Netflix Watch Instantly Recommendation Thread

last night after I wrapped all the presents and everyone else was asleep, I figured I'd celebrate Christmas and watch 'dredd'. not just good but excellent imo. enjoyed the whole cast, nicely directed, brutal w/o being nasty abt it, and moments of actual beauty (the final plunge in particular.) thumbs up!

I liked dredd. also thought Solomon Kane was surprisingly decent for a relatively unknown action film. Some good cast (Pete Postelwaite, Max Von Sydow, Mckenzie Crook with small rolls)

slocki's doc, the fruit hunters, is up on instant.

yes!!

fruit hunters! gonna watch that shit

recent watches worth recommending:
caesar must die (not as good as advertised but very very strong)
the bletchley circle (fun silence of the lambs style bbc murder mystery stuff with "hey we used to be horrible and sexist" retrofeminist historical bent that improves the plot)
GLOW: The Story of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (this was AWESOME, very nostalgic if incomplete)
cutie and the boxer (amazing documentary about married artists; one of the better things i saw this year)
resolution (meta horror film with a bit of a copout ending but totally worth the trouble)

i would also strongly recommend the wall (a bit of a plod unfortunately; think a quieter more morose under the dome) and una noche (great filmmaking, somewhat by the numbers plot though)

i will watch a slocki docki

I watched GLOW last night and loved every minute of it.

didn't know if it was just me! i watched glow as a kid; stunned to discover that the hee-haw style interstitials were based on actual living conditions

oh shit a GLOW doc? i gotta see that.

You Ain't Seen Nothin Yet is up and recommended.

The Big Star doc is up

Streaming only to Jan. 1
TV Shows: Expire January 1, 2014

"Dark Shadows" (original from late 1960s)
"Saturday Night Live The 2000s"
"Mr Bean"
"The Kids In The Hall"
"Perfect 10 Model Boxing" (Volume 1)
Movies - Expire January 1, 2014

"The Rundown"
"Brick"
"Being John Malkovich"
"Back To School"
"Battle Of Britain"
"Born On the Fourth Of July"
"Braveheart"
"Body Of Evidence"
"Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo"
"Man On The Moon"
"Lionheart"
"1492 Conquest Of Paradise"
"Killer Klowns From Outer Space"
"Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind"
"FX"
"Do The Right Thing"
"Desperado"
"Up In Smoke"
"Can't Hardly Wait"
"Capote"
"Biloxi Blues"
"Seed Of Chucky"
"Jarhead"
"As Good As It Gets"
"In The Name Of The Father"
"Inside Deep Throat" (documentary)
"I'm Gonna Get You Sucka"
"In Like Flint"
"Hard Target"
"Foxy Brown"
"Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell"
"Gallipoli"
"Half Baked"
"Flashdance"
"50 First Dates"
"For The Love Of The Game"
"The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas"
"The Bad News Bears"
"The Russia House"
"The Secret Of Nimh"
"Revenge OF The Ninja"
"Roman Holiday"
"Rob Roy"
"Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back"
"Remo Williams"
"Requiem For A Dream"
"Quigley Down Under"
"Pumpkinhead"
"Platoon"
"Once Upon A Time In Mexico"
"October Sky"
"Mystery Men"
"The Skulls"
"Titanic"
"Ronin"
"Romeo And Juliet" (1968)
"Tales From The Crypt: Bordello Of Blood"
"Tales From The Crypt: Demon Knight"
"The Woman In Red"
"Top Gun"
"Street Fighter"
"TNT Jackson"
"Serpico"
"Seed Of Chucky"
"Scary Movie"
"Running Scared"
"Troll II"
"True Grit" (1969)
"War And Peace"
"Talk Radio"
"War Games'
"We Were Soldiers"
"What Dreams May Come"
"Windtalkers"
"World Trade Center"
"The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes"
"The Odd Couple" (1968)
"The Mask Of Zorro"
"The Great Train Robbery"
"The Faculty"
"The Dream Team"
"Best Of Times"
"Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot"
"Species"

Apple TV must display only a fraction of what's available on Netflix because half of those I had no idea about. Looks like I'll be making time for Lionheart before the new year

the Big Star one just showed up

Oh man, that Big Star doc. I just finished it. Wow.

thanks Eazy
also expiring, from my list

Slaughterhouse-Five
Series 7: The Contenders
Sometimes a Great Notion

Basically everyone needs to get on The Long Goodbye. Though a lot of things re-up fast.

