Netflix Challenge: Tell No One & Black Dynamite

Tell No One
An interesting thriller from France featuring Mary Sharon from Under the Cherry Moon, aka Kristen Scott Thomas. I liked it.




Black Dynamite
To fully appreciate Black Dynamite, you need to have some experience with the cliches of the Blaxploitation genre. But even without, there are some good laughs to be had and plenty of "Can you dig it?" references.




Forty-one titles left to go.

Sofia Quote of the Day: Something Gross

The following conversation occurred on the car ride home today.









I will refer to it in the future every time she tries to bring a boy home.

Netflix Challenge: The King of Kong

The King of Kong: Fistful of Quarters is, perhaps, the best movie featured so far in this Netflix Challenge. It's a riveting documentary detailing one mild-mannered, OCD father's quest to beat the 25-year-old world record high score in Donkey Kong. The original record holder, Billy Mitchell, is one of the all-time great film villains, and the supporting cast of classic video game nerds are hilarious.

Thanks to my boy, Mike Little, for recommending this one to the queue.

Watch it now!

Bill Maher gets it right

This great "New Rule" from Bill Maher isn't as much of a critique of the Rally to Restore Sanity as it has been billed. It's actually a message that any good progressive/liberal should hear. The right keeps moving farther to the right and we're supposed to meet them in "the middle" which isn't the middle any more? Forget it.

Bilal's 'Robots'

I love Bilal's music. His new album, "Airtight's Revenge," is great from start to finish.

This is his new awesome video for "Robots."



Here's a live cover of "Tainted Love."

FULL SCREEN
The Sounds of VTech / Bilal: Tainted Love

Netflix Challenge: Halloween Wrap-Up

Teeth
Just your run-of-the-mill tale of a pretty and chaste young high school abstinence advocate who discovers she's got Vagina Dentata. Three weenies get chomped by film's end, including one attached to that weird dude from Nip/Tuck.



Legion
I fell asleep during this one. Carolina says she liked it, and I have to admit, the trailer makes it look pretty cool.




Removed by Default
Two of the three films in German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder's BRD trilogy, Marriage of Maria Braun and Veronika Voss, made an artsy exit from the queue without getting watched. Seemingly out of the blue, Netflix decided Oct. 31 was the last day for these films in the streaming catalog. If you're interested, someone posted all of Maria Braun on YouTube.



Also eliminated by default is The International. The only reason this one was added in the first place was because I liked the look of the poster:



And unless I get to it tonight -- and right now it's not looking good -- The International will be joined in the default bin tomorrow by Sidney Lumet's version of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express.

Thank you, Netflix. Only 44 more to go.