Fix your tie; you look like an assh*le.

It’s been a couple weeks since I last shared some Netflix suggestions and as a result, there are an absolute ton of movies that we’ve discussed in the past and are now streaming. So here they are: Casa de mi Padre, Monster Brawl, Home Run Showdown, Madison County, Freak Dance, The American Dream, Like Crazy, Golden Winter, The Invisible War, Silent House, Take This Waltz, Hugo, Snowman’s Land, Strippers vs. Werewolves, The Hole, Sand Sharks, Young Adult, and General Education. If -somehow- your thorough but eclectic tastes mean that you’ve already seen each of those films, here are my personal suggestions for this week:
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Following

Long before he gave us The Dark Knight trilogy, Christopher Nolan made Following, his debut feature.  It’s about a young writer who follows random people around London in hopes of finding inspiration for a novel.  As this is from the same guy who gave us Memento and Inception, I’m guessing the plot is a fairly simple and straightforward meditation on regular peoples’ daily lives. Then again, the Criterion Collection edition of Following that comes out next week includes a chronological edit of the film as a special feature, so maybe not.
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Re-Animator

This horror classic from 1985 stars Jeffrey Combs, the character actor who is degrading himself as the head burglar in Elf-Man. Loosely based on an H.P. Lovecraft story, this film is about a med student successfully reanimating dead bodies. Oh yeah, this is also that flick which includes a scene in which a severed head performs oral sex.  They mentioned it in American Beauty, so you know it’s quality.
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Dogtooth (pictured above)

I mentioned this Greek Oscar-nominated film earlier when discussing writer/director Giorgos Lanthimos new film Alps, and –especially as a streaming option- it really is worth checking out.  Yes, it makes almost no sense, but that’s not because the characters are all doing insane things like hunting cats and beating each other with VCRs; the reason it doesn’t make much sense is because nobody is speaking English. Turn on the subtitles and you’ll be fine.
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Doggie B

This film has nothing whatsoever to do with this week’s DVDs, but it hit DVD last week and I was too busy traveling 1100 miles just so my kids could barf all over my grandmother’s 90th birthday party to share it with you, so I’m making amends by sharing it now.  This is that break-dancing-dogs-save-the-doggie-rec-center flick that we’ve all been waiting for since Vince first shared its poster and trailer with us in August. It’s funny really: this week’s streaming suggestions include an undisputed classic of the horror genre, an Oscar-nominated film, and even a Criterion Collection-approved feature from one of today’s hottest directors, and yet this is the only film I really believe any of you will be streaming this week.  Congratulations on your impeccable taste.