Just got onto this streaming Netflix joint.. Maybe we can use this as a running post with flicks you may have seen that are recommended.

I saw these movies over the weekend (Stayed in Sick) and loved them.

The Orphanage:

Fueled by fond memories from her childhood, Laura (Belén Rueda) persuades her husband (Fernando Cayo) to help her revamp a seaside orphanage into a facility for disabled children. But soon after the couple moves in, their son, Simón (Roger Príncep), begins exhibiting disturbing behavior. As Laura tries to understand Simón's increasingly malevolent actions, she becomes drawn into the house's terrifying secrets in this unnerving chiller.

Kidulthood:

In this gritty, powerful drama about lost innocence, classes are suspended when a schoolgirl who's been bullied one too many times hangs herself, allowing a clique of tough-as-nails teenagers have free reign of the inner city streets. And within the unforgiving confines of the concrete jungle that these kids call home, sex, drugs and violence are just business as usual in the daily struggle to survive.

A Very British Gangster:

In this 2007 Sundance Film Festival entry, director Donal MacIntyre paints an intimate cinematic portrait of Dominic Noonan, the head of one of Britain's largest organized crime families. Alongside brother Desmond, Noonan is alleged to have committed more than 25 murders in his two-decade reign of terror. Filmmakers reveal the notorious gangster's inner circle and influence in a town stricken with abject poverty and violence.

Gangster No. 1:

This story follows the violent rise and fall of the title character, an unnamed East End London thug (played by Paul Bettany and, at a later age, Malcolm McDowell) who gets hired by high-profile gangster Freddie Mays (David Thewlis). The eager young gun -- an irredeemable, inhumane psychopath obsessed with power -- eventually replaces his boss as top gangster by way of lies, manipulation and murder

The Counterfeiters:

Facing an ethical quandary, Jewish master forger Salomon Sorowitsch (Karl Markovics) must choose between abetting the Nazis and saving his own skin in this taut, Oscar-winning drama based on actual events during World War II. Assembled at a death camp, a cadre of printers, artists and chiselers is tasked with counterfeiting currencies to weaken Allied economies. But will Sorowitsch's conscience begin to gnaw at him as the war draws to a close?

I don't know why Paul is stuck doing shit like Legion when obviously dude has some talent. I'll have to peep the rest of those flicks this weekend.

Ive been really into all things British lately.. I think you'll like Kidulthood too.. youre right about Paul.. I think hes chasing American fame and $$'s.. you can only make indie movies that no one really sees for so long before being tempted by bullshit like Legion. shame really.

before the devil knows you're dead, let the right one in, and bigger, stronger, faster. great flicks, all fairly new and currently available through instant watch.

good look.. Loved the Tyson documentary. I also thought that The Proposition was gritty as hell, I got put on to Ray Winstone from Sexy Beast and think he is pretty much golden in anything he's in.

Need to see Sin Nombre..

good shit

Looks on the surface about some sappy Japanese love story.

In reality, not sappy at all, well acted, and pretty damn funny all around.

I saw it in the flix and loved it.

Ill put that on the list.

-Paris, Texas
-This is England
-Hoop Dreams
-High and Low
-Picnic at Hanging Rock
-In the Mood for Love
-Shotgun Stories

watch em. all of em.

good looks.. Loved This is England.

Weird creepy ass movie..

Would be cool to see someone do a remake of this..

Vertigo
Psycho
The Birds
The Man Who Knew Too Much

unfortunately my favorite Hitchcock movie, Strangers On a Train is not streaming

Sick.. I never REALLY got into Hitchcock. but Ive always wanted to catch the OG Psycho and The Birds.

I added it cuz I neva really watched his later stuff.


catch a swollen heart, from not rollin' smart

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You should add Rebecca to your list.

Stranger on a Train is a choice favorite too!

is ROPE streaming (an early film of his)?

Sin Nombre - Already mentioned. I thought this would have received near-but-not-as-much-City-of-God-love in PTP.


Chop Shop - Takes place in Queens' Iron Triangle. I have no idea why this and Sin Nombre haven't received a huge following in PTP.


Man Push Cart - Directed by the same guy who did Chop Shop. A great film about the life of an immigrant in contemporary NYC. The director's sense of place as in Chop Shop is first-rate.


Shotgun Stories - Has already been mentioned but I'll mention it again. It's a slow burner about revenge but also about violence and family. One of my favorites of the past decade and relatively one of the most criminally neglected high quality American films in years. I also think it's one of the most impressive feature debuts in years, shit, of all-time. It was well-received critically by those that have seen it, but this flick should have blown up more in PTP and elsewhere.


Revanche - Just got released by Criterion and had a very very limited theatrical release in 2009 so PTPers sleeping on it is understandable. Like Shotgun Stories, it's a slow burner on revenge. One of my favorites of the past decade.


Fat City - Directed by John Huston with cinematography by Conrad Fuckin' Hall and a great performance from Stacy Keach and a very good young Jeff Bridges. Fat City and Body and Soul are my 2 favorite boxing non-documentary films. One of the best American films of the 70s. The DVD is OOP and Netflix doesn't carry it so...


On the Ropes - A great boxing documentary that I have seen mentioned just once on the boards.


Munyurangabo - Makes a great double bill with Hotel Rwanda. It's a small scale film. The relative neglect of this film saddens me.


More later.

I liked but didn't love Sin Nombre and Chop Shop.

Will definitely try to check out Revanche and the boxing documentary.

How does it not have its own thread?

I want to give it 4 stars, but I'd have to let it settle more.

The only thing I didn't like was the husband was pretty one-note. His piece of the story felt repetitive and overdone.

Best movie I've seen in a while.

>How does it not have its own thread?

I thought about it, but went against it because I think having a relatively unheard-of-film's title associated with a post with 5 or fewer replies and 120 or fewer views would hurt it. Guess I should've made one when the Criterion dropped, but that would've probably gotten, like, 0 replies and 200 views. Again, I didn't want a negative association. Instead, I opted to champion it in here and the Spilled Latte and Jujyfruits related posts.

Yes, Cuban b(e)... helpin'.

Don't think-FEEEEEEEEEEEEEL! © Bruce Lee

Not a movie but great, entertaining nostalgia.

That show hurt my heart. I wouldn't dare put anyone else on to it. They canceled it at a crucial point in the story.

























But the truth is I love it with all my heart.

Low-budget indie horror movie with some decent character effects, and a simple, yet compelling story.

It's more of a filmed play, but I really enjoyed it.

LoL.. dude i saw this.. it was extremely fucked up.

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YOU FUCKING WIT A DEMON, DUDE!!

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Agility

and I need to re-rent it

Love this movie...absolute mind fuck.

I think this thing had a budget of $7,000!!! (but don't let that turn you away)

I just happened to catch this on IFC one afternoon and was sucked in for the long haul.

good flick

lol. I laughed at the 13-14 year old wannabe tough boys in suits taggin around him.

Shuttin the whole town down, each time.

this might have been a decent movie in someone elses hands. the whole thrill-seeking rich white girl fucking around with thugs is a fairly real phenomenon, but both groups of people were ridiculously cartoonish

the Pali high whiteboys walking around saying "yo yo yo", like they learned to act black from watching Robin Williams. The cholos with their horribly fake looking tattoos were your average after school special gang members. Freddy Rodriguez was awful. He's a good actor, but i pray he never tries to play anyone remotely tough again.

Anne was pretty yummy tho.

freddy rodriguez was hilariously bad... and LOL at the Double Penetration rape scene with Bijou Phillips.. Never thought Id see a simulated rapey "1 in the pink/1 in the stink" scene in a mainstream movie. 1st time for everything in cinema I guess.

Nine Lives (with Melissa Joan Hart, Clarissa for those who remember Nickelodeon).
Loved it.

Three of Shane Meadows streaming on there. Saw This in England last year, liked it a lot, so watched a more recent one, Somers Town, last night. Liked it a lot too, so watched Dead Man's Shoes tonight...

