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IvaBigWun · 14-05-2014 8:49pm

Roquentin wrote: »

orange is the new black is unreal

Dont get the massive love for this show at all and I gave it a good go for 7 episodes

Roquentin · 14-05-2014 9:00pm

IvaBigWun wrote: »

Dont get the massive love for this show at all and I gave it a good go for 7 episodes

Its funny:)

IvaBigWun · 14-05-2014 9:08pm

Roquentin wrote: »

Its funny:)

Its wildly over-rated

Dozen Wicked Words · 14-05-2014 9:14pm

IvaBigWun wrote: »

Dont get the massive love for this show at all and I gave it a good go for 7 episodes

I couldn't really see the attraction either, watched whole of first series but won't bother with 2nd. Think we are definitely in the minority though.

taytobreath · 14-05-2014 9:16pm

dunno if its been mentioned but 'pain and gain' is on usa netflix.
Michael Bay's comedic action flick tells the true story of Daniel Lugo and Adrian Doorbal, two Miami muscle heads who become major-league criminals

i thought it was brilliant.

smokedeels · 14-05-2014 9:45pm

Losers Take All (US Netflix)

This is worth checking out, particularly if you're a fan of films like Empire Records or The Fabulous Stains (similar narrative to the later anyway...) or bands like Minutemen and Husker Du and generally American underground music of that time.

It's not a perfect movie, but it's got a certain charm that sucked me in.

Warper wrote: »

Watched Office Space for the first time last night, cant believe i never seen it, good flick

"Mr Samir Naga... Naga... not gonna work here anymore, anyway. "

....that line kills me.

e_e · 14-05-2014 10:41pm

Warper wrote: »

Watched Office Space for the first time last night, cant believe i never seen it, good flick

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAY27NU1Jog

drunkmonkey · 14-05-2014 11:20pm

I'm only 4 episodes into Lilyhammer but I'm enjoying it, it's on netflix ca but probably on more. Haven't read any reviews but I like it in a kind of scarface meets father Ted kind of way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfRgVbp9gSY

Status Offline · 14-05-2014 11:43pm

drunkmonkey wrote: »

I'm only 4 episodes into Lilyhammer but I'm enjoying it, it's on netflix ca but probably on more. Haven't read any reviews but I like it in a kind of scarface meets father Ted kind of way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfRgVbp9gSY

I think it's on pretty much all regions as it's a Netflix Original. It's a great show. Funny and light heartened. It really settles into itsself in Season 2. Not sure but I think they're shooting season 3 at the moment.

krudler · 15-05-2014 12:24am

smokedeels wrote: »

L
"Mr Samir Naga... Naga... not gonna work here anymore, anyway. "

....that line kills me.

Office Space should be compulsory viewing for anyone who works in an office environment

Temaz · 15-05-2014 8:04am

krudler wrote: »

Office Space should be compulsory viewing for anyone who works in an office environment

True dat!

markfla · 15-05-2014 3:58pm

Office space is great. Another great Mike Judge movie is on there called Extract...the gardener is hilarious in it

KERSPLAT! · 15-05-2014 4:19pm

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markfla wrote: »

Office space is great. Another great Mike Judge movie is on there called Extract...the gardener is hilarious in it

Watched office space last night and netflix recommended extract. Extract wasn't near as good as Office space but still very funny.

Watched The Intouchables as well last night I think it's called The Untouchables alsol. Brilliant film, really enjoyed it

peteeeed · 15-05-2014 5:01pm

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krudler wrote: »

Office Space should be compulsory viewing for anyone who works in an office environment

mmmmmmmmm yeah

The Pheasant2 · 16-05-2014 2:31am

Finally got around to watching "There Will be blood" - quite a slow moving film but still very enjoyable. Danny Day was brilliant... "I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!" I'll definitely be using that one at the first opportunity

kearneybobs · 16-05-2014 9:57am

Watched Insomnia last night. Think it was the only Christoper Nolan film that I'd never seen, my favourite being The Prestige.
Was really good. Pretty gripping throughout and for some reason I kept on expecting some twist to explain some character not actually existing and he was daydreaming due to lack of sleep etc. It kind of distracted me while watching it but looking back it made the outcome at the end more satisfying.

vidor · 16-05-2014 7:50pm

Some new ones on Netflix US:

Like Someone in Love
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
Frozen Ground
Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?

ryan101 · 16-05-2014 7:52pm

The Pheasant2 wrote: »

