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dozens of xposts: Bill Cunningham New York drags a bit when it actually deals with fashion - his building and his life are fascinating, the changes to NY, dealing with modernity at the Times, etc.. Interviewing fashion editors and fashionistas, not a shit was given.

Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 3 January 2013 22:04 (eleven years ago) link

Maybe it's mentioned somewhere above, but Devils On The Doorstep is on there and it is just amazing.

HOLY MOPEDS (R Baez), Friday, 4 January 2013 02:35 (eleven years ago) link

Just added: How to Survive a Plague.

Soon to come:

...beginning on March 30 the streaming service lands all past seasons of Cartoon Network‘s Adventure Time, Ben 10, Regular Show, and Johnny Bravo, as well as Warner Bros Animation’s Green Lantern. It also will have Adult Swim shows Robot Chicken and Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Sony Pictures Television’s The Boondocks and Warner Bros Television’s Studio 2.0′s Childrens Hospital.

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 15 January 2013 15:35 (eleven years ago) link

Tried watching "Navajo Joe," with Burt Reynolds as Joe. Sucked.

Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 January 2013 15:44 (eleven years ago) link

Aw that's too bad. It's in my queue. AMAZING ott Morricone score, at least.

the dyspeptic Hirax (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 15 January 2013 15:51 (eleven years ago) link

Score (under a pseudonym!) was the best part by far.

Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 January 2013 16:19 (eleven years ago) link

i liked Navajo Joe -- it isn't objectively good, but it's fun. and the Morricone soundtrack IS amazing (and carries the film).

oh no! sirap notlih vs. ognir rrats FITE!! OH NO!!! (Eisbaer), Wednesday, 16 January 2013 06:36 (eleven years ago) link

I dont know if it's still up on netflix, but Goats (starring David Duchovney) was one of the most interminable movies I've ever sat through. Not entirely sure why we didn't turn it off. Just inertia, I guess.

But so, it was a four-star rated comedy and we took a chance on it based on the star-rating. Can anyone recommend any recent comedy movies on netflix that are actually hilarious?

whose black line is it anyway? (how's life), Wednesday, 16 January 2013 11:35 (eleven years ago) link

I haven't seen it, but I didn't know Goats was supposed to be a comedy. It was based on a literary novel.

President Keyes, Wednesday, 16 January 2013 11:57 (eleven years ago) link

it was in the comedy section and it had its moments and characters that were played for laughs, I guess. But broadly I'd consider it a coming of age drama. I've come across a few other previously known films on netflix that were miscategorized, so I'm not too surprised.

whose black line is it anyway? (how's life), Wednesday, 16 January 2013 12:03 (eleven years ago) link

Can anyone recommend any recent comedy movies on netflix that are actually hilarious?

"Four Lions?" Some people like "Klown." I'm a big fan of "The Trip." Along similar not quite comedy lines, there's the "Do-Deca Pentathlon."

Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 16 January 2013 12:52 (eleven years ago) link

klown is hella funny with an amazingly raunchy final punchline

an old penis drawing is now "new and notable" (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 16 January 2013 17:53 (eleven years ago) link

Oof. Just finished Snowtown Murders. I'm traumatized. What a set of performances.

consistency is the owlbear of small minds (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 17 January 2013 04:05 (eleven years ago) link

Haven't seen it yet but Oscar-nominated doc 5 Broken Cameras is up.

Gukbe, Thursday, 17 January 2013 04:07 (eleven years ago) link

o good

zero dark (s1ocki), Thursday, 17 January 2013 04:15 (eleven years ago) link

The younger brother's acting in Snowtown was really good

badg, Thursday, 17 January 2013 04:45 (eleven years ago) link

the main psycho's acting was astonishing. Never for a second did I find him implausible.

SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER his expression when he is watching the guy's face while they asphyxiate and release, asphyxiate and release, asphyxiate and release is gonna haunt me to the end of my days SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER

consistency is the owlbear of small minds (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 17 January 2013 16:22 (eleven years ago) link

Melrose Place (TV Series 1992-1999)

^^honestly one of the best decisions i've made in the past couple of years

surm, Thursday, 17 January 2013 16:40 (eleven years ago) link

Having now sen it, I think I can probably also recommend "Klown." It's like a cross between "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Bad Santa" and ... "Happiness?" And a bunch of other crass/un-PC/boundary pushing stuff. But mostly basically a long NC-17 episode of a Danish "Curb Your Enthusiasm."

Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 17 January 2013 17:20 (eleven years ago) link

Watched "Young Adult" w/Charlize Theron last weekend. Man, is that an arsenic cookie.

