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Full Metal Panic Fumoffu (Trailer)

The high school is under siege, and not just from the usual teenage angst, but also from a bomber who’s hell-bent on making everyone’s life miserable. 

 Macross Plus (Trailer)

Two old friends/rivals find themselves rival test pilots in competing projects while a mutual old flame returns to them with her own secrets.

 Gurren Lagann (Trailer)

Simon and Kamina venture beyond the borders of their world, reality and imagination. Venturing further and further into a hidden truth that has kept humanity prisoners for millennia.

Watching FLCL is the closest me, someone in her late 20s, will come to reliving puberty. There’s a lot going on! I don’t really understand everything that’s happening to my body or in my life! But it’s exciting and I’m seeing people in a way I didn’t before! I’ve got a horn on my head that’s a boner metaphor and now there’s a robot coming out of it but also now this robot is sort of like my maid and is playing baseball!

Yeah, I didn’t quite get everything that’s going on in FLCL. I sorta fell asleep the first time I watched most of the episodes. Not that that’s FLCL’s fault. It’s 6 half hour episodes each as zany and jam packed as the last. I did get more out of it the second time I watched the episodes through, but I’m sure I could get even more out of repeat viewings.

If that sounds like a cop out, it’s because it is. While I may not be a complete neophyte, I’m far from an anime auteur. So there’s probably a bunch I didn’t for a vareity of reasons. But even though I didn’t get fully it, possibly because i didn’t fully get it, I definetly recommend seeing it. I’ve said I like my anime weird and FLCL certainly fits the bill. 

Suggest a Netflix streaming movie we should watch for next week’s poll. Then watch it with us and share your thoughts. Click through for poll, open to all.

What should we watch next week?

 Sherlock (Trailer)

A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.Written by Steven Moffat, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman.

 Marwencol (Trailer)

After a vicious attacks leaves him brain-damaged and broke, Mark Hogancamp seeks recovery in “Marwencol”, a 1/6th scale World War II-era town he creates in his backyard.

 The Italian Job (Trailer)

Comic caper movie about a plan to steal a gold shipment from the streets of Turin by creating a traffic jam. Starring Michael Caine, Noel Coward and Benny Hill.

 The Terminator (Trailer)

A human-looking, apparently unstoppable cyborg (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is sent from the future to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton); Kyle Reese is sent to stop it.

 Network (Trailer)

In this Oscar winning film, a TV network cynically exploits the outrageous ravings of a deranged TV anchor (Peter Finch) for their own profit. Stars Faye Dunaway, Robert Duvall, and William Holden.

Winner of last week’s poll
(and what we’ll watch this week)

 FLCL (Trailer)

A 12-year old boy named Naota one day meets a strange woman, riding a Vespa and wielding a big guitar. As soon as she appears, mysterious things start happening.

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Suggest a Netflix streaming movie we should watch for next week’s poll. Then watch it with us and share your thoughts. Click through for poll, open to all.

What should we watch next week?

 Network (Trailer)

In this Oscar winning film, a TV network cynically exploits the outrageous ravings of a deranged TV anchor (Peter Finch) for their own profit. Stars Faye Dunaway, Robert Duvall, and William Holden.

 The Terminator (Trailer)

A human-looking, apparently unstoppable cyborg (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is sent from the future to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton); Kyle Reese is sent to stop it.

 The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (Trailer)

This 1943 Criterion film follows the exploits of pristine British soldier Clive Candy (Roger Livesey) as he battles to maintain his honor through romance, three wars and a changing world.

 Sweet Land (Trailer)

Set in 1920, Inge travels from Germany to rural Minnesota meet the man destined to be her husband. Bureaucracy and social morality cause major complications.

 FLCL (Trailer)

A 12-year old boy named Naota one day meets a strange woman, riding a Vespa and wielding a big guitar. As soon as she appears, mysterious things start happening.

Winner of last week’s poll
(and what we’ll watch this week)

 Noriko’s Dinner Table (Trailer)

Unhappy with suburban life, 17-year-old Noriko spends more and more time on a Web site where she meets and chats with other teenage girls across Japan and eventually runs away from home.

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New To Streaming

 Easy A

Emma Stone is a clean-cut high school student who relies on the school’s rumor mill to advance her social and financial standing in this comedic twist on The Scarlet Letter. 

 Salt

After she’s accused of being a Russian spy, rogue CIA agent Evelyn Salt (Angelina Jolie) goes on the run to clear her name and protect her husband. Co-stars Liev Schreiber and Chiwetel Ejiofor.

 The Other Guys

Allen (Will Ferrell) and Terry (Mark Wahlberg) toil in obscurity as lowly desk jockeys, until a big break finally gives them a chance to tackle real police work. Samuel L. Jackson and Steve Coogan.

 FLCL

A rock ‘n’ roll psychedelic romp often compared to Yellow Submarine, Fooly Cooly (or FLCL) is a mind-bending visual rocket ride using anime aliens as allegory for teen angst. 

 Saving Grace

Self-destructive Oklahoma City detective Grace Hanadarko (Holly Hunter) gets a chance to redeem herself when Earl (Leon Rippy), her “last chance angel,” appears after a terrible car crash. 

Expiring Soon

 Batman

In Tim Burton’s hands, Bruce Wayne (Michael Keaton) starts to make a name for himself as a masked enemy to the criminal set just when the flamboyant Joker (Jack Nicholson) takes over the mafia. 

 The Year of Living Dangerously

A young Australian reporter (Mel Gibson) tries to navigate the political turmoil of Indonesia with the help of a diminutive photographer (Linda Hunt). Co-stars Sigourney Weaver.

 Natural Born Killers

In Director Oliver Stone’s stark satire of media and murder, two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.

 Broadway: The American Musical

Julie Andrews hosts this comprehensive chronicle of the American musical that captures a century of Broadway through interviews, archival footage, personal writings, newsreels and home movies. 

21 Jump Street

Johnny Depp stars in his breakout role as the sardonic leader of a pack of cub investigators who pass as pupils while squelching underage mischief in this late 1980s crime drama.