But Is It on Netflix? - Streaming Video Service Thread: Hulu, Amazon Prime, Apple TV+, Disney+, Peacock, YouTube TV, AT+T Watch, Philo, Playstation Vue, HBO Max, HBO Now, Facebook Live and many more

otoh Scissor Seven is fantastic

There are also *lots* of great movies Hulu gets, especially non-English/"international" stuff and "elevated"/A24 horror.

Hulu has a deal with Neon, which explains why it has stuff like Portrait of a Lady on Fire and Worst Person in the World.

Oh yeah, thanks.

Some of them (like Max) still have that issue where if you left a few minutes of credits unwatched, the show or movie sits there in your Continue Watching row (with the progress bar 98% filled in...)

Was complaining about this to my wife the other day. Once you reach the closing credits of something, especially if the site itself then puts it in a tiny window and starts something else automatically, it should count as "complete" and it should no longer be asking you "Do you want to finish watching this"? No! I finished watching it! We both agree on that!

It kind of stuck in my craw for a long time that stuff I had learned about from MUBI and for which MUBI owned the streaming rights in Europe I had to sign up for Hulu to watch in the US. One of these being The Worst Person in the World, but Benedetta also comes to mind.

Think France showed up on Criterion thogh.

especially if the site itself then puts it in a tiny window and starts something else automatically

It's funny now that if this doesn't happen, you know there's a mid-/post-credit stinger.

Is there a thread for Severance? Nothing showed up in search but I’m sure I remember seeing a thread.

anyone seen SEVERANCE yet?

I didn’t think the Pet Sematary from a couple of years ago was bad but the new one is a complete waste of 90 minutes.

Xp thanks! I looked at the first post in that thread when I searched and concluded it was not the right one - didn’t realize it was hijacked for the show.

New Mike Flanagan, first episode, House of Usher, Poe mishmash. American Horror Story: Succession.

We've watched most of his series. Haunting of Hill House was eh. Bly Mannor was better but still pretty silly. Midnight Mass was silly but also pretty good, we liked that one. Didn't watch the teenage one.

The second episode of Fall of the House of Usher has one of the gnarliest sustained scenes I’ve ever seen in a television show

I'm 3 episodes in and enjoying it so far. I watched about half of Midnight Mass and enjoyed what I saw, but stopped because I could see where it was going and it wasn't as scary as Salem's Lot, so... Have never seen anything else of his.

midnight mass was extraordinary you should finish it. it's one of my favorite things ever

Dumber, trashier Succession is fun so far.

Finished it tonight and it sticks the landing. Though I admit when Bruce Greenwood started reciting "The Raven" all I could think of was Homer Simpson's rendition. Still, recommended. I will definitely be checking out more of this guy's work.

The second episode of Fall of the House of Usher has one of the gnarliest sustained scenes I’ve ever seen in a television show

Definitely the best Flanagan series.

do we need an Usher thread? i’ve only watched one ep but omg i am IN

I just finished it, it's great - not as good as Midnight Mass imo but solid. and excellent casting as always, I hope Mark Hamill becomes a Flanagan regular!

xp yes please start one, then we can discuss spoilers etc

i will watch anything but i couldn't finish the new jennifer lawrence comedy that is totally just a lame 80s summer sex teen movie made for netflix. but if you ever need to see jennifer lawrence really naked that is the movie for you. in a non-sexual way. she beats up a group of teenagers on the beach while naked.

I couldn’t believe that was real. She’s A-List right? Horny teen comedy should be the domain of TV actors looking to break out.

I saw some of that scene, I think censored, on some site recently and I honestly thought it might have been a well-done deep fake. (It probably is essentially that, but maybe done with her blessing and studio budget.) I can't imagine why she would do it.

maybe she owns the movie. that would make sense. $$$.

Believe it or not, that J-Law film is a full-on studio film that was in theatres over the summer!

Co-produced by J-Law & Bob Odenkirk's wife, Naomi!

its sucks really bad. and i think you all know what my standards are for film. there are so few laughs. its depressing when a comedy can't make me laugh.

It was pleasantly funny, I thought. Not great but not terrible with some solid laughs

that maneater part in the restaurant though....oof.

i really wanted to see that when it was in theaters, I thought the trailer was hilarious, but I'll bet all the funny parts were in that trailer. I will absolutely watch it on Netflix and not care about how terrible it is though.

bezos really needs to spend some of those billions and figure out live streaming. i can't watch american feetball like this! what are we, savages?? i feel like i need to break out the rabbit ears.

Feel like the TCM section on max (formerly hbomax! Formerly hbo now; formerly hbo go) - watched the asphalt jungle last night, a fine sterling Hayden noir, with early Marilyn Monroe too. Also Out Of The Past is up there, one I’ve seen and love.

Last Stop Larrimah on HBO is a really great doc about a tiny town in the middle of nowhere, Australia - a man and his dog go missing and all kinds of drama comes to light.

Was looking some stuff up on IMDb, and discovered that King Vidor's Our Daily Bread (1934) is apparently streaming on FreeVee!?!?

this Beckham documentary by Hugo from Succession is great

like, i could not have cared less about david and victoria beckham and this doccumentary made me like both of them a lot; also it's fun to watch soccer games condensed into just the exciting bits

I'm watching the Moonlighting pilot on Hulu (the show has some heat online, thanks to its resurfacing there). I loved the series as a kid, haven't seen it since then. It's a good pilot – you can see how they had the concept nailed from the beginning, and there are some fairly good action scenes for a TV show. Bruce Willis's schtick is really annoying, though! Oy...

I honestly think grew up with a slightly warped idea of "masculinity," thanks to these smug, wiseguy a-hole characters who were big in the '80s. (Not that I ever exactly acted like that, but still.) All better now, though!

Anybody watch Upload? They’re about midway through season 3 now. It’s goofy but every episode probably has at least one silly moment that makes me laugh.

If you can stand the most Australian of Australians, Deadloch on Prime is a great watch.

seconded - well-constructed, funny murder mystery

It's a good pilot – you can see how they had the concept nailed from the beginning, and there are some fairly good action scenes for a TV show. Bruce Willis's schtick is really annoying, though!

I watched the pilot, too, and it was OK — like, you could feel the writers trying really hard to move past the 70s model of detective shows and into something "new, for the '80s!" But honestly it wasn't that different from, I don't know, Hart to Hart or something. I know it got better, because I've seen later episodes. But honestly, now I want to watch old episodes of Remington Steele (which was on first) to see how that holds up in comparison.

Yeah, the Wikipedia page mentions both those shows… I never watched either of them.

I remember the “meta” aspects of Moonlighting (talking to the camera, etc.) having such a big impact on my sensibility back then… I don’t know how far into the series they start doing that, though.

I remember when they did an episode in Iambic Pentameter. Not sure Hart to Hart ever tried that.

Apparently there was a celebrated dream-sequence episode shot on b&w film (so that the network couldn't chicken out and air it in color).

Conwoman Camille Brand (Whoopi Goldberg) becomes a national hero after accidentally preventing the assassination of a politician. David and Maddie decide to cash in on the publicity by giving her a job. A crooked policeman (Judd Nelson) spends much of the episode pursuing and attempting to arrest Camille. The episode ends with an extended sequence in which the characters wander right off the show's set into other parts of the studio, and several members of the show's production crew appear on camera as part of the plot resolution.

Anybody watch Upload?

I stopped paying attention partway through season 2 but I think it’s a reliably enjoyable show

Getting deep into Better Call Saul - I tried a couple of times before and didn't get into it but part of the way into season 3 I'm pretty sure it's better than Breaking Bad.