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The Movie Column
By arts columnist Tom Sims
Let’s start with a full disclosure. I dabble
in the stock market. I’ll buy a couple
shares here, a few there. I’m no
Warren Buffet, but it’s like betting on
a horse race. Oh no…I just lost the
animal welfare readers, right? I’m sorry but
when you can get 80-to-one odds on a horse,
and win…well, I’m in.
Okay enough about that. Back to the full
disclosure. Just yesterday, I bought a couple
shares of Netflix. Look up the value and do
the math… it wasn’t cheap (but it wasn’t way
too expensive either). And full disclaimer now
too! I’m not and never will be a stock advisor!
Nothing I say about stocks would (or should)
be taken seriously. When EF Hutton talks,
people listen. When I talk about investments,
people need to take that with a proverbial
grain of salt.
So why am I saying all of this, and how
does this even remotely have to do with a
movie review? Let’s start with a preview.
Netflix has some seriously anticipated
releases coming soon. Lost Ollie is an animated
feature that might compare to Toy Story.
That’s a big deal coming from a guy who puts
the Toy Story franchise in his top ten movies of
all freakin’ time!
Another ambitious film Netflix is releasing
is a take on the Pinocchio story as told by
Oscar winning director Guillermo del Toro.
Let’s talk Oscar while we’re at it. Seventeen
Netflix originals have gotten nearly 100 Oscar
nominations over only a few years. Feature
films, documentaries, shorts… you name it.
Netflix is a solid corporation that’s not
going anywhere. Subscriptions are down on
the streaming side of their business. That’s
what likely caused their stock prices to plummet,
making my purchase even possible.
They’re trying to tighten up on those subscriptions.
Hey, my kids use my account to
watch Netflix, and we don’t live in the same
household. Yikes, I hope Netflix isn’t reading
this. Don’t come after me!
But what about the studio side? After I
saw the trailers mentioned and recent movies
like Hustle, I looked to see what was in the
pipeline of new movies coming out in 2022.
What a long list! They’ll get their subscription
side under control, but the studio is fired up!
So, is Netflix a longshot? Isn’t everything? I’m
hoping to see great things.
We haven’t done a prize drawing in a
while. For a gift card of your choice, be the
first to email flixyoumissed@gmail.com with
the name of the film for which Guillermo del
Toro won his Oscar. No peeking online now!
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