Netflix Recommendations Thread 3.0

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 14-01-2023 11:31AM

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Have heard its pretty meh. I guess it depends on whether you follow tennis or not. I don't think they chose the best people to follow. Seems they were aiming for a changing of the guard type thing, especially with the men, and it didn't really materialise, at least not with the people they were following. There were some big stories in tennis last year, I don't think they covered any of them though.

Mantis Toboggan · 14-01-2023 11:49AM

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Will still give it a watch, I would imagine a lot of the players they wanted wouldn't sign up. With these types of shows it's the story behind the story that's interesting, everybody knows the main headlines.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 14-01-2023 11:58AM

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I think it's just a difficult sport to cover like this. There's so many players that you can't follow them all, so you have to choose your main characters before you start filming, and then try and make something interesting out of what you get.

It's telling that Nadal apparently features heavily in 2 or 3 episodes, even though he's not one of the players they're following.

The general consensus seems to be that if you follow tennis all year round, there's not much in it for you. If you don't follow tennis at all there's not enough to get you invested in any of the players or the sport. If you're a casual, follow it a couple of weeks during slams, kind of fan, it might be an interesting watch.

I'm sure it's the same with most sports documentaries though.

jj880 · 14-01-2023 05:19PM

From Joe.ie:

UNTITLED FIFA WORLD CUP SERIES - Summer 2023

Official synopsis: "Following on from the co-produced series Captains, which followed players throughout qualification for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, Netflix and FIFA have partnered on a new series that goes behind the scenes at the tournament. The as yet untitled series will be the definitive account of one of the greatest sporting spectacles of all time. With privileged, behind-the-scenes access and exclusive footage in and around all the 32 teams, the series will show viewers the FIFA World Cup as never seen before."

Looking forward to that. Hopefully theres no sign of that Salt Bae gimp in it.

youcancallmeal · 14-01-2023 06:19PM

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Still waiting on the golf version which was filmed last year. They hit the jackpot too with all the Liv stuff kicking off.

deisedude · 14-01-2023 06:34PM

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Think it's coming out the end of this month

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 14-01-2023 07:42PM

They're filming this year's 6 Nations too, apparently. Getting their fingers in all the pies.

Gloomtastic! · 14-01-2023 10:39PM

This little gem, and it’s Irish!

https://www.netflix.com/us/title/81471049?s=i&trkid=13747225&vlang=en&clip=81584739

Man Vs ManUre · 14-01-2023 11:49PM

I watched the hitchhiker with the machete tonight. It was really excellent, funny, sad, interesting and tragic all at the same time. I had never heard about it beforehand, some real weird stuff happens in USthat doesn’t make the news here.

peteeeed · 15-01-2023 08:52AM

Under Siege (1992) A disgruntled former CIA operative and his group of terrorists commandeer a nuclear battleship. Standing in their way is one tough cook

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016) Members of an elite security team battle to save the lives of trapped U.S. Consulate personnel under attack by armed terrorists in Benghazi, Libya.

Ali (2001) This riveting biopic follows Muhammad Ali's rise to become boxing's greatest and most controversial fighter as he faces bigger battles outside the ring.

The Client (1994) After stumbling across information about a murder that puts his life in danger, an 11-year-old boy seeks help from a lawyer with her own troubled past..

Runaway Jury (2003) A gun manufacturer hires a jury consultant to score a favorable verdict in a landmark trial, but two scheming con artists have a different deal in mind.

Don't Say a Word (2001) A psychiatrist strikes a desperate -- and possibly deadly -- bargain with criminals as he tries to unearth a valuable secret locked in his patient's mind..

The Last Full Measure (2019) A Pentagon lawyer reviews a posthumous petition to award a war hero with the Medal of Honor and discovers the shocking reasons behind its denial...

JFK (1991) A New Orleans district attorney investigates the assassination of John F. Kennedy and discovers there's more to the story than the official report.

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Gadgetman496 · 15-01-2023 10:10AM

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I watched this when it first aired on RTE and it is absolutely brilliant, he told it exactly as it is.

peteeeed · 16-01-2023 08:18AM

Bank of Dave (2023) After big financial institutions fail the people in his small town, a self-made car dealer decides to fight the odds and set up his own local bank

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peteeeed · 17-01-2023 08:08AM

Christmas Wedding Planner (2017) A wedding planner's world is turned upside down when a handsome private investigator is hired to disrupt one of her biggest jobs

The Devil to Pay (2019) When her husband disappears, a struggling Appalachian farmer must find a way to repay his debt to a powerful local family before they hurt her son.

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johnny_ultimate · 17-01-2023 10:04PM

The Makanai - Cooking for the Maiko House.

https://youtu.be/uTQ1oCVR74o

I’m really enjoying this as a piece of soothing January TV. It’s a TV show with the great Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda as its showrunner. It’s about a group of trainee geishas living together in Gion in Kyoto, and the one trainee who isn’t quite cut out for the job but is a dab hand at delicious, homely meals. So she becomes the sort of live-in chef - or Makanai - to the rest of the group.

