Netflix recommendations

[tony.c]

I've watched the first five out of six episodes of the Golden Hour. It's about a Dutch police detective, originally from Afghanistan, who finds that a former childhood friend is in Amsterdam and may be involved in terrorist attacks. It's quite gripping, showing common humanity among ordinary people, while also highlighting racism in the police, some of whom assume the Afghan officer must be involved. Lots of action.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Escaping Twin Flames. Another excellent cult exposé miniseries, looking at the evils of online cult Twin Flames Universe. A very modern day evil, but rooted in the same old shit of preying on vulnerable people's yearning for love and manipulating/abusing them to extract loads of money. Absolute pair of cunts in charge, I wish them nothing but ill.

Awful awful AWFUL people

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Loudermilk is now on Netflix. I'm enjoying it. All three seasons. I'm not drawn to comedy usually, but it's about an alcoholic in recovery, who is also an ex music critic (snob) who is a bit of a shithead, so like me basically.

Its take on recovery is really quite refreshing, and honest without wallowing.

A nice suprise to see Mat Fraser on screen as a cast regular. Not seen him about for years (probably cos he is over there now doing telly and not in Brixton anymore!)

Also been catching up on The Sinner. Season 2 was good, season 3 was up its arse and juvenile bollocks. Just about to start season 4 in the hope it returns to form. Bill Pullman is great in it regardless.

 

[trabuquera]

Months late to the (Korean barbecue) party here but BEEF was a thousand times better, more beautiful and more outrageous than I expected it to be. Also intermittently awful people but amazingly acted, looks stunning and with enough plot momentum to power you through each episode - which are conveniently bite sized at 35mins.

 

[Chilli.s]

Thoroughly enjoyed Mo, thanks for the pointer all

 

[May Kasahara]

Awful awful AWFUL people

Aren't they! Jaw-droppingly cruel.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Aren't they! Jaw-droppingly cruel.

I can't quite believe how twisted it got.

 

[nightowl]

We Are All Dead. South Korean zombies v (mainly) high school students fun.

 

[T & P]

Boy Swallows Universe. Very good so far

Boy Swallows Universe review – Netflix’s Trent Dalton adaptation is one of a kind | Australian television | The Guardian

This seven-part series based on the bestseller is impressive, following a young boy who must navigate 1980s Brisbane’s criminal world

amp.theguardian.com

 

[Silas Loom]

We Are All Dead. South Korean zombies v (mainly) high school students fun.

It drags so much. After a dozen episodes of people in tartan skirts barricading themselves in classrooms, you just want the zombies to prevail fast and bring things to a decent close.

 

[pbsmooth]

Cities of Last Things (film)
"Though it takes a little while for the film to find its footing, this is an ambitious and, finally, also touching new work from Pinoy Sunday director Ho Wi Ding"

I stole that line from Rotten Tomatoes but I think it sums it up nicely. worth sticking with.

 

[Idris2002]

Hubert Butler: Witness to the Future

Butler was basically the Irish Orwell, if you can be Orwell-esque while being an Irish Protestant liberal (and not a sex pest).

He was famous, in 1950s Ireland, for exposing the horrors of wartime Croatia and the mass murder and forced conversion of the Serbs, at a time when the official line was that Holy Catholic Croatia was being oppressed by the villainous Commies. He also wrote about the fate of the French Jews long before it was a popular move.

Just watched this Netflix documentary about him - does the business, even if my companion in tv watching arms was able to give me (libellous) gossip about the various Oirish academic talking heads who wander through the scene.

 

[moonsi til]

Watching ‘Loudermilk’ & ‘Fisk’ both comedies with misanthropic tendencies.

 

[T & P]

Finished The Brothers Sun. ATOMIC SUPLEX I’m happy to report it is nothing less than decent. I think it could have been a couple of episodes shorter, but a 6.5/10 for me. Good blend of comedy, drama and action, and unsurprisingly Michelle Yeoh steals the show.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Finished The Brothers Sun. ATOMIC SUPLEX I’m happy to report it is nothing less than decent. I think it could have been a couple of episodes shorter, but a 6.5/10 for me. Good blend of comedy, drama and action, and unsurprisingly Michelle Yeoh steals the show.

