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WentWhere posted:Not documentaries, but 'Severance' and 'The Signal' are both good horror movies. They both have comedy in them, but somehow escape the usual pitfall of the comedic elements totally destroying the horror elements. I especially liked Severance. Looking at the list of what's available now, though, there aren't really very many "I AM ACTUALLY SCARED RIGHT NOW" scary movies on streaming currently. I watched both of these and positively adored them, thank you. I was more partial to The Signal (found it funnier), but both have some great moments of humor. The second act in The Signal is just hilarious. I just noticed that Russell Brand in New York City is on Netflix. If you haven't watched that stand up show yet, it's quite funny.
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NESguerilla posted:I am actually pretty sure it's very loosely based on a true story. I should probably google that before responding though. Not loosely, it's a play-by-play of actual events in which a guy actually pressed the rewind button to go back in time so he could kill some people.
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Every single episode of MacGyver is on there now.
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Dark Kindness posted:Every single episode of MacGyver is on there now. Hell yeah. Here goes my afternoon
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Apr 13, 2011 17:42
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Don't know if it's been mentioned but Last Action Hero is on there. Pretty decent action movie.
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bunnybean posted:I watched both of these and positively adored them, thank you. I was more partial to The Signal (found it funnier), but both have some great moments of humor. The second act in The Signal is just hilarious. Wow, this is great. I love the hell out of Severance, I thought it was a funny as hell movie that was also scary as hell, didn't sacrifice the tension for campy humor, so now I'm anxious to watch The Signal.
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The second act is really the only redeeming quality of The Signal. Some of the first act was okay too, but the ending was kind of dumb and drug out. Still a worthwhile movie to watch though. VVV Blasphemy! Jibo has a new favorite as of 21:18 on Apr 13, 2011 |
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I thought the Joy Division cover was better than the original, so another point in The Signal's favor.
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Jim Henson's "The Storyteller" is on there. Death, get in my sack.
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For some reason I was expecting Sons of Anarchy to be The Wire V2 but it's pretty much a standard issue schlocky cable show with some of the most despicable unlikeable characters ever . That said, I keep watching it for some reason.
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NESguerilla posted:That said, I keep watching it for some reason. Pretty much. Also it's kind of funny to watch Jax as the tough biker dude after he played twink bottomboy in Queer as Folk
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Raskolnikov2089 posted:twink bottomboy Just found my new alias.
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I just finished watching Alien vs. Ninja and it is the craziest movie I have ever seen. It has to be the most ridiculous movie EVER and it is awesome. I highly recommend it. Sure it's a cheesy Japanese b-movie but it is by the far the best one out there. Ever seen a zombie-ninjas-controlled-by-aliens fight scene? It is in this movie. How about a woman ninja pulling an alien fetus out of a man's throat? It is also in this movie. I don't want to spoil the amazing fun of the movie so go watch Alien vs. Ninja on instant Netflix right now.
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Poopelyse posted:Ever seen a zombie-ninjas-controlled-by-aliens fight scene? Oddly enough, those both sound like things you'd see in Meatball Machine, another crazy over-the-top Japanese scifi movie. Sadly it's not in instant queue, so I might as well check out your suggestion too!
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This may have been mentioned but I just found The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (1974) buried deep down there. If you haven't seen it, its a drat good movie. Its an interesting look at how hostage crises went down before Munich and Tehran and we didn't have specialized training for it. Also its mislabeled as being 174 minutes, its actually only 104.
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I have been on a kick of watching lovely monster movies. I watched this one called the Lost Tribe and it has a lot of "homages" to Predator and The Descent, but I found it passable and the monsters were cool and (I thought) scary, which is pretty much all I give a poo poo about in these movies. I also watched The Howling which wasn't quite as good as I was expecting. I watched Session 9 earlier and it was really goddamn boring. I watched a couple others that I can't remember. But yeah, if you like lovely monster movies with well done monsters (as far as make-up and stuff) then I'd recommend The Lost Tribe. I'm watching Dagon now and we'll see how that turns out (about 20 minutes in and I'm about ready to turn it off if something doesn't happen in the next 5).
