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    Staircase was ok. The accused is just plain fucking weird. They couldve cut that series down by at least three episodes. They let the weirdo yammer on and on and on.


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    HOLIDAYS
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    I kinda dug this horror anthology.
    It's dark, twisted, and well presented.
    The various filmmakers tackle the various holidays (although they somehow forgot 4th of July and Thanksgiving and I would have liked to have seen them delve into more obscure holidays like Arbor Day or even foreign holidays like Guy Fawkes, for example).
    But I digress.
    If you dig off-kilter, kind of artsy, and definitely gory horror shorts, then this could very well be up your alley.
    I wasn't familiar with any of the filmmakers with the exception of Kevin Smith (and his entry is bugged out, being more along the lines of Tusk than Jay & Silent Bob, that's for sure), but enjoyed all of the entries as they run the gamut from being down-n-dirty to artsploitationy, from seriously mental to darkly comedic.
    The Easter segment is particularly creepy. But then so are the St. Patrick's Day entry and the Mother's and Father's Day entries.

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    Evil Genius was good. My takeaway was that you could have covered the whole thing in 30 minutes if law enforcement had cooperated and done a thorough job.

    Just started Staircase, and didn't realize until I saw this thread that it's a million episodes. I like these types of docu-series, but they are consistently far too long. Dateline managed to tell these same types of stories in an hour, with commercials. These Netflix series are like unedited versions of Dateline, before the fluff and redundant scenes and sound bites are cut out. I know there are people like my wife that love to get the back story of the second cousin's best friend, but it just makes it drag to me.
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    Staircase really started to drag on towards the end. I think it was originally released sometime back, in a shorter version, but didn’t see wide distribution, at least not in the US. Then they redid it to include the “recent” developments.

    The film crew was definitely biased towards supporting the guy’s innocence though. They skirt around discussing some key points of the evidence until very late in the series. I won’t say more to avoid spoilers. I’ll just say it was a chore to finish the series, but felt I had to.

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    Quote Originally Posted by billyk View Post
    I’ll just say it was a chore to finish the series, but felt I had to.
    Awesome. Looking forward to it.
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    Code: Debugging the Gender Gap is worth a watch, IMHO. Certainly not a fantastic documentary but it's decently done and about an important subject: how to get more women into computer science. The number of jobs that require CS or programming ability is rapidly outpacing the number of CS undergrad degrees, and it's often a job you can do remotely if you want to live somewhere you can ski every day so it makes sense to me that people, especially people who like to ski but don't want to make skiing a career, would seriously consider it.

    The two groups who would get the most out of it are males in computer science (who might learn how to treat their female colleagues a bit better) and girls in early high school through early college. Unfortunately, it's rated TV-MA (likely because of 2-3 F bombs and some content around sexual harassment), which might make it unsuitable for young girls.
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    Marcella (second season) is back; so are the kick-ass black-outs.

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    ^^^that's good shit. just finished binging the season.
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    Quote Originally Posted by oftpiste View Post
    ^^^that's good shit. just finished binging the season.
    Anna Friel was star of UK daily soap opera back in the day.... damn she was hot.
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    Hot ..... as in "Imma go prehistoric on yo ass, rip out your brain stem, and have no memory whatsoever of even seeing you"? She's branched out, maybe in a good way, maybe not.

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    SMALL TOWN CRIME
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    Great 1970s-styled modern neo-noir starring John Hawkes as a disgraced ex-cop who, after stumbling upon a serpentine murder case, spends the film driving around Utah in a muscled-up Nova and shooting people while attempting to solve the case himself as an act of redemption. Beautifully filmed, well-paced, great cast, and lots of the good old ultra-violence make this a sweet blast of suspence, action, and mystery.

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    John Hawks is an excellent actor but painfully skinny - kind of ruined the hung-over throwing up after barbells scene. He seems very selective in his choice of scripts, and in no rush to swamp us with his "brand", which I respect immensely.

