Netflix Streaming Film Recommendations: Because You Can't Always Play With Yourself

I'm sure there's an ILE and ILF thread that's much like this, but since you can now stream Netflix on PS3, 360, PC and shortly on Wii, there's no reason for us to have to leave ILG or get into film snob arguments.

This is the thread to recommend films that are available for instant streaming on Netflix. Quality and cult recommendations are welcome as well as updates when popular films are suddenly available for streaming. Listing important info (length of film, family appropriate, etc) is encouraged.

I also recommend http://instantwatcher.com/ for updates.

Two to kick this off:

REVANCHE by Götz Spielmann - Amazing film, does great things with light and in tripping up your expectations. All show and no tell. A little over two hours but by the time you hit 60 minutes in, I think you'll be completely hooked. NB: Not a good film for watching with lil' kids or grandmas; there's a ton o' fuckin'.

ASTRO BOY - The complete original series is available! I shouldn't have to sell this but if you're unfamiliar: trippy animation, loopy stories, great character design, absurdist translation and voices. At twenty minutes a pop and fifty available episodes, it's a great one-a-day short or a good thing to catch a bit of while you rest from marathon play sessions.

I have my stuff here:JJJUSTEN MAKES ONE SENTENCIRIFIC REVIEWS OF ALL THE CRAP THAT HE WATCHES LATE AT NIGHT ON NETFLIX STREAMING XBOX SOMETHING WHY BECAUSE HE BORED ALSO BECAUSE

can I convince you to xpost here?

I started watching old 30 Rock episodes this way and can I just say A++++ Netflix, would stream again

Gonna stream a bunch of MST3K the next time my wife allows me to monopolize the TV

streaming Miami Vice as i was prompted by this thread dudes: let's write stuff abt MIAMI VICE, the TV show

30 rock here too, never was a fan before.

have started adding things to my dvd queue just so they come up on instant when available.

hi dere: 'the guild' is on there if you haven't seen it. you should check it out during server maintenance.

forks i could xpost them here but that feels a little "LOOK AT ME!" to me, so i'll prob just keep posting them there and comment here if they are particularly noteworthy or to yell at anyone who big ups nick and noras infinite playlist

I've seen the first 2 seasons of The Guild and 2 episodes from the 3rd; keep meaning to go back and finish that off so thx for the tip!

can people also do this w/ non american equivilants? was super hyped to see a bunch of Bergman streaming for lovefilm subscribers incl. wild strawberries, 7th seal and through a glass darkly. also infernal affairs trilogy.

also I have never seen a movie more touching and honest than "Nick and Nora's oh okay I can't even pretend like I've either seen or give two shits about that movie in the name of giving John an aneurysm

hahaha

I watch at least 1 or 2 rockford files episodes every week because my gf loves it. Of course she falls asleep about 5 minutes into every episode but its not a bad use of time.

The live action Tick is available on streaming netflix and it is AWESOME

Slapshot
Newsradio seasons 1-3 (they need to add 4 and 5)

some other cool ones I have seen on instant:
Primer - indie time travel, more of a mindfuck then
Timecrimes - indie foreign time travel
The Experiment - social experiment type ala stanley milgram
Tell No One - solid mystery/thriller - foreign

The live action Tick is available on streaming netflix and it is AWESOME

wait omg

party down

I should ruin my childhood and see if any of the terrible shows I loved as a youngster are available (Manimal, Automan, Misfits of Science)

i will also rep for severance, which is prob my favorite horror-comedy of the last decade. NOTE: there is a reason horror is the first thing in that description, this is not shaun of the dead type fare, NOT FOR KIDS or peeps that arent down with some fairly gruesome moments

also WARNING: BRITISH

I watched Revanche the other day due to a friend's recommendation. Wasn't particularly impressed with it. I appreciate the unadorned quietness of it, but it seems the film desperately hopes this GRAVITAS will cover up the fact that the story's kind of fucking dumb and unconvincing. Also the back end of the film's pretty much "well this thing's just writing itself!" kind of predictable. Wasn't diggin' it.

the IT crowd

heard bad things about severance but then saw a trailer and I was like this looks goofy and a little creepy and okay

love the IT crowd!

+1 for Primer (great mindfuck/puzzle movie, totally underlooked despite winning Sundance that year!) and TimeCrimes (how many good horror/time travel movies have you seen?). Severance was fun, too.

I really liked IT Crowd but it's kind of a grower and you need to accept that cheesy laugh track/live audience humor of ye olde sitcom mixed with lots of internet/geek references, down to the very densely packed set. I was amused that for one of the characters is always reading Love and Rockets throughout the show, though it's never mentioned explicitly.

I've been trying to get through Party Down, if for the sheer fact they seemed to employ everybody who was ever on Veronica Mars, but it feels like a slower, badly directed Curb Your Enthusiasm-type show. Good acting, though.

Enjoyed Jekyll, too. Oh, and Dexter's on streaming, too!

okay this is like the first time I've encountered ppl in the context of ILX who have said positive things about The IT Crowd

I should post exclusively to this board

i've been destroying the on demand recently. gonna pick out some good stuff for y'all in a bit.

Things I just watched recently that I recommend:

Encounters at the End of the World - brilliant Herzog doc
Mitchell and Webb Look: Ssn 1 - nonstop fun, y'all britishers need to let these guys come to america
Humpday - really pleasantly surprised; this is a pretty damn good film!
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog - worth a peek and short
Mongol - not much of a plot, but sumptuous visuals in HD
Two Days in April - the story of five players entering the NFL Draft
Pucker Up - whistling documentary
Second Skin - kinda fair to middling MMORPG doc, occasionally dumb as hell
Masters of Horror: Joe Dante: Homecoming - consistently dumb as hell but funny
Love is the Devil - really really good biopic about Francis Bacon with Derek Jacobi and 007
Knife in the Water - great intro to Polanski, go watch this IMMEDIATELY if you haven't already... i think this was my fourth viewing
Baghead - kinda okay comedy/horror/buddy films
Tyson - amazing character study
Louis C.K.: Chewed Up - dude is a funny guy
Gomorrah - astonishing gangster film, crazy naturalistic and immersive
The Shield Around the K - label doc
Follow That Bird - good for nostalgia and larfs and cameos
The Order of Myths - mixed feelings but worth watching doc about Mobile's Mardi Gras from black/white community perspectives

Timecrimes isn't available instantly...?

it will be

IT Crowd is fantastic, especially the second and third "series"

Stuff I rated highly on that other thread without rambling descriptions attached:

Shrooms (horror)
Baghead (indie comedy w/just the slightest tinge of horror)
deadgirl (amazing but a rough unpleasant ride, prob check out what i said about it on the other thread before proceeding)
fall from grace (Westboro Baptist/Fred Phelps doc)
The Perfect Witness (serial killer thriller but not in any way that you would expect)

Cool shit I've watched recently:

Branded to Kill: off the wall 60's Yakuza pop-noir type thing. kind of incomprehensible at times, but very stylish and fun. first Suzuki film i've seen. Tokyo Drifter is also on demand. will look into that.

Planet of the Apes: first time seeing it. much better than i had anticipated, though the the "twist" if you can call it that dawns on the viewer much earlier than it does to Heston's character. also, this film kind of runs off of frustrating the audience most of the time which is kind of funny.

Antichrist: i don't know. i'm kind of a sucker for this arthouse horror stuff. Von Trier nakedly grappling (uh, no pun) with his themes here. absolutely stunning to look at. feels like it's going to be some sort of classic down the line. well, in the way something like IRREVERSIBLE is a classic i guess.

Virgin Spring: knowing Bergman and the Last House on the Left, this was kind of exactly what i expected it to be. very much tied to its story and less of Bergman directly gettin' all existential. though there is at least one short, anguished GOD'S SILENCE monologue. not his best or most interesting, but a solid Bergmanized version of the tale.

Tarkovsky's Solaris: second time seeing this. really love it. beautiful and devastating, not as dull as i remember. the extended driving sequence near the beginning is a favorite. so eery and hypnotic. this is a movie that i should own.

