Get Out Shout out to the person who suggested this and said it would be leaving netflix soon. Utterly engrossing from start to finish. Especially when the police car arrives at the end. Looked at my daughter at the end ofvtge movie and she just mouthed 'wow'. 8/10 maybe 9
Get Out Shout out to the person who suggested this and said it would be leaving netflix soon. Utterly engrossing from start to finish. Especially when the police car arrives at the end. Looked at my daughter at the end ofvtge movie and she just mouthed 'wow'. 8/10 maybe 9
Not a new film but just watched ‘The Rifleman’ on Amazon Prime. Latvian film about a soldier in WW1. Highly recommend.
I saw that a while ago, it’s very good.
Another film that isn’t that new that I watched recently was Lee with Kate Winslet. It’s about the life of Lee Miller, who worked as a journalist for Vogue during WW2. It was brilliant
I saw three films at the London Film Festival last month that have, or are about to, become available on Netflix. All of them are, in my view, worth a watch.
Joy (UK)
I believe it comes on Netflix tomorrow. I thoroughly enjoyed the film and it far exceeded my expectations. It's the true story of three British pioneers who challenged societal norms and defied the odds to realise the world’s first IVF baby. Working principally in a run-down hospital in Oldham, they faced fervent opposition from the Church and the medical and the political establishment, who saw their work as an aberration.
It's an important story and piece of history that deserves to be told. Excellent performances, especially from Thomasin Mackenzie, and some nice moments of humour.
Emilia Perez (France)
This musical (almost operatic) crime thriller is now screening on Netflix. Rita, a smart undervalued lawyer, is hired by a Mexican cartel boss to help him fake his death and undergo gender affirming surgery in order to live as a woman. Years later, a deep friendship blossoms between them when Rita helps Emilia reunite with her family.
Entertaining, with good music/dancing and performances. Directed by Jacques Audiard, the film is France’s Oscar entry for the Best International Feature and, with Netflix’s lobbying power, it will probably be nominated. A solid 7/10.
The Conclave (UK/USA)
Following the death of the Pope, Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) must lead the Conclave to select the new leader of the Catholic Church. As high-ranking cardinals gather in the Vatican, he has to navigate political factions and unearth secrets that might destroy a future pope and threaten the Church itself.
Good production values and a fine performance from Ralph Fiennes, who does all the heavy lifting. Isabella Rossellini is also very impressive as a senior nun, although the Italian papal candidate was a cartoonish, almost Mafia-like boss figure. Good overall and reasonably entertaining, although I found it a shade predictable and thought the film lacked something (Seeing lots of cardinals in red also makes me think of Father Ted being tasked with kicking Bishop Brennan up the arse).
The film's theatrical release is at the end of this month and it will be available on Netflix shortly thereafter.
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Shout out to the person who suggested this and said it would be leaving netflix soon. Utterly engrossing from start to finish. Especially when the police car arrives at the end.
Looked at my daughter at the end ofvtge movie and she just mouthed 'wow'.
8/10 maybe 9
Here is my review
https://boxd.it/7RMBN9
The film's theatrical release is at the end of this month and it will be available on Netflix shortly thereafter.