Netflix recommendations

[Mrs Miggins]

Actually another thing about that documentary Sugar Kane - I got a very strong sense from the women of how at 14/15 years old, you really just don't know how to deal with the situations they found themselves in. I'm certain I wouldn't have done either. As an adult woman, you are much more able to say "no fuck off! I don't want this" but as such a young person, you have no life experience and no way of being able to frame what is happening and it must have been impossible to even think about standing up to such a rich and powerful man.

Also, how that naivety allows the situation where you would go to the private island and the parties and these marvellous foreign trips thinking that it was all just a wonderful time. You'd just have no understanding of what was really going on.

 

[Aladdin]

Actually another thing about that documentary Sugar Kane - I got a very strong sense from the women of how at 14/15 years old, you really just don't know how to deal with the situatations they found themselves in. I'm certain I wouldn't have done either. As an adult woman, you are much more able to say "no fuck off! I don't want this" but as such a young person, you have no life experience and no way of being able to frame what is happening and it must have been impossible to even think about standing up to such a rich and powerful man.

Also, how that naivety allows the situation where you would go to the private island and the parties and these marvellous foreign trips thinking that it was all just a wonderful time. You'd just have no understanding of what was really going on.

Also what got me was the girls whose lives were so shit that this fucker abusing them was just more shit to put up with and say nothing about.
He sought out damaged young girls knowing they would be more vulnerable and more easily manipulated.
He pretended to be interested in them and promised a future and then used them for his own gratification. It was a manipulative game to him and Gislaine.
Wonder where the fuck that bitch is now? Another person I hope dies screaming in agony.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Also what got me was the girls whose lives were so shit that this fucker abusing them was just more shit to put up with and say nothing about.
He sought out damaged young girls knowing they would be more vulnerable and more easily manipulated.
He pretended to be interested in them and promised a future and then used them for his own gratification. It was a manipulative game to him and Gislaine.
Wonder where the fuck that bitch is now? Another person I hope dies screaming in agony.

Yes that came across so well from the women involved telling their stories.

 

[T & P]

I liked the first two episodes of Snowpiercer (all available atm). For much of the first episode I thought it was going to it a by-the-numbers serialisation of the film, but there is quite a bit of a twist at the end of ep 1 that instantly marks a departure from the film

 

[N_igma]

I loved White Lines and it has nothing to do with the murder mystery aspect, which to be quite honest is nothing special.

The themes it touches on though - abandonment, nostalgia, family relationships, identity, moving on from the past etc. I thought they were delivered with deft and packed an emotional punch which was quite moving for me throughout the series. That couple with the hilarious and cheesy scenes really made this show for me.

Also, big shout out to Nuno Lopes who plays Boxer in the show. That guy is a tremendous actor star of the show here.

 

[not-bono-ever]

got around to watching Look who's back, some time after the buke. its better than i thought it would be

 

[ash]

Doesn't fit the bollocks category but Norsemen is highly entertaining. Have you seen that ash ?

No I will have a look - thanks

 

[Mrs Miggins]

No I will have a look - thanks

I really like it. Hope you do too.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

I loved White Lines and it has nothing to do with the murder mystery aspect, which to be quite honest is nothing special.

The themes it touches on though - abandonment, nostalgia, family relationships, identity, moving on from the past etc. I thought they were delivered with deft and packed an emotional punch which was quite moving for me throughout the series. That couple with the hilarious and cheesy scenes really made this show for me.

Also, big shout out to Nuno Lopes who plays Boxer in the show. That guy is a tremendous actor star of the show here.

Which couple? There were a few!

 

[T & P]

Which couple? There were a few!

Still on episode 6, but the one ‘couple’ that I can’t wash off my mind involves a certain priest-wanking woman and, er, a member of her family who isn’t her husband...

 

[Pickman's model]

Got to admit though until things take a darker turn-Joe Exotic's obsession with the evil Carol Baskin was pretty funny?

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[Steel Icarus]

I liked the first two episodes of Snowpiercer (all available atm). For much of the first episode I thought it was going to it a by-the-numbers serialisation of the film, but there is quite a bit of a twist at the end of ep 1 that instantly marks a departure from the film

I've not seen the film T & P or even heard of it before tonight, but have watched the first two episodes and am thoroughly enjoying it. The two leads are excellent and the story is good.

 

[T & P]

I've not seen the film T & P or even heard of it before tonight, but have watched the first two episodes and am thoroughly enjoying it. The two leads are excellent and the story is good.

The film is (or was) also on Netflix. A bit silly but nonetheless a very entertaining sci-fi action film. You should definitely check it out.

 

[equationgirl]

The 4th season of 13 reasons why is out tomorrow (Friday June 5th).

 

[Spymaster]

I remember watching that ages ago. I thought it was brilliant too

We finished series 2 last night. Almost as good as the first season. Why can’t all cop/mystery shows be that good? I haven’t seen much (any?) Belgian tv before. I’ll look out for more.

 

[1927]

I watched Special Correspondents, a brand new comedy film by the man we all loved to hate, Ricky Gervais. It's got one of the lowest ratings I've seen on Rotten Tomatoes

Someone was mentioning a few posts ago the 'so bad it's good' premise. All I can say is that I was looking for entertaining drivel to watch on a Sunday afternoon, and this did the trick just fine for me. Don't expect much though

Brand new? Its gotta be 5 years old!

 

[BigTom]

Mallrats is on netflix, enjoyable film by Kevin Smith, not as good as Clerks obviously but still a good watch.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

We finished series 2 last night. Almost as good as the first season. Why can’t all cop/mystery shows be that good? I haven’t seen much (any?) Belgian tv before. I’ll look out for more.