Playtime: took me a while to get into this, but once i did it was a blast. apt title, the entire thing's essentially a game. spot the gag. seems like something you could watch a dozen times and consistently catch something new. the restaurant segment is fucking all time. i read there's a nice 70mm (what else, i guess) print of this coming around here sometime soon. will go.

The Vanishing: really excellent, Dutch Hitchock-esque "thriller". thoroughly engrossing with a strong, sad emotional drive. not entirely sold on the ending, but i don't think it diminishes the film.

Wendy and Lucy: kind of avoided this for a while due to its LOLindie appearance. that was a mistake. this is a really beautiful, quiet, heartbreaking little film. oddly haunting. watched it twice in two days. i dug Old Joy, but i enjoyed this even more. will be following this Kelly Reichardt.

Duck Soup: i'd seen some of this in film class, but this was my first time all the way through. totally loved it. some genuinely cutting, ballsy satire in this thing. and what a brilliant ending! prompted me to throw a bunch of Marx bros. stuff in my queue.

Pierrot Le Fou: i've seen plenty of Godard, but this was probably his most thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining. would probably be the film i'd recommend to people who are looking for a way into his work.

Encounters at the End of the World: wonderful, top-tier Herzog doc imo. alternately hysterical and poignant. i saw this a little stoned, so that might have influenced my opinion. i want to see it again.

i will also def second Dr. Horrible, although i didnt know it was streaming available (Dan if you have not seen this you really should pretty much immediately)

Shield Around the K was alright, did not like homecoming at all.

Mitchell and Webb look is great but the repeat sketches start to get painfully samey

if The Signal is still available i thought that was awesome too.

btw, three MUST SEE cult films from Japan:
The Machine Girl
Big Man Japan
Ichi the Killer

You'd be hard pressed to have a more fun weekend that that.

Also, don't neglect 'Let the Right One In' if you haven't seen it!

haha some of these recommendations! ichi the killer! antichrist has these incredibly well-crafted imgs but its p much loathsome

the amount of awesome criterion material on instant watch is really O_O

what's wrong with ichi?
tbf it's the least interesting of those three, but what you got against Miike?

whoa wait Ichi the Killer is streaming?

re: criterion YES YES YES, i just noticed that "M" is on there and got all giddy because thats one i havent gotten to yet

oh and since this is ILG if you want to suffer through the Uwe Boll adaptation of POSTAL its on there

which Uwe Boll movie was supposed to be good?

forks its a p fucked up movie! just thought it was a lol recommendation w/o giving any context

Yeah, over the last 4 of 5 months Criterion has suddenly been putting tons and tons of stuff on, it's awesome.

Gotta agree about Ichi/Antichrist not exactly being kosher recs, lol. I had to turn off Ichi after 15 minutes!

But I'm the kind of guy who would tell you to watch The Boss of It All instead.

dan have you noticed yet that a bunch of the tom baker dr. who is on there?

another one if you dig docs, The Rape of Europa, which is about people attempting to reclaim their families artwork from museums after it was stolen by the nazis - one of the best docs ive seen in the last few years

oh also season one of dexter, killer klowns from outer space, millers crossing

Okay so here's the list of Criterion films I know of that are available for instant streaming on netflix; it's awful close to a complete list.
Not all of these are great films (some I don't even like) but they're pretty much ALL worth watching. Get through this and you've basically done a year or two at film school.

400 Blows
49th Parallel
8 1/2
A Nos Amours
A Nous La Liberte
A Woman Is a Woman
Alexander Nevsky
Amarcord
Au Revoir Les Enfants
Ballad of a Soldier
Beauty and the Beast (Cocteau)
Bed and Board
Black Narcissus
Black Orpheus
Blood of Dracula (Warhol)
Boudou
Branded to Kill
Brief encounter
Burden of Dreams
Carnival of Souls
Che
Children of Paradise
Cleo from 5 to 7
Closely Watched Trains
Cria Cuervos
Diabolique
Do the Right Thing
Elevator to the Gallows
Europa
Eyes Without a Face
Fanny and Alexander
For All Mankind
General Idi Amin Dada
Gomorrah
Grand Illusion
Great Expectations
Green for Danger
Grey Gardens
Harlan County USA
Hearts and Minds
High and Low
Hoop Dreams
Hopscotch
I Vitelloni
Ikiru
In the Mood for Love
Indiscretion of the American WIfe
Ivan the Terrible
Jules and Jim
Knife in the Water
La Bete Humaine
La Jetee
La Strada
Laurence Olivier's Hamlet
Laurence Olivier's Henry V
L'Avventura
Le Cercle Rouge
Le Corbeau
Lord of the Flies
M. Hulot's Holiday
Mala Noche
Man Bites Dog
Metropolitan
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Missing.
Mon Oncle
Mr. Arkadin: The Confidential Report
Murderous Maids
My Man Godfrey
Oliver Twist
Onibaba
Overlord
Pandora's Box
Peeping Tom
Pickpocket
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Pierrot Le Fou
Playtime
Rashomon
Ratcatcher
Revanche
Richard III
Rome Open City
Samurai Rebellion
Sanjuro
Sans Soleil
Shoot the Piano Player
Sisters
Slacker
Smiles of a Summer Night
Solaris
Solo Con tu Pareja
Summer Hours
Summertime
THe 39 Steps
The Battle of Algiers
The Bicycle Thief
The Earrings of Madame de...
The Emperor Jones
The Hidden Fortrress
The Lady Eve
The Lady Vanishes
The Last Temptation of Christ
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
The Marriage of Maria Braun
The Most Dangerous Game
The Passion of Joan of Arc
The Red Balloon
The Red Shoes
The Rules of the Game
The Ruling Class
The Seven Samurai
The Seventh Seal
The Spirit of The Beehive
The Third Man
The Vanishing
The Virgin Spring
The Wages of Fear
Thieves' Highway
This Sporting Life
Tokyo Drifter
Tokyo Story
Tout Va Bien
Ugetsu
Umberto D
Unfaithfully Yours
Vampyr
Veronika Voss
Walkabout
White Mane
Wild Strawberries
Wings of Desire
Yojimbo
Z

oh and one more and then i'll stop babbling here, all the seasons of Wire In the Blood are up there, and it is by far my most loved tv show that no one else cares about at all (really more of a sequential movie-length thing about a psychologist working on super weird murder cases, its absolutely brilliantly written, acted and shot.)

I have watched both Cocaine Cowboys documentaries roughly 1243796386987162387465192634 times each since they became streamable. also the IT Crowd is very much not the best show but I've watched every streaming episode at least twice so w/e.

Playtime is an amazing movie but is really one of those movies you should see in the highest quality possible (ie not streaming digitally) - there's so much stuff going on that you really need to be able to see it.

I tried to watch Wire in the Blood and thought it was pretty bad, sorry.

n/a, i'm able to watch most of my streaming stuff in HD or damned close to it!

gonna try wire in the blood

its ok, like i said no one else seems to give a shit about it other than me, so idk xpost to n/a

I feel like even the HD streaming stuff isn't really the same quality as even a regular DVD. I'm not really snobby about this usually, I just think it's important for Playtime. Really though, the theater is the best place to see Playtime, if possible.

I ain't arguing; tati is all about nuance

fyi election and triad election are both on instant watch

The time windows seem to be getting more prevalent on instant as their library gets bigger.

Louis C.K.: Chewed Up - dude is a funny guy

did the picture cropping seem totally fucked up in this on instant?

I've had a couple instant films get screwed up through xbox live but work fine on the web.

yeah, louis WAS fucked up in aspect; maybe it's fixable?

another one i hit like that was blink w/ madeline stowe. she plays a blind woman but the movie has no sound! so confusing.

will anyone rep for trailer park boys?

xxxxxxxpost

one of the best moviegoing experiences I ever had in my life was when I went to go see the 70mm print of Playtime at the Egyptian Theater a couple of years ago. plus it was the English dub, which I would ordinarily find offensively shitty but w/ Playtime it was incredibly liberating being able to let my eyes wander all over all that screen space picking out details. oh, and for some reason there were a bunch of kids in the theater too and it TOTALLY worked; they went into the same shell-shocked awe that all the wine-sipping turtleneck-wearing cineastes as soon as it started. A++++++++++++++++ would see again.

fyi election and triad election are both on instant watch

I've been streaming Spartcus: Blood and Sand. Hilarious.

