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21Savage · 20-01-2018 08:54PM

Enjoying the series of Race for the White House CNN Specials on Netflix.

NIMAN · 21-01-2018 08:28AM

1) Watched The Man With The Iron Heart.

Didn't get a great score on IMBD, but I enjoyed it.
Quite graphic, a la Schindlers List.

7/10.

Starting to enjoy Jason Clarke as an actor. Had never heard of him before until about 6 months ago, now seen him in this and Mudbound. Excellent. I also see he was in Home and Away in 2002!

2) Watched Alone in Berlin, with Brendan Gleeson and Emma Thompson. About a German couple who lose their son in the war and decide to start distributing anti-Nazi cards around Berlin. 2 main actors good as usual, and shocked to see at the end that its a true story.

7/10

somesoldiers · 21-01-2018 09:15AM

Finished Frozen Dead,bit slow to begin with but very good in the end?

What next?
Wormwood
Indian Detective
Morrocco: Love in a time of war (sounds a bit vom but has an 8/10 on IMDb)

Slattsy · 21-01-2018 10:19AM

I watched Open House last night for some godforsaken reason.

Do not watch it. It's absolutely atrocious.

peteeeed · 21-01-2018 12:41PM

Shockwave tunnel ( Hong Kong action thriller )
The Belko experiment
Added today

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 21-01-2018 12:59PM

somesoldiers wrote: »

What next?

Morrocco: Love in a time of war (sounds a bit vom but has an 8/10 on IMDb)

Haven't watched this one but any of the other Spanish things I've watched have been quite good. High production values, good casts, sometimes they're a little bit soapy but in a good way, always entertaining.

Fysh · 21-01-2018 03:57PM

For those posting about The Open House being awful, can you be more specific? Is it just a lame jump scare vehicle? What are the things that make it not worth watching? And how do you think it compares to McG's The Babysitter?

I saw the trailer and thought it might be a fun one for friday night with a couple of cans, like The Babysitter was, but if it's terrible I'd rather skip it and rewatch The Belko Experiment or something like that.

fin12 · 21-01-2018 04:19PM

Starting watching Drug Lords, documentary. Watched the first 2 episodes about Pablo Escobar and then the Cali Cartel. It’s brilliant.

noodler · 21-01-2018 08:58PM

Fysh wrote: »

For those posting about The Open House being awful, can you be more specific? Is it just a lame jump scare vehicle? What are the things that make it not worth watching? And how do you think it compares to McG's The Babysitter?

I saw the trailer and thought it might be a fun one for friday night with a couple of cans, like The Babysitter was, but if it's terrible I'd rather skip it and rewatch The Belko Experiment or something like that.

Honestly, you aren't going to find any merit in it.

Difficult to say more without e "ruining" it.

RocketRaccoon · 21-01-2018 09:48PM

Myself and the wife just finished the belko experiment. Decent enough, perfect for a lazy Sunday evening.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 21-01-2018 10:20PM

I'm on the 4th episode of Alias Grace. It's kind of boring so far. Your woman's accent is kind of annoying me too. It's odd, her pronunciation of all the words is fine but her lilt is weird, like she's asking a question all the time, although it's more obvious when she's talking to the doctor guy, so maybe it's on purpose?

I'll stick with it but it's not gripping me so far.

Mr.Wemmick · 21-01-2018 10:42PM

noodler wrote: »

The open house is one of the worse movies I have ever seen.

Avoid at all costs.

Certainly the worst ending to a horror I have ever seen.

Too late! In agony, somebody shoot me.

fin12 · 21-01-2018 11:48PM

I would recommend the film The finest Hours, saw it in the cinema but noticed it has just been added to Netflix. It’s based on a true story about the US coast guards rescue of a stricken oil tanker. Starring Chris Pine and Casey Affleck.

kunst nugget · 21-01-2018 11:50PM

Plus one for The Finest Hours. Very enjoyable movie.

fin12 · 21-01-2018 11:53PM

kunst nugget wrote: »

Plus one for The Finest Hours. Very enjoyable movie.

I’m just starting to watch it now again, I know I recognized that actress from somewhere in another show on Netflix, I think it was called Lady Annabelle lover or something.

Whispered · 21-01-2018 11:59PM

Anybody watched glitch?

I was thinking of giving alias grace a try but not so sure after reading the latest review in this thread.

I'd love a recommendation for a light, silly comedy series. I've watched and loved Brooklyn 99. Also watched the good place, master of none (gave up early into it), grace and frankie, don't trust the b in apt 23 and the unbreakable kimmy. Any other suggestions?

km79 · 22-01-2018 12:04AM

Whispered wrote: »

Anybody watched glitch?

