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  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts
    I just looked over my Netflix returns for the last 90 days, and I would definitely recommend:

    The Cramps: Live at Napa State Mental Hospital[/b]
    Approx. 45 minutes of the worst quality black-and-white footage you've ever seen featuring the Cramps performing, as the title suggests, at Napa State Mental Hospital. Includes an ongoing battle between the Cramps lead singer and an agitated, screaming woman in the crowd for possession of the microphone. Excellent.

    Trailer Park Boys[/b] (TV Series)
    A Canadian mockumentary following three hapless trailer park lifers in their efforts to make good.

    Grindhouse: Planet Terror[/b]
    The better of the two Grindhouse flicks, although Death Proof wasn't bad. Freddie Rodriguez shreds in this film, and Rose McGowan is suprisingly hot for a woman with a machine gun for a leg.

    My Best Fiend: Klaus Kinski[/b]
    Hadn't seen much Werner Herzog before this. I will be seeing much more of his work having seen it.

    Wild at Heart[/b]
    Nicholas Cage can really grate on me in some roles. This is not one of them. A thoroughly enjoyable David Lynch film from that sweet spot in his career after Dune and before Lost Highway. Shades of Twin Peaks everywhere, including a supporting turn by Laura Palmer.

    Shoot Em Up[/b]
    Exactly what it says it is. The entire movie is a series of well-executed and imaginative gun fights including such highlights as:
    * Gun fight while delivering a baby
    * Gun fight while skydiving
    * Gun fight while banging Monica Bellucci

  • 33thirdcom33thirdcom 2,049 Posts
    Always Sunny in Philadelphia is hilarious... My 2 cents.

  • verb606verb606 2,518 Posts

    * Gun fight while banging Monica Bellucci


    Word???? And just when I was about to pass that movie by.


  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts

    * Gun fight while banging Monica Bellucci


    Word???? And just when I was about to pass that movie by.


    Normally, I would have passed it by myself, but I was in the mood for a straight-up action movie, and it was really much better than I thought it would be. If you like a good action film, you're in for a treat.

  • FatbackFatback 6,746 Posts
    so is that shoot em up thing tongue in cheek or what?

  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts
    Oh, and I'm currently watching The Prisoner TV Series. Enjoying it thus far, in all its sixties sci-fi glory.





    "Why did you think a giant bubble would stop him?
    Shut up! That's why!"

  • GaryGary 3,982 Posts

    Panic in Year Zero / The Last Man on Earth

    Both of these movies are pretty dope, especially Last Man On Earth. It basically what I Am Legend should have been, and its got vincent price. I'm pretty sure you'll like it.



    Army of Darkness
    I'm probably the only person on earth that doesn't like this movie.



    And yeah, Raymond is funny. Especially watching it with your lady. We watch that shit all the time.

  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts
    so is that shoot em up thing tongue in cheek or what?

    Oh, completely, but not in a "look at the camera to reinforce the absurdity" sort of way. It's an action movie that revels in the fact that what it's supposed to deliver is action, plot be damned.

  • verb606verb606 2,518 Posts

    * Gun fight while banging Monica Bellucci


    Word???? And just when I was about to pass that movie by.


    Normally, I would have passed it by myself, but I was in the mood for a straight-up action movie, and it was really much better than I thought it would be. If you like a good action film, you're in for a treat.

    Cool. The posters looked dope, and anything featuring Monica is automatically on my list. Then I saw a trailer and saw the whole over-the-top outrageous thing and was really turned off. I don't mind humor in my action films, but what they were doing seemed like too much. If you can assure me it's not, then I'll check it.

    Although, if Monica is in any sort of state of undress/adult situation in it, then I think i'll have to check it on GP.

