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adox

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The Kid With A Bike - now available on US Netflix.

Havent seen it but will be definitely watching it.

Technocentral

MyBrokenKnees wrote: »

For me anyway Cousin's will always play second fiddle to Alex Cox. I first came across him when he replaced Cox on Moviedrome. Again you could also see he had the passion for movies but he really can't portray that passion like some of the great movie makers he talks about. Cox could do that.

I think you nailed it on the head with bored college professor.The funny thing is Cox is now professor of film and screen writing in the states.

Cousin's accent aside the analysis and his choice of films is excellent and enlightening, many people have better voices and delivery but don't have his knowledge and good taste, so I think its a fair trade off.

Technocentral

adox wrote: »

The Kid With A Bike - now available on US Netflix.

Havent seen it but will be definitely watching it.

Noticed that, meant to be brilliant, will check it out over weekend alright.

johnny_ultimate

Yeah there's no doubting Cousins has a fascinating knowledge of cinema, and very distinctive taste (not one who just falls in line with typical consensus and hyperbole). I've grown more accustomed through his style of analysis through his newish Sight & Sound column, so definitely want to give the documentary another go despite that admittedly bizarre drawl of his.

adox wrote: »

The Kid With A Bike - now available on US Netflix.

Havent seen it but will be definitely watching it.

A great film indeed, one of the year's better productions. Another reminder of how hard it's going to be to compose a Top 20 for 2012

Manchegan

In an ideal world, Netflix would arrange so that the films examined by Cousins would be available. Working through that would be a project worth the effort.

Technocentral

Great documentary called Cleanflix on US one, I never even heard of the concept but believe it or not it was a company based in Utah (Mormon central) that lasted 6 years and ripped R rated mainstream dvds then edited the sex, swearing and (though it wasn't always their main concern) violence out to make them suitable for "family" viewing and resold them, they didn't sell them on market stalls in relative secrecy as you might imagine btw, at one stage they had 70 branded shops a headquarters, brand logos, a website etc! Of course eventually Hollywood had enough and sued. Its illustrated with hilarious clips of before and after versions of the likes of Matrix and The Big Lebowski and without giving to much away, one of the guys who made a fortune re selling these butchered dvd's wasn't exactly practicing what he preached! (btw they also did a version of Goodfellows, imagine what that would end up like without profanity and violence!)

Technocentral

Manchegan wrote: »

In an ideal world, Netflix would arrange so that the films examined by Cousins would be available. Working through that would be a project worth the effort.

Whilst I'd also be interested, it wouldn't make sense for them to pay for the huge amount of films mentioned for what would be a small, niche audience who's interested in those sort of films though, they're more interested in chasing the Disney viewers than the art house types.

MyBrokenKnees

Cleanflix is a really interesting documentary. To bookend it I would also recommend After Porn Ends which is up on the Irish Netflix as well.

After Porn Ends. The title really gives away what are mostly very sad stories. I also found out how naive I may have been to how big the industry is. They have porn cons that can match comic con's on size. I found it really interesting but in the end tragic stories of people caught in a world they don't want to be in is quiet unsettling. Which is something a good documentary should do when dealing with this kind of subject.

elWizard

watched this on the US Netflix on Friday night. The many favourable reviews it has gotten are well-justified. (For those who haven't heard about this, it's a documentary that follows these Floridian Timeshare Billionaires who are building the largest private home in America, only for the economy to collapse and they suddenly find themselves in - relatively - reduced circumstances).
It's pretty interesting, and not quite what I expected. Sure the Dad is a fairly hissable villain throughout but the other characters, particularly the Queen herself, are considerably more sympathetic.

MyBrokenKnees

Batman: Year One. Is now up on the US Netflix.

Beefy78

Awesome. I've been hoping that would turn up.

Mickeroo

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Watched The Island President on Irish Netflix this morning. Decent enough documentary of the president of the Maldives trying to get other world leaders to act on climate change and rising sea levels.

johnny_ultimate

A few recent 'indie' additions to the US catalogue.

2 Days in New York - Julie Delpy's follow up to 2 Days in Paris. It's only alright - broad and silly, but worth a watch for fans of the original.

Bag of Hammers - Con: middling reviews. Pro: Rebecca Hall.

Sleepwalk with Me - slight but smart comedy-drama. Quite likeable.

Pina, Wim Wenders dance documentary, is also up there. I never caught it during its cinema run, but its meant to be quite the visually resplendent production.

Dozen Wicked Words

Just catching up watching some older recommendations, one from Johnny_Ultimate from October was well worth watching. Headhunters was excellent, very silly, very (darkly) funny throughout and somehow the lead actor (Aksel Hennie) made his obnoxious, unlikeable, ridiculous haired character likeable! Haven't seen a toilet roll used like that in a film before either.

dark crystal

Sorry if it's already been mentioned elsewhere on the thread, but does anyone know if Netflix is showing Downton Abbey at all?