I was thinking of giving alias grace a try but not so sure after reading the latest review in this thread.

I'd love a recommendation for a light, silly comedy series. I've watched and loved Brooklyn 99. Also watched the good place, master of none (gave up early into it), grace and frankie, don't trust the b in apt 23 and the unbreakable kimmy. Any other suggestions?

Lovesick was recommended to me and I'm really really enjoying it
Short episodes and short seasons

It's kind of like a funnier TV version of Notting Hill /Love Actually

Tom Mann Centuria · 22-01-2018 12:06AM

Detectorists is very funny, subtle and slow paced, but well worth a watch.

Mickeroo · 22-01-2018 12:08AM

Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »

Detectorists is very funny, subtle and slow paced, but well worth a watch.

Yeah really loved that show, and the theme music is brilliant.

kunst nugget · 22-01-2018 12:18AM

fin12 wrote: »

I’m just starting to watch it now again, I know I recognized that actress from somewhere in another show on Netflix, I think it was called Lady Annabelle lover or something.

Lady Chatterley's Lover. She was also in that Electric Dreams series on Channel 4.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 22-01-2018 01:11AM

^ Holliday Grainger is her name.

Speaking of Their Finest Hours, I highly recommend Their Finest, which was added fairly recently. Gemma Arterton stars as a writer who is involved in making a propaganda film during WW2 about Dunkirk. I've heard many say it's the best film about Dunkirk released last year

peteeeed · 22-01-2018 09:58AM

the sentinel (2006)
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sentinel/
added today

tigger123 · 22-01-2018 10:15AM

Whispered wrote: »

Anybody watched glitch?

I was thinking of giving alias grace a try but not so sure after reading the latest review in this thread.

I'd love a recommendation for a light, silly comedy series. I've watched and loved Brooklyn 99. Also watched the good place, master of none (gave up early into it), grace and frankie, don't trust the b in apt 23 and the unbreakable kimmy. Any other suggestions?

I thought Alias Grace was excellent. Give it two episodes; you'll know after that whether it's for you or not.

gmisk · 22-01-2018 10:18AM

noodler wrote: »

Honestly, you aren't going to find any merit in it.

Difficult to say more without e "ruining" it.

Just to second this...the open house....is utterly absymal, I found the babysitter fun...I can see why netflix have buried it

Basq · 22-01-2018 10:33AM

Watched the first hour of The Open House.. and it really is a disappointing horror-by-numbers. Meandering between horror cliche after horror cliche at a snail's pace. Doubt I'll finish it.

gmisk · 22-01-2018 11:00AM

Basq wrote: »

Watched the first hour of The Open House.. and it really is a disappointing horror-by-numbers. Meandering between horror cliche after horror cliche at a snail's pace. Doubt I'll finish it.

If you thought the first hour was bad......the rest is even worse imo

RainMakerToo · 22-01-2018 02:07PM

Though it started off ok, decent production values at least even if the story was very cliched (parent and son/daughter going to a remote house). At least it was a nice house, not a cabin in the woods type thing. The middle seemed a bit confused. The ending, well - that was quite astonishing in that they didn't really bother with an ending at all. I really can't ever remember seeing anything end like that before - not a movie anyway. more like the ending of a tv-show that ends with a cliffhanger and then gets cancelled, not even the cliffhanger in this case though

neirbloom · 22-01-2018 03:49PM

gmisk wrote: »

Just to second this...the open house....is utterly absymal, I found the babysitter fun...I can see why netflix have buried it

I second The Babysitter, good B movie fun. Nice to see a McG redeem himself somewhat. This is the movie he should of really started his career off with as opposed to those god awful Angel movies.

I didn't know that Samara Weaving was Hugo Weavings niece. Never made that connection while she was in Home and Away.

Mantis Toboggan · 22-01-2018 04:02PM

Finished end of the ****ing world. It's a decent watch but at times I didn't know if I liked or hated the main characters.

Started Dark, 2 episodes in and I must say it's very dark

not sure about it, seems like a German stranger things without the charm. Will give it another episode to suck me in.

Mr.Wemmick · 22-01-2018 09:17PM

Basq wrote: »

Watched the first hour of The Open House.. and it really is a disappointing horror-by-numbers. Meandering between horror cliche after horror cliche at a snail's pace. Doubt I'll finish it.

No, no.. please watch it until the end. Guarantee you'll roar the house down, punch yourself senseless and stab your eyes out with whatever's at hand.. pen, pencil, nails.. the fecking remote.

I do not want be only one left battered and bruised after that movie.

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