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mr. mephistopheles posted:I also watched The Howling which wasn't quite as good as I was expecting. Funny, I just watched it last night after noticing it on Netflix. Yeah it wasn't as good as I remembered. Saw it on original release, the effects suffer from being pretty dated but it was fairly good Fangoria state of the art stuff at the time. Lots of nostalgia value for me but it suffered both from the incredibly dated effects and the really flat acting from the principals, particularly main character Dee Wallace who seems to be on some kind of tranquilizer during the whole thing. It has historical interest of being a prominent part of a genre during that period. The main thing I remembered was the early scene where Dee Wallace, the reporter, is meeting with the serial killer Eddie Quist in the peep show movie booth, that's actually well done and scary as all hell, very disturbing. That was the whole reason I watched the film again, and that scene delivered, but the rest of the film... not so much. I had completely forgotten the way the film ended, it came back to me as the ending approached and I had a good laugh. It's interesting how one really well done scene can stay with you over decades, even as you forget the rest of the film. Interesting that John Sayles is the co-writer. IMDB posted:There were times during the making of The Howling (1981) when Robert Picardo (who played serial killer Eddie Quist) was very despondent about the hours he had to spend in makeup. On the Special Edition DVD he remarked: "One day, after spending six and a half hours in the makeup chair I was thinking, trained at Yale, two leading roles on Broadway. My first acting role in California, my face gets melted in a low-budget horror movie. All the crew had to say to that was, "Bob, next time read the script all the way through first!"
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Agreed on the serial killer scene. That was loving intense. But yeah, everything else was really bland for a werewolf movie. Going to watch Werewolf Hunters tonight which I am sure will make The Howling look like the greatest film ever made. Also Dagon sucks don't watch it.
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mr. mephistopheles posted:Also Dagon sucks don't watch it. I disagree. Though it wasn't a particularly deep movie, it was definitely one of the better movies adapted from an H. P. Lovecraft story. The special-effects were pretty dated at times, but it stayed surprisingly close to the original story. Except for that sea princess thing, and the whole ending bit. Still, not as lovely as I thought it would be.
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MrGreenShirt posted:I disagree. Though it wasn't a particularly deep movie, it was definitely one of the better movies adapted from an H. P. Lovecraft story. The special-effects were pretty dated at times, but it stayed surprisingly close to the original story. Except for that sea princess thing, and the whole ending bit. Still, not as lovely as I thought it would be. I don't doubt that it was a faithful adaptation, but it just... doesn't capture the suspense that I imagine is in the novel. Watching the dude get chased by fish cultists for an hour isn't particularly enthralling.
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MrGreenShirt posted:I disagree. Though it wasn't a particularly deep movie, it was definitely one of the better movies adapted from an H. P. Lovecraft story. The special-effects were pretty dated at times, but it stayed surprisingly close to the original story. Except for that sea princess thing, and the whole ending bit. Still, not as lovely as I thought it would be.  Hello Dagon enjoying buddy. Everyone else I know hates Dagon. I wouldn't say I love it or anything, but I really didn't think it was awful and agree with you on pretty much every point.
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So Werewolf Hunter is a decent period piece with crazy production value that I did not expect and it seems like they just saddled it with the title because they thought it would sell more DVDs to people who just want to see CRAZY WEREWOLVES. I am one of the people who just wanted to see CRAZY WEREWOLVES so I got bored, but if you want to see a pretty legit period piece about a serial killer who thinks he is a wolf, its a good movie and the "cover" and name are totally misleading. It reminded me a bit of Brotherhood of the Wolf, without the conspiracy and stylistic action.
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I know Ren and Stimpy was mentioned before in this thread, but I'm not sure if anyone brought up the the Spike TV version (Ren and Stimpy: Adult Cartoon Party or whatever) that is up. It's a straight up adult (not in the porn sense) cartoon and in some ways will ruin your childhood. It's drat weird but fairly entertaining. Also, I noticed today that Shin Chan is up. Yes it's a Japanese cartoon but it is not anime at all and is hosed up and hilarious. The Japanese version relies on darkish humor dealing with (at the time) current events and weird word play. Since it doesn't really translate over to English they pretty much re-write the English version and does a good job of being just as relevant and bizarrely funny. I highly recommend it, especially if you like to get stoned and watch cartoons like I used to.
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Downton Abbey from Masterpiece Theater, loving addictive.
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Recommending the three following documentaries in no particular order: The Street Stops Here: It's the story of Coach Hurley from St. Anthony's HS in Newark, NJ. He's been coaching for 20-30 years, has won over 20 state championships. The story follows the 2008 season from beginning to end while profiling the coach and the school (who is constantly strapped for cash). Comic tragedy comes when the school thinks their financial woes are solved after receiving charitable backing from the CEO of Bear Stearns. 6 of his players from this season went D1 including Tyshawn Taylor of KS. The Pixar Story: Chronicles the career of John Lasseter and his struggle to create 3D movies. Covers his time at school and working at Disney all the way up to the present. Very cool. Features interviews with everyone from Steve Jobs to Michael Eisner to Roy Disney to the "9 Old Men" (original animators at Disney). Unmistaken Child: Tibetan Buddhists believe in Reincarnation - the idea that highly realized Lamas can choose their next birth. When a highly realized Lama dies, prayers and incantations are said, astrological charts are consulted, and clues are taken from their life and letters. Then an expedition sets out to discover the "Unimistaken Reincarnation" of that Lama (usually in the form of one little boy). The boy is tested in several ways including choosing through sets of 3 similar items, one of which belonged to the Lama. This is how the Dalai Lama was discovered. This doc takes place only a few years ago and follows Tenzin Zopa, a buddhist monk who was the Heart Disciple and personal attendant for decades of a recently deceased Lama. After everything is consulted, the Dalai Lama charges Tenzin Zopa with the quest to find his master's unmistaken reincarnation. This documentary follows his journey. A++ would watch several times.
