Tech companies and NFL quarterbacks have a surprising amount in common.

While tech stocks carry outsized influence, often dictating the direction of the whole market, professional football teams are also at the whim of their signal-callers. The market would crash if tech stocks started failing — the dotcom bubble anyone? — just like how an injury to an NFL team's starting quarterback usually spells certain disaster.

Now, as the NFL season approaches, many casual football fans are trying to get up to speed on which players and teams to watch. And there's no better place to start than with the guys who are throwing the passes.

Below is a breakdown to help make sense of it all, with a special focus on the tech companies that best embody some of the league's most notable quarterbacks.

Aaron Rodgers is Amazon

Remember when Amazon was just an online bookstore? Well, before Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers was an MVP and Super Bowl champion, he was just NFL legend Brett Favre's back-up.

It took Amazon and Rodgers years of quietly toiling away at their respective trades, plotting world domination, for them to break out and realize their immense potential. Amazon is now disrupting every industry in sight, while Rodgers is continuing his reign of terror over opposing defenses and once is again expected to carry his team to a fantastic season. And, like Amazon, Rodgers is showing no signs of slowing.

Also notable is how both Amazon and Rodgers faced their share of doubters during their respective ascents. Short-sighted pessimists first questioned Amazon's initial foray into online bookselling, and then scratched their heads when the retail juggernaut broadened its scope. Meanwhile, Rodgers suffered the indignity of slipping to the 24th pick in the NFL draft, despite being projected as a top selection, then was stuck as Favre's understudy for three full seasons.

Tom Brady is Apple

The two undisputed kings of their respective fields. New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is a five-time Super Bowl champion, a two-time NFL MVP, and widely considered to be one of the best to ever play the game. Apple is the biggest company in the world, is still growing rapidly, and holds more cash than many small nations.

In addition, both Brady and Apple got where they are today because of legendary leadership. Brady has benefited greatly from the tutelage of Patriots coach Bill Belichick, one of the greatest and winningest coaches in NFL history. Meanwhile, Apple prospered under the visionary guidance of former CEO Steve Jobs, who designed such landscape-altering products as the iPhone during his tenure.

That's not to say the two have always had it easy. Brady suffered a torn ACL in his team's first game in 2008 and missed the rest of the season. Similarly, Apple founder and CEO Steve Jobs was fired in 1985, a move that almost destroyed the company. Needless to say, both companies bounced back, and are the unstoppable forces we know them to be today.

Cam Newton is Facebook

Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton experienced almost immediate success upon entering the NFL in 2011, winning the Offensive Rookie of the Year award and eventually carrying his team to the Super Bowl. Facebook initially had a little tougher time gathering steam, but still managed to grow its market cap by roughly 50% over its first two years after going public in 2012. It has since become one of the most valuable companies in the world.

Further, Newton is already one of the elite few to have been named an NFL MVP (in 2015), while Zuckerberg is one of the richest people in the world, with a net worth of roughly $70 billion.

That's not to say their respective ascents were without hiccups — both were accused of stealing early in their careers. Newton was suspended from the University of Florida football team in 2008 after he was arrested for allegedly stealing a laptop from another student, while Zuckerberg was sued over claims that he stole the idea for Facebook from the infamous Winklevoss twins.

They both recovered swiftly. Newton transferred to Auburn, where he won a national championship and the Heisman Trophy as the country's top player, while Zuckerberg was able to move past the lawsuit to become the highly-respected billionaire CEO he is today.

Summer box office was dismal, with totals down more than 15 percent from last year. Or was it? In the specialized realm, things are looking up. Last year, limited releases grossed less than $90 million; this year, it will be over $100 million.

That’s good news — but careful analysis still shows a troubled season riddled with issues and failures that should make top distributors take great care when bidding at the festivals this fall.

Some observations of the mixed-bag results:

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Amazon’s “The Big Sick” grossed about $40 million. That’s the top performance of the year among independent/platform release titles, and a decent showing for the reported $12 million Sundance acquisition. 

It also looks good compared to last summer, when the biggest successes were $14 million for “Love and Friendship” and $27 million for “Hell or High Water” (released in mid August, it earned most of its gross after Labor Day). This year, the Weinstein Company’s “Wind River” will end up at number two as it continues its expansion; already, it is at $10 million.

That’s good news for their distributors — but, those two films account for about half of the sector’s $100 million. These skew the results and distort the appearance of success across the board.

Less Bang for the Buck, Part 1

Until recently, it was common for specialized distributors to hold back top releases, particularly those acquired at Sundance, until fall or Christmas. This made sense to maximize awards placement as prime time for adult audiences, and more summer releases has been a boon for exhibitors.

However, this summer may gave had the priciest group of specialized releases ever. Apart from the $12 million for “The Big Sick,” Fox Searchlight reportedly shelled out more than $9 million for “Patti Cake$” and $4 million for the documentary “Step” (including remake rights). Over $1 million were “Ingrid Goes West” (Neon), “Good Time” (A24), “A Ghost Story” (A24), “The Hero” (The Orchard), “The Little Hours” (Gunpowder & Sky), “Beatriz at Dinner” (Roadside Attractions).

In-house films or pre-production acquisitions like “The Beguiled” (Focus), “The Lovers” (A24) and “Wind River” cost millions as well (Sofia Coppola’s film is reported to have cost $10 million).

Most of these films will struggle to turn a profit based on the summer’s returns, although other revenue sources will mitigate some losses. Even “The Big Sick” is less than a windfall;  acquisition costs, marketing expenses and Lionsgate’s distribution fee will cut into Amazon’s profit. (Of course, Amazon’s streaming rights enhance the draw for Amazon Prime.)

Less Bang for the Buck, Part 2

A new trend among summer specialized titles has been wider release patterns. That helped create record-breaking grosses — but it also meant record-breaking expenses.

