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one of the best moviegoing experiences I ever had in my life was when I went to go see the 70mm print of Playtime at the Egyptian Theater a couple of years ago. plus it was the English dub, which I would ordinarily find offensively shitty but w/ Playtime it was incredibly liberating being able to let my eyes wander all over all that screen space picking out details. oh, and for some reason there were a bunch of kids in the theater too and it TOTALLY worked; they went into the same shell-shocked awe that all the wine-sipping turtleneck-wearing cineastes as soon as it started. A++++++++++++++++ would see again.
― /no cobo (jamescobo), Thursday, 11 March 2010 00:09 (fourteen years ago) link
fyi election and triad election are both on instant watch
― Nhex, Thursday, 11 March 2010 00:54 (fourteen years ago) link
I've been streaming Spartcus: Blood and Sand. Hilarious.
― Jeff, Thursday, 11 March 2010 01:01 (fourteen years ago) link
I also watch a lot of Xena.
― Jeff, Thursday, 11 March 2010 01:02 (fourteen years ago) link
okay this is like the first time I've encountered ppl in the context of ILX who have said positive things about The IT Crowd
so wrong dan, read the I.T. crowd thread.
― shite new answers (cutty), Thursday, 11 March 2010 01:53 (fourteen years ago) link
Is spartacus worth watching?
― forksclovetofu, Thursday, 11 March 2010 02:52 (fourteen years ago) link
Uh, it's pretty bad actually. Guilty pleasure that occasionally is almost good.
― Jeff, Thursday, 11 March 2010 03:07 (fourteen years ago) link
Like a lower budget 300 with more blood and breasts.
But it has Xena in it!
And she shows her boobs!
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 11 March 2010 03:46 (fourteen years ago) link
I tried the pilot. Appreciated the trashiness, but it was just way too slow. Nudity yay, 300 effects zzz.
― Nhex, Thursday, 11 March 2010 04:49 (fourteen years ago) link
A couple of quick things:
YES I've seen Dr Horrible, it's fucking awesome
I started watching Baker's Key to Time season a few weeks ago and it's kind of terrifying how well those stories hold up
― we call him black Nev coz he's black & his names Neville (HI DERE), Thursday, 11 March 2010 06:23 (fourteen years ago) link
BRITAIN HATES YOU ALL AND SO DO I
― JimD, Thursday, 11 March 2010 15:59 (fourteen years ago) link
also wait, Spartacus has Xena boobs?
okay that didn't come out the way I intended
― we call him black Nev coz he's black & his names Neville (HI DERE), Thursday, 11 March 2010 16:02 (fourteen years ago) link
from what I've heard about the show, you're better off just finding the clips on Huffington Post or wherever.
― richie aprile (rockapads), Thursday, 11 March 2010 16:48 (fourteen years ago) link
wait, Huffington Post has Xena boobs?
― super hot old dudes (Lamp), Thursday, 11 March 2010 17:37 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah pretty sure they had some NSFW clips right after the first boob episode aired.
― richie aprile (rockapads), Thursday, 11 March 2010 17:56 (fourteen years ago) link
Newly Available Today Alert:BRONSON
― forksclovetofu, Friday, 12 March 2010 16:28 (fourteen years ago) link
also somewhat related: just met with one of my new co-workers for lunch yesterday and she mentioned that she was an actress and suggested that I check her out on IMDB, which I did... turns out she did a large speaking role in a film with Vera Farmiga that is available for streaming, so I think I'll be watching that too.
― forksclovetofu, Friday, 12 March 2010 16:30 (fourteen years ago) link
― forksclovetofu, Friday, March 12, 2010 4:28 PM (25 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
yep,in the queue as of this morning
― Aerosol, Friday, 12 March 2010 16:58 (fourteen years ago) link
pretty much all of Rescue Me is up as well.
― forksclovetofu, Friday, 12 March 2010 20:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Boot Camp - about a tough love camp for troubled teens. has Mila Kunis. has that russian guy from prison break who's accent changes every scene. has Mila Kunis. pleasantly surprised (expected a 2/10, this is maybe a 4.5/10.) it was smart enough to raise a couple interesting questions about such camps, but nowhere near smart enough to answer them. has Mila Kunis.
― bnw, Saturday, 13 March 2010 17:12 (fourteen years ago) link
DEAD SNOW
A group of Norwegian friends get the scariest history lesson of their lives during a weekend getaway to the snowy town of Øksfjord, where the party is interrupted by throngs of Nazi zombies who once occupied the area. Armed with a machine-gun-equipped snowmobile, the gang fights for survival in director Tommy Wirkola's quirky horror, shot on location in the mountains of Norway. The film had its U.S. premiere at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
― shite new answers (cutty), Sunday, 14 March 2010 13:21 (fourteen years ago) link
nazombies
ThanksKilling is still available.
