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Watched a pair of films the last couple of days, both happened to be Netflix originals, whilst in the past it would seem a comment on the films quality it's certainly not true in the cast of these (very different) films

I watched The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected), which starred Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller and Dustin Hoffman and was from director/writer Noah Baumbach, and I could help but favourably compare it to The Royal Tenenbaums (which also had Stiller and was directed by Wes Anderson who Baumbach as frequently worked with), this is also the sort of film like the earlier Punch-Drunk Love that when Sandler tries he can really nail it, and it was story where I liked spending time with these characters flaws and all

Different but very enjoyable was The Babysitter, a horror film from a 49 year old man named McG, which I felt must have give us a breakout role for titular babysitter Samara Weaving (I hope I am proved right when I click back on this in a year or two), which finds a bit of nerdy boy who even in-universe is a touch too old to still be babysitting crushing on her (who can blame him) finding out she's part of a cult (which includes Bella Thorne and Robbie Amell, reuniting after the great The DUFF). It's gory and funny and is well worth a watch.
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