MUST-WATCH: A Golden Globe winning film and highly anticipated Britney Spears documentary
Posted March 1, 2021 4:06 am.
Last Updated March 1, 2021 4:39 pm.
A couple of documentaries about acclaimed musicians, and a newly awarded Golden Globe winning film making their way into the Top 10 as we head into March. Will Britney Spears, Biggie Smalls, or one of the best films of 2020 take the top spot this week? Keep reading the 680 NEWS MUST-WATCH to find out!
Minari
Streaming platform: VOD
One of the best films of 2020 (and a Golden Globe winning film) is finally available to watch!
Minari, named after an East Asian plant that can grow in any soil, is about a Korean family chasing the American Dream. Seen from the perspective of the youngest child (Alan Kim), the father (Steven Yeun) is hoping to start a farm in Arkansas and sell Korean plants and spices to various vendors across the south. But his dreams may end up tearing the family apart, as the mother (Han Ye-ri) knows her husband’s dreams could bankrupt the family.
The latest film from A24 is available on on the digital TIFF Bell Lightbox, as well as Apple TV and Google Play!
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
Streaming platform: Netflix
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell is an intimate documentary focusing on the childhood, upbringing, and tragic life of Christopher George Latore Wallace, a.k.a. The Notorious B.I.G., a.k.a. Biggie Smalls.. Directed by Emmett Malloy, this documentary features some classic faces from his life, including Puffy and Biggie’s wife, Faith Evans. But it goes deeper, including interviews with some childhood friends, and even his mother, Voletta Wallace.
The Obituary of Tunde Johnson
Streaming platform: VOD
Another film about a young black man dying, but this one is fictitious.
The Obituary of Tunde Johnson is the directorial debut of Ali LeRoi, and it played at TIFF in 2019. This film tells the tale of a young gay black man called Tunde Johnson (played by Steven Silver), who spends the film in a traumatic time loop. Every day, no matter what he does differently, he’s shot and killed by police. And he always wakes up forgetting his death, but carrying the trauma with him.
This film is available on Google Play and Apple TV, and it’s sure to pack an emotional punch.
The Last Vermeer
Streaming platform: VOD
If one of your favourite genres is Nazis getting swindled by good guys, here’s a film just for you!
Framing Britney Spears
Streaming platform: Crave
680 NEWS’ MUST WATCH TOP 10
10. WandaVision – Disney+
9. The Last Vermeer – VOD
8. Judas and the Black Messiah – VOD
7. The Obituary of Tunde Johnson – VOD
6. Allen v. Farrow – Crave
5. Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell – VOD
4. Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar – VOD
3. I Care a Lot – Amazon Prime Video
2. Framing Britney Spears – Crave
1. Minari – VOD
