Films I watched this week (NO SPOILERS) (Vol 3)

Films I watched this week (NO SPOILERS) (Vol 3)

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SlimJim16v

5,617 posts

142 months

Wednesday 18th May 2022
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Morbius - promised a lot, didn't deliver 5.5/10

pquinn

7,167 posts

45 months

Wednesday 18th May 2022
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cuprabob said:
Doofus said:
pquinn said:
Spontaneous (on Netflix)

High school students start exploding at random into showers of gore.

Sort of a romantic comedy(!), watchable enough and well made if slightly thin as a story.

Doesn't appear in my Netflix. Doesn't come up in a search either, even though Google says it is on Netflix.
Maybe it just appears and you have to watch it there and then otherwise you miss it smile

Weird. Definitely still on my UK Netflix via web and app, title number 80204131. Originally found it under the new releases.

Doofus

25,732 posts

172 months

Wednesday 18th May 2022
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pquinn said:
cuprabob said:
Doofus said:
pquinn said:
Spontaneous (on Netflix)

High school students start exploding at random into showers of gore.

Sort of a romantic comedy(!), watchable enough and well made if slightly thin as a story.

Doesn't appear in my Netflix. Doesn't come up in a search either, even though Google says it is on Netflix.
Maybe it just appears and you have to watch it there and then otherwise you miss it smile

Weird. Definitely still on my UK Netflix via web and app, title number 80204131. Originally found it under the new releases.
My wife has speculated that it's because we're in France at present, but our Netflix sub is UK. Perhaps some things aren't available in certain territories.

We're certainly seeing a lot of French movies that don't show up on any rails when we're in Englamd.

Clockwork Cupcake

74,402 posts

271 months

Wednesday 18th May 2022
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Doofus said:

My wife has speculated that it's because we're in France at present, but our Netflix sub is UK. Perhaps some things aren't available in certain territories.

We're certainly seeing a lot of French movies that don't show up on any rails when we're in Englamd.
That'll be it then. You will be connecting via a French ISP so Netflix will be giving you French region content.

That's why it's possible to use a VPN connection to get Neflix to show you stuff not available in the UK, because Netflix go by the geolocation provided to them by the internet connection rather than the billing address location.

Doofus

25,732 posts

172 months

Wednesday 18th May 2022
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Clockwork Cupcake said:
That'll be it then. You will be connecting via a French ISP so Netflix will be giving you French region content.

That's why it's possible to use a VPN connection to get Neflix to show you stuff not available in the UK, because Netflix go by the geolocation provided to them by the internet connection rather than the billing address location.
If I could find a reliable VPN (at, almost, any cost), we'd use one. They're all fine for accessing secure drives at the office, but they're all hopeless for watching streamed telly.

Stan the Bat

8,843 posts

211 months

Wednesday 18th May 2022
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SlimJim16v said:
Morbius - promised a lot, didn't deliver 5.5/10
A bit one-sided ?



Biggus thingus

1,358 posts

43 months

Wednesday 18th May 2022
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An American Pickle - Seth Rogan vehicle

OK, would maybe watch again, slow

4/10

ajprice

27,317 posts

195 months

Wednesday 18th May 2022
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Everything Everywhere All At Once

A fun one, and I think it had better multiverses than Dr Strange. It was good to see Data from The Goonies too.

8 hot dog fingers/10 laundromats.

epom

11,398 posts

160 months

Wednesday 18th May 2022
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Currently watching Anchorman. Absolute Gold smile

Carl_Manchester

12,103 posts

261 months

Wednesday 18th May 2022
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F/X 1986 - 1080p Bluray Disc.

A slice of inoffensive 80's gold, apart from a strange scene where one of the leads beats someone to death with an clothes iron (I don't class that as a spoiler lol).

7/10.


jules_s

4,236 posts

232 months

Wednesday 18th May 2022
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OLD

I'm usually into a bit of time twisting films and this has a bit of a twist on that...