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Just noticed that MicMacs was added to the queue. It's a very entertaining French film from the director of Amelie, Delicatessen, and City of Lost Children, so if you liked any of those films I promise you will enjoy this one. Raskolnikov2089 has a new favorite as of 23:38 on Apr 18, 2011 |
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Raskolnikov2089 posted:Just noticed that <b>MicMacs</b> was added to the queue. +1. It's essentially the Male analogue of Amelie - but even wackier. Great quirky cast. All of this guy's movies are fantastic - especially Delicatessen (which is also streaming!).
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Akira Kurosawa's Dreams. 8 short stories based on dreams exploring man's relationship with nature. Vignette 5 or 6 I think is called "Mt. Fuji in Red" and shows panic surrounding the explosion of six nuclear power plant reactors just behind Mt. Fuji.  Where is Fukushima again?
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Anybody ever seen The Jacket? It's a lot like The Butterfly Effect. The Netflix synopsis is inaccurate, though; he (spoilered for plot details, but does not reveal the ending) doesn't go into the past very much; he primarily visits the future and he's not even choosing to time travel anyway; they're drugging him into it. I really, thoroughly enjoyed it. It's oddly endearing.
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SwellingRebellion posted:Jim Henson's "The Storyteller" is on there. Death, get in my sack. Woah. Rush of memories. Thanks! Which one had that big white lion next to Jim Henson though? I've been on a huge Westerns kick and would like some good recommendations. Best one I've seen lately is Summer Love/Dead Man's Bounty, a recent Polish western. Weird as hell but all the scenes are so well put together I couldn't look away.
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Don't know if this has been posted yet, but The Dark Crystal just popped up on my recommendations. Definitely one of the best Jim Henson movies.
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Not sure if it's been mentioned, but we just watched Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in America. It's a massive (4 hour) epic crime movie, spanning different ages within the lives of a tight group of friends. It's got a great cast, with Robert De Niro and James Woods taking the lead. We rarely watch long movies so we broke it up into a few day's worth of watching. I recommend it for anyone into crime, epic movies, or coming of age stories.
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To anyone who was all excited about the 90's Nickelodeon shows being on instant: It looks like all the Nicktoons are going away on May 22nd. Watch them while you can.
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m0therfux0r posted:I don't think anyone has mentioned it yet, but Parts 1 & 2 of the Mesrine movies (Killer Instinct and Public Enemy #1) are available and are incredibly solid additions to the crime genre. Also, there are quite a few very attractive French women in it as well, if that pushes your interest over the edge. Seconding this. Watched part 1 in theaters with a friend and I kept turning to him, asking "is this for fuckin real??" It is. It all is. It's absolutely surreal.
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The One Percent is pretty great documentary. Basically one of the heirs of Johnson & Johnson uses his money and connections to interview a bunch of wealthy people and ask them questions about the income gap and wealth disparity and in general they're loving clueless or don't care. It's an interesting look into the mind of these people and how they justify what they have and how they react when that is challenged.
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Easy A was just added. It's fluff, but it's amusing and surprisingly well written, and Emma Stone. Mmmm. Anyway, chalk it up on the "wow, I can't believe how much better this movie is than the previews made it out be" list.
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A Nice Boy posted:Easy A was just added. It's fluff, but it's amusing and surprisingly well written, and Emma Stone. Mmmm. Anyway, chalk it up on the "wow, I can't believe how much better this movie is than the previews made it out be" list. Seconding this. It's really well written with some background jokes you don't pick up on the first time through.
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mr. mephistopheles posted:The One Percent is pretty great documentary. Basically one of the heirs of Johnson & Johnson uses his money and connections to interview a bunch of wealthy people and ask them questions about the income gap and wealth disparity and in general they're loving clueless or don't care. It's an interesting look into the mind of these people and how they justify what they have and how they react when that is challenged. If you liked that, you'd probably like Born Rich. Same guy, similar concept discussing lives of young heirs and heiresses.
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SwellingRebellion posted:Jim Henson's "The Storyteller" is on there. Death, get in my sack.
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Miss Fats posted:If you liked that, you'd probably like Born Rich. Same guy, similar concept discussing lives of young heirs and heiresses. Thanks, I'll check it out.
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