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Friday Night Movie Picks 2/24/2023

 


If you're nostalgic for weekend trips to the video store here is a list of the top 5 popular movie trailers on YouTube that you can stream at home and where to find them. As always if you need help with anything streaming or smart home related you can contact us at 309-778-8611 or by emailing us at OneSource@midcentury.com


The Power

Long, 1974. As Britain prepares for electrical blackouts to sweep across the country, trainee nurse Val arrives for her first day at the crumbling East London Royal Infirmary. With most of the patients, and staff evacuated another hospital, Val is forced to work the night shift, finding herself in a dark, near empty building. Within these walls lies a deadly secret, forcing Val to face both her own traumatic past and deepest fears.
Where: AMC+, Apple TV

SISU

 

SISU follows a ten-person cycling team from a small community in Maine on a journey to compete in a 1,358KM race around the perimeter of Iceland. The one-hour documentary combines an observational filmmaking style with elements of a travelogue and engagement of action sport. Set just after the summer solstice, the team faces rapidly changing road and weather conditions as they push forward against the 72-hour time limit. 

Where: Apple TV, Vudu, tubi, Plex

 The Machine

 


Already deep into the second Cold War, Britain's Ministry of Defense seeks a game-changing weapon. Programmer Vincent McCarthy unwittingly provides an answer in The Machine, a super-strong human cyborg. When a programming bug causes the prototype to decimate his lab, McCarthy takes his obsessive efforts underground, far away from inquisitive eyes.

Where: Shudder, AMC+, Apple TV

Babylon


In 1920s Los Angeles, a tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, it races the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood.

Where: Paramount+, Apple TV

                           Women Talking
A group of women in an isolated religious colony struggle to reconcile their faith with a string of sexual assaults committed by the colony's men.
Where: Amazon, Vudu, Redbox, Apple TV

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