Got to say, all three were really good, but Dead Man's Shoes hit me pretty strongly, despite seeming at first like a formulaic revenge flick. Paddy Considine is intense as hell...the movie feels incredibly dark and bitter, not sentimental or cathartic as the 'vengeance' is realized. Just pulled off really well. I read something to the effect that it, too, was based upon the director's experiences, which didn't surprise me ---the anger was so concentrated it felt personal.

Also saw Trucker (dir: James Mottern) which is loosely related in appearing like a movie cliche but pulled off so well it doesn't matter. "Reckless adult discovers child they never knew and grows in touch with their feelings," that kind of thing, but well-made and similarly lacking in schmaltzy sentimentality. Non-pandering, and more moving as a result.

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Satire documentary "party youth culture" or whatever you wanna call it. Pretty funny.

-The Tick - Complete Series

Lost would be much better if Richard was actually Batmanuel

-Tender Is The Heart

Corny ass skinemax type softcore porn that was incredibly hilarious to me for some reason. Watching it with a lady friend and getting our MST3K on added to it I guess.

-Pee Wee's Big Adventure

I hadn't seen this since I was a kid, so I never actually knew it was a Tim Burton movie. That explains everything. And Pee Wee Herman is one of the creepiest movie characters of all time.

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bah

I watched Bad Boys(1983) maybe not a hidden gem, but I really liked it.

I never really searched Netflix's streaming library for television show, but I am finding a lot of good stuff.

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"You want the truth? You can't handle the truth. No truth-handler, you. Bah! I deride your truth-handling abilities!"

if not, the first season with christopher eccleston is available and is quite good.

So I thought I get caught up on the history.

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"You want the truth? You can't handle the truth. No truth-handler, you. Bah! I deride your truth-handling abilities!"

a doc about some dudes competing for the Donkey Kong high score. Didn't think I'd care too much, but in the end I was really rooting for the non-douche (Steve).

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the streaming on the PS3 feature is truly stellar. It's a little annoying that you need a disc or that you can't manage the queue on the screen, but other than that it's been a revolution for me. I don't think I've sent for a disc through mail since getting this, and it's definitely made me more proactive in my movie choices, considering not everything is available to stream yet. Although all the Criterion titles are, which is a godsend.

then sure

but it works about as well as it does on any of the other blu-ray players it's on, or on the new wii disc.

I'm not enjoying the interface on the tivo premiere however, leaves much to be desired compared to the other options.

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I think he mean it's way cheaper than using Netflix on XBox 360.

The service is free on PS3.

XBox you have to pay that monthly rental fee.

lol

yeah whatever man

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I only have a PS3 so haven't been able to compare w/ other devices

-After moving with his family from London to Devon, 15-year-old Tom (Freddie Cunliffe) discovers that his father (Ray Winstone) and 18-year-old sister, Jessie (Lara Belmont), have been silent partners in a secret pact, unbeknownst to his pregnant mother (Tilda Swinton). In his award-winning directorial debut, actor Tim Roth delivers a dark and disturbing family drama based on a novel by Alexander Stuart.


Sick twisted fuckin movie. I felt like i needed to take like 3 showers after it..

WTF?!?!?!!

That was sick. And I felt it was a bit too gratuitous. And it's weird how Netflix described it as a "pact" between the dad and daughter. I won't give away any spoilers in case someone reading this is going to watch it.

But yea, big warning that this movie will probably make you feel sick in the stomach!

>this movie will probably make you feel sick in the stomach!

graphic scenes of fathers having anal sex with their daughters will generally do that to the stomach.. lol.. no spoiler-o

lol

Also.....

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So did the dad really abuse the baby and that's why the baby was bleeding?

if im not mistaken, yes...

but its been a while since I've seen it.

Real talk: Tilda Swinton *HAS* to be one the G.O.A.T. actresses..seriously.

i mean, who else has had the resume she's had? everything she does is the shit...hell, she's played a man convincingly TWICE (Orlando-1992 a *MUST* see and Constantine-2006/2006 as the Angel Gabriel)

the movie was very good, but yea, i just felt dirty after I watched it..its NOT a repeat viewing movie, that's for sure.

24
lots of x-files, not sure if it's all
arrested development s1
looks like all of king of the hill
better off ted s1 at least
bones
dollhouse
firefly


and more


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24, arrested development, x-files, my name is earl and more. on my tumblr i have a list with their links can check it out at http://tinyurl.com/yjd9xbz

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at least i have things organized

damn! been wanting to watch x-files again...thanks for the post.

Indie comedy from 2008 about a porn director. Pretty funny overall.

One of the most bizarre documentaries I've seen in a while. Definitely worth watching.

batman is insane. the wonder woman girl is kinda yummy

I work a couple blocks away from where they all hang out. I've only seen chain smoking superman tho.

Julia

Had heard so much about it, and in particular the brilliance of Swinton's performance. Well, I found Tilda to be overdoing it A LOT. She was on some 90s-00s Al Pacino steez in this joint w/ the overacting. The movie itself was 45 minutes too long also. And I really didn't buy the main character's transformation throughout the movie, nor the fact that the kid got kidnapped after being kidnapped. Just kinda felt like the movie was a big mess.


Sin Nombre

Didn't really get into ANY of the performances, and it ultimately seemed like just another gang movie. No more, no less. The whole flick felt extremely predictable, and I felt like I know what was going to happen next the entire time.

quite pedestrian movie and what it did, it didn't do particularly well

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When the Chief is in the house...ohmigod

pinche chavala

>pinche chavala

And if you're a fan of Agnes Varda, The Beaches of Agnes is streaming as well which also aired on PBS POV two days ago.

I almost wanna say its every one they ever done.

theres a buttload of premium blends too.

I wanna watch, just to see how bad they are.

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When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries.
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You cannot hate people for their own good.

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For any screenwriters/potential screenwriters/or just people who like DVD commentaries and hearing about behind the scenes stuff. It's just a documentary of a bunch of screenwriters talking about (and sometimes whining about) being a screenwriter in Hollywood.

Widowed professor Walter Vale (Richard Jenkins, in an Oscar-nominated role) finds himself drawn to a different rhythm when he discovers an immigrant couple, Tarek (Haaz Sleiman) and Zainab (Danai Gurira), squatting in his Manhattan flat and becomes wrapped up in their lives. Hiam Abbass co-stars as Tarek's mother, who forges an unlikely connection with Walter when Tarek is thrown into a detention center.

took me a while, but I decided i liked it

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Dreams with Sharp Teeth

I hadn't watched not ONE ep. So far I'm in love. I can't believe I missed this, but I'm so glad I can see it all now.

Pretty decent execution of the adaptation.

Pretty decent execution of the adaptation.

One of the most insightful, downright hilarious documentaries I've ever seen. Total gem. Watch this.

'86 or '07?

'86

This shit was so damn good. Great looking show too.

loved it.

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Starring Adam Scott (Henry in "Party Down"; now on "Parks and Recreation" and ESPN's MLB commercials). Nominated for 2 Independent Spirit Awards (Best Screenplay and Scott for Best Male Lead). Weighty material, but manages to be funny. Good flick.

Netflix description:
When angry Caleb Sinclaire (Adam Scott) reluctantly agrees to drive his younger brother, Peter, and Peter's girlfriend, Emma Gainsborough (Brittany Snow), home for Thanksgiving, he finds himself attracted to his brother's pretty companion. Before long, his desire morphs into an obsession that could either completely unhinge the family -- or be the catalyst he needs to confront feelings he has long repressed. J.K. Simmons and Alex Frost co-star.



"Justice is what love looks like in public."
-Cornel West

adam scott's becoming a favorite of mine

Adam Scott is really growing on me and was perfect for this I think. I definitely enjoyed this film.

Quaint romantic comedy that's smart and sweet. Josh Hamilton stars. You may remember him as the stuck-up roommate in that Homeless Joe Pesci at Harvard film "With Honors". NBC has made it into a sitcom that's premiering this fall after "The Office." I really enjoyed it. Clever premise.

