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Finally watched Kill List. I watched A Field in England a while back and really enjoyed it. Have to rewatch to appreciate them more fully, but Michael Smiley is just awesome as hell in both, and the director, Ben Wheatley, and his production crew (I guess? Don't really understand how movies are made, but it feels like a lot of the same people were behind the camera) craft a fantastic visual and auditory experience. A lot of aesthetically pleasing shots, mixed in with unsettling scores. Really glad I went into both of them blind.
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X-Ray Pecs posted:Peep Show is hilarious, but it's an incredibly hard show to watch because of how extremely socially awful the two leads are. They have no idea how to react without hurting themselves, but they go through with their dumb schemes anyway. Yeah, I couldn't make it through more than two episodes because of this.
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Mar 4, 2015 07:12
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A sort of preemptive notification if anyone is interested: On March 27th Crackle is supposed to be releasing Dead Rising: Watchtower, a movie based on the game series. I'm sort of cautiously optimistic that it might be fun, but I'm not sure if I'm a fan of Rob Riggle as Frank West. I'd probably have preferred someone like Stephen Dorff, though.
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Mar 4, 2015 08:10
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Also coming out on the 27th: season 9 of Trailer Park Boys. I hope the new season is as good as the last one, which was a bit of a surprise, if I'm being honest. I wasn't really expecting much, but I thought it was pretty drat good.
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Mar 4, 2015 14:02
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Hubbardologist posted:Finally watched Kill List. I watched A Field in England a while back and really enjoyed it. Have to rewatch to appreciate them more fully, but Michael Smiley is just awesome as hell in both, and the director, Ben Wheatley, and his production crew (I guess? Don't really understand how movies are made, but it feels like a lot of the same people were behind the camera) craft a fantastic visual and auditory experience. A lot of aesthetically pleasing shots, mixed in with unsettling scores. Really glad I went into both of them blind. Have you watched Black Mirror? He's really good in that, too. You owe it to yourself to watch Sightseers now, which is the funniest of all of Wheatley's stuff.
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Mar 4, 2015 15:22
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wyoming posted:Yeah, I couldn't make it through more than two episodes because of this. the awkwardness is why it's so funny, for me. I love that show.
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Mar 4, 2015 15:23
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TipsyMc posted:If you like Orange is the New Black, Wentworth is a similar, although less comedic, series from Australia. It's arguably less comedic.
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Mar 4, 2015 15:48
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Last night on Amazon I watched CineD favorite Punishment Park. It's a pseudo documentary from 1971 about an alternate history (though not that alternate) where radical protesters and draft dodgers are rounded up and given prison sentences by civilian tribunals but can defer their sentences to try their luck in a punishment park. It's mad dope yall.
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Mar 4, 2015 16:12
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:Last night on Amazon I watched CineD favorite Punishment Park. It's a pseudo documentary from 1971 about an alternate history (though not that alternate) where radical protesters and draft dodgers are rounded up and given prison sentences by civilian tribunals but can defer their sentences to try their luck in a punishment park. It's mad dope yall. Co-signed, it's the rawest movie I've seen in a long time.
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Mar 4, 2015 16:18
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Thirded. It's full of hatred for how oppressive America and capitalism are, and features fiery performances. It's still incredibly relevant, even though it was made while America was still involved with the Vietnam War. It's a gut-punch of a film.
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Mar 4, 2015 16:27
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TipsyMc posted:If you like Orange is the New Black, Wentworth is a similar, although less comedic, series from Australia. I loved Wentworth, but it is nothing like OitB. Yes they are both about prison life for woman, but they really don't feel anything alike other than the setting.
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Mar 4, 2015 18:53
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I thought OITNB would be funny because Jason Biggs. Was it ever supposed to be a comedy / dramedy?
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Mar 4, 2015 20:07
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Slandible posted:I loved Wentworth, but it is nothing like OitB. Yes they are both about prison life for woman, but they really don't feel anything alike other than the setting. I'm pretty sure there are some early scenes in Orange that are wholesale lifted from Wentworth. I haven't watched Wentworth all the way through but there were enough similarities in that first episode that it caught my eye.
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Mar 4, 2015 20:41
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HBO's streaming service, HBO Now, will be out next month and cost $15 a month, about the same as subscribing to HBO with a cable company.
