Hopefully our movie guide will help you discover some great films this month. For extensive guides to the best movies on other platforms like HBO, Amazon Prime, Hulu, Showtime, Redbox, On Demand, You. Tube, Shudder and The Best Movies in Theaters, visit the Paste Movie Guides. You can also check out our genre- specific lists: The 5. Best Comedies on Netflix. The 6. 0 Best Dramas on Netflix. The 6. 0 Best Action Movies on Netflix. The 2. 5 Best Sci- Fi Movies on Netflxi. The 5. 0 Best Documentaries on Netflix. The 6. 0 Best Horror Movies on Netflix. The 5. 0 Best Romantic Comedies on Netflix. The 2. 0 Best Animated Movies on Netflix. The 5. 0 Best Foreign- Language Films on Netflix. Netflix added some great films in March: Especially notable are several classic movies like The Third Man. The 20 Best Martial Arts Movies on Netflix. Here's a list of 20 insect horror movies you can watch on Netflix. If you like bad movies. 20 Insect Horror Movies You Can Stream on Netflix. Netflix Canada: List of Movies and TV Shows. Our studies have actually revealed that Netflix subscribers like Netflix People Who Like this movie also like. New Certified Fresh Movies on Netflix and Amazon Prime: E.T. The bikes flying is so triumphant. The 10 Best Airplane Movies. The 100 Best Movies on Netflix (March 2017). Netflix Compatible Devices. The 2. 0 Best Martial Arts Movies on Netflix. Here are the 1. 00 Best Movies Streaming on Netflix in March 2. A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence Year: 2. Director: Roy Andersson. Swedish writer- director Roy Andersson’s film avoids easy categorization. Through a series of vignettes—some connected, some not—we see snippets of life. Andersson fixes his camera in one spot and the action plays out in front of us: a group of older siblings tries to convince their dying sister not to take her handbag with her to Heaven, a bar of anonymous drinkers suddenly becomes a chorus, a woman in a dance troupe longs for her disinterested male cohort. And there are two stories that have subsequent episodes, including one featuring a couple of salesmen (Holger Andersson and Nils Westblom) who specialize in novelty joke items like fake vampire teeth. The specifics of what happens in these vignettes is less important than precisely how they’re constructed. Because of Andersson’s locked- down camera, each scene is comically static, like little skits of human behavior in which all the actors (most of them non- professionals) barely show any expression at all. Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World Year: 2. Director: Werner Herzog Documentarian Werner Herzog likes to take on big topics in his films: Look no further than his remarkable portrait of America’s prison system, Into the Abyss. So it shouldn’t be a surprise that, in Lo and Behold, he tackles the Internet—all of it. This breezy, consistently thought- provoking documentary doesn’t purport to be exhaustive—what would such a film about the World Wide Web look like?—but it does offer a fascinating once- over of the internet’s glories and dangers, extolling its ability to connect people while at the same time worrying about its toxic skill at alienating us from each other and our true selves. It’s telling that Lo and Behold is a film in which Herzog doesn’t insert himself too much into the story: He’d prefer to have his cornucopia of guests guide the movie’s talking points. But it’s Herzog’s intelligence and curiosity that ties the whole thing together, reminding us again of his singular ability to wonder. Year: 2. 01. 6 Director: Barbara Kopple. In 2. 01. 3, Sharon Jones was diagnosed with Stage 2 pancreatic cancer—in itself a depressing development, but not without a lot of optimism attached to the prognosis. Except for a by- the- book opening segment, in which director Barbara Kopple seems to grind through all of her blandest tendencies to make room for the grist of what’s important, the film filters Jones’s life and career through her illness. We meet Jones’s band, the Dap- Kings, through that lens, getting to know each musician in light of how their friend’s illness has unfortunately affected their livelihoods. 