the comments on that show are... interestign
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 1 June 2017 23:23 (six years ago) link
totally forgot that melanie lynskey was in heavenly creatures and played rose on 2 & a half men and is from new zealand
Weird- I totally forgot she was in 2 and a Half Men too, and I used to watch that show. For me her filmography basically begins with "Happy Christmas" and ends with "Putzel" - she's great in both.
― o. nate, Friday, 2 June 2017 01:31 (six years ago) link
Wow, Get Me Roger Stone -- did not expect this to be so good
― Dominique, Saturday, 3 June 2017 01:22 (six years ago) link
i've never been a big sarah silverman fan but the new one is a lot more thoughtful than i've ever seen her before. and it's funnier as a result imo
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 6 June 2017 11:13 (six years ago) link
"Bad Company" - 1972 revisionist Western starring a young Jeff Bridges is up on Netflix atm. Definitely worth a watch
― Well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Tuesday, 6 June 2017 11:53 (six years ago) link
So been watching The Keepers - terrifying.
― Never changed username before (cardamon), Tuesday, 6 June 2017 21:58 (six years ago) link
don't watch War On Everyone, it's terrible. like a long episode of Police Squad directed by Quentin Tarantino. it actually made me cringe for the director and i was only able to watch about half an hour of it. young bro dudes might like it though.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 18:53 (six years ago) link
there is ANOTHER Sundance-y Melanie Lynskey movie on now. from 2016. Little Boxes. but i don't feel like watching it.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 18:55 (six years ago) link
you guys still haven't watched The Overnight, right? i know, you're busy. Comey Day coming and all. you gotta get ready...
― scott seward, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 18:57 (six years ago) link
I watched it a while back. It was ok
― Number None, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 19:09 (six years ago) link
Keepers is good though deeply depressing
― tylerw, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 19:17 (six years ago) link
I also watched The Overnight awhile back and it was thoroughly enjoyable
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 19:18 (six years ago) link
I was expecting a depressing murder mystery, was not expecting the full extent of it. But there are some very strong survivors and believers in people that we meet in that show
― Never changed username before (cardamon), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 19:44 (six years ago) link
About the keepers that is
― Never changed username before (cardamon), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 19:45 (six years ago) link
― scott seward, Wednesday, June 7, 2017 1:53 PM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah it was...not good
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 22:22 (six years ago) link
wanna re-up Hasan Minahj's Netflix special as it was very funny and sincere, anyone see it?
― Unchanging Window (Ross), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 22:25 (six years ago) link
I thought it was great. Excellent storytelling, just the right amount of sentiment.
― trishyb, Thursday, 8 June 2017 07:35 (six years ago) link
Can anybody recommend some good horror films? They've added a few, but I'm not familiar with them and the new rating system doesn't work so hot for horror films, where OK ones get overrated and good-bad ones often get rated worse than bad-bad ones.
These all caught my eye:
Under The ShadowsThe InvitationThe SimilarsThe PresenceThe Disappointment Room
I'm kinda picky but I've been lucky to watch some good ones lately, most but not all on Netflix: It Follows, Hush, Green Room, Crimson Peak, The Boy (which critics hated but was so much dumb fun)
― Evan R, Monday, 12 June 2017 21:12 (six years ago) link
i've heard nothing but good things about under the shadow. the invitation is extremely divisive for some reason but it's prob my favorite film of the past few years, horror or otherwise
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 12 June 2017 21:37 (six years ago) link
oh wow that is a hell of a recommendation! i'll move that one to the top of the queue
― Evan R, Monday, 12 June 2017 21:40 (six years ago) link
it touches on a lot of things that are really resonant for me (the total consuming and distorting nature of grief for instance) and it's beautifully shot
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 12 June 2017 21:51 (six years ago) link
the invitation is worth seeing, imo, not really a 'horror' movie tho per se (part of it's appeal)
'don't kill it' was also pretty fun, but not on netflix
'he never died' was ok -- some ppl rated henry rollins' performance but i thought it was kinda whatever
i really want to watch 'the green room' again, the whole experience of seeing it with only a one-sentence plot setup (i very deliberately avoid trailers for horror/thriller movies) was so fucking great. it's one of the few movies i've seen in recent years that instantly made me want to watch it with someone else who's totally naive to it, just to see them react to it
― gbx, Monday, 12 June 2017 21:59 (six years ago) link
has anyone seen "the devil's candy"? it's on my amazon watchlist
― gbx, Monday, 12 June 2017 22:00 (six years ago) link
Under the Shadows is GREAT
― dan selzer, Monday, 12 June 2017 23:30 (six years ago) link
Going to watch tonight
Pacific Rim AND Gravity have been added!! If I had a giant-ass TV I would be all over those
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 19:10 (six years ago) link
oh, hello on broadway
― Mordy, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 19:12 (six years ago) link
did anyone watch that new backwards caper movie yet? netflix exclusive? wait, i'll find the name....
