Netflix “Browse Instant” Increasing Good Selection of Instant Movies To Watch Online

Every week or so I check Netflix’s “Browse Instant” (previously titled “Watch it Now”) page for new additions to their library of free (for members) movies to watch instantly online. When this feature was new the selection of films to…

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 | Tags: movie rental, netflix
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The Assasination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, beautiful!

The Assasination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is a stunning visual feast along the lines of Terrence Malick’s Thin Red Line. I was interested in seeing this film since I heard about it almost 18 months before…

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 | Tags: action, andrew dominick, brad pitt, casey affleck, jeremy renner, jesse james, mary-louise parker, moody, sam rockwell, sam shepard, western
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Hustle & Flow, flows

With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp (Terrence Howard)in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.

Surprise, surprise, a film about a Memphis pimp turned hip-hop star is not as crass and unwatchable as one might…

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 | Tags: anthony anderson, award winner, crime, drama, musical, taraji p. henson, taryn manning, terrence howard
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Snakes on a Plane, if only this film were bit, eaten or crushed by a snake…or twenty…and then burned!

An FBI agent (Samuel L. Jackson) takes on a plane full of deadly and poisonous snakes, deliberately released to kill a witness being flown from Honolulu to Los Angeles to testify against a mob boss.

My sister rented Snakes on…

Saturday, January 5th, 2008 | Tags: cult, horror, samuel l. jackson
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Eastern Promises, delivers and then some

The film follows the mysterious and ruthless Nikolai (Viggo Mortensen), who is tied to one of London’s most notorious organized crime families. His carefully maintained existence is jarred when he crosses paths with Anna (Naomi Watts), an innocent midwife

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Sunday, December 30th, 2007 | Tags: crime, david cronenberg, drama, gangster, london, mobster, naomi watts, russia, viggo mortensen
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Waitress, cute, endearing and one of 2007’s best movies

Jenna (Keri Russell) is a pregnant, unhappily married waitress in the deep south. She meets a newcomer (Nathan Fillion) to her town and falls into an unlikely relationship as a last attempt at happiness.

I am happy to see…

Sunday, December 30th, 2007 | Tags: adrienne shelly, award winner, comedy, drama, kerri russell, nathan fillion, romance
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Talk To Me, great biopic

The story of Washington D.C. radio personality Ralph “Petey” Greene (Don Cheadle), an ex-con who became a popular talk show host and community activist in the 1960s with the help of his producer and friend Dewey Hughes (Chiwetel Eljifor).

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Sunday, December 9th, 2007 | Posted in Rent it!, Skip it! or Burn it! | No Comments »

Miss Potter, delightful and very satisfying

The story of Beatrix Potter (Renee Zellweger), the author of the beloved and best-selling children’s book, “The Tale of Peter Rabbit”, and her struggle for love, happiness and success. (imdb.com)

I never read Beatrix Potter children’s stories like Peter the…

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