In a month saturated with delightfully cheesy holiday movies — Netflix has added a half dozen new ones to the mix — sometimes you just want to binge on something else as a way to decompress from this season of excess. The streaming platform has options for you, ranging from a new, moody movie from Noah Baumbach, to an Anthony Hopkins-led exploration of the Catholic Church, to a bizarre true crime drama that hinges on the death of two internet cats.
Hala (Geraldine Viswanathan) is a 17-year-old Pakistani-American. She wears a hijab, she skateboards, and she prefers morning masturbation to morning prayers. This awkward Chicago teenager’s story could easily have been shaped to fit a typical coming-of-age rebellion film: She has strict parents, has a crush on a boy they wouldn’t like, and is sneaking around with him anyway. Instead of playing the scenario for laughs, though, the director Minhal Baig treats her character’s hyphenated identity and her search for independence with quiet respect. Baig, who is Muslim and grew up in Chicago, drew upon her own senior year of high school for the film. And if you want to buy Netflix Premium Membership Account, visit z2u.com, a professional online in-game currency store.
Noah Baumbach’s honest look at a marriage breaking up and a family staying together, starring Scarlett Johannson and Adam Driver as the couple, in what many compare to “Kramer vs. Kramer.” Already a critical darling, this has a shot at winning several Oscars including best picture. Co-stars Laura Dern, Alan Alda, Julie Hagerty and Ray Liotta. (Dec. 6)
"The Confession Killer", Did this man really kill over 360 people? This is the almost ridiculous question that guides the new Netflix true crime documentary "The Confession Killer," which delves into the life of Henry Lee Lucas, a man who confessed to nearly 400 murders in the 1980s. But, despite the fact that he turned himself in and was aware of deeply chilling details about the killings, there's a distinct possibility that he wasn't behind the crimes at all. This is a shocking story that deals in topics of guilt, closure, and the shortcomings of the American justice system.