I also watch a lot of Xena.

okay this is like the first time I've encountered ppl in the context of ILX who have said positive things about The IT Crowd

so wrong dan, read the I.T. crowd thread.

Is spartacus worth watching?

Uh, it's pretty bad actually. Guilty pleasure that occasionally is almost good.

Like a lower budget 300 with more blood and breasts.

But it has Xena in it!

And she shows her boobs!

I tried the pilot. Appreciated the trashiness, but it was just way too slow. Nudity yay, 300 effects zzz.

A couple of quick things:

YES I've seen Dr Horrible, it's fucking awesome

I started watching Baker's Key to Time season a few weeks ago and it's kind of terrifying how well those stories hold up

BRITAIN HATES YOU ALL AND SO DO I

also wait, Spartacus has Xena boobs?

okay that didn't come out the way I intended

from what I've heard about the show, you're better off just finding the clips on Huffington Post or wherever.

wait, Huffington Post has Xena boobs?

yeah pretty sure they had some NSFW clips right after the first boob episode aired.

Newly Available Today Alert:
BRONSON

also somewhat related: just met with one of my new co-workers for lunch yesterday and she mentioned that she was an actress and suggested that I check her out on IMDB, which I did... turns out she did a large speaking role in a film with Vera Farmiga that is available for streaming, so I think I'll be watching that too.

Newly Available Today Alert:
BRONSON

― forksclovetofu, Friday, March 12, 2010 4:28 PM (25 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yep,in the queue as of this morning

pretty much all of Rescue Me is up as well.

Boot Camp - about a tough love camp for troubled teens. has Mila Kunis. has that russian guy from prison break who's accent changes every scene. has Mila Kunis. pleasantly surprised (expected a 2/10, this is maybe a 4.5/10.) it was smart enough to raise a couple interesting questions about such camps, but nowhere near smart enough to answer them. has Mila Kunis.

DEAD SNOW

A group of Norwegian friends get the scariest history lesson of their lives during a weekend getaway to the snowy town of Øksfjord, where the party is interrupted by throngs of Nazi zombies who once occupied the area. Armed with a machine-gun-equipped snowmobile, the gang fights for survival in director Tommy Wirkola's quirky horror, shot on location in the mountains of Norway. The film had its U.S. premiere at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.

nazombies

ThanksKilling is still available.

Gogol Bordello and Dark Funeral concert movies available
Pretty much all of Showtime's Weeds.
And the new woody allen: whatever works

this is not a video game thread and I object to it always being in the top of new answers fwiw

it's here since every this-gen game system has the added bonus of offering netflix streaming and because most folks I know use their systems as movie boxes about 40-60% of the times they use them.
Anyone else against this thread being here? We can move it to ILE if there's enough unhappiness about it.

Leave it here.

antexit's just ornery because us canadians can't have nice things

the price of socialism is eternally having to rent physical copies of movies

yeah but you fuckers have socialized health care

yeah but think of how bored they will be with nothing to watch in their hospital rooms while they recuperate for free

it's called curling, douchebags. on tv 14 hrs/day

"curling douchebags" is a sit-com or a soap?

lovefilm have streaming movies in uk. its not very good tho (flash, no buffering on pause, choice of 3000)

does Netflix buffer on pause? hasn't seemed to help me (on PS3).

On the Mac/PC it does, though not all the way, just a few minutes forward.

curling douchebags is a reality show, forks. cross btw Shear Genius and Jersey Shore. very popular up here

^^would watch. bring it 2 america

needs more hipster puppies

SHERMAN'S MARCH - _really_ long 1986 documentary about a guy moving from relationship to relationship in the South, following the march of Sherman (which he's ostensibly being paid by the NEA to make a film about). Notable for the ahead of its times style, some remarkably inciteful camera work, the characters he spends time with and the wild time capsule of early '80's america.
not for people who can't handle emo attitude, self-obsession or 2 1/2 hour films where virtually nothing happens.

That doc sort of sucked. But still I watch Ross McElwee docs even though he talks about the same shit all the time. You wish he would just get over himself and his boring ass issues.

I prob like bright leaves the best.

Who's Harry Crumb

wish I had listened to my cousin's reco when I was 11. This movie is hilarious! Well, except for the O_o stereotype bits.

Maybe I should say that I hate myself after watching and mildly enjoying his long ass docs about his womens and dad issues.

Jeff, does he just do this same movie over and over? My first exposure to this cat.

Essentially, yes. He even uses the same footage over. Like the scene with his sister and him in the boat is used again.

Bright Leaves is interesting though, he talks about his familys history in creating the big tobacco industry.

Check out 'Street Thief' - good Chicago crime movie

I just finally subscribed to Netflix and set this up (on the 360). Sort of feels life changing (LOL). A little browsing and I already have 33 things in my instant queue and seven in the DVD queue - overwhelming. Was surprised with how easy it was to set up and how great it worked (HD picture quality pretty much equal to what I get via Time Warner Cable).

I didn't see it mentioned in the recommendations above, but I noticed the first five seasons of Saturday Night Live are available for instant viewing.

Out of curiosity, does Netflix actually have HD streaming? I heard that they did, but I'm guessing it's only available on specific movies. The standard DVD-quality stuff still looks good, but I was wondering if there are 720 or 1080-quality examples?

good luck Jeff; you get lost down the rabbit hole pretty quick.

it's movie specific and they'll mention if it's available. Try 'The Orphanage', it's pretty lush. When it's on and you can get a good connection the picture is excellent. 'Bronson' was clean as I could ask for.

er "the HD is movie specific"

Hmm, don't see that on the Mac here. Maybe it's only mentioned on the TV players.

I really recommend building up your queue online instead of through the 360 interface. Much faster and easier.

Sort of feels life changing (LOL).

it really kinda is tho

I love Sherman's March, though it's the only one of dude's films I've seen. I've had Bright Leaves on my Play It Now queue for months but haven't been motivated to watch it.

I've heard that his other films are fairly annoying, but I loved SM a lot so I'd like to decide for myself.

$9.99 and Julie and Julia just out.

h8 all u yankees

For whoever it was that enjoyed the Seijun Suzuki films, like Branded to Kill or Tokyo Drifter, I highly recommend the slightly less well known Pale Flower (dir. Masashiro Shinoda), which is also available for streaming. It's a slightly more coherent, but equally stylized Yakuza film.

i highly recommend THE DARK CRYSTAL

waco: the rules of engagement is pretty ill

psyched for Sherman's March 2

http://www.amazon.com/History-Channel-Presents-Shermans-March/dp/B000T28PFQ

Holy crap, they added a lot of Fox TV shows today. All of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Arrested Development, 24, Prison Break, Dollhouse, Firefly, X-Files. Also, Black Adder.

Dassin's Night in the City!

Holy shit, the first twelve seasons of King of the Hill!

if you haven't seen Brick City, watch that NOW; it's great.

i watched the first disc of that. decent. there seem to be multiple movies about that newark mayor guy.

street fight is the other one.

Better of Ted! Highly recommended.

A slew of new criterion just landed!

Is that the criterion version of Cool as Ice?

and the testament of dr. mabuse, yes.

Is there any good way to sort the newly released instant watch stuff? I always just seem to get a random assortment - didn't see any new criterions :(

You can queue and view from here:
http://instantwatcher.com/titles/new_infinite

also, here's a pretty avidly updated criterion list:
http://www.netflix.com/StrangerLists?prid=160493531&showList=360796&lnkctr=t10lstsMp

Thanks forks, that instantwatcher was exactly the kind of thing I was looking for - much better than browsing the messed up netflix site as it actually makes sense - cool (weird?) it's all linked up too

i check that site kinda daily.

