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The Chronicle Herald

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NETFLIX: What's new, what's worth it this week?

Lion In this drama about finding your roots, the young actor from Slumdog Millionaire certainly shows he’s no one-hit wonder. Dev Patel, nominated for a best leading actor Oscar here, harnesses every bit of emotional energy for this brave → Read More

Netflix: Spooky thrills for Halloween

Though 90 per cent of my list last week consisted of chillers, here's a throwback to some of my best-rated horror flicks added to Netflix this year. There should be something to delight and fright everyone on this list. The Texas Chainsaw → Read More

All-time great slasher Halloween just one spooky October Netflix addition

Halloween The original, classic film from John Carpenter is a legendary horror gem. With a spine-tingling score, a terrifying masked killer and a mysterious background, Halloween has endured for 40 years as the absolute best → Read More

Netflix: What's new? What's worth it?

This incredible, visionary tale from cracker-jack director Ava DuVernay is one of the most misunderstood, wrongfully-maligned films since the dawn of → Read More

Netflix: What's new? What's worth it?

This hilarious comedy from Greg Mottola, the director of Superbad, is about two comic nerds who discover an alien outside Area 51. → Read More

Netflix: What's new, what's worth it?

I’ve you’ve ever gone on the most challenging, fruitless blind date and have never seen your frustration illuminated on screen, then Man Up is for you → Read More

Netflix: What's new? What's worth it?

Coco Disney is back again breaking hearts then winning them back. Coco is a beautiful, music-infused animated film you won't soon forget. It follows Miguel -- a young boy with a flair for guitar -- who pushes against the family ban on music. → Read More

Netflix: What's new? What's worth it?

A Beautiful Mind This biopic on genius mathematician John Nash looks like the most boring film in the planet on paper. After all, name a film other than Good Will Hunting that makes math interesting? But with a stalwart performance from Russell Crowe as a tortured, brilliant man, this film leaps off the screen. → Read More

Netflix: What's new? What's worth it?

Captain Corelli's Mandolin Nicolas Cage hit the screen in a refined turn as an Italian captain who falls for the daughter of a local doctor in this film. Set around World War II, in which Italy -- allied with Germany -- occupies Greece, conflict and strife run deep within this romantic drama. → Read More

Netflix: What's new? What's worth it?

Winter's Bone Before the fame, fortune and an Oscar, there was Jennifer Lawrence in this little indie that could. The film -- from director Debra Granik -- is the story of a young girl who beguns trudging through the mountains in search of her transient, criminal father. → Read More

Netflix: What's new? What's worth it?

Monty Python From Holy Grail to Life Of Brian, Netflix has unleashed a slew of Monty Python content, and I'm all for it. From the brilliant minds of John Cleese, Terry Gilliam and company come some of the best broad parody works of all time. The British comedy is so fantastic, and the troupe have truly defined an era. → Read More

Netflix: What's new? What's worth it?

Begin Again When it comes to stories of the soul, light and healing power of music, there's no other like director John Carney. He's had hits Once and Sing Street, but Begin Again is his most commercial (and memorable) effort. → Read More

Netflix: What's new? What's worth it?

Open House This thriller -- formulaic as it may be -- makes up for treading well-run ground for the twists and turns it provides. If you're not a fan of When A Stranger Calls, I'll warn you, this film about a boy and his mother who are terrorized when they move into a new home, will not delight you. → Read More

Netflix: What's New? What's Worth It?

Spotlight The 'journalism' film, like the industry itself, has been undergoing great change. But if the waits are fewer and farther between in order to get films the calibre of Spotlight, I'm willing to wait. It chronicles the true-to-life work of Boston Globe reporters who uncover institutional wrongdoing inside the Catholic church. → Read More

Netflix: What’s new? What’s worth it?

The Babadook It’s not often I’ll recommend a horror flick, in a film landscape where it’s one of the most divisive genres. But The Babadook is a film that transcends genre boundaries. → Read More

Netflix: What's new? What's worth it?

The Meyerowitz Stories Noah Baumbach's chronicle of ailing siblings and the overall dysfunction of the family unit is a heartbreaking, subtle masterpiece. Though maybe a shadow of his former triumphant films, this easily accessible dramedy brings out the best in everyone involved. → Read More

Netflix: What’s new? What’s worth it?

Black Sea In one of his best roles since the millennium, a balding, brash Jude Law goes under the sea to nab a treasure trove of golden bricks. He enlists a ragtag group of men, half English-speaking and half Russian, and they begin their underwater voyage. → Read More

FIN expands reach for festival

FIN: Atlantic International Film Festival which announced its full program Wednesday, has invigorated the annual event with flair and a wider variety of film content than ever before. → Read More

Elmsdale teen gets Rolling Stone props

Makayla Lynn is, in so many ways, just a normal 16-year-old girl. She was reached by The Chronicle Herald during a camping trip in Cape Breton with friends. But this high school student just graced the pages of Rolling Stone magazine, featured as one of the “10 New Country Artists You Need To Know.” Lynn still can’t believe her good fortune. → Read More

Nova Scotia ex-con threatens to kill, rape women on Facebook

A Nova Scotia man with a record of violent offences this week threatened on Facebook to kill and rape all women. Brandon Jay Barnaby Monday posted, “Can’t sleep just want to rape murder all girls/women . . .” on his Facebook page. But though he is now the subject of warnings from many platform users, police can do little to curb his actions. → Read More