Shimmer Lake! looks like it might be cool....
― scott seward, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 19:21 (six years ago) link
Riverdale, while it couldn't be mistaken for good, is entertaining background TV
― rb (soda), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 20:49 (six years ago) link
I loved it
― or at night (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 21:07 (six years ago) link
Would not have gone within 1000 yards of it if not for this thread though
riverdale is so too good soda how dare u
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 21:35 (six years ago) link
It makes me want CSI: Stars Hollow
― rb (soda), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 21:38 (six years ago) link
ooh yes
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 21:45 (six years ago) link
Luke Perry and Skeet Ulrich and Madchen Amick were so good
I really like the Betty actress too
― or at night (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 22:40 (six years ago) link
Yeah, Betty does a lot of good acting without great material. Apparently (according to my students) Jughead's "I'm weird speech" is a well-known meme. As it should be, though, because
http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/245/072/82a.gif
― remy bean, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 22:49 (six years ago) link
He was great too obv
― or at night (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 22:51 (six years ago) link
New(ish) Joe Swanberg movie w/ Jake Johnson and Keegan-Michael Key looks like it might be worth a watch
― El Tuomasbot (milo z), Wednesday, 14 June 2017 00:39 (six years ago) link
can recommend! it's good, way less aimlessly improv-ed than Drinking Buddies etc. I enjoyed it
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 14 June 2017 01:07 (six years ago) link
Yeah it's v enjoyable
― Well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Wednesday, 14 June 2017 02:04 (six years ago) link
Finished season 4 of The 100. So many lols.
― Jeff, Thursday, 15 June 2017 13:39 (six years ago) link
seasons 3 and 4 are the best. octavia power.
― scott seward, Thursday, 15 June 2017 13:45 (six years ago) link
I started watching The 100 again with Maria. She's never watched it. They were such babies.
End of season 4 definitely has me anticipating already! hope it comes back. i don't even know if it is.
― scott seward, Thursday, 15 June 2017 13:47 (six years ago) link
Man I can't wait to start 100.4
― or at night (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 15 June 2017 15:36 (six years ago) link
raven and octavia are my role models. they inspire me to be a better person.
― scott seward, Thursday, 15 June 2017 17:09 (six years ago) link
From way back in the thread but yeah i thought the new Sarah Silverman special was great. Better than the new Louie imo
― layda be cry (los blue jeans), Friday, 16 June 2017 04:42 (six years ago) link
otm!
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 16 June 2017 06:41 (six years ago) link
Never paid much attention to Silverman, but yeah that special was worthwhile.
― o. nate, Saturday, 17 June 2017 00:26 (six years ago) link
The John McAfee documentary is a bit hack-y but it's such a bizarre story it doesn't really matter
― Well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Saturday, 17 June 2017 10:12 (six years ago) link
Finished The Keepers last night. It was a great story, in parts, and it was a very good example of the shameless way the Catholic Church covers for the rapists it breeds, but I'm not sure it covered the murder very well. It raised a lot of questions, and I guess in the end pointed to that necklace guy?
I found myself losing a bit of patience with the way it signposted some events as conclusions or proofs. I also felt, understandably I guess, that it never really investigated the merits or demerits of suppressed memory evidence.
I don't doubt the abuse for a second, nor the scale of it, but it does seem like someone who's had such a vile and traumatic experience which their memory appeared to wipe for years presents a problem when it comes to their being a major solo witness in another crime, ie witnessing the body of Sister Cathy in the woods. The maggots thing I guess added credence but it didn't prove her story was true in the way the documentary attempted to show.
Be curious to know how others felt but it left me a bit confused in the end. It was hard to tell what the documentary makers thought happened. I also didn't like the sort of religious/seer feeling to "who knows when I'll remember something else" etc in the last episode, but again I don't know enough about the psychiatry of suppressed memory to know, the show touched on it but only in a highly personalised way about the evil hateful state doctor with some random AN Other saying "we should never ignore our blind spots"
It was a nicely made doc and it had some really sensitive interviews, it suffered a bit from the story having no conclusion to it.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Saturday, 17 June 2017 14:26 (six years ago) link
Watched "Under The Shadow" the other night. V good, enjoyed having a ghost story in a non traditional setting
Got the feeling that the setting did a lot of the heavy lifting and in the end there wasn't much to it. Still good tho.
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 18 June 2017 18:19 (six years ago) link