Netflix Recommendations – Page 6

TV Recommendation: Conan Without Borders (2015-)

07/07/2019

Humor, Netflix Recommendations, TV Recommendations

Quote by Conan O’Brien: “It is our failure to become our perceived ideal that ultimately defines us and makes us unique. It’s not easy, but if you accept your misfortune and handle it right, your perceived failure can be a catalyst for profound re-invention.” When Conan O’Brien was fired from The Tonight Show and replaced
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TV Miniseries Recommendation: Manhunt: Unabomber (2017)

06/18/2019

Netflix Recommendations, True Crime, TV Recommendations

Quote from Manhunt: Unabomber by Ted Kaczynski “You know, the irony is, they’re gonna show this cabin as evidence that I’m crazy. But if everyone was content to live simply like this, we’d have no more war, no poverty, no pollution.” Creators: Andrew Sodroski, Jim Clemente, Tony Gittelson Executive Producers: Dana Brunetti, John Goldwyn, Troy
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TV Series Recommendation: American Crime Story (O.J. Simpson and Versace)

06/13/2019

Netflix Recommendations, True Crime, TV Recommendations

I finally got around to watching the second season of FX’s true crime drama involving Andrew Cunanan and those he killed (Jeffrey Trail, David Madson, Lee Miglin, William Reese, and Gianni Versace). The first season involved O.J. Simpson and the two people he was charged with killing (Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman). The third
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Documentary Recommendation: Water & Power: A California Heist (2017)

06/06/2019

Documentary Recommendations, Netflix Recommendations

Quote by Jeffrey Mount from PPIC Water Policy Center “We’ve been living off borrowed water.” Director: Marina Zenovich Writer: Mark Arax MMPA Rating: PG for thematic elements, some language and brief smoking Running Time: 1 hour and 27 minutes ******* In addition to the problem of homelessness in California especially in the larger cities
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Netflix TV Show Recommendation: Designated Survivor (2016-2019)

06/06/2019

Netflix Recommendations, TV Recommendations

Quote from Designated Survivor by Seth Wright “Maybe he’ll realize he has no business running the country.” Creator: David Guggenheim Executive Producers: Mark Gordon, Nicholas Pepper, Jeff Melvoin, Jon Harmon Feldman, Kiefer Sutherland, Suzan Bymel, Paul McGuigan, Amy Harris, Aditya Sood, David Guggenheim, Simon Kinberg, and Neal Baer Directors: Chris Grismer, Frederick E.O. Toye, Peter
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Movie Recommendation: Kon-Tiki (2012)

06/01/2019

Movie Recommendations, Netflix Recommendations

Quote from Kon-Tiki by Erik Hesselberg: “Maybe I should introduce you first. This is Thor. A pompous, self-centered weirdo, but a very good leader. And because he is, we are about to do what Tiki did 1500 years ago. We are going to…” Executive Producers: Christopher Daniel, Lone Korslund, Marc Schmidheiny, Petter Skavlan, Johan Christopher
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Netflix Documentary Recommendation: My Son the Jihadi (2015)

05/27/2019

Documentary Recommendations, Netflix Recommendations

Quote from My Son the Jihadi by Michael Evans (brother of Thomas Evans): “It’s so weird, how someone who’s grown up as your own flesh and blood could do that to somebody. It doesn’t make any sense, I don’t think it ever will make any sense. I’m glad he’s not around to hurt anyone. It’s
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Movie Recommendation: Small Town Crime (2017)

05/27/2019

Movie Recommendations, Netflix Recommendations

Quote from Small Town Crime by Steve Yendel “Do we have to listen to this?“ Executive Producers: Mehrdad Elie and Octavia Spencer Directors: Eshom and Ian Nelms Writers: Eshom and Ian Nelms Major Cast: John Hawkes, Anthony Anderson, Octavia Spencer, Robert Forster, Clifton Collins Jr., Jeremy Ratchford, James Lafferty, Michael Vartan, Daniel Sunjata, Don Harvey,
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Netflix Documentary Recommendation: The Creative Brain (2019)

05/12/2019

Documentary Recommendations, Netflix Recommendations

Quote from The Creative Brain by author Michael Chabon: “There never has been such a thing as true originality.” This was an interesting documentary in that it opened my eyes on that I thought creativity meant in terms of originality and failure. It is based from David Eagleman’s book, The Runaway Species: How Human Creativity
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Documentary Recommendation: Survivors Guide to Prison (2018)

05/12/2019

Documentary Recommendations, Netflix Recommendations

Statistic from Survivors Guide to Prison: “80 percent of former prisoners end up right back in jail.” When I was in school learning all about the criminal justice system, I took the stance of prisons as a necessary evil. I knew they were basically an American experiment, if you will, that failed miserably but knew
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Netflix Recommendation: ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads (2019)

05/10/2019

Documentary Recommendations, Music, Netflix Recommendations

Partial lyrics from Robert Johnson’s song “I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom” I’m gonna write a letter Telephone every town I know I’m gonna write a letter Telephone every town I know If I can’t find her in West Helena She must be in East Monroe I know Netflix has these remastered stories about musicians.
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TV Show Recommendation: Damnation (2017-2018)

05/10/2019

Netflix Recommendations, TV Recommendations

Quote from Damnation by Creeley Turner: “Never imagined this is what I’d grow up to be.” Damnation is about a small town in Iowa called Davenport. It centers around a preacher, Seth Davenport, who rallies the town against those in power through calculated strikes and plans to take their farms back. There are richer and
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Documentary Recommendation: The Untold History of the United States (2012-2013)

04/19/2019

Documentary Recommendations, History, Netflix Recommendations, US History

Quote from The Untold History of the United State by Oliver Stone: “Americans, like people everywhere, are in thrall to their visions of the past, rarely realizing the extent to which their understanding of history shapes behavior in the here and now. Historical understanding defines people’s very sense of what is thinkable and achievable. As
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