Are you ready for some football? if not, Watch with us recommends you go to Netflix.
why netflix? The streamer just added a bunch of new movies that are as dramatic as any Super Bowl or ice skating competition.
Some of the best new Netflix movies I’m watching this weekend include the Western crime thriller Hell or High Waterstarring Chris Pineand the sweet Amanda Seyfried rom com, Letters to Juliet.
If you’re feeling nostalgic, rediscover the comedic joys of Mrs. Doubtfire and marvel at how much fun Robin Williams was
‘Hell or High Water’ (2016)
Toby (Pine) and Tanner Howard (Ben Foster) are two Texan brothers with a big problem. When their mother died, she left them a ranch that is about to be foreclosed on by the local bank. Since the land the ranch sits on has valuable oil beneath it, Toby and Tanner are desperate to save it, but they need to raise a lot of money in a short amount of time to do so.
When they start robbing banks in the area, they think they’ve found a solution to all their problems. But they can’t escape the law that easily, not with Texas Ranger Marcus Hamilton (Jeff Bridges) hot on their trail. Come hell or high water, these brothers will stick together, even if it means stopping Marcus from stopping them by any means necessary.
Nominated for Best Film in 2017, Hell or High Water is one of the best modern westerns ever made. written by Taylor Sheridan years before Yellowstonethe movie looks, sounds and feels authentic – you really buy into Pine and Foster as brothers who will do anything to keep their family and their land intact. As Marcus, Bridges earned an Oscar nomination for his performance, and it’s well deserved. His good humorist sympathizes with the plight of the brothers, but he cannot let these criminals go because they have a good reason to break the law.
Hell or High Water it’s streaming on Netflix.
“Letters to Juliet” (2010)
Amanda Seyfried she has always been that girl — of bad girls to last year’s criminally overlooked musical The will of Ann Leehe elevates anything he finds himself in just by showing up. In Letters to Julieta relatively routine rom-com along the lines of Under the Tuscan sunshe plays Sophie, a fact-checker who tours Verona before her honeymoon. When he discovers an old, unanswered love letter from a young woman named Claire, he decides to answer it.
Days later, he is surprised to meet Claire (Vanessa Redgrave), now in his 70s, and his disapproving grandson, Charlie (Christopher Egan). Claire wants to find the Italian lover she left behind all those years ago and needs Sophie’s help. But can Sophie overcome her love-hate attraction to Charlie long enough to help Claire find her long-awaited romance?
With the wrong actress, the thin plot of the film would collapse under the crushing weight of its own whimsy. But Seyfried, with the help of old pro Redgrave, makes it all work. Imbue Claire with just the right amount of sarcasm and optimism for you, even as she ditches her work-obsessed fiancé, played by Gael Garcia Bernal. (Seriously, who would ever leave Gael Garcia Bernal?!?). The film’s gorgeous Italian locations are shot with such lushness that you might be tempted to buy a villa in Verona right now.
Letters to Juliet it’s streaming on Netflix.
‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ (1993)
Daniel Hillard (Robin Williams) loves his three children, even his wife, Miranda (Sally Field), I can’t deny it. But he’s messy, irresponsible and perpetually unemployed, which doesn’t bode well for his ongoing custody case. Daniel wants to be with his kids more than anything, but he also needs a part-time job to pay the bills. Naturally, she concocts a plan where she’ll disguise herself as a sassy English nanny, Euphegenia Doubtfire, and kill two birds with one stone. To Daniel’s surprise, he succeeds, but how long can he maintain this double life without anyone, especially Miranda, finding out?
Netflix is giving its many, many subscribers the ultimate Valentine’s gift: a library full of hit movies and TV shows to watch. That library gets a little bigger in February, when the streamer adds at least one new movie and/or compelling must-see show pretty much every day. At the top of Watch With Us’ (…)
Mrs. Doubtfire it’s just one of those comedy classics you can’t deny. With a one-minute joke script and a solid supporting cast that includes Harvey Fierstein as Daniel’s makeup artist brother and Pierce Brosnan as Daniel’s romantic rival, he’s a perfect family comedy that hits all the right notes without sinking into sick sentimentality. But this is Williams’ show, and Mrs. Doubtfire is perhaps the best live-action showcase for the late actor’s unique improvisational skills.