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peteeeed

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DominoDub wrote: »

Now on Irish Site a great music Doc on the great drummer Ginger Baker

It is more focused on his very interesting and crazy life than his playing but it makes for great viewing.

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

really enjoyed this, very unpleasant man but great stories

Dman001

krudler wrote: »

does anyone else find the Canadian netflix to be the best one? there's some cracking titles on there

Sweden/Norway is quite good for mainstream stuff. The Departed, The Ides of March, Warrior and Brave was recently added to it. Boss Season 1 & 2 has also been added to the Netherlands Netflix, supposedly a great series.

Anyone know how safe some of the free VPNs available online are? Found a Canadian and Dutch one, but unsure how safe they could be driving traffic through it. Or is there such thing as an unsafe VPN, given their encrypted nature?

EDDIE WATERS

Dman001 wrote: »

Sweden/Norway is quite good for mainstream stuff. The Departed, The Ides of March, Warrior and Brave was recently added to it. Boss Season 1 & 2 has also been added to the Netherlands Netflix, supposedly a great series.

Anyone know how safe some of the free VPNs available online are? Found a Canadian and Dutch one, but unsure how safe they could be driving traffic through it. Or is there such thing as an unsafe VPN, given their encrypted nature?

If you are looking for a good VPN PM me

DjFlin

Dman001 wrote: »

Anyone know how safe some of the free VPNs available online are? Found a Canadian and Dutch one, but unsure how safe they could be driving traffic through it. Or is there such thing as an unsafe VPN, given their encrypted nature?

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hola-better-internet/gkojfkhlekighikafcpjkiklfbnlmeio?hl=en

Dman001

DjFlin wrote: »

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hola-better-internet/gkojfkhlekighikafcpjkiklfbnlmeio?hl=en

Sorry, should have explained, I'm using an iPad. Been using TunnelBear for the US 'Flix and works a treat. Would like to access the others, without paying for a VPN.

DjFlin

Dman001 wrote: »

Sorry, should have explained, I'm using an iPad. Been using TunnelBear for the US 'Flix and works a treat. Would like to access the others, without paying for a VPN.

Ah, afraid I cant help you with that. Sorry

frisbeeface

Is there a good listing site that covers all the regions? Can't seem to find anything other than not very well updated blogs for one region.

sweetie

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Dman001 wrote: »

Sweden/Norway is quite good for mainstream stuff. The Departed, The Ides of March, Warrior and Brave was recently added to it. Boss Season 1 & 2 has also been added to the Netherlands Netflix, supposedly a great series.

Anyone know how safe some of the free VPNs available online are? Found a Canadian and Dutch one, but unsure how safe they could be driving traffic through it. Or is there such thing as an unsafe VPN, given their encrypted nature?

i'll test the canadian one for you?

Dozen Wicked Words

frisbeeface wrote: »

Is there a good listing site that covers all the regions? Can't seem to find anything other than not very well updated blogs for one region.

I find www.moreflicks.com handy, you type in the name of show or film and it will tell you if its on Netflix or any of the other streaming means (depending on what you select) and then, if it is on Netflix, it will tell you which region its available in.

Footoo

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frisbeeface wrote: »

Is there a good listing site that covers all the regions? Can't seem to find anything other than not very well updated blogs for one region.

http://netflixukcompletelist.blogspot.ie

Complete listing for uk netflix. Click on flags for complete listing for any of the others.

There's a-z listings for all and updated daily.

Sam Mac

For those of you using the US Netflix, I recommend you watch 'Drinking Buddies'

Excellent comedy/drama/bit of romance film starring Olivia Wilde, Anna Kendrick and Jason Sudeikis.

Josey Wales

Sam Mac wrote: »

For those of you using the US Netflix, I recommend you watch 'Drinking Buddies'

Excellent comedy/drama/bit of romance film starring Olivia Wilde, Anna Kendrick and Jason Sudeikis.

Well it has Anna Kendrick so will watch.

krudler

spotted Narc on the US one, highly recommended, Jason Patric and Ray Liotta are both superb in it.

Luckycharms_74

Watched a couple of this the past few days.

The Short Game: Pretty good

http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/The_Short_Game/70290567?trkid=50000009&leid=534

Directed by Josh Greenbaum and follows the lives of eight of the best 7-year-old golfers in the world as they train for and compete in the World Championships of Junior Golf. The annual tournament held at golfing mecca Pinehurst, North Carolina, brings in 1500 young golfers from 54 different countries and determines who will be crowned golfs next phenom.

After Porn Ends: Good documentary

https://movies.netflix.com/movie/After-Porn-Ends/70242063

Interviewing some of porn's most recognizable stars, this documentary explores their careers and delves into their lives after leaving the adult entertainment industry, examining the various ways they have adjusted to "normal" society.

grames_bond

+1 for after porn ends - very good insight into the other side of the industry

Tipsy McSwagger

krudler wrote: »

spotted Narc on the US one, highly recommended, Jason Patric and Ray Liotta are both superb in it.