Finally got around to watching "There Will be blood" - quite a slow moving film but still very enjoyable. Danny Day was brilliant... "I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!" I'll definitely be using that one at the first opportunity

The storyline for that film was excellent for the first half hour, after that it was crap. Daniel Day does manage to carry the whole film though with his amazing performance throughout.

vidor · 16-05-2014 7:56pm

No issue with you not liking the film but I don't see how you can find the first 30mins excellent and find the next two hours the complete opposite. It's not like there was a massive shift (dodgy example but I'm thinking along the lines of Wall-E).

ryan101 · 16-05-2014 7:59pm

vidor wrote: »

No issue with you not liking the film but I don't see how you can find the first 30mins excellent and find the next two hours the complete opposite. It's not like there was a massive shift (dodgy example but I'm thinking along the lines of Wall-E).

I didn't say I did not like the film, but the initially excellent and insightful storyline ran out after 30 minutes, and just got dragged along for the rest. Daniel Day's outstanding performance masked it.

vidor · 16-05-2014 8:04pm

I don't see how finding 80% of the film crap anything but not liking it.

ryan101 · 16-05-2014 8:07pm

vidor wrote: »

I don't see how finding 80% of the film crap anything but not liking it.

Why do you insist on misquoting me ? I said the storyline was crap after the first 30 minutes not the film, I liked the film. Can you tell the difference between the various components that go up to make a film ? From the script, to the directing, to the acting performances.

Roquentin · 16-05-2014 8:20pm

There will be blood was interesting, but a bit drawn out.

IvaBigWun · 16-05-2014 10:14pm

The Pheasant2 wrote: »

Finally got around to watching "There Will be blood" - quite a slow moving film but still very enjoyable. Danny Day was brilliant... "I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!" I'll definitely be using that one at the first opportunity

I remember quite a few people using it 7 years ago when the film was out, you might get a few funny looks these days

IvaBigWun · 16-05-2014 10:20pm

kearneybobs wrote: »

Watched Insomnia last night. Think it was the only Christoper Nolan film that I'd never seen, my favourite being The Prestige.
Was really good. Pretty gripping throughout and for some reason I kept on expecting some twist to explain some character not actually existing and he was daydreaming due to lack of sleep etc. It kind of distracted me while watching it but looking back it made the outcome at the end more satisfying.

A great film, the score in particular and its one of Pacino's finest hours.

The bit where he's kneeling beside his

dying partner and the look in his eyes is particularly haunting.

After a good few views of this film over the years Im going to go with

he DID shoot him on purpose but it was spur of the moment

McGrath5 · 17-05-2014 11:07pm

Watched The Hunter earlier.

Very good, kept me hooked for the whole 100 minute runtime.

kearneybobs · 18-05-2014 12:42am

Watched all 6 episodes of Rectify (only on US i think) today and thought it was VERY good. It's a slow burner, definitely, but it's pretty gripping throughout.
Can be a bit heavy on the religion but that's to be expected when they make a TV show about a guy getting let out of prison after 20 yrs on death row for a murder he admitted to. He's bound to turn to it....
Second season is starting soon I believe too.

Bozo Skeleton · 19-05-2014 3:25pm

Possibly been posted before, but I only just watched it. The excellent Searching For Sugar Man is on Canadian Netflix.

Mezcita · 19-05-2014 11:11pm

Bozo Skeleton wrote: »

Possibly been posted before, but I only just watched it. The excellent Searching For Sugar Man is on Canadian Netflix.

Ageed. Pretty sad that the guy who directed it died recently.

Bozo Skeleton · 20-05-2014 2:26am

Mezcita wrote: »

Ageed. Pretty sad that the guy who directed it died recently.

Yeah, I only found out tonight when I mentioned to someone that I'd just watched it. Sad indeed.

Mickeroo · 22-05-2014 5:22pm

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Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing, Computer Chess and Jeff Who Lives at Home are on the Irish site now.

vidor · 22-05-2014 5:37pm

Jeff, Who Lives at Home is great. Saw it a couple of times but would happily throw it on again.

Roquentin · 22-05-2014 6:26pm

Office Space is very funny. For yous who hate yer jobs

meoklmrk91 · 22-05-2014 7:08pm

kearneybobs wrote: »

Watched all 6 episodes of Rectify (only on US i think) today and thought it was VERY good. It's a slow burner, definitely, but it's pretty gripping throughout.
Can be a bit heavy on the religion but that's to be expected when they make a TV show about a guy getting let out of prison after 20 yrs on death row for a murder he admitted to. He's bound to turn to it....
Second season is starting soon I believe too.

