Cut the Cord: Movie Star March Madness

March 2023. Volume 2, Issue 3.

Wednesday begins Movie Star March Madness, our month-long watch-a-long and countdown to Season 2 of Vaughn-a-thon. Our next movie star is one of these 25 actors, so prepare for March with this unusual edition of Cut the Cord.

This newsletter is all about great movies on free streaming services, so this month, instead of our usual 6-10 recommendations, we’re giving over 20! Below you can find a movie on a free service for each day of Movie Star March Madness.

Make your list and play along! What movies are you watching? Leave a comment down below. Some of these recommendations are from folks who dropped their lists on our Twitter page. Thanks guys! We look forward to seeing everyone else’s lists.

Sony

J.K. Simmons: Spider-Man 2 (read Patrick’s piece Spider-Man 2 Is the Best Comic Book Movie of All Time)

Michael B. Jordan: Hardball (thanks for the idea, Jack!)

Sofia Coppola: The Virgin Suicides (one of Taylor’s favorite movies)

Denzel Washington and Colin Farrell: Roman J. Israel, Esq.

Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx: Any Given Sunday (read Patrick’s thoughts here)

Leslie Mann: Last Man Standing (read Patrick’s thoughts here)

Courteney Cox: Scream 2 (read Taylor’s piece Scream 2 Is the Best Scream)

Jackie Chan: Railroad Tigers

Zoë Kravitz: Big Little Lies

Pedro Pascal: Bloodsucking Bastards (note: I have not seen this movie, but the top Letterboxd review is, “does a movie have to be “good”? is it not enough to have sexy, cocky asshole pedro pascal as a vampire?”)

Paramount

Jane Fonda: Barefoot in the Park

Sacha Baron Cohen: Literally nothing! Go to your local library and rent a DVD!

Lindsay Lohan: Just My Luck

Jennifer Lopez: The Cell (check out the Vaughn-a-thon)

Julia Roberts: Runaway Bride

Lupita Nyong'o: Literally nothing! Go to your local library and rent a DVD!

Julianne Moore: Don Jon

MGM

Keith David: Barbershop

Riley Keough: Logan Lucky

Dwayne Johnson: Gridiron Gang

Drew Barrymore: Altered States

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