Netflix recommendations

[Mrs Miggins]

Mr Right, highly recommended if you like Sam Rockwell and Anna Kendricks. Which I do.

90 minutes, quirky and original hitman comedy, Tim Roth/Anson Mount/James Ransome provide different levels of badguyness.

Hmmm....so I watched this because I do really like Sam Rockwell and Tim Roth and the little I've seen of Anna Kendricks but fuck me it's a bloody silly film. And that's just fine

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Suburbicon.
Didn't realise until the end that it is a Coen Brothers number - well, written by at least.
Not earth shattering but it's a decent watch. Just quirky enough. Just twisty enough to maintain interest. Looks BEAUTIFUL and the story jogs along.

 

[sojourner]

For some reason, my task bar keeps showing whenever I watch owt on Netflix, app or website. Never used to do this, nowt's been changed. Fucks sake.

 

[chilango]

The Politician.

Watching E1.

Imagine a biopic of Cameron and Johnson crossed with Beverly Hills 90210.

Well, this is kinda that.

I'm not sure whether it's good or if I like it. But it's sorta compelling.

It's bonkers. I'm loving it.


Oh. And Martina Navratilova?!?!

 

[8115]

Read a review of Living Undocumented. It sounds really good. I'm going to give it a go next.

 

[DexterTCN]

Read a review of Living Undocumented. It sounds really good. I'm going to give it a go next.

It's fucking horrific. Really shows what it's like just now.

 

[8115]

It's fucking horrific. Really shows what it's like just now.

I'm just watching the first episode. It's really good. Individual stories and also the political and social context and background.

You're right, it's terrible.

 

[8115]

The UK isn't that far behind if at all.

 

[DexterTCN]

The UK isn't that far behind if at all.

Didn't want to say

Wait till you watch 2.

 

[MsHopper]

Suburbicon.
Didn't realise until the end that it is a Coen Brothers number - well, written by at least.
Not earth shattering but it's a decent watch. Just quirky enough. Just twisty enough to maintain interest. Looks BEAUTIFUL and the story jogs along.

Think I'll watch this at the weekend.

 

[wtfftw]

I see Mo has a comedy special. Mo Gilligan: Momentum

I'll be getting that as soon as I finish racing through peaky blinders.

 

[DexterTCN]

Colossal is now on netflix

Great little (Canadian?) film about Anne Hathaway, bit of an alky, who somehow develops a relationship with a kaiju. Funny, dark and original. Dan Stevens from Legion as well.

 

[8115]

Read a review of Living Undocumented. It sounds really good. I'm going to give it a go next.

This is *so* good.

 

[sojourner]

Suburbicon.
Didn't realise until the end that it is a Coen Brothers number - well, written by at least.
Not earth shattering but it's a decent watch. Just quirky enough. Just twisty enough to maintain interest. Looks BEAUTIFUL and the story jogs along.

Watched it last night. Loved it!

 

[Part 2]

Climax

There've been a couple of posts about this in the thread but not recommending it. I on the other hand thought it was amazing.

A French dance troup hold a party after their final audition in preparation for an american tour. Someone spikes the sangria with acid. The party turns into the most horrifying bad trip imaginable.

Warning: It's really not for the faint hearted.

Reading about it it turns out to be inspired by a real party where the punch was spiked but none of the events after that point are true. Also from idea to premier in less than 5 months which is very impressive.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I'm 50 minutes into shadow of the moon and wondering if it isn't the next i-land.
Classic netflix.

 

[JudithB]

It has probably been said before but Dave Chappelle's Sticks and Stones is brilliant

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I'm 50 minutes into shadow of the moon and wondering if it isn't the next i-land.
Classic netflix.

Oh Jesus this is so bad. I'm shouting at the tv like it's question time.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Oh Jesus this is so bad. I'm shouting at the tv like it's question time.

In the future netflix films will be an established genre of the time.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

In the future netflix films will be an established genre of the time.

Arrrh, so many plot holes and irrational unthought out bullshit, characters doing daft stuff or coming to conclusions just to drive the paper thin plot. Amazing stuff. Watch with friends and drink shots every time something doesn't make sense.
It really has to be seen to be believed. If you thought the I-Land was bad, wait till you get a load of this. . . Load.

