All movies watched on Netflix May–Present

Five Really Great Movies on Netflix Right Now. The S Edition

• Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse. It’s a superhero film not hanging out on the Disney+ platform! The animation is amazing! It’s also funny!
• Stranger Than Fiction. A film that warms the cockles of my heart because it’s just so different. I love Will Ferrell in comedic roles, but he’s also great in this drama. Plus, Maggie Gyllenhaal. And Emma Thompson with writer’s block.
• Saving Mr. Banks. Speaking of Emma Thompson as a writer, here she plays P.L. Travers, the author of Mary Poppins. She wears great suits, and there’s a back-in-the-day plot, too.
• Searching For Bobby Fisher. I haven’t seen this since 1994, but enjoyed this chess story back then.
• The Social Network. Are you ready for a taut drama (with nearly zero women) about the beginning of Facebook? Then settle in for a tense, nervous Jesse Eisenberg and a similarly fantastic in a not-tense way Justin Timberlake.
• (Also, if you haven’t yet watched Spotlight, recommended last month, see that you do!)

Recommended

• Adrift (October)
• The Trial of the Chicago 7 (October)
• Sleepless in Seattle (July)
• Athlete A (July)
• 13th (June)
• Becoming (May)
• The Lovebirds (May)
• The Half of It (May)

Good

• Rebecca (2020) (October)
• Definitely Maybe (September)
• The Devil All the Time (September)
• Pride & Prejudice (September)
• I’m Thinking of Ending Things (September)
• Project Power (August)
• Catfish (August)
• The Old Guard (July)
• Da 5 Bloods (June)
• Can’t Hardly Wait (June)
• See You Yesterday (June)
• 18 Presents (May)
• Inception (May)

Skip

• The Last Thing He Wanted (November)
• The Kissing Booth 2 (July)

Have you watched any of these films? Do you agree or disagree? Leave a comment and let’s talk!