There has been way too little press or marketing effort put into the new short films from Wes Anderson based on the stories of Roald Dahl. These four short films are streaming right now on Netflix and they’re all absolutely worth checking out. I made a short video about them, but I’m still trying to decide which one I like the most because I really dug all of them.
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I’ve been posting short movie recommendations over on Instagram and TikTok and you should check them out if you’re looking for something good to watch.
First up, we have Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead
Next is Broker, which was one of my favorite movies of 2022
Then we have Netflix’s painfully generic Heart of Stone
Then I checked out the Jennifer Lawrence comedy No Hard Feelings
And finally, I had the chance to see one of my all-time faves, Cannibal! The Musical, on the big screen for the first time and I had to make a little video about that too
You can also find all these videos over on the Trashwire youtube channel in the quick reviews playlist.
The new episode of the Whatcha Watchin podcast features a whole bunch of Oscar talk. Kim also talks about Shazam: Fury of the Gods and John Wick Chapter 4 while I talked about how much I love Rana Naidu and why I’m probably going to watch it several times.
You can watch it on Trashwire here or listen on the podcast app of your choice.
In a turn of events that is surprising to absolutely no one, I really liked Rana Naidu, the new Netflix series adapted from Ray Donovan. It stars Rana Daggubati (for whom my feelings can be best described with this emoji 😍) and his superstar uncle Venkatesh Daggubati in the main roles, but the entire cast is incredible. I binged the whole first season in a weekend and I’m really hoping for season 2.
Two movies I loved and would highly recommend to anyone looking for something to watch on Netflix: Gangubai Kathiawadi with Alia Bhatt and Pad Man with Akshay Kumar. Both are based on true stories and acted to perfection by their stars.
Pad Man is the story of a man in rural India who invents a low-cost maxi pad after seeing how much the women in his family struggle with sanitary solutions, but he faces tons of challenges like social stigma and competition from multinational corporations. I always hesitate to call a movie “wholesome” but this was really emotionally satisfying in a wholesome kind of way.
Gangubai is about a woman who is sold to a brothel and rises to power in order to protect sex workers and their children. Alia Bhatt’s powerhouse performance is just mesmerizing to watch and there is not a frame of this movie that isn’t visually gorgeous.
So if you aren’t afraid of subtitles and want something really fantastic to watch, definitely give these two a try.