july netflixes
wow, i must have really been busy this month because i hardly watched anything from netflix. i did actually go out to the movies once too! there are times when i feel like upgrading my netflix plan but since i... [more]
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june netflixes
this month i didn't watch too many movies from netflix. i guess that shows how busy i've been after work and on the weekends although i can't really point out all the reasons why i was occupied with stuff other... [more]
may netflixes
here's what i netflixed in may and my silly thoughts on them: bus 174 - this was interesting because it takes one incident and uses it to consider the greater social issue at hand. it starts to touch what that... [more]
april netflixes
here's what i netflixed in april: saludos amigos / the three caballeros - i had seen "the three caballeros" a long time ago on vhs but i don't think i had ever seen "saludos amigos". these are disney's latin american... [more]
march netflixes
here's what i netflixed in march: the shaggy dog - still more of twiddle thumbs' classic disney education. i haven't been enforcing the curriculum in a long time so i thought it'd be good to throw one in there. i... [more]
so that was the film (mexican version)
i've been watching "cine mexicano", a three disc documentary on mexican cinema. it's all in spanish so twiddle thumbs has been translating for me. a scene i did not need translation for was one in which both of our ears... [more]
february netflixes
here's my brief thoughts on this month's netflixes. death of a president - this is a fake documentary about the current president getting assassinated and interviewing the relevant people at the time. i read about this one and saw great... [more]
take action
i am so upset by north korea. there's just too much to talk about but what it basically comes down to is human rights and the huge lack thereof in that country. lately i've been reviving my interest in learning... [more]
a taste of morrissey
last night i went to another ucla screening. this time it was "a taste of honey" and it was at the billy wilder theater at the hammer museum in westwood. i want to see most of the the films ucla... [more]
frankenstein series
universal studios did something wonderful for classic horror fans. they released their classic horror movies into little box sets featuring a series of movies from each character. there is a set on dracula, the mummy, the wolf man, etc. a... [more]
crossing the zodiac
my 2 cents on recent netflixes. "crossing the line" - this is about the last american by birth who defected to north korea and still lives there. a person of today would want to know why anyone would willing defect... [more]
for fans only
netflixed several items and i would classify them all as 'for fans only'. first, i watched the "halloween" remake by rob zombie. what a piece of shit. you truly have to be a fan of the original (or series) or... [more]
flushed in sight
netflixed "flushed away" and "no end in sight". "flushed away" is another of the cartoons released recently that i was not interested in initially but decided to watch in order to know what's been going on in such films. though... [more]
the wind that shakes a crude awakening
netflixed "a crude awakening: the oil crash" and "the wind that shakes the barley". you could say i knew very little about the topic of both films before watching them. by the title, you can guess what "a crude awakening"... [more]
three films by gabriel figueroa
ucla film & television archive and the j. paul getty museum presented yesterday and today "classic mexico: three films by gabriel figueroa", who was a cinematographer. two of the films were mexican and one was american. to quote some of... [more]
not funny, blah!
recent netflixes were not so funny. we watched "balls of fury", which was the funniest of the lot of unfunnies. maybe second was "barnyard". the least funny was definitely the canceled tv show "greg the bunny". "balls of fury" was... [more]
a scanner darkly
netflixed "a scanner darkly". this was a film i wanted to see in theaters although i can't tell you why other than philip k. dick wrote it. i never read the book so i can't comment on that at all.... [more]
everything's in peril
netflixed "everything's cool" and "planet in peril". "everything's cool" was showing at a film festival in los feliz (or thereabouts) and i wanted to see it along with some other films but i didn't go to see any of them.... [more]
surf season
netflixed some kiddie cartoon type stuff recently: "surf's up" and "open season". "surf's up" looked interesting enough from trailers that i wanted to see it but somehow seemed like just another penguin movie 'cos at the time there were already... [more]
30 days in the hellhouse
i netflixed "30 days" and "hellhouse". after doing "super size me", the filmmaker had a tv show called "30 days" but i never watched it until renting the dvd. the idea is to tackle something for 30 days. i thought... [more]
revisiting movies
since thanksgiving i've been re-watching several dvds i own. most of them are movies several years old that i much enjoyed at the time. sometimes you have to take a break from the things you like so it was nice... [more]
sleeper cell and the l word
recent netflixes have been about catching up on tv shows. i went through the second season of "sleeper cell" and the fourth season of "the l word". for "sleeper cell", i just couldn't see how they could continue to carry... [more]
cujo
so i netflixed "cujo" even though i've never read the book. this is one of those movies that wouldn't exist today because of cell phones. there is the whole no reception angle but really, give these characters a cell phone... [more]
monty python and the holy grail