14 Martial Arts Movies Every Guy Should See. Amazon Instant iTunes Netflix Instant.When band practices are occupied by 1. Jones to get back into her groove or helping the singer remember the lyrics to her songs, Kopple’s film is heartbreaking, walking that tragic line between hopelessness and optimism, encapsulating so clearly what it’s like to be close to someone who’s so sick. But the real thrill of Miss Sharon Jones! If you ever had the chance to behold her on stage, then you know how exhilarating she could be. Despite recent tragedy, Kopple has some seriously life- affirming stuff you need to see. Jesus Camp Year: 2. Directors: Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady. This hard- to- watch film follows three children who attend a charismatic Christian summer camp called Kids On Fire in North Dakota. The kids speak in tongues, believe global warming is a political conspiracy, and bless a cardboard cutout of George W. There’s no need for a narrator or editorial opinion—the footage says it all. It’s no surprise that the camp closed after the film’s release. Love Actually Year: 2. Director: Richard Curtis. When it comes to portraying love confessions of all varieties, very few can beat the kind on display in Richard Curtis’ epic romantic comedy Love Actually. In one of the many romantic threads, Juliet (Keira Knightley), a recently married woman, has just discovered that her husband’s best friend Mark (Andrew Lincoln) has been nursing a secret crush on her. One night, he arrives at their front door and silently delivers his long repressed feelings via hand- drawn cue cards. While certainly sweet and heart- warming, the inherent sadness that pervades this scenario—such a relationship can never work out between the two—prevents the exchange from being overly saccharine. Dope Year: 2. 01. Director: Rick Famuyiwa. At its core, Dope is a coming- of- age story told from the black geek perspective. Malcolm (Shameik Moore) is a brainy high school student who’s trying to leave “The Bottoms” of Inglewood, California. This isn’t a straight- up, feel- good comedy—drugs and gangs aren’t easy comic fodder—but Dope satirizes preconceived notions of race and culture. Famuyiwa keeps things entertaining while still posing hard- hitting questions to the characters and audience. Dope’s infectious energy, and Famuyiwa’s tendency to throw genre and stereotypes to the wind, is refreshing. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Year: 2. Director: Tomas Alfredson. Steeped in the monochrome color palette and noir soundtrack of 1. Tomas Alfredson’s adaptation of John le Carr. Set in 1. 97. 3 at the height of the Cold War, the film turns on the suspicion that a double agent has infiltrated Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), a. Shortly after a botched operation to ferret out the mole ends his career, Control (John Hurt) dies, leaving his investigation in the hands of retired operative George Smiley (Gary Oldman). With grayed blond hair and owlish glasses, Oldman disappears into his role, not only physically but behaviorally. Smiley is a still man, watching and waiting, while his mind whirs, processing and analyzing years’ worth of data, information and memories. Magic Mike Year: 2. Director: Steven Soderbergh Hot producer- star Channing Tatum draws from his personal history for this raucous comedy- drama set in Tampa’s Xquisite Male Dance Revue. Tatum worked as a stripper for eight months early in his career, and if Magic Mike is any indication, it was a good time for both the ladies and the performers—the movie certainly is. Along with a solid script by Tatum’s producing partner Reid Carolin, director- cinematographer Steven Soderbergh (who took a low- budget, highly experimental look at the life of a high- end call girl in The Girlfriend Experience) brings a warm golden aesthetic that’s at once polished and serendipitous. The way the sunlight dapples the actors’ bodies during a sunset beach scene is particularly lovely. But Magic Mike would hardly be as magical without Tatum, whose good looks, athletic physicality, easygoing charm and heart- on- his- sleeve sincerity are as seductive to moviegoers as to the women he dances for on- screen. Chef Year: 1. 