  • SwayzeSwayze 14,705 Posts
    These have been in my Saved queue for ever since Frickin' ever. I'm giving up on waiting for Netflix to buy more copies:

    Fela: Music Is the Weapon
    Get a Life: TV Series: Vol. 1
    Get a Life: TV Series: Vol. 2
    Konkombe: The Nigerian Pop Music Scene
    Nicotina

  • SwayzeSwayze 14,705 Posts
    My regular queue. Most of which I have seen or own on VHS. Feel free to clown at will:

    Joint Security Area
    Duck Season
    Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season 1: Vol. 1
    Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season 1: Vol. 2
    The Office: Series 1
    The Office: Series 2
    The Office Special
    Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season 2: Vol. 1
    Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season 2: Vol. 2
    Wattstax
    The Constant Gardener
    Buffalo '66
    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
    Born Into Brothels
    Thank You for Smoking
    Y Tu Mama Tambien
    The Pornographers
    Ghosts of Rwanda: Frontline
    Control Room
    Outfoxed: Murdoch's War on Journalism
    Not One Less
    Maborosi
    Raging Bull
    GoodFellas: Special Edition
    GoodFellas: Special Edition: Bonus Disc
    Casino
    Man Bites Dog
    The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till
    Audition
    Blade Runner: The Director's Cut
    A State of Mind
    The Office: Season 1
    The Office: Season 2: Disc 1
    The Office: Season 2: Disc 2
    The Office: Season 2: Disc 3
    The Office: Season 2: Disc 4
    The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse
    When We Were Kings
    Ali the Fighter
    Muhammad Ali: The Eyes of the World
    Muhammad Ali: The Whole Story: Disc 1
    Muhammad Ali: The Whole Story: Disc 2
    Unforgivable Blackness: Disc 1
    Unforgivable Blackness: Disc 2
    Dead Man
    Barton Fink
    Miller's Crossing
    The Hudsucker Proxy
    Raising Arizona
    Chuck Jones: Extremes and in Betweens
    They Live
    Big Trouble in Little China
    Escape from New York
    The Thing
    21 Grams
    3.5 Stars
    Curious George: Rocket Ride
    Afro-Punk
    Nobody Knows
    Bright Future
    Samurai Fiction
    Neighbor No. 13: Special Edition
    Neighbor No. 13: Bonus Material
    The Hidden Blade
    Origin: Spirits of the Past
    Cocaine Cowboys
    Dreamgirls
    3.4 Stars
    The Dead Girl
    Stranger than Fiction
    Maxed Out
    Flags of Our Fathers
    Half Nelson
    Talladega Nights
    Fur
    How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair
    Heroes: Season 1: Disc 1
    Heroes: Season 1: Disc 2
    Heroes: Season 1: Disc 3
    Heroes: Season 1: Disc 4
    Heroes: Season 1: Disc 5
    Heroes: Season 1: Disc 6
    Heroes: Season 1: Disc 7
    Just for Kicks
    Akihabara Geeks
    Paprika
    Talk to Me






  • Army of Darkness
    I'm probably the only person on earth that doesn't like this movie.


    for serious?

  • ElectrodeElectrode Los Angeles 3,127 Posts
    MST3K: Hercules Against the Moon Men
    Virus
    Jobim: Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival
    The Mechanic
    MST 3000: The Indestructible Man
    Hawaii Five-O: Season 1
    The Film Crew: Hollywood After Dark
    The Film Crew: Killers from Space
    Hell Up in Harlem
    Black Belly of the Tarantula
    The Lady from Shanghai
    Gilda
    Act of Violence / Mystery Street
    The Eiger Sanction
    Invasion of the Body Snatchers
    They Drive by Night
    G-Men
    Strangers with Candy: Season 2: Disc 2
    Colossus: The Forbin Project
    Cannonball
    Kentucky Fried Movie
    MST3K: The Crawling Hand
    MST3K: The Clonus Horror

  • SnagglepusSnagglepus 1,756 Posts
    Oh, and I'm currently watching The Prisoner TV Series.


  • lambertlambert 1,166 Posts
    My regular queue. Most of which I have seen or own on VHS. Feel free to clown at will:

