Netflix recommendations

[MrCurry]

“Misha and the Wolves” - A 90 min doc about a woman with a remarkable story - as a Jewish child she fled Nazis and ended up living amongst a pack of wolves in the wild.

Well worth a watch as there’s certainly a lot more to the story, as becomes clear in the second half of the film. I won’t say too much to avoid spoilage, spoilerage, spillages, giving the game away….

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

It’s been a thing since Girls and is far from being restricted to larger women

I don't know what Girls is.
It may not just restricted to 'large women' (though I am personally struggling to think of an example), but pretty much whenever I see a large woman in a US comedy lately, this appears to be their main character trait.
I don't know if MM writes her own stuff, but she is nearly always like this.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Umbrella Academy is back, 10 eps!

Interesting.
I wonder how this is going to affect my family's current insistence on only watching Stranger Things.

“Misha and the Wolves” - A 90 min doc about a woman with a remarkable story - as a Jewish child she fled Nazis and ended up living amongst a pack of wolves in the wild.

Well worth a watch as there’s certainly a lot more to the story, as becomes clear in the second half of the film. I won’t say too much to avoid spoilage, spoilerage, spillages, giving the game away….

This also sounds good.

 

[belboid]

I don't know what Girls is.
It may not just restricted to 'large women' (though I am personally struggling to think of an example), but pretty much whenever I see a large woman in a US comedy lately, this appears to be their main character trait.
I don't know if MM writes her own stuff, but she is nearly always like this.

Girls, absurdly popular US show with Lena Dunham. For a skinny version of the same thing there was Fleabag.

 

[Chz]

Girls, absurdly popular US show with Lena Dunham. For a skinny version of the same thing there was Fleabag.

Didn't find Fleabag half as annoying as Girls. It crossed the line from "there are no likable characters", which I can deal with, to "I'd have them all put to death if I was King", which I can't.

 

[belboid]

Didn't find Fleabag half as annoying as Girls. It crossed the line from "there are no likable characters", which I can deal with, to "I'd have them all put to death if I was King", which I can't.

Fleabag was shorter, which helped. And it got better in series 2 whereas Girls just got more and more annoying.

 

[Idris2002]

The Martha Mitchell Effect

Martha Mitchell was the joker in the pack among the Ladies who Lunch of early '70s Washington DC. Married to top Nixon henchman John Mitchell, she was famous for her wild use of the telephone, including gabbing to RMN himself on the blower.

Then Watergate hit - and to keep her quiet Nixon and John Mitchell had her detained illegally, drugged illegally, and leaked against in the press.

I liked all the archive footage, and it is almost all (entirely all?) archive footage. It could easily have been forty to sixty minutes longer - the wider context is only sketched in the broadest terms. Not bad, though, in spite of that. A glimpse into a world that has more or less vanished. Nixon was mass murdering scum, but compared to what came after him. . .

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

“Misha and the Wolves” - A 90 min doc about a woman with a remarkable story - as a Jewish child she fled Nazis and ended up living amongst a pack of wolves in the wild.

Well worth a watch as there’s certainly a lot more to the story, as becomes clear in the second half of the film. I won’t say too much to avoid spoilage, spoilerage, spillages, giving the game away….

Are you in a different region or something?
Can't find this on my UK Netflix

 

[MrCurry]

Are you in a different region or something?
Can't find this on my UK Netflix

Oh, apologies. Yes, I’m in Sweden so I naively thought it would be on everyone’s Netflix. Well hopefully it will pop up at some point.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Oh, apologies. Yes, I’m in Sweden so I naively thought it would be on everyone’s Netflix. Well hopefully it will pop up at some point.

Bah. . . .
I'll keep an eye out for it. I think I saw it on a terrestrial channel a while back, or maybe recommended on a you tube channel.

 

[Iona56]

I just watched "spiderhead" on Netflix. It was a bit predictable but watchable all the same.


(Plus it had Chris Hemsworth, eye candy extreme)

 

[Iona56]

I'm at a loose end this weekend so looking for something I can binge in a two day timeline or a couple of good films if anyone has recommendations. I prefer "based on real life" true crime, historical dreams or fantasy stuff not Marvel..
I don't like subtitles or dubbed stuff but other than that I'm open to suggestions

 

[krtek a houby]

I'm at a loose end this weekend so looking for something I can binge in a two day timeline or a couple of good films if anyone has recommendations. I prefer "based on real life" true crime, historical dreams or fantasy stuff not Marvel..
I don't like subtitles or dubbed stuff but other than that I'm open to suggestions

Was going to suggest Dark, until the whole subtitles sadness.

There's an 8 ep series - Unbelievable - with Toni Collette that's based on true crimes, it's gripping but subject matter is heavy going.

 

[Iona56]

Was going to suggest Dark, until the whole subtitles sadness.

There's an 8 ep series - Unbelievable - with Toni Collette that's based on true crimes, it's gripping but subject matter is heavy going.

Thank you krtek, I'll take a look. I don't know why I don't get on with subtitles but I think it's something to do with not being able to enjoy the visual picture because I have to spend time reading the titles. I know I'm missing out on a lot. I want something to take up my solo weekend without taking to bin things after 5 minutes ..I'll report back

 

[krtek a houby]

Thank you krtek, I'll take a look. I don't know why I don't get on with subtitles but I think it's something to do with not being able to enjoy the visual picture because I have to spend time reading the titles. I know I'm missing out on a lot. I want something to take up my solo weekend without taking to bin things after 5 minutes ..I'll report back

There's a sci-fi series that keep banging on about, The OA. No subtitles, and feels otherworldly as it progresses. Hard to describe without selling it short.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

There's a sci-fi series that keep banging on about, The OA. No subtitles, and feels otherworldly as it progresses. Hard to describe without selling it short.

