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Ten months of stay-at-home entertainment means we\u2019ve watched a lotta movies we\u2019d never have seen otherwise, old and newish. We liked most, hated a few (I don\u2019t care if Barack Obama did<\/em> like it, Martin Eden<\/em> is a serious drag), and I thought these might interest you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blow the Man Down<\/em> \u2013 An oddball crime story set in a Maine fishing village. Anything with Margo Martindale is OK by me. I especially liked the breaks in which sea shanties are sung by a male chorus garbed up as Maine fishermen (Amazon). (trailer<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

North Country<\/em> \u2013 pushes all those \u201csolitary outsider against Greater Economic Forces\u201d buttons, like Norma Rae<\/em> or Erin Brockovich. <\/em>This story, based loosely on real events, pits Charlize Theron against Big Coal and a retrograde male workforce in northern Minnesota. At least she has Frances McDormand as her friend and Woody Harrelson as her lawyer. (trailer<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Trial of the Chicago Seven<\/em> \u2013 excellent. Sasha Baron Cohen is perfectly cast as Abby Hoffman. This brings back all that angst of that remarkable era. (trailer<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Personal History of David Copperfield<\/em> \u2013 you can\u2019t fault any of this, certainly not the acting, but the book\u2014at more than 700 pages\u2014is necessarily so much richer. Dev Patel is David and Hugh Laurie is Mr. Dick. (trailer<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 40-Year Old Version<\/em> \u2013 a Black woman (Radha Blank) playwright down on her luck is desperate to have a success before her 40th<\/sup> birthday and reinvents herself as a hip-hop artist. Some really funny stuff about success in the creative arts. (trailer<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jimmy Carter: Rock and Roll President<\/em> \u2013 who knew? I didn\u2019t, and I remember his Administration very well. He\u2019s a big fan, especially of the Allman Brothers, but others too, and this documentary shows him rocking out. Great music too! (MHz channel for a short while yet; longer; it may be elsewhere too.)(trailer<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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