't necessarily match with his talent, but

you kind of root for him just because he wants

it so badly and he dedicates his life to making

this movie, which ends up not being the greatest

thing in the world, but. It's kind of like, uh,

that, um, the room, but, uh, but more charming

in a way. Um, with concrete Elliott, it's, it's

different because it, you know, it starts off

that way. It feels like this is going to be about,

you know, his filming, like his career. He seems

like a normal guy when things start, but as you

watch the movie, things unravel further and further

and things get weirder and weirder and weirder

as they go on. And it just, you know, it's, it's.

Kind of like similar to tiger king that's like

this giant car act that you can't turn away from

it. It'd be kind of becomes like that as well

as you just see like this thing's not making

sense and It by the end of it like it's ends

up being completely different type of story than

what it set out to be So that was enjoyable.

It's it's like I said, it's not the most extremely

well made film of all time But if you just enjoy

watching bizarre stories, which seem to be It's

all the trend right now. I would definitely advice

checking it out. It's only like 80 90 minutes

long as well. So it's a quick watch That's right

now it's available on IMD not IMDB. It's available

on Amazon Prime and it's the only thing I can

actually which weird is that it's unavailable

It's available on Amazon Prime and I was trying

to see if it was available anyplace else by using

just watch But it doesn't show up or just watch

it. So it's just kind of funny So might be available

on Netflix. I don't believe so, but right now

you can see it for free free on prime There you

go. All right my other pick just kind of like

end of watch it was one that was still was received

well when it came out and I know I have sung

its praises multiple times over the years, but

And I think you can almost look at the award

circuit that year to kind of see what happened

to it, because it was nominated for a couple

of Golden Globes and then nothing from the Academy

Awards. And I think at that point, people just

stopped talking about it for the last 10 years.

And I just think it's such a great film. And

I know that some people have a problem with it,

but I feel like that's a closed minded approach

to this. subject matter maybe. But I'm talking

about the film directed by Jonathan Levine starring

Joseph Gordon -Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick,

Bryce Dallas Howard, and Angelica Houston. And

that is 2011 comedy 50 -50. I know that dealing

with cancer and I know that a lot of people right

now probably don't want to deal with that type

of subject matter. But like I said, this is a

comedy. So this is a way to try to cope with

dramatic events or with tragic events and like,

you know, obviously we're all going through something

that is a little depressing or a little different.

And I think this might give people another way

to look at things or to find a different perspective.

And it wasn't done like in a way to try to be

funny for the sake of being funny. This was written

by somebody who was based in this whole movie

on their own experience with cancer. and obviously

the one of the characters is based on that person

who wrote the movie and I think that's why they

were saying like a lot of times that this didn't

get much Academy Award nomination because they

said you know a lot of people were upset or found

it distasteful that they were using such a grave

matter as cancer to form a comedy about but I

think this movie does a very good job of blending

the dramatic and the comedic elements of this

I can understand people not feeling like oh I

don't want to watch a movie you know that's focusing

on somebody who has cancer and their struggles

with that or you know whether they're gonna survive

or not and things of that nature but I think

if you give it a chance you're gonna be surprised

at how they balance all these things and what

you're gonna get out of it but I think it's a

good thing for this age to find something that

seems like a very depressing subject matter and

Find a different way to look at things in a different

way to cope with things and get through things

So I can not stop saying the praises of 5050

I think more people see it and more people should

talk about it And maybe this is a good time for

people to watch it and it is available streaming

blue It's weird that people would find it to

say so because it's literally based on the the

string writers real life situation So it's like

yeah, I don't know I It's it's not I know and

I don't think it's ever making light of cancer

by any means. No, no, not at all. I think people

think they like they're like, oh, I know somebody

that has died from cancer. I'm not going to watch

a comedy based on cancer. I think that's as far

as people open their mind to it. It's like, well,

yeah, it's one way to look at things. It's I

guess it's you know, it's not it's not. Yeah,

it's weird. It's it's I think it's there's much

more, I guess, no one wants to it than that.

Yeah, obviously, because it's trying to find

a way to you know relate to your best friend

who's Having a death sentence and potential death

sentence and how he was able to overcome it.