I 'think' I finished that last night. I had better check that I watched the last episode.
Second series was not as good as the first. Dragged in places, and apart from two or three moments I did not feel engaged in the same way.
Plot elements were written as they became convenient and much of it felt too disconnected.
. . . but overall I enjoyed it and enjoyed the mystery.

If 'that bit' was the end, I loved it. . . but would obviously like to know more.

 

[krtek a houby]

I 'think' I finished that last night. I had better check that I watched the last episode.
Second series was not as good as the first. Dragged in places, and apart from two or three moments I did not feel engaged in the same way.
Plot elements were written as they became convenient and much of it felt too disconnected.
. . . but overall I enjoyed it and enjoyed the mystery.

If 'that bit' was the end, I loved it. . . but would obviously like to know more.

Coming from your good self's impeccably high standards, that's high praise indeed.

Would disagree somewhat about 2nd season, mind. It was different, and initially jarring - but dealing with the sci-fi trope of what had happened, think it was meant to feel very removed from the first but still tie in. Loved both seasons, and probably a fave & up there with Fringe and that kind of thing.

 

[Idris2002]

Tried Yukon Experiment - only lasted twenty minutes. Maybe it gets better but it's too "my Dad and me had a great bonding experience", and not enough "bloody hell, the Canadian bush really is a sublime example of natural beauty".

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Coming from your good self's impeccably high standards, that's high praise indeed.

Would disagree somewhat about 2nd season, mind. It was different, and initially jarring - but dealing with the sci-fi trope of what had happened, think it was meant to feel very removed from the first but still tie in. Loved both seasons, and probably a fave & up there with Fringe and that kind of thing.

I think it started to feel a little too 'fantasy' and less 'mysterious unknown science'. I like it when the entire nature of life the universe and everything is questioned, but it started skating too close to fantasy magic. Alan Moore tends to walk these line and cross these genres perfectly in dimension/style and genre crossing stories like Top 10/Smax and Promethea/Tom Strong etc. I'm not sure the OA worked 100% for me.

I also HATED her calling herself OA, and all that Original Angel bullshit, I found that incredibly irritating.

I can imagine it was some proper 'water cooler' material the first time around.

 

[rubbershoes]

I just watched "spiderhead" on Netflix. It was a bit predictable but watchable all the same.


(Plus it had Chris Hemsworth, eye candy extreme)

I'm guessing the glasses he wore, were to show he was a scientist

 

[rubbershoes]

I'm at a loose end this weekend so looking for something I can binge in a two day timeline or a couple of good films if anyone has recommendations. I prefer "based on real life" true crime, historical dreams or fantasy stuff not Marvel..
I don't like subtitles or dubbed stuff but other than that I'm open to suggestions

Safe House is undemanding. Christoper Ecclestone and Paterson Joseph.

There's a drama about fundamentalist Mormons - Keep sweet Pray and Obey if you want to be infuriated

Films - Calibre, I don't feel at home in this world anymore, Uncut gems, Savage

 

[Idris2002]

We watched In the Loop the other night, which I hadn't seen in years, and I don't think Mrs. I. had ever seen. But it's worth watching if it's movies you want.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Spiderhead

Shithead. Avoid.

Fucking hell.
Started out looking like it could be interesting but ended up a massive bag of shite

 

[T & P]

I just watched "spiderhead" on Netflix. It was a bit predictable but watchable all the same.


(Plus it had Chris Hemsworth, eye candy extreme)

I nearly gave up on it about the halfway mark simply because I thought it wasn’t good or entertaining enough, but fwiw I really the rest of it. The plot is predictable but still it turned out to be a rather watchable mindless yet gripping offbeat thriller.

 

[krtek a houby]

I nearly gave up on it about the halfway mark simply because I thought it wasn’t good or entertaining enough, but fwiw I really the rest of it. The plot is predictable but still it turned out to be a rather watchable mindless yet gripping offbeat thriller.

Am intrigued 'cos trailer has Thomas Dolby track

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I think I'm about 20 minutes in and im a but bored.

 

[Part 2]

“Misha and the Wolves” - A 90 min doc about a woman with a remarkable story - as a Jewish child she fled Nazis and ended up living amongst a pack of wolves in the wild.

Well worth a watch as there’s certainly a lot more to the story, as becomes clear in the second half of the film. I won’t say too much to avoid spoilage, spoilerage, spillages, giving the game away….

Just watched this. It's a Storyville production and been on Iplayer for some time but I've passed it over so thanks for highlighting it. Despite doing some of the irritating things such documentaries do currently in editing, camera shots, use of animation etc it's a good story well told.

 

[krtek a houby]

I think I'm about 20 minutes in and im a but bored.

Now am really intrigued

 

[rubbershoes]

Am intrigued 'cos trailer has Thomas Dolby track

Used heavy handedly to emphasise it's all about the science

 

[krtek a houby]

Used heavy handedly to emphasise it's all about the science

Yeah, admittedly, it's not his greatest output