Movies to Stream While Quarantined (Part 2: Electric Boogaloo)

Sherlock Holmes (Amazon Prime)

Like Iron Man, RDJ owns this role and makes it his own. Look at that smirk, he knows you can't resist watching this movie. You've already lost. It's hilarious in a RDJ sort of way and the quippy, quick-cutting style of filmmaking from Guy Ritchie is PERFECT for a Sherlock Holmes movie. Such a fun watch.

True Lies (HBO)

Just watched this last night with the family, and it's everything you'd expect from a 90's action movie with everyone's favorite California governor. Pretty 90's plot too: a secret agent (guess who he is) doesn't tell his family his real job and lives a double life, but his wife feels ignored and Arnold soon finds out she might be seeing another man. You'll get a lot from this movie, nostalgia for the 90's (a decade we are nostalgic for even though most of us didn't really live through it), campy dialogue, cheesy moments, great comedy, super 90's action with explosions and shit, and 90's Jamie Lee Curtis (hell yeah).

Mr. and Mrs. Smith (HBO)

This movie is what broke up Jennifer Anniston and Brad Pitt and kick-started Brad and Angelina's relationship. You can clearly see why too, because the chemistry just flies off the damn screen with these two. Similar to the previous movie, but in this case, both the husband and wife are secret agent spies but neither know about the other. Suddenly they are both tasked with killing the other. Just great action and comedy for your quarantined night.

Place Beyond The Pines (Netflix)

A motorcycle stunt driver turned bank robber tries to provide for his family when he gets tangled with an ambitious rookie cop and a corrupt political landscape. This movie is a lot of things, such as being both a crime thriller and also a quiet and empathetic look at what solitary environments do to a man and how far people will go for their loved ones. It's executed with great emotion and Ryan Gosling stays the king of giving great performances without really saying any dialogue.

Blue Valentine (Netflix)

This movie asks the question, "What if Marriage Story was even more depressing?" It stars Ryan Gosling (the legend) and Michelle Williams (who got an Oscar nomination for this) as a married couple with a young daughter and a broken relationship. It flashes back and forth between timelines when they were young and in love and to present day when they can't stand each other. It shows how their past relationships and upbringings affect how they approach their own relationship It's a sad and beautiful movie at the same time. Something for a rainy day.

Long Shot (HBO)

Fellas, this movie is for the kings out there who think they can't date out of their leagues, because if Seth Rogan can do it, so can we all. A pleasant surprise was Long Shot. The title sums up the movie well, Seth Rogan pretty much plays himself and meets the beautiful presidential candidate played by Charlize Theron. And in a god damn long shot, they begin to like each other? It's somehow a little realistic and charming to watch.

Three Days of the Condor (Amazon Prime)

Oh to be Robert Redford in the 70's, this man was just unstoppable. This movie is a great mystery thriller from 1975 and stars Robert Redford as a bookish CIA researcher who returns from lunch to find his entire office killed. He then has to go on the run himself to find out why simple researchers were ordered hits on. It's fairly slow, just a warning, but it's not like you're in a rush to go anywhere at the moment.

Sky High (HBO)

My favorite Marvel Cinematic Universe movie.

Big (HBO)

Witness a movie about a 12-year-old boy waking up one morning as Tom Hanks and spend an entire movie discovering the joys of being Tom Hanks in the 90's. It's charming as hell and a great movie to watch with the family. Although, he sleeps with one of his co-workers, but he's actually a 12-year-old in a 30-year-old's body...so... *sirens approaching*

The Pursuit of Happyness (Netflix)

Before Will and Jaden Smith starred in an absolute dumpster fire of a movie called After Earth, they starred in this beautiful and inspiring true story about a homeless salesman who attempts to get him and his son off the streets and give them a better life. It's absolutely fantastic and will never not put a smile on your face. It truly makes you root for these two and it pays off big time. Props to the real guy who it's based on, mad respect.

Too Big To Fail (HBO)

If you like politics, economics, or just old men yelling at each other about whose fault it was that caused the 2008 financial crisis, you'll love this movie. It's a dramatized look behind the scenes at Henry Paulson, the US Treasurer in 2008, and his efforts to minimize and control the economy that was spiraling out of control. It makes the whole thing decently easy to understand if you're not familiar with what happened, but it's fascinating. I expect they'll someday make a similar movie about what's going on with the market right now. I mean, to see Henry Paulson sit the CEOs of every major bank in a room and tell them, "Fix your problems, or you will all become my bitches," was so badass to watch.

The Theory of Everything (Netflix)

A look at the true story about the relationship formed between Stephen Hawking and his wife, Jane, as the story is set to the backdrop of Stephen's slow progression of losing his bodily function. It's a great story that is both sad, inspiring, and funny when it needs to be. Eddie Redmayne deserved the Best Actor Oscar for this one.

Philadelphia (Netflix)

A tear-jerking movie about a gay man (played by Tom Hanks who wins an Oscar for this role) who is diagnosed with HIV and is fired from his law fire because of it. He hires a homophobic small town lawyer (Denzel Washington) as the only willing person who will help him in court. What carries this movie is the performance of its stars. Absolutely powerful.

Mission Impossible: Fallout (Amazon Prime & Hulu)

If you area not familiar with the Mission Impossible movies, they're not that hard to follow with pretty generic evil plots. What keeps us coming back is this dangerous game of chicken we have going with Tom Cruise as he performs the most ridiculously amazing action stunts that keep getting more dangerous each movie. In this movie, he climbs a rope on a flying helicopter and flies it himself (he's the producer he can do what he wants), and we literally see him break his foot after jumped from building to building. One of these days, he's gonna kill himself doing these stunts for us and we're going to examine our role in all of this.

Creed II (Amazon Prime)

A great follow-up to Creed, which surprised the hell of out me. I mean Rocky coming back to train the son of his former rival? Now THAT'S how you make a sequel. This follows Adonis facing the son of the Russian boxer who killed Adonis's father in the ring, Ivan Drago. It's full of emotion and great boxing scenes. Damn, I love boxing movies.

Stuart Little (Netflix)

A haunting look at two absolutely heartless parents who opt to adopt a god damn mouse instead of one of dozens of lonely human orphans from an orphanage. Screw this guy, Remy from Ratatouille would wreck Stuart Little's shit in a fight.