Netflix Recommendations Thread 3.0

CastorTroy wrote: »

Well hope Christmas Chronicles 2 this week will be better

I do love Goldie Hawn! Fingers crossed

The trailer for the happiest season looks really promising but that's on hulu

Sorry to Bother You - a rookie telemarketer has to choose between supporting his friends strikes for better working conditions or a big promotion in a company with questionable ethics.

Really enjoyed this one, I remember seeing a preview in the cinema but never got out to watch it - a plot many will be familiar with told in a very different and interesting way. It says a lot about capitalism in the US and how different classes fit, the glass ceilings that restrict them and what might happen when things go too far. I was noticing some similarities so a Michel Gondry film and was delighted to see that this was no accident!

Watched "iBoy" last night, British crime thriller with a bit of sci-fi, it's not bad

The Raging Bile Duct wrote: »

It's not bad, it's ibad*!

*Which means it's not great either.

Having watched "Deadly Detention" and "Incoming" over the weekend it was a good improvement,

Klonker wrote: »

Just got a notification that season 4 of Big Mouth is coming on December 4th. Can't wait, best comedy show around at the moment in my opinion.

Nah F is for family is way funnier. I think the jokes are pretty sick in that show Big mouth, like a fella cuming on a girl while rubbing his self against her and she hasn’t a clue what’s going. Girl was just innocently dancing with him. She hasn’t consented to that. Pretty vile and vulgar show.

The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two
It’s been two years since siblings Kate (Darby Camp) and Teddy Pierce (Judah Lewis) saved Christmas, and a lot has changed. Kate, now a cynical teenager, is reluctantly spending Christmas in Cancun with her mom’s new boyfriend and his son, Jack (Jahzir Bruno). Unwilling to accept this new version of her family, Kate decides to run away. But when a mysterious, magical troublemaker named Belsnickel (Hunt for the Wilderpeople’s Julian Dennison) threatens to destroy the North Pole and end Christmas for good, Kate and Jack are unexpectedly pulled into a new adventure with Santa Claus (Kurt Russell)


Great Pretender season 2
Supposedly Japan's greatest swindler, Makoto Edamura gets more than he bargained for when he tries to con Laurent Thierry, a real world-class crook.


Shawn Mendes: Live in Concert
In his hometown of Toronto, Shawn Mendes pours his heart out on stage with a live performance in a stadium packed with adoring fans.

Yes, God, Yes
A devoutly religious teen grapples with her own sexual awakening, and attends a Catholic school retreat in the hopes of suppressing her newfound urges.

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TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

If Anything Happens I Love You

Short animated film about two parents grieving the loss of their child. 12 minutes long, very simple animation, no spoken dialogue, profoundly moving.

On my list but feel like it could floor me as a new parent so somewhat hesitant to watch right now.

Klonker wrote: »

Just got a notification that season 4 of Big Mouth is coming on December 4th. Can't wait, best comedy show around at the moment in my opinion.

My brother, out of some stupid principal, won't watch animated shows like this and I keep telling him that he's missing out on some of the funniest and well written shows including "Big Mouth", "Bojack Horseman", "Bob's Burgers", "Archer"... I could go on, out of shear stubbornness

RandomViewer wrote: »

If you've read any of Lee Childs Jack Reacher books the ending is pretty standard, I despise Cruise but he was trying to give Reacher a personality something he lacks in the books.

Completely agree, I've read one book and my lasting memory was that Jack Reacher was a very dull protagonist.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

If Anything Happens I Love You

Short animated film about two parents grieving the loss of their child. 12 minutes long, very simple animation, no spoken dialogue, profoundly moving.

This had me in tears today.

If anyone is into crime/thriller/drama/politics, I highly recommend Suburra, a T.V. show based on a film which is loosely based on a true story set in Rome. It's easy to follow. Great characters and character arcs.

It's almost like a GTA set in Rome. The basic premise of the whole show is; the Mayor of Rome resigns, and crime boss/fixer Samurai has 21 days to force the Municipal Building Commission led by Amedeo Cinaglia to allow building on a piece of beachfront land in Ostia. Interested in building a port with criminal business partners (Mafia) from the south of Italy, he must also persuade the Vatican and the Adami family to sell the property to him.

But everyone starts vying for the land. The Adami family that owns some of the land are a legacy crime family in the city. If the city gets the port Samurai and his partners want, it means they can control the importation of cocaine into Rome, essentially meaning the Mafia will control Rome. Traditionally the mafia hasn't operated in Rome.

The three main guys from the trailer are actually 1 from the Adami legacy family and a rival gypsy gang member and a son of a cop. They form an unlikely alliance away from their respective families to take on Samurai.

It's really worth a watch. If you like Breaking Bad, Ozark and other crime thrillers, I'd highly recommend this. It's more face-paced and more easily digestible than say Boardwalk Empire, The Wire or The Sopranos but doesn't mean it's any less enjoyable.

It's got a user score of 8 on Metacritic and 100% critics rating on RT (although only 6 ratings).

https://youtu.be/5GcC9kduhO4

The events it's set around can be read about here.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mafia_Capitale

Christmas Chronicles 2 is getting horrendous reviews