Netflix surfing - some hidden gems

Hmmm... so I'm surfing for gems? Mix metaphors much?

Lately, I've been watching some of those movies on my Netflix Queue that have been there for a while, but I hadn't had a chance to watch them. A few of them were pretty bad, but some were great. Here are a couple of the great ones.

Original ideas still exist, thank goodness!

Moon

I can't believe I hadn't seen this one, but it came out last year, and last year was the first year I did the Fangirl Academy and vowed to watch all the Oscar nominated movies. The fact that this wasn't one of said movies is a travesty. I won't tell you anything about it, because it should be watched with a clean slate, but Sam Rockwell was amazing in it. He is so versatile. It almost made me forget about his disappointing performance as Zaphod Beeblebrox.

Timer


It's a romance, it's a comedy, but it is in no way a formulaic RomCom. There's a bit of subtle sci-fi, social commentary, and philosophical thought-provokingness. It's also charming and entertaining as hell, and stars our favorite ex-demon former scooby, Emma Caulfield.


Add these babies to your instant netflix queue, trust me.