COVID-19 aint no joke. And neither is sitting inside the house all day with nothing good to watch. It's the cable channel paradox. We're overloaded with options and as a result, it's difficult to make a decision. Here are some of the recent Netflix shows and movies I've watched and loved. Hopefully you enjoy some of them, too. In no particular order:
Pose - LGBTQ Ballroom culture/drag scene in 1980s NYC. More heart and soul than 99% of TV shows out there
I'm Sorry - Andrea Savage plays herself, a raunchy comedian living her life and raising her daughter. If you like Curb Your Enthusiasm, you'll like this. The first episode is about how her 5 year old daughter might be racist.
Don't Fuck with Cats - A guy posts a video online of him killing cats. The internet tries to find out who he is before his actions escalate to murder.
Tiger King - You've heard about it. You may have seen some of it. I will say, it's as wild as it's portrayed as.
Bodyguard - A BBC limited series about a former Army officer-turned government bodyguard who gets wrapped up in a terrorist plot...and an affair.
Altered Carbon - No one ever really dies (shout out to N.E.R.D.). In this series based on a graphic novel, your consciousness lives in your "stack," an implant in the back of your neck. If you die, your stack goes in a new body, unless someone destroys your stack. Joel Kinnaman plays the lead in season 1, and Anthony Mackie plays the same character, just in a new body, in season 2.
Giri/Haji - A Japanese detective travels to London in search for his brother, a Yakuza hitman wanted for killing someone from the wrong family. I really like how it shows Japanese culture/actors mixed with a western style.
Always By My Maybe - This is just a really funny fucking movie. A romantic comedy written and starring two Asian comedians (Ali Wong and Randall Park), directed by the creator of Park's Fresh Off The Boat, which Wong was also a writer on. And don't forget Keanu Reeves flexing as a version of himself.
The Perfection - A horror thriller that goes places you do not expect. I'll just leave it at that.