Wow - that just sucks. Still $16 a month for both is really friggen cheap compared to dish or comcast. I'm sure that they'll wait a year, up it another $10 a month, etc.
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Wow - that just sucks. Still $16 a month for both is really friggen cheap compared to dish or comcast. I'm sure that they'll wait a year, up it another $10 a month, etc.
Mine said $17.99 to stay on my one disk unlimited. But I think that may be because I have the bluray option as well.
There's a follow up to Ip Man and it's also very good, but that movie rooled.Quote:
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A nice little BBC series: Sherlock.
some great recs in here...dunno if its been mentioned already, but Saxondale has been cracking me up
All I can say is that this episode made me angry for some reason. I'm fairly familiar with all of the concepts that were discussed - but I felt like they explained them pretty terribly. I guess that's the risk you take when they try to dumb science down enough for the layman.Quote:
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But in any event - those hypothetical possibilities are fun to think about.
The Extra Man - really a little quirky and simplistic and compelling. Kevin Kline is AWESOME but somehow Katie "Raisinhead" Holmes gets top billing. I have ZERO idea how I never heard of this movie, it's like a prequel to Bored to Death. Also, they shot in Neue Gallery and that's rad.
P.S. the original Taking of Pelham 123 is an awesome time capsule of the early 70s, Walter Mathau is a genius.
Way better than the remake but the book's better than either.Quote:
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netflix 'instaview'....never tried it.
So how long does an "instant download" of a two-hour movie take if you DON'T have 4G??
I figure a two-hour movie is what? Maybe 2.5 gigabytes or more??
Or is it streaming? "instaview" sounds like streaming....but if it's streaming, then that's just like TV and I hate TV. "InstaView" weirdly brings back memories of Pontiac VistaCruisers and those cheap plastic 'ViewMaster' things with the circular slides. I loved those times.
4G seems it would be killer...you can d/l a two-hour movie in maybe 30 seconds (that can't be right!!)...too bad it's almost nowhere, yet.
Patrice O'Neal - Elephant In The Room
Holy shit did I laugh my ass off. Titty Meat.
Rover, it's streaming. Takes a few seconds for my PS3 to buffer up and then I watch it like a DVD via my cable modem.
Air guitar nation. F'n awesome. Funniest documentary this week.
Hobo with a shotgun. F'n violent and skippable for sure. Not recommended.
The producers. Original version. F'n fantastic.
Blade runner. Duh.
Ip man and ip man 2. Great kung Fu.
Sideshow: alive on the inside. Great documentary on people in the sideshows. Really worth a watch. Not what I had expected at all.
Iron monkey. Kungfu retranslated and rescored by Tarantino.
The cabinet of dr. Caligari. Remake of 1921? Silent film. Great story and set.
Kungfu dunk. Very entertaining. Likes of shaolin soccer.
Haunted honeymoon. Great. Gene wilder starred and directed. Gilda Radner starred.
...and more that I can't remember or sucked. I have watched a lot of movies the past week laid up recovering from surgery. Rather be riding my bike.
Mad Men (Season 1-4)
Monsters - Very good low budget sci-fi
Sherlock: Series 1: The Great Game (3 episodes) - Thought this would suck, it did not.
Patton - rewatched after seeing it about 20 years ago.
The Kennedy's - interesting watch as a history buff. Jack was a man-whore.
Thanks for that.Quote:
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Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia.
Hooooleeeee hillbillies batman, with Hank III.
Just watched it this morning. Amazing flick.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gordyman
So, anyhew, I noticed "Downfall"--the source of the famous raging-Hitler internet meme--was available and gave it a watch last night. Great performances, accurate, and really makes you feel like you are witnessing history... All in all a very good flick. About 2.5 hours long, so have some time to kill.
Edit to add: you might want to brush up on some of the bigwigs within the Nazi/Wermacht hierarchy before watching. The film assumes a familiarity with the key players--e.g. Goebles, Speer, Goering--and doesn't really explain in any detail who they are. Probably still very enjoyable going in blind, but really geared toward people who know their history.
Probably already been mentioned in here, but:
Hot Dog is available for streaming.
The Killing. - Kubrick's noir. It's good.
"Bill cunningham new york" was pretty interesting. He is a true NYC original. I have no interest in fashion but this movie kept me.
Party Down.
I just watched the documentary about Dr. Bronner the soap man.
It was pretty cool. The man definitely kept it really real. Seems like he kind of lived the crazy rant on his labels.
