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One basic truth of the streaming era is that streaming movies come at you fast. The good ones, the bad ones, the silly ones. It's an absolute deluge.
What are some fun movies to stream at home?
And sometimes it's worth taking a breath and checking in on some of the ones you might have missed.
I'm Linda Holmes. And I'm Ayesha Harris. And today on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour, Linda's going to recommend some fun movies that you can stream at home. And now it's just the two of us today. Linda, you know, sometimes we both catch up with streaming movies that seem a little offbeat. And today you've got three that you've seen and that we haven't covered on the show that you think might be worth a watch.
That's right. I'm calling these fun streaming movies to check out at home. And they are fun, I will say, in different ways as we will get into.
All right. So the first one is one that I have actually seen. I also off mic just called this Mikey and Nikki referring to the 1976 Elaine May movie. I've also called it Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice. What is this movie actually called?
So Mike and Nick and Nick and Alice is a movie that came out on Hulu at the end of March. It stars James Marsden, Vince Vaughn and Aza Gonzalez. Mike, who is played by Marsden, is kind of a hired gun. They're both sort of gangsters. And Mike is also having an affair with Nick's wife, Alice, who is played by Gonzalez. Mike is trying to quit the gangster business, I guess you'd say. But one night, Nick comes and cajoles Mike into doing a job for him. And that job ultimately reveals the existence of a time machine, just saying, a time machine that has created a second Nick. So now there are two Vince Vons. There's present Nick. There's future Nick. It turns at that point into kind of a one wild night comedy where everything is happening and everything is just going on simultaneously.
But the difference is that they're all trapped in this bizarre kind of science fiction tinged crime picture. I would probably have liked it a little bit more if it were about 10% less violent. It is pretty brutal in places. Mm-hmm. Comically so, I think intentionally, but for me maybe a little much at times. With that said, I am a big fan of James Marsden, who's very charming in this. I think the current stage of Vince Vaughn's career, which has included this and also the show he's in, Bad Monkey. I think has brought out a little more melancholy in him, which is certainly part of this story. But mostly it is a slapsticky, bloody affair. It has a pretty great supporting cast. Keith David plays the kind of super baddie that they're up against.
Stephen Root shows up. Jimmy Tatro, who you might know for playing lunkheads in, you know, American Vandal and Theater Camp and some other things. Yeah. plays a lunkhead here as well. I always enjoy him. I have some uncertainty about the ending of this, which I obviously won't spoil and whether it's entirely satisfying, but I think the movie is solid and it's silly and I had a good time. What did you think of it?
Yeah, I really enjoyed it. Now, I have to say I was sucked in at the very beginning when it starts with a character singing pretty much the entire song from Oliver and Company, Why Should I Worry, which is also probably the best Billy Joel song.
But like, when is the last time you heard that song?
Well, I listened to it a lot. So anyway, I was very, I was very into that. But then I agree with you for me, Keith David and Jimmy Tatro, who are also playing father and son in this movie. I just love them both. They had great chemistry. They were the side characters, but honestly, I probably could have spent even more time with them. Yeah, they were my favorite parts.
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