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The trailer for Blindness, starring Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo and Danny Glover. Its not streaming, but I was very impressed with this film and cant figure out why I havent heard of it in the last three years.
The trailer sets up the premise, but does not prepare an audience for the gravity of its story and plot elements. This is not a movie for kids or any over sensitive members of your family. What it is, is a dissection of human morality and its frailty in the face of weakness. The film makers did an excellent job of telling the story so I dont want to spoil any of it, just warning you that there is a good length in this long movie that is hard to watch.
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The day will come when there is as much available streaming as there is on DVDs. That day has not come yet. It REALLY hasn't come for the vast majority of things that I want to watch.
For that reason, I rejoice over the new price structure. I have used streaming maybe once in the past year, and I use the DVDs all the time. I am happily switching to a DVDs-only plan and saving almost six dollars a month.
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They just added Birdemic: Shock and Terror to the streaming list. This is truly a Manos/The Room/Troll 2 level cornucopia of awesome badness. If you want to add icing to the cake, there's also a Rifftrax for this movie. But with or without it, this movie is a scream. Watch it with friends.
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I finally watched Timer, I don't think I was impressed by the premise as many of you were but the cast was impeccable and I did enjoy the movie very much. I like the directors sense of humor, the scene where Emma Caulfield has trouble with automatic door at the supermarket hit my funny bone with precision.
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I have to say, I never realized just how skinny Caulfield was until I watched Timer. Good for her for being healthy but someone needs to give that woman a sandwich.
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OMG THE KILL POINT amazing television i knew John leguizamo was a great actor but this just put him throught the roof same for Donnie Walberg and whole cast dont miss this one
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Watching Leguizamo in Too Wong Foo, and then in his short lived character in Gamer will show just how dynamic his acting ability is.
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They added Mad Men recently, which I hear is good. I've also been watching Camelot, although there's only ten episodes and the series was cancelled,despite the amazing reviews.
Psych is also a good show, although it's been up for a while.
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This may be too late to be useful, but I was browsing my instant queue and noticed that one of my movies is expiring tomorrow, so I decided to watch it.
The movie was Witness for the Prosecution, and it was brilliant. A nicely plotted courtroom mystery with a truly unconventional twist ending. But better still, the colorful characters and witty dialogue made it more fun to watch than just about any other film I've seen in the genre. Wonderfully acted and directed, and the script is a classic demonstration of why Agatha Christie is one of the 20th century's most beloved authors.
If you're bored tonight, give it a shot. At least watch the first 10 minutes and see if you can bear to turn it off. Otherwise, add it to your DVD queue before they make you pay extra for it.
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quote:I finally watched Timer, I don't think I was impressed by the premise as many of you were but the cast was impeccable and I did enjoy the movie very much. I like the directors sense of humor, the scene where Emma Caulfield has trouble with automatic door at the supermarket hit my funny bone with precision.
I loved how Timer completely ignored all the typical romantic comedy tropes.
That said...
WARNING: Don't watch Timer with a romantic interest with whom you are questioning the seriousness of your connection.
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Not related to netflix, but RA's warning...One of my first dates with my wife was to go see "The Last Kiss" in the theater...since we both really liked "Garden State" we figured for the same off beat, fun, moving, romantic comedy/drama...
Big mistake. Big. Mistake. Not a date movie at all, let alone a beginning of the relationship date movie.
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Also while on the topic of off kilter love stories, Good Dick is an amazing movie written, directed and starring Marianna Palka co-written and also starring Jason Ritter, John Ritter's son. I cannot praise this movie enough, its frank, its bitter and socially uncomfortable. Just like real life. Because of the provocative title I feel that I should say that there is no nudity and no sex scenes, dialogue doesn't get much worse than what is in the trailer.
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I just finished the first two seasons of Damages, I am happy that I waited to watch it as a marathon due to the very detail oriented plot twists and cliff hanger style. Between streaming Damages and getting The Wire through the mail I find myself in crime drama nirvana.
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quote:Originally posted by Yebor1: OMG THE KILL POINT amazing television i knew John leguizamo was a great actor but this just put him throught the roof same for Donnie Walberg and whole cast dont miss this one
I'm watching The Kill Point right now, I love seeing all those familiar faces from The Wire.
ETA I am about half way through, and Wahlberg is absolutely annoying.
quote:Originally posted by pooka: We've really enjoyed "Making Stuff", a four part Nova mini series. I was finishing the third and fourth episodes the other night and the kids were so engrossed they went back and watched the first two and headed into the third again.
We've been watching that too, at your suggestion, and it's a lot of fun. I especially enjoyed Episode 3. It's nice to see environmentalism focused on how things can get better, rather than how screwed we are. I really enjoyed seeing a piece on the subject that was exciting and inspiring, rather than depressing.
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I just finished watching Topsy Turvy with my wife, and we both loved it. The main plot involves the creation and production of Gilbert & Sullivan's The Mikado. But it's really more of a leisurely slice-of-life examination of late 19th Century London theater than a standard biopic.
It's also a movie that we're lucky was ever made. There's not much mainstream market for projects like this, but somehow they managed to get more time and money invested in it than there was ever a hope of making back. It was clearly a labor of love for someone. The result is an impeccably researched and relatively lavishly produced film, full of top-notch actors and scrupulous attention to detail.
It's a little long, and I wouldn't call it suspenseful. But it never drags and is fascinating and enlightening from start to finish, particularly if you've got any interest in the subject matter.
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I hate to keep monopolizing the thread, but a couple weeks ago I just streamed the most interesting movie I've seen in a long time. The movie was Nosferatu.
