Netflix recommendations

[Epona]

Just got around to watching Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - absolutely excellent adaptation.

The film adaptation of another play in the series, Fences, (starring Denzel Washington and Viola Davies) is also on Netflix atm and I would also recommend.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

I'm enjoying The One. I'm even rationing myself to one or two a night rather than binging the whole lot.

I really like the lead character - she's fantastic and dreadful but compelling. Fabulous wardrobe as well.

I hope it doesn't go all sucky in the end.

 

[sparkybird]

Just wanted to say thanks to those who recommended Rocks - really reminded me again how little we might know of others lives outside of immediate friends/family and how and why they might try to hide what's going on. Thought provoking, sad in some ways, excellently acted.

 

[sojourner]

The Mitchells vs The Machines. Mark Kermode reviewed it and we fancied it. Ace animated film about growing up, leaving home, oddball families, love and machines. Funny, heartwarming, leaves a good taste in the mouth.

 

[Epona]

If, like me, you like the Netflix series of Harlan Coben crime/thriller standalone novel adaptations as mini-series, the 3rd one "The Innocent" was released yesterday. I have seen the first episode so far and it is on form, nice and complex and twisty-turny, I like Coben's novels anyway and have enjoyed Netflix's approach to them so far.

They are all standalone but if you are interested they are:

The Stranger (English language)
The Woods (Polish)
The Innocent (Spanish)

and there will be others in future, they are making Stay Close (in English) and Gone for Good (in French).

The English dubbing on The Innocent is pretty decent if for whatever reason you prefer that to subs only, I don't recall what it was like for The Woods but I'll probably go back and watch it again at some point.

 

[Spymaster]

If, like me, you like the Netflix series of Harlan Coben crime/thriller standalone novel adaptations as mini-series, the 3rd one "The Innocent" was released yesterday. I have seen the first episode so far and it is on form, nice and complex and twisty-turny, I like Coben's novels anyway and have enjoyed Netflix's approach to them so far.

They are all standalone but if you are interested they are:

The Stranger (English language)
The Woods (Polish)
The Innocent (Spanish)

and there will be others in future, they are making Stay Close (in English) and Gone for Good (in French).

The dubbing on The Innocent is pretty decent if for whatever reason you prefer that to subs only, I don't recall what it was like for The Woods but I'll probably go back and watch it again at some point.

Good shout. There are also several foreign language HC adaptations on 4OD “Walter Presents”. They’re all good.

 

[LDC]

The Debt was much better than I expected. Plot centres around a Mossad kidnap operation aimed at a death camp doctor, and it's set in 1970s East Berlin and contemporary Israel flipping between the two.

Ah, just looked it up, set in 1965 and the late 1990s.

 

[Spymaster]

The Debt was much better than I expected. Plot centres around a Mossad kidnap operation aimed at a death camp doctor, and it's set in 1970s East Berlin and contemporary Israel flipping between the two.

+ Helen Mirren

 

[Hollis]

Just finished 6 episodes of 'High Score' - Netflix documentary on video games up to the late 90s.. I'm not a gamer, and found it interesting..

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Patience.

How long do I have to wait? I'm into series 2 ep 11 and it's full on soap opera TV

 

[hegley]

How long do I have to wait? I'm into series 2 ep 11 and it's full on soap opera TV

Stick with it for Season 4 alone - definitely no soap opera.

 

[LDC]

Watched the first episode of Dark Earth Rising slightly randomly as I've not heard anything about it and it just caught my eye.

Really excellent, look forward to the rest of it. Both lead female characters are just brilliant, as it John Goodman.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Stick with it for Season 4 alone - definitely no soap opera.

Jesus, that's quite a long warming up period. I don't want to knock cell block H, but I was expecting something a little more gritty and cerebral .

 

[Artaxerxes]

Sisyphus, Korean scifi drama involving time travel shenanigans.

 

[fucthest8]

The Mitchells vs The Machines. Mark Kermode reviewed it and we fancied it. Ace animated film about growing up, leaving home, oddball families, love and machines. Funny, heartwarming, leaves a good taste in the mouth.

I thought it was brilliant - went in knowing stuff all about it and it was so, so creative - and laugh out loud funny in a bunch of places. Yeah, little schmaltzy for a couple of minutes here and there, utterly outweighed by every other part of it. Strongly recommend!!

 

[Chz]

I thought it was brilliant - went in knowing stuff all about it and it was so, so creative - and laugh out loud funny in a bunch of places. Yeah, little schmaltzy for a couple of minutes here and there, utterly outweighed by every other part of it. Strongly recommend!!

The 10 year-old is still cackling about "Dog, Pig, Loaf of Bread" a day later.

 

[fucthest8]

The 10 year-old is still cackling about "Dog, Pig, Loaf of Bread" a day later.

As am I!