Indeed. The iPhone app is pretty good too.

anyone using wii for streaming? thinking about doing this in my studio mostly as a way to listen to shows while painting. wii seems perfect for this since i wont care if it looks terrible.

Does anybody remember the name of that documentary about movie lovers in NYC who spend all their time going from theater to theater all day trying to see everything - probably came out 5-7 years ago?

cinemania

Thanks!

Instantwatcher is really nice, but everybody forgets that Netflix puts out RSS feeds (which are updated faster than IW):

http://www.netflix.com/RSSFeeds

Your Queue, New Releases and New Choices to Watch Instantly are good. If you're not checking your reader daily though, it might be too much to sort through since new stuff gets added every day or so.

Also I love that the dude who is tracking all the Criterion releases is also tracking all the Troma movies.

Netflix on the ipad is pretty sweet.

braggin' 010

original Gojira!

wii disc is out.

Weird, I've had mine for a couple of weeks now. Haven't tried, it and don't really plan too. I can already stream netflix through my TV and DVD player. I just got it to have.

it's okay. a little tricky to control with the wii remote.

I watched an ep of (lol) "walking with dinosaurs" and the video quality wasn't great.

Today is a dangerous day for parents: massive piles of Barney, Bob the Builder, Thomas the Tank Engine and the unbearable lightness of being.
children's classics, all.

First season of Archer - before DVD, huh!

Lots of gay movies released on the 23rd. Including The Gay Bed & Breakfast of Terror.

As much as I like that title, not falling into the trap.

Two strong recommendations:
Jazz on a Summer's Day
The Champagne Safari

Greg the bunny film parodies vol 1

Ton of new films for the new month but not much that's very good.
Some exceptions that I'm looking forward to:
Thirst
She
The Last Mogul
The Machinist

the machinist is v good but grim

agreed

just watched F is for Fake (coooooorrnnyyyyy)and TOKYO! (which was great)

Oh my god. Archer is REALLY funny.

I was complaining a little while ago about how you couldn't tell if stuff was HD streaming on your PC/Mac before through the web interface. I just realized recently that's because it WASN'T streaming in HD at all until last week:

http://blog.netflix.com/2010/05/now-streaming-in-hd-on-pc-and-mac_14.html

Selection is really limited though in comparison to what you can get on HD on your TV/video game system/BR player, though.

District 9! Which I didn't like!
A BUNCH of Haneke.
I also think i'm gonna watch cloudy with a chance of meatballs.

I didn't get around to seeing that, cool. Also if you somehow managed to never see Amelie in the last ten years, here's your chance.

Immense Nickelodeon/Comedy Central dump incoming...

Aeon Flux, Ren and Stimpy, and Invader Zim included

Now watching Nova: extreme cave diving.

anyone have streaming doc recommendations

King of Kong?

seen it -- i streamed harlan county usa, which was really dope

Watched My Brothers Keeper recently, was pretty good. Also enjoyed Tyson.

yeah shit i should catch tyson

i should see if that lil wayne doc is online

Jordan, seriously: try A Certain Kind of Death but be aware it's difficult.

and tyson is great

i'm hyped about a nick/comedy central collection! Where'd you hear that?

forks this sounds cool -- is it visually graphic?

it's on the official RSS feed - usually this stuff pops up on IW first, but suddenly it's like whoa 150 new titles, they're up right now

A certain kind of death was good.

Jordan, yeah; it's not for the faint of heart. Mostly about the mundanity and bureaucracy of death and what happens to your shit. Pretty sad, scary stuff.

OMG! Ren and Stimpy! The State! Beavis and Butthead! Strangers with Candy! UCB!

anyone have streaming doc recommendations

Sherman's March
I Like Killing Flies
We Live in Public
7/14/21/28 Up
F for Fake

^those are all A++

saw 'we live in public' irl -- pretty dece

2 great docs i have watched:

Fall From Grace (about those terrifying westboro motherfuckers)
Impaler - best doc ive seen in years

Fall From Grace was poorly made, I thought. I really hate when I encounter that, a really interesting subject matter, but poorly made doc.

its been a while since i saw it, and it certainly wasnt balanced (not that thats really possible) but idk, it was kind of terrifying and pulled back the curtain a little bit, at least for me.

I watched F for Fake this morning – it was so much colorful FUN!

We Live in Public is pretty great; the craft is, like, 7 out of 10, but the subject is so weird and compelling.

The "First Person" episode on that guy was great, and really interesting. Having seen it makes me kind of worried the docu wld be a redux of it – was tat the case?

Up! I'll be watching it like six times!

weird how that, Wall-E and Monsters Inc are available but the rest don't see to be

I think the Starz network has a contract.
I swear, the first twelve minutes of Up is some of the most effective filmmaking ever; tears me up every time.

Cube 2 is awful and horrible (as if you needed to be told)

i might eventually see it anyway just out of curiosity, liked the first one... but that bad, huh?

definitely recommend The Messenger; really really good filmmaking, quality acting, excellent script, utterly apolitical

Cube 2 is awful and horrible (as if you needed to be told)
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It's not as good as the first, but thought it was an okay effort. The ending was pleasantly downbeat, though I could have done with a different explanation for the construct. Better than most of the f/x-challenged movies that the SyFy Channel shows.

Triangle is a pretty good mindfuck for a B movie. the cover and summary make it out to be a slasher flick which its thankfully not.

guys: hugo and the dragon
this is REALLY weird, kind of a Team America that takes itself seriously

Big thumbs up for "The Maid", very smart, very engaging and it never goes where you think it will go.

mentioned this on my weird netflix streaming review thread, but "dear zachary" (doc) just destroyed me. do not watch unless you are emotionally prepared, it is depressing and brutal, but amazing.

yea dear zachary is rough. a lotta the editing/music really plays into it too & felt soo manipulative to me (tho is it really manipulative if theres no other way to react to the subject matter? idk)

OK for all zero people who were curious, "We Live in Public" is notably different than the (still worth watching) episode of First Person about JOsh Harris, which only talked about his Gilligan obsession and his We Live In Public site (the one w/just him & his girlfriend) and none of his other projects (or fucking Luvvy). Josh Harris is the craziest guy, so "We Live in Public" was great for discovering the many varieties of ways in which this guy was/is insane. I think the last 20 minutes showed Josh at his most unhinged. OTOH that was the part with the worst & biggest quantity of shitty voiceover. I did not really need an annoying narrator to tell me that Facebook is sort of being like watched in public, too.

Watched that the other day. Wow, I hated him. Therefore hating the movie.

yeah judging purely from the first person ep he seemed to be a grade a crepe, not sure i want more of him tbh

although, y'know morbid curiosity and all that so

or fucking Luvvy

this is grade a quality unhingedness tho. i really enjoyed hearing abt vc investors' take on it

I can't believe so many people are recommending Tyson, I thought it was HORRIBLE.

Death Of Mr Lazarescu is on NF, though

Also - Closely Watched Trains and The Gleaners And I

All the Futurama DTV movies just got put up along with the four season sets, as well as both seasons of Pushing Daisies and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, and the first two great seasons of Veronica Mars.

I thought Tyson was a poorly made doc but Tyson himself was a very interesting trainwreck in the interview.

The Muppets take Manhattan

Zombieland!

The complete Robotech! I don't know if I can handle watching that from scratch, but wow.

Rewatched Tetsuo the Iron Man the other night.

Watched Tetsuo recently too. Meh. All you really need to see is the trailer.

god god they added a ton of stuff!

any horror buffs should def watch Session 9, its one of my recent faves

While discussing their Q2 results, Netflix revealed that they'll be releasing a software-only version of their Playstation 3 streaming service. Netflix's CEO called the update "major," saying it will sport a new UI and debut by October.

http://gizmodo.com/5593087/netflix-prepping-disc+free-ps3-streaming

Moon is pretty good in a sci-fi / twilight zone way. Sam Rockwell is great.

session 9 was creepy and then depressing.