Netflix description:
When his department is outsourced to India, customer call center manager Todd Anderson (Josh Hamilton) heads to Mumbai to train his successor (Asif Basra), and amusing culture clashes ensue as Anderson tries to explain American business practices to the befuddled new employees. In the process, he learns important lessons about globalization -- and life. Ayesha Dharker and Matt Smith also star in director John Jeffcoat's cross-cultural comedy.


"Justice is what love looks like in public."
-Cornel West

-Lose yourself in this riveting documentary that chronicles the rise and ignoble fall of Troy Duffy, a bartender whose script for The Boondock Saints was picked up by Miramax bigwig Harvey Weinstein and made into a film. Like a freight train careening out of control, the arrogant Duffy -- once considered Hollywood's new wunderkind -- burns all his bridges, alienating his colleagues, his friends and his long-suffering brother, Taylor.


Awesome Documentary on the making of 'Boondock Saints'.. TroyDuffy was such an asshat..lol

"Justice is what love looks like in public."
-Cornel West

and fuck it up as royally as this cat.. Amazing Documentary. Goes to show that you NEVER burn your fuckin bridges.. I felt bad for all his boys in that band of theirs.

Enjoyed late last night. That dude Troy is fucking unreal. Great, great footage of a dickhead monster on fire just ruining everything.

thanks for the rec.

so i checked it out.

what a crazy story. troy duffy has to be the biggest dickhead ever. i feel bad for his brother and band. they were constantly shitted on.

This penetrating documentary from director Billy Corben pulls out all the stops to explore the many dimensions of Miami's cocaine-trafficking boom of the 1980s, as told by the smugglers, cops and average citizens who were there. The film is an unflinching study of Miami's most notorious and lethal vice -- from how the drug was moved and its financial impact on the city to the havoc and violence that followed in its wake.



I thoroughly enjoyed this documentary from beginning to end. I like how it showed how folks enjoyed the fruits of the drug game and how it seemed all was good at the beginning before things went tumbling down due to violence.



Since 1976

Bow to the awesomeness of Plantman:
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I think its the best vampire movie i have seen. I really enjoyed the love story angle of it too. They stayed away from a lot of the same old boring vampire cliches, and even the standards(blood drinking, sunlight) were imaginative.

A very wacky French kid's movie. Stop motion animation very crudely done, but it has a certain charm to it. Its about a Horse, an Indian, and a Cowboy. The plot really doesn't matter, its just a fun movie.

Pleasantly surprised by this one. Robin Williams at perhaps his most subdued, and that's a good thing in this role. Dark subject matter but it's smart and has a lot of heart.


NETFLIX SYNOPSIS
After his son (Daryl Sabara) dies in an awkward freak accident, high school poetry teacher Lance (Robin Williams) ghostwrites a suicide note to spare the family embarrassment. But when the note becomes an unexpected hit, Lance sees a chance to resurrect his writing career. In a bid for literary fame, Lance writes his son's journal and passes it off as his own. Writer-director Bob Goldthwait's comedy debuted at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.

TRAILER
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PkGTjZccNE


"Justice is what love looks like in public."
-Cornel West

I really liked this joint as well.

I was digging it and wondering why it didn't blow up. Might have to do with it being based on a true story and the true story is damn depressing. But this lead Nicole Beharie, is the truth. She was great in the movie.


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a licky boom boom down

Yeah, Beharie is great in it. It's a very good ensemble. Xzibit was good, I thought. Only thing I wasn't feeling was the music.

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a licky boom boom down

It's sad that a lot of small quality films with relevant and/or pressing content stay on the fringes.

Very cool movie with some funny moments. Kind of emo, reminded me of donnie darko in a way. A love story with some sci-fi element. I'm surprised I haven't heard of it til now.

It's pretty good.

Shitload of new streaming titles due to that new Epix deal..

but not in HD :(

It's all good though.

Some are..

http://instantwatcher.com/titles/all?hd_filter=HD+only

http://instantwatcher.com/titles/new

Downside to that is it takes a while for the page to load sometimes and it doesn't indicate the date the film was added unlike the plain list.

http://instantwatcher.com/titles/new?view=synopsis&popups=1&infinite=0

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another page, similar function (sortable by various fields):

http://thenowhereman.com/netflix/

Miami Blues - great crime thriller

Across 110th Street - for 70s movie fans; great use of location shooting and music by Womack and Peace

Electra Glide in Blue - relatively overlooked 70s gem; OOP DVD; great cinematography by Conrad Fuckin' Hall

Samurai Rebellion - excellent samurai pic; expertly constructed narrative

The Heartbreak Kid - the original comedy classic by Elaine May from the 70s; great performance by Charles Grodin; if you like uncomfortable comedy, check it out

Big Night - a great food / chef / restaurant movie

Topkapi - entertaining heist flick from the great Jules Dassin who made the heist masterpiece Rififi

This Sporting Life - if you like British kitchen sink film, see it; Rachel Roberts is incredible in it; Richard Harris is intense

Salaam Bombay - if you like neorealist type of films, check it out

I Am Cuba - if you want to see great camera movement and bold compositions, check it out

Objectified - I'm personally not a fan of this doc about industrial design; I found it underwhelming and not that informative / insightful save for a few segments, but there should be a couple of people here interested in it

Two Friends - employs a subtle slow-burning use of reverse narrative

they got i am cuba up there?
good lookin

Really liked this.. Crazy revenge flick

>>Dead Man's Shoes 2004 NR 3.3 55% play queue HD
Richard (Paddy Considine) comes home from the army bent on revenge against the local gang of dealers and thugs that brutalized his mentally disabled brother, Anthony (Toby Kebbell). Richard's one-man guerilla campaign terrorizes the bullies, who begin to turn on one another as he efficiently eliminates them one by one. This engrossing BAFTA-nominated drama powerfully illustrates the overriding bond of brotherly love.

Great Documentary...

>>Monika Hertwig grapples with her father Amon Goeth's appalling legacy as a Nazi responsible for killing thousands of Jews. In a moving act of reconciliation, Monika meets with Helen Jonas-Rosezweig, her father's Jewish maid and slave during the war. Deeply disturbed by actor Ralph Fiennes's portrayal of her father as an inhuman monster in the film Schindler's List, Monika tries to overcome her guilt by coming to terms with the past.

Great flick and a true story about a guy that went undercover for Mi6 with the IRA. Great, great flick, I can't say it enough.

That movie is just as powerful.

Yippeekayay, motherfucker.

Don't think-FEEEEEEEEEEEEEL! © Bruce Lee

>Seven Days hot 2010 NR 3.5 new Sep 28 play queue
Surgeon Bruno Hamel (Claude Legault) is living a seemingly idyllic life until his young daughter is raped and murdered. Obsessed with vengeance, Bruno concocts a plot to kidnap, torture and execute the man responsible for the crime. Once his plan comes to fruition, he'll turn himself in. Director Daniel Grou makes his feature-film debut with this thriller based on a novel by Patrick Senécal. Rémy Girard and Fanny Mallette co-star.

Holy shit this movie rocked.. must see French flick about a Father's revenge.. Cinematography is crazy, I love movies that are shot like this.. First time director Daniel Grou might be a cat to look out for.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cove_%28film%29

Awesome.


"Justice is what love looks like in public."
-Cornel West

sweet! theres been huge television updates the last few days.

Definitely. I also saw the latest seasons of The Office and 30 Rock. What else caught your eye?

lol.. shit man pick one.

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nah but for real im into those national geographic documentaries and i think they just put like 40 of them on.

Two lost souls -- Nina (Tammy Blanchard), a pregnant, unmarried waitress, and Jose (Eduardo Verástegui), an introspective cook with a tragic past -- find solace in each other as their lives become unpredictably linked throughout the course of one incredible day. First-time director Alejandro Gomez Monteverde also co-wrote the screenplay for this inspirational story about love, hope and forgiveness.


real good date flick..

it's a really well-done oral history of a quite inventive band.
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I caught the pilot and 2nd episode over the weekend. Both episodes were funny. Reminds me of Curb Your Enthusiasm and Seinfeld.

If you're into martial arts flicks, this is the shit. The story of Wing Chun. Bruce Lee was one of Wing Chun students. IMO, IP Man is one of the best of the new school martial art flicks.

