Netflix recommendations

[souljacker]

I've been watching el chapo. Not a patch on narcos but quite exciting.

 

[pesh]

I lasted about 20 minutes with that new Biggie and Tupac show.
lesson learnt, don't let Netflix set up your sound system.

 

[5t3IIa]

Just finished The Staircase. Quite annoying, if nicely made, doc on Michael Peterson “is he a murderer”. I have lots of comments but they’re all spoilers

 

[krtek a houby]

Watched It.

Quite enjoyed it. Never seen the tv series or read the book. It's a mish-mash of Stand By Me, The Goonies. That kind of vibe. Not hugely scary but great nostalgia vibe.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Watched It.

Quite enjoyed it. Never seen the tv series or read the book. It's a mish-mash of Stand By Me, The Goonies. That kind of vibe. Not hugely scary but great nostalgia vibe.

I went to the cinema to see that and I enjoyed it - probably because I have not seen the TV series or read the book so went with no preconceptions. I thought the kid actors were terrific.

 

[krtek a houby]

I went to the cinema to see that and I enjoyed it - probably because I have not seen the TV series or read the book so went with no preconceptions. I thought the kid actors were terrific.

Yeah, one of the kids was from Stranger Things - another nostalgia joy!

 

[DexterTCN]

Yeah, one of the kids was from Stranger Things - another nostalgia joy!

The girl who plays Bev is currently in the tv show Sharp Objects with Amy Adams.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

The girl who plays Bev is currently in the tv show Sharp Objects with Amy Adams.

What channel is that on? I read the book so would like to see it.

 

[DexterTCN]

What channel is that on? I read the book so would like to see it.

Sky Atlantic

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Sky Atlantic

Ah. I don't have that. Oh well. It will probably turn up somewhere else in time.

 

[The Octagon]

Watched a few episodes of Good Girls (3 'normal' women resort to robbery to raise cash for reasonably realistic reasons, but then go about it in the most inept of ways)

It's weirdly both quite lightweight and blackly humorous so far but I'm enjoying it, the actresses are all entertaining (Mae Whitman the standout so far) and the supporting cast (particularly Matthew Lillard) are good.

Worth a go at least.

 

[kittyP]

Watched a few episodes of Good Girls (3 'normal' women resort to robbery to raise cash for reasonably realistic reasons, but then go about it in the most inept of ways)

It's weirdly both quite lightweight and blackly humorous so far but I'm enjoying it, the actresses are all entertaining (Mae Whitman the standout so far) and the supporting cast (particularly Matthew Lillard) are good.

Worth a go at least.

I really liked it.

 

[girasol]

Watched a few episodes of Good Girls (3 'normal' women resort to robbery to raise cash for reasonably realistic reasons, but then go about it in the most inept of ways)

It's weirdly both quite lightweight and blackly humorous so far but I'm enjoying it, the actresses are all entertaining (Mae Whitman the standout so far) and the supporting cast (particularly Matthew Lillard) are good.

Worth a go at least.

I couldn't get past the first episode... Never felt like going back for more.

 

[T & P]

So has anyone checked out the already infamous Insatiable yet?

 

[hegley]

So has anyone checked out the already infamous Insatiable yet?

Have watched the first 3 episodes, really enjoying it - it's a fast-paced, easy watch; I imagine all the kerfuffle about it hasn't done it any harm at all.

 

[The Octagon]

Tucker & Dale vs Evil

Surprised I missed this when it first came around, I love Horror / Comedy hybrids (Idle Hands, Cabin in the Woods, Evil Dead, etc) and will watch anything with Alan Tudyk in.

Very silly but good fun, loads of quotable bits and managed to do something interesting with the usual 'hot / final girl' stereotype.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Unsolved, the Tupac/Biggie one - kind of alright, but just loads of jumping about between different periods with three main timelines (Tupac and Biggie themselves, then Russell Poole and his original LAPD investigation into the murder of Wallace in 1997, and also the 2006 Kading-led Federal task force) making things needlessly confusing. Half of it is basically a bunch of cops sitting in rooms arguing how some ‘new’ piece of evidence is just some half-baked street rumour being recycled by yet another naughty boy trying to leverage his way out of trouble.

Bokeem Woodbine is very good as Kading's unflappable wingman, Aisha Hinds ditto as Biggie's mum, and Jimmi Simpson is at least committed as increasingly unhinged cop Poole. But it's not in the quality league of Mindhunter or Manhunt: Unabomber, and doesn't reach American Crime Story: The People v OJ Simpson in the enjoyment stakes.

 

[kittyP]

Tucker & Dale vs Evil

Surprised I missed this when it first came around, I love Horror / Comedy hybrids (Idle Hands, Cabin in the Woods, Evil Dead, etc) and will watch anything with Alan Tudyk in.

Very silly but good fun, loads of quotable bits and managed to do something interesting with the usual 'hot / final girl' stereotype.

It passed me by too. Just watched it. Thoroughly enjoyable

 

[rubbershoes]

Ah. I don't have that. Oh well. It will probably turn up somewhere else in time.

Or read the book. It's really good

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Or read the book. It's really good

Yes I read the book which is why I want to see it!

 

[DaveCinzano]

Or read the book. It's really good

Looks like we got ourselves a reader

 

[T & P]

Tucker & Dale vs Evil

Surprised I missed this when it first came around, I love Horror / Comedy hybrids (Idle Hands, Cabin in the Woods, Evil Dead, etc) and will watch anything with Alan Tudyk in.

Very silly but good fun, loads of quotable bits and managed to do something interesting with the usual 'hot / final girl' stereotype.

Thanks for that, watched it las night and very enjoyable it was too.

 

[Jon-of-arc]

Watched Nightcrawler last night. Pretty good. Jake what's his name from Donnie Darko does a pretty decent stab at a creepy sociopath type, talking in an interesting mix of business guru bollocks with a little bit of self help stuff chucked in, in lieu of actually relating to people. I'd avoided it up until now, despite it appearing in my recommendations all the time. Well worth a couple of hours.

Haven't found a series I can get into for a while now, so tryna find some decent movies. Any suggestions for what people might have missed at the cinema, but is on there now?

 

[mod]

I thought calibre was excellent.

 

[Reno]

^ I liked that too, very tense.

 

[dervish]

Watched Dmitri Martin's standup last night, clicked on it for some background noise, really enjoyed it though, very funny, clean absurd humour.

 

[kittyP]

Watched Dmitri Martin's standup last night, clicked on it for some background noise, really enjoyed it though, very funny, clean absurd humour.

Yes I watched his two standup shows that are available on NFs recently.
Really good.
Like a calmer, more gentle Mitch Hedberg

 

[T & P]

The new Matt Groening creation, Disenchantment, is out today. Just finished the first episode. It’s okay. Not great, but perfectly watchable. Unlike The Simpsons or Futurama it seems to be an evolving story throughout the entire series.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Secret City - Anna Torv, Mehki Phfifer, Alan Dale and Huw Higginson star in Australian spy/journalist conspiracy drama. 2 eps in and quite watchable.

4.5/6 eps down and pretty good.

Some right howlers in terms of plot holes and characters doing things that they wouldn't do, though. The useful idiot track is pretty effective though, and the turn to triple cross.

Great use of some solid Aussie character actors - Jacki Weaver, Marcus Graham, Justin Smith, Alex Dimitriades. Dan Wyllie is superb.

 

[8115]

Jon-of-arc was it you asking for films. 20th Century Women is amazing and Loving Vincent is supposed to be good and I think they're both on Netflix now.