Gene's Picks
Movies worth sharing
Gene runs the staff-picks shelf at your local video store. His taste is questionable. We stick to the Gene rack anyway. Around here a Gene's pick is the highest compliment a movie can get: it works for the whole room, it gives more than it takes, and everybody is glad they stayed.
Classic, light, fun for all. No homework. Nothing you have to be in the mood for. Just the ones you can put on for anybody, any night.
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021)
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Quietly perfect. Proof that a real heart doesn't need a budget.
Jojo Rabbit (2019)
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Earns every uncomfortable minute, then breaks your heart on purpose.
Knives Out (2019)
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Everyone in the room wins. That's rarer than it sounds.
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
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A broken van, a broken family, and the best dance number ever put on film.
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
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Trusts its audience completely, whatever age they are.
True Grit (2010)
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Character, grit, and a girl who out-talks every man on screen.
Argo (2012)
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Real history, earned tension, and not a wasted scene.
Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
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Tuck watched this three times in one week.
Amélie (2001)
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If you've ever hidden a kindness inside a small gesture, this is your movie.
The Godfather (1972)
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Earns every frame. Still the standard.
Be kind, rewind.