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Mar 4, 2015 23:41
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GonSmithe posted:HBO's streaming service, HBO Now, will be out next month and cost $15 a month, about the same as subscribing to HBO with a cable company. Badass. That would save me $5 a month. Hopefully the mobile app has Chromecast support at launch.
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Mar 5, 2015 00:15
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stickyfngrdboy posted:looks like Three Days of the Condor was recently added. It's a good conspiracy thriller, overhyped by some and overly criticised by others. It's worth a watch if you've not seen it and you like Robert Redford when he was gorgeous. I'm in the criticism camp, I don't think it aged well. It's a thriller where almost nothing happens. Except he kidnaps a woman and holds her prisoner, and she immediately falls in love with him because Robert Redford. In light of modern thrillers it's incredibly boring. Even non-action thrillers like Argo or Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy are vastly more exciting and intriguing. GonSmithe posted:HBO's streaming service, HBO Now, will be out next month and cost $15 a month, about the same as subscribing to HBO with a cable company. That's cool, I don't have cable but I just binged through seasons 1-4 of Game of Thrones on disc. I might consider $15 a month to see it in real time, if there's enough other content to fill out the price that's not on Amazon Prime (which I already have). Ugh, decisions decisions. But at least it's resembling a la carte cable this way. LloydDobler fucked around with this message at 00:35 on Mar 5, 2015 |
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Mar 5, 2015 00:32
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LloydDobler posted:I'm in the criticism camp, I don't think it aged well. It's a thriller where almost nothing happens. Yeah not a lot goes on but I think it's worth it for Redford's performance. I watched it for the first time in years last night and modern thrillers really have advanced the genre.
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Mar 5, 2015 00:40
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LloydDobler posted:I'm in the criticism camp, I don't think it aged well. It's a thriller where almost nothing happens. Except he kidnaps a woman and holds her prisoner, and she immediately falls in love with him because Robert Redford. It will have every HBO show that has ever aired, every documentary they have made, and whatever current movies are in their rotation.
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Mar 5, 2015 01:36
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gently caress yeah, I can finally rewatch Dream On.
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Mar 5, 2015 02:24
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GonSmithe posted:HBO's streaming service, HBO Now, will be out next month and cost $15 a month, about the same as subscribing to HBO with a cable company. Isn't HBO with cable/satellite $20 everywhere?
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Mar 5, 2015 02:43
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GonSmithe posted:It will have every HBO show that has ever aired, every documentary they have made, and whatever current movies are in their rotation. Oh gently caress..that means my cousin will be watching ARLI$$ non-stop.
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Mar 5, 2015 02:54
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:Oh gently caress..that means my cousin will be watching ARLI$$ non-stop. I think ESPN owns the rights to it now. HBO didn't want that poo poo anymore. Assuming HBO Now will carry the same content as HBO GO, you can see what's going to be in the catalog without a login at the GO site.
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Mar 5, 2015 03:08
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:Oh gently caress..that means my cousin will be watching ARLI$$ non-stop. I thought that loving thing would never end, and now it's back.
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Mar 5, 2015 03:17
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I know this gets asked every other page, but does anyone know a good "is it on Netflix and if so which region" site? canistream.it is either inaccurate or not working properly for me (I'm staring at the Netflix page for A Separation, but it's not listed here at all). Unless anyone knows what's throwing it off for me (maybe that's not up in the US and it only lists US Netflix stuff?)
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Mar 5, 2015 03:47
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Malloreon posted:1. start with season 1, NOT Gods of the Arena (the prequel season). Gods of the Arena has important season 1 spoilers. For what it's worth, you'd have to go out of your way to hit the prequel first. Netflix just treats it as the second season of a four seasons show and orders the episodes as such.
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Mar 5, 2015 03:51
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Allyn posted:I know this gets asked every other page, but does anyone know a good "is it on Netflix and if so which region" site? canistream.it is either inaccurate or not working properly for me (I'm staring at the Netflix page for A Separation, but it's not listed here at all). Unless anyone knows what's throwing it off for me (maybe that's not up in the US and it only lists US Netflix stuff?) It's not available on US Netflix, so I guess that's all canistream.it checks.
