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Streaming or currently airing TV shows (AKA Netflix thread) (14 Viewers)

Cashback - Very good. Thought it would be strictly a drama, but the soccer match had me in stitches. It only scratched the surface of Time Stoppage, I am curious what happened with the grey hoodie who was in the same freeze as Ben
for me it was all about the nudity. but really, compared to a lot of high budget films, this kicked butt.
 
Not surprisingly, "The Switch" was terrible... worse that the typical Romantic Comedy.

BTW, did we cover decent Romantic Comedies in this thread? My Wife doesn't watch too many movies so I have to watch these things on occasion.

 
Couple of more foreign films worth checking out with good suspense and mystery.

Just another love story

The Hidden Face
The Hidden Face was very good :thumbup: Another good foreign flick I recently watched was Mancora, also enjoyed Fire with Fire, Welcome to the Rileys and Everything Must Go.

A couple I did not like from this past week Whats Eating Gilbert Grape and Killer Elite

 
Not surprisingly, "The Switch" was terrible... worse that the typical Romantic Comedy.BTW, did we cover decent Romantic Comedies in this thread? My Wife doesn't watch too many movies so I have to watch these things on occasion.
I thought Going The Distance was the best romcom Ive seen in awhile. Probably because I dont typically watch them to a degree,, but I thought it was funny yet had a point.
 
Watched Headhunters recently based on comments in this thread. Really enjoyed it. Entertaining from start to finish.

The First Grader was ok and a good one to watch with the wife.

My Way is a Japanese/Korean film during WWII. I really liked the first half but then it just kept dragging on and I was ready for it to end.

I enjoyed the documentary Pelotoro, about the MLB process of signing players in the Dominican Republic.

 
Safety Not Included was just added which I thought was really good.
I think you mean Safety Not Guaranteed. I thought it funny. Worth watching but

the ending was kind of stupid.
In my top 5 movies of 2012 for sure.I watched this last night because of the good reviews in here. You guys let me down. It wasn't funny. The side stories added nothing to the movie because I never felt like I was supposed to care about the 2 supporting characters.

There was no cool payoff with time travel scenes.

Was Kenneth just a liar about his reason to go back?

BOOOOOOO! :thumbdown:

 
Just finished a couple of the British TV shows - awesome stuff. Add votes for:

Luther

Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberpatch)

Just finished Season 1 of Being Human (UK) and am very pleasantly surprised.

 
North Face (08)

This one is a gem.

German. Subtitles.

Griping. Amazing landscape shots. Touching. Slam-dunk.

From IMDB:

"Based on a true story, North Face is a suspenseful adventure film about a competition to climb the most dangerous rock face in the Alps. Set in 1936, as Nazi propaganda urges the nation's Alpinists to conquer the unclimbed north face of the Swiss massif - the Eiger - two reluctant German climbers begin their daring ascent."

8/10. That may even be selling it short.

 
Watched Doomsday Book recently, I enjoyed it quite a bit.

Its a korean film about three short stories that are all good in their own right.

The first is romantic comedy about a zombie outbreak in Seoul. The second is about dystopian future where the world is more or less ran by a corporation that monopolized the robotics industry, the main character plays an engineer called out to a Buddhist temple to run diagnostics on a robot exhibiting odd behavior. And the third is a little girl accidentally causing the apocalypse.

Pretty entertaining.

 
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Any word on this Hemlock Grove show they're pimping? House of Cards was so good it makes me want to give any show they make a shot. Available April 19th. Only actor I recognized in the trailer was the chick who played Jean Gray in all the x-men movies.

 
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Any word on this Hemlock Grove show they're pimping? House of Cards was so good it makes me want to give any show they make a shot. Available April 19th. Only actor I recognized in the trailer was the chick who played Jean Gray in all the x-men movies.
It looks kinda dumb unfortunately. Like something the CW or Fox would try to make.
 
Reykjavik to Rotterdam was a pretty good Nordic film. A former smuggler from Iceland does one more run to earn money for his family.

 
26. Monsieur LazharYear: 2012Director: Philippe FalardeauMonsieur Lazhar presents various lives with seemingly few similarities forced to deal with tragedy in ways that are remarkably and movingly similar. At a French-Canadian school in Montreal, a teacher has just committed suicide in a classroom, traumatizing her highly impressionable and innocent students. Into her place steps Monsieur Lazhar, an Algerian immigrant who is recovering from an unspeakable personal calamity in his own recent past. Such a meeting of two disparate worlds, especially in a classroom setting, has been played out time and time again in film, often in the most clichéd manner. But Monsieur Lazhar is the exception to the rule. The acting is stellar throughout the film, from the one-named Algerian actor Fellag’s subtle and warm portrayal of the title character, to the cast of precocious children who make up his classroom.—Jonah Flicker
Anyone seen this?
 
updated Paste list of 100 best movies on Netflix Instant

So many movies on there I've been meaning to see...
Very cool. I have seen well over half of them and pretty much enjoyed them across the board. Looks like I have some good movie options.
Added:Man on Wire

Waiting for "Superman"