FUCK YES.

Man, the fighting sequences in this flick were superb.

the fighting sequences are so dope. i especially like the scene in the prison. that was nuts! ip man was clownin!

>If you're into martial arts flicks, this is the shit. The
>story of Wing Chun. Bruce Lee was one of Wing Chun students.
>IMO, IP Man is one of the best of the new school martial art
>flicks.

let me nitpick a little.

You mean this is the story of IP MAN and Bruce Lee was one of IP MAN's students, right? Wing Chun is the style of kung fu and also the name of the supposed creator of the style thus making your description somewhat misleading.

ok, i'm done. lol

You can reserve it on Netflix now. It's in stores now on DVD & BR.

definitely my favorite of the new-school kung fu epics.

thanks for pointing to it.

was just told about this
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When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries.
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You cannot hate people for their own good.

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but it's not up on Instant Streaming yet.

It's next on my DVD queue, but it's saying "Very Long Wait".

Master IP went all the way in.

I remember seein on netflix i think

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It's like Austin Powers meets Pink Panther.

I think Lost in Rio is the funnier of the two, but Cairo, Nest of Spies is a good one too.

Cosign. These had me cracking up.

I've already made a post on this documentary but for those who may have missed it (the post) and were always curious about the film just off the strength of listening to Stevie Wonder's soundtrack, you can find it on there.





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Bow to the awesomeness of Avery*Sunshine:
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Just watch it Thursday...a really good film by Benjamin Bratt (with his sexy self).

Acclaimed Thai action director Prachya Pinkaew helms this martial arts drama, which follows Zen (JeeJa Yanin), a young autistic woman who discovers that she has the uncanny ability to absorb precision fighting skills just by watching martial arts movies. When her cancer-ridden mother's creditors come calling, Zen attempts to settle the debts by standing up to a hardnosed gang of criminals who have wrongfully swindled money from her family.

>>GODDAAMN! Id say the last 45 minutes are some of the best martial arts Ive seen in a minute. Solid ass fight scenes in this joint. This lil young spastic autistic ass girl is beatin dudes monkey asses the whole movie..lol

Not sure if its a hidden gem per se, but i did notice they put this up in HD recently. I have the first season on dvd so it will be good to be able to watch the rest when i finish.

really fucking good.

After receiving an unnerving radio transmission from a platoon that disappeared six months earlier, a reconnaissance team -- led by Lt. Choi Tae-in (Woo-seong Kam) -- is dispatched to track down the missing soldiers. Setting up camp in an abandoned mansion, the rescue squad soon discovers that it houses evil spirits. This atmospheric Vietnam War-era chiller is one of South Korea's highest-grossing horror films.

Pretty damn good Horror Korean Flick.. Chilling as fuck.

the first one was just an excellent movie in my opinion. cuba gooding jr. back on his grind in that one. good plot, good acting, good pacing.

somebody help me - this joint had omarion and marquez houston in it and the girl from sister sister/kim fields little sister. not a great movie, actually pretty cheesy at times but it was fun. the suspense and horror of the film was kinda offset by the reality that neither of the two lead guys are likely candidates to save anyone ever from any danger. it was hard to dispel reality when watching this flick. in my mind i kept thinking that omarion and marquez would challenge the killer to a dance off or some shit. but again, it was cheesy and fun at the same time. not sure if that was the effect they were going for.

really good movie right? loved it.

You find short lived fantasies in No Man's Land. Build empires where you stand.

SIIICK documentary of Boxer Jack Johnson. 3.5 hours but totally interesting from beginning to end.

just in time to give it to my uncle for christmas last year
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Michael Showalter awkward romantic comedy. Had never heard of it before watching it this weekend. Hilarious.

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in HD!

good pick! i knew it was coming out on DVD, but didn't realize netflix was going to stream it too.

don't you think mr. brainwash is a set up by banksy and shepard fairey?

but i doubt it, at least anymore. Bansky may have initially had a lot to do with him, but i don't see him quoted on his site anymore, and i am pretty sure his prints no longer come with the postcards that have the Bansky and Fairey quotes about him anymore.

Another VERY disturbing movie, which starts out kinda slow but COTDAMN, the last 1/3....

straight up torture porn

now, "THE dead girl", that's a different story altogether

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Really compelling documentary about Jack Abramoff and all the shit he pulled, and how lobbyists run the government with money. It's depressing stuff.

Jack (Ken Stott), Steve (Nick Moran) and Goat (Dominic Monaghan) are small-time cons from London's East End -- until they meet up with Villa (Tamer Hassan). Then, suddenly, their graceful scams turn into an ugly mess when they unwittingly smuggle illegal immigrants. Most of their illegal cargo escapes, but out from the back of the truck stumble two kids. Now, the guys must decide what to do with the tykes in this suspenseful British crime caper.


Good Flick..

http://www.netflix.com/Movie/A-Prophet/70118773

one of the better movies i saw in 2010.

why were the cars following him?
was that to show that he's so much of a boss cars would follow him as he walked?

he gave a nod to the guys in the cars before they started walking

>why were the cars following him?
>was that to show that he's so much of a boss cars would follow
>him as he walked?

>was that to show that he's so much of a boss cars would follow him as he walked?

yep

Missed the start so was kinda hard to keep up but it certainly wasn't the type of prison flick I was expecting. Dude spent so much time in and out of the joint it almost seemed voluntary.

Tell No One
- French movie, similar plot to the Fugitive. Kept me up late to see how it ends.

The Edukators
- Stars the guy from Goodbye Lenin. Definitely worth a look.

The Edukators ending left me kind of heated.. Theres no way they shouldve trusted that man to let them go.

http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/The_Long_Good_Friday/17438053?trkid=2361637#height1576

Just watched this. That last scene of Bob Hoskins in the car, brilliant.

>Just watched this. That last scene of Bob Hoskins in the car,
>brilliant.

Knew a lot about Basquiat and thought the doc would just rehash, but there was some good footage here and some insightful commentary as well.

What I liked best was that it illuminated that incredibly creative time period of NYC in the early 80s.

im in all weekend watching movies..lol

one of the most overlooked 70s crime films

http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Straight_Time/70066140?trkid=2361637#height1960

The show centres on Jimmy Reardon (Tracey), one of Vancouver's top organized crime bosses, and Mary Spalding (Scott), the director of the Vancouver Organized Crime Unit (OCU), who has offered Reardon immunity from prosecution in exchange for his role as a police informant. The show also stars Matt Frewer as Ted Altman, the scheming assistant director of the OCU who seeks to replace Spalding, and John Cassini as Ronnie Delmonico, Reardon's business partner and confidant.

just saw the pilot.. pretty good.

Its like Canada's white version of The Wire. Im like half way into season 1 and its actually really good so far.. Good shit.

Restrepo
A Prophet

I remember HATING this show when it was out 15 years ago and I wsa like 14-15.. I also hated eating sushi, fish and watching comedies like Seinfeld.. SMH.

Funny how tastes change..

....Electric Bugaloo.

Yippeekayay, motherfucker.

Don't think-FEEEEEEEEEEEEEL! © Bruce Lee

Alex (Romain Duris) and his sister, Mélanie (Julie Ferrier), and her husband, Marc (François Damiens), earn money by breaking up relationships. But when Alex falls for a client's (Jacques Frantz) daughter, Juliette (Vanessa Paradis), he has to decide if he'll bust up her wedding to Jonathon (Andrew Lincoln), who's truly perfect for her. Pascal Chaumeil directs this romantic comedy filmed in Monaco.

Pretty good and funny French RomCom.. good flick to see with your lady if shes into these sort of movies, and I usually hate this genre..

a horribly cheesy suspense type movie about three college students who get stuck on a ski lift over night.

http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Still_Walking/70109146?trkid=2430625

directed by Hirokazu Koreeda, who you might be familiar with from his film Nobody Knows (about the family of abandoned children, which is also streaming if you haven't seen it yet). it's a story about a family whose parents haven't gotten over the death of their eldest son 12 years ago, and the emotional wreckage that still lingers.