99. Director: Jon Favreau Jon Favreau took a break between the $1. Cowboys & Aliens and Disney’s live- action remake of The Jungle Book to write, direct and star in a small indie comedy- drama about a celebrated chef rediscovering his love for food. When the owner of his restaurant (Dustin Hoffman) won’t let him experiment in the kitchen and his social- media ignorance leads to a very public feud with a food critic (Oliver Platt), he quits and buys a food truck. The road- trip that follows is the sweet, earnest heart of the film—reconnecting with his son as he reconnects with a passion for food. There’s not much to the straight- forward plot, but the film’s humor and mouth- watering food porn make it a treat. The Wailing Year: 2. Director: Na Hong- jin. The U. S. There is wailing to be heard here, and plenty of it, but in two words Na coyly predicts his audience’s reaction to the movie’s grim tableaus of a county in spiritual strife. Though The Wailing ostensibly falls in the “horror” bin, Na trades in doubt and especially despair more than in what we think of as representing the genre. He isn’t out to terrify us—he’s out to corrode our souls, much in the same way that his protagonist’s faith is corroded after being subject to both divine and infernal tests over the course of the film. You may not leave the film scared, but you will leave it scarred, which is by far a more substantive response than naked fear. Grizzly Man Director: Werner Herzog Year: 2. Leave it to Werner Herzog to take on a subject as peculiar and tragic as that of Timothy Treadwell, the bear enthusiast who, along with his girlfriend, was killed by his wild obsession in 2. A sing- songy, pleasant, dangerously deluded man who believed his beloved grizzly companions knew and trusted him, Treadwell, over the course of 1. Alaskan national parks, approached bears with both a religious reverence and folksy casualness—the latter of which arguably cost him his life. Treadwell self- anoints himself “kind warrior” and, alternately, “samurai,” and at one point tellingly declares that animals rule, but “Timothy conquered.” Rooted in Treadwell’s own footage, Grizzly Man will divide camps between those who find him a reckless idiot and those who enjoy him as a kooky nature lover, or both. For his part, Herzog is a sympathetic yet level- headed narrator, his even voice and expositional asides setting the tone for a restrained, expertly crafted film. Netflix US & Canada. Why would a dead girl lie? Reasons Why premieres March 3. Netflix. Based on the best- selling books by Jay Asher, the Netflix Original Series 1. Reasons Why follows Clay Jensen (Dylan Minnette) as he returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker. On tape, Hannah explains that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Will Clay be one of them? Reasons Why comes from executive producers Tom Mc. Carthy, Brian Yorkey, Selena Gomez, Joy Gorman and Kristel Laiblin. Watch 1. 3 Reasons Why on Netflix: https: //www. SUBSCRIBE: http: //bit. BUt. 7About Netflix: Netflix is the world. Members can watch as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, on nearly any Internet- connected screen. Members can play, pause and resume watching, all without commercials or commitments. Connect with Netflix Online: Visit Netflix WEBSITE: http: //nflx. Bc. Wb. 5Like Netflix on FACEBOOK: http: //bit. At. NFollow Netflix on TWITTER: http: //bit. Follow Netflix on INSTAGRAM: http: //bit. O4. UPFollow Netflix on TUMBLR: http: //bit. Thttp: //youtube. In it, Washington plays a commercial airline pilot who executes a miraculous maneuver to save the lives of his plane’s passengers. Controversy arises when alcohol is found in Washington’s character’s blood, with some calling for him to be prosecuted while others still view him as a hero. To celebrate its release, we decided to count down our favorite movies in which aviation or an airplane are central to the plot. Executive Decision. Starring Kurt Russel and Halle Berry, 1. Executive Decision sees terrorists hijacking a commercial flight and demanding the release of a captured fellow terrorist! A daring mid- air deployment of a special ops team into the hijacked plane is executed. Part of the team is Kurt Russel’s Dr. David Grant, who teams up with flight attendant Halle Berry and eventually is able to land the plane safely after neutralizing the hijackers. Executive Decision epitomized the over- the- top suspense characteristic of . Call it the hey- day of airplane- based action blockbusters. Snakes on a Plane. I don’t know about you, but I’ve just about had it with enigmatic film titles that barely reflect their plot. I’m a busy person; I don’t have time to look up plots to movies, and if I have to, I probably won’t be seeing them. Herein lies the genius behind 2. Snakes on a Plane. There is no mystery as to what you are getting yourself into when you sit down to watch this film. There is