Copper, great series. Out of the Furnace, excellent performances all around, awesome story line.
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Copper, great series. Out of the Furnace, excellent performances all around, awesome story line.
The Grandmaster
Wong Kar Wai’s martial art(s) house take on the life of Ip Man is visually stunning and manages to accomplish everything that Ang Lee failed to do with Crouching Tiger/Hidden Dragon: combine a love quadrangle and insane action into a cohesive whole. Rumor has it that more than 30 minutes were trimmed from the original Asian release, and one feels that a little something is missing from the third act, but overall the look and feel of the film is a well-crafted and updated ode to classic kung fu films; hardcore kung fu fans should be appeased with the action and philosophical asides and laypeople should be fine with the drama and opulent set pieces. Yuen Woo Ping (yes, he of Matrix/Once Upon A Time In China/Iron Monkey/Drunken Master/Fist of Legend fame) contributes some engaging fight choreography which Wai turns into a cinematic ballet of balled fists and lightning feet.
Bunch of PBS's Nova got put up. A lot of those are good.
GRAND PIANO
If you liked the vintage neo-Hitchcockian period of Brian DePalma (Dressed to Kill, Blow Out, Body Double), as well as the visual stylings of Dario Argento (Susperia, Deep Red) then chances are you'll dig this nifty little pot-boiler.
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa was funnier than I would have guessed
"I'm being held at gun point by a pirate. What do you think I'm doing?"Quote:
Originally Posted by dookey67
Some funny lines in this one.
Agreed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phildo_Baggins
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^Art of the steal was pretty funny.
"Polish prison isn't as hilarious as it sounds"
I'm a few episodes in to the BBC show Copper and am enjoying it.
I really enjoyed the Japanese flick, "Battle Royale." Hopefully they still have it on Netflix. It's worth a watch if you don't mind seeing a bunch of high school kids fighting to the death.
^^^are you kidding? Given the blatant rip off by the hunger games it would be unamerican to say you don't like to watch teens kill each other.
Chasing Shackleton - 3 part PBS documentary now on netflix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0iLyozIcd8
We watched Congo the other night and it was great. gripping paddling scenes and we really enjoyed it even though we're not big boaters
Senna
One of the best movies I've ever seen, and I'm not a car/racing guy. Very powerful movie.
I doubt is on Netflix but just watched "Into the Mind"today for the first time. What a great story line around harmony from the mountain tops.
Thanks. I really enjoyed that film.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pegleg
Secrets and Lies is a really solid 6 episode murder/mystery that reminded me of Top of the Lake or The Fall.
I can't believe that Copper was cancelled by the BBC after 2 seasons. I was really digging it.
Bojack Horseman. Takes a couple episodes to get going, and I'd say it's more clever than outright funny, but I really enjoyed the first season. If nothing else, the intro song is really catchy.
Don't know if it's been mentioned yet, but Luther is a kick ass show. It still blows my mind that Stinger Bell is British.
Damn, that was good thanks. Deeper than I expected from an animated seriesQuote:
Originally Posted by bagtagley
The Killing....
Some kickass shit yo!
I rather enjoyed You're Next.
I've not been impressed with most of the sub-genre of "home invasion" films (with, perhaps, the exceptions of Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs and Wes Craven's original Last House on the Left), but for some reason You're Next just worked for me.
I wasn't so much surprised by anything in it, but it has great pacing, the story contains a motive (too many of the newer home invasion films--The Strangers, Ils--have no motive, which I guess is supposed to make them more scary, but honestly it doesn't), and the practical, Old School gore effects kicked ass.
For me it was one of those films that followed all the standard horror movie cliches and yet they were delivered with panache and felt fresh and alive as opposed to redundant. At first I hated all the characters, but then I began to enjoy their annoying traits; in many ways it felt very much like an '80s horror film filled with bad actors, which I am pretty sure was intentional and meant as homage. Additionally, the film had lots of nice twists when it came to basic horror movie archetypes, such as the final girl, etc.