Most of them provided by the mother/grandmother played by Kirin Kiri who gave one of the past decade's best performances in the film. The Criterion DVD is coming out next month.

Dejected by the futility of his tedious life, bitter small-town resident Bill (Brendan Fletcher) takes matters into his own hands by constructing a bulletproof outfit, picking up his semi-automatic weapons and attempting the largest killing spree ever seen. Written and directed by controversial filmmaker Uwe Boll, this ultra-violent action movie features jarring handheld camerawork and original dialogue largely improvised by the cast.

>>I know your prolly thinking Uwe Bol?!? Shit was really actually good and fucked up.

http://twitter.com/instant_netflix

for the latest additions to the Instant Watch

it's way, way behind and highlights maybe a couple a day.

the rss really the only way to go

http://www.netflix.com/RSSFeeds

http://www.netflix.com/NewWatchInstantlyRSS

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stick to instantwatcher.com. those shits from twitter are random and inaccurate.

This is a little gem of a flick.
Not spectacular, by any means, but well worth it's time.
It's from the '40s, a murder mystery revolving around the fortune of a man who died 13 years ago and the family trying to get it.
It's pretty funny, very witty. The black and white is a little on the too grainy side, but more-than-manageable.
It's also only an hour long - so it'll only take up as much time as another bad CSI episode.
Oh, and for some reason, it's never been released on DVD or VHS. So how Netflix managed to leap frog it onto their queue I'll never get but be most grateful for.



"Your current frequencies of understanding outweigh that which has been given for you to understand." Saul Williams

nonstop in my living room since then.

Party Down Season 2 is next on the agenda.

Taiwanese equivalent of I don't know...its a comedy, its a love story, its a musical, its a porno documentary. I am not making this up.

all the facts about Watermelon.

Haven't seen it yet, but I've heard good things.

From Netflix:
In this Greek drama, siblings who grow up cut off from the world -- homeschooled and dependent on one another for entertainment -- develop their own blissful alternative universe. That universe is shattered when their father lets in an outsider. Sex enters the picture when dad begins bringing home a female security officer to satisfy his son's sexual needs. Suddenly, nothing is quite the same within this highly idiosyncratic family unit.

writing was kinda clunky at the start, but as the story unfolds it becomes quite fascinating. I thought it had very interesting things to say about family, and on a more symbolic level governments and how they treat their citizens. Quite topical when you see what's going on in Egypt right now.

So I guess you gotta get on it quick, but it's definitely worth it.

Dude with pneumonic plague is bumped off. Health Services and the police department have a tense 48 hours to track down anyone who might have come in contact with him, especially his killers, before an epidemic breaks out. Suspenseful and extremely well-acted, including a badass gangster turn from Jack Palance.

Oh, and it's set in New Orleans and directed by Elia Kazan.

Ade is a German filmmaker who got some great reviews on the movie she directed last year, Everyone Else. That, and her first flick The Forest For The Trees are both available on Instant.
Haven't seen Everyone Else yet, but TFFTT is really good. It's about a young teacher who starts a job in a new town and has trouble settling in. Pretty painful to watch at times (kinda like the answering machine scene from Swingers stretched over a whole movie) because of the awkwardness of many scenes, but Eva Lobau gives a remarkable performance as the teacher, and the naturalistic way the movie was shot (on video), while distracting at first, ends up pulling you in.
There's been a noticeable buzz created around German directors these days (Christoph Hochhausler and Benjamin Heisenberg are the others I've heard about), here's hoping this leads to better distribution of their movies. And not to them trying to pull a Henckel von Donnersmarck n/m.

not sure if this was mentioned

http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Off_the_Charts_The_Song-Poem_Story/60034860?trkid=2361637#height1512

Wow, this was so hard to watch at times, but so Awesome!!!

Been looking forward to seeing this for a while.

Loves me some Michael Fassbender.

pretty good flick.. Its funny watchin that lil white girl tryin to breakdance to Juice by Rakim tho.. She shoulda practiced more..lol

Full episodes of the current season. Been great for me since I usually miss is when it airs live.

http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Still_Bill/70117383?trkid=2361637#height1536

bill withers is the man. i didn't realize he put out so many great songs. and i love how he did things on his terms.

Piss your pants funny UK comedy series about 3 30+ year old British chicks with major issues.

I seriously laughed hard at this.

Golden Globe winner and nominated by several awards orgs for multiple categories. Haven't seen it yet but I remember a post or 2 about the film that I can't find anymore and I know there were a few OKPs wanting to see it so I figured I'd give a heads up.

Édgar Ramírez stars as Ilich Ramírez Sánchez -- aka Carlos the Jackal -- an elusive Venezuelan terrorist who executed scores of assassination plots, abductions and bombings across Europe and the Middle East. This Golden Globe-winning biopic follows Sanchez from 1973 to 1994 as he and his cohorts wreak havoc on the Left Bank in Paris, storm OPEC headquarters in Vienna and carry out other devastating acts of politically motivated violence. This is the 5 1/2 hour miniseries.

http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Carlos-Miniseries/70139389?trkid=1660

Miniseries is better

Looks HD to me, great addition...

But on second viewing, and without the "woah the visuals" feeling of the first watch, you notice how shitty the performances are. could the dude playing the drug dealer deliver his lines any more flat?

>Looks HD to me, great addition...
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>But on second viewing, and without the "woah the visuals"
>feeling of the first watch, you notice how shitty the
>performances are. could the dude playing the drug dealer
>deliver his lines any more flat?

Uh, no offense but it took you a second viewing to notice that? Agreed on the visuals though, they were really something else

i knew the acting was shitty then but i made excuses because i just paid 11 dollars.

>>Exposing the snobbery, backbiting and machinations of a disappearing class system, this seven-part British series chronicles the comings and goings of the upper-crust Crawley family and their assorted servants. Ensconced in their stately manor, the Crawleys delight in their aristocratic life -- until the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912 muddles their line of inheritance. Maggie Smith plays the sneering Dowager Countess of Grantham.
Genre:British TV Dramas, TV Dramas

Surprisingly good Miniseries and its rated 5 stars on Netflix.

I started watching on a whim after reading a good review of it, and was expecting the usual PBS borefest. But I'm 6 episodes into the 7-episode series, and completely invested in the characters and story going into the final episode.

Highly, highly recommended.

man you aint lying.. I was hooked after the 1st episode. oh and LOL at the reactions to the phone being installed in the house.

the storylines around WWI should be interesting.

YO...didn't little sis remind anybody of Scarlett Johansson? Old boy (Matthew?) shoulda said FUCK the old snobby sister and got with that youngin! She was bangin!

the snobby sister was the worst.. I loved the looks she would give when shit would backfire in her face.

Finally watched on Instant the other night. Not my favorite Almodovar film, but definitely worth it for Penelope alone.

a really good movie about a french gangster named jacques mesrine. part 2 is going to be available on instant stream at the end of march.

http://movies.netflix.com/Movie/Mesrine_Part_1_Killer_Instinct/70107140?trkid=2361637#height1796

This blistering biopic stars Vincent Cassel as notorious French gangster Jacques Mesrine. The first in a duology, the film details the genesis of Mesrine's career, including an incident in the army that gave him his first taste of violent power. Gerard Depardieu co-stars in this commanding, stylish film (based on the autobiography Mesrine wrote shortly before breaking out of prison), which has been favorably compared to Brian DePalma's Scarface.

Ludivine Sagnier is in this, right?

she didnt get much screen time in part 1. but from what i've taken from the movie, she plays a big role in part 2.

I wanted to see this. Gonna have to check it out.

is part two on netflix yet?

part two will be available to stream on march 29th. can't wait to check it out.

after doing a little reading, i didn't realize that movie is based on a real guy.

2nd: Yea Mesrine is awesome and the played the character/events pretty faithfully ive heard.

What a movie, gave that shit 5 stars and knocking A Prophet down to 4.