Tons of new stuff today.

and good stuff, like bio-dome.

Hard Eight yeaaaaah!

Garbage Pail Kids movie. Finally. My parents would never let me watch it.

Season 1 of The Kingdom!

every friday the 13th! The elephant man! Stuff I would only watch on streaming like Astro boy and The GI Joe Movie!

It might be the wine talking, but I am LOVING this movie:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077834/

THe Dead Hate the Living! that Video Dead movie a bunch of peeps were talking about on one of the horror polls! TROLL 2!

(oh also the second season of the kingdom is up as well)

The Cove! (finally)

CRANK 2!

Blood Simple!

Internet joke that has gone way past its prime Breakin 2: Electric Boogaloo!

CRANK 2!

AW YEAH! I AM SO GOING TO GET SMASHED TO THAT RIGHT NOW

MASSIVE drop of new films, mostly oldies. The Apple!

and RAPE SQUAD aka Acts of Vengeance:
"When apathetic cops fail to arrest the hockey mask-wearing attacker who made her sing "Jingle Bells" while raping her, seriously angry Linda (Jo Ann Harris) forms a team of fellow victims who learn karate and set out to exact revenge."
Looks unwatchable!

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VXNWSr1UpT4/TCEergApPnI/AAAAAAAAD90/4Qo8s76DbXI/s1600/Rape+Squad.jpg

steelers new nickname?

i am psyched for crank 2

crank 2 is AWESOME

like dumb as hell and kinda o_O wrt to racism/sexism/youpickitism but WOW

the Horsemen - terrible and watchable - like a grisly episode of law and order svu
the Horseman - made it through like 30 min, seemed totally pointless. :/

crank 2 was fun but so much more overtly racist than the first one it actually did kinda pull me out of it a little

I Think We're Alone Now <- creepy and sad and short but not exploitative documentary about two very damaged souls (one an aspie, one a damaged hermaphrodite) that are obsessed with 80's pop singer Tiffany

I just added that to my queue, looking forward to it

xp what are their ilm screennames

johnny crunch and forksclovetofu

ur brave 4 coming out as a damaged hermaphrodite forks

i'm the aspie, you're the rapper.

Ha! That made me almost choke. Well set up johnny, and smashed out the park by forks.

Cocaine: One Man's Seduction

wonderful made-for-TV drug movie starring Dennis Weaver as the aging real estate agent looking for an Edge, James Spader as The Son, and a manic scenery-snorting Jeffrey Tambor. the older drug buddy to James Woods' classic The Boost. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

thanks to whoever mentioned instantwatcher.com - site rocks

Oh man, that Tiffany movie. I sort of want to be the asperger guy's friend.

oh yay, didn't realize i think we're alone now is out on dvd! that's a total classic imo

about 100 National Geographic specials and series just released

so this is in canada now huh

nehtflix

yeah signed up today. catalogue seems light so far, but hopefully that will improve.

A bunch of seasons of BBC shows just put up that I've never seen:
A Bit of Fry and Laurie
The Catherine Tate Show
Gavin and Stacey
Hyperdrive
Waking the Dead

Can some Britishers let me know which of these is worth watching?

Also the first season of SAXONDALE with Coogan is up for instawatch and holy fuck that's good.

Lake Mungo looks interesting

Gavin and Stacey very popular but also very everyday.
catherine tate funny in parts. actually, part. potentially interesting for doctor who fans.
Fry and Laurie probably the best of those, although i don't know how it's aged / travels.
i liked Hyperdrive but i was in a minority.

Fry & Laurie is pretty funny!

Lake mungo is terribly overrated and boring as he'll imo

God I hate iPhone autocorrect

Fry and Laurie IS pretty funny!

Almost a thousand new catalog films in the past week or so; if i were a kid i would just watch movies all day.
Recent TVadds: full runs of the new Battlestar Galactica (skip the last two seasons), Eureka, Psych, In Plain Sight, Monk, Parks and Rec and Damages (finally!)
Plus a LOT of anime (though not much that's got me excited) and scads of horror films and midnight movie stuff like Mondo Cane and Venus in Furs
Oh and don't miss Jules Dassin's The Law and Flaherty's Louisiana Story

Good updates but way too many green/Eco/sustainable/anti-gm food crap docs.

man I wish they would release Always Sunny to streaming. it's one of those shows I can be bothered to waste a DVD on, but would love to just be able to pop it in once in a while.

the pelican brief

Starting to see a few films and TV series that aren't available to rent, only to stream.

It's weird when those pop up, but I've been seeing those all year. Some are TV shows that didn't get a home release, or movies on out-of-print DVDs, where it's pretty nice to at least have an option to watch again.

man, code monkeys sucks

Louie! If you haven't seen it, watch it NOW

bear in mind the show can be really hit or miss, especially early on. i actually just watched the first half of the pilot that i never got around to seeing and wow it's not nearly as good as the second part with the date

Herzog and Cage's masterful collaboration Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans is now up.

tom waits big time!

Paranormal Activity, which I watched last night and was pretty solid up until a slightly botched ending, but it did wig me out at like three in the morning when I halfway woke up as my bedroom door slammed.

Watching Doctor Who: The Ark In Space == yay. I do wonder how Better off Ted and Nip/Tuck showed up in my recently watched when I'd never watched anything prior to Who.

MUST WATCH: Intangible Asset No. 82
Great exploration of Korean music and of spirituality and performance.
amazing stuff

is there any site that lists their new additions by date? netflix.ca is worthless for this.

http://instantwatcher.com/titles/new_infinite

gamer! looks dumb as a post!

i know i already mentioned it but WATCH NOW: "The Law" with Gina Lollabrigida and Marcello Mastrioanni directed by Jules Dassin
minor masterpiece

What is this shit.

Whoa, wrong thread. Sorry.

so the PS3 streaming app is pretty great! easier to use OS, options to turn on/off commentaries and subtitles and the wait time is like 1/4 of what I'm used to on the xbox. all in all, a massive improvement. This is really going to impact how often i use my 360.

sounds rad. i stream directly thru my blu ray player, would luv an option re: commentaries

The Secret Life of Plants with Stevie Wonder soundtrack; always wanted to see this.

bahahahahahaha one of the shittiest horror movies ive ever seen just popped up on streaming - the mind-bogglingly bad "Monster Dog" starring Alice Cooper!

also there is something really annoying about the fact that the streaming program on my shitty wii supports search while the xbox app does not.

Oh sweet, commentaries on the PS3? I'm in.

i have like no special opinions on ps3. it seems like it's "play" or "stop". how do you get to these options?

it's on the launch page for the individual film: where you see "play" "more episodes" "rate".
not every film has the audio option, but many do.
and i should point out that i have not SEEN a commentary track yet, i just read that they were including them.

even the addition of regular subtitles/closed captioning would be great, though what i'd really love would be Japanese audio tracks for anime

Did Netflix offer anyone else 2% credit for streaming problems? The amount is stupidly amusing to me.

Yeah I got that too.

La Femme Nikita
Candyman
Creepshow

Just saw District 9! Damn, I slept on that one.

on the Honky Tonk Freeway, that's where I wanna be

here's what i watched in my first month (canada's first):

Hopscotch (1980, Neame)
Torn Curtain (Hitchcock)
Sabotage (1936, Hitchcock)
Witness for the Prosecution (Wilder)
Inherit the Wind (Kramer)
Odd Man Out (Reed)
Bananas (Allen)
Powaqqatsi (1998, Reggio)
Play It Again, Sam (1972, Ross)
Short Films of David Lynch
6 MST3K episodes, including the incredible "Monster a-Go Go"

still jealous of america's selection

my past week
Mondovino
Better Off Ted: Ssn 2: Mess of a Salesman
Better Off Ted: Ssn 2: Lust in Translation
Green for Danger
Unfaithfully Yours
Jackass 2.5
Hyperdrive: Ssn 1: Hello, Queppu (6 episodes)
Hyperdrive: Ssn 1: A Gift From the Glish (6 episodes)
Brother's Keeper: 10th Anniversary Edition
The Men
Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story
Secret Life Of Plants
David Cross: Bigger and Blackerer
Shaun: Ssn 1: Mower Mouth/Who's the...
The Law
Lexx: Series 1: I Worship His Shadow
Julie & Julia
Visions of Suffering
Intangible Asset No. 82
Little Norse Prince Valiant
Fritz the Cat

Dear Netflix,

Please add all season of Top Chef to streaming.

thx.

if i start logging all of the instant watch i do im going to start feeling really bad about how i use my time tbh

haha forks i see you watched visions of suffering - what a light hearted romp!

