Netflix recommendations

[sojourner]

Thanks, still no-worky - probably a regional restriction as I’m in sweden. I’ll have to investigate whether I can do some proxy magic and make myself appear to be in UK.

Ahhh - I did not know you were there! That will be why then

 

[MrCurry]

Yeah, soz. I didn’t realise how much variation there is in the Netflix catalog based on location. I’d better avoid adding recommendations to this thread in case I piss of folk by recommending stuff which doesn’t show up in UK Netflix.

 

[mango5]

Yeah, soz. I didn’t realise how much variation there is in the Netflix catalog based on location. I’d better avoid adding recommendations to this thread in case I piss of folk by recommending stuff which doesn’t show up in UK Netflix.

Heh, I caused much confusion at home last year while I was staying in Norway and heartily recommending/grumpily not finding various Netflix shows

 

[DexterTCN]

If you're going to use a VPN...get the US Netflix, not the UK one.

 

[moonsi til]

Wasn’t sure what to watch last night & didn’t wavy to get sucked into a big series so I clicked on final 2 episodes of ‘Derry Girls’. Final 2 as I have seen a few on Ch4 but not sure in which order. My partner then came to join & we laughed like drains - my belly was proper wobbling!

so went to ch4 & started S2. Highly recommended.

 

[Schmetterling]

Midnight Diner: Tokyo stories

Guy runs a night cafe, just one thing on the menu, but he'll cook whatever you ask for. Each episode is a story of a different meal from a different customer. Beautifully crafted stories, reminding me of Jim Jarmusch shorts. I'm trying to space them out as there are only ten.

I really enjoyed that too. The 2nd season started on Thursday.

 

[Duncan2]

American Factory.The title is intentionally ironic because the film documents the changed lives of a number of former employees of General Motors who were made redundant and subsequently re-employed on the former GM premises by a Chinese manufacturer of car-windscreens Fuyao.Anyone interested in anti-union discrimination will probably find this interesting.Has to be said that the picture painted of the very likely future reality of work for millions of people is a very depressing one indeed.There is some secret recording involved but the makers of the film seem somehow to have secured the co-operation of Fuyao?

 

[Part 2]

Series 2 of The End of the Fucking World started filming in March

Starts tonight 10pm on channel 4.

2 episodes each night til Thursday.

 

[passenger]

Just watched this I thought it was brilliant. average reviews but what do they know
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The Laundromat (2019) - IMDb

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Black Spot - a French TV series has been a fun watch.

It's about a small town with an unusually high murder rate on the edge of a huge forest...and there might be something nasty lurking in the woods....

 

[krtek a houby]

ReMastered: Tricky Dick Dick & The Man in Black

Cash goes to the White House, a divisive PotUS wants him to play "Welfare Cadillac" and "Okie from Muskogee"...

 

[T & P]

For those with kids or who just like kiddies animation, the brand new (and apparently highly anticipated) Dr Seuss’ Green Eggs and Ham series premiered tonight. Watched a couple of episodes, pretty decent. A few celeb voices as well.

 

[T & P]

Green Eggs and Ham update. It’s rather brilliant. Loving it

 

[DaveCinzano]

Westerplatte, AKA Westerplatte Resists, about a small Polish redoubt at the mouth of the Vistula opposite Danzig Free City holding out against massively superior German forces at the start of the Second World War.

Fairly low key, gritty war drama.

Directed by Stanisław Różewicz in 1967.

 

[dessiato]

Starts tonight 10pm on channel 4.

2 episodes each night til Thursday.

I binge watched it this weekend. It's good.

 

[MrCurry]

I’m sure this will already have been mentioned in this thread, but just want to give a thumbs up to The Staircase, a documentary following the story of a man accused of murdering his wife by pushing her down a staircase. Fascinating, troubling and entertaining way beyond my expectations. The “did he, didn’t he” factor is immense, as the picture seems to change with each episode.

It’s a series which seems to divide opinion, with as many thinking he was innocent as those who think he’s guilty.

 

[Supine]

Not sure how I missed Top Boy but loving it. Steadily ploughing through 3 series at the moment

 

[Spymaster]

Watched The King at the weekend. Good romp, really enjoyed it but of course if you know about Henry V and Agincourt you know how it ends.

We also saw Shaurya which is billed as an Indian remake of A Few Good Men, but is in fact, utter shit. It has rave reviews on IMDB with comments like "masterpiece" and "10/10". These reviews must have been left by the actors mums. It's absolutely dire save for one of two scenes, doesn't make any sense, and is preachy as fuck. Almost worth watching for a laugh.

 

[Spymaster]

I watched The Laundromat last night. Star studded 'comedy' about the Panama Papers affair. It was absolute dog shit. Confusing attempts to explain how money laundering works, Gary Oldman doing a very odd accent and Meryl Streep reprising her role as 'Worlds most overrated actor' from all her previous films. There is a twist chucked in that is obvious, boring and actually completely pointless as it has no bearing on the story at all. We also have to sit through a few minutes of Streep being Streep and getting all political, which she is shit at.

It's only saving grace was that it was only and hour and a half long so it was finished before I managed to get too annoyed by it. Antonio Banderas is ok too.

Just watched this I thought it was brilliant. average reviews but what do they know
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The Laundromat (2019) - IMDb

This one's dividing opinions then. Mrs Spy really liked it although we spotted the "twist" within seconds and can't see how the directors expected to get away with it. I thought bits of it were ok and other bits boring. It also had me adjusting the picture controls during the section with the millionaire black dude until I realised they had made it foggy on purpose. That was a bit wank.

 

[chilango]

Just started We are The Wave. It's an intriguing start.

 

[Reno]

Unbelievable, a mini-series drama investigating a serial rapist and how the police mishandled the case, was pretty good. It’s based on a true case.

 

[Supine]

Unbelievable, a mini-series drama investigating a serial rapist and how the police mishandled the case, was pretty good. It’s based on a true case.

I just watched it for a second time. Probably my favourite show this year.

 

[DexterTCN]

Unbelievable, a mini-series drama investigating a serial rapist and how the police mishandled the case, was pretty good. It’s based on a true case.

Hi

 

[T & P]

Don’t bother with Earthquake Bird. Fails at being a psychological thriller, and the ending’s shite.

 

[mauvais]

Colossal is alright.

 

[T & P]

Colossal is alright.

Weird but I liked it. At least the premise’s got a degree of originality, which goes a long way for me towards appreciating a film.

 

[MrCurry]

The Crown season 3 is now available. I’ve been waiting for this one!

Can’t wait for season 6 featuring Randy Andy’s at Epstein’s mansion.

 

[Me76]

The Crown season 3 is now available. I’ve been waiting for this one!

Can’t wait for season 6 featuring Randy Andy’s at Epstein’s mansion.

has it dropped all at once or are they drip feeding?

 

[DexterTCN]

Colossal is alright.

I thought it was a great little film. Dunno how they got Hathaway in it, she sold the whole thing with her performance.

 

[Reno]

has it dropped all at once or are they drip feeding?

All at once. All the original Netflix series are released for binge viewing, only the series which they buy get released episode by episode after they are transmitted by the tv channel which produced them.