God Grew Tired of Us - Great doc on the lost boys of sudan
Pulling John - Doc on the longest undefeated record in professional sports... and its arm wrestling.
Surviving the Cut
Holy shit balls... if you ever think you're tough, this is a quick cure.
Highly recommended for the reason stated above. One of the best homages to grind house cinema of late and highly entertaining.Quote:
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I literally felt bad after watching this. Fuct.Quote:
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I'm sure its been mentioned, but I'm lazy today: "Louie" by Louie CK
Great show. I think being a father helps the funny factor, but great all around.
Worth bumping the link. Thanks for that.Quote:
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We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen: http://movies.netflix.com/WiPlayer?m...&trkid=4468940
H.R. Pufnstuf: The Complete Series: http://movies.netflix.com/Movie/H.R....eries/60033732
Found a cool series if you like delta blues. Real video of bad ass dudes singing and pickin the blues.
Mance Lipscomb and Lightning Hopkins
John Lee Hooker and Furry Lewis
Really cool. There's a few more too with Bukka White and Son House, Gary Davis and Son House, and Lightning Hopkins and Rooesevelt Sykes...
Almost posted in the Padded Room...glad I searched and saved myself a JONGing.
Here are some recs focusing on the low-budget, foreign, and otherwise easy to miss stuff that doesn't always get recommended by Netflix (wish they had a way to share recs with your friends...how come they have no social features on the stie?)
-Red Cliff - Epic historical war drama directed by John Woo, heavy on the martial arts.
-A World Without Thieves (crap, no longer available for streaming). Chinese kung-fu artists/con men try to work a grift on a moving train.
-The Next Three Days - Thriller about a man trying to break his wife out of jail.
-New York, I love You - indy film - a collection of shorts set in NYC
-Bodyguards and Assassins - the Qing Dynasty's imperial kung-fu guard tries to assassinate Sun Yat-sen.
Sukiyaki Western Django - a very odd Western movie by Japanese shock director Takashi Miike.
Raging Phoenix - Thai movie about a group of martial artists who try to break up a slave trafficking ring while fighting Drunken Master style.
Ip Man - Chinese martial artist stands up to the Japanese during their occupation of China.
Micmacs - this is a great movie, but doesn't lend itself to a capsule review. Maybe "man enlists circus freak friends to bust corrupt arms dealers"
Planet B-Boy - breakdancing documentary.
Mongol - The fictionalized early life of Genghis Khan, awesome.
Recently watched recs:
Cave of Forgotten Dreams - Werner Herzog's latest, first film crew ever granted access to France's ancient Chauvet cave.
Pearl Jam Twenty - Sick bio of the band directed by Cameron Crowe.
Page One: Inside the New York Times - Well regarded sundance doc about how the NYT and its reporters are responding to the world no longer giving a fuck about newsprint.
Watching now, good stuff.Quote:
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FYI, I think the Cosmos series just came back as an instant stream.
White Lightnin' - fucked up fictional movie based on Jesco White.
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Watched Cruising last night.
Not sure what to say about it. I love movies about old new york, and this fit the bill. Al Pacino reprises his roll as Serpico but instead infiltrates the gay leather scene. The script is very convoluted. There weren't many awkward moments, me and my gf had a good laugh mostly. I'm just sort of as surprised Pacino made the film, and also that the film got made. With so many weird loose ends, and holes. (insert gay joke there <----) Recommended? Probably not, but it was entertaining. Anyway, I love this thread because it is impossible to find an instant flick now that EVERYTHING is dvd only.
Ah, I washed out the Pacino flick with THE EVIL DEAD. Klatu, Verata, Niktu!
I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned this yet, but David Attenborough's "The Life of Mammals" is awesome.
Haven't paged back much, so perhaps these have been mentioned already. If not:
Breaking Bad: best show on TV, IMHO.
The Good, The Bad and The Weird: Awesome Korean western. Violent, but in a cartoonish way, and pretty hilarious too.
Super Troopers: my personal favorite dumb comedy.
Gotta new tube that streams so my girl signed up for a 1 month trial. We've watched:
Star Trek
Prince Of Persia
The Big Lebowski
Sorcerer's Apprentice
From Paris With Love
Megadeth - One Live Night in Buenos Aires
Downton Abbey
Don't laugh. It's a good show.
I'm ashamed to admit I love it. Who knew soap opera costume porn could be so good? New season kicks off next season on PBS.Quote:
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Senna, the movie about the incredible car racer is out on Netflix instant now. It is awesome.