it's taken me a long time to watch "monty python and the holy grail". i have never seen anything by monty python but while growing up, i was always told that i would probably like it and how funny it... [more]
netflix note
one of the discs i received from netflix was not what i requested. it was very close, but not what i requested. it was a tv show, season 2 disc 1 and i requested season 1 disc 1. i did... [more]
bitter sugar
i netflixed "azucar amarga" (bitter sugar) because someone mentioned it in passing and i had never heard of the film. it's from 1996 and is about people living in modern day cuba. it's in black and white. it's interesting because... [more]
mr. triple cross vampire
recent netflixes include "triple cross: bin laden's spy in america" and "mr vampire". "triple cross" was done by national geographic and after watching one of their dvds, we have been watching some of their other recommended programs, leading us to... [more]
the sound of music
tonight i finally watched "the sound of music". i had never seen it before. hard to believe perhaps but i've been holding out on a few classics on purpose. i do know a little about the film because it's such... [more]
secrets of fast food democracy
here's my recent netflixings. "national geographic: secrets of jerusalem's holiest sites" ermph, i expected more from this. it wasn't terribly exciting, just a little bit informative of 3 separate holy sites from each of the major religions tied to jerusalem,... [more]
the undocumented documentary
netflixed "wetback: the undocumented documentary". it's a documentary on the undocumented immigrants from south of the us border, or 'wetbacks' as the derogatory term goes. i thought it would be about mexicans but no sir, it's about central americans who... [more]
denied (and) a quinceanera
after work i hurried home and made dinner as we were going to go out to a club to catch a small show. we got there, paid for parking, and there weren't very many people yet but there was some... [more]
bruce not so almighty
netflixed "bruce almighty" because i have already seen "evan almighty" and wanted to see where the hell did all this start from. as i'm watching it, i fear that i've already seen it! i saw the very first part up... [more]
hannibal rising
netflixed "hannibal rising" and damn!, my fists were clenched the entire time as i watched that movie. it was not that graphic or violent and yet i was squeamish. it must be a sign that i'm getting old! or maybe... [more]
the lost balseros
i netflixed "balseros" and "the lost city", both are about cuba but one is fiction and the other is not. "balseros" is a documentary of the people who risked their lives to flee cuba for america in homemade rafts that... [more]
i love lucy and other tv classics
lately i've been enjoying watching i love lucy clips on you tube. (my recommendations: vitameatavegamin, chocolatier, tango with eggs, squashing grapes, chester, baking bread, hair treatments, caperucita roja, the diet, and various clips of the gang in hollywood.) i grew... [more]
i love movies
heliosphan posted that she did this quiz so here's my results as well... 76%The Movie Quiz i should have done better than 76% but at least it's passing. this quiz is about movies in the past 25 years and as... [more]
the dog whisperer
lately we've been engrossed in watching season 1 of "the dog whisperer". we don't have a dog but we love dogs. it's also fun as hell to watch some of these dogs with (unusual) problems. after awhile though, it becomes... [more]
bridge to terabithia
after a day of running errands, i popped in the latest dvd i received from netflix, "bridge to terabithia". when the trailer was released, i had absolutely no interest in this movie. it seemed like another fantasy for kids like... [more]
spread entertainment
today we left work early to rush and go see a taping of dave navarro's internet show, "spread entertainment". we were kinda curious what the show was like but wanted to wait until a guest we liked appeared on the... [more]
charlotte's night and fog
i recently netflixed "night and fog" and "charlotte's web". what a contrast in films. "night and fog" is a short documentary about the german concentration camps of world war II. what's amazing about it is that it's from the 1950s.... [more]
ridicule at the museum
my recent netflixes include "night at the museum" and "ridicule". "night at the museum" was one of those films whose trailer i saw and had no interest in. suddenly one day twiddle thumbs decided she wanted to see it so... [more]
raise the red terror
the lunch yesterday was very long. we didn't leave the restaurant until after 4:30pm. after that we did some grocery shopping then went home and watched some netflix. nopalita brought over "trilogy of terror" and and we had "raise the... [more]
300
i netflixed "300". i sorta wanted to see it in theaters, or at least the cheap theater, but missed my chance. i wasn't interested in the story so much as it was another film based on a frank miller comic... [more]
lola's ball
recent i netflixed "monster's ball" and "lola". "monster's ball" was a much talked about movie when it came out in 2001. since then, do people give a shit? i don't know. i never saw it and that's why i netflixed... [more]
the labyrinth of the simpsons
this morning i was watching "pan's labyrinth". it's an ok movie. perhaps better than ok but i just can't imagine myself watching it again. it has nothing to do with pan. that's just the english title. the original title in... [more]
harry potter and the order of disappointment
with the week i have been having, it's time to destress and enjoy a day at the movies. i don't think i'll ever read the harry potter books but i like to see the films while they are still new... [more]
dark days
