Netflix Recommendations Thread 3.0

peteeeed · 30-06-2022 08:51AM

Widows (2018) United only by their shared loss, four women must pull off a heist to pay back a crippling debt left behind by their deceased criminal husbands.

BASTARD&#x203c -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy Season 1 (2022) (Japanese) When evil forces threaten to resurrect Anthrasax, the God of Destruction, the Kingdom of Meta-llicana calls on a volatile dark wizard for help

Sea Power Limited series (2020) (French) This documentary series delves into the battleships, submarines and aircraft carriers that have changed the history of modern warfare.

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FunLover18 · 30-06-2022 09:40AM

Widows is fantastic!

adox · 30-06-2022 04:05PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119247551#Comment_119247551

Tarantinos finest hour imo.

ShamoBuc · 30-06-2022 06:00PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119270238#Comment_119270238

A good show, some big names and well worth a watch.

Agent Coulson · 30-06-2022 06:28PM

Netflix are bringing Cameron Diaz out of retirement she had signed on for a new comedy her role in 8 years.

peteeeed · 01-07-2022 08:23AM

Stranger Things 4, Volume 2 (2022) “It might not work out for us this time.” Those are the ominous words from the trailer for Volume 2 of Stranger Things Season 4. The two-part finale for the fourth chapter builds on the super-sized Volume 1 with a total runtime of almost 4 hours.

Up in the Air

American Made

The Fighter

Creed II

Clockstoppers

Clueless

Cult of Chucky

Erin Brockovich

Conor McGregor: Notorious

Donnie Brasco

Flight

Faster

Mine

The Last of the Mohicans

The Young Victoria

Underworld

Underworld: Awakening

Underworld: Evolution

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

How Do You Know

The Holiday: Season 1 (2021) On holiday in the Mediterranean with friends and family, a woman discovers her husband is having an affair with someone she knows and things turn deadly..

Love Sarah

A Day to Die (2022) (I feel this deserves the poster )

London Boulevard

The Last Castle

Barbie: A Fairy Secret

A Civil Action

The Last Castle

The Rainmaker

True Grit (2010)

Layer Cake

Labyrinth

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2smiggy · 01-07-2022 09:08AM

Well 'A Day to Die' does get a solid 3.7 on IMDB

pixelburp · 01-07-2022 09:13AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119274501#Comment_119274501

That "A Day to Die" poster is a crime of airbrushing. Whatever about Willis, Frank Grillo appears in his fair share of this "geezer teaser" trash...

01-07-2022 11:04AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119274666#Comment_119274666

I wonder what the going rate is for these movies. They cant be making much profit surely given the access to such an abundance these days. But they must be making something to be keeping the constant churn going…

johnny_ultimate · 01-07-2022 11:10AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119275163#Comment_119275163

Interesting insights into the whole phenomenon in the (very long!) article I linked to in the general chat thread earlier today.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119274815#Comment_119274815

De Niro was reportedly paid $11m for one (half the budget of the film), plus luxury family holidays on top of that.

And in terms of the market:

"Emmett and Furla’s business model relied heavily on tax credits and paying millions to aging stars and then pushing their films in foreign markets including the Middle East, Russia and Turkey, where audiences remained eager to see American he-men smash bad guys. The bigger the name, the bigger the foreign presales, which meant more investment and more money that everyone — actors, agents and producers — could grab."

jj880 · 01-07-2022 11:38AM

Johnny Drama makin a comeback! 5 movies out this year including another with Mel Gibson.

https://youtu.be/1SVIWkiOgK4

CastorTroy · 01-07-2022 03:02PM

Didn't recognise Kevin Dillon. At first I thought Walton Goggins had merged with Clint Howard

peteeeed · 02-07-2022 09:50AM

Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction (2012) Legendary actor Harry Dean Stanton's life, career and passion for music take center stage in this portrait featuring film clips and intimate interviews...

and another batch of adventure sports docs

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km79 · 02-07-2022 10:09AM

epsiode 8 of stranger things watched (second last of season)

fantatsic

Its touching season 1 levels. Completely reinvented itself when it had clearly gone stale .

Take a bow Duffer bros !

Fysh · 02-07-2022 10:12PM

Last episode of Stranger Things S4 watched. That could easily have been 3 episodes of ~40 min length, the pacing even had suitable breakpoints.

I have strong opinions about Eddie's character arc, when they have been desperately scrabbling about for anything to do with Mike, Will, Lucas and Jonathan for the whole season (and honestly a fair bit of the last season). Of the original four only Dustin feels like an interesting character in his own right, the rest are boring - as evidenced by how e.g. Erica is more interesting than Lucas, or Argyle is more fun than both Byers Bros combined.