    Check that: just looked up his CV/Bio - the man's a goddam machine, making films since the mid-80s. Floated around in the background, with a serviceable career, but then broke through in the early 2000s and has been money ever since. Hellava career - respect.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dookey67 View Post
    SMALL TOWN CRIME
    4 / 5

    Great 1970s-styled modern neo-noir starring John Hawkes as a disgraced ex-cop who, after stumbling upon a serpentine murder case, spends the film driving around Utah in a muscled-up Nova and shooting people while attempting to solve the case himself as an act of redemption. Beautifully filmed, well-paced, great cast, and lots of the good old ultra-violence make this a sweet blast of suspence, action, and mystery.

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    Hell Or Highwater; In Bruges; Miller's Crossing; Redrock West; The Guard
    Damned good recco and accurate summary. Thank you

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    Might already have been mentioned but "Wild Wild Country" might be the most insane documentary/story I've never heard about. Six part docu-series about a religious "cult" that takes over a small Oregon town. The whole thing spirals into insanity. I plowed through it in a weekend.

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    Quote Originally Posted by billyk View Post
    Staircase really started to drag on towards the end. I think it was originally released sometime back, in a shorter version, but didn’t see wide distribution, at least not in the US. Then they redid it to include the “recent” developments.

    The film crew was definitely biased towards supporting the guy’s innocence though. They skirt around discussing some key points of the evidence until very late in the series. I won’t say more to avoid spoilers. I’ll just say it was a chore to finish the series, but felt I had to.
    I believe the "owl theory" and that blow poke sales are going to see a minor spike.

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    Quote Originally Posted by permnation View Post
    I believe the "owl theory" and that blow poke sales are going to see a minor spike.
    Ha! I actually encountered an owl once in a house I was house-sitting in for a friend. Come to think of it, it was in a second story room at the top of some stairs. I managed to get it out without dying, though, so I guess I was lucky. Much larger bird than I was expecting an owl to be. The wing span was maybe 5 feet. And what a beautiful bird. I figure it had to somehow come down a chimney, or perhaps through the dryer vent hole (the House was empty).

    I had some interesting encounters with Wild Turkeys at that house, too, but that’s getting even farther side tracked.

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    Watch the Horn. Great multi episode tv series on Alpine SAR in Zermatt.

    Dark, the Rain, and the Chalet. All good foreign tv series.

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    Quote Originally Posted by oftpiste View Post
    ^^^that's good shit. just finished binging the season.
    Watch Jack Taylor and Luther.

    There is also I believe there is a dutch dark crime drama on net flix that is just escaping me. Ill search more to try and find it. I really just need to start actually keeping a list. Im big into tv show (I dont like movies and its a dawn of a new tv era).

    edit, its Wallander I was thinking of.

    So many good non american shows on both netflix and amazon. Just as much as american shows these days.

    Ive always said movies are like short stories and tv shows arw like novels. I prefer in depth dense novel since I i vest so much of myself into the characters so I prefer tv shpws for that aspect.

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    Wallander is Swedish, not Dutch, but yeah good show. There’s also at least two versions of the show, one in English, one in Swedish, with different actors. They’re both good.

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    Jack Taylor, Marcella, Wallender, Bosch, etc. I love the "damaged, grief-ridden detective" shows especially if they happen to be brits. Just can't do subtitles though, which takes some pretty interesting looking shows off the table for me.
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    The tunnel and the kettering incident, aswell, though they are prime shows.

    I love number of foreign produced tv series available for American viewers these days.

    I forgot what country wallender was from. Been a minute since I watched it.

    There is also a Norwegian tv series that essentially has all of europe and russia teaming up to control Norway for its oil, occupied. Just saw season 2 is out so I gotta catch up on that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by oftpiste View Post
    especially if they happen to be brits.
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    Quote Originally Posted by oftpiste View Post
    Jack Taylor, Marcella, Wallender, Bosch, etc. I love the "damaged, grief-ridden detective" shows especially if they happen to be brits. Just can't do subtitles though, which takes some pretty interesting looking shows off the table for me.
    Luther is pretty solid. Definitely covers the damaged cop genre well.

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    I was happy they keep making more luther. They were going to stop after i believe 3 seasons and then have a movie.

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    I think they couldn't get the movie financed for some reason so kept going w the series. Kinda surprised they have had access to idris this long, but I'd prefer a series over a movie any day. Hope the next series isn't too far away.

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