Mcconkey just got added. The Shield is also on there, great cop drama series. The spiritual predecessor to Breaking Bad in a way.
The league season 5 just got added!
RAFI BOMB!!!!!!!
I was just looking for McConkey and am not seeing it available. Damnit.
I've started watching Alphas-I'm 2 episodes in and enjoying it quite a bit.
Trailer Park Boys Season 8!?! after a six year hiatus the shitwagon pulls back into town on Netflix. Time to give the old brain cells some time off.
Can't find either, US? Search suggestions?Quote:
Originally Posted by angrysasquatch
Just checked again, both there. Guess you need Canadian netflix or something? Weird, usually it's the opposite.
Yep. Killer show.Quote:
Originally Posted by jma233
Just started watching Happy Valley last night and it looks good through 1.5 episodes.
Other recs:
Dark Tourist (US movie, psychologically creepy)
Southcliffe (Brit TV, tense, good acting)
The Last Days (French movie, post-apoc/sci-fi)
The Grocer's Son (French movie, humanistic)
Out of the Furnace (US movie, brothers and trouble, Woody Harrelson as psycho meth kingpin)
Appropriate Adult (Brit TV, based on reality)
Beware of Baker (US docu about Ginger Baker)
Collusion (Brit movie about art theft & double-crosses)
Outside the Law (French/Algerian movie, political & humanist)
also the old-ish US movie, The Station Agent, is really good if you've never seen it.
And even though Shia LaBoeuf can't act worth shit, Lawless is a pretty good movie about bootleggers in Virginia hillbilly country. Just suspend your belief that LaBoeuf can convince you he's a Virginia hillbilly, because he can't.
I watched The Master fairly recently, and it wasn't too bad, but not the masterpiece all the PT Anderson fanboys swear it to be. Joaquin Phoenix does a fine job with the physical acting and the emotional complexity of his character, PS Hoffman is memorable, but the story is too obviously a send-up of Dianetics/Scientology and a little too smug.
re Luther, yep. Idris Elba is a great actor. Also the duckfaced redhaired woman who is his nemesis/soulmate, I couldn't get enough of her.
I tried that one, couldn't last 10 minutes. Thought it was amateurish at a level that nearly anyone could muster. I guess it gets better, I'll try it again.Quote:
Originally Posted by splat
Thanks for the recc on Beware of Mr Baker, creaky. It was everything that Ain't in in for my Health about Levon Helm was not.
I too was "meh" about The Master.
You got it. I really liked Beware of Mr Baker, and while watching had a lot of empathy for Baker despite his combative, stubborn, cantankerous behavior. His desire to play what, how, as he wanted was/is admirable. Obiously not a great father, but that's typical of artists to be more into their creative drive than their parental duties.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peruvian
I think The Master is one of those movies you're "supposed to admire" because PT Anderson is believed to be a great genius. He's just lucky to be working in a historical era where most other movie makers are retreading old ground and playing to the lowest common denominator. If he were alive and working in the 1970s, he'd have been dime-a-dozen. He's no Kubrick.
We just started watching this - up to the beginning of season 2, and so far like it a lot. I've read that it gets bad later though. (No spoilers!)Quote:
Originally Posted by Labcabin
Add this to my list above:
Bicycling with Moliere (French movie, comedy)
Swimming Pool (French movie, mystery/slow burn thriller)
Chup, The Killing is a little sluggish in season 2 but keep watching through all seasons. I thought the recently added season 4 was as good as first season.
Still not quite sure exactly where I stand with both of these films, but both have kept me ruminating about them long after seeing them. My initial reaction to both was "that sucked", yet weeks later I found myself still pondering what happened in them. I am of the belief that anything that sticks with you, for better or worse, has some minimal intrinsic value...
Both are psychological dramas, fwiw.
Scenic Route
Crave
AwesomeQuote:
Originally Posted by Obstruction
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Low Winter Sun
The Blacklist
Whore-a-Geddon!Quote:
Originally Posted by Obstruction
Blacklist was slick. Never been a big Spader fan until this.