Movies to stream during self-isolation

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CTV's pop culture critic Richard Crouse shares his picks for movies to watch while in self-isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Last Updated Tuesday, March 17, 2020 12:51PM EDT"What we do know, is that in order to become sick you have to first come in contact with a sick person or something that they touched. In order to get scared, all you have to do is to come in contact with a rumour, or the television or the internet."

"28 Days Later" begins with a great horror movie premise. A group of British activists free infected animals from their cages, unleashing a deadly "rage" virus on the human population. It is a full-blown Halloween flick, complete with drooling angry zombies, but at its core it is also a compelling study of human nature and the will to survive.

"Pontypool" is a movie set in a radio station that plays like a radio show. By and large the action is described and for once the old cliché that what you can't see is more terrifying that what you can actually see rings true. Couple that with a mounting sense of doom and you have an edge of your seat thriller.

More down to earth is "The Cassandra Crossing," a big budget disease-on-a-train flick. This time it's not an extra-terrestrial virus, but a plague contaminated terrorist starting all the trouble. Structured like a "Love Boat" episode, with an all-star cast that mixes and matches Sophia Loren with O.J. Simpson, it has none of "Andromeda's" serious edge, but for sheer cheesy fun it can't be beat.

 

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I feel like we should be watching movie to uplift us and run positive messages in such a sad and depressing time. These movies- just reading the names of them is enough to make ones anxiety sky rocket. No thanks! 😐

How does one stream 'Bad Boys for Life', or 'The Gentlemen'? 🙂 We aren't interested in slasher horror flicks.

If you've been to any large grocery store recently, then any Zombie movie will do. It will remind me of the blank-eyed mouth breathing knuckledraggers emptying the shelves ... run !!

Currently watching Mrs Doubtfire

YEAH RIGHT Go outside, play and have fun enjoying the fresh air. The Mail keeps being delivered Door to Door, there is something wrong with this picture! DUH

wonder if the theaters are gonna refund or still let me use my coupon tickets I got for christmas since it will expiry during this tragic time :*(

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