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    Amazon Prime Instant Video Rec

    Kinda surprised that this thread hasn't been started on its own (I know folks post about Amazon recs on the Netflix Instaview thread, but why?)

    Recently signed up for the free trial at Amazon. I wasn't particularly thrilled by their catalog at first, but once I started digging I began to find some gems. They have a pretty solid selection of spaghetti westerns and classic kung fu films, for example.

    On the Spaghetti Western tip I'd give thumbs up to:

    FOUR OF THE APOCALYPSE
    A strange, surreal, post-Summer of Love spaghetti western directed by noted Italian gore meister Lucio Fulci. This film is unlike any other spaghetti western you're likely to see (save for the exception of Alejandro Jodorowsky's Mexican head trip El Topo). There is bouncy, hippy-styled theme music, lots of gore, a crazy villain, revenge, redemption, cannibalism...the list goes on.

    (the trailer does contain some spoilers, so watch at your own discretion)
    "Man, we killin' elephants in the back yard..."

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    Just put that on the watchlist, thanks. Some of the BBC and PBS shows are really good.....Worricker Trilogy, The Widower, Top Boy, and White Chapel to name a few.

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    Amazon Prime Instant Video Rec

    Vikings is legit. i'm watching The Blcklist right now and it's pretty entertaining.

    there's so much overlap with netflix now that i can't remember what's even exclusive to Amazon anymore.
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    It's on the main page,
    I liked Bosch. Good binge watch.

    The movies seem to be endless. I spent an entire weekend watch "Customers also watched" selections

    I go for allot of 3.99$ SD rentals
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    Alpha House - gets funnier as the season moves on. Hard to believe that they only made 2 seasons of this one. It's really good.

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    Just finished watching The 24 Hour War

    If you like racing cars and history. Its worth watching.
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    GREEN ROOM

    Super intense survival cum containment horror flick.
    Imagine Deliverance on meth, but much louder and way more claustrophobic.
    Great practical effects.
    Great cast.

    "Man, we killin' elephants in the back yard..."

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    Been watching Catastrophe. Quite entertaining comedy about horrible people.

    I've concluded that DJSapp was never DJSapp, and Not DJSapp is also not DJSapp, so that means he's telling the truth now and he was lying before.

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    I ended up watching
    American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story
    I liked it.

    Watch Episode 8 - There is a message there.
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    SWISS ARMY MAN

    Quite possibly the most elaborate dick & fart joke ever committed to film (or any other medium, for that matter. If Guinness had an entry for such a feat, this film would be the most serious of contenders.

    If that doesn't work for you, then this is the most searingly absurd endictment of California's mental health system I've ever seen.

    or, if you will, imagine Where the Wild Things Are crossed with a Monty Python skit gone horribly awry. Either that, or perhaps Robinson Crusoe as re-imagined by John Blutarsky.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DJSapp View Post
    Been watching Catastrophe. Quite entertaining comedy about horrible people.

    This is a great show

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phildo_Baggins View Post
    This is a great show
    Agreed - great dialogue and the characters are hilarious. The Scottish husband of the main woman's friend is pure GOLD!

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    EVERYBODY WANTS SOME

    This may be bordering on blasphemy, but I dare say that I found EWS to be superior to Dazed and Confused, which this is a sorta-semi-sequel to.

    To me, Richard Linklater has become the defacto master of what I deem hyper-real verite, a style of utilzing unknown actors and unfolding his films in a manner that feels strangely like a documentary; EWS stradles that fine line between fiction and reality, something he started way back with Slackers.
    The film is basically about baseball and p***y and not much else, but damn is the dialogue and naturalistic acting amazing.

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    NEON DEMON

    Nicholas Winding Refn's (Drive/Valhalla Rising) latest.





    those folks who didn't cotton to his last film, Only God Forgives, may not like/dig/get this one either.
    Refn again name-checks/thanks Alejandro Jordorowsky in the end-credits; that should give you an idea of what you're getting into..
    the film reminded me a lot of Rosemary's Baby, as well as The Sentinel (two understated and creepy horror classics, imho) crossed with elements of Cinderella, Snow White, and the Bathory mythos.
    but it's also a barbed wire swipe at the vapid, superficial trappings of not only Los Angeles, but the fashion world, as well as a commentary on the corruption of youth and the desire to remain youthful.
    beautifully cinemagraphed, teeming with an amazing score and sound design, plus a bubbly sense of dread and uncertainty help to make it rather mezmerizing.
    film was railed in Cannes for necrophelia and cannibalism; the former is a bit unnerving. the latter, well, let's just say i've seen worse on The Walking Dead.
    visually arresting at the very least.
    "Man, we killin' elephants in the back yard..."

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    The Patriot is strong.

    Long Strange Trip!
    "I don't pretend to have all the answers, and I think there's something to be said for that" -One For The Road

    Brain dead and made of money.

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    The Thick of It.

    The Sopranos.

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    Red Oaks is good.


    Kind of a Caddyshack vibe.

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    X2 for Red Oaks

    Schitt's Creek

    Catastrophe

    Fleabag

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    Sneaky Pete

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    Long Strange Trip is okay. I'm only a few episodes in but Amir Bar-Lev doesn't seem to really spend enough time on some of the more critical issues and instead we watch minutes worth of bad Frankenstein scenes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peruvian View Post
    Long Strange Trip is okay. I'm only a few episodes in but Amir Bar-Lev doesn't seem to really spend enough time on some of the more critical issues and instead we watch minutes worth of bad Frankenstein scenes.
    Yeah, they skipped right over the part when Bobby and Pigpen almost got fired.

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    "I Love Dick" in spite of it's name is pretty entertaining.
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    If I lived in WA, Oft would be my realtor. Seriously.

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    THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS
    Quietly creepy post-apocalyptic endeavor penned by Mike Carey (best known for his comic book Lucifer). It's filled with some familiar sci-fi/horror tropes, but they are tweaked just enough to make it refreshing. And, again, it's quietly creepy, with an undercurrent of malevolence that simmers throughout and keeps things interesting.
    "Man, we killin' elephants in the back yard..."

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    I really liked that movie. The girl who, played The Girl, was amazing. I'm not really into the whole zombie thing, but this one works.
    crab in my shoe mouth

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    Another vote for The Girl with ......
    The entire cast was excellent, including all the kids (especially the biters).

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    Is in the amazon lineup this month.

    Watching it right now. Awesome movie.

    Seems like an awful waste of space
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