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New movies at Netflix this week
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Black Cobra
A man becomes involved in a plot to smuggle illegal black diamonds in order to raise money to pay for his father's pardon in South Africa. But when he arrives in the United States to finalize the transaction, he is soon double-crossed.
Newlyweds
The honeymoon is short-lived for newlyweds Buzzy and Katy. His wild younger sister drops in unannounced, and her ex keeps asking to borrow money. Meanwhile, they watch helplessly as their best friends' marriage of 19 years starts to come undone.
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Believing that his father left him a message before dying in the September 11 attacks, young Oskar Schell embarks on an emotional odyssey through New York City to find the lock that matches a key he found among his father's belongings.
Pariah
Brooklyn teen Alike (Adepero Oduye) is a model child around her devoutly religious family, but she sheds the good-girl image to reveal a harder side during a nightclub excursion with butch pal Laura (Pernell Walker) in this coming-of-age tale of urban identity and sexual expression. With curfew looming and her parents none the wiser, Alike must catch the bus back home, where she faces the complex negotiation of her contradictory worlds.
Perfect Sense
After sparks fly between a newly single epidemiologist and a charming chef, a puzzling patient -- a truck driver who's lost his ability to smell -- drastically alters the couple's budding relationship in this sci-fi thriller.
The Woman in Black
Dispatched by his boss to an isolated seaside village to tie up a recently deceased client's affairs, a young London lawyer finds himself in a community grappling with dark secrets -- and a haunting presence with a sinister agenda.
Beyond
When a police detective obsessed with child abductions investigates the kidnapping of a 7-year-old girl, he clashes with a mysterious radio psychic who claims to have visions of the missing girl.
Contraband
When his brother-in-law runs afoul of a drug lord, family man Chris Farraday turns to a skill he abandoned long ago -- smuggling -- to repay the debt. But the job goes wrong, and Farraday finds himself wanted by cops, crooks and killers alike.
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life
Nonagenarian Broadway legend Carol Channing is the bold, brash subject of this documentary by Tony winner Dori Berinstein. Getting to the root of what makes the entertainer tick, Channing pours on the charm and shares memories of her storied career.
All Inclusive
An estranged family of dad, mom and three adult kids unite for a vacation at a luxury resort in the Yucatan, but their long-standing conflicts come to the forefront when a hurricane and various sexual high jinks threaten to divide them permanently.
Certified Copy
In Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami's captivating meditation on art and love, British writer James Miller meets a beautiful gallery owner in Tuscany and begins -- or possibly continues -- a romance with her.
The First Beautiful Thing
Featuring superb cinematography, Italian director Paolo Virzi's ambitious tale stars Valerio Mastandrea as Bruno Michelucci, an embittered teacher who grudgingly returns to his parochial hometown to see his estranged, terminally ill mother (Stefania Sandrelli). But what was intended to be a brief visit to say farewell instead becomes an opportunity for Bruno to come to terms with the turbulent past -- and his wayward parent.
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