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Not sure what to watch tonight? Doing more browsing then actual watching let’s stop you there! Here are five films you can watch right now on Netflix, if you don’t have Netflix you should get it. You don’t want to miss out on all the fun do you? Lets get to it our Netlflix Pix!

Title: Mitt
Year: 2014
Whose In It?: Mitt Romney
What The Heck Is It?: Most people only see that side of ex-GOP candidate Mitt Romney that they want to see Greg Whiteley’s brilliant Netflix Original Documentary is out to show you a side of Mitt you probably didn’t think existed. With candid moments of vulnerability, and an inside look at the pressures to beating an incumbent POTUS never before do have I personally walked away with a polar opposite change in opinion on a man.
Title: Super
Year: 2011
Whose In It?: Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page
What The Heck Is It?: A dark comedy with many underlying themes such as mental and substance abuse, lost love, and fanboyism. All of them wrapped in an exterior comedy that’s just as much satire as it is strong comic book lore. Wilson’s character loses the love of his life to a scumbag criminal (Kevin Bacon), and feels dealing out justice is the only way for him to feel whole again. Be warned there is definitely violence, and not in that fantasy way. Just pure…unadulterated violence. Also really great animated opening sequence gets bonus points from us
Title: Only God Forgives
Year: 2013
Whose In It?: Ryan Gosling, Vithaya Pansringarm
What The Heck Is It?: Julian (Gosling) is a gym-owner in Thialand, at least part of the time most of the time he’s running a smuggling ring with his sibling Billy. When Billy is killed Julian is sent out by his mother/kingpin Crystal (Kristin Scott Thomas). What he runs into is Bangkok detective Chang…you don’t want any of that, trust us. Chang is more then he appears here if you watch the film in the context we did. We won’t spoil anything, but let’s just say subtly isn’t normally director Nicholas Winding Refn’s tastes but here there idiosyncrasies that are played up, but only noticeable in small doses.
Title: A Band Called Death
Year: 2014
Whose In It?: The Band Death
What The Heck Is It?: A classic rock doc showcases a band that was Punk before bands like The Sex Pistols in Britain, and Ramones here in the United States. What really tugs at you as the audience is the humility of the titular bands remaining members. Whether you’re a fan of rock music or not this is a story that transcends it’s musical genre while simultaneously paying homage to a hidden gem.
Title: Battle Royale
Year: 2000
Whose In It?: Tatasuya Fujiwara, Aki Meada
What The Heck Is It?: Imagine if you will The Hunger Games, but with blood and violence…everywhere! One could say that sums up Battle Royale fairly well. And whole there’s a lack of Katniss Everdeen, this us more then made up for deaths that are horrific and reactions that are juxtaposed with that sentiment.

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