Netflix Updates - The Long Good Friday

The Long Good Friday Posted: Bob Hoskins made his mark with a vivid portrayal of a London mob boss sweating the big deal designed to make him rich and legit. Suddenly, everything goes wrong when a series of bombs literally destroy his world. He escapes unharmed, but now faces the knowledge that someone wants him dead soon. A tough crime saga, The Long Good Friday paints a bleak portrait of a man caught up in forces beyond his control.

Mystery Science Theater 3000: Devil Doll Posted: Accompanied by an evil doll with a twisted mind of its own, dastardly ventriloquist the Great Vorelli (Bryant Haliday) pursues a lovely heiress' (Yvonne Romain) fortune in this horror flick, which the "MST3K" team turns into a comical lark. When they are not busy making witty wisecracks, Servo tries to throw a toga party, Crow gets sloppy drunk and Mike dresses up as the movie's demonic, deranged dummy.

Withnail and I Posted: Two unemployed actors -- Withnail (Richard E. Grant) and Marwood (Paul McGann) -- take a trip to the British countryside in 1969. But instead of rejuvenation, they experience a lack of food, an abundance of rain and a plethora of alcohol. Their host, Withnail's gay Uncle Monty (Richard Griffiths), displays a love for life and a lust for Marwood. This classic art-house comedy won an Evening Standard British Film Award.

Owl and the Sparrow Posted: After angering her stern uncle (Trong Hai), 10-year-old Thuy (Han Thi Pham) runs away and lands on the tough streets of Saigon. There, she befriends shy zookeeper Hai (The Lu Le) and flight attendant Lan (Cat Ly). Dreaming of a new family, Thuy plays matchmaker to bring the two together. Meanwhile, Thuy's furious uncle tracks her through the city. Stephane Gauger wrote and directed this Los Angeles Film Festival Audience Award winner.

$5 a Day Posted: When con man Nat (Christopher Walken) convinces his straitlaced son, Flynn (Alessandro Nivola), to join him on a road trip, the two learn a few things about each other as they drive to New Mexico, attempting to live on no more than $5 a day. While they scam their way across the country, Flynn deals with the resentment he feels for his estranged father. (Flynn once served jail time for one of Nat's shady deals.) Amanda Peet and Sharon Stone co-star.

Middle of Nowhere Posted: Rebellious teenager Dorian (Anton Yelchin) and his serious new friend, Grace (Eva Amurri), go into business selling pot in this engaging indie drama. Dorian wants financial independence, and Grace needs funds for medical school after her mother (Susan Sarandon) screws up her finances. But when the business gets complicated, so do their lives, as both Grace and Dorian find themselves dealing with issues from the past.

Disgrace Posted: After an imprudent affair with a student, Cape Town professor David Lurie (John Malkovich) flees to his daughter's remote farm to escape the scandal, only to find tragedy when a trio of black youths brutally assaults them. But Lurie is forced to face apartheid's lasting repercussions when he discovers that one of the attackers is related to a trusted employee (Eriq Ebouaney) in this pensive drama based on J.M. Coetzee's novel.

Jessica Sinclaire's Thug Love Posted: Three years after a bitter divorce, forty-something Destiny Charles is too focused on her advertising career to make time for love -- until she meets Troy, a charismatic artist in his twenties who helps revive her long-dormant sense of passion. Destiny is thrilled by the attention but soon find herself becoming obsessed with the younger man in this erotic drama starring Millena Gay, Rich Paul and Byron Marc Newsome.

Accidents Happen Posted: When 15-year-old Billy (Harrison Gilbertson) is involved in an accident, he becomes comically unhinged, and soon his family -- including an emotionally detached father (Joel Tobeck), a resentful mother (Geena Davis) and an aloof brother (Harry Cook) -- is launched into a downward spiral of dysfunction. As the one truly grounded member of the troubled Conway family, Billy has to pull everyone together in Andrew Lancaster's bittersweet drama.

Don McKay Posted: At the urging of his ex-girlfriend, Sonny (Elisabeth Shue), who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, high school janitor Don McKay (Thomas Haden Church) returns to his hometown for the first time in 25 years and finds himself ensnared in a web of conspiracy, deception and murder. Melissa Leo (Frozen River), Keith David and M. Emmet Walsh also star in this indie thriller from first-time director Jake Goldberger.

44 Inch Chest Posted: After his wife, Liz (Joanne Whalley), cheats on him, gangster Colin Diamond (Ray Winstone) gets his revenge by enlisting his underworld pals to kidnap her hunky French lover (Melvil Poupaud) in the feature debut of director Malcolm Venville. Top British actors, including Ian McShane, John Hurt and Tom Wilkinson, round out the cast of the crime thriller, penned by the screenwriters of another memorable Winstone vehicle, Sexy Beast.

Eyeborgs Posted: In the wake of a major terrorist attack, the U.S. government creates an all-seeing network of robotic cameras to monitor every American. But after some deadly hiccups in the system, Homeland Security agent Gunner Reynolds (Adrian Paul) gets suspicious. It isn't long before Reynolds suspects that terrorists have hacked the system. Danny Trejo also stars in this taut and entertaining Orwellian thriller.

