Instant Gratification: “The Terminator” and four other good movies to watch on Netflix

 

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The Terminator” — Whatever you thought of “Terminator: Genisys,” the summer blockbuster heavily references the first two films, and should have given you a taste to revisit James Cameron’s lean, mean 1984 original. It’s the best John Carpenter film John Carpenter never made.

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“The Overnight”: Getting into the swing of things

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“The Overnight” opens Friday at Star Cinemas. R, 1:20, three stars out of four.

Making friends with another couple is hard. Even if you like one of them, you might not like the other half as much, and then your spouse has to like both of them. And then each of them, of course, have to like both of you. And then you have to make sure that the other couple isn’t secretly luring you into some sort of “Eyes Wide Shut”-style sexcapade. Because that can get awkward.

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