Yeah, I don't know that seems odd to me, but

It's it's an odd world. So what are you gonna

do? But right Dan, did you have any other ones

that you might want to just throw out name? Name

wise that we won't have a lot of time to actually

discuss but the other things that you thought

were worth watching that are streaming Yes, well

the some films that we mentioned that Mean my

top ten last year. The nightingale is available

on Hulu again. That's that's probably a decent

amount of attention. I It's we're talking about

like a Batman movie, but I Got a free trial for

DC Universe, which I'm not the greatest service

in the world, but I did we watched Batman Returns

and I don't know why I'm bringing that up, but

it just came to my mind and I don't know. I'm

a big fan of like Getting in the mood to be watched

like nineties comic book movies and just seeing

how much they changed that into Tracy which is

available i think i'm on stars right now and

just i don't know if you just watch that that's

awesome there's something about that aesthetic

of the nineties comic book movie that i find

it's there's like a surreal element to it where

i feel it's almost more comic book accurate in

a way than where i feel like comic book movies

now are trying to be more real life. The way

that Dick Tracy uses, like, color palettes and

things of that nature, just fantastic. Yeah,

so as I'm just thinking of random things that

came to mind. Another movie, again, following

the lines of not great, but it's a fun little

film that's available on a lot of different platforms

on Hulu and Amazon. It's weird, again, going

from Batman to a WWE movie, but it was pretty

good. I was fighting with my family. Yeah. It

was fun. Uh, again, nothing, nothing fantastic,

but I feel like sometimes we're in the, you know,

I don't know about you, but I've often one just

been in the mood to watch something easy and

quick, quick to watch. That's like, doesn't require

a lot of brain power. And that is certainly the

case. Um, but yeah, that's really all that's

currently coming into my mind. Okay. Yeah. I

like to fight them with my family too. I didn't

go in with any expectations and I thought it

was a fun little, uh, couple hours to spend with

that movie. So I enjoyed that one. And I didn't

even I wasn't even a WWE fan when Paige was was

a big so I didn't even really Know the person

was based off of but I enjoyed it Some other

movies I thought of as far as Netflix go about

a bus or scrubs is still out there I know this

I believe was on your list that year, but Morris

from America Is streaming on Netflix still I

give there was one on the award show I think

for best father -son do or something like that,

right? Yeah I know it was 2009, but I had a moon

on there as well, which is on Netflix. If you

haven't seen that one, good time to catch up

with that one. Another 2009 film that was on

Hulu that I sang the praises of back in the day,

but that would be up in the air with George Clooney.

as well as Minding the Gap, the documentary is

on Hulu. One that kind of really flew under the

radar from last year, I believe, was Where'd

You Go, Bernadette? I'm not saying it's a great

film or anything, but I enjoyed that one and

that one's streaming on Hulu. I know I really

didn't get much attention at all and kind of

just kind of snuck by last year. But I think

that one's worth a watch on Hulu if you're looking

for something. Also, Hunt for the Wilder People

is on Hulu. So I think that's definitely worth

a watch. Far as Amazon prime you also have stuff

like bone tomahawk and highlife which are currently

on there I think all of those and then just to

highlight real quickly as my last couple I mentioned

these in my 2019 top 10 so that's why I didn't

go over them again, but teen spirit and wild

rose both of those music Oriented movies from

last year are both available. I didn't write

down which streaming services I think Say it's

either Netflix or Hulu. That's where I got most

of mine, but those two are available So if you

haven't checked out teen spirit or wild rose,

it's a good chance to do that as well I'm speaking

for live and I just I haven't watched I've finished

it But I think I watched the first 20 minutes

of blinded by the light. I like what I've seen

so far But I can't recommend it because I haven't

finished it because oh there you go So those

are some films that you should definitely check

out on the different streaming services if you've

run out of I'm still watching Tiger King. I still

haven't seen that, but Amanda has. So, but hopefully

that'll give you some ideas of something that

you can check out during this on time where you're

looking for more stuff to entertain yourself

in the house versus going out and about like

you shouldn't be. But hopefully that gives you

some ideas. Let us know if you like any of those

or what other films that you have found streaming

that you think are worth a watch. You can comment

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click right there and let us know what other

things that we should be watching that are streaming

currently. As Dan said, we are going to be getting

into some of our best of decade lists here as

the year progresses. So we did this, like Dan

said, five, five, almost six years ago now. I

guess it was five years ago now where we talked

about our best of the decades so far list. And

we broke that down into different genres like

action and comedy and things of that nature.

Comic book. etc so we're gonna do something similar

to that going through here for the rest of 2020

so look out for those episodes we might have

some special guests along the way to help us

highlight some of the best films that have come

out in the last decade dan anything else that

you wanted to talk about before we wrap this

one up no that's that's pretty much it all right

and well dan and i might get together and do

some another episode on geek cast radio um might

be doing a revisit of a episode we did quite

a while ago Realm of Star Wars. It might be fun.

So keep an eye out for that as well. But until

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