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Today, Netflix added a handful of streaming movies you've likely never heard of -- but that doesn't mean there aren't a couple worth checking out.

First, there's "The Iran Job," an eye-opening documentary about a pro basketball player who signs on for a season in Iran, where, to his surprise, he makes many friends, including some politically active Iranian women.

Another documentary, "Chasing Beauty," offers a rarely seen inside look at the highly competitive (and criticized) world of professional modeling. Fair warning, this is far from a glamorized look at the industry.

The full list is below. Happy Netflixing.

New on Netflix March 4, 2014

"And Then Came Lola" (2009) Nr [Watch]

"Chasing Beauty" (2013) Nr [Watch]

"The Iran Job" (2012) Nr [Watch]

"Mr. Angel" (2013) Nr [Watch]

"Otto the Rhino" (2013) PG [Watch]

"Private Romeo" (2011) Nr [Watch]

"Tad: The Lost Explorer" (2012) Nr [Watch]

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Cliché: a phrase, expression, or idea that has been overused to the point of losing its intended force or novelty, especially when at some time it was considered distinctively forceful or novel.

With Hollywood producing so many movies ever year, it is no surprise that they are often full of clichés. Jeff Smith created this montage under the Bottoms Up Productions label for acclaimed movie blog FilmDrunk.com, showing clips of some of the biggest movie clichés from a total of 102 films. The list of films are below the video. Enjoy!

“You Just Don’t Get It, Do You?” – A Montage of Cinema’s Worst Writing Cliche from Jeff Smith on Vimeo.

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1. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)

2. Breaking and Entering (2006)

3. Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007)

4. Annapolis (2006)

5. Daylight (1996)

6. Platoon (1986)

7. The Invincible Iron Man (2007)

8. Tooth Fairy (2010)

9. Hud (1963)

10. The General’s Daughter (1999)

11. Clockers (1995)

12. The Karate Kid, Part III (1989)

13. I Sell the Dead...

Ellen Seidler isn't in the indie game for the money. But when the filmmaker and her directing partner, Megan Siler, put up $250,000 of their own cash to make "And Then Came Lola," they expected to at least be able to break even, paying off the debts they incurred during production. Their hopes were dashed when they discovered how extensively "Lola" was being pirated on the Web, damaging the financial prospects of the movie's DVD and video-on-demand release. Seidler became infuriated, though, when she noticed corporate ads for companies like Google and Netflix popping up all over the illegal sites that carried her film. Back Stage talks to Seidler, who is fighting back on her blog and speaking out against corporate-sponsored Web piracy.Back Stage: How much time do you spend in your day now trying to get your film taken off these sites?Ellen Seidler: Probably a good...

The 16th annual Bradford International Film Festival, which will run March 18-28, is a total celebration of all forms of cinema, from classic films to modern world cinema to a tribute to Cinerama and more. But, most excitingly, is a bombastic collection of some of the best, most exciting underground films being made today.

From Bad Lit’s perspective, the most thrilling screening of the entire 10-day affair is the new film by British filmmaker Peter Whitehead, Terrorism Considered as One of the Fine Arts. In the U.S., Whitehead is a “lost” filmmaker from the underground’s heyday in the ’60s, being left out of most histories of the underground movement. Whitehead directed several influential films, including Wholly Communion and The Fall, before dropping out of filmmaking in the mid-’70s.

Film historian Jack Sargeant wrote extensively about and interviewed Whitehead for his wonderful book on Beat cinema, Naked Lens.

And Then Came Lola is a sugar rush of a lesbian movie.

Starring Ashleigh Sumner, Jill Bennett,and Cathy DeBuono, and directed by Ellen Seidler and Megan Siler, it plays out like a twisty, lighter Run Lola Run with a massive dose of queerness.

Lola (Sumner) is a laid back photographer who’s on the verge of a romantic breakthrough with her new girlfriend, Casey (Bennett), who is the straitlaced Bert to Lola’s Ernie. As the film begins, we witness a fantastic sex scene between the two dissolve into a dream, as Lola’s phone interrupts her reverie. It’s Casey, and she needs Lola to pick up a set of all-important prints for a crucial business meeting with Danielle (DeBuono), who also happens to be Casey’s ex-girlfriend.

Lola runs out the door &#8212 quite literally &#8212 and encounters a tragic-comedy of obstacles keeping her from being punctual the one time she needs to be.

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Dykeotomy I recently attended the Dykeotomy launch party at Here Lounge. What is Dykeotomy? Well that’s what I spent the majority of the party trying to figure out. The rest of the time I was in the bathroom line.

It seems that Dykeotomy is a concept, and this being Los Angeles, a concept is nothing if it is not a brand. It all began when Logan Alexander, of the Janice Dikinson Modeling Agency show, asked his very butch cousin if he could photograph her in extremely feminine clothing and make-up. She consented, and impressed with the results,...