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Manutd_4life · 30-04-2016 3:40pm

Mike Guide 69 wrote: »

Saw Netflix's documentary "Team Foxcatcher" last night, I saw "Foxcatcher" a few months by with Steve Carrell in it, as was interested in what the documentary had to highlight on John Du Pont. Theres a lot of home video diary/documentation in it. Some great interviews and thoughts by the wrestlers on their time spent up at Du Ponts sports academy. The documentary really does highlight John Du Pont as this increasingly fragile loner who desperately tried to win his mothers approval and ultimately failed which resulted in such tragic circumstances.

As mentioned some great interviews in, Dave Schultz's wife gives her thoughts on it, as well as a lot of Du Ponts staff and helpers who worked under him during the years. Highly recommended!!!!

Amazing movie!!! One of Steve Carrell's best performances imo

George Michael · 30-04-2016 4:36pm

Manutd_4life wrote: »

Amazing movie!!! One of Steve Carrell's best performances imo

very good film alright

Synode · 01-05-2016 11:28am

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Beefy78 wrote: »

True. For me, he's not been in anything watchable since The Office. Merchant was the one with talent.

He was excellent in Extras, which was very funny

Basq · 01-05-2016 11:34am

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Synode wrote: »

He was excellent in Extras, which was very funny

Merchant co-wrote that too though..

.. I'd probably agree that Gervais and Merchant together did the best work they've done, but then again - Life's Too Short was disappointing for the most part.

Agent Coulson · 01-05-2016 5:44pm

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The two seasons of iZombie have been added to Netflix Ireland.

Planet HULK also added to Netflix Ireland.

James74 · 01-05-2016 6:12pm

Agent Coulson wrote: »

The two seasons of iZombie have been added to Netflix Ireland..

For a show with a recurring sequence of increasingly inventive ways to cook and consume human brains; it is a great wee fun, entertaining watch. Also worth watching for the annoyingly catchy theme tune alone.

kunst nugget · 01-05-2016 8:20pm

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Manutd_4life wrote: »

Amazing movie!!! One of Steve Carrell's best performances imo

The good performances aside. I find the film very disappointing.

Beefy78 · 01-05-2016 8:36pm

Synode wrote: »

He was excellent in Extras, which was very funny

Agree to disagree. I thought Extras was ****e.

pixelburp · 01-05-2016 9:13pm

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Agent Coulson wrote: »

The two seasons of iZombie have been added to Netflix Ireland.

Planet HULK also added to Netflix Ireland.

Great news, and surprisingly prompt too given iZombie finished it's second season only a couple of weeks back. It really is a top show that revels in its pretty goofy premise, while being built off a rewarding, rich set of characters with plenty of depth. Genuinely funny to boot. Only minor point really is the pretty dreadful title, always felt that never worked.

sweetie · 01-05-2016 9:55pm

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pixelburp wrote:

Great news, and surprisingly prompt too given iZombie finished it's second season only a couple of weeks back. It really is a top show that revels in its pretty goofy premise, while being built off a rewarding, rich set of characters with plenty of depth. Genuinely funny to boot. Only minor point really is the pretty dreadful title, always felt that never worked.

Watching first ep, not loving it, does it improve?

FunLover18 · 01-05-2016 9:56pm

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Agent Coulson wrote: »

Planet HULK also added to Netflix Ireland.

I watched this because they were covering it on the Cinematic Universe podcast, it's not good.

spektorfive · 01-05-2016 10:17pm

sweetie wrote: »

Watching first ep, not loving it, does it improve?

I been watching it on RTE and was up to Esp 7 before I moved house and cut TV off. I think the first esp are tough be the show finds it's footing fast. Give it another esp and if still don't like it cut it loose.

return guide · 01-05-2016 10:25pm

TheNap wrote: »

Stumbled across Power the other night.

It's kind of The Wire lite but worth a watch all the same .

+1 for this.

Enjoyed the 2nd season more, hoping for a 3rd.

pixelburp · 01-05-2016 10:40pm

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sweetie wrote: »

Watching first ep, not loving it, does it improve?

Yes, very much so. Depending on what it is you're not liking that is. But I can't think of a single show I've enjoyed that hasn't required at least 4 or 5 episodes before getting a sense of its relative quality. Give it time

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 01-05-2016 11:06pm

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I watched 4 or 5 eps of iZombie when it started last year but I got bored of it pretty quickly. It seemed like a pretty standard procedural even with the zombie angle. Bit repetitive. It also seemed like a bit of a sausage fest. I think her roommate had two lines in all of the eps I watched. Everyone else was dudes.

trashcan · 01-05-2016 11:57pm

return guide wrote: »

+1 for this.