Hmm, what is up with them lately - second time this month I've gotten that "we're sorry streaming service was interrupted, have some account credit" email

maybe they're overloaded from the new PS3/Wii updates

yeah, i didn't get to the end of more than a few of those.
just the Julia Child parts on Julie and Julia, jumped around through visions of suffering/life of plants/fritz the cat, just the first twenty minutes of Lexx

Last of the Living - this is like some asshole's attempt to make a cool zombie flick. shaun of the dead minus the creativity.

I heartily recommend the MST3K episode "The Wild Wild World of Batwoman" to everyone with Netflix

I wish I could watch a non-MST3K version of it. I prefer to generate my own inane commentary.

you really do NOT want to watch a non-MST3K version of this movie

like, I can't imagine anything less fun

well actually pounding spikes into your eyes would be less fun

I dunno, you should see some of the garbage I've enjoyed.

maybe they're overloaded from the new PS3/Wii updates
lol goddam
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2371260,00.asp

"For service providers, this is a double-whammy: not only are they losing revenue to these over-the-top offerings, ..."

because all isps sell movies too, you see

some of these shovelware film descriptions kill me:
BRAZIL: 1944 - The plot is set in motion by authoress Nicky Henderson (Virginia Bruce), who has hit the best-seller charts with her latest tome, Why Marry a Latin?

CHASING THE KIDNEYSTONE: 1996 - When his grandfather comes down with a mysterious ailment, young Simon (Torbjörn T. Jensen) shrinks himself to miniscule size and embarks on an odyssey through the old man's body to seek and destroy the culprit: a nasty kidney stone. On his unusual expedition, Simon meets all sorts of curious characters, including a cute little blood cell and an irate bile duct. Vibeke Idsøe directs this inventive children's adventure.

THE ELEVENTH COMMANDMENT: 1986 - Years after his Uncle Charles (Dick Sargent) cruelly and unjustly has him committed to a mental asylum, Robert Knight (Bernard White) manages to escape and immediately tracks Charles down at an upcoming family reunion. Along the way, Robert makes a detour to abduct his cousin (Lauren Woodland). After sharing a meal and conversation, the two set off to the reunion, where Robert plans to dispense gory vengeance.

Also HOLY SHIT that the Jesco White documentary is now streaming! I haven't thought of that guy in a decade!

Chasing the Kidney Stone is amazing folks. Definitely worth a peek.
And "The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia" (produced by Jeff Tremaine and Johnny Knoxville, yet) was a great doc; I totally grew up around this kinda ghetto white trash and they're pretty wild to visit.

America's Funniest Animals seasons 8 AND 9

wow lots of stuff, including "Cropsey"!

Yeah, cropsey kinda sucks.

i love when they have to create "box art" for el cheapo films
http://cdn-6.nflximg.com/us/boxshots/gsd/60010186.jpg

Poor lady. Only getting the attention of gay bullfighters.

*chuckle*

Oh man, cropsey wasn't good? I was looking forward to that one.

yeah, it was a bummer. first half is okay and then it runs out of ideas and material and just becomes a bad history channel thing.

CHASING THE KIDNEYSTONE: 1996 - When his grandfather comes down with a mysterious ailment, young Simon (Torbjörn T. Jensen) shrinks himself to miniscule size and embarks on an odyssey through the old man's body to seek and destroy the culprit: a nasty kidney stone. On his unusual expedition, Simon meets all sorts of curious characters, including a cute little blood cell and an irate bile duct. Vibeke Idsøe directs this inventive children's adventure.

Sounds amazing.

kidneystone is dubbed and kinda amazing

seriously, these cheapo film "boxes" are killing me
http://cdn-6.nflximg.com/us/boxshots/gsd/70153916.jpg
http://cdn-1.nflximg.com/us/boxshots/gsd/70153941.jpg
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Victims for Victims looks potentially awesome.

SADDELMATES?

If that's not gay porn, then my gaydar is broken.

i may link the victims for victims for flamewars with no real winner

Need something to watch tonight

I wish Star Trek: TNG was on netflix streaming.

You could do Battlestar, Eureka, Dollhouse, Doctor Who, Buffy, Heroes, Lost, Firefly, Stargate, Torchwood, Terminator: Connor Chronicles, X Files, Roswell, Xena, Hercules, Quantum Leap, Highlander, Kolchak, Buck Rogers, V, Babylon Five, Primeval, Jekyll, Hyperdrive, Red Dwarf, MST3K, Dead Zone, Sliders, Amazing Stories, Lexx, Greatest American Hero...

Babylon 5! Good suggestion. Right after I finish jackass 2.5

I have been making may way through xena, since I used to watch it twice a day in college. I can't remember if the first season was just meh, or it really hasn't aged well.

http://cdn-8.nflximg.com/us/boxshots/gsd/70146848.jpg

feel like it should be SARS in Scarsdale: SARSDALE!

starring Stellan SARSgard

excellent movie, four SARS

http://cdn-8.nflximg.com/us/boxshots/gsd/70147118.jpg
http://cdn-9.nflximg.com/us/boxshots/gsd/70153779.jpg

The Dungeonmaster
The evil wizard Mestema (Richard Moll) has waited centuries for the perfect opponent. He finally finds him in nerdy programmer Paul (Jeffrey Byron) -- an otherwise regular guy with an unusually close bond to his sentient computer -- whom he challenges to a series of trials. Testing Paul's physical strength and mental acuity, Mestema forces him to battle monsters, zombies and more to save his soul and that of his girlfriend, Gwen (Leslie Wing).
http://instantwatcher.com/titles/159842

please note that i have not watched this and do not plan to but thought that for many of you http://lolbots.com/moreimages/lolbot-sewing-machine.jpg

added

I watched ZARDOZ, I had never seen it before

it is FUCKED UP

http://www.videospot.co.za/scripts/upload/img/ZARDOZ.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gsUALeZML10/SaeYKwpX1YI/AAAAAAAAINc/G2zqmTqefD4/s400/zardoz_3.jpghttp://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EtyTgAPsNBw/SKQwMl5mb8I/AAAAAAAAAPE/1RdFRMJIER8/s400/zardoz+%2815%29.jpg

Dungeonmaster is terrible but pretty fun to watch so far.

more things i won't watch but you might:

Bombshell - 1996
http://instantwatcher.com/titles/159857
Set in a brightly colored near future, this sci-fi thriller shows how far a company will go to keep an employee from telling the truth when scientist Buck Hogan (Henry Thomas) has his kidney stolen and replaced with a chemical bomb. The reason? He voiced concerns about the safety of the corporation's cancer-curing device. Now, Buck finds himself in a frantic race to neutralize the bomb and stop the fatal "cure" from being unleashed on the public.

The Monitors - 1969
http://instantwatcher.com/titles/159851
In this darkly comic sci-fi film, a race of aliens known as the Monitors comes to Earth and exerts rigid control over all of humanity, instituting a series of strict new "laws" designed to rid the world of dangerous vices. It's up to a passionate band of underground rebels (including Guy Stockwell, Susan Oliver, Sherry Jackson and Larry Storch) to kick the extraterrestrial hall monitors out and send them back to outer space where they belong.

The Human Fucking Centipede. Netflix just got a lot better.

Excited by the good the bad and the weird showing up today!

I Am Comic was surprisingly very very good; stand up documentary with like a zillion people in it.

now available in Canada: To Be Or Not To Be (1942, Lubitsch), easily one of the funniest movies ever.

