Netflix Watch Instantly Pick of the Week - 11/26/12

Bottle Rocket

From 1996, Bottle Rocket is Wes Anderson's first feature length film, co-written and made with fellow first timers Owen Wilson and Luke Wilson, and what a way to start this gaggle of varying careers, most notably that of reluctant actor turned movie star Owen Wilson, and most interestingly that of writer/director Wes Anderson, who has carved out an incredible niche for himself in the modern movie landscape in the fact that he has developed a distinctive and what many say "quirky" style which is easily distinguishable from the rest of the crap out there (though really this is because most people don't notice that he is actually aping the cinema greats of the 1960's French New Wave movement, what with their over stylization, painstaking detail to set design, and attention to strange character details), and much of his style and quirk can be found in Bottle Rocket, which includes the use of a fantastic score penned by Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh, and this great debut can be seen on the Netflix Instant so get to watching and enjoy and oh yeah James Caan is in this too so that's cool.

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Netflix Watch Instantly Pick of the Week - 11/19/12

The Conversation

From 1974, The Conversation is the fantastic, award-winning thriller that Francis Ford Coppola directed between The Godfather Part II and Apocalypse Now, so to say he was in the midst of a nice run is an understatement. Featuring a world class lead performance from Gene Hackman, who was pretty much operating at the height of his powers at the time, small roles for Harrison Ford, Robert Duvall and John Cazale, and a tight story told really well, The Conversation is where its at, a great movie that is worth being talked about on the same level as Coppola's other towering works of art.

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Netflix Watch Instantly Pick of the Week - 11/12/12

Headhunters

From my original Florida Film Festival 2012 movie review of Headhunters on Examiner.com:

"What makes Headhunters so good is how every scene and each piece of dialogue and every action resonates through the whole movie, as everything has a point and purpose – there isn’t a single wasted moment in this movie, it’s all information that will ultimately serve the overall picture, which keeps the movie hurtling forward pretty relentlessly and in an very entertaining way. A great central character plus a very well told story makes for a great movie, easy to recommend to anyone looking for a fun crime movie to take in."

That sells it right there, me thinks. Great story, great plotting, tight movie, it's totally worth seeing, trust me on this one (of course you trust me, why else are you even here? This is all built on TRUST).

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Netflix Watch Instantly Pick of the Week - 11/05/12

Code 46

From my article "The best films you haven't seen: 4 - Code 46" on Examiner.com:

"For thought provoking and idea driven science fiction, genre-hopper Michael Winterbottom brings us Code 46, a film that explores the consequences of human modification and genetic sampling and cloning. No intergalactic space battles here. Hell, they don't even leave Earth. And there's no time travel either. It's just a story set in the future, albeit a future where people speak a language that is a mixture of English, Spanish and French, one can take Empathy Drugs so they can read people's minds, and a special law is created to prevent accidental genetic inbreeding. Guess what numerical code that law is. Go ahead, take a wild stab at it, genius." 

This is a great sci-fi tale, an interesting love story, and overall, a fantastic movie. So get with it.

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