    Joint Security Area
    Duck Season
    Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season 1: Vol. 1
    Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season 1: Vol. 2
    The Office: Series 1
    The Office: Series 2
    The Office Special
    Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season 2: Vol. 1
    Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season 2: Vol. 2
    Wattstax
    The Constant Gardener
    Buffalo '66
    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
    Born Into Brothels
    Thank You for Smoking
    Y Tu Mama Tambien
    The Pornographers
    Ghosts of Rwanda: Frontline
    Control Room
    Outfoxed: Murdoch's War on Journalism
    Not One Less
    Maborosi
    Raging Bull
    GoodFellas: Special Edition
    GoodFellas: Special Edition: Bonus Disc
    Casino
    Man Bites Dog
    The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till
    Audition
    Blade Runner: The Director's Cut
    A State of Mind
    The Office: Season 1
    The Office: Season 2: Disc 1
    The Office: Season 2: Disc 2
    The Office: Season 2: Disc 3
    The Office: Season 2: Disc 4
    The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse
    When We Were Kings
    Ali the Fighter
    Muhammad Ali: The Eyes of the World
    Muhammad Ali: The Whole Story: Disc 1
    Muhammad Ali: The Whole Story: Disc 2
    Unforgivable Blackness: Disc 1
    Unforgivable Blackness: Disc 2
    Dead Man
    Barton Fink
    Miller's Crossing
    The Hudsucker Proxy
    Raising Arizona
    Chuck Jones: Extremes and in Betweens
    They Live
    Big Trouble in Little China
    Escape from New York
    The Thing
    21 Grams
    3.5 Stars
    Curious George: Rocket Ride
    Afro-Punk
    Nobody Knows
    Bright Future
    Samurai Fiction
    Neighbor No. 13: Special Edition
    Neighbor No. 13: Bonus Material
    The Hidden Blade
    Origin: Spirits of the Past
    Cocaine Cowboys
    Dreamgirls
    3.4 Stars
    The Dead Girl
    Stranger than Fiction
    Maxed Out
    Flags of Our Fathers
    Half Nelson
    Talladega Nights
    Fur
    How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair
    Heroes: Season 1: Disc 1
    Heroes: Season 1: Disc 2
    Heroes: Season 1: Disc 3
    Heroes: Season 1: Disc 4
    Heroes: Season 1: Disc 5
    Heroes: Season 1: Disc 6
    Heroes: Season 1: Disc 7
    Just for Kicks
    Akihabara Geeks
    Paprika
    Talk to Me

    Plaese to move Paprika to the top.

  • Big_ChanBig_Chan 5,088 Posts
    Oh, and I'm currently watching The Prisoner TV Series. Enjoying it thus far, in all its sixties sci-fi glory.




    By far the best television series ever made. Every time I watch this whole series I am amazed. I first started watching The Prisoner when I was a kid in the 70s on late night PBS. The Prisoner also aired on CBS late night. This show captivated its UK audience when it originally aired and caused near chaos when it ended. Many people in the UK were upset and confused by the shows ending and they went straight crazy. People would confront Patrick McGoohan in public and start yelling at him. It got so bad that he moved with his family to Los Angeles. REALLY incredible show. If you have never seen it, don't sleep.

  • onetetonetet 1,754 Posts
    Oh, and I'm currently watching The Prisoner TV Series.




    my dad would always talk about this show when I was growing up w/ a mixture of admiration and befuddlement. it's been a treat to finally be able to watch it.

  • Yeah, The Prisoner is an excellent series

    Twin Peaks is what I'm currently watching.

    UKTV shows are worth queuing up, I'm sure others have recommendations but check out the first season of Peep Show. Lots of people like The Mighty Boosh but I have not seen much of it.

    For docs, I also recommend
    The Atomic Bomb Movie
    The Corporation
    PBS American Experience: Jonestown
    PBS Quest for Life
    Enron: Smartest Guys in the Room
    Ken Burns Jazz

  • onetetonetet 1,754 Posts

    Twin Peaks
    The Corporation
    PBS American Experience: Jonestown
    Enron: Smartest Guys in the Room

    Loved all of these... assuming the Jonestown you're talking about is the same one that played theatrically a little over a year ago. That was amazing:


  • autoauto 198 Posts


    Loved all of these... assuming the Jonestown you're talking about is the same one that played theatrically a little over a year ago. That was amazing:


  • Yeah, that's the one
    saw the last 20 minutes knowing only the basics of Jonestown ...
    I had to track down the whole thing of course

  • GaryGary 3,982 Posts
    that enron movie sucked ass. it was boring and hard to follow. there was one point where they were talking about "gambling" with the money and i could never figure out if they meant it literally, like in a casino, or not.

