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| North-east blizzard: films to stream when you're snowed in this weekend | North-east blizzard: films to stream when you're snowed in this weekend |
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| You've heeded the warnings about the north-east snowstorm, filling up on gas, batteries, milk, booze and other essentials. You left work a few hours early and made it home safely ahead of the blizzard conditions forecasted for the evening commute. This weekend, with a blizzard raging outside from New York to Maine, it's just you, your family, your dwindling provisions – and your Netflix account. | You've heeded the warnings about the north-east snowstorm, filling up on gas, batteries, milk, booze and other essentials. You left work a few hours early and made it home safely ahead of the blizzard conditions forecasted for the evening commute. This weekend, with a blizzard raging outside from New York to Maine, it's just you, your family, your dwindling provisions – and your Netflix account. |
| The Shining | The Shining |
| It's the ultimate in snowed-in entertainment And while Netflix doesn't offer the Stanley Kubrick classic for streaming, Amazon Instant will rent it to you for $1.99. | It's the ultimate in snowed-in entertainment And while Netflix doesn't offer the Stanley Kubrick classic for streaming, Amazon Instant will rent it to you for $1.99. |
| The Day After Tomorrow | The Day After Tomorrow |
| Whatever role climate change has played in the winter weather across the US north-east, things hopefully won't get as bad as they do in this 2004 disaster drama starring Dennis Quaid and Jake Gyllenhaal. Gyllenhaal's character is stranded in New York City, where he and other survivors of extreme weather are forced to burn books in the New York Public Library to stay warm while they wait for Dennis Quaid to hike up from DC to rescue them. Netflix doesn't offer it, but Amazon's digital download is $9.99. | Whatever role climate change has played in the winter weather across the US north-east, things hopefully won't get as bad as they do in this 2004 disaster drama starring Dennis Quaid and Jake Gyllenhaal. Gyllenhaal's character is stranded in New York City, where he and other survivors of extreme weather are forced to burn books in the New York Public Library to stay warm while they wait for Dennis Quaid to hike up from DC to rescue them. Netflix doesn't offer it, but Amazon's digital download is $9.99. |
| 2012 Ice Age | 2012 Ice Age |
| This is a knockoff film streaming on Netflix, which might be worth a watch based entirely on this amazing summary: "An unsuspecting family is forced to change their plans for the year when a volcano erupts in Iceland and inadvertently triggers another ice age. With a glacier now headed for their home in North America, family bonding is more important than ever." Yes, family bonding, as opposed to, say, survival. | This is a knockoff film streaming on Netflix, which might be worth a watch based entirely on this amazing summary: "An unsuspecting family is forced to change their plans for the year when a volcano erupts in Iceland and inadvertently triggers another ice age. With a glacier now headed for their home in North America, family bonding is more important than ever." Yes, family bonding, as opposed to, say, survival. |
| Discovery Extreme Survival Pack | Discovery Extreme Survival Pack |
| If you are ever stuck in a frozen wasteland, it will be a good idea to have seen this five-episode collection, in which the Discovery channel's survivalist experts teach you how to last in extreme conditions. In episode four, Lost in the Snow, Les Stroud "braves the Colorado winter through 80 mile-per-hour winds at 86 degrees below zero". (If you're logged into your account, click here to watch.) | If you are ever stuck in a frozen wasteland, it will be a good idea to have seen this five-episode collection, in which the Discovery channel's survivalist experts teach you how to last in extreme conditions. In episode four, Lost in the Snow, Les Stroud "braves the Colorado winter through 80 mile-per-hour winds at 86 degrees below zero". (If you're logged into your account, click here to watch.) |
| Dead Snow | Dead Snow |
| Nazi zombies. Streaming on Netflix. What more can we say? | Nazi zombies. Streaming on Netflix. What more can we say? |
| Fargo | Fargo |
| People in North Dakota may scoff at our pathetic "blizzard", because life in North Dakota is one permanent blizzard if this Coen brothers movie is anything close to accurate. (Fargo's having a bit of a moment right now anyway because it won a few Oscars in 1997, and if Argo wins this year they'll be the first rhyming movie titles to claim that "distinction".) Available for a $2.99 rental on Amazon. | People in North Dakota may scoff at our pathetic "blizzard", because life in North Dakota is one permanent blizzard if this Coen brothers movie is anything close to accurate. (Fargo's having a bit of a moment right now anyway because it won a few Oscars in 1997, and if Argo wins this year they'll be the first rhyming movie titles to claim that "distinction".) Available for a $2.99 rental on Amazon. |
| Alive | Alive |
| The 1993 Ethan Hawke film, based on the true story of the Uruguayan rugby team stranded in the Andes for more than two months after their plane crashes. It's heartwarming, in the way that there are survivors who are eventually rescued, and incredibly depressing, in the way that many of the team members and friends died before they were discovered. Amazon rental for $1.99. | The 1993 Ethan Hawke film, based on the true story of the Uruguayan rugby team stranded in the Andes for more than two months after their plane crashes. It's heartwarming, in the way that there are survivors who are eventually rescued, and incredibly depressing, in the way that many of the team members and friends died before they were discovered. Amazon rental for $1.99. |
| Cannibal! The Musical | Cannibal! The Musical |
| Long before Trey Parker made his name with South Park, he wrote this bizarre and strangely cheerful musical about Alferd Packer, who allegedly resorted to cannibalism when his crew of miners gets lost in the mountains. It's Trey Parker, and it's a musical about cannibalism, so, you know, maybe queue this one up after the kids have gone to bed. Streaming on Netflix. | Long before Trey Parker made his name with South Park, he wrote this bizarre and strangely cheerful musical about Alferd Packer, who allegedly resorted to cannibalism when his crew of miners gets lost in the mountains. It's Trey Parker, and it's a musical about cannibalism, so, you know, maybe queue this one up after the kids have gone to bed. Streaming on Netflix. |
| Empire Strikes Back | Empire Strikes Back |
| Yes, this piece is about streaming options, but you probably own the DVD anyway, so when you've run out of everything else, pop the disc in and cozy up with Han and a tauntaun while the battle of Hoth rages on outside. | Yes, this piece is about streaming options, but you probably own the DVD anyway, so when you've run out of everything else, pop the disc in and cozy up with Han and a tauntaun while the battle of Hoth rages on outside. |
| Finding Nemo | Finding Nemo |
| You may have heard your local weather forecaster call this storm "Nemo", because the Weather Channel has instituted the (dumb) idea of naming winter storms. While we cannot endorse such a stupid idea, we can endorse watching this delightful Pixar film, which is streaming on Amazon for $1.99.) | You may have heard your local weather forecaster call this storm "Nemo", because the Weather Channel has instituted the (dumb) idea of naming winter storms. While we cannot endorse such a stupid idea, we can endorse watching this delightful Pixar film, which is streaming on Amazon for $1.99.) |
| What about you? What's your go-to snow entertainment? Tell us in the comments below. | What about you? What's your go-to snow entertainment? Tell us in the comments below. |
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