The Dungeonmaster
The evil wizard Mestema (Richard Moll) has waited centuries for the perfect opponent. He finally finds him in nerdy programmer Paul (Jeffrey Byron) -- an otherwise regular guy with an unusually close bond to his sentient computer -- whom he challenges to a series of trials. Testing Paul's physical strength and mental acuity, Mestema forces him to battle monsters, zombies and more to save his soul and that of his girlfriend, Gwen (Leslie Wing).
http://instantwatcher.com/titles/159842

― forksclovetofu, Saturday, November 13, 2010 7:32 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark

Richard Moll as an evil wizard! holy SHIT i have to see this

i think i like the alternate title better: RAGEWAR

Canadian additions:
http://app.whatsnewonnetflix.com/

A huge haul got added yesterday.

showing peter weir's fearless in widescreen now, kind of a big deal if you dig the movie. there was never a widescreen DVD release.

Chronos! Restrepo!

michael mann's the keep - also in widescreen, never released on DVD

Abanana are you also Canadian?

also i ahve to say british people -- due to canada netflix being a little dry i have been watching your tv series, and red dwarf? i am not sure i get why it is so beloved. i mean, i am on the seventh series so it's good enough for me to play while doing other things, but... yeah.

i had never seen Trust, or any hal hartely for that matter -- it was so good

I started watching LOTR-FOTR and realized how much better the Director's Cut is and turned it off and went back to non-HD DVD... and then realized that Netflix Streaming quality is pretty horrible even compared to DVD/CRT TV!

haven't done any in-depth analysis of the shit but netflix streaming HD looks pretty good

rescreen A-B that shit imho

the main problem I have is pixelation during complicated camera movement (like, say, an aerial zoom out or quick pans), or a kind of strobe effect when the camera moves quickly. I decided a long time ago not to fuck with any action movies on streaming for that reason. also, I don't know about you guys, but I have to pause it fairly often because of a jerkiness that occasionally develops. I use PS3 for mine, and that jerky stuff didn't happen before the update which upped the resolution to 1080.

I rarely have to pause. As for the pixelization, it's streaming video. Adjust expectations accordingly.

I spend my days watching youtube videos so a little pixelation is not a big deal to me.

yeah i'm ok with the pixelation for most things. just not going to watch a big event special fx movie for the first time on streaming is all.

Ichi (i.e. daughter of Zatoichi) was dumb. That it was dubbed made it even more so. She is at least bloody hot.

Collapse was interesting. Guy may be a nutter, but lots of good shit to think about.

what's the deal with movies in the wrong aspect ratio? homicide (mamet) and the grifters both use the old tv ratio. and homicide's boxart is criterion's.

Also at one point The Aura was listed as being 21 days in length.

I finally watched "worlds greatest dad" and was pleasantly surprised. robin williams in a decently written movie is pretty jarring.

joan rivers and banksy docs

thx, i heard the rivers one was good

now in canada: kids in the hall, all seasons

AAAAH! Season two of Party Down, right on time with my sudden obsession with that show!

Exit Through the Gift Shop just showed up which I've been curious about.

^^watched it last night. reminded me of a mash-up of Borat and that Joaquin Rivers hip-hop doc.

also LOST season 6

Joaquin PHOENIX i meant... haha.

Any good?

Yes, a subversive send-up of the modern art world.

goddamn restrepo was great.. at the very least the footage is. some amazing reactions to the hellish shithole that is afghanistan.

restored metropolis, now at 2 hours 25 minutes, highly recommended A++++

I saw the restored metropolis in a theater with dr. morbius!!

good fun: Requiem For A Heavyweight.

Must have been cool for Morbs to finally see that footage again.

B+

now streaming: Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains

Valhalla Rising is surprisingly good. Avoided it based on its title, cover, subject matter (expected Pathfinder 2). Stumbled on some reviews that compared it to Aguirre and The New World and decided to dive in. It's not really either of those, but if you've got any interest in VIKING and/or METAL shit, check this out. Some very nice cinematography and a pretty brutal minimalist feel.

THE LARRY SANDERS SHOW ALL SEASONS

robocop, bitches
also, instantwatcher appears to be down which sucks cuz i think they just added several hundred new titles today.

THE LARRY SANDERS SHOW ALL SEASONS

holy shit now this is exciting

correction is only s1-4

Jazzed about Larry Sanders! Also all five seasons of Kids In the Hall

I've been watching about six episodes of Larry Sanders every night for a week.

ha yeah me too

i never saw the show before. It's great!

I watched a bunch of this horrible movie last night because I have no self-respect:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMIyaL43SYc

cool dog staring in movie

the daytrippers

what's up with ps3 netflix? first they got rid of the genre pages, and now Recently Watched is gone. also the menus have more lag.

Yeah, I had to run a bunch of annoying updates last night and never got it up and running again.

I've been using this site to manage my queue:

http://instantwatcher.com/

LEPRECHAUN 5: IN THE HOOD

not actually a recommendation, just the sort of thing that needs to be all-capsed when it shows up

It is surprisingly entertaining.

an improvement over the one in space but not as good as the one in vegas iirc

lemora: a child's tale of the supernatural now available, for fans of 70s horror

^ don't bother, terrible pan and scan transfer, you're better off watching it on youtube

the daytrippers

― johnny crunch, Thursday, January 13, 2011 10:31 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Haven't seen this in at least 10 years but I went through a huge lol P Posey phase at one point and used to love that movie.

FROZEN. Not bad. Not good either.

I was browsing my recommendations earlier today and found something amazing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px0ztfuqb0I

I've wanted to see this for YEARS.

watched he 1st part of che today - it was sort of not bad - im kind of into watching biopics recently even tho they mostly suck - i im in it for the facts

Season five and six of Larry Sanders! Watched in two days.
Also "No One Killed Jessica" which came out about a month ago and was universally well reviewed.

the reveal is that "no one" is the name of the dog

watched he 1st part of che today - it was sort of not bad - im kind of into watching biopics recently even tho they mostly suck - i im in it for the facts

― ice cr?m, Tuesday, February 8, 2011 11:51 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

part 1's ok, but part 2 suuuuuuuuuuuucks

cant wait!

whoa, potential game changer here:
http://www.hulu.com/criterion

"We will continue to support Netflix on the package goods side and continue to work with them to provide Blu-ray and DVD copies of the films we release, but all of the films that are currently on Netflix streaming will be down by the end of the year. In case you're curious, we're as committed as ever to the physical goods side of our releases and will publish more DVDs and BDs this year than ever before."

am i gonna have to pay eight bucks a month just for criterion? fuck.

the fact that you cant just see every movie ever on one streaming service is a black eye for capitalism democracy and freedom itself

has anybody (like ever in the history of the world) tried hulu plus on ps3? How's it look?

Hulu sucks. Team Netflix!

Day Break with Taye Diggs and Moon Bloodgood! It starts out kinda shaky but I'm a sucker for shows with a time-travel premise and unabashed sentimentality.

Holy shit @ Little Otik. Saw this years ago in LA, pretty amazing, holds up.

i think all of rocky & bulwinkle which blows my mind i need a fan guide/index

also a show from a&e called 'rookies' which if u <3 cops like i do is pretty sweet

fan guide: watch all of fractured fairy tales

"Ruby Yacht" from season 5 is a classic

Sesame Street too!

restrepo is powerful. usually stay away from serious movies on streaming but put it on thinking I would half pay attention and turn it off if I got bored, neither of those things occurred. feel like it should be required viewing in high school.

feel like it should be required viewing in high school.