It looks like a smart strategy. Weaker studio grosses created opportunity, with more entree to top mainstream theaters nationwide. At least 10 specialized titles played in more than 500 theaters, with three over 900. (Last year, only four exceeded 500 and none went over 900.)

But there’s an opportunity cost: Marketing expenses can skyrocket, and each theater means $1,000 for a theft-proof digital “print.” At 500 theaters, that’s a half million spent; advertising often turns into millions of dollars.

Case in point is “The Beguiled.” Its production cost is reported at $10 million; at its widest, it was in nearly 1,000 theaters. Marketing costs are uncertain, but the Universal-backed Focus Features gave the film considerable support.

All told, the film will make about $20 million worldwide, which is around and likely below its total expenses. It played wider than any of the director’s previous releases, and had a month of extensive publicity. (That included the benefit of “Wonder Woman;” its success spotlighted women directors.) No fault on Focus, but the interest ultimately didn’t match the hype or likely the effort involved.

I never thought I'd see a Goomba bidet in the moat outside of Princess Peach's castle, but here we are.

The insane-looking image above is pulled from the latest Mario game to grace Nintendo's Switch: "Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle." The game is fantastic — check out our full review right here— but its standout characteristic is how absurd it is at every possible moment. 

Part of that is due to its ridiculous premise, which combines the anarchic world of Raving Rabbids with the already surreal and fantastical world of Super Mario. And another part is sheer will of the game's developer, French game company Ubisoft. Someone or, more likely, several someones spent a great deal of time crafting this shrine to a Rabbid using the bathroom.

I've spent over 20 hours with "Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle," and I've seen some truly bizarre things. Allow me to share them with you.

REVIEW: "Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle" for the Nintendo Switch

Up front, the very nature of this game is going to produce strange imagery. In the plot setup for the game, several Rabbids are turned into hybrids of themselves and Super Mario characters. They are literally called names like "Rabbid Mario" and "Rabbid Peach." They look ridiculous.

How did Rabbids get turned into hybrid Mario characters? By invading a Nintendo superfan's office/living room and dressing up as those characters, then...well, it's complicated.

The Rabbids use a time-traveling clothes washing machine to get around. Here they are arriving in the office/living room of the Nintendo superfan.

In operation since 2015, LATAM is one of newest international airline brands in the world. Yet it's one backed by nine decades worth of history and experience.

The brand is a result of a 2012 merger between Chile's LAN Airlines and Brazil's TAM. Together they form the largest airline in Latin America with 46,000 employees operating subsidiaries in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. LATAM's modern fleet is made up of more than 300 state-of-the-art Boeing and Airbus jets.

In 2016, the airline's profits jumped 10% to $568 million with a margin of 6% after streamlining its operations post merger.

Here's a closer look LATAM:

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In 2012, LAN Chile, an airline in operation since 1929, merged with...

... Brazil's TAM, which has been around since 1976.

Together, they became LATAM. With the rebrand, the company wanted to capture the essence and legacies of both LAN and TAM.

HBO's original series "Insecure," known for its humorous portrayal of life in LA, has been quietly gaining recognition as a beacon of hot tracks.

The series has a popular Spotify playlist that contains season one and two's soundtrack, with new songs added weekly as season two progresses — the playlist is currently at 137 songs.

The music on "Insecure" features a wide range of styles, from lauded rappers like Kendrick Lamar, and Frank Ocean, to up-and-coming R&B, neo-soul singer SZA. 

Miguel and SZA have debuted new music on "Insecure" this season, and the series also reached out to some of its favorite artists (Jorja Smith, Bryson Tiller, and Jazmine Sullivan) from season one to create original tracks this season. 

Business Insider spoke to "Insecure's" music supervisor Kier Lehman about how he finds "fresh" new music for "Insecure," and how he curated a selection of new and original music to match the current LA vibe of the show. 

This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity.

SEE ALSO: 'Insecure' showrunner Prentice Penny on why diverse writers' rooms are key and what to expect in season 2

"Insecure" looks to give exposure to undiscovered and independent artists.

Amanda Luz Henning Santiago: Can you walk me through how you select music for "Insecure?"

Kier Lehman: It's driven by Issa, and also Melina Matsoukas the executive producer, and Prentice Penny who is the showrunner. At the beginning of season one, we discussed what the sound of the show is. What are some things that are important to them, that they wanted to include. The show is set in LA so it was really important to include, and feature a lot of LA artists. 

We talked a lot about independent artists, and featuring new artists. Giving exposure to underground, and undiscovered artists — as well as including classic songs interspersed throughout the episodes to help ground the show, and give the audience songs that are familiar. [Those songs] kind of bring them back to a certain time, or remind them of a time when that music came out. That also helps bring a little more context to the scenes.

Lehman looks to a wide variety of sources to find new artists for the show.

Henning Santiago: How do you go about finding undiscovered and independent artists for the show?

Lehman: I've always been interested in discovering new artists that are just coming out. But I'm also looking back, and discovering artists that had a lot of influence on the music that's come after them, but maybe didn't get much recognition. I'm always kind of just digging, and looking, and interested, and curious about new music.

People pitch me music all day long because I'm a music supervisor, and I work on exciting projects that people want their music in. So, I get pitched music all day long from major labels, publishers, managers, agents, and artists themselves that I have relationships with. I also look to different resources, like different online magazines, websites, and blogs that write about new music. And I'm active on social media, following artists, and seeing what artists they're talking about.

I also have a lot of relationships with friends, and people in the industry that I trust, who bring me music, and introduce me to different artists. 

Season two featured a lot of new and unreleased music this season.

Henning Santiago: I know that Miguel and SZA premiered some unreleased tracks on the show. How did you get access to that unreleased music? Or, was it a different process with the more well known artists?

