Netflix has been on a roll with its movie programming lately. Though COVID-19 lockdowns are beginning to ease in many countries, they continue to provide countless hours of much-needed entertainment for people unable to enjoy a typical summer. So, here’s what movies are hot to stream this week:
Top of the list is Spike Lee’s new joint Da 5 Bloods. This war drama finds a group of Vietnam War veterans returning to the jungle in order to track down some treasure they buried long ago. Lee is on a hot streak after the Oscar-winning BlacKkKlansman and critics and audiences alike are calling this one of his best movies ever. I’ve now seen it, so I can finally agree with everyone tipping star Delroy Lindo for awards season success next year.
Also added is 2018 Japanese animated movie Okko’s Inn, which walks in the footsteps of Studio Ghibli classics like Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke. It follows a young girl grieving for her dead parents while at her grandmother’s house, dealing with it by speaking to the ghosts that secretly live there.
There’s also Before I Fall, which is a seriously underrated teen drama with a Groundhog Day-style time loop twist, in which a girl keeps looping through time while discovering more and more about her friends. This failed to attract an audience in theaters, but I think it’s worth checking out.
A little further down the quality totem pole is Middle Men, a drama starring Luke Wilson about a tech entrepreneur who becomes enmeshed in crime and under police investigation. It’s not a great movie, though I guess it is interesting that the inspiration for the movie, Christopher Mallick, was accused of stealing millions of dollars from his clients to fund its production.
And, of course, then there’s 365 Days, which is taking social media by storm with its sex sequences that put 50 Shades of Grey to shame. Maybe one for a late, lonely night?
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