Netflix Watch Instantly Recommendation Thread

She's been a consistent bright spot in OITNB, but she's only on the show in waves.

she is Natasha turned up to 11 in Russian Dolls - ie fkn magic

my favorite line “I’m like if Andrew Dice Clay and the little girl from Brave had a baby”

also this post from Jake Fogelnest on IG the other day is pretty cool

https://i.imgur.com/azFB33I.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/MCFMLrZ.jpg

aww

Kingdom episodes 2-6 brought out more excellent headwear and the rest was entertaining enough too

So I've been to the cinema about 3 times in the past 4 years (babies) and there are definitely a few mainstream films I'd like to see that normally would be 'at the video shop' by now (we do actually have a decent local one but it's now a pain to get to) but none of them are streaming on Netflix! I appreciate it's allowed loads of decent TV to be made but I also want it to replace regular DVD rental places as it was SUPPOSED TO DO. Stuff like "I, Tonya" and "Moneyball". I can't be arsed paying for two subscription services or having to spend time searching to see which service has which movies (increasingly difficult to do). Do I need to switch to Amazon Prime?

In the UK at least, neither Prime or Netflix have many recent movies. There's the odd one but most appear on Sky's subscription Movies packages first.

Prime will have (some) newer movies but they won't be included in your subscription and you'll have to pay extra to "rent" them so I guess that's closer to the traditional video shop model.

In the UK, these people still offer a DVD rental service by post, I guess including new releases:

https://www.cinemaparadiso.co.uk/

That Jake Fogelnest thing is so cute

kinder - you might want to try your library? ours seems to get everything, and makes it easy with holds. interlibrary loan for more obscure and older titles.

ahh thanks! I had actually clocked dvds in our local library, made a mental note and promptly forgot. you've made my day!

another big vote for Russian Doll here; do we have a thread yet?

finished it last night - pretty good, held my interest at least even though it didn't turn out to be much more than a riff on Groundhog Day (frankly I thought it was a little weird that this was never acknowledged/directly referenced). Lyonne is great, even if she does tend to chew the scenery she is a lot of fun to watch, and the rest of the cast was very solid too. also nice that, like Maniac, it hinged on a relationship that was deeply empathetic but essentially non-romantic.

When I can’t find something streaming I’ve rented a movie through iTunes - do people not do this anymore? I did feel kind of old when I did it last week...

Russian Doll is so good. I watched it all last night and am so tired - but invigorated by good tv! - right now. Clever writing, top-notch casting, just enough creepiness just enough NYC 30something normalcy.

oh man, i think the groundhog day comparison is only skin deep. totally different themes, conclusions, ideas at play. love the video game theory explanations as to how THE EVENT is working. Satisfying ending.

"narcissist is stuck in repeating events until they learn to empathize with others" seems to cover both p well

ooh this sounds up my bag. thread delivers.

with, ultimately, no explanation given beyond the one the characters manage to figure out for themselves

xp

spoilidad, I guess

Russian doll thread here: “Hey Birthday Baby!” Talk about Russian Doll on Netflix

have at it

xp to shakey: yeah, that's the skin deep thing i was talking about.

"Abducted In Plain Sight" is like some perverse Christopher Guest parody on some levels. You just can't believe Middle America could get this...not surreal but just *plain fucking weird*. Jaw dropping stuff.

Still wanna punch Jan's parents.

ENBB, I’m in love w Derry Girls & I’m only 10 minutes in. I had two Irish roommates back when I first left uni and everything abt these girls is reminding me of them (so they are) :D

I'd say Velvet Buzzsaw was properly rubbish rather than merely underwhelming. A shame given those involved.

Erin and the bossy one w dark hair strongly remind of two people I have to work with irl that I absolutely loathe--in a school that's supposed to be resolving our reputation for bullying among students, they ARE the bullies. They lash out, preferring to solve problems with force and threat. It's causing me serious mental health problems to be in this environment.

Show-wise, the only person who seems reasonable/logical is the English cousin, who was the butt of every senseless cruelty in ep 1. No can do.

Velvet Buzzsaw was so confusing to me. Like all that talent, time, and money funneled into... this? Just as utterly silly and pointless as the trailer and synopsis suggest. Jake was kinda fun in that role, but it all adds up to nothing.

Brand new 46 minute episode of Big Mouth!!

Xpost yeah agree totally. Even my 13 yo was underwhelmed.

Abducted in Plain Sight: me saying “what?!?” every ten seconds for an hour and a half

Yup lol

The ongoing fear of the parents that their social cohort would reject them for admitting things they did personally that were, all things considered, trivial compared to the safety of their kid. But the perception that tragedy happened to them, even if they had to remain unbelievably naive to feel they had little agency in what was going on, kept the events going. On in other words: what?!?

Hadn't read anything about Beverley Luff Linn, stuck it on tonight and 30 seconds in realised it was by yer Greasy Strangler man.

Far more conventional and mainstream film than that was, arguably the better for it.

A few episodes into Umbrella Academy, which has that perfect Netflix-series quality where it's very watchable and yet obviously not very good? The soundtrack choices and dialog are especially disappointing. Still, there's something refreshing about a comic adaptation that neither takes itself hyper-seriously nor as a Whedon-y smirkfest.

I'm having that classic streaming dilemma where I'm just piqued enough to find out what happens and I have to decide whether it's worth the time investment or if I should just head to wikipedia.

Good background material while doing the dishes imo

**def the quality level we're talking about here

always happy to see homegirl get paid tho

very watchable and yet obviously not very good

this should be the tagline for netflix originals

the kid and the monkey are the obvious stars which is....not a great sign

Kinda funny how similar the set-up is to The Haunting of Hill House

Algorithm-guided no doubt

Not sure, might be taken verbatim from the comics? But I see what you mean.

Went the "skip to the spoilers" route, stopped even being passably entertaining by the midway point.

I've been watching a lot of trailer park boys

It had some funny moments, but The Breaker Upperers felt like half a film stretched rather thin. Needed slightly more of an actual plot.

hasan minhaj’s show is about prescription drug prices this week. there’s a gag about supreme getting into insulin that is largely funny because of how plausible it is

Dragon Prince is so much better in its second season! Some really mature storytelling, both in subject matter and narrative choices.

Amanda Knox doc was very interesting. Less the whodunit side, more the awfulness of the Italian detective and Nick Pisa

Is anybody watching One Strange Rock?

It is spectacular.

Dragon Prince is so much better in its second season! Some really mature storytelling, both in subject matter and narrative choices.

Yes, big step up from S1 on many fronts. The animation seemed noticeably better too. I hope they can keep up the pace of a new season every few months

Re One Strange Rock, the combo of Darren Aronofsky & Will Smith is not a promising one, but I will give it a go.

For a popular science documentary abt life on our planet it's as elucidating as any I've seen. Neatly organized and creatively edited and full of whoa! moments