Lehman: We have a soundtrack coming out through RCA, and we have close relationships with all the labels. We get advance music from all the labels, but of course we have this special relationship with RCA. They were feeding us a lot of their upcoming releases early, in the hopes that we could work that into the show. The SZA stuff we got from them early, and obviously it fit so well with the show that we were able to use two songs in the first two episodes.

The Miguel track was something where I knew he was working on new music, and he's an LA R&B artist, that fits the sound of the show so well. I was really pushing to get the upcoming music that he was working on, in case something worked for the show. He's signed onto RCA, so I knew we had a little bit of an advantage, and a connection to get it. So, I finally got this track from them, really liked it, and sent it over to the show. I let them know that we had this really great piece of music that was unreleased and coming out, so it would be cool to find a good spot for it. And our editor cut it into this great montage and it works really well, it's a really cool use.

Unlike other social networks, Snapchat doesn't make it obvious when someone unfriends or blocks you.

And to further complicate things, you can still send messages to someone who doesn't follow you in Snapchat. The only time you won't be able to send messages to someone is if they've blocked you.

A good indicator that someone unfriended you on Snapchat is if you no longer see photos or videos posted to their Story. But thanks to Snapchat's privacy settings, seeing someone's Story doesn't necessarily mean that they've added you back.

Confused yet? Don't worry: Luckily, there is an easy way to know for sure if someone is actually Snapchat friends with you or not:

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If you're wondering whether someone has unfriended you, tap and hold on their name to see their Snapcode — the yellow ghost icon that looks like this:

You can find someone's name by searching for them in the chat section of Snapchat or from your list of friends.

If you mutually follow each other, you'll see their Snapscore, which represents the total sum of all snaps (photos and videos) they've sent and received in the app.

If they don't follow you, their Snapscore will be hidden.

A Filipino fast-food behemoth is gearing up to take over the US. 

It seems there's a Jollibee on every corner in the Philippines — in fact, it's one of the few chains that has successfully maintained market dominance over McDonald's in its home country. Even as McDonald's ramps up its Asian expansion, Jollibee has held its own with 978 locations compared to McDonald's 521. 

Now, Jollibee's is coming for McDonald's on its home turf. The chain currently has 36 locations in the US and is opening new restaurants in states like Illinois and Florida this year. 

The brand holds a special place in the heart of many Filipino expats. As Jian DeLeon wrote in First We Feast, "For the millions of Filipinos abroad, what Jollibee offers [is] a nostalgic taste of home at a price most of us can swallow."

We, on the other hand, go in not as Filipino food experts, but as two fast-food loving New Yorkers eager to see how the growing chain compares to the competition. 

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Jollibee has 36 locations across the US, mostly in California. Luckily, there's one in Woodside, Queens, right off the subway.

The place was packed when we arrived around 1 p.m. The lunch rush was in full swing, and scouting for a seat proved to be quite the task. Fortunately, an employee alerted us as soon as two spots became available.

Ordering was a breeze, though we were a bit thrown by the menu's breadth of options. While we are fast-food connoisseurs, we don't typically see spaghetti served alongside fried chicken and burgers at American chains. The cashier was extremely friendly and accommodating, even when we came back twice to order more items we previously forgot.

It's well known by now that Russia is winning the race to snatch up the Arctic's untapped oil and gas reserves that are becoming more accessible due to climate change. 

In the last few years, Russia has activated a new Arctic command, four new Arctic brigade combat teams, 14 new operational airfields, 16 deepwater ports, a new military base, and more. 

They reportedly have 40 icebreakers with 11 more in the making, and even recently unveiled a giant nuclear one. 

They've also developed several armored vehicles and other systems designed for cold-weather fighting, including a radar-guided-missile system called the SA-15 Gauntlet, the T-72 main battle tank, and the Pantsir-SA artillery system.

But with all this and more, they still sometimes use antiquated technology.

Check out some of their old school methods below. 

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Russia still uses animal transports, like reindeer seen below, for certain kinds of missions in the Arctic.

Above is a shot of members of Russia's Northern Fleet motorized rifle brigade being pulled around by reindeer.

The reindeer require less maintenance and fuel than motorized vehicles and can cover great distances without getting tired.

Source: Sim Tack, chief analyst at Force Analysis, and former Stratfor analyst, and Omar Lamrani, a Stratfor analyst.

The reindeer can also be more mobile on rough terrain and sometimes go places vehicles can't, like through thick forests or over frozen lakes.

Source: Sim Tack, chief analyst at Force Analysis, and former Stratfor analyst and Omar Lamrani, a Stratfor analyst.

In the past year, department store chains have announced a wave of location closures across the United States.

Macy's recently revealed plans to shut down 100 stores. In July, Sears said it's shuttering 43 US stores, in addition to the 265 closings it announced in early 2017. JCPenney released a list of 138 stores it will close this year.

All three chains are considering even more closures as they battle declining sales, largely due to changing consumer habits and the rise of online shopping.

But these iconic stores weren't always hurting. Over the latter half of the 20th century, they defined and anchored the American shopping mall.

Take a look at the rise and fall of three formative department store retailers.

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Founded in 1858, Macy's was one of the first American department stores. It started as a small dry goods store in New York City, but later expanded to 11 adjacent buildings to form a department store.

On its first day in October 1858, Macy's made $11.06, equal to around $300 today.

Before Sears opened a fully air-conditioned, retail store in 1925, it sold products through mail-order catalogs for 40 years. By that time, Sears was already a household name, known for its affordable prices.

By 1927, Sears had launched 27 stores, mostly in Chicago.

James Cash Penney launched his first store, called the Golden Rule, in 1902 in Kemmerer, Wyoming. By 1913, he had opened 34 (non-mall) stores, which he consolidated under the JCPenney Company name that year.

Source: The State Historical Society of Missouri

Tensions between North Korea and the US continue to rise, and the US State Department's ban on travel to North Korea is being implemented this weekend. Still, there are signs that cultural changes are slowly starting to take root in the hermit kingdom. 