^otm

Holy shit @ Little Otik. Saw this years ago in LA, pretty amazing, holds up.

lol a feast for the senses ill give it that

what is a good "guy movie" that i haven't seen that i can watch while my wife is out of town?

that is on netflix streaming

maybe i'll just watch 'aliens' again

Crank: High Voltage

seen it

has anyone seen "north face" or "police, adjective"? not typical guy movies but movies my wife probably wouldn't want to watch. also movies i can't watch while working due to subtitles

Caddyshack and an assload of porn

Police, Adjective has a lot of long takes of the policeman protagonist standing around on the street waiting for a pot deal to occur where very little happens. There are two conversation sequences (one between him and his wife, the other with his boss) that pay off, but the film is definitely tough-going arthouse fare.

huh, not what i'm in the mood for. thanks.

which movies have you seen

my last bit of netflix guy movie excitement was gi joe: burned

so i started asking other questions, just saying

i just started watching "from beyond." thanks guys.

thanks FOR NOTHING.

I kinda liked MONSTERS, reminded me of a low-budget District 9/Children of Men/Jurassic Park.

The ending is kinda whatevs, but it's entertaining.

they def. dont tend to put newish good action on the streaming side

have to assume youre not into kung fu, otherwise...

thanks FOR NOTHING.

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pfft you ignored my reccy - I dont even know what you've seen anyway

Is Caddyshack a guy movie?

There are lots of movies about bears on netflix streaming. Of the ones I've seen, I rank them:

1. Grizzly Park
2. Grizzly Rage
3. Bear

n/a have you seen ong bak 1 or 2

i think all of rocky & bulwinkle which blows my mind i need a fan guide/index

i mostly only know the first few seasons but:

the (extremely long) first story arc starts out pretty rocky (HA HA) but gets good about halfway through--at least by the time they go to Pottsylvania, which is around episode 13.

box tops robbery (last six episodes of S1) is essential, as, basically, is upsidasium (beginning of S2) but there's a lot of dead air in upsidasium.

wailing whale is so-so but an early episode contains The Best Rocky And Bullwinkle Joke; it is utterly flawless; it involves a shipping magnate. i am laughing thinking about it. your mileage may vary of course but i mean i would be pretty surprised if someone could stand rocky and bullwinkle at all and did not think this was hilarious.

all the fractured fairy tales are worth it; most of the aesop and sons are too but you'll miss edward everett horton; dudley do-right is fun if you're in the mood; fuck peabody and sherman.

there's one great peabody and sherman opening where it just fades in abruptly on peabody and he says "hello out there. peabody's my name. i suppose you know yours." but it's downhill from there.

fuck peabody and sherman.

aghhhhhhhhh MAN, i was so on board with you until this

don't get me wrong, peabody and sherman aren't the main attraction, but c'mon

i dunno i mean i spent my childhood watching tapes of these over and over and over again so maybe they wouldn't seem so bad to someone who wasn't already sick of them (cf. also CAPTAIN PETER "WRONGWAY" PEACHFUZZ, THE WORLD'S WORST SAILOR) but--and this is gonna sound just completely ridiculous--they're so contrived.

like, william tell has gone blind and can't hit the apple, so peabody places a "small but powerful magnet" in the apple, attracting william tell's arrowhead and making him hit it dead-on, which like okay maybe it is just how smug peabody is with his little bow tie about his Genius Solutions that could not possibly ever work that gets on my nerves

but then i mean i guess that is the point of peabody and sherman

i dunno

haha well i watched them over and over too, but that was at an age where i wasn't likely to dismiss anything for being contrived. for me all the supplemental shorts were like broccoli to get to the rocky & bullwinkle dessert, but peabody & s-man always felt like the best of those to me.

i definitely need to revisit this stuff with ~adult eyes~

oh, i did not become militantly anti-peabody until i was an adult. fair.

i usually only see r&b these days when i visit my parents, when my dad and i generally settle in for one or two sessions per visit. between segments we hold efficient and informed quorums re: whether or not this next one should be skipped. my mom rolls her eyes in a different room.

i know the animation gets knocked a lot but R&B are among my favorite character designs ever, i could stare at this all day:

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/35164_469705949198_602254198_6442641_397531_n.jpg

and the bumper where they grow in the ground like flowers... how did they even think of that??? that's just flat out brilliant animation.

haha thats great

bullwinkle appreciation was definitely a thing that was passed onto me by my dad. he'd take me to the bar with him when i was like 5 and i'd sit around drawing bullwinkles for hours and then the bartender would stick them on the beer fridge.

the internet went down in the middle of this important conversation and it became a housewide crisis involving 4 of the 6 residents standing around behind each others' shoulders saying HEY TRY CLICKING THAT but i'm back and here is the post i saved in a text file before rebooting my computer:

r&b always has great design, like all four of the main characters are just perfect and expressive and awesome, and i love things like the two opposing mirrored short/tall duos, and the flower bumper, and Fearless Leader's scarred wedge-head, but the actual animation was i believe farmed hurriedly out to a mexican studio and done really cheaply and last-minute and without a lot of communication and that's why it's always weird and distorted and has demented perspective and fucked-up colors and lacks any kind of consistency from episode to episode. but then that mirrors the plot; that is kind of its whole charm. so yeah i love it.

your dad story is also great. am now curious to see if this is a common dadthing.

i miss tennessee tuxedo

why am i watching battlefield earth at 2:30 in the morning

whyyy

ha my dad also loved R&B

he also tried to sell me on barney miller but i wasnt really feeling it

Rocky & Bullwinkle def a thing with my dad. One of his proudest moments was giving his college comp essays Fractured Fairy Tale type titles.

LOADS of new bad tv shows and Shanachie music docs

is day of the dolphin worth watching

what abt deadhead miles? written by terrance malick?

Oooh, Netflix has the TV miniseries "The Stand" streaming. Haven't seen that since '93 or whenever it came out. Loved it then.

And upthread, thanks for mentioning Monsters. Didn't know that was even out yet on dvd, let alone streaming.

twin pks

wait srsly

yup

awesome!

watched Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey last night. lots of good footage of leon theremin, clara rockmore, robert moog, and a brief but very strange segment with brian wilson talking about "good vibrations" and how it connected with "25 year old children." definitely worth watching!

hal ashby's the landlord

you know it would be cool if they had a "random episode" feature -- sometimes i have like 30 mins to burn & think "i could watch a random episode of 30 rock or arrested development on netflix" but i inevitably end up combing thru the descriptions or avoiding doing that altogether -- so a 'random episode' thing would be cool imo

Close your eyes and click.

hal ashby's the landlord - is this good? it's been sitting in my queue for months

2010 Moby Dick:
That infamous whale is bigger, badder and a whole lot stronger in this sci-fi reimagining of Herman Melville's classic tale of the battle between man, sea and sea creature starring "Xena" alum Renée O'Connor as the (traditionally male) narrator. But the boat -- now a high-tech submarine -- is also bigger, and Capt. Ahab (Barry Bostwick) is as determined as ever to settle the score and take down the mighty sea mammal that maimed him.

226 minute version of Once Upon a Time in America is available on streaming!

the incredible shrinking woman, starring lily tomlin, ned beatty, and charles grodin is on instant watch. besides being joel schumacher's first film, it's a great companion piece to morgan: a suitable case for treatment

- HR Pufinstuf, Bravestar, He-Man, Inspector Gadget, Shazam, She-Ra, South Park, Voltron
- All the Hellraiser movies
- The Gospel According to Philip K. Dick
- All the "Masters of Horror"
- Yo Gabba Gabba
- Tuvalu <-recommended

if i had a bunch of w33d and no responsibilities, my weekend would be set with that list there.

MAN AMERICAN NETFLIX IS SO MUCH MORE GOOD

someone tell me what all south park episodes are good after abt season 5

Awesom-O
The Losing Edge

someone tell me what all south park episodes are good after abt season 5

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Oh man, the first four episodes of season 6 are all great for starters... Looking at the wiki episode guide for that season, you can't go wrong with any that I can see. There should be a least a few laughs to be had in each.

Btw before it gives horror a bad name, most of the masters of horror series is middling to terrible, although there are a couple of good ones in there

October Country

Mike The Situation's workout video is streaming.

Perhaps this is only relevant to my interests but whatev.

ill wait til he releases "tanning" & "laundry" 2 complete the trilogy

It is unbelievable how many times he says "situation" in this thing, geez.