Movies we’re watching to get us through lockdown

Whether it’s a new Lord of the Rings watch or review each individual Marvel film in the order in which it was releasedif there was ever a time for a film marathon it is now. With Corona virus Lockdowns are underway in just about every country you can name. Now is a good time for it consume Content.

First I asked everyone CNET what TV they sawNow I’ve asked her about films.

So here’s what we’re seeing.

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Studio Ghibli movies on Netflix

The Netflix options in the US are superior in all respects to Australia, with one exception: We currently have access to virtually every film in Studio Ghibli’s back catalog.

I worked through everyone. Totoro, chased away, Princess Mononoke, Princess Kaguya, Kiki’s delivery service, Porco Rosso. I slowly looked at my old favorites and enjoyed them for the first time. It was amazing. (US fans can wait for the Ghibli films Hit HBO Max if it starts on May 27th, or Pay them on Amazon.

– Mark Serrels

Period dramas on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Apple Movies (all I can get)

I absolutely love a good romance. They are beautifully rich distractions at best, but I recently realized that the period drama could be the perfect love story for our time. Longing from afar; communication only in writing; The (one-time) daily walks through the courtyard with your only companion. Frankly, it’s hard to tell the difference between Pride and Prejudice and live in quarantine.

I last saw Emma. (2020) on Apple Movies and it was all I love: beautiful Regency sets and costumes, a wonderful cast and short hand touches that are brimming with romantic tension. Touching people is out. A distance of two meters from each other is IN.

– Nicole Archer

The big sick

I revisited The Big Sick, a rom com with Kumail Nanjiani that came out in 2017 before being jacked up. The second time was just as good – the down-to-earth humor and central relationship that develops in a chaotic, non-Hollywood-like way has something magical about it. If you haven’t seen it yet, it’s definitely a feel-good movie you should watch now.

– Jennifer Bisset

Akira Kurosawa films

I’m watching Akira Kurosawa films based on Eric Franklin’s advice. I had postponed the observation and waited enough time to commit, and now it seems. To make it easy, I signed up for that Criteria channelwho has a solid collection of about two dozen Kurosawa films – including Seven Samurai and The Hidden Fortress.

– Clifford Colby

infection

Yes, I was one of the many viewers responsible for getting Steven Soderbergh 2011 back on the most watched charts in March.

Contagion is fiction, but incredibly well researched (Epidemiologist Larry Brilliant was her senior technical advisor) and offers a precise perspective of how important social distancing can be.

The film begins by portraying some of the situations that we are currently very familiar with, and fast-forward to very bleak moments (instead of toilet paper shortage, there are fully-fledged looting in supermarkets). In addition, the virus in Contagion is far more deadly than the one we’re fighting. If there’s a Contagion snack, the goal is to be either Matt Damon or his daughter.

– Patricia Puentes

The platform

This Spanish-language feature streamed on Netflix is ​​a gruesome story of class struggle and a thoroughly entertaining thriller. It’s about a place called “The Hole”, where the residents of the first floor are served a gourmet meal on a platform every day. As the platform moves down, people on the floors below eat the remains of people above them. I found it quite entertaining and politically charged, but not obnoxious. It’s about people’s basic needs and what happens to us and our relationships when the system we live in doesn’t meet those needs.

– Jesse Orrall

Hercules, Willow, Nims Island, my cousin Vinny, what’s up Doc

My kids are grown up, but the drawers are filled with family-friendly VHS tapes and DVDs from our movie nights on Friday nights when they were kids and a little older (True Story: I know the entire soundtrack to Disney’s Beauty and The Beast). Seriously. “Small town, it’s a quiet village. Every day, like before …” Please stop it.)

So I looked through the archives again:

Hercules: Because Danny DeVito sings “One Last Hope” as Phil.

Willow: Because Val Kilmer as Madmartigan. Stupid, funny – and the good guys win.

Nim’s Island: Because Jodie Foster, as an adventure writer, is afraid to leave her house, and Gerard Butler, as the hero of her novels – and her conscience.

My cousin Vinny: Because Joe Pesci and Marisa Tomei and their New York accents. “Oh yes, you mix.”

What’s Up Doc: Because Buck helped write the script for this screwball comedy with its brilliant dialogue. First big film with Madeline Khan (alongside the super fun Barbra Streisand and Ryan O’Neal).

What are films anyway?

Movies? When do all films watch? Now our kindergarten is closed, my wife and I work full time and I take care of a baby all day – I can’t even get through an entire episode of Doctor Who at once, let alone an entire feature film. Well, the other day we put Frozen in the background, that will do it. Frozen, wow, what a groundbreaking recommendation. Man, I miss films.

– Rich Trenholm