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Netflix Recommendations Thread 3.0

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,563 ✭✭✭✭peteeeed


    Bad And Crazy season 1 (2021) (Korean) A mysterious, justice-seeking entity throws chaos into the life of a cop who's willing to overlook ethics and corruption for a promotion.

    The Action Pack Saves Christmas (2022) The Action Pack teams up with Santa Claus to save the day when greedy Teddy Von Taker plots to steal all of the Christmas cheer from Hope Springs.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,536 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    Finished the first three episodes of Wednesday.

    It all looks very Tim Burton (I know he only directed some episodes) it's very YA/teen as I expected but it is also really fun, Jenny Ortega is excellent, she gets some very fun one liners. Gwendoline Christie is also solid. Honourable mention for Thing as well :)



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,368 ✭✭✭The Raging Bile Duct


    Yeah, I'm really enjoying Wednesday a lot more than I thought I would. Ortega is great in the main role. Luis Guzman is terrible as Gomez and Zeta Jones doesn't hold a candle to Angelica Heuston's portrayal of Morticia.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,563 ✭✭✭✭peteeeed


    Romesh Ranganathan: The Cynic (2022) 2 Episodes Returning to his hometown of Crawley, England, Romesh Ranganathan riffs on veganism, his kids -- and offers a peek into the making of his comedy special.

    Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields (2022) Limited Series An overgrown field and a stretch of highway connect a series of grisly murders spanning several decades as grieving families search for answers

    Fury (2014) A green recruit experiences the horror of war with a veteran American tank crew during the vicious combat of World War II's waning days

    Hancock (2008) Will Smith stars as Hancock, a down-and-out superhero who's forced to employ a public relations expert to help repair his image.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,563 ✭✭✭✭peteeeed


    Take Your Pills: Xanax (2022) A cure for some and a curse for others, widely prescribed anti-anxiety medication is examined by patients and experts in this revealing documentary.

    Call the Midwife season 10 (2021) In impoverished East London in the '50s and '60s, a group of midwives -- some of whom are also nuns -- find joy and heartbreak in and outside their work

    Snack VS. Chef season 1 (2022) Twelve chefs channel their inner food scientists to re-create classic snacks and invent their own original treats for a $50,000 prize

    Christmas Full of Grace (2022) (Brazilian) Carlinhos catches his partner cheating, then meets lively Graça, who poses as his new one so he can save face at Christmas with his traditional family.

    My Name Is Vendetta (2022) (Italian) When enemies from the past kill his wife and brother-in-law, a former mafia enforcer and his daughter flee to Milan to plot their revenge.

    A Man of Action (2022) (Spanish) In this drama inspired by the life of Lucio Urtubia, an anarchist targets one of the world's biggest banks with an ingenious counterfeiting operation

    Fantasía (2021) (Spanish) Aboard the cruise ship Fantasía, an aging documentarian joins his sister and parents to relive happy memories, even as time and reality march on..

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,808 ✭✭✭apache


    Nearly finished watching "Take your pills Xanax'. Good documentary. Had my own problems with Benzos a few years back. Bad news.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,563 ✭✭✭✭peteeeed


    Troll (2022) (Norwegian) When an explosion in the Norwegian mountains awakens an ancient troll, officials appoint a fearless paleontologist to stop it from wreaking deadly havoc.

    Archer season 13 (2022) Suave, sophisticated spy Archer may have the coolest gadgets, but he still has issues when it comes to dealing with his boss, who is also his mother..

    The Masked Scammer (2022) (French) Featuring interviews with his accomplices and victims alike, this deep dive explores how a master con man scammed French elites out of millions of euros.

    Dead End season 1 (2022) (Polish) A group of people sharing a ride accidentally switches cars with a bank robber, who then pursues them to retrieve the stolen money he left in the trunk.

