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Category: Netflix Recommendation

Ric’s Netflix Picks: “The Boondocks”

“Excuse me! Everyone, I have a brief announcement to make…” “Jesus was black, Ronald Reagan was the devil, and the government is lying about 9/11.” Welcome to Woodcrest, a white-washed town with few minorities that is home to the Freemans, an African-American family originating from the south side of Chicago. The series’ protagonist, Huey Freeman,…
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Ric’s Netflix Picks: “Iron Sky”

If you don’t learn from history, you are doomed to repeat it. In 2018, the President of the United States decides to begin sending new missions to the moon, in order to help her achieve re-election. Upon landing on the far side of the moon, African-American astronaut James Washington (Christopher Kirby) is surprisingly captured by…
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Ric’s Netflix Picks: “The Giant Mechanical Man”

How do you create a painting? One brushstroke at a time. After losing her job and getting evicted from her apartment, Janice (Jenna Fischer), a young 30-something having difficulty navigating the waters of adulthood, moves into her sister’s home. Feeling pressure from her sister (Malin Åkerman) to grow up, Janice begins to date Doug (Topher Grace),…
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Ric’s Netflix Picks: “The Puffy Chair”

“All this Duplass ever wanted was his chair back. It really tied the room together.” Josh (Mark Duplass) has found the perfect birthday gift for his father. It’s a comfy, purple recliner; just like the one his father had when Josh was growing up. He orders it on eBay and takes his girlfriend, Emily (Katie…
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Be Mine: What to Watch this Valentine’s Day on Netflix

Is your Valentine’s Day 2014 looking more like Doomsday 2014? Did you wait ’til the last minute to make a reservation at her favorite restaurant to find there aren’t any left? Or did you completely forget about the preeminent day of love and now have no idea what to get him? Are you fearing the…
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Netflix is My Valentine: 10 Movies to Watch if You’re Single on V-Day

For some people, being single and loving it is pretty easy on 364 days of the year, but once mid-Feb rolls around and it starts raining rose petals and chocolates and everything is stained pink, purple, and red, you want to just sucker punch everything that moves. Romance. Psh! So what do you do? Turn…
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Ric’s Netflix Picks: “The Untouchables”

Welcome everybody to the wild, almost midwest. This here is our sheriff, Eliot Ness. In Prohibition Era Chicago everyone knows that Al Capone (Robert De Niro) is the bootlegging kingpin. The problem is that no one can prove it. Every time the police try to bring him down, Capone manages to get tipped off by…
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Ric’s Netflix Picks: “Red State”

Guess what I have under this sheet? Hate and insanity for everyone!!! Three midwestern teenagers, Travis (Michael Angarano) and his two friends, answer an online ad for a woman willing to have group sex with them. Their plans go awry, and the boys find themselves kidnapped. One of the teens quickly recognizes his captors. They…
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Ric’s Netflix Picks: “The Boondock Saints”

YOOOOOOOU!!! …will watch this movie! While attending mass, Connor (Sean Patrick Flanery) and Murphy MacManus (Norman Reedus), a pair of Irish-American brothers, hear the story of a woman who was killed while her neighbors did nothing. Later, while celebrating St. Patrick’s Day at their local bar, they discover that the bar will be closing due…
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10 Reasons to Watch: “Trailer Park Boys”

As an admitted Netflix addict, I have watched dozens of televisions series that I normally wouldn’t have come across in my everyday life. Every month or two I put my trust in the almighty Netflix algorithm and test a few episodes of whatever series it thinks I will like best. Plenty of these shows have…
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