Our good friends at Netflix have been hot on the coals getting new originals out this year, and the fall season is chock full of a diverse set of films. With their first Spanish film, black and white drama and one of the heaviest documentaries of the year, Netflix continues to hold the belt for heavyweight streaming service.
So get to watching! Because what else are you doing today? Work? Nah, don’t kid yourself!
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Netflix Original Fall Films
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“Audrie & Daisy” (Now Playing)
A must-see documentary that tackles a big issue in America, Audrie & Daisy goes deep with two high school girls on opposite sides of the country with a lot in common, chiefly their unfortunate experience. Drunk and passed and sexually abused, these girls become center pieces of their high schools where they are verbally abused and bullied to the point of suicide.
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“Amanda Knox” (September 30)
Not since “Making a Murderer” have people been so glued to a true-events special, but the latest movie mystery documentary, “Amanda Knox,” is assured to lift that burden. Acquitted of murder twice in the last decade, Netflix and directors Rod Blackhurst and Brian McGinn attempt to pull the public back in with new footage, begging the age-old question, “What do you think?” after a hard binge session.
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“Mascots” (October 13)
See a new brand of comedy when Christopher guest goes all rockumentary on the dark underbelly of the mascot world where sex, drugs and performing in front of an audience all go hand in glove, or perhaps body in oversized, overheated suit. With an extensive cast of veteran actors, we’re getting the usual quality laughs from the likes of Jane Lynch, Fred Willard, Ed Begley, Zach Woods and Parker Posey, not to mention Stifler’s mom.
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The Siege of Jadotville” (October 7)
The true story of the classic David v. Goliath matchup, a small army of 150 Irish soldiers takes on the invading thousands of Central African Congo mercenaries. Set in 1961, we get to see a Netflix movie unlike any we’ve seen yet.
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“7 Años” (October 28)
Netflix’s first original Spanish film, “Siete Años,” could be one of the most suspenseful films of the year with phrases like “Some decisions change your life forever” and “Tension is in the air” being thrown around. Starring Juan Pablo Raba of “Narcos” and a directed by Roger Goal of “Smoking Room,” the film follows one evening where four friends have to decide who takes the blame for the group. I imagine the original title was called “Draw Straws.”
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“I am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House” (October 28)
he story of a demented horror writer, her nurse and the haunted house they live in lands just in time for Halloween. The hauntingly rich drama, starring “The Affair” actress Ruth Wilson as the nurse, is not your average horror flick. It’s an indie horror in its subject matter, but don’t expect any cheap parlor tricks, as the movie is said to follow an eloquent dialogue with an eerie touch of ghostly presence and seductive tension.
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Blue Jay
Sarah Paulson is on a roll. First she owned the Emmys, and now she’s joining Mark Duplass in a Netflix original about reliving the past. Shot in black and white, the romantic film catches up with two first loves decades later, and despite their sturdy appearances, the cracks of their lives begin to show through as the beautiful film unfolds.
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True Memoirs of an International Assassin (November 11)
Kevin James put down his fat jokes to assume the role of a mid-level author, who’s more or less a thriller hack, that gets mistaken for an international assassin upon publishing a book of about an international assassin. James is then kidnapped, taken overseas and mistaken an a covert hitman who has to work his way out of his own fiction.
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A Handsome Mystery Movie: “A Lil Dab’ll Do Ya”
A supposedly clever mystery comedy the likes of “Columbo,” this film follows Detective Handsome, a not-so-together mystery man who is trying to get his life together and solve crimes. According to Netflix, he’s only good at one. We can’t tell you everything, so tune in and find out for yourself.
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Girlfriend’s Day
Bob Odenkirk takes a step away from his Saul Goodman wardrobe to give us a noir comedy about a greeting card writer trying to corner the card market on the trendy new holiday.
