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Ric’s Netflix Picks: “How to Be a Man”

What is the most important thing a father can teach his son? How to be a man. Mark McCarthy (Gavin McInnes), a former comedian, has just discovered that he is dying. Not wanting to leave his unborn son without life lessons, he recruits a young filmmaker, Bryan (Liam Aiken), to document his remaining days. Keeping…
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Ric’s Netflix Picks: “Mean Girls”

Are you a lady between the ages of 19 and 31? Chances are, you love Mean Girls. Sixteen-year-old Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) has just started public school for the first time and wants to fit in. She quickly makes friends with outsider Janis (Lizzy Caplin), who warns her against making friends with the popular girls,…
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Ric’s Netflix Picks: “The Guild”

What happens when your gaming life meets your real life? Watch The Guild. Codex (Felicia Day), the online gaming persona of Cyd Sherman, has come to the realization that her offline life, better known as her ‘real’ life, is in jeopardy. She is self-conscious, has no friends, and even her therapist refuses to see her. To…
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Ric’s Netflix Picks: “Somebody Up There Likes Me” (2012)

How much of a story can you tell, when there isn’t much to tell? Enough. Max Youngman (Keith Poulson) is an awkward man. Over the course of his life, he aloofly stumbles in and out of love with the equally awkward Lyla (Jess Weixler). With his “best friend” Sal (Nick Offerman) guiding him, what could…
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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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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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