Yeah series 2 was good too.

There was a great Belgian show a few years ago called Cordon about an infectious disease outbreak in a Belgian city. I think it was on in that BBC 4 Saturday night foreign drama slot. Wish that was on Netflix as I'd like to watch that again.

Tabula Rasa is quite good as well. That's on Netflix I believe.

Hotel Beau Séjour as well. Not bad. On Netflix.

 

[T & P]

Brand new? Its gotta be 5 years old!

Oh, for some reason I assumed it was recent, never looked at the date. And Gervais's face doesn't seem to change over the years so difficult to tell

 

[8115]

Mallrats is on netflix, enjoyable film by Kevin Smith, not as good as Clerks obviously but still a good watch.

Brilliant, I'll give this a watch tonight.

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

Yeah series 2 was good too.

There was a great Belgian show a few years ago called Cordon about an infectious disease outbreak in a Belgian city. I think it was on in that BBC 4 Saturday night foreign drama slot. Wish that was on Netflix as I'd like to watch that again.

Cordon was very good.

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

Anyone watching Jeffrey Epstein Filthy Rich?

How long has that been on Netflix? Is it fairly new? DoY's permanent retirement from public life has been announced recently, wonder if there's any connection?

Did you see the recent episode of The Good Fight about Jeffrey Epstein, also featuring digs at DoY? Very close to the bone. I'm amazed some of their episodes get past their legal dept, they often go for Trump's jugular too.

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

Just finished Extraction. I thought it was good for what it was. Fast paced load of old nonsense with tons of punch ups and shooting and blowing things up. I'll have forgotten it in about 10 minutes but it's an entertaining enough couple of hours.

I watched that last night, on the basis that I was wanting some mindless nonsense entertainment. It did the job. I felt it was very 'straight to video', but I didn't care.

 

[Aladdin]

How long has that been on Netflix? Is it fairly new? DoY's permanent retirement from public life has been announced recently, wonder if there's any connection?

Did you see the recent episode of The Good Fight about Jeffrey Epstein, also featuring digs at DoY? Very close to the bone. I'm amazed some of their episodes get past their legal dept, they often go for Trump's jugular too.

Came out mid May. I watched the whole lot in one go.
And yes..Trump features as does prince Andrew and Clinton. Although the guy who saw Clinton on Epsteins island said he was there for a meeting and he didnt see him with any of the young women or teenage girls.

 

[N_igma]

Which couple? There were a few!

Ha I actually meant to say ‘coupled’ instead of ‘couple’ as in all those themes coupled with the cheesiness. Although if I had to pick a hilariously bad couple it would be the main character and her husband. At the very start she’s just like hey I’m staying here in Spain for a few weeks and I’m going to jump into a van with a complete stranger to find out who killed my brother and he’s like ‘you go girl’. What the actual fuck lol

 

[T & P]

Orphan- psychological horror film. Doesn’t do any groundbreaking stuff but it is highly effective at what films of that genre are meant to do. The main antagonist character is perfectly twisted and cunningly evil (a superb performance by the actor in question), and there is a twist that I never saw coming in a million years, and I suspect few others might have. Good late night fodder.

 

[cyberfairy]

Wasted an evening watching White Lines- terrible but accidentally kept watching another episode due to laziness. Reminded me of Eldorado.

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

Coffee & Kareem - white cop & black kid teaming up and tangling with bad guys. Lots of foulmouthed wisecracking and some laugh out loud moments. It's silly and entertaining.

 

[BigTom]

The First Purge

Obviously wasn't expecting much from this but was at a loss for something mindless to watch so why not. Actually really close to being a very good film. The story is a good one with a decent amount of tension that lets itself down in the third act. There's a couple of pieces of what I assume was editing to cut time where they seemed to have missed out the resolution to a situation and just skipped ahead to the next bit with the characters. It's not a gore fest/torture porn film either, of course there is blood and brutal murder but it's at the standard level of a violent action/thriller. If you like that kind of thing and are at a loose end, worth a watch.

Spoiler: third act

I get the idea of bringing in the mercenaries, and the people in the church were always going to get killed but it seemed to just become "let's slaughter as many residents as possible" which doesn't seem like the kind of thing that would be in the interests of the people who wanted the first purge to succeed. From the previous films it's clear that non-participants are fair game and get robbed/raped/killed/etc but I don't really think the indiscriminate slaughter of families and children will play very well, whereas purge participants and people out in the streets getting done over works, you're hardly going to win over the middle ground people who don't want to take part in the purge but can be persuaded it's a good thing as it limits violence to one night a year if they think it will mean they really aren't safe on that night. Besides that I think it would have been a better story if you'd had a straight up run around the neighbourhood battle between the gangsters and the mercenaries (for the action part) and the chase of skeletor vs isiah and his sister (for the thriller part) both coming to a climax / face off at the finale

Also a shout out for Outnumbered which hasn't been mentioned on this thread, BBC comedy about a family, with hugh dennis and Claire Skinner as parents of three children, whose parts are semi-improvised. Really good, nice comedy, well worth watching.

 

[MrCurry]

I’ve given up on “Into the Night” halfway thru episode 3. Maybe it was just about to get interesting, I don’t know, but I just thought they took an interesting premise and made garbage from it. The characters seemed more preoccupied with fighting each other than with the rather pressing matter of the sun being poised to kill them all, and there was zero dramatic tension, which should have been quite easy to drum up with the time jeopardy of the sun chasing them across the globe.

Maybe I didn’t give it enough of a chance, but it just seemed to suck.