    Stand by Me (1986)

    Young Adult (2011)

    Kicking and Screaming (1995)

    Good Will Hunting (1997)

    Pulp Fiction (1994)

    The Breakfast Club (1985)

    As Good as It Gets (1997)

    Ghost Town (2008)

    Small Soldiers (1998)

    Spanglish (2004)

    Stuart Little (1999)

    Stuart Little 2 (2002)

    Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas (2021)

    Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper (2004)

    Last Night (2010)

    The Diary of Anne Frank (2016)

    The Raven (2012)

    A Christmas Miracle for Daisy

    Angel Falls Christmas (2021)

    Christmas Time Is Here (2021)

    A Kindhearted Christmas (2021)

    Seven Years in Tibet (1997)

    Paid in Full (2002) As the drug business booms in 1980s Harlem, ambitious Ace reluctantly builds his own empire, risking his friendships -- and his life.

    Sausage Party (2016)

    Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991)

    Blue Lagoon: The Awakening (2012)

    Tears of the Sun (2003)

    Gone Baby Gone (2007)

    The Lazarus Project (2008)

    The American (2010)

    Break Up (1998)

    Shooter (2007)

    That's My Boy (2012)

    This Is 40 (2012)

    A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)

    Scream (1996)

    Welcome to the Jungle (2003)

    Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)

    Eye See You (2002)

    Backdraft (1991)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,711 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    Woo. Hopefully Troll lives up to the fun of the trailer.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 347 ✭✭nomoedoe


    Great to see Stand By Me and the breakfast club added two excellent films



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 917 ✭✭✭DrZeuss


    Part 1 Feb 9th, part 2 March 9th.....is this Netflix's plan to get at least 2 months of a sub from someone who may have only gotten 1.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,737 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    This is a big loss for Netflix

    Haunting series and Midnight Mass makers leaving Netflix to go to Amazon.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,711 ✭✭✭kerplun k


    Hopefully he takes on The Dark Tower at Amazon. He said he wants to do it. 3rd times the charm. 🤷‍♂️



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,563 ✭✭✭✭peteeeed


    \Sr.\ (2022) Robert Downey Jr. pays tribute to his late father in this documentary chronicling the life and eclectic career of pioneering filmmaker Robert Downey Sr.

    Lady Chatterley's Lover (2022) Unhappily married aristocrat Lady Chatterley begins a torrid affair -- and falls deeply in love -- with the gamekeeper on her husband's country estate

    Supermodel Me: Revolution season 1 (2022) Twelve up-and-coming models from across Asia strut their stuff for a tough new judging panel in this fierce competition to win career-making prizes.

    Hot Skull season 1 (2022) (Turkish) In a dystopian world, as an epidemic spreads through verbal communication, a tyrannical institution pursues a linguist immune to the disease.

    Scrooge: A Christmas Carol (2022) On a cold Christmas Eve, selfish miser Ebenezer Scrooge has one night left to face his past -- and change the future -- before time runs out.

    Warriors of Future (2022) (Cantonese) When a meteor carrying a destructive plant strikes the world, a suicide squad is given hours to save their post-apocalyptic city from total collapse..

    Firefly Lane season 2 (2022) Best friends Tully and Kate support each other through good times and bad with an unbreakable bond that carries them from their teens to their 40s

    My Unorthodox Life season 2 (2021) Follow Julia Haart, Elite World Group CEO and a former member of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, and her adult kids in this reality series.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,724 ✭✭✭✭Earthhorse


    Oh God. I take it that means the stuff they made with Netflix will be leaving too? Midnight Mass was one of the best things I've seen in the last good while and the Midnight Club, whilst more aimed at teens, was also enjoyable.



  • Moderators, Arts Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 11,231 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fysh


    It's not clear from the article, I suppose it depends whether Netflix owns the rights to the productions or just had them for a set period.

