If you have 100 minutes
It’s What’s Inside — Netflix
Director Greg Jardin’s Sundance breakout hit is a genre-bending black comedy horror film centred on a group of digital-era, social-media-obsessed friends reunited on the night before a wedding whose worst fears about their insecurities and hunger for popularity are pushed to the limit when one of them arrives with a mysterious suitcase that will allow them to be someone else — at a cost they might not be ready to pay.
If you have 100 minutes
She Taught Love — Disney +
Strong performances from Darrell Britt-Gibson (who also wrote the script) and Natasha Marc carry this moving romantic drama from director Nate Edwards, which chronicles the relationship between a drifting actor and a self-destructive sports agent who meet and fall for each other with unintended consequences that will change their lives forever.
If you have 100 minutes
Inside Out 2 — Disney +
As young Riley enters her teenage years, the emotional voices inside her head are joined by new, unexpected visitors in this warmly entertaining follow-up to Pixar’s smash-hit 2015 family comedy.
If you have 2 hours
A Bronx Tale — Prime Video
Robert De Niro’s directorial debut from 1993 still stands up. De Niro plays a hardworking 1960s Bronx father whose relationship with his teenage son (Lilo Brancato) is pushed to its limits after the boy falls under the sway of a local crime boss (Chazz Palminteri). Written by Palminteri and directed by De Niro with sensitivity and quiet skill, it’s a small but memorable crime drama that benefits from a strong sense of place and time.
If you have 2 hours
Tuesday — Rent or buy from Apple TV +
Julia Louis-Dreyfus plays against type to strong effect in this odd but moving drama about mortality and letting go, directed by Croatian first-time director Daina Oniunas-Pusić. Louis-Dreyfus plays Zora, a struggling mother who is caring for her sick daughter (Lola Petticrew). When a strange talking bird claiming to be Death arrives in their lives one day, mother and daughter must overcome their initial fear to confront the hard truth of what their otherworldly messenger is telling them — before it’s too late.
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