  • onetetonetet 1,754 Posts
    that enron movie sucked ass. it was boring and hard to follow. there was one point where they were talking about "gambling" with the money and i could never figure out if they meant it literally, like in a casino, or not.

    I thought it was riveting and detailed in a way that helped me understand what really happened w/ that situation, but also a film that demands your full attention or you'll get lost.

  • I liked it, thought it was pretty easy to follow. I don't quite understand how they traded on weather, but I wasn't confused/bored at any point.

    On the other hand, Inland Empire was

  • SwayzeSwayze 14,705 Posts
    My regular queue. Most of which I have seen or own on VHS. Feel free to clown at will:

    Joint Security Area
    Duck Season
    Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season 1: Vol. 1
    Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season 1: Vol. 2
    The Office: Series 1
    The Office: Series 2
    The Office Special
    Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season 2: Vol. 1
    Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season 2: Vol. 2
    Wattstax
    The Constant Gardener
    Buffalo '66
    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
    Born Into Brothels
    Thank You for Smoking
    Y Tu Mama Tambien
    The Pornographers
    Ghosts of Rwanda: Frontline
    Control Room
    Outfoxed: Murdoch's War on Journalism
    Not One Less
    Maborosi
    Raging Bull
    GoodFellas: Special Edition
    GoodFellas: Special Edition: Bonus Disc
    Casino
    Man Bites Dog
    The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till
    Audition
    Blade Runner: The Director's Cut
    A State of Mind
    The Office: Season 1
    The Office: Season 2: Disc 1
    The Office: Season 2: Disc 2
    The Office: Season 2: Disc 3
    The Office: Season 2: Disc 4
    The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse
    When We Were Kings
    Ali the Fighter
    Muhammad Ali: The Eyes of the World
    Muhammad Ali: The Whole Story: Disc 1
    Muhammad Ali: The Whole Story: Disc 2
    Unforgivable Blackness: Disc 1
    Unforgivable Blackness: Disc 2
    Dead Man
    Barton Fink
    Miller's Crossing
    The Hudsucker Proxy
    Raising Arizona
    Chuck Jones: Extremes and in Betweens
    They Live
    Big Trouble in Little China
    Escape from New York
    The Thing
    21 Grams
    3.5 Stars
    Curious George: Rocket Ride
    Afro-Punk
    Nobody Knows
    Bright Future
    Samurai Fiction
    Neighbor No. 13: Special Edition
    Neighbor No. 13: Bonus Material
    The Hidden Blade
    Origin: Spirits of the Past
    Cocaine Cowboys
    Dreamgirls
    3.4 Stars
    The Dead Girl
    Stranger than Fiction
    Maxed Out
    Flags of Our Fathers
    Half Nelson
    Talladega Nights
    Fur
    How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair
    Heroes: Season 1: Disc 1
    Heroes: Season 1: Disc 2
    Heroes: Season 1: Disc 3
    Heroes: Season 1: Disc 4
    Heroes: Season 1: Disc 5
    Heroes: Season 1: Disc 6
    Heroes: Season 1: Disc 7
    Just for Kicks
    Akihabara Geeks
    Paprika
    Talk to Me

    Plaese to move Paprika to the top.

    I actually dl'ed the DVDR for Paprika from the pirate bay a few months back. I just wanna get the official release for completions sake.

    BTW, anything Satoshi Kon is gonna be high priority for me.

  • Hotsauce84Hotsauce84 8,450 Posts
    so is that shoot em up thing tongue in cheek or what?

    Oh, completely, but not in a "look at the camera to reinforce the absurdity" sort of way. It's an action movie that revels in the fact that what it's supposed to deliver is action, plot be damned.

    I JUST finished watching this movie...GODDAMN THIS SHIT IS AWESOME! So over the top and out of control. I love that they played it straight throughout the entire movie. I think it's ironic that people didn't quite get it, considering the success of all these other unbelievable action movies. I know at least 2 people that turned it off early saying shit like "Psshhh! Killing people while delivering a baby?! Whatever!" Yet these are the same people who will champion The Transporter with a straight face. People are funny.

    This movie also fits in perfect with the Pet Peeves thread. Mr. Smith could've been played by Jinx!

    Two thumbs up!
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