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Flight of the Condor rules. (Except for the uncomfortable, shoe-horned in romance - that's an issue.) It's one of those slow-paced, creeping paranoia conspiracy movies they made for a while after watergate. Very seventies, very methodical and deliberate in a way you don't see too often anymore. Not as good as Day of the Jackal, which is even slower and even cooler, but better than the slightly goofy Parallex View.
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Daedra posted:Just finished Peaky Blinders. Really good show and I avoided it for a while just because of the goofy name. Any other TV series on Netflix worth a drat? It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, the best goddamn comedy on Netflix.
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Wilhelm Scream posted:It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, the best goddamn comedy on Netflix. Always Sunny is really good. I've spent a good amount of my recent free time rewatching Always Sunny, and it's a drat funny show about horrible people. It's a more nihilistic Seinfeld; part screwball comedy, part black comedy about assholes loving up the lives of everyone they come into contact with, and never facing any severe consequences. The characters are also really well-drawn, and have solid personalities the writers/actors can play up. The acting is phenomenal, and the characters all fit well into their parts. It's ridiculously entertaining. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HilyOLWzrM
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I'm going to go out on a huge limb and say that The 36th Chamber of Shaolin is totally awesome, even with the absurd 70's kung fu flick dubbing which is the only way I could stream it. Now I'm disappointed I put off watching it for so long. I'm putting on Return to the 36th Chamber next, though I don't have much faith that it will be a brilliant sequel.
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Random Stranger posted:I'm going to go out on a huge limb and say that The 36th Chamber of Shaolin is totally awesome, even with the absurd 70's kung fu flick dubbing which is the only way I could stream it. Now I'm disappointed I put off watching it for so long. 36th Chamber of Shaolin owns. Where is it streaming?
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Mar 5, 2015 05:42
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:36th Chamber of Shaolin owns. Where is it streaming? Hulu Plus has it, and a ton of other martial arts films. I never knew how many until I was poking around this evening, saw 36th Chamber and went, "I really should watch that."
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Mar 5, 2015 05:46
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Is Invincible Armor streaming anywhere? Because that is the best one. Holy poo poo its on YT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTATNiqH_kQ
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X-Ray Pecs posted:Always Sunny is really good. I've spent a good amount of my recent free time rewatching Always Sunny, and it's a drat funny show about horrible people. It's a more nihilistic Seinfeld; part screwball comedy, part black comedy about assholes loving up the lives of everyone they come into contact with, and never facing any severe consequences. The characters are also really well-drawn, and have solid personalities the writers/actors can play up. The acting is phenomenal, and the characters all fit well into their parts. It's ridiculously entertaining. The show is hilarious, but season 1 can be kind of rough. It really kicks into gear in season 2 though. Dennis and Dee go on Welfare is one of the funniest episodes of TV I've ever seen.
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Apparently The X Files is getting removed from Netflix on April 1st, and I'm not done with the fourth season yet 
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Mar 5, 2015 18:08
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MeatwadIsGod posted:Apparently The X Files is getting removed from Netflix on April 1st, and I'm not done with the fourth season yet C'mon man you had like 3 years.
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Mar 5, 2015 18:26
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Blue Ruin is really impressive for a crowd-funded film. I'm not usually a big fan of revenge films, but it plays with some of the tropes in interesting enough ways and the lead performance is great.
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It looks like the new Aziz special hits tonight also that new Tina Fey show. gonna watch the gently caress out of that
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I experienced some kind of binge-watch drought recently and, being mildly desperate, decided to re-watch Prison Break. It's just the best loving thing ever, and very smart about being stupid. The pace is ridiculously frenetic -- there is a cliffhanger at least four times per episode -- to the point where I can't believe none of the characters die from dangerously high blood pressure. These people cannot step on a bug without it loving up their plans and putting them all in mortal danger. If you would like to know what would happen if MacGyver had to break out of prison, this is more or less the show for you. It does dip a bit in season four, but the actors are SO good at what they do that it remains very watchable. Especially T-Bag. But not Micheal Rappaport, who delivers one of the worst recurring performances on a network series I have ever had to endure. Seriously: William Fichtner kills it. Robert Knepper kills it. Make a commitment. Do it.
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MeatwadIsGod posted:Apparently The X Files is getting removed from Netflix on April 1st, and I'm not done with the fourth season yet I'd never seen any of this show until recently, and it turns out it's absolute garbage. I honestly don't understand how it became so popular.
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