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A single movie opening? No need to despair

Dan Webster

Since Friday's movie opening — and, yes, that is a singular usage — is a Dan Brown/Ron Howard extravaganza, let's take a look at some other viewing options. After all, even if you do choose to see "Inferno," what will you do over the rest of the week?

(In terms of movies, I mean. In terms of sports, baseball will offer the World Series, football will boast a whole slate of games on every level, and … well, you know what I mean.)

Television offerings have never been better. Or more varied. In our house, we've been enjoying the ever-growing range of series, from BBC shows such as "Happy Valley," HBO programming such as "Westworld" and — most recently, for us anyway — the FX series "Atlanta."

As for those streaming media services, Netfilx is one of the most dependable. The service tends to rotate its movie menu, though, which results in monthly stories such as "The Best Movies Leaving Netflix in November." Among the film listed, I would second a screening of the following:

"Almost Famous": Cameron Crowe's look at a young guy's love affair with rock 'n' roll.

"E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial": Steven Spielberg at his best. "E.T. phone home."

You can access the whole list here. Take the time to see some. Dan Brown won't miss you as the film of his book is likely to be around for weeks.