Netflix Recommendations Thread 3.0

peteeeed · 16-12-2020 08:22AM

The Ripper
In the late 1970s, British police struggle to identify -- let alone capture -- the serial killer known throughout the world as the Yorkshire Ripper

How to Ruin Christmas: The Wedding: Season 1
Prodigal daughter Tumi tries to make things right after completely ruining what should have been her sister’s picture-perfect Christmas wedding.

Anitta: Season 1
In this intimate documentary, Brazilian pop queen Anitta opens up about fame, family and her fierce work ethic, revealing the woman behind the hits.

BREAK IT ALL: The History of Rock in Latin America
Soda Stereo, Café Tacvba, Aterciopelados and others figure in this 50-year history of Latin American rock through dictatorships, disasters and dissent.

Marvel Anime: Wolverine season 1
Logan, aka mutant X-Man Wolverine, is on a quest to reclaim the love of his life -- whose crime lord father is planning an arranged marriage for her

Marvel Anime: X-Men season 1
A year after their dissolution, the X-Men are re-assembled by Professor Charles Xavier to investigate the kidnapping of young mutants in Japan

The Spectacular Spider-Man season 1
This 21st-century edition of animated adventures charts the exploits of Peter Parker, who becomes Spider-Man as a result of a radioactive spider bite

Vir Das: Outside In - The Lockdown Special
Stage banter takes on a different -- deeper -- meaning as the comedian performs online shows to homebound viewers worldwide from his Mumbai residence.

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Tom Mann Centuria · 16-12-2020 08:26AM

fin12 wrote: »

Just finished watching AVa, thought it was pretty good. Love Jessica Chastain. I thought the Yorkshire ripper documentary was supposed to be on Netflix today.

Thought it was ok but I doubt Chastain would put it on her highlight reel. She's pretty good in it, but it's not far off straight to video standard stuff.

dubstepper · 16-12-2020 08:26AM

Watched Ronin last night having not watched it in years. Had forgotten how good it is.

peteeeed · 16-12-2020 08:28AM

dubstepper wrote: »

Watched Ronin last night having not watched it in years. Had forgotten how good it is.

the car chase is amazing

Gruffalux · 16-12-2020 09:38AM

Pribably been talked about ages ago on here but I saw Only The Animals last evening and it is very good. Great acting. Nice bit of weirdness about it all. A bit coincidental in plot line but it has a satisfying feel to it nonetheless.

EltonJohn69 · 16-12-2020 10:00AM

dubstepper wrote: »

Watched Ronin last night having not watched it in years. Had forgotten how good it is.

Sean Bean at his best !!!

Hercule Poirot · 16-12-2020 11:23AM

EltonJohn69 wrote: »

Sean Bean at his best !!!

I ambushed you with a cup of coffee!

Bill Ponderosa · 16-12-2020 11:29AM

Looking forward to Ripper.

smurf492 · 16-12-2020 12:30PM

Bill Ponderosa wrote:

Looking forward to Ripper.

One episode in and very good I thought. Have seen many other episodes on him but there is a level of detail here which is great... Victims are very important and not sidelined like some documentaries

ShamoBuc · 16-12-2020 05:53PM

peteeeed wrote: »

the car chase is amazing

Hard to beat....
Ronin for the car chase...
Heat for the shoot out.

peteeeed · 16-12-2020 05:55PM

ShamoBuc wrote: »

Hard to beat....
Ronin for the car chase...
Heat for the shoot out.

well in the shootout in heat , they used blanks so the noise is incredible

cdgalwegian · 16-12-2020 06:05PM

peteeeed wrote: »

well in the shootout in heat , they used blanks so the noise is incredible

You make blanks sound like an innovation!

I would have preferred if they used real ones tbh. Prefer the realism. Not sure it'd get past the health & safety guy though.

Paul Weller · 16-12-2020 06:12PM

cdgalwegian wrote: »

You make blanks sound like an innovation!
I would have preferred if they used real ones tbh. Prefer the realism. Not sure it'd get past the health & safety guy though.

Blanks kill too you know

cdgalwegian · 16-12-2020 06:17PM

Paul Weller wrote: »

Blanks kill too you know

I'm drawing a blank on that one.

Mr Crispy · 16-12-2020 06:28PM

For some reason, I always remember this guy's death from when I was a kid - Jon-Erik Hexum.