I finished it a couple of days ago. It was OK. Slow in places. I'm not into fights, but if you are, the fights are pretty good.
What I did really like was the ambiguity of 'good' and 'bad'. It would flip flop all over the place and the writing never once gave in to the 'do the right thing' tropes. It left the difficult decisions to the protagonist, who agonised a fair bit, was attracted/torn by weath, family and doing the right thing, but the show didn't make a big meal out of it. I thought that was absolutely great. Very refreshing and realistic. Yes it was a very unrealistic show, but it stuck to the laws of its own universe.
Having said that I'm not hugely interested in a second series. The story has been told.

 

[T & P]

Fancy a silly brainless film of a Sunday afternoon and see that Morbius has just dropped. However critics’ reviews seem to be pretty atrocious (though audiences’ not so bad). Has anyone seen it? It sounds pretty shit even as lowbrow fodder.

 

[Orang Utan]

Fancy a silly brainless film of a Sunday afternoon and see that Morbius has just dropped. However critics’ reviews seem to be pretty atrocious (though audiences’ not so bad). Has anyone seen it? It sounds pretty shit even as lowbrow fodder.

but that's your specialty! Please report back

 

[T & P]

but that's your specialty! Please report back

I’d have thought you must surely still be busy completing Steven Seagal and Nicolas Cage’s film catalogues, but if you’ve finished them already and are looking for more rubbish to watch, sure, I’ll let you know if I watch it.

 

[Kaka Tim]

Fool me once - shite. Jimmy MacGoven (as in cracker, time and more) reckons good drama needs a simple story with intersting charchters - this is the opposite. Its all red herrings, cliched bollocks and nonsense. one epsiode to go so will make myself watch to find out wtf is supposed to be going - but ive long since stopped caring.

 

[T & P]

Gyeongseong Creature is a surprisingly watchable series. Set in Seoul final days of WWII, it is half period drama set about life under the cruelty of the occupying Japanese forces, and half sci-fi monster thriller.

The production values are proper lush. Extremely elaborate sets, wardrobes and general look. And so far the sci-fi monster part of the story is being drip fed, and the monster itself mostly hidden from view. It’s as unlikely a mixed genre a series as I can think, yet it works fine.

 

[Spymaster]

… it is half period drama set about life under the cruelty of the occupying Japanese forces, and half sci-fi monster thriller.

 

[Spymaster]

Fool me once - shite. Jimmy MacGoven (as in cracker, time and more) reckons good drama needs a simple story with intersting charchters - this is the opposite. Its all red herrings, cliched bollocks and nonsense. one epsiode to go so will make myself watch to find out wtf is supposed to be going - but ive long since stopped caring.

This is hyper-shite.

Don't bother watching the last episode.

 

[fucthest8]

Boy Swallows Universe. Very good so far

Boy Swallows Universe review – Netflix’s Trent Dalton adaptation is one of a kind | Australian television | The Guardian

This seven-part series based on the bestseller is impressive, following a young boy who must navigate 1980s Brisbane’s criminal world

amp.theguardian.com

Really enjoying it. It's nonsense, obviously, but I love that sort of thing. Somewhere between Malcolm in the Middle and Mr Inbetween, with some sort of magical realism thrown in. Excellent.

Also, another vote for both Loudermilk and Fisk.

 

[nagapie]

I have watched one episode of Loudermilk. It reminds me of High Fidelity, and that was shit too.
Not sure I should give the second episode a chance.

Still nothing good apart from Mo on Netflix imo.

 

[krtek a houby]

Still nothing good apart from Mo on Netflix imo.

Apologies if already said, but if you like Mo, would recommend Atlanta and Better Call Saul.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I have watched one episode of Loudermilk. It reminds me of High Fidelity, and that was shit too.
Not sure I should give the second episode a chance.

Still nothing good apart from Mo on Netflix imo.

I gave up on loudermilk when it was on prime after a couple of eps. I've started watching it on Netflix, but only because there is fuck all else on.
It's my go to for doing the washing up.

His shit taste in music is tedious. I can't get behind a lot of his rants because he is a massive dick, and not in the loveable anti hero way the show thinks they are depicting him.

Also, the shows depiction of addicts, ex addicts etc seems really off the mark and almost offensive.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Still nothing good apart from Mo on Netflix imimo.

Is 'Uncle' still on Netflix? I'm not sure why, but Mo gave me a slight Uncle vibe.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I watched and enjoyed the film 'Red Rocket.'

 

[nagapie]

Apologies if already said, but if you like Mo, would recommend Atlanta and Better Call Saul.

Thanks, I'm a fan of both.

 

[nagapie]

Is 'Uncle' still on Netflix? I'm not sure why, but Mo gave me a slight Uncle vibe.

Will take a look.