Mesrine Part 2 dropped on NetFlix instant today. I'm checking this out as soon as I get home from work.

http://movies.netflix.com/Movie/Mesrine_Part_2_Public_Enemy_1/70117925?trkid=2361637#height1683

Jacques Mesrine (Vincent Cassel) finds his star rising throughout the 1970s as both a gangster and a publicity-hungry celebrity. But while his criminal plans are as grandiose as ever, the Paris police are redoubling their efforts with a special anti-Mesrine unit. The conclusion to Jean-François Richet's epic crime biopic also stars the luminous Ludivine Sagnier as Mesrine's glamorous Italian lover, Sylvia Jeanjacquot.

Dope!! could stand as its own movie.. awesome finale.

i caught it last night. part 2 was so so sick. i'm checking for all vincent cassell flicks now. this guy owned the role of mesrine.

if your checking for Vincent Cassell movies.. this one is kinda crazy. Cassell character goes HAM after finding out his chick gets raped.


>This French thriller chronicles the unspeakable horror of rape and the aftermath of revenge. When a woman is brutally violated, her angered boyfriend and ex-boyfriend team up to track down the rapist and take justice into their own hands. Albert Dupontel, Vincent Cassel and Monica Bellucci star, and Gaspar Noé (I Stand Alone) directs. Nominated for the Golden Palm Award at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.

but never seen it. Just added to the queue. Thanks for the recommendation.

Its shot in a Pulp Fiction style (end of the movie shown first).. I enjoyed it.

nope. haven't seen it yet. it's not available on instant, but i added it to my dvd queue. looks interesting. after seeing mesrine, it'll be cool to check out some of cassell's earlier work. thanks!

well directed and well acted. vinz, hubert and said were all great characters. in a way, it kind of reminded me of a juice.

and man, i'm suspecting there is a lot of truth to this film. if so,the streets of france were wild back in the 90s. this film must have caused a ruckus considering it was released not too long after the rodney king beating.

Very well written but slow movie about a professor who's leaving his post of 10 years. Colleagues are baffled as to why until the man reveals his secret: he is a centuries old Cro Magnon.

i thought it was interesting until that whole twist about him being mr you know who.. it was thought provoking tho.

>Very well written but slow movie about a professor who's
>leaving his post of 10 years. Colleagues are baffled as to why
>until the man reveals his secret: he is a centuries old Cro
>Magnon.

but it was interesting and really engaging story. I'd definitely recommend people check it out

last night, i checked this flick out. i couldn't really connect with any of the characters. the picture quality was probably the worst of any nexflix steaming picture i've seen. but the overall story was fairly interesting.

http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Oliver_Stone_Presents_Bang_Rajan/60034566?trkid=496624#height1432

Oliver Stone Presents: Bang Rajan

2000 NR 118 minutes

Oliver Stone helped bring this oft-forgotten story -- set in the 18th-century Thai village of Bang Rajan, where 11 villagers stood their ground as the Burmese army invaded -- to U.S. theaters. Armed with only machetes, the brave few were up against an army of 100,000. Providing background, the film begins with the ascension of King Mang Ra of Burma, whose invasion of Thai territory aimed to shrink the country's ruling arm.

>From renowned director Aleksandr Sokurov comes a piercing historical drama about Japan's emperor Hirohito at the end of World War II. Faced with his country's defeat and the renunciation of his divine status, Hirohito must establish his own identity. Sokurov's exquisite cinematography accentuates this examination of diplomacy and personal responsibility as Hirohito agrees to meet with American Gen. MacArthur in an attempt to move Japan forward.

Pretty Dope movie if you are into history.. Its a bit similar to Downfall as it shows the last hours basically before Hirohito surrendered to MacArthur.

Pollock

Frida


Naked Lunch


(pretty much Spike's filmography)


Amelie


SLC Punk


Devil in a Blue dress

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Pollock is pretty dope, one of my favorite Ed Harris performances. And you can't go wrong Easy Rawlins.

Nice quirky Sci-Fi flick

>>A novelist's life ricochets from 1920s Paris to '50s New York and '80s London. Along the way he meets Ernest Hemingway, Ian Fleming and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor - the exiled British king and his mistress Wallis Simpson.

I was surprised at how much I was into Downton Abbey and the quality of Masterpiece Classic programming.. This Masterpiece Classic production was just as good in my opinion, maybe even better...

neither are 'hidden gems', but the addition is NICE.

http://www.avclub.com/articles/netflix-tightens-its-hold-on-you-by-adding-mad-men,54186/

Combining two of our favorite Newswire subjects—things that you can watch on Netflix and people giving money to Mad Men—the streaming colossus has announced that it has snapped up the syndication rights to the AMC series, paying Lionsgate somewhere between $750,000 and $900,000 per episode for the privilege of being the only place (besides AMC and DVDs, of course) where you can watch old episodes. Like the recent bid to exclusively air the David Fincher/Kevin Spacey drama House Of Cards, it’s one more indication that Netflix is out to be seen as a next-generation network, and that it is not to be trifled with, should you be thinking of doing that.

The announcement also comes a few days after Netflix signed a new deal with Twentieth Century Fox that expanded its current streaming options to include the first season of Glee, the first two seasons of Sons Of Anarchy, and David E. Kelley’s first volley in the war against feminism, Ally McBeal. Best of all, that deal includes The Wonder Years, a series that’s been all but impossible to relive lately unless you get Discovery Channel spinoff The Hub, as music rights issues have kept it from being released on DVD. Netflix has reportedly solved this by overdubbing every ‘60s hit with Grieg’s “In The Hall Of The Mountain King.” (Or maybe not; the press release doesn’t really say.)

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dang.

he don't give a fuuuuuck.

it was funnier than i expected. good balance between quirky and raunchy.

it was still funny after that, but not nearly as good as it was up to and including the strip club scene.

to build to any climax that could top that, but I liked the office party scene too...

Four Lions was just added to Instant Streaming. I haven't seen it yet, but I've heard good things...

http://movies.netflix.com/Movie/Four_Lions/70129391?trkid=496624#height1549

Comedy writer Christopher Morris makes his feature directorial debut with this outrageous comedy about a group of young Islamic Brits who fancy themselves bloodthirsty jihadis of the first order. The film showcases Morris's satirical talents at their vicious best in a scathingly hilarious indictment of true believers and the social systems that create them. Viewers took note and bestowed it the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at the L.A. Film Festival.

fuckin hilarious..

i thought it started off kinda slow, but picked up speed towards the middle of the movie. the last half of the movie was hilarious.

rubber dinghy rapids bro.

the over usage of "bro" was great. hahahah.

..I've watched all of bleach/naruto.

I've seen Kaze No Stigma as well.

Recommend some dope anime.

BUT they only have the first two volumes streaming. Waiting patiently for 3 and 4.

Moribito is a really good watch. Great storytelling all around.

Soul Eater takes the shonen genre and adequately turns it on it's side. Same power hogging fights and all that but just a touch more style and a definite ending.

Tokyo Majin I remeber starting very strong but somehow I have no clue how it ended and that may be a very telling sign. Give it a shot to see how you like it.

Last Exile is a rather well thought out exercise in world building with some OK drama but finding out what the deal is why these characters are living the way they are is possibly the most interesting thing about the show. Great art and flying/fighting sequences too.

Sengoku Basara is quite possibly one of the greatest video game adaptations ever because they just go with how ridiculous the games were in the first place and crank it up to 11 from there.

Just noticed that they also have Mu Shi Shi and if you like moody, mystery, ghost type stuff it's one of the best shows ever.

I guess it's not really "hidden"...and people hype the show up all the time...but i finally gave it a go off of all the netflix recommendations. jus shitted away my saturday afternoon watching all ten eps..fuckin hillarious

what the fuck else have I been doing with my time?

there's titties in like every episode. it's almost on par with entourage in that department

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REALLY good War movie in Russian based on a company's entrance into Afghanistan.. Very much a Russian 'Full Metal Jacket'.. very good.

