Movies to Stream: Tainted Love

A skeptic's guide to Valentine's Day

“For Valentine’s Day, I thought I’d buy a gun.”

When Amy Dunne wrote this in her diary with red ink, a personal tradition was born. I rewatch Gone Girl on or around Feb. 14 every year.

Why? Because it’s a fun, pithy little tradition that also feels like throwing the middle finger at a holiday that I find empty, silly, and annoying.

Also, David Fincher’s 2014 movie is simply a blast, a pitch-perfect thriller about a rotting marriage and weaponized narratives.

Sadly, Gone Girl is not currently streaming on a major service. (According to my research, it is “streaming” on “DirecTV,” whatever that means. Seems fake!)

It is available to rent or buy digitally, but if you like it as much as I do, I recommend investing in the Blu-ray, which comes with an Amazing Amy book. Fun!

Anyway, now that I’ve sort of recommended Gone Girl, it’s time to get to the task at hand. This week I have a pair of twisty, twisted double features that are devilishly fun to watch 😈

(Unless otherwise noted, all movies are available to rent from Apple, Amazon, etc. in addition to the listed streaming services. But if you watch them and like them, I’d consider buying physical copies 😃)