There are only three billboards up in the capital city of Pyongyang, and there are no advertisements on television or in the newspapers. But supermarkets there are beginning to show signs of branding, and customer-driven sales like "buy-two-get-one-free" discounts are becoming more common.

The Associated Press recently photographed Potonggang, a state-run department store. Take a look, below.

All captions are by AP. 

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The North Korean consumer landscape has evolved dramatically under Kim Jong Un.

Under a five-year plan for the economy Kim Jong Un announced last May, North Korean factories are putting a new priority on making more and better daily-life products.

At stores such as Potonggang, customers can pay with either cash or bank debit cards.

Lifelong learning is the "ongoing, voluntary, and self-motivated" pursuit of knowledge for either personal or professional reasons. The pursuit of knowledge is easier than it has ever been before.

Cultivating the mind is essential for your personal growth. Digging deeper will separate you from the crowd and allow you to become a better version of yourself.

If you have ever wondered what you can do to become a well-rounded person and increase your rate of success, you will find these books useful. If you are constantly striving to know, learn and do more, these books will give you an edge in life.

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'The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking' by Edward B. Burger

Practical and inspiring ways for you to become more successful through better thinking: 

"Fail nine times. The next time you face a daunting challenge, think to yourself, 'In order for me to resolve this issue, I will have to fail nine times, but on the tenth attempt, I will be successful.' This attitude frees you and allows you to think creatively without fear of failure, because you understand that learning from failure is a forward step toward success.

Take a risk and when you fail, no longer think, 'Oh, no, what a frustrating waste of time and effort,' but instead extract a new insight from that misstep and correctly think, 'Great: one down, nine to go — I’m making forward progress!' And indeed you are. After your first failure, think, 'Terrific, I’m 10% done!' Mistakes, loss, and failure are all flashing lights clearly pointing the way to deeper understanding and creative solutions."

'Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience' by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

The tools to unleash the secret of peak performance:

"Contrary to what we usually believe, moments like these, the best moments in our lives, are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times  —  although such experiences can also be enjoyable, if we have worked hard to attain them. The best moments usually occur when a person's body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile.

Optimal experience is thus something that we make happen. For a child, it could be placing with trembling fingers the last block on a tower she has built, higher than any she has built so far; for a swimmer, it could be trying to beat his own record; for a violinist, mastering an intricate musical passage. For each person there are thousands of opportunities, challenges to expand ourselves."

'The Rise of Superman: Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance' by Steven Kotler

An exploration of how extreme athletes break the limits of ultimate human performance:

"If we are hunting the highest version of ourselves, then we need to turn work into play and not the other way round. Unless we invert this equation, much of our capacity for intrinsic motivation starts to shut down. We lose touch with our passion and become less than what we could be and that feeling never really goes away."

"To really achieve anything, you have to be able to tolerate and enjoy risk. It has to become a challenge to look forward to. In all fields, to make exceptional discoveries you need risk — you’re just never going to have a breakthrough without it."

Sharestates, an online real-estate investing platform, has released its fall report on the hottest housing markets in the US.

The company allows anyone to invest as little as $1,000 in real-estate projects listed on the site, and processes roughly $36 million of investments each month.

Now, it's putting the data from all that funding to work by ranking the areas of the country that are seeing the most attention from real-estate investors.

Not surprisingly, many of the hotspots are in major metropolitan areas like New York City or Philadelphia, but there are some outliers, too, Sharestates founder and CEO Allen Shayanfekr told Business Insider.

"I was surprised to see Kissimmee, Florida to be included in the top 10," he said in an email. "I expected to see almost all of the investment potential in markets in the upper east coast, based on the rapid growth that area continues to see year over year."

Places on the list are ranked by three metrics:

Return on Investment (ROI): The rate of return to Sharestates loan investors.

ARV: The ratio of the total loan amount, including acquisition and rehab financing, compared with the After Repair Value.

Increase in demand from 2016 to 2017: Percent of 2017 Sharestates loans in the listed areas compared with 2016.

"Each of these cities is seeing increased interest from investors," Shayanfekr said. "The majority of the properties in these 10 markets are considered to be reasonably priced and relatively affordable, providing investors with the potential to make a sizeable return. But what these cities all have in common, in addition to great people, is a competitive and demand-based real estate market that helps drive investment and monetary returns."

Scroll to check out the hottest real-estate markets in America right now, based on Sharestates' data:

SEE ALSO: Sharestates wants to be the E-Trade of real estate

8. Jersey City, New Jersey

ROI: 10%

ARV: 57%

Increase in demand: 50%

7. Huntsville, Alabama

ROI: 10%

ARV: 54%

Increase in demand: 100%

6. Atlanta

ROI: 12%

ARV: 61%

Increase in demand: 100%

Alex Rodriguez hasn't played a game in a year and yet he will still be paid $21 million this season from the New York Yankees, adding to what is already his status as baseball's highest-paid player of all time.

Thanks to a pair of contracts worth more than $250 million, Rodriguez has made more than $430 million in his career.

But A-Rod is not alone.

In all, 29 players have made at least $150 million in their careers, including 12 who — like A-Rod — played at least part of the careers with the New York Yankees.

29. Roger Clemens — $150.6 million

Seasons: 24

Highest single-season salary: $18.0 million

World Series Titles: 2

All-Star Games: 11

Cy Young Awards: 7

Played for the Yankees? Yes

28. Ken Griffey Jr — $151.7 million

Seasons: 22

Highest single-season salary: $12.5 million

World Series Titles: 0

All-Star Games: 13

MVP Awards: 1

Played for the Yankees? No

27. Adrian Gonzalez — $152.6 million

Seasons: 14

Highest single-season salary: $22.4 million

World Series Titles: 0

All-Star Games: 5

MVP Awards: 0

Played for the Yankees? No

With the summer coming to a close, it's time to get ready for a lot of TV shows coming back with new seasons in September, and your favorite streaming services have you covered. 