Heavenly Creatures

Gomorrah

Fat Kid Rules the World

The Trip

Holy Motors

In the Loop

Metropolitan

Dead Man

The Kid with a Bike

Monsieur Lazhar

The Bicycle Thief

 
62 :bag: 100. Rango

95. Exit Through the Gift Shop

93. Big Fish

91. American: The Bill Hicks Story

90. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol

88. Sleepwalk With Me

87. Robocop

82. The Adventures of Tintin

80. Meet the Parents

76. The Omen

75. The Trip

74. Clueless

73. Super 8

71. Barton Fink

70. Lars and the Real Girl

66. Snatch

64. In the Loop

63. Blue Valentine

60. A Fish Called Wanda

59. Mullholland Dr.

58. Drive

57. The Nightmare Before Christmas

55. Gandhi

54. Adaptation

53. Metropolitan

52. Brokeback Mountain

51. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

49. Cinema Paradiso

48. The Untouchables

46. Jackie Brown

45. Platoon

42. Planes, Trains and Automobiles

37. Miller’s Crossing

36. Traffic

34. Days of Heaven

33. The Pianist

30. The Conversation —1974

29. Breakfast at Tiffany’s

28. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

27. The Kid With a Bike

25. Trainspotting

23. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

22. Sling Blade

21. Donnie Darko

20. Being John Malkovich

19. Terminator 2: Judgement Day

18. The Thin Blue Line

17. Gosford Park

16. Memento

14. Reservoir Dogs

13. Hugo

12. Bottle Rocket

11. The King’s Speech

10. Raising Arizona

8. Hoop Dreams

7. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

6. True Grit

5. The Apostle

4. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

3. Lost in Translation

2. Manhattan

1. The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di biciclette)

 
62 100. Rango

95. Exit Through the Gift Shop

93. Big Fish

91. American: The Bill Hicks Story

90. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol

88. Sleepwalk With Me

87. Robocop

82. The Adventures of Tintin

80. Meet the Parents

76. The Omen

75. The Trip

74. Clueless

73. Super 8

71. Barton Fink

70. Lars and the Real Girl

66. Snatch

64. In the Loop

63. Blue Valentine

60. A Fish Called Wanda

59. Mullholland Dr.

58. Drive

57. The Nightmare Before Christmas

55. Gandhi

54. Adaptation

53. Metropolitan

52. Brokeback Mountain

51. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

49. Cinema Paradiso

48. The Untouchables

46. Jackie Brown

45. Platoon

42. Planes, Trains and Automobiles

37. Millers Crossing

36. Traffic

34. Days of Heaven

33. The Pianist

30. The Conversation 1974

29. Breakfast at Tiffanys

28. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

27. The Kid With a Bike

25. Trainspotting

23. Ferris Buellers Day Off

22. Sling Blade

21. Donnie Darko

20. Being John Malkovich

19. Terminator 2: Judgement Day

18. The Thin Blue Line

17. Gosford Park

16. Memento

14. Reservoir Dogs

13. Hugo

12. Bottle Rocket

11. The Kings Speech

10. Raising Arizona

8. Hoop Dreams

7. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

6. True Grit

5. The Apostle

4. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

3. Lost in Translation

2. Manhattan

1. The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di biciclette)
No wonder I can never find anything that sounds good.

 
I'm gonna start a thread on this. I'll watch a couple of these flicks per week and see how they rate with a regular person that loves movies.

Apparently a cartoon is gonna be my first effort, huh?

 
I'm gonna start a thread on this. I'll watch a couple of these flicks per week and see how they rate with a regular person that loves movies.

Apparently a cartoon is gonna be my first effort, huh?
Not gonna start now, because I'm drunk and angry...even The Usual Suspects would suffer under the yoke of an angry Homer.

 
I'm gonna start a thread on this. I'll watch a couple of these flicks per week and see how they rate with a regular person that loves movies.

Apparently a cartoon is gonna be my first effort, huh?
The list is a mixed bag. All of them were highly regarded, but there are some weak ones on the list.

 
I'm gonna start a thread on this. I'll watch a couple of these flicks per week and see how they rate with a regular person that loves movies.

Apparently a cartoon is gonna be my first effort, huh?
The list is a mixed bag. All of them were highly regarded, but there are some weak ones on the list.
Yeah but Rango is not one of them.
I was impressed by the CGI in Rango, but it was ugly to look at :shrug:

 
Just finished a couple of the British TV shows - awesome stuff. Add votes for:LutherSherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberpatch)Just finished Season 1 of Being Human (UK) and am very pleasantly surprised.
Being Human is a good guilty pleasure. The US version isn't bad, either. :bag:

 
I'm gonna start a thread on this. I'll watch a couple of these flicks per week and see how they rate with a regular person that loves movies.

Apparently a cartoon is gonna be my first effort, huh?
The list is a mixed bag. All of them were highly regarded, but there are some weak ones on the list.
Yeah but Rango is not one of them.
I was impressed by the CGI in Rango, but it was ugly to look at :shrug:
I am not sure ugly is the correct word but I understand your point of view. I think the CGI was incredibly well done (maybe the best I have seen), the story was creative and the dialogue was witty and engaging. I would say that as an entire production it was beautiful.

I wonder how hard they tried to get Clint to be The Man With No Name.

 
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I'm gonna start a thread on this. I'll watch a couple of these flicks per week and see how they rate with a regular person that loves movies.

Apparently a cartoon is gonna be my first effort, huh?
The list is a mixed bag. All of them were highly regarded, but there are some weak ones on the list.
Yeah but Rango is not one of them.
I was impressed by the CGI in Rango, but it was ugly to look at :shrug:
I am not sure ugly is the correct word but I understand your point of view. I think the CGI was incredibly well done (maybe the best I have seen), the story was creative and the dialogue was witty and engaging. I would say that as an entire production it was beautiful.

I wonder how hard they tried to get Clint to be The Man With No Name.
I know what you mean. People love Rango, so feel free to ignore my minority opinion :yes:

 

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