The good stuff was very good, but blimey did they need to take the scissors to the scripts for this season, most episodes were pointlessly baggy and most of the first two episodes were so useless they'd have been better as a scrolling-text opener a la Star Wars...

peteeeed · 03-07-2022 10:35AM

The Art of Incarceration (2021) At the Fulham Correctional Centre, incarcerated Aboriginal artists examine the cycle of imprisonment as they prepare for an upcoming exhibition.

18% Grey (2020) (Bulgarian) When his wife leaves him, a struggling photographer sets out on a journey from London to Berlin that reveals a bitter truth about his lost love.

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peteeeed · 04-07-2022 08:14AM

Av: The Hunt (2020) (Turkish) Hunted by those seeking to punish her in the name of honor, Ayşe makes a treacherous attempt to flee as the odds stack up against her.

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pixelburp · 04-07-2022 09:13PM

Watched the bulk of Rowan Atkinson's "Man Vs Bee" and it's exactly as the title and starring actor suggests; Atkinson doing his slapstick, weaving a path of accidental destruction around a rich person's house.

What is of note is that each of the 9 episodes are about 12 minutes each - 10 really if you discount the credits. One presumed it started as a movie and got chopped up? Very much bite sized comedy either way, and whether one enjoys it entirely depends on their prior thoughts on Atkinson's particular brand of physical comedy.

Waternotsoda · 04-07-2022 09:22PM

My netflix is only showing 5 seasons of better call saul. I was up to episode 7 season six a few weeks back. Is there a reason for this?

Caquas · 04-07-2022 09:40PM

The Nest, with Jude Law, is a frustrating watch.

A top class cast, great atmosphere, sharp script but it leads nowhere. There’s the making of a great movie about an ambitious guy who flies too high but it all seems arbitrary and rather meaningless. The marriage turns hot and cold, he reconciles with his mother but she disappears from the movie.

A horse dies for no apparent reason. Symbolic of something, I’m sure. The horse should fire his agent.

04-07-2022 11:37PM

Watched the finale of stranger things.

It's the definition of tearing the arse out of something.

Some fun bits here and there but overall very unimpressed with it.

Mr Crispy · 05-07-2022 02:29AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119290913#Comment_119290913

You think it would have learned after the agent got him the Godfather gig.

peteeeed · 06-07-2022 08:51AM

Girl in the Picture (2022) A true-crime documentary directed by Skye Borgman, who helmed the award-winning “Abducted in Plain Sight.” Videos. In this documentary, a woman found dying by a road leaves behind a son, a man claiming to be her husband -- and a mystery that unfolds like a nightmare..

King of Stonks Season 1 (2022)(German) Desperate for startup stardom, an overly-ambitious finance mastermind lies, cheats and schemes his less-than-authentic company up the ladder to success

Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between (2022) Clare and Aidan make a pact to break up before college -- no regrets, no broken hearts. But will one epic goodbye date offer them a last chance at love?.

Viceroy's House (2017) As viceroy Lord Mountbatten arrives in Delhi to oversee a transfer of power from Britain to India in 1947, war looms between religious factions

Control Z Season 3 (2022) (Spanish) When a hacker begins releasing students' secrets to the entire high school, the socially isolated but observant Sofía works to uncover his/her identity.

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peteeeed · 06-07-2022 06:23PM

https://twitter.com/NetflixUK/status/1544732002200555521?s=20&t=ylNYzfJ64HAeJgpirbYlTQ

RocketRaccoon · 06-07-2022 08:06PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119291328#Comment_119291328

Well it does take all sorts I guess.

kerplun k · 06-07-2022 08:21PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119299895#Comment_119299895

Good to see they are not milking it.

Charlie19 · 06-07-2022 08:29PM

I'm trying to like the British hospital drama Bodies but I'm finding it very difficult, 6 episodes in and not one likeable character to relate to.

Gremlinertia · 06-07-2022 09:21PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119300549#Comment_119300549

I gave up quickly and I usually don't do that but the show had about as much atmosphere as the moon

NIMAN · 06-07-2022 10:15PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119290793#Comment_119290793

Watched it with the kids. After 10min you know how it's going to proceed for the rest of the series

As for it being split into 10 or 12 episodes (sorry I lost count). Apparently this is a ploy by Netflix. Rather than have a feature length show count as 1 view in the algorithm, if someone watches the entire series, it counts as 10 views, and as a result it goes into Netflix Top Ten on their main screen. Clever marketing.

Nigzcurran · 06-07-2022 10:19PM

Ah the man vs bee was a grand oul watch for the family with the usual mr bean type slapstick stuff, thought the episodes were far too short though and would have been more enjoyable even 20 minutes long

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