Netflix Recommendations Thread 3.0

Out of curiosity (and boredom) I went through the trailer and looked them all up. Here's what we've got.

The Mother - Director: Niki Caro, Writer: Misha Green, Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Omari Hardwick, Gael Garcia Bernal

A deadly female assassin who comes out of hiding to protect the daughter that she gave up years before, while on the run from dangerous men.

The Adam Project - Director: Shawn Levy, Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Zoe Saldana, Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo, Catherine Keener

A man travels back in time to get help from his 13-year old self. Together, they encounter their late father.

Day Shift - Director: J.J. Perry, Cast: Jamie Fox, Meagan Good, Dave Franco, Snoop Dog

A hard-working blue-collar dad just wants to provide a good life for his quick-witted 8-year old daughter, but his mundane San Fernando Valley pool cleaning job is a front for his real source of income, hunting and killing vampires.

The Grey Man - Director: Russo Brothers, Cast: Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jessica Henwick, Alfre Woodward, BillyBob Thornton

Gentry is on a mission across Europe to rescue his handler and his family from Lloyd, a former cohort of Gentry’s at the CIA. Lloyd wants Gentry terminated in order to shepherd a billion-dollar oil deal in Nigeria, where the president of that country wants Gentry dead for the assassination of his brother.

(Escape From) Spiderhead - Director: Joseph Kosinski, Writers: Zombieland, Deadpool guys, Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller, Jurnee Smollet

In the near future, two convicts confront their pasts in a facility run by a visionary who gives them emotion-altering drugs.

Slumberland - Director: Francis Lawrence, Cast: Jason Momoa, Kyle Chandler, Chris O'Dowd

Based on ‘Little Nemo In Slumberland’ an animated work by pioneer American animator Winsor McCay

Falling For Christmas - Director: Janeen Damian, Cast: Lindsay Lohan, Chord Overstreet

A newly engaged and spoiled hotel heiress finds herself in the care of a handsome, blue-collar lodge owner and his precocious daughter after getting total amnesia in a skiing accident.

Pinocchio - Director: Guillermo Del Toro, Cast: David Bradley, Ewan McGregor, Christoph Waltz, Tilda Swinton, Cate Blanchett, Ron Perlman

Set during the rise of fascism in Mussolini’s Italy, Pinocchio is a story of love and disobedience as Pinocchio struggles to live up to his father’s expectations.

A Madea Homecoming - I'm not writing this up, if you know you know.

They Cloned Tyrone - Director: Juel Taylor, Cast: John Boyega, Jamie Foxx, Teyonah Parris

An unlikely trio investigates a series of eerie events, alerting them to a nefarious conspiracy lurking directly beneath their hood.

Carter - Director: Jung Byung-gil Cast: Joo Won, Lee Sung-jae, Kim Bo-min, Jeong So-ri

Agent Carter wakes up one day in a motel room without any recollection of his identity and follows orders to join an explosive mission.

The School For Good and Evil - Director: Paul Feig, Cast: Charlize Theron, Michelle Yeoh, Laurence Fishburne, Kerry Washington

Based on the young adult fantasy novel by Soman Chainani, the story follows best friends Sophie and Agatha as they are kidnapped to the School for Good and Evil. After their fortunes are reversed, their friendship is put to the test as the duo attempt to return home.

Enola Holmes 2 - Sequel

Tall Girl 2 - F**king sigh

End of the Road - Director: Millecent Shelton, Cast: Queen Latifah, Ludacris, Beau Bridges

Dunno?

Hustle - Director: Jerimiah Zagar, Cast: Adam Sandler, Robert Duvall, Ben Foster, Queen Latifah

The story follows an American basketball scout who is unjustly fired after discovering a once-in-a-lifetime player abroad. The scout decides to bring the player to America to prove that they both have what it takes to make it in the NBA.

We Have A Ghost - Director: Christopher Landon, Cast: Anthony Mackie, David Harbour, Jahi Di'Allo Winston, Tig Notaro, Jennifer Coolidge

After Kevin finds a ghost named Ernest haunting his new home, he becomes an overnight social media sensation. But when Kevin and Ernest go rogue to investigate the mystery of the latter’s past, they become targets of the CIA.

Me Time - Director: John Hamburg, Cast: Kevin Hart, Mark Whalberg, Regina King

The film follows a stay-at-home dad who finds himself with some “me time” for the first time in years while his wife and kids are away. He reconnects with his former best friend for a wild weekend that nearly upends his life.

The Good Nurse - Director: Tobias Lindholm, Cast: Jessica Chastain, Eddie Redmayne

The true story of the pursuit and capture of Charles Cullen, one of the most prolific serial killers in history, who is suspected of having murdered up to 400 patients during his 16-year career as a nurse, earning him the moniker “The Angel of Death.”

Don't Blame Karma - Dunno, think it's Mexican?

Wendell & Wild - Director: Henry Selick, Cast: Key & Peele

Two demon brothers face off against a nun and a pair of goth teens in order to earn their way out of hell.

Luckiest Girl Alive - Director: Mike Barker, Cast: Mila Kunis, Finn Wittrock, Scoot McNairy,Jennifer Beals, Connie Britton

Ani FaNelli, a sharp-tongued New Yorker who appears to have it all: a sought-after position at a glossy magazine, a killer wardrobe, and a dream Nantucket wedding on the horizon. But when the director of a crime documentary invites her to tell her side of the shocking incident that took place when she was a teenager at the prestigious Bradley School, Ani is forced to confront a dark truth that threatens to unravel her meticulously crafted life.

You People - Director: Kenya Barris, Cast: Eddie Murphy, Jonah Hill, Julia Louis-Dreyfus

An incisive examination of modern love and family dynamics and how clashing cultures, societal expectations, and generational differences shape and affect relationships.

The Takedown - dunno?

The Sea Beast - Director: Chris Williams

A legendary sea monster hunter’s life is turned upside down when a young girl stows away on his ship and befriends the most dangerous beast of them all.

The Mothership - Director: Matt Charman, Cast: Halle Berry, Omari Hardwick

One year after her husband mysteriously disappears, Sara Morse discovers a strange, extraterrestrial object underneath their home, Sara and her kids embark on a race to find their husband, father and, most important, the truth.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnd finally. Knives Out 2

I assume this is their actual homemade ones, and doesn't include anything they're just distributing, which are usually higher quality.

Just because there's more "bad" films easily available doesn't mean there's any less "good" films. I feel like people over react a lot to Netflix's slate when a lot of what they make isn't that different to what would have been released in the cinemas a few years ago. Red Notice, for example, two of the most bankable male stars and Wonder Woman teaming up for a nonsense popcorn movie, directed by a guy whose previous 3 films took $800 million at the box office, isn't that different a concept from an awful lot of things that have come in the past, and yet good films still get made.

Sure, the ratio is changing but that doesn't mean the amount of good films is changing, and there's definitely an issue with the whole idea of things being reduced to "content". My point is just that the streamers have become the new studio systems, and there's still people outside that system making good films. And the streamers actually give us better access to a lot of them than we'd have had before.

As for the 90s, how much access to films did anyone really have back then? Whatever was in the cinema, and then a relatively small selection in XtraVision or wherever? Sure things like Tall Girl and The Kissing Booth are abysmal wastes of time, but how many American Pie films went straight to video, or spoofs of any cultural phenomen, or paint by numbers action films, or endless and inferior sequels to horror films?

I just don't think things are necessarily as bad as some people think, we're just so much more aware of, and have access to, pretty much everything that's being made now 🤷‍♀️