Brilliant show, highly recommended, second season starting in June, I believe the Sundance channel, in which this airs, has a deal with Netflix so episodes should be up fairly quickly.

taytobreath · 24-05-2014 11:04pm

instructions not included

excellent film, but its in Spanish

A man who has made a new life for himself and the daughter left on his doorstep 6 years ago finds his family threatened when the birth mother resurfaces.

Lucas Hood · 24-05-2014 11:11pm

Netflix down for anyone tonight?

deisedude · 24-05-2014 11:13pm

Lucas Hood wrote: »

Netflix down for anyone tonight?

Just now it stopped working for me

mr bungle. · 24-05-2014 11:24pm

deisedude wrote: »

Just now it stopped working for me

Down for me last night also

KERSPLAT! · 25-05-2014 1:02am

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Working for me

Mickeroo · 25-05-2014 1:04pm

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Making my way through Farscape at the moment. Always used to enjoy it when it was on TV but never saw it in its entirety or in proper sequence so only have vague memories of the main plot and that.

After the first few episodes I was beginning to think my memories were misplaced and it would be confined to nothing more than a bit of nostalgia that I've grown out of, glad to say that after episode 8 or 9 the storylines and characterisation have improved greatly and its every bit the show I remember. Really loving it now, up there with the best.

Oh and dat theme tune.

nocoverart · 25-05-2014 10:55pm

vidor wrote: »

Jeff, Who Lives at Home is great. Saw it a couple of times but would happily throw it on again.

Thank you! I recommended it to a few people and they hated it.

Fysh · 26-05-2014 12:43am

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I caught The Corridor on US Netflix over the weekend, and thought it was pretty good. I tend to prefer psychological horror to all-out gorefests or jump-scare stuff, and this delivered exactly the sort of thing I tend to enjoy, with a group of friends reuniting after years apart. The tension initially stems from one of the characters having a mental illness (which had previously caused a psychotic break seen at the start of the film) and wariness on the part of the others as to how well he is coping with his treatment - but as the film progresses the tension migrates to the various problems each character is grappling with in their personal lives; then they discover a phenomenon that changes how they interact in ways that they don't quite understand - but it also starts to change them...

If it has a fault, it's that it's a little too similar to Yellowbrickroad (with that being the better film, though not by much). Still worth a watch if you like your psychological horror, though.

vidor · 26-05-2014 7:56am

nocoverart wrote: »

Thank you! I recommended it to a few people and they hated it.

Sweet!

Dman001 · 26-05-2014 7:58pm

Only God Forgives popped up on the Irish Netflix.....although I heard it's terrible.

Roquentin · 26-05-2014 8:20pm

Dman001 wrote: »

Only God Forgives popped up on the Irish Netflix.....although I heard it's terrible.

Will check it out. 38% on RT but after drive hes worth a shot.

Roquentin · 26-05-2014 8:25pm

Anyone seen sling blade? being meaning to watch it

meoklmrk91 · 26-05-2014 8:50pm

Roquentin wrote: »

Anyone seen sling blade? being meaning to watch it

Watched it a couple of years ago on Netlfix when it first came out here, well worth a watch, fine performance from Billy Bob and the young lad as well. Must give it another watch.

e_e · 26-05-2014 8:56pm

Roquentin wrote: »

Will check it out. 38% on RT but after drive hes worth a shot.

Great film, very underrated.

vidor · 26-05-2014 9:03pm

I've given up looking at the scores on IMDB/RT/etc. I'll see who's directing it, who wrote the script, cinematographer, all that stuff. Ratings are just meaningless unless they're your own ratings.

I gave Only God Forgives 8/10.

e_e · 26-05-2014 9:21pm

Give it time and it'll be looked back on as a true cult classic. It's dark, funny, surreal and tense with a great atmosphere and a really rich, pulpy subtext. Credit to Refn too for not just casting Gosling as the silent hero again, very brave decision to make his character weak, impotent and deeply troubled.

A little ridiculous with its symbolism at times and erring on the side of camp but it's a really fun, visually impressive and memorable film. Even the people who hate it seem to do so passionately which is a good thing I guess. It's one of those rare cases where its flaws are what makes it stand out as a very unique watch.

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