Halloween is subsequent week, however over on Netflix, it's all about meddling dads, magical sisters and hijacked planes.
Within the action-comedy Good Information, terrorists take over a Japanese airplane and just one man can cease them — a mysterious fixer recognized solely as No person.
Within the poetic thriller We Have All the time Lived within the Fort, two sisters should battle outdoors forces, which embody a male suitor (Sebastian Stan) with probably lethal intentions.
And at last, the comedy About My Father casts Robert De Niro as an overprotective dad who solely desires one of the best for his soon-to-be-married son.
‘Good Information' (2025)
In 1970, a airplane touring from Japan is hijacked by the militant Crimson Faction Military. Their calls for? To be flown to Pyongyang, North Korea and be allowed to land peacefully. However North Korea officers gained't permit it, and the airplane, which has a number of hundred passengers, is caught within the air with nowhere to land. Now, Japan, South Korea and United States officers should discover a method to land the airplane safely whereas additionally capturing the terrorists who hijacked the airplane.
On paper, this appears like your typical Hollywood thriller starring Jason Statham, however Good News is something however. As a substitute, it's performed as a comedy of worldwide errors as everybody, from the Crimson Faction within the sky to the overworked police on the bottom, should determine a method out of this mess. The answer could be No person (Sul Kyung-gu), a fixer introduced in to assist, however his unorthodox strategies may trigger much more issues.
Good Information is a refreshingly lo-fi, fast-paced action-comedy that breathes new life into the “hijacked airplane” catastrophe subgenre. The film completely nails its retro look, with fuzzy visuals and muted colours that deliver again the early ‘70s in all their subdued glory, and its skillful mix of over-the-top motion and exaggerated comedy makes it essentially the most distinctive Netflix movie I've seen this yr.
Good News is streaming on Netflix.
‘We Have All the time Lived within the Fort' (2019)
Sisters Merricat (Taissa Farmiga) and Constance (Alexandra Daddario) are outcasts who lock themselves away of their household property. Temptation arrives within the type of Charles (Sebastian Stan), who seduces Constance in an try to realize entry to their fortune that's rumored to be hidden someplace within the property. Merricat isn't as fooled as her older sister is by Charles, however can he persuade Constance that they're each in peril earlier than it's too late?
Primarily based on Shirley Jackson's cult 1962 novel, We Have All the time Lived within the Fort is a fascinatingly unusual hybrid of fairy-tale drama and home thriller. This can be a story not in contrast to Magnificence and the Beast, full with a grasping villain, imprisoned heroines and storming villagers, however the film itself feels as dreamy as Edward Scissorhands. Greatest recognized for her work within the American Horror Story franchise, Farmiga has her finest position ever because the suspicious Merricat, whose intelligence is simply surpassed by her burgeoning powers as a would-be witch.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle is streaming on Netflix.
‘About My Father' (2023)
Have you ever ever been annoyed along with your dad sufficient to exclaim to him, “You're driving me loopy!” If that's the case, then the comedy About My Father is for you. Sebastian (comic Sebastian Maniscalco) desires to suggest to his longtime girlfriend, Ellie (Leslie Bibb). However he wants his mom's wedding ceremony ring to take action, and solely his father, the standard and really Sicilian Salvo (Robert De Niro), may give it to him. Salvo agrees to offer his son the ring on one situation — he has to satisfy Ellie's household first. What follows is a culture-clash comedy that pits not solely two very completely different households in opposition to one another, but additionally Sebastian and Salvo.
About My Father is a really broad comedy that doesn't draw back from Italian and Sicilian stereotypes. A few of that's softened a bit figuring out that Maniscalco additionally cowrote the screenplay, which doesn't steer too removed from the Meet the Fockers system. De Niro finally is the one who makes this film work — his grumpy curmudgeon will get essentially the most laughs, though Kim Cattrall, as Ellie's flinty mother Tigger, scores some straightforward chuckles too. About My Father isn't adequate to hurry out to the movie show to see, but it surely's simply the correct quantity of entertaining to stream at house.