    On the plus side, Netflix will get the Fall Of The House Of Usher limited series sometime next year before Intrepid moves to Amazon.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,711 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    I would presume Netflix will retain the shows? Depends on the contract of course but we've seen artists jump services before without the old stuff disappearing



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,724 ✭✭✭✭Earthhorse


    We have? I wasn't aware of that. That's a bit of a relief as I like to portion out watching shows like this into tiny bite size portions throughout the year rather than watching them all in one go.



  • Moderators, Arts Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 11,231 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fysh


    This is true but the flipside is we've also seen nonsense like Lucifer where switching platform mid series meant that the newer seasons pitched up on Netflix without the old ones (for several years IIRC).

    Less of an issue with standalone limited series, admittedly, but it would still be a loss to Netflix (and subscribers) if the several IMO excellent series from Intrepid were to leave when the deal expires. (Although OTOH if that meant that a physical media release could happen I'd probably say it was worth it... )



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,097 ✭✭✭Nigzcurran


    How do you mean 3rd time? Was a second version made?

    Time is contagious, everybody's getting old.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,737 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    Think only Netflix series to leave were the Disney series?

    As for Lucifer, it's similar to Manifest. The original seasons were available and successful on netflix in the States after airing on their original network, which is why they funded the new season. It was just over here where it seemed stupid because we got the Netflix produced seasons while the other seasons were part of previous deals and stuck elsewhere. So think Lucifer was amazon while Manifest was Sky.



  • Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 24,023 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    Well, The Midnight Club has been cancelled, so there won't be any more of that regardless.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,536 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    I watched Troll I found it enjoyable in a dumb popcorn munching type of way, it all feels a bit familiar and predictable but it is very decent cheesy fun and looks really good. King Kong/godzilla vibes at times! The lead was excellent.

    The same director has another film called The Wave (it does what it says on the tin) it is very enjoyable.

    I get the feeling he is a big Jurassic Park fan....lots of nods/lifts in this one....even a line or two of dialogue... cheeky

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,536 ✭✭✭✭gmisk




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,425 ✭✭✭corkie


    @peteeeed

    November 11th

    Ancient Apocalypse (Season 1) Netflix Original Series – Docuseries looking into pseudoarcheology theories.

    Don't have netflix, did anyone watch this series?

    Netflix hit series “Ancient Apocalypse” causes huge backlash in Entertainment Media Complex

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    Got to see the first three episodes in relative's house today.

    So why is this on Netflix? Lots of people are asking that question. Stuart Heritage, writing for the Guardian, provides one possible explanation: 

    If you don't like Hancock's story about the super-intelligent advanced civilisation being wiped off the face of the planet, here's another that might explain how Netflix gave the greenlight to Ancient Apocalypse: the platform's senior manager of unscripted originals happens to be Hancock's son [Sean]. Honestly, what are the chances? ~~ Link

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    "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." ~ George Santayana
    "But that's balanced out by the fact that it's a mandate not to do very much." ~ Prof. Eoin O'Malley



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,057 ✭✭✭Caquas


    Great movie, with a mix of laughter and tears.

    Mads Mikkelsen is excellent as a teacher trying to solve his mid-life crisis with alcohol which gets him (and his buddies) into funny/crazy scrapes.

    I love that this movie focusses on ordinary people finding imaginative responses to life's issues. Hollywood used to make this kind of movie but now its characters and situations always seem extreme/bizarre. There is an opportunity for Irish film makers in this style of movie, if they would look outside the Anglosphere.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,563 ✭✭✭✭peteeeed


    Leonardo DiCaprio is supposed to be remaking it and wanted Mads Mikkelsen in it but he turned it down



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,737 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    Watched the new Scrooge movie. While I liked some parts, it wouldn't be high on the list of my favourite versions and makes me want to rewatch A Muppet Christmas Carol.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,711 ✭✭✭kerplun k


    Kinda. Amazon had a pilot commissioned from Walking Dead alum Glen Mazzara, but unfortunately the show wasn’t picked up.




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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,311 ✭✭✭bullpost


    Watched "My Name is Vendetta". Meh.



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