Enjoyed the 2nd season more, hoping for a 3rd.

I've just watched the first episode of this having seen it mentioned here in the context of The (Almighty) Wire. Not sure if I'll persevere or not. It was ok, but I'd tend to agree with the comments made so far. Certainly with the main character all I could see was a poor mans Stringer Bell.

Agent Coulson · 02-05-2016 12:02am

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return guide wrote: »

+1 for this.

Enjoyed the 2nd season more, hoping for a 3rd.

The 3rd season will be on in the States in the summer.

Pegmatite · 02-05-2016 12:37am

Agent Coulson wrote: »

The two seasons of iZombie have been added to Netflix Ireland.
.

I wonder is that wht RTE pretty much dumped it.

Lots of hype for the first episode then dumped in a grave yard slot.
Its pretty meh to be fair.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 02-05-2016 12:42am

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Pegmatite wrote: »

I wonder is that wht RTE pretty much dumped it.

Lots of hype for the first episode then dumped in a grave yard slot.
Its pretty meh to be fair.

Usually RTÉ's poor treatment of a show is indicative of how good it is. I wouldn't let their scheduling of something put me off giving something a shot anyway.

Pegmatite · 02-05-2016 12:52am

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Usually RTÉ's poor treatment of a show is indicative of how good it is. I wouldn't let their scheduling of something put me off giving something a shot anyway.

I think I was more annoyed that they moved Persons of Intrest from its slot and replaced it with Izombie. Only for RTE to lose faith in it an bury it. I still cant belive they are showing 20 year old repeats of Friends and Fr Ted. But that is for another thread.

Dyr · 02-05-2016 1:20am

I noticed down terrace was on Netflix Ireland last night, sat down to watch it tonight and its gone.

Del.Monte · 02-05-2016 10:52am

I took a break from watching "The Fall" last night - which despite being excellently made is not the most cheerful thing out there - and decided on some light relief "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises" (2012).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8evyE9TuYk

To say that I found it boring would be a serious understatement and at two hours 44 minutes it was at least an hour too long. It plods along to a poor conclusion, and whether it was the wooden acting of Christian Bale or the embarrassing cameo by Michael Caine - or my age - it was yawn inducing. 5/10 2/10.

spektorfive · 03-05-2016 10:04am

Is Dark Knight Rises on Irish Netflix? I think if's fitting end to Nolan Batman.

homerun_homer · 03-05-2016 11:20am

Cameo by Michael Caine? Do you know what a cameo is?

8-10 · 03-05-2016 1:58pm

spektorfive wrote: »

Is Dark Knight Rises on Irish Netflix?

No you have to go abroad for it. I think it was at some stage but not anymore.

It's a good point though - would be helpful if as part of the recommendation we post the region it is available on.

magma69 · 03-05-2016 3:58pm

In my opinion, Dark Knight Rises wasn't as bad as people made it out to be, the Dark Knight wasn't as good as people made it out to be and Batman Begins is the best film of the trilogy.

Beefy78 · 03-05-2016 4:03pm

DKR is the weakest film in the trilogy by a mile and has some ridiculous pacing issues for a film that long but it isn't a 2/10 film, come on.

Michael Caine's role isn't a cameo either as homerun_homer said.

Del.Monte · 03-05-2016 6:51pm

homerun_homer wrote: »

Cameo by Michael Caine? Do you know what a cameo is?

Found this ref. online which covers my use of the word cameo:

It basically means that a more famous person than the main cast, perhaps not even someone that's normally an actor, plays a background or just small role in the movie.

This fits what I was saying, but then again you may think that some 'Johnny-Come-Lately' like Christian Bale is a more famous actor than Michael Caine?

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Johnny%E2%80%93come%E2%80%93lately

Del.Monte · 03-05-2016 6:56pm

Anyway, onto a more positive experience.

"Unknown" (2011)

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

An excellent thriller with Liam Neeson in the lead role. Only flags slightly towards the end and was a welcome relief after 'the Bat'. 9/10

fin12 · 03-05-2016 6:59pm

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Del.Monte wrote: »

Anyway, onto a more positive experience.

"Unknown" (2011)

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

An excellent thriller with Liam Neeson in the lead role. Only flags slightly towards the end and was a welcome relief after 'the Bat'. 9/10

Is that on Netflix Ireland?

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