Beanie Books

This Netflix movie lies at the crossroads of Big and Groundhog Day. In this story, we meet Noah (Adam DeVine) who is attending his good friend Avery's (Alexandra Daddario) engagement party. He met Avery exactly three years ago when she put him the friend zone even though he is in love with her. He proceeds to get all super annoying drunk and confesses to Avery's photographer roommate Carrie (Shelley Hennig) that he has been pining for Avery since day one. Noah returns to the photo booth (Big) where he and Avery snapped some pics, falls asleep, and somehow goes back in time. Well, of course, time-travelling madness ensues as Noah tries to get Avery to fall in love with him, fails repeatedly, then returns to the photo booth and tries again (Groundhog Day). This movie is not all that different than the movies found on the Hallmark channel (sadly, I know). So, if you like that sort of thing, check it out. ...and another movie review .

Here is the deal, there are five friends. Two of them enter a liquor store. One of those two gets killed by some psychotic punks while the other is hiding. He feels guilty because he did not help. Good luck getting over that, right? After this, the four remaining besties reunite for a hike. One of these gents hurts his knee really badly so they decide to take the shortcut through the Scandinavian wilderness. Needless to say - madness ensues. The four guys do a lot of yelling as they try to find their way. When they see a gutted bear in the trees, they should have known something strange was amiss but, no...they keep going only to encounter more scary stuff. This movie has a Blair Witch Project vibe. The monster is very impressive. I expected a cheap CGI monster with camera tricks and careful editing but it is much better. Check it out...I mean, you have the Netflix subscription already so you should use it. If you don't, just use a friend's account. They won't care....