Multiple Sarcasms Posted: In 1979, architect Gabriel (Timothy Hutton) begins questioning his existence, avoiding work and escaping into the fictional world of movies. When he starts writing a play examining the choices he's made, it creates issues with his wife (Dana Delany), daughter (India Ennenga) and friends. Meanwhile, he tries to convince a brassy literary agent (Stockard Channing) to represent him and confides in his best friend (Mira Sorvino) in this indie drama.

Finale Posted: Refusing to believe that her occultist son died by his own hand, Helen (Carolyn Hauck) follows a twisted trail to an old Victorian swathed in black paint, a booby-trapped bedroom and demonic encounters that ravage her sense of reality in this lushly filmed slasher. Consumed by paranoid visions, and with her daughter, Kathryn (Suthi Picotte), in mortal jeopardy, Helen descends headlong into the shrieking abyss that swallowed her son.

Blood Done Sign My Name Posted: From director Jeb Stuart comes this earnest drama based on the real-life 1970 murder of black Vietnam veteran Henry Marrow by virulent racists subsequently acquitted by an all-white North Carolina jury despite overwhelming evidence of their guilt. As local white minister Vernon Tyson (Rick Schroder) tries to integrate his congregation in the midst of the trial, African-American schoolteacher Ben Chavis (Nate Parker) begins a crusade of his own.

Knucklehead Posted: Drowning in gambling debts to his bookie, Memphis (Dennis Farina), former mixed martial arts champ Eddie (Mark Feuerstein) starts training gentle giant Walter (The Big Show) for a high-stakes fighting competition with a $100,000 grand prize that would solve all of their problems. Filmed on location in New Orleans, this WWE-produced comedy adventure also features Melora Hardin, Wendie Malick and Bobb'e J. Thompson.

Skellig: The Owl Man Posted: When new kid on the block Michael (Bill Milner) befriends a mesmerizing man named Skellig (Tim Roth) who lives alone in a shed, their blossoming connection helps take Michael's mind off school bullies -- and his baby sister's increasingly troubling illness. Kelly Macdonald and Skye Bennett co-star in this family-friendly, made-for-television adaptation of David Almond's award-winning novel of the same name.

Legendary Posted: Fed up with fending off bullies, bookish teen Cal Chetley (Devon Graye) joins his high school's wrestling team with hopes that his older brother, Mike (WWE star John Cena) -- a gifted athlete who wrestled in high school and college -- will want to whip him into shape. Trouble is, the brothers haven't had much of a relationship since their father was killed in a car accident and Mike left Cal and their mother behind.

Before I Self Destruct Posted: After an injury sidelines his dreams of making it as a basketball pro, Clarence (50 Cent) takes a job in a grocery store. Then tragedy strikes: His mother is killed by a stray bullet, leaving him to take care of his gifted younger brother, Shocka (Elijah Williams). But when he finds himself out of work, Clarence turns to a life of crime so he can make ends meet. Leading man 50 Cent also writes and directs this crime drama.

The Garfield Show: Season 1 Posted: Based on the American comic strip "Garfield," this CGI animated television series features everyone's favorite witty and occasionally ornery cat (voiced by Frank Welker) and his dim-witted canine best friend, Odie (Gregg Berger). In Season 1, Garfield is up to his usual lounging, eating as well as playing tricks on Odie. Also a target for Garfield's various observations and barbs is owner Jon Arbuckle (Wallace Wingert).

Mystery Science Theater 3000: Devil Fish Posted: With heaps of side-splitting sarcasm, Mike, Servo and Crow skewer this ridiculous monster movie, which follows Dr. Stella Dickens (Valentine Monnier) as she strives to capture a genetically engineered shark-octopus hybrid that's terrorizing South Florida beaches. After carelessly criticizing dolphins' intelligence, the "MST3K" gang learns the hard that they should never offend neither these marine mammals nor their electrician allies.

Mystery Science Theater 3000: Robot Monster Posted: After annihilating almost all of mankind, laughably unintimidating alien Ro-Man (George Barrows) struggles to exterminate Earth's last remaining survivors in this low-budget cinematic stinker, which the Satellite of Love crew has a blast ripping to pieces. In between jabs at the movie's cheap costumes and unnecessary lizard shots, Joel, Servo and Crow discuss surrealism, political activist Ralph Nader and The Sound of Music.

Mystery Science Theater 3000: Bride of the Monster Posted: The "MST3K" crew has a field day hurling hilarious barbs at this quintessentially atrocious Ed Wood classic, which follows mad scientist Dr. Vornoff (Bela Lugosi) and his hulking assistant, Lobo (Tor Johnson), as they try to create a race of atomic supermen. Joel and the robots deliver witty dialogue full of pop culture references, including The Joy Luck Club, "The Twilight Zone," golfer Lee Trevino and "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood."

Mona Lisa Posted: Writer-director Neil Jordan's breakthrough film is a brilliant, noirish love story. Bob Hoskins (who snagged an Oscar nomination for his performance) plays George, a small-time loser employed as a chauffeur to an enigmatic, high-class call girl. His fascination with her leads him on a dangerous quest through the sordid underbelly of London, where love is a weakness to be exploited and betrayed. Michael Caine co-stars.