It’s October, so a lot of horror. “Fright Night,” “28 Days Later,” Goosebumps DVDs, “L.I.E.” (what? Pedophiles are the new bogey man!). I do recommend “L.I.E.” very much, though. It’s creepy, but I also enjoyed it a lot, way more than I thought I would.
When you’re done you should rent the 1976 miniseries I, Claudius, if you haven’t already seen it. It starts off a couple of generations after *Rome *ends.
I love “I, Claudius,” but doesn’t it actually start off more like eight or nine years after the end of “Rome”? In the first episode, they’re celebrating the anniversary of the Battle of Actium. (Of course, in “I, Claudius,” Augustus, Livia and all are portrayed as much older, so it’s a bit bizarre to watch “Rome” first and then see them much older all of a sudden.
You’re right, I’m just thinking of Claudius being Antony and Octavia’s grandson.
Inland Empire, Barry Lyndon, and all of Supernatural, season 2.
Netflix Newbie here, and I have now added Brick and Lair of the White Worm to my queue on recommendations above.
Am using Netflix to catch up on all the “little” movies that none of my three video stores ever carries–indies, Bollywood, strange documentaries. I can rent the A-List biggies down there any time I want; what I wanted, for years, was to see City of Lost Children, since I loved Delicatessen.
Which I have now done, today. Also watched Brassed Off last week, and will be receiving Andy Warhol’s Blood for Dracula next.
I have things like Greenfingers, This is England, and Kinky Boots in my queue, also a documentary on the Helvetica font.
Avoid spoilers. The ending is astonishing.
Wow, that’s coming out on DVD already? Wasn’t it just released to theaters like a month ago?
Just watched:
Stryper: Greatest Hits Live in Puerto Rico (2003) – good show, lots of old classics, and not nearly as much proselytizing as I expected.
Lost Horizon – Interesting B&W classic. What’s up with all the still photos, though? Has part of the film gone missing?
Flightplan – taut psychological thriller with a really stupid twist at the end. But Jodie Foster’s hawt as ever. 
Currently watching:
Sopranos Season Six, Part 2 – though I’m not sure why I bothered.
Up next:
Sicko (releases on 11/6/07; haven’t seen it yet)
Metalocalypse: Season One (very long wait)
This Is Black Metal (documentary)
50 First Dates
Jesus Camp
Sadly, it’s out of print. Don’t expect it to ever show up unless the DVD gets reissued someday.
We just finished season 4 of News Radio. Season 1 of The Wire is up next.
Nah, it’s not out on DVD yet, but you can still add it to your queue.
See, I felt the same way about this, except for Peter Sarasgaraaarara—er, yeah. Sure, he doesn’t strip down like in “Kinsey,” but still.
Damn. I’m glad I watched it back when I rented it from my old DVD place. (Back before I discovered the wonders of Netflix.)
I’m still waiting for “The Navigator: A Mediaeval Odyssey”. (I had a thread about getting 4 broken copies in a row.)
I got an email from Netflix today saying the disc was being shipped from somewhere back east. All the west coast copies are out of commission, I guess.
Look for my fingerprints on the DVD. It wavers between “So bad it’s funny” and “So bad it’s just bad”.
I reccommend a few beers in you before watching.
I currently have:
Last King of Scotland
Art School Confidental
Secondhand Lions
I currently have Venture Brothers:season one (two discs) andThe Departed.
I’ve just watched Mean Streets, High Noon, and the last season of Stargate SG1, which went downhill after season 7, but which I was compelled to finish.
On tap are The Adventurers (A HK flick, dir. Ringo Lam), Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and Jesus Camp.
In the spirit of Halloween, I’ve been watching a lot of vintage horror and sci-fi movies that I never got around to seeing before. My last three were:
• Strangler of the Swamp (1946), a low-budget picture that delivers the goods.
• Invaders from Mars (1953), a cult favorite, seen through a child’s eyes.
• Return of the Vampire (1943), Bela Lugosi, here with a werewolf servant, is revived by the London blitz!
Coming up:
• Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler (1922), directed by Fritz Lang, about a criminal mastermind.
• The Man Who Laughs (1928), from the novel by Victor Hugo. More costume drama than horror movie, but star Conrad Veidt (The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari) is always worth watching.
• White Zombie, another cult favorite, with Bela Lugosi as the owner of a sugar cane mill populated by undead workers.
I also have a DVD of Laurence Olivier’s 1970 production of Chekhov’s Three Sisters that I keep putting off watching
If you liked Brassed Off, try The Full Monty and The Snapper.
I have *Scrubs *season 6 queued up - it releases next week. Right now I’m renting the first season of All Creatures Great and Small for my son, because he liked the books.
I’ve been on a documentary and mini-series kick lately.
From the Earth to the Moon, Carl Sagan’s Cosmos, and I’m just finishing up Bernstein’s Young People’s Concerts.
My last few actual movies were Tora Tora Tora, A Bridge Too Far, and The Day After Tommorow (a stinker but Emmy Rossum is cute as a button 
).
Next up is Pi: Faith in Chaos, The Right Stuff, and I’m starting Ken Burns’ Civil War after I get done with Bernstein.
Anybody else have some good mini-series/documentary recommendations?
**Asimovian **convinced me to get Netflix so I’m delving into all sorts of stuff I have never seen. I just sent back MST3K: Manos: The Hands of Fate and Blazing Saddles. In return I got Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and Beowulf and Grendel.
*Scarface *and Dr. Strangelove are on queue for next week.
I’ve finished it and as we both said - it is bad. But it was indeed a good movie for working out to. Lots of hot women and kick-ass action. Of course, since it was based on a video game the action was all comic book action, but that’s OK, for working out I’m not picky.