netflix recently picked up some of espn's 30 for 30 documentaries. I really enjoyed "the two escobars" which covers the rise and fall of the Columbian national football team when it was financed by Pablo Escobar and another was called "the real rocky" which is the story of Chuck Wepner, whom the movie Rocky is based on. I am gonna watch "the birth of big air" about Matt Hoffman tonight. http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/30_fo ... cale=en-US http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/30_fo ... id=2361637 http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/30_fo ... id=2361637
I just had to say thank you for this recommendation. Definitely one of the better movies I have seen in a long time. 2 thumbs up!
Jiro Dreams of Sushi has been added to Netflix Instant. I watched it a few weeks ago but am going to again now. Also, Make Believe and Kurt and Courtney (and I don't even like Nirvana) were both very good documentaries worth checking out.
I saw it when it came out, but I'm definitely going to re-watch it. Such an amazing movie! Beautifully shot and a great story, and this is coming from a vegan
objectified, a sequel in spirit to helvetica, has been added! i laughed all the way through bobbie jo & the outlaw. never heard of this lynda carter theatrical debut before. its editing is really awkward, and the film's events are unrelated to any semblance of story or logic. it's difficult to give an award to any one particular scene since they're all winners, but the shroom scene, especially, was quite embarrassing to watch. thumbs up for bad cinema. does anyone know if the disc release contains any bonus materials? i didn't want this documentary to end. anyone else planning a trip to japan just to experience his sushi before he's gone? on a side note, is this anthony bourdain comic book supposed to be based on the same sushi master?
I recently watched "Dr Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine" and it was actually pretty funny. I've always loved watching the early to mid 1960's movies, netflix has a decent amount. I like to get an idea of the fashions and set designs. There's a comedy with Jack Lemmon and Terry Thomas on there now- How To Murder Your Wife. It has some brilliant moments, mostly the Terry Thomas parts.
^^ i bought "get jiro" for m... she loved it. (didn't we have this big conversation at sunshine cafe?) as to going to jiro's... i would seriously consider a life in crime to fund such a trip. and if i remember correctly, it would take an ocean's eleven-style heist to be able to afford it. =p wasn't it something like ¥30,000 per person for the basic seating?
you can't go wrong with 60's madcap spoofs! vincent price ones are the tops. that's only $400 i'd gladly eat at his younger son's place (i have to assume it's more affordable). the apple can't fall that far from the tree (skill/taste-wise, i mean, not price).
which was the exact same response m and i had... hell, the restaurants are even mirror images of each other, at least from the interior. /thread derailment
season one of this show is on netflix. I had never heard of it but AMC is usually pretty good w their stuff & it was awesome. season 2 is airing now. it co-stars Common
that's only $400 i'd gladly eat at his younger son's place (i have to assume it's more affordable). the apple can't fall that far from the tree (skill/taste-wise, i mean, not price).[/quote] Yeah, I'm paid more then half that for what I thought was sub par sushi
I will probably start Hell on Wheels soon since Breaking Bad is over for now. I like what I have seen on AMC so far, but am totally lost as I only catch bits & pieces before Breaking Bad comes on.
I finished Hell on Wheels S1 the other night. I liked it a lot. I like that they went with a former Confederate/slave owner as their protagonist. I like that it's centered around the railroad. I like a lot about it. Most of all it's entertaining. And "The Swede" is one of my favorite new TV characters. Some of the music's too modern for what I'd like to see though. But whatever.
I'm really enjoying Lilyhammer. Its a Netflix original series about a mobster who relocates to Norway. I'm 4 episodes in and looking forward to watching the rest.
In spite of a real need to go to bed early last night, I got completely sucked in to Last Days Here… anyone else here see this? I’ve seen a lot of docs at this point about formerly brilliant, now pitifully damaged artists getting a shot at a comeback/reinvention, but this one takes the cake in terms of the degradation of the subject and how much he was able to successfully pull his shit together from a point of utter wretchedness. Bobby Liebling’s constitution amazes me- I think most people would be dead ten times over from the same abuse. His jaw-droppingly enabling parents… his relationships with Pellet and Hallie… there is so much boggling shit in this movie, from a human relationships perspective. Also… anyone here who has viewed it… did a certain key work of art from the sofubic realm pop strongly into your mind during the (super-sad) opening scenes, as it did mine?
Agreed on all points. I kinda can't wait for the Swede to die a brutal death though. After finishing S1 I noticed him as one of the terrorists in Caprica. The whole premise is very interesting. I don't think much about what it must have been like at that time in America so it is really cool to see a fictional account of it. I do have to say that it was kinda weird seeing Common play a slave considering the One Day It Will All Make Sense & Like Water for Chocolate era image that he portrayed. It's definitely my new Breaking Bad. Can't wait for Sundays!
Transcendent man - I think it may only be on Canadian Netflix, but it thoroughly scared the hell out of me. Seriously, fuck singularity.
Just saw Defendor with Woody Harrelson. I don't think its on instant, but they carry the disk. Really enjoyed it. Worth checking out if you get disks by mail.