This is a show with barely existent stakes, and all the better for it. If you’re familiar with Kore-Eda, this is him at his gentlest - perhaps most akin to his films Our Little Sister and I Wish. It’s just a charming, low-key character study full of lovely little moments. And the cooking & food scenes are ridiculously appetising.

It may not be for everyone - again, this is about as small and modest a drama as you’re likely to find on TV. But if you like Kore-eda’s films or Japanese slice-of-life drama, this is a lovely, warm show that does what it does with understated elegance.

Mehaffey1 · 17-01-2023 11:54PM

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Fantastic recommendation for The Funeral Director. Strangely a very easy watch considering the topic. Unbelievable work they do.

peteeeed · 18-01-2023 08:21AM

Baptiste season 2 (2020) Detective Julien Baptiste takes on the case of a missing sex worker to help the Amsterdam police chief in this spinoff of the series "The Missing."

Kevin & Perry Go Large (2000) When two randy teens foil a bank robbery and receive a sizable reward, they embark on a trip to Ibiza in search of girls.

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secondrowgal · 18-01-2023 10:42AM

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If you've never seen Kevin & Perry Go Large - firstly, shame on you, secondly, watch it immediately!

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 18-01-2023 01:59PM

Preview of 2023 films. Can't say it's tempting me to uncancel my subscription.

https://youtu.be/brTcuO49G4I

pixelburp · 18-01-2023 02:27PM

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I look forward to 2023's list of "blockbusters" that I'll forget 30 minutes after watching them - or when Netflix release their 2024 trailer lol.

The Heart of Stone looks like the same kind of bland porridge we saw with The Grey Man or The Adam Project or Red Notice or or ...

Space Dog · 18-01-2023 02:37PM

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I'm enjoying this as well. It's very sweet and wholesome. I don't think I've ever seen a show quite like this, it's very slow, quiet and subdued but very engrossing. I'm fascinated by Japanese culture and cooking, so this is right up my street. I also loved Shoplifters, which has a similar tone (but was ultimately much more serious and dramatic).

For some reason it reminds me of Call Me By Your Name, just the way the camera lingers on food, scenery and small moments.

peteeeed · 18-01-2023 03:48PM

Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7jm_-dpbRw

peteeeed · 18-01-2023 03:51PM

Extraction 2 - (Official Trailer)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOjxsrRCCp0

pixelburp · 18-01-2023 03:56PM

Teaser is right; zero footage of the new movie, just a replay of the final moments from the first.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 18-01-2023 04:17PM

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Quite a few of them look like knock offs of other things. That Millie Bobbie Brown one, Damsel, sounds and looks like The Princess that Hulu released last year. There's one about the prescription drug addiction plague in the US, Hulu also had DopeSick last year.

Fincher's The Killer with Fassbender and Tilda Swinton has a November release, might be fishing for awards season there.

The one with Gal Gadot and Jamie Dornan just sounds abysmal. No harm to him, he seems a nice chap, but he's about on her level for charisma and acting ability.

pixelburp · 18-01-2023 04:42PM

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Apart from the obvious explanation, the continued existence of Gadot's career defies basic logic. I did notice they briefly name-checked The Cloned Tyrone, which had been advertised previously and looked a little more imaginative than the big ticket stuff.

https://youtu.be/8AWIF8maEP4

peteeeed · 19-01-2023 08:14AM

That '90s Show season 1 (2023) This legacy sequel series from That 70s Show creators Bonnie Turner and Terry Turner will see Kurtwood Smith and Debra Jo Rupp reprise their roles as Red Forman and Kitty Forman. Set in 1995, it follows Leia Forman, daughter of Eric and Donna, who is visiting her grandparents for the summer, where she bonds with a new generation of Point Place kids under the watchful eye of Kitty and the stern glare of Red.

Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre season 1 (2023) (Japanese) From the mind of horror manga maestro Junji Ito comes a spine-tingling selection of some of his most bizarre, disturbing and terrifying tales.

Women at War season 1 (2022) (French) France, 1914. As the German troops advance and men leave for the frontlines, four women must grapple with the devastating consequences of war at home..

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Skerries · 19-01-2023 09:17AM

https://www.polygon.com/23559113/new-netflix-movies-2023-releases

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jj880 · 19-01-2023 10:40AM

90s show better have done their homework 😂

Fysh · 19-01-2023 11:40AM

Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabreseason 1 (2023) (Japanese) From the mind of horror manga maestro Junji Ito comes a spine-tingling selection of some of his most bizarre, disturbing and terrifying tales.

This is by far the most interesting thing coming to Netflix in the near future for me, so I'm hoping it's good. Ito's manga is great, so I have high hopes for the adaptations...

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 19-01-2023 07:07PM

All the players from the Match Point documentary seem to be cursed now. Only 2 of them still in the Australian Open after 2 rounds. Even Nadal, who wasn't a featured subject, but still featured heavily, is out, and injured.

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