Ray Liotta playing against type as a fat slimey crooked cop.

Snake Plisken

Got an email last night that Netfilx is going up in price to €7.99 for new users but staying at 6.99 for existing users for the next 2 years, which I suppose is fair enough.

Stab*City

Snake Plisken wrote: »

Got an email last night that Netfilx is going up in price to €7.99 for new users but staying at 6.99 for existing users for the next 2 years, which I suppose is fair enough.

Got this as well.

minotour

Snake Plisken wrote: »

Got an email last night that Netfilx is going up in price to €7.99 for new users but staying at 6.99 for existing users for the next 2 years, which I suppose is fair enough.

Got this too, suppose it was inevitable. Nice to see early adopters getting some reward. However lets not ignore that a 14% increase in one jump has just been applied. Hopefully its not the beginning of a pattern.

Sad Professor

A one euro price hike is nothing. Wait until the rights holders start putting the screws in. Netflix are trying to turn themselves into a premium TV network before that happens. Frankly, I think they are poor company with an identity crisis and their future competitors will wipe them out easily.

What I really want right now is a streaming service dedicated to films, particularly catalogue titles that never got a DVD release in this part of the world. Like the American TCM but streaming.

peteeeed

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Snake Plisken wrote: »

Got an email last night that Netfilx is going up in price to €7.99 for new users but staying at 6.99 for existing users for the next 2 years, which I suppose is fair enough.

they are going to test a plan where you can stream on multiple devices for the 7.99 and stream on one device for around 6

johnny_ultimate

Having spent a month or two on Hulu Plus a while ago, I have to say in terms of its classic cinema collection it blows Netflix out of the water. Their partnership with Criterion is the sort of thing Netflix should be pursuing rather than just spending the majority of our subscription fees on new TV shows and the occasional big name blockbuster. If the problem with Netflix is that it becomes increasingly challenging to find something interesting - and I'm specifically thinking about film here - to watch, the problem with Hulu Plus' Criterion selection is trying to decide what interesting film to watch. It's the kind of selection where you could sit down and watch Mizoguchi's 47 Ronin instead of spending your money on the version in cinemas at the moment. You would instantly have access to significant and often complete portions of the filmographies of directors like Chaplin, Bergman, Godard, Imamura, Cassavettes etc... You could find many of the most important and influential films ever made, or browse through the catalogue and find a near endless supply of near hidden gems from around the world and from throughout cinema history. All without ads, unlike their TV and modern film content.

We don't quite have a company as all encompassing as Criterion here, so rights issues would be much messier, but as a cinephile Hulu Plus or some sort of equivalent is the kind of streaming service I'd celebrate being launched here. It is, to me, the kind of selection a film streaming service should be offering, and indicative of how Netflix's film content is extremely narrow. Sure, one will still find the odd quirky gem on there that you can't get elsewhere, but I'd struggle to imagine any cinema fan not being giddy with the Hulu selection in comparison. Just browse it to see: http://www.hulu.com/movies/criterion

Dman001

Sad Professor wrote: »

A one euro price hike is nothing. Wait until the rights holders start putting the screws in. Netflix are trying to turn themselves into a premium TV network before that happens. Frankly, I think they are poor company with an identity crisis and their future competitors will wipe them out easily.

What I really want right now is a streaming service dedicated to films, particularly catalogue titles that never got a DVD release in this part of the world. Like the American TCM but streaming.

Would be very surprised to see a potential competitor enter the market and overtake Netflix. Amazon would be the closest at the moment, and even they'd haven't had the same traction in the market, and are suffering a worse identity crisis with their bundling of free shipping with their streaming service through Prime. It would be extremely hard for a new company to enter the market with the price of licences and rights. Redbox can't seem to have any impact, and even here, Sky can't get it right, despite already having the rights to some of the biggest movies and TV shows.

Netflix has a solid platform development team, with consumer access through a huge range of devices. It'll be a very timely process for anyone to reach the same level.

LuckyFinigan

Season 9 of It's Always Sunny has been added to the Irish version.

Bullseye1

I quite enjoy some of their foreign tv shows and some of their own productions like House of Cards. For the price you cannot really complain. I got the email to say that my price will remain at 6.99 for the next two years.

Mezcita

The Butler and Before Midnight are now on the Mexican Netflix. Both are subtitled but if you are watching via a PC/Mac there is a way to turn them off:

Here is how:

Create a new text file, on the desktop for example.
Name it empty.dfxp
(On Mac “Get Info” on the file to set the right extension)
Open the movie/video you want to see in Netflix
Hold Shift+Alt (for Mac Shift+Opt) and LEFT CLICK on the screen
Select “Load Custom DFXP File“
Load your empty.dfxp -file.

