It’s Friday! Time to kick back and enjoy the weekend. Looking for something to watch this weekend? Here is the full list of Netflix recommendations from everyone here at French Toast Sunday. Enjoy the Top Picks for 7/23/10:
Watch it Now: Brick (2005)
Netflix synopsis: When a secret crush turns up dead and the murderer is anyone’s guess, teenage loner Brendan Fry (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is forced to navigate his school’s social network through intense interactions with thespians, band geeks and druggies (including a grown-up Lukas Haas). This unconventional film noir marked a promising debut for writer-director Rian Johnson, picking up a Special Jury Prize at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.[Recommended by Jessica]
Watch it Now: Phantasm (1979)
Netflix synopsis: Often considered one of the icons of 1970s independent horror cinema, director Don Coscarelli‘s classic nail-biter follows two boys who, in pursuit of an odd-looking grave robber, may wind up as the newest members of a freshly dead slave race. Jody (Bill Thornbury) and Mike (A. Michael Baldwin) discover that the creature (Angus Scrimm) stealing cadavers walks the earth but lives in the afterworld — and that it needs more corpses. [Recommended by Marc]