Irrelevant But Awesome

Joel:  I know it’s not on the Summer of Netflix lineup, but if you get a chance, this movie would make a great double feature with the documentary I Know That Voice , also available on Netflix. Voiceover is a strange thing. It’s almost everywhere. We know about it in movie trailers, but it’s in almost every commercial you see. It’s on the news, or “how to” videos. When you pull a string on a toy and it says something, somebody has to record those lines. The movie is a great way to kind of explore that world, and see how the whole thing in some ways is an industry all to itself. There are several small roles from actors who give very strong performances and craft a nice little story about struggling to get ahead in an established, male dominated industry. The movie was apparently directed by and written by Lake Bell in addition to her starring in it. It’s a really strong feature debut for her. It’s the kind of movie that I would want to see someday, but it’s always so easy to...

Here we are, heading into the final month of Summer of Netflix. Soon all the kids will be back to school, our busy lives will continue and there will not be a need to sit around and figure out what to watch on Netflix every day. But we've still got one more month of movies for us to share together before that time comes and here it is: The August schedule for Summer of Netflix!