Haven't managed to catch it yet and a month of Netflix would be cheaper than buying the box sets!

Dozen Wicked Words

dark crystal wrote: »

Sorry if it's already been mentioned elsewhere on the thread, but does anyone know if Netflix is showing Downton Abbey at all?

Haven't managed to catch it yet and a month of Netflix would be cheaper than buying the box sets!

Watched Dark Crystal today on Netflix, not as good as I remembered it but still interesting to see a "seriousish" film done entirely with puppets.

Sorry, just saw the user name and thought I would mention it! 1st series of Downton Abbey is on US Netflix.

Technocentral

dooferoaks wrote: »

Just catching up watching some older recommendations, one from Johnny_Ultimate from October was well worth watching. Headhunters was excellent, very silly, very (darkly) funny throughout and somehow the lead actor (Aksel Hennie) made his obnoxious, unlikeable, ridiculous haired character likeable! Haven't seen a toilet roll used like that in a film before either.

You're right, very enjoyable if totally nonsensical!

grimm2005

dark crystal wrote: »

Sorry if it's already been mentioned elsewhere on the thread, but does anyone know if Netflix is showing Downton Abbey at all?

Haven't managed to catch it yet and a month of Netflix would be cheaper than buying the box sets!

First 2 series are on Netflix UK

Sertus

Can anyone suggest a couple of really excellent films worth checking out on Irish netflix ?

nocoverart

I thought Shame was very good! if you don't mind subtitles Sin Nombre is also very good. Indie Game: The Movie is a very well made documentary. Just a few random films that are worthy of a mention.

nocoverart

Sertus wrote: »

Can anyone suggest a couple of really excellent films worth checking out on Irish netflix ?

Oops forgot ta quote LOL

Sertus

nocoverart wrote: »

I thought Shame was very good! if you don't mind subtitles Sin Nombre is also very good. Indie Game: The Movie is a very well made documentary. Just a few random films that are worthy of a mention.

Thanks man, I'll check those out

grimm2005

Sertus wrote: »

Thanks man, I'll check those out

As mentioned earlier in the thread Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil is a very enjoyable film. Requiem for a Dream is extremely bleak and depressing but a very good film. And then of course you have some of the big ones like Sin City, Saving Private Ryan etc. Jackass 3 and 21 Jump Street are good fun if you don't want anything too serious. 50/50 is funny but also deals with a serious subject matter, it doesn't get too heavy though and I enjoyed it a lot. Finally, I'd really recommend Drive, a film which seems to have polarized opinion around here but I loved it myself.

Might find something in that lot!

Niska

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Watched The Woman In Black last night. Old fashioned ghost story - pretty good. Stars Daniel Radcliffe and Ciaran Hinds.

flazio

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Been watching Avatar: The Last Airbender (also known as The Legend of Aang) Excellent cartoon, just the right blend of silly for the kids and serious for us approaching 30 geeks. Well worth a look, especially if you were a fan of the animated Batman back in the day. You may here a familiar laugh.
But the movie 'The Last Airbender' is probably best left alone.

ciaran76

Just watched The Man from Earth on the US Netflix and if you were a fan if the Twilight Zone I think you may like this.

Not the best acting ever but a very interesting story. It's either you love it or hate it really.

NapoleonInRags

nocoverart wrote: »

I thought Shame was very good! if you don't mind subtitles Sin Nombre is also very good. Indie Game: The Movie is a very well made documentary. Just a few random films that are worthy of a mention.

+1 for Sin Nombre, excellent flick

Technocentral

Watched a very enjoyable, if slight, "Western" called Appaloosa last night on Canadian Flix. Directed by and starring Ed Harris, its a quite funny "buddy" film about two guys (Harris and Viggo Mortensen, both excellent) who hire themselves out as deputies to clean up violent towns, a bit of a cliched storyline of course, but handled very well with a light directorial touch from Harris, who has nearly as much strife picking out curtain material for his new house on the insistence of his prospective wife as he does with local evildoers, you'd never see Wayne doing that . Great support also from Jeremy Irons playing the local big baddie and funnily enough, Timothy Spall as the local town council type who hires them.

the whole year inn

Watched a very good documentry "Aileen A Life and Death of a Serial Killer" ,I thought it was very slow to start but enjoyed it all the same.It about serial killer Aileen Wuornos, who began her murder spree in 1992. A highway prostitute at the age of 13, Wuornos was convicted of killing six truck drivers who she insisted tried to rape her.She on death row.

I ve never seen "Monster" but will give it a look now after this

_Whimsical_

I recommend the hour long video of a crackling log fire that can be found in their festive section. Put it on to ridicule it ,leave it on because after a few minutes its strangely nice and festive...:o