A team of journalists are dispatched to find out who’s behind a classified advertisement seeking a companion for time travel, with payment on return. After tracking down their oddball prey, the team has to decide how best to approach their subject

In this captivating coming-of-age story with an offbeat edge, 15-year-old Oliver Tate has two big ambitions: to save his parents’ marriage via carefully plotted intervention and to lose his virginity before his next birthday

Eccentric Christine seeks emotional connections in the modern world while newly single shoe salesman Richard copes with his recent separation and his teenage son experiences a sexual awakening

Through special friendships with a teenage girl, Abby (Emma Stone), and an imaginary superhero named Captain Excellent (Ryan Reynolds), frustrated novelist Richard (Jeff Daniels) experiences a second adolescence, which helps him discover a completely new way of life. Husband-and-wife team Michele Mulroney and Kieran Mulroney write and direct this funny drama that also stars Lisa Kudrow, Hunter Parrish and Kieran Culkin

The Do-Deca-Pentathlon is now streaming on Netflix Instant Watch. The film, directed by Mark and Jay Duplass, is the latest from the brothers to reach Netflix. Most of their films over the years have made it onto movie streaming service. Here is a primer on this 2012 indie-comedy: Two brothers resurrect a two-person, 25-event “Olympics” (whose sports include pool and

CONSENSUS: “Will Farrell gives a solid performance in Everything Must Go, but the rest of the movie has trouble maintaining its dramatic punch all the way to the end. There are definitely some nice, earnest moments in this movie. Don’t expect Farrell to being running around in his underwear. This is not that kind of movie.” INSTAFLICKA INDEX 3.17  

Visioneer George Washington Winsterhammerman (Zach Galifianakis) lives a comfortable but monotonous life in this slightly futuristic black comedy. But when people start exploding from stress and George is showing early symptoms, he’s forced to examine his life. Taking a look at his prestigious job, his sexless marriage and his resistance to life coaching, George reconsiders the philosophy of happiness through mindless activity

In this offbeat indie tale, Hollywood screenwriter Charlie Kaufman battles immense feelings of insecurity and impotence as he struggles to adapt The Orchid Thief — a book about a mercurial orchid poacher named John Laroche.

CONSENSUS: “Joss Whedon? Check. Neil Patrick Harris? Check. Awesome? Check. We believe this is the perfect recipe for a cult classic and Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog proves it.” INSTAFLICKA INDEX 3.83   When he’s not busy breaking the law or trying to get close to his secret crush, Penny (Felicia Day), supervillain wannabe Dr. Horrible (Neil Patrick Harris) boasts about

CONSENSUS: “Marisa Tomei is great in this fresh romantic comedy that involves a dash of time travel. Happy Accidents is a pleasant surprise. It is fun and will suck you in with its creative and comical storytelling.”

CONSENSUS: “Fun enough for some and not enough for others, Lucky is surely a middling comedy. At best, it is passable entertainment with an original concept; at worst, it is neither romantic enough nor comedic enough to be remembered.” INSTAFLICKA INDEX 2.50   When an aspiring serial killer strikes it rich in the state lottery, he uses the cash to

CONSENSUS: “Powwow Highway has fun characters, a strong story (although with a few plot holes) and an easy-going road movie tone. The overall quality, however, holds it back from being more acceptable for a wider audience.”

CONSENSUS: “Tiny Furniture is a quality independent film, but unfortunately there is not much entertainment for the casual movie watcher. It has its inventive comedic moments, but is, for the most part, a more drab version of The Graduate.”

CONSENSUS: “The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle exemplifies everything we love about independent films. It is a delightful adventure that will warp your brain in all the right ways.”

The indie comedy Meet Monica Velour, starring Sex in the City‘s Kim Cattrall, is now streaming on Netflix. A breezy watch for indie movie fans, Cattrall and Dustin Ingram do good work here. Your primer below: Eccentric teenager Tobe loves 1980s soft-core “art movies” so much that he steals his grandfather’s Wienermobile and travels cross-country to meet his favorite star — but