― Jeff, Sunday, 14 March 2010 16:04 (fourteen years ago) link
Gogol Bordello and Dark Funeral concert movies availablePretty much all of Showtime's Weeds.And the new woody allen: whatever works
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 17 March 2010 13:53 (fourteen years ago) link
this is not a video game thread and I object to it always being in the top of new answers fwiw
― antexit, Wednesday, 17 March 2010 14:47 (fourteen years ago) link
it's here since every this-gen game system has the added bonus of offering netflix streaming and because most folks I know use their systems as movie boxes about 40-60% of the times they use them.Anyone else against this thread being here? We can move it to ILE if there's enough unhappiness about it.
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 17 March 2010 14:54 (fourteen years ago) link
Leave it here.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 17 March 2010 15:11 (fourteen years ago) link
antexit's just ornery because us canadians can't have nice things
― Quantic Dream, So Hard To Beat (Will M.), Wednesday, 17 March 2010 15:33 (fourteen years ago) link
the price of socialism is eternally having to rent physical copies of movies
― no chapo (Lamp), Wednesday, 17 March 2010 19:03 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah but you fuckers have socialized health care
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 17 March 2010 21:22 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah but think of how bored they will be with nothing to watch in their hospital rooms while they recuperate for free
― First and Last and Safeways (jjjusten), Wednesday, 17 March 2010 21:27 (fourteen years ago) link
it's called curling, douchebags. on tv 14 hrs/day
― antexit, Wednesday, 17 March 2010 21:47 (fourteen years ago) link
"curling douchebags" is a sit-com or a soap?
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 17 March 2010 22:01 (fourteen years ago) link
lovefilm have streaming movies in uk. its not very good tho (flash, no buffering on pause, choice of 3000)
― aztec gamera (zappi), Wednesday, 17 March 2010 22:24 (fourteen years ago) link
does Netflix buffer on pause? hasn't seemed to help me (on PS3).
― richie aprile (rockapads), Wednesday, 17 March 2010 22:59 (fourteen years ago) link
On the Mac/PC it does, though not all the way, just a few minutes forward.
― Nhex, Thursday, 18 March 2010 00:23 (fourteen years ago) link
curling douchebags is a reality show, forks. cross btw Shear Genius and Jersey Shore. very popular up here
― antexit, Thursday, 18 March 2010 01:01 (fourteen years ago) link
^^would watch. bring it 2 america
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 18 March 2010 01:02 (fourteen years ago) link
needs more hipster puppies
― forksclovetofu, Thursday, 18 March 2010 01:03 (fourteen years ago) link
SHERMAN'S MARCH - _really_ long 1986 documentary about a guy moving from relationship to relationship in the South, following the march of Sherman (which he's ostensibly being paid by the NEA to make a film about). Notable for the ahead of its times style, some remarkably inciteful camera work, the characters he spends time with and the wild time capsule of early '80's america. not for people who can't handle emo attitude, self-obsession or 2 1/2 hour films where virtually nothing happens.
― forksclovetofu, Saturday, 20 March 2010 17:35 (fourteen years ago) link
That doc sort of sucked. But still I watch Ross McElwee docs even though he talks about the same shit all the time. You wish he would just get over himself and his boring ass issues.
I prob like bright leaves the best.
― Jeff, Saturday, 20 March 2010 17:54 (fourteen years ago) link
Who's Harry Crumb
wish I had listened to my cousin's reco when I was 11. This movie is hilarious! Well, except for the O_o stereotype bits.
― I gave'em anything that popped into my cabeza. (los blue jeans), Saturday, 20 March 2010 18:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Maybe I should say that I hate myself after watching and mildly enjoying his long ass docs about his womens and dad issues.
― Jeff, Saturday, 20 March 2010 18:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Jeff, does he just do this same movie over and over? My first exposure to this cat.
― forksclovetofu, Saturday, 20 March 2010 18:04 (fourteen years ago) link
Essentially, yes. He even uses the same footage over. Like the scene with his sister and him in the boat is used again.
Bright Leaves is interesting though, he talks about his familys history in creating the big tobacco industry.
― Jeff, Saturday, 20 March 2010 18:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Check out 'Street Thief' - good Chicago crime movie
― BlackIronPrison, Saturday, 20 March 2010 18:09 (fourteen years ago) link
I just finally subscribed to Netflix and set this up (on the 360). Sort of feels life changing (LOL). A little browsing and I already have 33 things in my instant queue and seven in the DVD queue - overwhelming. Was surprised with how easy it was to set up and how great it worked (HD picture quality pretty much equal to what I get via Time Warner Cable).
I didn't see it mentioned in the recommendations above, but I noticed the first five seasons of Saturday Night Live are available for instant viewing.
― Jeff LeVine, Monday, 22 March 2010 04:23 (fourteen years ago) link
Out of curiosity, does Netflix actually have HD streaming? I heard that they did, but I'm guessing it's only available on specific movies. The standard DVD-quality stuff still looks good, but I was wondering if there are 720 or 1080-quality examples?
― Nhex, Monday, 22 March 2010 04:45 (fourteen years ago) link