I don't know if I should admit this, but I think it was the first silent feature film I've ever seen all the way through. I watched it mainly to experience an important piece of culture, but I never expected to actually like it.
Much to my surprise, I was totally captivated by it. I didn't even notice time passing as I watched it. If anything, the silent, flickery black-and-white only enhanced the experience. More than a mere cultural relic, it was a really excellent film.
And the most surprising part was how much it's stuck with me over the past few weeks. I've seen various vampire movies, books and TV shows in the past. Some I've liked more than others. But this was the only thing I've ever seen that actually got me interested in vampire lore in general.
Since I saw it I've scoured the web for historical vampire legends, ordered the Werner Herzog remake of Nosferatu from Netflix, watched Shadow of the Vampire (a fictionalized movie about the making of Nosferatu), and I've even started reading Dracula. As much as I enjoyed Buffy and the like, it never had this effect on me.
The Herzog remake was also very good, in a different way, but it didn't get into my head the way the original did. And the remake isn't on streaming, so there's that.
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I never watched later seasons like 2 onwards of Futurama when it came out even though I love sci-fi and the Simpsons. I don't remember why though. Anyways, I'm really enjoying Futurama. It's really funny.
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Maybe Netflix won't be with us for much longer, but I guess we'll have to see. Hulu is great too. I watch current tv on it.
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quote:Originally posted by Jeff C.: They just threw Tangled on streaming, which is one of my favorite Disney movies. If you haven't seen it yet, check it out!
Great. I wanted to see that.
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quote:Originally posted by Jeff C.: Also, Star Trek: ToS, Voyager, and TNG are all up for streaming. Always entertaining.
I wish they had DS9. Amazon does, and since I have prime it doesn't cost me anything more than I'm already paying, but I'd rather give Netflix the buisness.
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Tangled was quite good, but the animation was so stunning it might be worth your while to order the dvd our blu-ray for the full experience.
Also if you need to catch up on some of Disney's best recent work, they had Toy story 3 on streaming last time I checked.
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quote:Originally posted by Yebor1: OMG THE KILL POINT amazing television i knew John leguizamo was a great actor but this just put him throught the roof same for Donnie Walberg and whole cast dont miss this one
So I watched Kill Point and I have to say what a crazy mix of really great moments with bad effects/edits, completely unbelievable shoot outs and poorly written emotional scenes.
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Wahlberg's character only became more foolish, and Omar Little (the sniper) was over written with no real set-up. I found Kill Point trite and easy to predict in the end, certain elements hint to a darker more complex story that could have been if not for tv producers need for generalization.
The old man could have been much more interesting, but he really only got that one good line "(I'm paraphrasing) I came out in 1962, this is nothing."
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If anyone here is only familiar with Jackie Chan from his post-Rush Hour movies, and you've always wondered what the big deal was about him, Netflix just answered your question.
This is one of Jackie Chan's best movies ever, and it also showcases his equally amazing Peking Opera School brothers Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao.
It's great all the way through, but if you can't watch the whole thing, just skip to the end and watch Jackie fight Benny "The Jet" Urquidez. If you only know that guy as the assassin from Grosse Pointe Blank, you're in for another jaw-dropping surprise.
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'Super' starring Rainn Wilson and Ellen Page is not streaming, but I think its worth seeing. I have to note that there is a scene between Wilson and Page that is the fifth most disturbing scene of a sexual nature that I have ever seen, and three of the top four are violent rapes.
Its not a timid film, but I think that is the point in contrast to conventional action and hero movies.
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Season one of Walking Dead is now streaming, with plenty of time to lament with all the other fans about how long it will be before season two starts airing on AMC.
All of The Wonder Years is also streaming now.
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Luckily, before Starz leaves Netflix for good, they allowed the entire fourth season of Torchwood to be aired on Netflix. Only the first episode was available on Starz.com, and none of the episodes were available on Amazon.com, my preferred online source to pay for videos. I was willing to pay extra to see it, but now I don't have to.
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The dad from Malcolm in the Middle is pretty amazing in Breaking Bad, which is also now streaming (maybe it's always been?). I've seen four episodes so far and they were all tense and compelling. Best show I've seen in a while. Love the Albuquerque setting.
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If Smallville is included I might start cherry picking some of the later episodes, mainly ones with other heroes.
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There's a new season of That Mitchell and Webb Look up now. A quite enjoyable, British sketch comedy show starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb.
quote:Originally posted by Sa'eed: The dad from Malcolm in the Middle is pretty amazing in Breaking Bad, which is also now streaming (maybe it's always been?). I've seen four episodes so far and they were all tense and compelling. Best show I've seen in a while. Love the Albuquerque setting.
I just heard an interview with Aaron Paul, who plays Jesse on Breaking Bad. He said that when he was younger he came very close to being cast as Reese on Malcolm in the Middle. One way or another, he was destined to hang out with Bryan Cranston.
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Being Human, the "UK" version, aka the original is streaming. The opening narrative made me an honest fan and the actual meat of the show was simply icing on the cake.
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I'm sure everyone knows that Netflix has all the Saturday Night Live archives. But that's a massive pile, and I just found something awesome buried in there. So if you have Netflix, click the following:
I know the early '80s SNL has a bad rep, but you've really got to see two things:
1. 10:00 in: If you're a fan of A Mighty Wind, this may surprise and delight you. 2. 17:20 in: If you watched Billy Crystal on the Oscars last year, and you're too young to understand why everyone used to love him so much, watch this sketch. It's just Billy and Martin Short, and it's one of the funniest sketches I can ever remember seeing on SNL.
The rest of the episode is pretty funny, too. All above the standards of the era. But those two sketches especially were so awesome I had to share.
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