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NETFLIX watch list for anyone who is gearing up for, or burned out on, the upcoming Oscar fiasco
While everyone loves a good blockbuster from time to time, there’s something about a great independent film that strikes a particular chord.WIND RIVER 86% RT Fresh
Sorry for the capture photo yikes!Director/Writer: Taylor Sheridan
Cast:
Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, Gil Birmingham, Graham Greene, and Kelsey Chow
Summary: An expert tracker is enlisted to help an FBI agent to investigate a murder on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming. A mystery thriller that is the conclusion of a thematically connected trilogy about the modern American West that includes Sicario (93% RT) and Hell or High Water (97% RT).
ENEMY 74% RT Fresh
Sorry2 for the capture photo yikes!Director: Denis Villeneuve
Writer: Javier Gullón
Cast:
Jake Gyllenhaal, Melanie Laurent, Sarah Gadon, and
Isabella RosselliniSummary: A head-spinning psychological thriller, featuring two of Jake Gyllenhal’s best performances. Yes, two—Enemy revolves around a solitary college history professor who leads a mundane life, only to discover an actor who looks exactly like him. He begins investigating the doppelganger’s life, things happen.
LOCKE 91% RT Fresh
Sorry3 for the capture photo yikes!Director/Writer: Steven Knight
Cast:
Tom Hardy, Olivia Colman, Tom Holland, Ruth Wilson, Andrew Scott, and Alice Lowe
Summary: [Locke] takes a series of phone calls during a long drive at night, prompted by a woman with whom he had a one-night-stand seven months prior going into labor. Tension builds as the character wrestles with a variety of pressing issues.
MOON 90% RT Fresh
Director: Duncan Jones
Writer: Nathan Parker
Cast: Sam Rockwell
Summary: An astronaut who is nearing the end of a three-year solitary stint mining helium-3 on the moon, only to have his world upended by the arrival of an unexpected visitor.
** Some current and previous Oscar noms and winners at the source, plus a few others (extra tags are clues) **
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