>After barely surviving an intensely grueling boot camp in Uzbekistan, an eclectic group of recently enlisted Soviet soldiers ships off to fight in Afghanistan, where they must endure hellish conditions and extremely dangerous Mujahideen forces. Based on a true story from the 1980s, this rousing Russian war film about camaraderie and heroism stars Aleksey Chadov, Artur Smolyaninov and Konstantin Kryukov.
Netflix Rating: 3.6

If you like British police procedurals, you'll probably like this one.

still haven't seen it which seems a cardinal sin given my love of sports, documentaries and history.

and not that shit with Martin and Will smith
available on instant NOW

this movie is dope! young sean penn was a gangsta.

http://www.netflix.com/Search?v1=russian+revolution+in+color

http://www.wildandwonderfulwhites.com/

It's like watching Jerry Springer on steriods... but more artsy cuz it's a doc. lol

my friend recommended it. from what he told me about, the family sounds like a mess.

the whites are some crazy ass hillbillies. i'll cross off a trip to boone county from any future travel plans. SMH. interesting documentary though.

walkin around the house randomly yellin out "PUNCH, FIGHT, FUCK!"

that dance the guy was doin on the table will never get old, lol

Or at least it felt that way. 70 minutes. Premise is a lonely young man who claims to be an aspiring writer is explaining to an older man about his strange habit of spotting a random person in public and following them just to see where they go. This segment, which takes up about the first ten minutes of the movie, had me thinking Following was racing up my list of favorite movies ever. The actual storyline of the movie is ripe with clichés, but there are two or three really beautiful shots and it's just interesting to see Nolan's mind at work within the confines of a low budget, 16mm B&W indie film.

Oh, and it's a whodunit sort of movie.


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THE most unlikeable protagonist ever......Not the title character, but his mother, Katie

When his mother dies suddenly, a 17-year-old boy (James Frecheville) finds himself drawn into the clutches of a diabolical criminal family, until a good-hearted detective (Guy Pearce) makes a concerted effort to change the boy's fate. Australian writer-director David Michôd's first feature-length drama won the World Cinema Jury Prize: Dramatic at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.

underwhelming.. to me at least.

I mean I grew up as a white Nebraska boy so for me it's a trip. I got a bunch on my Instant Queue right now. Saw the Mack the other night and I was tripping at all the lines I knew from hip-hop samples, plus I mean the storyline was fairly weak but the performance by the lead dude (From my favorite childhood movie Def Jam's How to Be a Player!) and Pryor's cameos had me laughing like crazy. Some stuff was stupid but he really had being a cold hearted pimp down, that was a real ass performance right there.

I got all these Pam Grier and Shaft movies queued up right now can't even keep count. God bless streaming on the PS3.


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it's been on instant forever but it's a solid as hell documentary. kinda follows the model of Bastards of the Party covers the background, and origins of gangs in LA. a slice of LA history

narrated by Forrest Whittaker

http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Crips_and_Bloods_Made_in_America/70084233?trkid=2361637#height2155

Starring Edward G Robinson, and Richard Conte. Been wanting to re-visit this one for a while. loved it the first time though

http://movies.netflix.com/WiSearch?oq=house+of+stran&ac_posn=-1&v1=house+of+strangers&search_submit=

http://movies.netflix.com/Movie/Patrice-O-Neal-Elephant-in-the-Room/70170892#height1144

I'm listening to this at work right now. I'm about 10 minutes into his routine. So far, it's hilarious.

You only listened? His facial reactions to the audience are all part of what makes it hilarious. 5-starred it.


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since i was at work, i went back and forth between listening and watching. the audio alone had me dying. i'll definitely watch it again.

i watched it twice in the past week

>>From famed thriller director Ji-woon Kim comes this edgy thriller about secret agent Dae-hoon (Byung-hun Lee), who discovers how far over the edge he will go in order to seek revenge after his fiancée is brutally slain by psychopathic serial killer Kyung-chul (Min-sik Choi). With the police baffled by Kyung-chul's murders, Dae-hoon decides to capture the killer, but his own increasing violence makes him wonder who the monster really is

HOLY FUCKIN SHIT.. this was a bad ass revenge flick... see this movie!

I have been waiting for this to pop up on instant.

directed by Charles Burnett (Killer of Sheeps)

a decent flick.

now available on instant stream!

http://movies.netflix.com/Movie/South_Park/70136107?trkid=2361637#height1091

growing up, i used to always watch that cartoon. i might need to revisit a couple episodes.

definitely not a feel good movie, but i enjoyed this one.

http://movies.netflix.com/Movie/Black_Death/70122631?trkid=2361637

2010 R 102 minutes

Sean Bean stars in this historically rooted horror-thriller as Ulric, a church-appointed knight in the age of the Bubonic Plague's first wave who's tasked with investigating rumors of a woman (Carice van Houten) who can bring the dead back to life. A young monk (Eddie Redmayne) named Osmund is aiding Ulric on his quest to root out the necromancer -- and to determine whether or not she has ties to Satan.

also want to mention that fans of hbo's game of thrones might like this flick. the actor that plays ned stark in GoT is one of the leads. and it's roughly based around the same time as GoT.

first LOTR, then this and GoT. Too bad. Hes a great actor.

Great doc on LA gangs

this was better than Munich imo, went more in-depth on the situation and had more character development than Munich did.

>>Brutal and celebrated Mafia gangster John Gotti (Danny Nucci) schemes, shoves and murders his way to the top of that world in this gritty biography told from the perspective of Salvatore Polisi (Jason Gedrick), who owns the Sinatra Club, where Gotti's crew hangs out. Determined to make his name, the young Gotti plans a daring armored-car robbery that he expects to get him noticed by the bosses of each of New York's five major crime families.

If you can get past the low budgetness of this movie its actually pretty entertaining and decent.

http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Skin_Game/70185013?trkid=2361637

In this comedy, white con man Quincy Drew rides the Old West making coin by selling his "slave" Jason (in fact a free black man and fellow flim-flam artist), then springing him so the pair can ride off to run their scam in another town

man
I love zombie flicks and this was a dope one

Amazing skateboarding documentary.

http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Epicly-Later-d-John-Cardiel/70123240?trkid=438403

Newly arrived in Hong Kong, martial arts instructor Ip Man (Donnie Yen) encounters stiff opposition when he begins teaching the Wing Chun fighting style. But instead of bowing to his rivals' demands, he perseveres and retaliates with amazing speed and power. Inspired by Ip Man's life story, this martial arts sequel boasts impressive fight sequences and co-stars Lynn Hung, Simon Yam and Sammo Hung Kam-Bo.


I thought the first one was crazy dope but THIS one? On some Rocky 4 type status.. Awesome Awesome movie. And even better than the first one.

after i waited months to get it on blu-ray, they finally release it on instant. go figure. dope flick! i enjoyed this one just as much as the first movie.

A multiple-Academy Award nominated film directed by Sidney Lumet,
written by David Mamet, and starring Paul Newman, James Mason, Jack
Warden, and Charlotte Rampling probably doesn't qualify as hidden,
but I had ignorantly and regrettably passed it by for a long while
now. If you haven't seen it still, don't pass it by as well.

Neck-and-neck with Anatomy of a Murder as far as courtroom dramas.

Probably surpassing Hud as Newman's most fully-realized performance.

Less showy than 12 Angry Men or Network, but maybe Lumet's best
showcase of skill nonetheless.

Every character gets a moment but never comes off as contrived.

The courtroom procedural stuff feels every inch authentic.

It's tense and gripping while also reflective and somber at times.

Plot and character surprises are revealed precisely and never seem put on.

Lumet was hardly the most visually striking director, but the framing
here, settling primarily for observant static long shots, is superb,
and again the story unfolds gracefully and with great expertise.

were my favorite Lumet flicks up until Before the Devil Knows Your Dead. The Verdict seems to be on cable all the time but I never catch it from the start so I lose interest after awhile whenever I see it.

Life and Debt is a feature-length documentary which addresses the impact of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank and current globalization policies on a developing country such as Jamaica.


Yo this is a must see documentary! Anyone who say this a free market is a fool this is a slave market!

http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Dogfight/60028689?trkid=2361637

Four young Marines spending their last night stateside in San Francisco before shipping out to Vietnam stage a dogfight: The Marine who finds the ugliest "date" and brings her to a party wins. Eddie Birdlace (River Phoenix) is having no luck finding an appropriate chick -- until he meets Rose (Lili Taylor), a shy, ugly-duckling waitress who worships folk singers. But will Eddie confess to Rose the real reason he wants to "date" her?


