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of September 2023

MOVIES

  1. Avatar: The Way of Water

  2. John Wick: Chapter 4

  3. Fast X

  4. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

  5. A Man Called Otto

  6. The Fabelmans

  7. The Whale

  8. The Banshees of Inisherin

  9. Plane

  10. Top Gun: Maverick

TV SHOWS

  1. 1923: Season 1

  2. Yellowstone: Season 5: Part 1

  3. House of the Dragon: Season 1

  4. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Season 1

  5. The Gilded Age: Season 1

 
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Apr 18, 2023
Our Final Season
Apr 18, 2023

For 25 years, it's been our extraordinary privilege to mail movie nights to our members all across America. On September 29th, 2023, we will ship our final iconic red envelope.

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Noteworthy

Part 9 - Only on DVD: The Fallacy of "Everything Available All the Time"

September 18, 2023 in Collections

This final ‘Only on DVD’ column serves as a so long for now, but not a farewell forever. The spirit of our relationship continues as long as you continue to seek out new-to-you movies and pass along recommendations to your friends and family. Each disc you buy or rent is a small act of film conservation. Keep them all circulating.

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The Last Hurrah: Movies About Final Journeys

September 13, 2023 in Collections

As the saying goes “nothing good lasts forever.” We are in the final season of DVD Netflix and while goodbyes are hard it’s important to enjoy these last days and treasure the moments with the service before it’s gone. The following is a list of movies which follow main characters in their final days. Let’s have one last hurrah with these movies available to rent on DVD Netflix.

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Tags: The Last Word, Lucky, Living, Swan Song, The Hero

Viola Davis Is Good In Everything

September 11, 2023 in Collections

Viola Davis’ career is more than just a series of firsts—she is widely regarded as one of her generation's best and most versatile actresses. And she continues to rack up more awards and accolades with each new production she appears in.

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Tags: Doubt, The Help, Lila & Eve, Fences, Widows, The Woman King, Viola Davis

The 10 (or so) Best Movies of the Past 10 (or so) Years

September 11, 2023 in Collections

The late 1960s through the very early 1980s are often heralded as the best period in American movies. That said, I would offer this thesis: the past ten years or so have been an equally good, if not greater, period in Hollywood history. The past ten years or so—particularly the seven or eight years—have been among the most diverse, inventive, innovative, and genuinely interesting.

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Tags: Parasite, I Am Not Your Negro, Lady Bird, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Roma, Call Me By Your Name, Moonlight, Black Coal Thin Ice, 12 Years a Slave, Zero Dark Thirty, The Social Network, 2010s

A Journey Through Film with DVD Netflix

September 11, 2023 in Collections

Viewing films is a journey. We watch films, diving into a new story or exploring the filmography of our favorite actors or directors. DVD Netflix allowed me to see several movies that I’ve been eager to see over the years that may not be on streaming or the DVD for which is now hard to find or out of print. During my journey through film with DVD Netflix, here are my favorite films that I have rented:

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Tags: Classic Movies, Takeover

Seriously, You Should Really Watch Ingmar Bergman Movies

September 11, 2023 in Collections

Ingmar Bergman’s films are noted for the complex, subtle, and often difficult relationships between the characters, the starkness of the psychological landscape the characters inhabit, and some startlingly memorable imagery. I’d go as far as to say you can’t really claim you’re a movie fan if you haven’t seen at least most of his pictures.

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Tags: Persona, Wild Strawberries, Scenes from a Marriage: Miniseries, Cries and Whispers, The Seventh Seal, Ingmar Bergman

Three Documentaries with a Shocking Twist

September 11, 2023 in Collections

Truth is stranger than fiction. And this can be seen in countless documentaries in which real stories often take shocking turns that leave audiences speechless. Here are three such documentaries. Make sure you move these to the top of your queue. They need to be seen to be believed!

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Tags: Documentary, Three Identical Strangers

Get a Clue: Spotlight on CLUE (1985)

September 05, 2023 in Collections

Clue was one of those. We watched it over and over and over, cackling every time. We perfected our “Flames on the side of my face” impressions and memorized the “Two plus two plus one” speech. 

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Inside the Envelope: Highlights of DVD Netflix's History

September 05, 2023 in Collections
Inside the Envelope: Highlights of DVD Netflix's History

Let’s take a trip down DVD Netflix memory lane.

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A Fond Farewell to DVD Netflix

September 05, 2023 in Collections

I’ll miss those red envelopes more than you’ll ever know.

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