Over at Amazon, there's new seasons of "Transparent" and "One Mississippi," while on Hulu you can catch the season premiere episodes of "This Is Us,""Lethal Weapon," and the entire new season of its show, "The Mindy Project."

On HBO Go/Now, the new show "The Deuce" kicks off. 

And, of course, all the streaming services have lots of new movie titles. 

Here's everything coming to your favorite streaming platforms in September. We've highlighted some standouts in bold:

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iTunes

Available September 5

“The Big Sick”

Available September 12

“Transformers: The Last Knight”
“The House”
“The Hero”

Available September 19

“A Ghost Story”

Amazon Prime

Available September 1

“American Loser”
“American Ruling Class”
“And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird’
“Autopsy”
“Best Seller”
“Bio-Dome”
“Blood Car”
“Boy”
“Breathing”
“Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations”
“Calloused Hands”
“Carrie”
“Charlotte Rampling: The Look”
“Clip”
“Computer Chess”
“Dark Ride”
“Dead Weight”
“Dirty Dancing”
“Disturbing Behavior”
“Double Headed Eagle”
“Double Take”
“Down to Earth”
“Duane Michaels: The Man Who Invented Himself”
“Dying Breed”
“Free Radicals”
“Ganja & Hess”
“Gogol Bordello: Non Stop”
“Hippie Masala”
“Holes in My Shoes”
“Huff”
“In the Land of the Deaf”
“Indecent Proposal”
“Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love”
“Khodorkovsky”
“Kingdom of Shadows”
“Korkoro”
“La Maison de la Radio”
“Lars and the Real Girl”
“Lipstick & Dynamite: The First Ladies of Wrestling”
“Look Both Ways”
“Man About Town”
“Manuscripts Don't Burn”
“Meditate and Destroy”
“Mistress”
“Mr. X”
“Music from the Big House”
“Nollywood Babylon”
“Offspring”
“Primitive London”
“Princess Kaiulani”
“Pumpkinhead”
“Red Garters”
“River's Edge”
“Sacred Flesh”
“Sacrifice”
“Schoolgirl Hitchhikers”
“Sleepover”
“Successive Slidings of Pleasure”
“Switchback”
“The Black Stallion”
“The Bloodsucker Leads the Dance”
“The Cove”
“The Cup”
“The Dark Half”
“The Fairy”
“The Giants”
“The Golden Child”
“The Hills Have Eyes 2”
“The Last Godfather”
“The New Public”
“The Object of Beauty”
“The Rage - Carrie 2”
“The Revisionaries”
“The Search for One Eyed Jimmy”
“The Sinful Nuns of Saint Valentine”
“The Workshop”
“This Ain't No Mouse Music”
“Truth in Numbers? Everything According to Wikipedia”
“Unsolved Mysteries: Original Robert Stack Episodes” (Season 8)
“Vanishing Waves”
“Videocracy”
“Virgin Among the Living Dead”
“Virgin Witch”
“Web Junkie”
“Wedding Crashers”
“When I Saw You”
“Wide Awake”
“With One Voice”

Available September 2

“Ben-Hur” (2016)

Available September 7

“The Hunter's Prayer”
“Tubelight”

Available September 8

“One Mississippi” (Season 2, Amazon Original)

Available September 9

“The Magnificent Seven” (2016)

Available September 10

“Meri Pyaari Bindu”

Available September 11

“Frantz”

Available September 12

“The Ray Bradbury Theater” (Season 6)
“ReGenesis” (Seasons 2-4)

Available September 15

“An American Werewolf in London”
“Beauty and the Baker” (Season 1)
“Endless Love”
“The Thaw”
“The Women of Brewster Place”

Available September 16

“Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail”

Available September 19

“Straight/Curve: Challenging the Beauty”

Available September 21

“Kill Switch”

Available September 22

“Transparent” (Season 4, Amazon Original)

Available September 23

“Elian”

Available September 25

"Bronte Sisters" (Season 1)
“Falling Water” (Season 1)

Available September 26

“Wishenpoof!” (Season 2a, Amazon Original)
“Unsolved Mysteries: Original Robert Stack Episodes” (Season 9)

Available September 28

“Dance Flick”
“Thursday Night Football (Game 1)

Hulu

Available September 1

“Keeping Up With the Kardashians” (Complete Season 13)
“A River Runs Through It”
“Addam’s Family Values”
“The Addams Family”
“Akeelah and the Bee”
“American Loser”
“An Inconvenient Truth”
“And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird”
“Autopsy”
“Barnyard”
“Batman”
“Batman Returns”
“Best Seller”
“Bio-Dome”
“The Black Stallion”
“The Blue Lagoon”
“Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations”
“Carrie” (1976)
“Contact”
“The Cove”
“The Cup”
“Dances with Wolves”
“Dare Not Walk Alone”
“The Dark Half”
“Disturbing Behavior”
“Dead Hands Dig Deep”
“Defiance”
“Down to Earth”
“Dr. Strange” (2006)
“Dying Breed”
“Eternity: The Movie”
“Fools Rush In”
“Fright Night”
“The Golden Child”
“Gridiron Heroes”
“Harriet the Spy”
“History of Jazz: Oxygen for the Ears”
“Hitch”
“Home Sweet Hell”
“Indecent Proposal”
“Invasion of the Body Snatchers”
“The Invincible Iron Man”
“Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love”
“Kill Me, Deadly”
“L.A. Twister”
“Lars and the Real Girl”
“Last Chance Harvey”
“The Last Godfather”
“The Levenger Tapes”
“The Loved Ones”
“Mad Hot Ballroom”
“Man About Town”
“The Men Who Stare at Goats”
“Mistress”
“The Monster Squad”
“My Girl”
“My Girl 2”
“Nacho Libre”
“The Neverending Story”
“The Object of Beauty”
“Offspring”
“Ordinary People”
“Outbreak”
“The Pelican Brief”
“Planet Hulk”
“Poseidon”
“Princess Kaiulani”
“Pumpkinhead”
“The Rage – Carrie 2”
“Red Garters”
“Remember the Goal”
“Return to the Blue Lagoon”
“River’s Edge”
“Robocop”
“Robocop 2”
“Sanctuary”
“Secretary”
“Shooter”
“The Silence of the Lambs”
“Silent Hill”
“Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists”
“Sleepover”
“Spring Broke”
“Something to Talk About”
“Stomp the Yard”
“Surfer, Dude”
“Switchback”
“Tiger Raid”
“Thor: Tales of Asgard”
“Ultimate Avengers 2”
“Ultimate Avengers: The Movie”
“Ultraviolet”
“Walking Tall”
“You Got Served”
“You Got Served: Beat the World”