Hande hoche! · 16-12-2020 06:29PM

cdgalwegian wrote: »

You make blanks sound like an innovation!
I would have preferred if they used real ones tbh. Prefer the realism. Not sure it'd get past the health & safety guy though.

There is a trend in TV in particular to just go with CGI and pantomimed recoil. Also shows up in some cheap films.

Hande hoche! · 16-12-2020 06:31PM

Mr Crispy wrote: »

For some reason, I always remember this guy's death from when I was a kid - Jon-Erik Hexum.

Always associate it with Brandon Lee.

peteeeed · 16-12-2020 06:35PM

cdgalwegian wrote: »

You make blanks sound like an innovation!
I would have preferred if they used real ones tbh. Prefer the realism. Not sure it'd get past the health & safety guy though.

they trained with live ammunition

Hurrache · 16-12-2020 07:00PM

The shoot out scene inspired a real life bank heist, a bank robbery in north Hollywood. What really sticks with me is that it was pretty much all broadcast live, and went on for about a half hour. There's been plenty of docs about it but the raw footage from the time is here, the LAPD were under equipped to deal with the 2 guys and it resulted in heavier weapons rolled out into the force.

Itssoeasy · 16-12-2020 07:52PM

It’ll be interesting to see that Yorkshire ripper series which will hopefully bring new eyes to the utter balls up the police made of the whole thing. The mindset of the police with the “innocent victim” versus prostitutes was clearly a recipe for disaster. That stupid wear side jake hoax which the top brass decided was the key to the case when in reality it probably contributed to more women dying and being injured than should have.

It’s amazing how the police forces in Yorkshire seem to be the ones behind some awful blunders.

joe40 · 16-12-2020 09:50PM

One of my favourite films of all time last of the Mohicans is on now. Must give it any watch. The battle scenes, scenery, music all fantastic for me anyway.

Odeta · 17-12-2020 05:40AM

joe40 wrote: »

One of my favourite films of all time last of the Mohicans is on now. Must give it any watch. The battle scenes, scenery, music all fantastic for me anyway.

... and Daniel Day-Lewis

Optimalprimerib · 17-12-2020 08:02AM

Started watching quicksand, a swedish drama about a school shooting. It's a good but uncomfortable watch.

peteeeed · 17-12-2020 08:07AM

https://twitter.com/NetflixUK/status/1339224093976129537?s=20

peteeeed · 17-12-2020 08:15AM

An Unremarkable Christmas
An accountant and aspiring magician invites his boss to spend Christmas with his family -- unaware that he's one of Colombia's most-wanted criminals

Schulz Saves America
Comedian Andrew Schulz takes on the year's most divisive topics in this fearlessly unfiltered and irreverent four-part special.

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peteeeed · 17-12-2020 08:37AM

from the creators of dark

https://twitter.com/NXOnNetflix/status/1339133166469017601?s=20

S.M.B. · 17-12-2020 08:56AM

Netflix are rolling out an 'audio only' setting for Android devices. Not sure if the plan is to move to podcast like content altogether but it may be useful for things like stand up comedy and other genres.

EltonJohn69 · 17-12-2020 10:19AM

peteeeed wrote: »

https://twitter.com/NetflixUK/status/1339224093976129537?s=20

Scumflix.

Aisling(",) · 17-12-2020 10:40AM

I watched two episodes of Tiny Pretty Things last night.
It's Pretty Little Liars set in an ultra competitive ballet school. There's only 10 episodes in the first season but I can see myself moving through them quickly.
The characters feel familiar, we've seen them in other things the dancer struggling to live up to her family's expectations, the dancer from the lower income area/worse school who is pulling ahead, the overly supporting parents and the opposite. The dancing is great, the script didn't feel clunky and I'll be a nice way to pass a few hours.

chrislad · 17-12-2020 11:50AM

Hercule Poirot wrote: »

So I watched The Prom - it was extremely cheesy and I loved it. Not normally my thing at all but I gave it a go because Andrew Rannels was in it, I only know him from voicing Matthew in Big Mouth so I was intrigued to see what he's like as an actor.

The knowledge that James Corden was in it nearly put me off but he totally goes against his usual thing of essentially playing himself and I was pleasantly surprised by the emotional vulnerability he shows in the film.

I'm surprised I enjoyed this as much as I did - it's cheesy nonsense, and so very predictable, but the message it sends is done in earnest and without any shame.

I watched it last - I found it fine. As musicals go, it wasn't particularly memorable, the songs were okay. It's a grand two hours, but not memorable - I'd have rather watched Hamilton again.

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