{"id":5467,"date":"2014-04-17T00:01:32","date_gmt":"2014-04-17T04:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/?p=5467"},"modified":"2014-04-17T00:10:25","modified_gmt":"2014-04-17T04:10:25","slug":"what-to-watch-on-netflix-instant-edition-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/2014\/04\/what-to-watch-on-netflix-instant-edition-17.html","title":{"rendered":"What To Watch On Netflix Instant &#8211; Edition #17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>[amazon_link id=&#8221;B001D23BFK&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; container=&#8221;&#8221; container_class=&#8221;&#8221; ]<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"In Bruges\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51zR2Rj7D8L.jpg?resize=251%2C350\" width=\"251\" height=\"350\" \/>[\/amazon_link]In Bruges <em>(USA, 2008)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hitman Ray (Colin Farell) and his friend Ken (Brandan Gleeson) are holed up in picturesque Bruges, Belgium, after a job gone wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Their boss Harry (Ralph Fiennes) has ordered them to lay low and await his orders. Meanwhile they are to sightsee, which Ken likes doing. Ray however doesn&#8217;t want to do the touristy thing and is jittery just sitting waiting. Thinks perk up when he meets lovely Chloe, but then come the boss&#8217;s orders and they are quite unexpected.<\/p>\n<p>This was a great film, unpredictable and funny.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[amazon_link id=&#8221;B00BBW15R8&#8243; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; container=&#8221;&#8221; container_class=&#8221;&#8221; ]<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"Intouchables\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51BrqoQMzEL.jpg?resize=233%2C350\" width=\"233\" height=\"350\" \/>[\/amazon_link]The Intouchables <em>(&#8220;Intouchables&#8221;, France, 2011)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rich quadriplegic Philippe (Francois Cluzet) needs a caretaker, and finds one in Driss (Omar Sy). Everyone around Philippe is taken aback by Philippe&#8217;s unexpected choice, even Driss himself, who had never expected to get hired.<\/p>\n<p>Slowly but surely, a bond develops between the sharp, intellectual Philippe and the laid-back, easygoing, rough around the edges, Driss.<\/p>\n<p>This is quite a lovely film, poignant and funny and touching, without overdoing it. Cluzet is magnificent <a title=\"as always\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/2014\/01\/what-to-watch-on-netflix-instant-january-2014.html\">as always<\/a>, and Sy is quite a revelation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[amazon_link id=&#8221;B00AEFXKZ8&#8243; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; container=&#8221;&#8221; container_class=&#8221;&#8221; ]<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"Breakdown\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51IOcvNlWbL.jpg?resize=246%2C350\" width=\"246\" height=\"350\" \/>[\/amazon_link]Breakdown <em>(USA, 1997)\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This one is an oldie, but a great one.<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Taylor (Kurt Russell) and his lovely wife Amy (Kathleen Quinian) are on a road trip when their car breaks down on the highway. Sans communication, Amy sets off to fetch help by taking a ride from a trucker passing by. The plan is to reach the nearest available phone and call for help.<\/p>\n<p>But help never comes.\u00a0And Amy seems to have disappeared.<\/p>\n<p>If you didn&#8217;t see it then this fantastic edge-of-your-seat thriller then, don&#8217;t miss it now!<\/p>\n<p>[amazon_link id=&#8221;B0053TWVUU&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; container=&#8221;&#8221; container_class=&#8221;&#8221; ]<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"Poetry\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51e743pfrNL.jpg?resize=248%2C350\" width=\"248\" height=\"350\" \/>[\/amazon_link]<strong>Poetry <em>(&#8220;Shi&#8221;, South Korea, 2011)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An elderly grandmother (Jeong-hie Yun) lives in genteel poverty paying her bills with a part-time job, and caring for her grandson. She discovers that she has Alzheimer&#8217;s and that a family member has committed a ghastly crime. Sad and desperate, she gains strength from her poetry class to do the right thing.<\/p>\n<p>This was a slow moving film, but quite powerful in its subtlety. Yun is magnificent as the hesitant, perplexed grandmother. Quite a gem this one, although some patience is needed to watch it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[amazon_link id=&#8221;B0013WEUDM&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; container=&#8221;&#8221; container_class=&#8221;&#8221; ]<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"JOHNNY GADDAAR DVD\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41vm17PPyIL.jpg?resize=209%2C300\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" \/>[\/amazon_link]Johnny Gaddar <em>(India, 2007)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Indian action-thrillers are rare and not very well done when they come. This one is an exception and about junior gang-member Vikram who has double-crossed his other senior partners in crime. They are now in hot pursuit, and he is on the run.<\/p>\n<p>This is an unpredictable, tension-filled film.\u00a0The story\u2019s interesting, screenplay tight, and the direction deft &#8211; an absolute must-watch! Full review <a title=\"here\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/2007\/10\/review-johnny-gaddar-2.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[amazon_link id=&#8221;B001D23BFK&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; container=&#8221;&#8221; container_class=&#8221;&#8221; ][\/amazon_link]In Bruges (USA, 2008) Hitman Ray (Colin Farell) and his friend Ken (Brandan Gleeson) are holed up in picturesque Bruges, Belgium, after a job gone wrong. Their boss Harry (Ralph Fiennes) has ordered them to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/2014\/04\/what-to-watch-on-netflix-instant-edition-17.html\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_17000648_17000648":"","facebook_10233691416821117_190635594420624":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[186,90,147,68,169,179,66,21,173,100,167,159,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-186","category-all-netflix","category-crime","category-english","category-french","category-hindi-movies-on-netflix","category-hollywood","category-humor","category-korean","category-mini-reviews","category-mystery","category-netflix-recommendations","category-thriller"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"post-thumbnail":false,"sow-carousel-default":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"amodini","author_link":"https:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/author\/admin"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"[amazon_link id=&#8221;B001D23BFK&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; container=&#8221;&#8221; container_class=&#8221;&#8221; ][\/amazon_link]In Bruges (USA, 2008) Hitman Ray (Colin Farell) and his friend Ken (Brandan Gleeson) are holed up in picturesque Bruges, Belgium, after a job gone wrong. 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