Available September 2

“Adventure Time” (Complete Season 8)
“Ben-Hur’
“Freaky Friday”
“Freaky Friday”

Available September 3

“The Eye”

Available September 5

“The Emperor’s New Groove”
“Insatiable: The Homaro Cantu Story”
“Lilo & Stitch”
“The Lodge”
“Returning Citizens”
“Survivor”

Available September 6

“Crash”

Available September 7

“Total Bellas” (Season 2 Premiere)
“Burden”

Available September 9

“The Magnificent Seven” (2016)

Available September 11

“The Orville” (Series Premiere)
“Top of the Lake: China Girl” (3 Day Premiere Event)

Available September 12

“The Mindy Project” (Season 6 Premiere, Hulu Original)
“Filth”

Available September 13

“Anomaly”
“Once Upon a Time in Shanghai”

Available September 14

“South Park” (Complete Season 21)
“Robo-Dog: Airborne”

Available September 15

“Good Behavior” (Complete Season 1)
“An American Werewolf in London”
“Child of God”
“Endless Love”
“The Lookalike”
“The Road Within”
“Skating to New York”
“The Thaw”
“These Final Hours”
“The Women of Brewster Place”

Available September 16

“Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail”

Available September 19

“Straight/Curve: Challenging the Beauty”

Available September 20

“Pirates”

Available September 21

“The Commune”
“Food Evolution”

Available September 22

“Doc McStuffins” (Complete Season 4)
“Interview with a Hitman”
“Kiki”
“Killers”
“McCanick”
“Sword of Vengeance”
“Vengeance of an Assassin”

Available September 23

“Grey’s Anatomy” (Season 13 Premiere)
“Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell” (Complete Season 3)

Available September 25

“Miles From Tomorrowland” (Complete Season 2)
“Power” (Complete Season 3)
“The Double”

Available September 26

“The Brave” (Series Premiere)
“The Voice” (Season 13 Premiere)

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“Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (Season 5 Premiere)
“Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders” (Series Premiere)
“Lethal Weapon” (Season 2 Premiere)
“The Mick” (Season 2 Premiere)
“This Is Us” (Season 2 Premiere)
“The ABC’s of Death”
“Frankie & Alice”
“Hammer of the Gods”
“I Saw the Devil”
“Kiss of the Damned”
“Let the Right One In”
“Splinter”
“Survival of the Dead”
“V/H/S”
“V/H/S 2”

Available September 28

“Chicago P.D.” (Season 5 Premiere)
“Empire” (Season 4 Premiere)
“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (Season 19 Premiere)
“Star” (Season 2 Premiere)
“Dance Flick”

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“Family Matters” (Complete Series)
“Full House” (Complete Series)
“Hangin’ With Mr. Cooper” (Complete Series)
“Perfect Strangers” (Complete Series)
“Step By Step” (Complete Series)
“Chicago Fire” (Season 6 Premiere)
“Ghosted” (Series Premiere)
“The Good Place” (Season 2 Premiere)
“Gotham” (Season 4 Premiere)
“Great News” (Season 2 Premiere)
“Superstore” (Season 3 Premiere)
“Will & Grace” (Season 9 Premiere)

Available September 30

“Hell’s Kitchen” (Season 17 Premiere)
“The Evil in Us”
“Once Upon a Time in Venice”

Sometimes, the best way to spend a long weekend is to curl up on the couch and enjoy a film.

If you're looking for something entertaining and beautiful that'll also make you knowledgeable, there's an incredible variety of science- and nature-focused documentaries and TV shows on Netflix right now.

You can stream compelling documentaries that'll captivate you with the beauty of the planet, you can delve into the details of how food arrives on your plate, or you can explore the mysterious and alien world that exists in oceans around the globe.

But there's a downside to all of those options: It's a lot to choose from. So to make it easier, we've asked our colleagues to pick out some of their favorites from the Netflix documentary selection.

Films come and go from Netflix every month, but as of the date of publication, all these films should be available. We'll update this list periodically to reflect currently available documentaries.

Here are our favorites, listed in no particular order:

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"Cooked" (2016)

What it's about: In this four-part docu-series, journalist and food expert Michael Pollan explores the evolutionary history of food and its preparation through the lens of the four essential elements: fire, water, air, and earth. 

Why you should see it: Americans as a whole are cooking less and relying more on unhealthy, processed, and prepared foods. Pollan aims to bring viewers back to the kitchen by forging a meaningful connection to food and the joys of cooking. [Click to watch]

"Blackfish" (2013)

What it's about: This film highlights abuses in the sea park industry through the tale of Tilikum, an orca in captivity at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida. Tilikum has killed or been involved in the deaths of three people while living in the park. 

