Our Netflix queue has been popping lately with some really great choices that Johnny has made.
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Bernie is a black comedy based on a true story about an assistant funeral director in a small Texas town. The main character, played by one of my favorites-Jack Black, befriends a mean old woman and pretty much ruins his life doing it. The characters are absolutely fabulous, especially the random townspeople. I really really enjoyed this movie: A+.
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Melancholia is kind of like Tree of Life where there isn't a lot of dialogue and not a lot happens (until the very end), but it's an extremely beautiful movie. The movie is based around the idea that a planet, Melancholia, is coming very close to earth. Kirsten Dunst plays a young woman struggling with depression as she faces the possible end of the world. I usually find her to be kind of annoying, but she was absolutely stunning in this movie and did a great job playing her character: A-.
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The Company Men is a story about three men who work for a company that lays them off at the beginning of the recession. It's an interesting window into how losing a job affects these three different men. Ben Affleck usually seems to be second in my mind to guys like Matt Damon, but he did a really good job playing a husband and father trying to figure out how to care for his family when his life is ripped out from beneath him: B.
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