Robbed from here: http://mrgnome.wordpress.com/2013/11/02/no-option-to-turn-off-subtitles-in-netflix-how-to-solve/

kearneybobs

I'll give it a go and see if it works for me. Thanks

Mezcita wrote: »

The Butler and Before Midnight are now on the Mexican Netflix. Both are subtitled but if you are watching via a PC/Mac there is a way to turn them off:

Here is how:

Create a new text file, on the desktop for example.
Name it empty.dfxp
(On Mac “Get Info” on the file to set the right extension)
Open the movie/video you want to see in Netflix
Hold Shift+Alt (for Mac Shift+Opt) and LEFT CLICK on the screen
Select “Load Custom DFXP File“
Load your empty.dfxp -file.

Robbed from here: http://mrgnome.wordpress.com/2013/11/02/no-option-to-turn-off-subtitles-in-netflix-how-to-solve/

vidor

The Apartment is now up on Netflix US.

ziggyman17

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Having spent a month or two on Hulu Plus a while ago, I have to say in terms of its classic cinema collection it blows Netflix out of the water. Their partnership with Criterion is the sort of thing Netflix should be pursuing rather than just spending the majority of our subscription fees on new TV shows and the occasional big name blockbuster. If the problem with Netflix is that it becomes increasingly challenging to find something interesting - and I'm specifically thinking about film here - to watch, the problem with Hulu Plus' Criterion selection is trying to decide what interesting film to watch. It's the kind of selection where you could sit down and watch Mizoguchi's 47 Ronin instead of spending your money on the version in cinemas at the moment. You would instantly have access to significant and often complete portions of the filmographies of directors like Chaplin, Bergman, Godard, Imamura, Cassavettes etc... You could find many of the most important and influential films ever made, or browse through the catalogue and find a near endless supply of near hidden gems from around the world and from throughout cinema history. All without ads, unlike their TV and modern film content.

We don't quite have a company as all encompassing as Criterion here, so rights issues would be much messier, but as a cinephile Hulu Plus or some sort of equivalent is the kind of streaming service I'd celebrate being launched here. It is, to me, the kind of selection a film streaming service should be offering, and indicative of how Netflix's film content is extremely narrow. Sure, one will still find the odd quirky gem on there that you can't get elsewhere, but I'd struggle to imagine any cinema fan not being giddy with the Hulu selection in comparison. Just browse it to see: http://www.hulu.com/movies/criterion

can I sign up with my Irish credit card?? I have the american dns settings on my iphone and would like to sign up to hulu, but I don't know if they will accept my card??

Technocentral

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Having spent a month or two on Hulu Plus a while ago, I have to say in terms of its classic cinema collection it blows Netflix out of the water. Their partnership with Criterion is the sort of thing Netflix should be pursuing rather than just spending the majority of our subscription fees on new TV shows and the occasional big name blockbuster. If the problem with Netflix is that it becomes increasingly challenging to find something interesting - and I'm specifically thinking about film here - to watch, the problem with Hulu Plus' Criterion selection is trying to decide what interesting film to watch. It's the kind of selection where you could sit down and watch Mizoguchi's 47 Ronin instead of spending your money on the version in cinemas at the moment. You would instantly have access to significant and often complete portions of the filmographies of directors like Chaplin, Bergman, Godard, Imamura, Cassavettes etc... You could find many of the most important and influential films ever made, or browse through the catalogue and find a near endless supply of near hidden gems from around the world and from throughout cinema history. All without ads, unlike their TV and modern film content.

We don't quite have a company as all encompassing as Criterion here, so rights issues would be much messier, but as a cinephile Hulu Plus or some sort of equivalent is the kind of streaming service I'd celebrate being launched here. It is, to me, the kind of selection a film streaming service should be offering, and indicative of how Netflix's film content is extremely narrow. Sure, one will still find the odd quirky gem on there that you can't get elsewhere, but I'd struggle to imagine any cinema fan not being giddy with the Hulu selection in comparison. Just browse it to see: http://www.hulu.com/movies/criterion

Tried it for a week a while ago, I agree its much better for fans of serious cinema. They have absolutely fantastic Criterion content, watched a few Kieslowski's plus "Burden of Dreams" about the insane making of Hertzog's "Fitzcaraldo" (essential view for ALL film fans), " Jarmusch's "A Night On Earth" (hadn't seen it since it came out, still fantastic), a hilarious documentary about Roger Corman "Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel" worth watching alone for Jack Nicholson cracking up about the crap films he made for him, plus "Salesman" amazing 1969 documentary about Bible salesmen in the States including an Irish bloke. Its a pity Netflix don't have the same commitment to great cinema alright.