Expiring from my list:
Shane
True Grit
The Young Girls of Rochefort
The Andromeda Strain
Roman Holiday

Apologies for repeats with big list

Maron is up

wahhhhh just got the dvd of the big star doc! 2nd time of late something's shown up after i ordered a hard copy (the first being olympus has fallen, which suuuucked).

movies leaving my queue: running scared, remo williams, high art, tales from the hood. anybody have strong feelings about any? also, is breakin 2 worth checking out or worth more as a cliche sequel joke?

ronin, people

croops i went to see breakin 2 with a friend for his birthday when it came out. no spoilers, but at the end, he turned to me and said "i'm so happy i could cry."
"

despite my assumption you must have been under 10 if you saw it when it came out, sold.

yeah it was like grade 3

running scared is a lot of fun iirc

High Art's good, too.

Bronies doc up today :/

Do not watch The Lifeguard. That is all.

Watched the Patty Schemel doc,Hit So Hard, the other night (along with the Big Star doc). Both totally worth the time.

Big Star doc was good. I was concerned that it was going to be a lot famous fans waxing nostalgic for the first time they heard "September Gurls" and while there was a bit of that bullshit (the bane of all fucking music docs AFIAC) it was more minimal than many and there are enough interviews with people close to the band and the recordings to make up for the fact that Bell and Chilton are somewhat... elusive to say the least.

The Big Star doc is excellent -- also glad it didn't spend too much with the "famous fans" at the end (also, I saw that show, and it was *terrible*). Nothing on "In Space" either (good).

100% behind the Big Star doc recommendations - it's tremendous. In a way it might actually have been a worse film if it was made a few years earlier - the lack of direct contributions from Chris Bell and Alex Chilton keeps the mystique preserved.

The STRAIGHT TALK WITH MARGE THRASHER clip is hilarious. "We'd like to do one more tune..." / "Gustavo, we're not quite ready for it."

Wine plus double-feature of Dredd and Lair of the White Worm made for a fun night. My wife hasn't seen Altered States, so I said we definitely need to watch soon. She asked, "is it weird too?" "Of course!"

I definitely want to see more Panther Burns footage.

hee hee, that whole performance is great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U-k32L0KCc
will watch the big star doc soon!

So great. My basic ambition in life is to have someone ask me "This is anti-music, is that right?" Tav's "Thank you very much" response to Marge's "That may be the worst sound I've ever come out on television" is perfect, as is his lovechild-of-David-Byrne-and-Ron-Mael image.

er, "ever HEARD come out on television", I mean

"100% behind the Big Star doc recommendations - it's tremendous. In a way it might actually have been a worse film if it was made a few years earlier - the lack of direct contributions from Chris Bell and Alex Chilton keeps the mystique preserved."

It would have to have MANY years earlier to get a direct contribution from Bell...

Good Burger

Death
Race
2000

In the midst of all the old catalogue coming back there lies James Franco's As I Lay Dying.

sailor who fell from grace is p cool

Oh, and Nostalghia

Rock'n'Roll High School! Red Dawn! 12 seasons of Murder, She Wrote!

Have something on my list called Color Me Kubrick or Colour Me Kubrick with John Malkovich expiring on the fifth. Is that any good?

My cat from hell season 3

yesssssssss

i watched 'new world' last night, which is this pretty incredible 2013 south korean gangster film. it's this almost perfect marriage between infernal affairs/the departed (undercover cop on a long-gestating assignment within a crime syndicate) and election/election 2 (two different crime bosses vying for a newly vacated throne.) loved it!

omg we watched miami connection last night and WOW
a little too much fighting but i loved the revenge of the nerds orphan house/band concept