 

[Chz]

the quality of subtitles on netflix is dire. i've been watching 'better than us', which is in russian, and there's a character variously described in the subtitles as jeanna and zhana. the subtitles on 'six flying dragons' have led to some amusement, with a group of nasty people being described as scums. why can't they just take the lines from the screenplay and translate them rather than doing as they do and chucking it through some sub-google translate nonsense.

I've just started watching Better Than Us, and I've noticed they can be a bit off. I'm able to follow it thus far, at least. Doesn't seem too bad, though. A sort of Russian version of Humans, with more killing.

 

[sojourner]

Seven Psychopaths. Clever as fuck and very funny in places. Brilliant cast too.

 

[DexterTCN]

In the Tall Grass...well, over an hour of it at least.

It's like the movie Triangle but done spooky, with grass instead of water (there is a lot of grass) and really stupid people instead of people (they deserve to die) and a big rock instead of seagulls.

Spoiler

it can't move the dead...you have a dead dog...TAKE THE DEAD DOG WITH YOU

 

[Smokeandsteam]

I was quite looking forward to Criminal UK but watched the first episode this evening and was disappointed. David Tennant being questioned by police for an hour was well boring. Started to watch the second episode (there are 3 stand-alone stories) and it seemed like more of the same so dumped it after about 15 minutes.

I endured all 3 episodes over the weekend. A shocking waste of a pretty good cast.

The attempt to replicate seminal Line of Duty style interviews missed the mark by a distance.

Lack of background, character depth and generally clunky writing hindered all 3 episodes throughout. Add in dull identitarian references, leaden and stereotypical 'criminals' and a turgid postmodernist cop buddy arc.

Awful.

 

[BigTom]

There's a new series of Abstract: The Art of Design, which is excellent, same format as the first with 45 minute episodes about one person, watched the first three and all very interesting - an artist/architect (they guy who did the sun installation in the tate turbine hall), a costume designer (did Black Panther, Do The Right Thing and some other big films) and someone who designs children's playground type toys/equipment. First series is also excellent if you've not seen that.

 

[Orang Utan]

There's a new series of Abstract: The Art of Design, which is excellent, same format as the first with 45 minute episodes about one person, watched the first three and all very interesting - an artist/architect (they guy who did the sun installation in the tate turbine hall), a costume designer (did Black Panther, Do The Right Thing and some other big films) and someone who designs children's playground type toys/equipment. First series is also excellent if you've not seen that.

Sounds interesting, cheers. If you like that, you may also like the 99% Invisible podcast. It's brilliant, always fascinating

 

[T & P]

Season 3 of Big Mouth is now available (first episode was released on Valentine’s Day, the rest is new). Not finished yet but at times even more fucked up/ OTT than previous seasons

So if you liked the others you should also like this one, or if you didn’t, you’ll hate this one.

 

[Threshers_Flail]

Season 3 of Big Mouth is now available (first episode was released on Valentine’s Day, the rest is new). Not finished yet but at times even more fucked up/ OTT than previous seasons

So if you liked the others you should also like this one, or if you didn’t, you’ll hate this one.

Yay! It's sooo good!

 

[keybored]

All three seasons of El Marginal just released on Netflix, looks tempting. Anyone tried it yet?

 

[littlebabyjesus]

I endured all 3 episodes over the weekend. A shocking waste of a pretty good cast.

The attempt to replicate seminal Line of Duty style interviews missed the mark by a distance.

Lack of background, character depth and generally clunky writing hindered all 3 episodes throughout. Add in dull identitarian references, leaden and stereotypical 'criminals' and a turgid postmodernist cop buddy arc.

Awful.

Totally agree.

Spoiler

I was sure I'd worked out a clever twist in the last one, with a couple of them conspiring to pretend one of them had a drink problem to get their criminal, but no, there wasn't one. We were supposed to take that schmaltz at face value.

However, I did then watch the German one. It is better. One about the 30-year-old body turning up was pretty good. Generally, the stories are very obvious, though. You've worked them out well before the end and there are no surprises.