Posted on 04/12/2011 10:39:44 PM PDT by DGHoodini
Just thought it might be a good time for another Netflix 'Watch Anytime' round up of suggestions by FR members. My new few are:
'Tripoli' 'Eureka' 'Medium' 'All creatures Great and Small'
For the adults: Law and Order CI
For little kids: Pingu: Chillin’ with Pingu
Well, I’m going to break the rules by suggesting a DVD-only selection from Netflix (though they do have a trailer of this movie on their website) but it was just SUCH a good movie that I feel the need to trumpet it to anyone who will listen. It’s called “The Lives of Others” and it won the best foreign film Oscar for 2007. It’s about the East German secret police and some people who get entangled with them, and it is just tremendous!!!! My DH and I watched it with a couple of friends, and afterward we sat around discussing it for about 45 minutes, and the next day my DH and I had to talk about it some more. So thought-provoking and such a well-constructed movie. Worth the time to get it in the mail. (The “extras” part also has a very interesting interview with the director. Amazingly, it was his first feature film.)
"The Lives of Others"
William Buckley said the film was, quite possibly, the best he ever saw.
I watched it, too, and the film definitely shows the depths to which a totalitarian regime will go to stay in power--but how man can rise above the evil.
I highly recommend The Lives of Others.
If Leverage, season 1, is still available, it’s well worth it. Also lots of Buster Keaton.
“The Unit”
I never got to see the first season and its Only available on disc right now.
Downton Abbey
In Bruges was a great, underrated movie...............I really liked it.
The 1934 Nazi propaganda film “Triumph of the Will” is very interesting in that it exemplifies how a group of narcissistic and sick people effectively used propaganda to push their agenda. It also shows how similar the Nazi/fascist and communist/socialist approaches to societal structuring are, both subverting the freedom and self-determination of the individual and pushing group-think ideology.
Downton Abbey BBC
Cranford BBC
A newish one with Diana Rigg, Mrs. Barclay? Mrs. Bartley? something like that. BBC
Medium is not too bad. NOT BBC
A Touch of Frost, if you like cop shows. BBC
Inpector Lewis, also a cop show. BBC
The mini series “Pillars of the Earth” was a good period drama. We are using Netflix frequently these days. It’s questionable if we will renew regular cable again.
Phineas and Ferb
Doctor Who
Red Dwarf
Mesrine and Mesrine;Public Enemy #1
French movie. Good acting, violent, but true story.
The first two seasons of “Dexter” are streamed on Netflix, and definitely worth watching. Not for the kids, though.
Excellent film. I found out about it from another recommendation on FR.
Bella
Bottle Shock
I thought this show was interesting, but not great. There is another documentary that's currently streaming that I think is super: "The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters."
It tracks a guy who is trying to break the world record in Donkey Kong. It sounds fairly inane, but it's super compelling. Even my wife thought so, amazingly. (Note: 97% on Rotten Tomatoes)
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