also a great opportunity to empathize with the characters in this film, particularly Samuel L. This is because if I were stuck on a plane that had snakes on board, well, I imagine I’d get pretty sick of them too. Alive. Based on the classic book by Piers Paul Read, Alive is the true- life story of a rugby team whose plane crashes while crossing the Andes. Those who emerged from the wreckage were then stranded in the middle of the treacherous mountain range for over two months, surviving on melted snow and, gulp, the bodies of their dead teammates. The film is a chilling examination of what the human body and mind are capable of when they are not only pushed to the brink of death, but held there for an agonizing 7. Catch Me if You Can. Also based on a true story, 2. Catch Me if You Can revolves around a charming cat- and- mouse game between Leonardo Di. Caprio, playing teenage forgery expert Frank Abagnale, and Tom Hanks, playing the FBI agent on his tail. In the fim, Abagnale grows up idolizing airline pilots, and one of his first cons involves forging paychecks from Pan Am Airways, using stickers from toy Pan Am planes to make the checks look official. This eventually leads Abagnale to con his way onto actual flights, pretending to be a dead- heading pilot. His dream of living the pilot’s life and walking arm- in- arm with flight attendants is realized, but it isn’t long before the forged life comes crashing down around the young criminal mastermind. Up in the Air. Directed by Jason Reitman and starring George Clooney, 2. Up in the Air follows Ryan Bingham (no, not that Ryan Bingham), whose job consists of flying back and forth across the country to fire various corporate employees. The film is primarily a portrayal of Bingham’s isolation and the depressing circumstances of his job, and in doing so provides a spot- on illustration of the the life of the jaded business traveller who knows his way around an airport better than his own home. Con Air. A fear of flying is something that terrorizes more of us than we probably realize. However, nothing quite compares to sharing an aircraft with a handful of America’s most dangerous criminals. Such is the plot of 1. Con Air. An ensemble cast consisting of Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, Steve Buscemi, Ving Rhames, Dave Chappelle, Danny Trejo and the tantalizing John Malkovich as Cyrus “the Virus” make for one hell of a ride, providing plenty of stellar action sequences and memorable one- liners.—Brian Tremml. The Aviator. For 2. The Aviator, Marty Scorsese teamed up with frequent muse Leonardo Di. Caprio to take on the life of Howard Hughes, the wealthy, notoriously obsessive compulsive filmmaker. Above even film, though, Hughes’ principal passion is aviation, and The Aviator focuses on his many endeavors into the world of flight, from owning TWA to flying around the world in four days. Producers had high hopes for the film to bring home a few major Oscars, but largely missed out save for Cate Blanchett winning Best Supporting Actress for her role as Katherine Hepburn, a romantic interest of Hughes. Top Gun. Aviator shades, fast airplanes and a touch of beach volleyball make up one of the best action films of the ’8. This film has it all: Tom Cruise in a star- making role; an exhilarating soundtrack courtesy of Kenny Logins; character names like Iceman and Maverick; and finally, perhaps one of the greatest subversive plots in movie history. At the end of the day it is simply impossible to deny the need for speed that lies in all of us.—Brian Tremml. Air Force One Air Force One simultaneously blends thrilling action with unbridled patriotism, thanks in part to Harrison Ford’s stellar performance as America’s Commander in Chief. With a plot that holds up relatively well 1. Furthermore, Ford’s iconic command at the climax of the film deserves recognition on its own.—Brian Tremml. Airplane! Like Snakes on a Plane, Airplane!’s title doesn’t leave anything to the imagination. This movie is about an airplane, and emphatically so. It’s not only the first film that comes to mind when one thinks of the many convergences of cinema and flight, it’s one of the great comedies of all- time. It features one absurdly funny scene after another as tormented war pilot Ted Striker tries to overcome his demons (and his drinking problem) to land a plane whose pilots have been poisoned.
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