HAVE A GREAT NETFLIX WEEKEND

But first, I was wrong about how much Judge Arthur Engoron penalized Donald Trump.  Not $364 million, but $453.5 million.  The judge added interest, which will continue to accrue at 9%/year as long as Trump appeals, which could well be years.  So as long as he doesn't settle and pay, Trump will continue to lose an additional $50 million or so per year.  Add the $88.3 million to E. Jean Carroll, and the personal loss so far for Trump is $542 million, plus an annual interest of nearly $55 million/year if he keeps appealing.  How much is Trump worth?  According to both Forbes and Bloomberg, around $2.4 billion.

About the Fani Willis disqualification hearings, Judge Scott McAfee will rule in one or two weeks.  Current MSNBC and CNN sentiment is that Judge McAfee will allow Willis to continue tormenting Donald Trump and his cohorts, with continued trials in May.

Okay, the weekend has begun, and, remember that Monday is a national holiday, President's Day.  So there is some basketball on TV.  The University of Hawaii last night opened its baseball season against Mississippi, the College World Series champ in 2022, and lost in 13 innings.  I was seriously thinking about attending a doubleheader today from 1PM, then walk over to the women basketball game against Santa Barbara, but probably will not.  Other sports?  Click on this.

You can go to a movie theater, and here is a list of new films opening this week.  Not much, really.

• #1 this past weekend was Argylle, about a reclusive author of espionage who realizes the plot of her new book is mirroring real-world events.  The problem is that Rotten Tomatoes reviewers rate this film at 33.

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  Wonka, which was released in mid-December, is still #6, with box office revenues at $207 million so far.   Rotten Tomatoes scores of 82/91.
• Oppenheimer, which was released on July 21, is still at #28, and $329 million.  But that number is only for the USA.  Add the world of around $650 million, and this film is approaching a billion dollars.  RT:  93/91.

Rotten Tomatoes has a list of 25 most popular TV shows.

• #1  One Day: Limited Series, 93%, Neflix.
• #2  The Tourist:  Season 2, 94%, Netflix.
• #3  True Detective:  Night Country, with Jodi Foster, Max.

There is Prime, to which I subscribe.  However, I today will focus on Netflix.  Here from Vulture.

How We Write This List

New movies and shows pop up on Netflix every month — a staggered waterfall of dozens upon dozens of titles, many of them good, not all of them great. On the last day of every month and once a week, we’ll update this list with recommendations for what to watch that’s new on Netflix. To help you sort through the noise without relying on Netflix’s algorithm, we’ll recommend a critic’s pick and add some emojis (with very scientific categories!) to the noteworthy movies and shows below. 😇

Legend:

🎟️ Notable New Release
🏆 Award-Winning
🍭 Kid-Friendly
💧 Tearjerkers
⭐ Vulture Fave
🎶 …Baby (Play) One More Time
🪨💨🔥🌊 Bending Arts

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  They start with what's new on Netflix.  These are the February openings, and there are too many for me to count. Some noteworthy mentions.
• X
• Players
• Einstein and the Bomb
• Avatar:  The Last Airbender
• Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Formula 1, season 6
• The Tourist, season 2, available from February 29.
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  30 best films.

How We Pick Our Films

Critic Brian Tallerico watches and writes about movies and TV every day. To curate this list, he dives into Netflix’s catalogue to surface acclaimed, surprising, or otherwise noteworthy titles — using his taste and a lifetime of cinema study as his guide, instead of whatever the algorithm happens to be pushing. After triple-checking to make sure they’re still available, he watches each, organizes them by category, then writes his recommendation. We highlight more than just Oscar winners or popcorn flicks: These films present interesting ideas, made an impact on cinema, and changed our culture. Read on to find something to watch.

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  Glass Onion, the sequel to Knives Out, again featuring Daniel Craig.  RT:  92/92.
• May December, with Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman.  RT: 90/66.
• The first John Wick.  RT: 86/81.
• The first Jurassic Park.  RT:  91/91.

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Maybe more important than current Netflix programs are WHICH ONES ARE LEAVING NETFLIX THIS MONTH.  There are too many to count, but must be around 100.  The ones that caught my eye.  Remember that the date is when it leaves, so you must watch at the latest, the day before.

• Already gone.
• Baby Mama
• Black Swan
• Call Me by Your Name
• Eat Pray Love
• La La Land
• the 1974 Murder on the Orient Express
• and a lot more
• February 17
• A Korean Odyssey
• February 29
• All 3 seasons of Babylon Berlin (hmmm, I need to get to this, good series, RT of 91).
• The 2013 Snowpiercer.

I've been featuring Taylor Swift a lot the past few months.  Bob Sigall in the local Star Advertiser writes about interesting facets of Hawaii.  Read his article of this past Friday.  Some highlights.

• Her father, Scott, played linebacker and center for the University of Hawaii in 1970.  He came from Williamsport, Pennsylvania, home of the Little League Baseball World Series.
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  He became a close friend of James MacArthur of Hawaii Five-0, a TV series of those days.  
• They attended her "uncle Jim's" funeral in 2010.  This photo was taken of Scott and his daughter Taylor ten years ago.  She was named for musician James Taylor. 

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