A bit Meh - worth a watch though

7.5/10

RizzoTheRat

25,085 posts

191 months

Thursday 19th May 2022
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Doofus said:

If I could find a reliable VPN (at, almost, any cost), we'd use one. They're all fine for accessing secure drives at the office, but they're all hopeless for watching streamed telly.
The streaming companies get wise to them and block servers i think. I generally find Nord works on with Amazon Prime but occasionally it stops working for a few days, presumably because they've blocked another server.

anonymous-user

53 months

Thursday 19th May 2022
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epom said:
Currently watching Anchorman. Absolute Gold smile
Love that film.

SpeckledJim

31,608 posts

252 months

Thursday 19th May 2022
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Stan the Bat said:
SlimJim16v said:
Morbius - promised a lot, didn't deliver 5.5/10


A bit one-sided ?


Take a bow.

smithyithy

7,192 posts

117 months

Thursday 19th May 2022
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RizzoTheRat said:
Doofus said:

If I could find a reliable VPN (at, almost, any cost), we'd use one. They're all fine for accessing secure drives at the office, but they're all hopeless for watching streamed telly.
The streaming companies get wise to them and block servers i think. I generally find Nord works on with Amazon Prime but occasionally it stops working for a few days, presumably because they've blocked another server.
You need a VPN that offers a dedicated IP.

They're good for hiding your identity as they stop your actual IP address being visible, but the downside is they use a limited range of IPs so Netflix etc can easily block them..

Doofus

25,732 posts

172 months

Thursday 19th May 2022
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smithyithy said:
RizzoTheRat said:
Doofus said:

If I could find a reliable VPN (at, almost, any cost), we'd use one. They're all fine for accessing secure drives at the office, but they're all hopeless for watching streamed telly.
The streaming companies get wise to them and block servers i think. I generally find Nord works on with Amazon Prime but occasionally it stops working for a few days, presumably because they've blocked another server.

You need a VPN that offers a dedicated IP.

They're good for hiding your identity as they stop your actual IP address being visible, but the downside is they use a limited range of IPs so Netflix etc can easily block them..
I have a VPN to connect to the server of one of my companies, but the IT Manager got arsey with me for using it to watch NowTV. frown

SpeckledJim

31,608 posts

252 months

Thursday 19th May 2022
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Doofus said:

I have a VPN to connect to the server of one of my companies, but the IT Manager got arsey with me for using it to watch NowTV. frown
How do you know when your IT manager is getting arsey with you?

He glares at your shoes instead of glaring at his shoes like normal.

Skeptisk

7,334 posts

108 months

Friday 20th May 2022
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The Dig

Based on true story of discovery of a 7th century Anglo-Saxon ship in Suffolk just before WW2. Starring Carey Mulligan and Ralph Fiennes.

It was well acted, nicely shot and a typically good, British historical piece. Although Mulligan was good I’m not sure about the casting as the real Edith Pretty was in her fifties and older than Ralph Fiennes character. Interestingly in reality Pretty was supposed to have given birth to her son at 47. The U.K. record for a natural birth is just 48 so that seems a little unlikely in the 1930s.

A gentle film in which not too much happens. Makes for a pleasant evening’s viewing though.

6/10.

LuS1fer

41,086 posts

244 months

Friday 20th May 2022
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ajprice said:
Everything Everywhere All At Once

A fun one, and I think it had better multiverses than Dr Strange. It was good to see Data from The Goonies too.

8 hot dog fingers/10 laundromats.
I thought it was dire. Gobbledygook nonsense that I lost interest in after about half an hour of trying to work out where I'd seen the Chinese father. Once I had worked it was Cassandra's father in Wayne's World 2, it was off.

LuS1fer

41,086 posts

244 months

Friday 20th May 2022
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cuprabob said:
Firestarter
Saw this at the cinema this afternoon. It was OK but I wouldn't pay to see it. Wait until it's available for streaming, which should be soon. 5/10
Very linear. Not much of a plot and suddenly it ends and you think "Is that it?"