- I just watched this today. This shit is great. Lili Taylor kills it.

http://movies.netflix.com/Movie/Rampage/70138768?trkid=438403

Dejected by the futility of his tedious life, bitter small-town resident Bill (Brendan Fletcher) takes matters into his own hands by constructing a bulletproof outfit, picking up his semi-automatic weapons and attempting the largest killing spree ever seen. Written and directed by controversial filmmaker Uwe Boll, this ultra-violent action movie features jarring handheld camerawork and original dialogue largely improvised by the cast.

- A competently directed film by Uwe Boll? Madness!

this flick was SICK!

http://movies.netflix.com/Movie/Big_Bad_Mama/303607?trkid=438403

Wilma (Angie Dickinson) is the big, bad mama who must survive on her own after the death of her lover, as she takes her daughters (Susan Sennett and Robbie Lee) with her on the run with her new bank robber boyfriend (Tom Skerritt) in this production from B-movie king Roger Corman (Caged Heat). Together, the four embark on a lawbreaking binge of robbing, kidnapping and bed-hopping! William Shatner co-stars.

This is an animated series from the 80s. I loved it as a kid. it's even better watching it as an adult. now only if they bring Belle and Sebastian to Netflix,ill be set.

so far i've caught

1. Dead Snow
2. DeadAlive (BrainDead)
3. Evil Dead 1

any other gems hidden in there?

Dead Snow was fantastic, btw.

very nice add, considering it barely made its way around the country as a theatrical release this year

Richard Pryor's dramatic debut, about three broke auto workers (Pryor, Harvey Keitel, Yaphet Kotto) who decide to rob the union

It never got a DVD release. it was on instant before, then disappeared, now it's back. It's fucking great, though

>It never got a DVD release.

It did, but the Region 1 is OOP. However, it's currently available via on demand DVD-R printing from Amazon as part of the Universal Vault series. I have the Region 2 DVD.


>It's fucking great, though

Yup.

Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel and Yaphet Kotto went all out for this movie

Doug (Lankenau) returns home to Portland, Oregon after dropping out of college in Chicago. When his ex-girlfriend, Rachel (Rikoon), materializes and subsequently disappears, Doug sets on an investigation with his co-worker, Carlos (Castillo), as the two men put their love of old detective novels to use.

Starblazers on netflix now?


sweet

2 awesome british tv shows.

If it weren't for directorial missteps in the ending sequence, I would've considered it a minor masterpiece.

Also, should we lock this post and start a new one?

>Also, should we lock this post and start a new one?

Yes!

I enjoyed this indie Japanese film that makes no apologies for the deplorable antics of the main characters.



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glad i can recommend this



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Got slow for a minute
But i enjoyed

Snowed in and many of the previously posted movies are no longer on instant view



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in the middle of the series right now. too bad this show didn't get to continue.

with football season nearly over, i got back into the netflix game. here's are some of my memorable finds:

Dehli Belly:

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/delhi_belly_2011/

Kill The Irishman:

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the-irishman/

I had no idea what Dehli Belly was about going into the movie, but I ended up really liking it.

Kill The Irishman reminded me a lot of Goodfellas. It chronicles the life of a Irish mobster over the course of 10 or so years. The movie is based on a true story.

I also hopped on Blue Mountain State and The Hard Times of RJ Berger. Both shows are good for some cheap laughs.

One of my favorite British shows! The Male Boss from the IT Crowd is the lead... Faaaaatheeer!!!!

dope brazilian flick about police corruption in rio. definitely worth checking out.

http://movies.netflix.com/Movie/Elite_Squad_The_Enemy_Within/70166258?trkid=4213507

shit was good

http://i46.tinypic.com/2zow18o.jpg
http://flavors.me/balisong
http://www.myspace.com/insightclopediabrown
http://www.myspace.com/dumhi
http://www.youtube.com/group/okayplayer

Fun watch.



http://i46.tinypic.com/2zow18o.jpg
http://flavors.me/balisong
http://www.myspace.com/insightclopediabrown
http://www.myspace.com/dumhi
http://www.youtube.com/group/okayplayer

underrated horror movie.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1707392/

Kurt Cobain: About a Son

great documentary.

http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Kurt_Cobain_About_a_Son/70059321?trkid=2361637

Couple of familiar folks in it too.

Been trying to watch like water for chocolate for the last two hours. Lets see if this hoe Sandy can stop messing with my power

Fully surprised me in a great way. Fantastic film and the cast is great. A couple former Wire castmates including Bubbles and Omar.

Getting High (5 Up 2 Down) by Steven Kessler


http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Getting_High/70173767?locale=en-US

god dammn.... great show about Melbourne, AUS underworld. Think an Aussie version of The Shield or The Wire. And all of this shit is true and based on real live (dead) characters too. great fucking show. Seasons 1-3 are on Instant but 4-5 are out there on the interwebs. Season 6 in 2013.. Went through a marathon viewing this past 2 weeks and Im a fan.

Started watching yesterday and it won't take long to get through the first 3. This shit flies by.

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Also The Art Of Flight is pretty amazing even if you don't like snowboarding.

Damn.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_the_Black_Rainbow

Very good sci-fi/horror flick. Visuals and soundtrack alone make it worth watching.

SPOILER ALERT: I could've watched Elena explore the facility for much longer. Reminded me of Cabin In The Woods.

Here's what I've watched that I liked:

Buried (Ryan Reynolds buried alive)

Take This Waltz (Interesting indie-romance-dramedy with Jason Segel and Michelle Williams)

Everything Must Go - (Will Ferrell dramadey)

Jeff, Who Lives At Home (another Interesting indie-romance-dramedy, Jason Segel, RAE DAWN CHONG don't call it a comeback, Ed Helms, Susan Surrandon, Judy Greer)

Klown (funny, filthy Dutch road trip movie)

Alexandrea's Project (Australian wife revenge movie-- not great, but good)

And Everything Is Going To Be FIne 9Spalding Grey bio pic by Soderberg)

Encounters At The End Of The World (Excelelnt documentary about life at the South Pole)

Tony Moreno (In Pinochet's Chile, a serial killer wants to be recognized as Chile's best Tony Moreno impersonator.)

Last Night (this s just okay-- yuppie couple encoutners temptation over the course of one night)

Headhunters (Human Resources Director and art thief gets in wayyy over his head.)

Strictly Background (interesting documentary about background actors/extras)

Cleanflix (really interesting documentary about the variety of companies that have sprung up to sell clean versions of r rated films.)

Bernie (Jack Black/Shirley McClaine in Richard Linklater dark comedy based on a true story)

Haywire (Soderbeg's female action-adventure flick.)

Super 8

Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World

Nature Boy Ric Flair: The Definitive Collection

The Hollywood Complex (interestign documentary about the apartments kiddy actors stay at during pilot season.)

Jiro Dreams of Sushi

Mike Birbiglia: What I Should've Said Was Nothing

After Porn Ends (documentary, actually prett y insightful. plus, you know, lotsa porn shots)

Marvin Gaye: What's Going On: The Life & Death of Marvin Gaye

Sleepwalk With Me

Cropsy (another interesting documentary-- this one starts with people trying to find out the truth behind an urban legend from their youth but then twists into a look at missing chiuldren cases from their youth.)

Shut Up, Little Man! (excellent documentary about the infamaous "found audio" sensation)

Patrice O'Neal: Elephant In The Room

Into The Abyss (excellent documentary about a death penalty case.)

I Think We're Alone Now (very unsetteling documentry about obsessed TIffany fans.)

Man, look. There is some great acting in this movie by the lead (who's a kabuki star), and some pretty cool nods to Kabuki in the climatic scene. But really, the middle part of this movie is some of the saddest shit I've watched in a while. Really heart-rending tragedy, that made *ME* wanna kick somebody's ass.

Shouts out to the baby in the movie who may have been acted by Daniel Day Lewis in an uncredited cameo.

Highly recommended