Why you should see it: This documentary opens your eyes to the troubles of keeping wild animals in captivity through shocking footage and emotional interviews. It highlights the potential issues of animal cruelty and abuse involved with using highly intelligent animals as entertainment. Sea parks have historically made billions of dollars by keeping animals captive, often at the expense of the health and well-being of animals. This documentary played a huge role in convincing SeaWorld to stop their theatrical "Shamu" killer whale shows. [Click to watch]

"Chasing Coral" (2017)

What it's about: Step into the alien world that teems with life beneath the sea. This film, by the team behind the film "Chasing Ice," is an attempt to document the transformation and loss of coral reefs around the globe. The filmmakers face rough oceans as they dive underwater to plant cameras and document the changes to reefs. What they reveal is both fascinating and tragic.

Why you should see it: Coral reefs cover less than 2% of the sea floor, but a quarter of marine life depends on them to exist. Without these fascinating and complicated creatures, much of the ocean as we know it wouldn't exist. The filmmakers reveal the otherworldly beauty of these underwater creatures, and capture just how fragile their existence is at this point. [Click to watch]

For many of us, work and life are increasingly intertwined. Our emails flash across our wrists and new mail notifications ping all night long. 

For startup founders, work and life is even more blurred. Their apartment may also serve as world headquarters for their company, and their best friends might double as business partners. But many of these founders have realized that the real trick to long term growth and productivity is also having a life.

MONEY reached out to startup founders across the country and asked for their road-tested strategies on balancing work and life solutions. Here are some tricks to try:

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1. Combine something tedious with something pleasant like walking meetings

Megan Smyth, CEO and co-founder, FitReserve:

"Every day, I'll try to schedule a few calls and I'll walk while I do those calls. It gets me out of the office and it clears my head and feels like I am doing something else even though I am still working"

2. Escape into a world you know nothing about

David Walker, Triplemint Real Estate:

"There is this one new series on Netflix, 'Abstract,' and it is all about design. When you have had a relatively long day at work, and you intertwine some new learned perspective from a documentary, you all of a sudden see the problem that you have been thinking about all day from a new light. 

I watched one recently that was pretty interesting about one of the most famous designers for Nike shoes. It was interesting to see the way he works under deadlines and is at the intersection of art and creativity and business. That's something that definitely I can take away, and all entrepreneurs can take away, which is finding that balance where you can free yourself to be creative."

3. Do something really time intensive like cooking gnocchi

David Comiskey, co-founder Barkly Pets:

"I will go back to those hobbies that I've always enjoyed doing that I no longer really have the time to do like cooking good food. I try to pick something that will take a minimum of an hour and a half to two hours. 

The beauty with making gnocchi is it's always best if you start from scratch first, you bake potatoes for 90 minutes, then you let them cool, grind them up into really fine pieces, add flour, and at the end of the day you form the gnocchi. 

It is something totally different and it takes your mind off of what you were thinking about. So when you get back in front of the laptop you have a few hours under your belt of totally clear thinking that will help you be more creative and accomplish the things that you know you need to be accomplishing. But if you don't have that time when you are putting your life ahead of the business then you are running in circles and not really accomplishing what you need to be doing."

At The General Yermolov Cadet School in Stravropol, Russia, academics and military training occur side by side.

The state-run school, named after Alexei Yermolov, a former Russian general and hero of the Caucasus War, blends a normal academic course load with physical drills, weapons training, and overnight camp-outs.

Information about the school is sparse, but images in a Reuters photo package offer a unique glimpse into the daily lives of students, also referred to as cadets.

Take a look below for a glimpse at how the cadet school molds Russian youths into soldiers.

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The cadet school, located in southwestern Russia, is co-ed.

When students have overnight overnight trips they bunk up.

They train near a boot camp of the Russian Knights, an aerobatic demonstration team of the Russian Air Force. Here, a student fires a rifle.

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Whether classified as commuter pants or athletic workwear, many brands have tried their hand at creating pants that are functional, yet formal.

Now, Bonobos, a brand that got its start with one pair of well-made pants, has an option that could quite possibly dominate the space entirely — the Tech Chino.

Designed to be ready for anything, the Bonobos Tech Chino features a sharp classic trouser look that's suitable for the office, with all the added bonuses of an athletic pant. 

Its breathable tech fabric is made up of cotton, polyamide, and elastane, and features 3XDry Advanced Moisture Management technology. The combination of material absorbs and wicks sweat away to keep you cool and dry. 

In addition to staying cool and dry all day, you'll be able to stay clean all day. The pants are water-, stain-, and dirt-repellent, so no matter what comes your way during your commute — puddles, spilled drinks, or other dirty encounters — the Tech Chinos will stay presentable and fresh.

Bonobos sent over Tech Chinos for all the guys on the Insider Picks team to try out, and we were all very pleased. Here's what we thought about them:

Amir Ismael, Insider Picks reporter:

Whether classified as commuter pants or athletic workwear, many brands have tried their hand at creating pants that are functional, yet formal and the Bonobos Tech Chinos are the best ones I've tried so far. My first impression was how much they look like traditional chino pants. While other brands are distinctly athletic and techy, Bonobos manages to pull off a classic look. They come pleated and the only technical feature that can be seen from the outside (as minor as it is) is a zippered right back pocket. On the inside, a drawstring is integrated into the waistband, which I actually appreciate. Generally, you'd just put a belt on to keep your pants up, but given the off chance you forget to wear one, you can rest assured that your pants will be comfortably secured.

I went with the navy color because that seemed to be the most versatile choice for switching between dressing formally and normal everyday wear. The pants come in three different fits — athletic, slim, and tailored. As a slim guy, I went with tailored, the slimmest option, and was very pleased with the fit. The material is lightweight and has a very slight amount of stretch. You won't feel like you're wearing Spandex; it's just the right amount for comfort. 

When I wore them, I had to try to out the water repellent feature, so I splashed some water on my pants. Sure enough, it brushed right off and my pants were dry. If you were to get caught in a light rain or accidentally spill a drink, you'd be able to keep your day going.

Even at $168, I see the Bonobos Tech Chinos as a great deal. You'll save money by having to buy fewer pairs of pants, and the dirt- and stain-repellent features will save you trips to the dry cleaners.