Gollum: "Hot, Ready and Smeagol!" (Phil D.), Thursday, 17 January 2013 17:25 (eleven years ago) link

i really liked young adult, unexpectedly.

congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 17 January 2013 17:29 (eleven years ago) link

Trying to watch Young Adult finally motivated me to figure out how to change the setting on my TV that makes everything look like it's been shot on video. For that I am thankful

badg, Thursday, 17 January 2013 18:32 (eleven years ago) link

I liked Young Adult to a point, but it sorta left me wondering why I watched. Okay, her life is kinda shitty, it doesn't get better. I didn't want a resolution necessarily but as it stands it's just a journal entry about a shitty weekend. AND.

I dunno. I liked Charlize a lot though, and I don't usually like her.

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 17 January 2013 18:38 (eleven years ago) link

Really? I think she's great in everything.

Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 17 January 2013 20:15 (eleven years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83I_rQUbw8c

Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 17 January 2013 20:15 (eleven years ago) link

i don't get how someone could not like charlize

congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 17 January 2013 20:16 (eleven years ago) link

outside of some of the shit at the film's climax, which was really the plot's main exposition, I think it was a good story about life and self-image

also hilarious in that her single lifestyle is incredibly relatable in different ways for a part of the population and it looks so stark on screen

mh, Thursday, 17 January 2013 20:42 (eleven years ago) link

Just watched "I Think We're Alone Now" about two disturbed dudes obsessed with Tiffany. Pretty interesting, if a bit depressing.

this is amazing

billstevejim, Thursday, 24 January 2013 01:41 (eleven years ago) link

tell me more about this -- how are they disturbed?

this customer is a jerk (La Lechera), Thursday, 24 January 2013 01:44 (eleven years ago) link

On the spectrum.

It was really good. If I recall, it never really made fun of them either.

Jeff, Thursday, 24 January 2013 01:46 (eleven years ago) link

tell me more about this -- how are they disturbed?

it's been a while since I've seen it, but iirc they're both restraining order disturbed

Darin, Thursday, 24 January 2013 02:18 (eleven years ago) link

So House of Cards looks pretty good.

This Is Not An ILX Username (LaMonte), Thursday, 24 January 2013 03:39 (eleven years ago) link

alone now is good but depressing

an old penis drawing is now "new and notable" (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 24 January 2013 16:02 (eleven years ago) link

I can probably also recommend "Klown." ...mostly basically a long NC-17 episode of a Danish "Curb Your Enthusiasm." "Two and a Half Men."

fixed

saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 24 January 2013 16:16 (eleven years ago) link

Never seen "Two and a Half Men."

Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 24 January 2013 20:20 (eleven years ago) link

skip it, try klown instead

an old penis drawing is now "new and notable" (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 24 January 2013 20:41 (eleven years ago) link

I hear that "Two and a Half Men" is like the American "Klown."

Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 24 January 2013 21:15 (eleven years ago) link

I hear the AVN Awards are like the Danish CBS sitcoms.

Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Thursday, 24 January 2013 21:17 (eleven years ago) link

You may have to wait for this Lars Von Trier crossover classic:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphomaniac_(film)

Though of course Von Trier's Puzzy Power has already taken us down that route.

Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 24 January 2013 21:25 (eleven years ago) link

any 2 minutes of "Two and a Half Men" will show ya what it's like, same with 3 endless hours of Quen--

saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 24 January 2013 21:41 (eleven years ago) link

Have you watched even one minute of "Two and a Half Men"

pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Thursday, 24 January 2013 21:42 (eleven years ago) link

I HAVE, I HAVE A SISTER WITH A FAMILY. "EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND" TOO.

saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 24 January 2013 21:46 (eleven years ago) link

MONSTERS

a sock of regals (Edward III), Thursday, 24 January 2013 21:47 (eleven years ago) link

also nearly every shitty film mentioned on this thread is something I've reviewed.

saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 24 January 2013 21:47 (eleven years ago) link

I couldn't get into Klown, but it definitely didn't remind me of 2 1/2 men in the slightest. It felt more like a boring Bad Santa.

pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Thursday, 24 January 2013 21:49 (eleven years ago) link

what about 'mortifying sex hijinks in the company of a pubescent boy'?

saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 24 January 2013 21:57 (eleven years ago) link

like Bad Santa?

pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Thursday, 24 January 2013 21:59 (eleven years ago) link

i didn't like klown much either tbh

congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 24 January 2013 21:59 (eleven years ago) link

Oh man, I watched the Chariots of the Gods movie from 1970 on this last night, and it was fantastic. Probably not to everybody's taste, but it's really crazy and trippy and so much cooler than that "Ancient Aliens" show. The soundtrack was awesome and bonkers too, weird jazz and early synths.

doctor, doctor, what's in my shirt (askance johnson), Sunday, 27 January 2013 16:56 (eleven years ago) link


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