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Watching now. My daughter is loving it. Wife too I think.
Do are movie companies like Sony losing money not putting these in cinemas anymore? . . . and with zero advertising so nobody knows it's even coming out, or is a new big budget blockbuster (this is Sony spiderverse quality).

 

[sparkybird]

Just finished 6 episodes of 'High Score' - Netflix documentary on video games up to the late 90s.. I'm not a gamer, and found it interesting..

Thanks Hollis for this recommendation. I needed something non police drama. This is about as far away as you can get! I'm not a video gamer but it's fascinating. And the haircuts
Highly recommend

 

[smmudge]

Watched Rocketman yesterday. Didn't think much of Elton John before we watched it, think a bit less of him now tbh.

 

[T & P]

The Mitchells vs The Machines. Mark Kermode reviewed it and we fancied it. Ace animated film about growing up, leaving home, oddball families, love and machines. Funny, heartwarming, leaves a good taste in the mouth.

I nearly quit it early on because I found the cutaway gags using real world imagery, and in particular the emojis, cat filters etc they saw fit to add on extremely annoying and shit.

I am glad I didn’t because it is actually a great film. I went from ‘I’ll sit it through because the OH is watching it’ to ‘Wow, that was very enjoyable’ by the end.

I really do hope the fucking emojis don’t catch on in kiddies animation fins though- fucking awful and shit.

 

[BristolEcho]

Just finished 6 episodes of 'High Score' - Netflix documentary on video games up to the late 90s.. I'm not a gamer, and found it interesting..

Half way through the first episode and it's pretty good thanks! Maybe it gets to it but how did those people making the enhanced games not get done?

Edit: Okay the very next scene answered this.

 

[spanglechick]

Watched Rocketman yesterday. Didn't think much of Elton John before we watched it, think a bit less of him now tbh.

I watched it today. I thought it was moving and creative. Elton John may well be a bit of a cunt, but it was a better film than Bohemian Rhapsody and Taron Edgerton was fab.

 

[krtek a houby]

Jesus, that's quite a long warming up period. I don't want to knock cell block H, but I was expecting something a little more gritty and cerebral .

It's never going to be Oz. But if you hate it that much, maybe it's not for you.

 

[Epona]

I watched it today. I thought it was moving and creative. Elton John may well be a bit of a cunt, but it was a better film than Bohemian Rhapsody and Taron Edgerton was fab.

We're watching it a bit at a time (not because of the film, but because of life schedules it is sometimes difficult to sit down and watch a whole film together in one go!) Enjoying it so far, hasn't improved my opinion of Elton John any, but it's a good film, it doesn't seem that he is particularly supposed to come across as a sympathetic character and it works to make good viewing anyway.

Taron Edgerton is always fab, did you see him as Eddie the Eagle? That is another great film (Haven't seen it on Netflix mind you) and I liked the silliness of the Kingsman films too.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

It's never going to be Oz. But if you hate it that much, maybe it's not for you.

I didn't like Oz. I preferred cell block H (and this)

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Taron Edgerton is always fab, did you see him as Eddie the Eagle? That is another great film (Haven't seen it on Netflix mind you) and I liked the silliness of the Kingsman films too.

Oh no, is he the Eddie the eagle guy? I liked that (and him in that), I haven't seen the rocket Man yet but a friend on Facebook who was an extra says he was an massive tosser (off set, but did a good turn for the camera).

 

[Epona]

Oh no, is he the Eddie the eagle guy? I liked that (and him in that), I haven't seen the rocket Man yet but a friend on Facebook who was an extra says he was an massive tosser (off set, but did a good turn for the camera).

Ah, lots of actors are tossers apparently, it's probably easier to list the nice ones than the fuckwits Sorry to hear that, but never that surprised by it.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I nearly quit it early on because I found the cutaway gags using real world imagery, and in particular the emojis, cat filters etc they saw fit to add on extremely annoying and shit.

I am glad I didn’t because it is actually a great film. I went from ‘I’ll sit it through because the OH is watching it’ to ‘Wow, that was very enjoyable’ by the end.

I really do hope the fucking emojis don’t catch on in kiddies animation fins though- fucking awful and shit.

I know what you mean. I think I might have even said out loud "one for the kids then" as my daughter was already cracking up.
Visually stunning and stylish climax.
I also liked the tron style soundtrack.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Ah, lots of actors are tossers apparently, it's probably easier to list the nice ones than the fuckwits Sorry to hear that, but never that surprised by it.

Having worked a lot in TV (not film) it may be a little to do with people just being busy? The list of celebs I've met and worked with that are 'lovely' is very very short, but only about as along as the utter shit list. Most are just people, and you can't expect them all to be a delight all the time to everyone. Hard to say without being there, but maybe there is some extra set stress that ruffles them up a bit.
Aren't most people wankers anyway?