Breton Fischetti, senior director of Insider Picks:

Bonobos' entry into the athletic workwear space is one of the better executions I've come across so far. Their price point for these pants is in line with what you'd pay from some of the bigger stores and startups alike. The difficulty is always balancing the technical aspects of the material with the more formal nature of a work pant. For some reason, lots of companies want to make these items overly technical, which Bonobos manages to avoid. The only two real techy assets are the zippered back pocket on the right (which is actually useful) and the drawstring on the inside (which I don't see the point of, but is hardly taking away from the overall look of the pant). They're a nice weight for summer, but I wouldn't plan on wearing these deep into the winter.

The fit of these chinos, especially in the length, is essentially spot-on; and for being made of technical fabric, they look a whole lot more like chinos than shiny athletic material, which I appreciate. Every other time I've worn a technical-style piece of clothing at work people can tell right away, but not with these pants. I feel incredibly comfortable in these pants, which come in several fits depending on preference (I went with tailored, the slimmest) and they handled my bike ride to work better than jeans.

Spencer Lambert, Insider Picks intern:

I got to try the Tech Chino in black with a tailored fit. The first thing I noticed was the fabric — the pants' moisture-wicking technology make them feel more like athletic shorts than traditional work pants.

I didn’t go out of my way to test the water-, stain-, and dirt-repellent features because I wanted to see how they would hold up to a normal day of wear and tear. I find that stains can be super noticeable on black pants, mostly because they stick out in such contrast to the color, so I was interested to see how these held up. Naturally I got them dirty a couple of times throughout the day and the Tech Chinos separated themselves from traditional pants because the dirt rubbed off when brushed away rather than being further pushed into the fabric.

In my experience, Bonobos always sizes very nicely and these pants were no exception. The feature that I didn’t use, but know I will be grateful for is the zipper closure on one of the back pockets. I always stress about cards falling out of my pockets and this is a smart way to house your "too important to worry about" items. These pants are a great addition to an athletic workwear wardrobe as men’s formal dress moves in a more practical, mobile direction.

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• The British consumer has been hit hard by Brexit as rising inflation makes spending more difficult.
• Some analysts argue that the worst of the slowdown may be over as inflation comes close to its peak.
• Deutsche Bank's Oliver Harvey disagrees, providing charts to show that more weakness is on its way.

LONDON — Since Britain voted to leave the European Union last June, the country's economic fortunes have taken a turn for the worse. 

GDP grew just 0.3% in the second quarter of 2017, slower than Greece, leaving the UK languishing as the slowest growing economy in the G7. By contrast, Britain has grown at an average of around 0.5-0.7% a quarter in recent years.

The majority of that slowdown is driven by a weakening consumer as the twin impacts of rising inflation and stagnant wage growth, which resulted in a decline in real average pay.

Inflation — which pre-referendum had ticked along at less than half of 1% — has jumped thanks to the pound's depreciation against both the dollar and the euro after the vote. At the last reading, inflation was 2.6%, but many expect it to pass above 3% before the end of the year.

By contrast, wage growth was just 2.1%, creating a scenario where Brits have less to spend on discretionary items.

Consumer spending has been the biggest driver of Britain's economic growth in recent years, so as consumers slow down, so to does overall growth.

The story of the declining fortunes of the British consumer goes far beyond this simple trade off, with different areas of spending and demand being impacted in different ways. 

Oliver Harvey, macro strategist at Deutsche Bank decided to dive into Britain's consumer weakness in his latest note, titled "Winter is coming," circulated to clients at the end of last week.

"The key to our view of weakening UK growth this year was slowing household consumption," Harvey writes.

"With spending having grown a mere 1% annualized in the first two quarters of 2017 versus 3% last year, is the UK consumer over the worst? We don't think so. The risks are also shifting away from a real income shock towards other drivers of demand."

Harvey's note contains a whole heap of charts about the state of the UK consumer, so Business Insider decided to pull out some of the most interesting:

First up, the number of new cars being bought is close to lows last seen in 2011.

"Car purchases make up 30% of all transport spending, so monthly data on new vehicle registrations do a good job of predicting transport spending. After collapsing to recession levels earlier this year, registrations remain well below long term averages," Harvey writes.

When that initial drop came earlier in the year, changes in the way cars are taxed were cited as a potential reason, but Harvey suggests that the lack of any real bounce in the figures as the year progresses suggests that this may not be the case.

Sales of household goods remain subdued.

Harvey notes that Deutsche tracks two key indicators of household spending on goods and services. First is retail sales volumes tracked on a monthly basis, the chart of which can be seen above. 

As do sales of bigger ticket items like furniture and televisions.

The second is sales at high street stalwart John Lewis, which is a key provider of bigger ticket items like sofas, wardrobes, and TVs. 

"Both imply a further slowdown," in the near future, Harvey writes.

Los Angeles is one of the priciest housing markets in the country.

With a current median listing price of $748,000, homes in the sunny Southern California metropolis are more than double the national asking price.

And then there are the over-the-top mansions and hilltop estates, like Beyoncé and Jay-Z's new $88 million Bel Air pad, where expensive takes on an entirely new meaning.

Below, check out the 10 priciest Los Angeles real estate listings, gathered by Curbed.

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10. 33218 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu

Price: $60 million

Size: 5,254 square feet

Features: Ocean views, floor-to-ceiling sliding doors, wraparound deck with a fire pit.

9. 143 S. Mapleton Drive, Holmbly Hills

Price: $66.65 million

Size: 10,907 square feet

Features: Swimming pool, tennis court, wood-paneled den.

8. 10697 Somma Way, Bel Air

Price: $75 million

Size: 40,000 square feet

Features: Two swimming pools, recording studio, wine cellar and tasting room, giant outdoor video screen, wellness spa and fitness center, movie theater.