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

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pretty much all of Rescue Me is up as well.

forksclovetofu, Friday, 12 March 2010 20:33 (fourteen years ago) link

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.

bnw, Saturday, 13 March 2010 17:12 (fourteen years ago) link

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.

shite new answers (cutty), Sunday, 14 March 2010 13:21 (fourteen years ago) link

nazombies

shite new answers (cutty), Sunday, 14 March 2010 13:21 (fourteen years ago) link

ThanksKilling is still available.

Jeff, Sunday, 14 March 2010 16:04 (fourteen years ago) link

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

forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 17 March 2010 13:53 (fourteen years ago) link

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

antexit, Wednesday, 17 March 2010 14:47 (fourteen years ago) link

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.

forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 17 March 2010 14:54 (fourteen years ago) link

Leave it here.

EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 17 March 2010 15:11 (fourteen years ago) link

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

Quantic Dream, So Hard To Beat (Will M.), Wednesday, 17 March 2010 15:33 (fourteen years ago) link

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

no chapo (Lamp), Wednesday, 17 March 2010 19:03 (fourteen years ago) link

yeah but you fuckers have socialized health care

forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 17 March 2010 21:22 (fourteen years ago) link

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

First and Last and Safeways ™ (jjjusten), Wednesday, 17 March 2010 21:27 (fourteen years ago) link

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

antexit, Wednesday, 17 March 2010 21:47 (fourteen years ago) link

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

forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 17 March 2010 22:01 (fourteen years ago) link

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

aztec gamera (zappi), Wednesday, 17 March 2010 22:24 (fourteen years ago) link

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

richie aprile (rockapads), Wednesday, 17 March 2010 22:59 (fourteen years ago) link

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

Nhex, Thursday, 18 March 2010 00:23 (fourteen years ago) link

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

antexit, Thursday, 18 March 2010 01:01 (fourteen years ago) link

^^would watch. bring it 2 america

johnny crunch, Thursday, 18 March 2010 01:02 (fourteen years ago) link

needs more hipster puppies

forksclovetofu, Thursday, 18 March 2010 01:03 (fourteen years ago) link

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.

forksclovetofu, Saturday, 20 March 2010 17:35 (fourteen years ago) link

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.

Jeff, Saturday, 20 March 2010 17:54 (fourteen years ago) link

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.

I gave'em anything that popped into my cabeza. (los blue jeans), Saturday, 20 March 2010 18:01 (fourteen years ago) link

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

Jeff, Saturday, 20 March 2010 18:02 (fourteen years ago) link

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

forksclovetofu, Saturday, 20 March 2010 18:04 (fourteen years ago) link

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.

Jeff, Saturday, 20 March 2010 18:08 (fourteen years ago) link

Check out 'Street Thief' - good Chicago crime movie

BlackIronPrison, Saturday, 20 March 2010 18:09 (fourteen years ago) link

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.

Jeff LeVine, Monday, 22 March 2010 04:23 (fourteen years ago) link

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?

Nhex, Monday, 22 March 2010 04:45 (fourteen years ago) link

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.

forksclovetofu, Monday, 22 March 2010 04:55 (fourteen years ago) link

er "the HD is movie specific"

forksclovetofu, Monday, 22 March 2010 04:55 (fourteen years ago) link

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

Nhex, Monday, 22 March 2010 05:19 (fourteen years ago) link

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

no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Monday, 22 March 2010 05:27 (fourteen years ago) link

Sort of feels life changing (LOL).

it really kinda is tho

Aerosol, Monday, 22 March 2010 15:16 (fourteen years ago) link

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.

congratulations (n/a), Monday, 22 March 2010 15:22 (fourteen years ago) link

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

no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Monday, 22 March 2010 16:21 (fourteen years ago) link

$9.99 and Julie and Julia just out.

forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 13:16 (fourteen years ago) link

h8 all u yankees

cozen, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 13:19 (fourteen years ago) link

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.

Jeff LeVine, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 14:37 (fourteen years ago) link

i highly recommend THE DARK CRYSTAL

akaky akakievich, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 15:12 (fourteen years ago) link

waco: the rules of engagement is pretty ill

bodacious cowboy (hobbes), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 06:57 (fourteen years ago) link

psyched for Sherman's March 2

booches (Tape Store), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 06:59 (fourteen years ago) link

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

Jeff, Tuesday, 30 March 2010 11:34 (fourteen years ago) link

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.

Nhex, Thursday, 1 April 2010 08:10 (fourteen years ago) link

Dassin's Night in the City!

forksclovetofu, Thursday, 1 April 2010 13:24 (fourteen years ago) link

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

forksclovetofu, Thursday, 1 April 2010 13:29 (fourteen years ago) link

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

forksclovetofu, Thursday, 1 April 2010 23:33 (fourteen years ago) link

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

bnw, Thursday, 1 April 2010 23:45 (fourteen years ago) link

street fight is the other one.

forksclovetofu, Thursday, 1 April 2010 23:46 (fourteen years ago) link


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