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Thursday, February 4, 2010

(4/4) SNOWED IN: 4 Netflix-ing Moods You Might Borrow








By now, you should be ready to break glass.
BUT since that's expensive, dangerous and it'll still be snowing when you finish, I present...Mood 4.

For my Throwbacks/Barely-there-Booskie mood (this with a mild awareness of what month it is--Black, Boo-lovin' and all):
>> Love Jones (1997, Theodore Witcher)
>> Coming to America (1988, John Landis)
>> Set It Off (1997, F. Gary Gray)
>> Poetic Justice (1993, John Singleton...grr...)
>> Fame (1980, Alan Parker)
>> Friday (1995, F. Gary Gray)
>> She Hate Me (2004, Spike Lee)
>> The Wiz (1978, Sidney Lumet)
>> School Daze (1988, Spike Lee)
>> Love & Basketball (2000, Gina Prince-Bythewood)
>> Brown Sugar (2002, Rick Famuyiwa)
>> Malcolm X (1992, Spike Lee)
>> How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998, Kevin Rodney Sullivan)
>> Waiting to Exhale (1995, Forest Whitaker)

(3/4) SNOWED IN: 4 Netflix-ing Moods You Might Borrow

And you STILL AIN'T GOIN' NOWHERE...




So here's Mood 3 to stave off cabin fever.

For my Just Because mood:
>> The Informant (2009, Steven Soderbergh)
>> Capitalism: A Love Story (2009, Michael Moore)
>> Skin (2009, Anthony Fabian)
>> Miracle at St. Anna (2008, Spike Lee)
>> The Secret Life of Bees (2008, Gina Prince-Bythewood)
>> Sex and the City: The Movie (2008, Michael Patrick King *don't judge)
>> She Hate Me (2004, Spike Lee)
>> Burn After Reading (2008, Coen Brothers)
>> The Great Debaters (2007, Denzel Washington)
>> Obsessed (2008, Steve Shill)
>> Talk to Me (2007, Kasi Lemmons)
>> Life is Hot in Cracktown (2009, Buddy Giovinazzo)

(2/4) SNOWED IN: 4 Net-Flixing Moods You Might Borrow



Since you STILL AIN'T GOIN' NOWHERE...

Here's Mood 2 to stave off cabin fever.

For my Oscar season mood:
>> 2010 Inglourious Basterds (Netflix)
>> 2010 Hurt Locker (Netflix)
>> 2009 Milk (Netflix)
>> 2009 The Dark Knight (Netflix)
>> 2009 Frost/Nixon (Netflix)
>> 2009 Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Netflix)
>> 2008 Charlie Wilson's War (Netflix)
>> 2008 American Gangster (Netflix)
>> 2008 Juno (Netflix)
>> 2008 Bourne Ultimatum (Netflix; They're talking about a prequel minus Matt!)
>> 2008 Persepolis (Netflix)
>> 2007 Dreamgirls (Netflix)

(1/4) SNOWED IN: 4 Netflix-ing Moods You Might Borrow








It's looking like 2 feet and rising all Friday and Saturday.

THAT being said: YOU AIN'T GOIN' NOWHERE.

To stave off cabin fever, here are some rentals I'll be getting in once the thrill of snowballing and [my bro's] shoveling have grown wearisome.

I'm a moody televisual-cinematic consumer--so trust this list to be all over the place: 4 Moods For ya...

For my what's-the-hype/(or maybe there wasn't one...)/i-need-some-reruns TV mood:
>> HBO's The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (iTunes)
>> NBC's Parks & Recreation (NBC.com/parks-and-recreation)
>> AMC's Mad Men (MadMenEpisodes.com)
>> NBC's 30 Rock (NBC.com/30-rock)
>> HBO's Entourage (Netflix)
>> CW's Girlfriends (*tear* Netflix)
>> FOX's Glee (FOX.com)
>> ABC's Ugly Betty (*tear* abc.go.com/shows/ugly-betty)
>> ABC's Lincoln Heights (iTunes)
>> Showtime's Weeds (Netflix)
>> Bravo's Real Housewives of Atlanta (iTunes--you knew it was coming :-D)

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