i netflixed the documentary "dark days". it's about the homeless, specifically an underground shanty town in new york city. it's been awhile since the documentary so this particular shanty town no longer exists. however, it's still a very moving and... [more]
the brown bunny
sometimes i put movies in my netflix queue because it was at a film festival and i didn't get to go, or i read a review, or it is connected to another film of interest, or i am interested in... [more]
ratatouille
we felt like going to the movies today but not to see anything in particular. usually the movie selection is shitty so i don't bother going out to see them. today though there were several films i wouldn't mind seeing... [more]
fidelito
i netflixed "fidel" by estela bravo. it's all about fidel castro's rise to power and the history of cuba with this in mind. but mostly it's about fidel as you can tell by the title. it was a good documentary.... [more]
maxed out
today we were denied for cable internet again! today was the rescheduled day and the installers came. however they needed access to a box outside the building that is locked up. they said that the electricity provider has a key.... [more]
letters from our fathers at iwo jima
i netflixed "letters from iwo jima" and "flags of our fathers" so i can finally say that i've seen these 2 movies! after watching "letters from iwo jima" and not paying very much attention and thinking it wasn't so hot,... [more]
bowers and pirates
a couple weeks ago i bought tickets to go to the bowers museum for the ancient egypt exhibit and treasures from shanghai. i forgot about this when i called a couple days ago to have cable internet installed today. i... [more]
beloved amerikana
i netflixed "immortal beloved" and "amerikana". "immortal beloved" is that beethoven film starring gary oldman. that's all i knew about it. i didn't know anything about beethoven's life, apart from the deafness of course, so i was completely unaware of... [more]
who killed nirvana?
recent netflixes include music and a documentary. first up, nirvana's "live! tonight! sold out!!". i'd rather watch a music video retrospective along with some sort of bonus interviews or documentary but since that doesn't exist for a lot of bands... [more]
shrek the third
we went to see "shrek 3" tonight. we never go to a movie on opening night so it was a bit strange to go to a packed theater, especially one with so many children! but that's what happens when you... [more]
hometown in a war zone
i've been watching this documentary which is being shown in installments online called "hometown baghdad". it's really powerful footage. since only a few minutes at a time are being released, it's easy to keep up on or get into it... [more]
some kind of exorcist
even though i don't like metallica, i had heard good things about "some kind of monster", plus eric avery (jane's addiction) is in it for a few seconds, so i netflixed it. what a bunch of wankers. what a bunch... [more]
dinner for algiers
i netflixed "dinner for five" (season 1 disc 1) because a couple different friends like the show but i had never seen it. one recommended a particular episode. so here i am years later and i finally watch it. the... [more]
thank you for smoking marie antoinette
i'm starting to think i'm the only one who appreciates my movie entries where i combine the titles to create something new and funny. but that's probably because i'm the only one reading my own blog. 'thank you for smoking... [more]
another gay jesus in the control room
recent netflixes... though "jesus camp" was in my netflix recommendations, i had no interest in it. while dani was visiting, we had some netflixes around the house, including "death in gaza". based off of that, dani recommended we watch "jesus... [more]
death in hollywoodland
recent netflixes include "death in gaza" and "hollywoodland", two very different movies. "death in gaza" didn't intrigue me much at first when i read the description. the reason pepole watch it i think is because the filmmaker died while working... [more]
la vita e bella
today i finally watched "life is beautiful". i know it was a good movie and a lot of people saw it but i never did. i knew it was about life in the concentration camps and how a father tried... [more]
grindhouse
i think i'm the one that hooked dani onto robert rodriguez. long story short, he worships him now as a filmmaker and was excited to go see a rodriguez picture together. "grindhouse" is a double feature with a film by... [more]
real time taping
dani got tickets to see a taping of "real time with bill maher". i have never seen the show and i don't like the guy but what the hell, it's a tv show taping! so after work we rushed our... [more]
the people tell it like it is
netflixed "voices of iraq" and "afghan stories", two documentaries where basically the people tell it like it is. for documentaries done in non-first world countries, i always wonder how do they have enough battery/film for everything. you could bring loads... [more]
why we fight the dreamers
more recent netflixes... "why we fight". this was a documentary that raises a very vital question for a country that has ever engaged in war. the question isn't why are we involved in a particular conflict, but why do we... [more]
he died with happy feet
recent netflixes... "happy feet". the trailer was hilarious and so i really wanted to see this in theaters but i never managed to bother. good thing i didn't. this movie was pretty bad. there were some funny parts, but overall... [more]
maria full of punk
my recent netflixes: "maria full of grace" wow, this was a good movie. twiddle thumbs and her sister were actually watching this while we were in japan, but since it wasn't subtitled, or perhaps it was subtitled in japanese, i... [more]
good bye lenin
what a wonderful movie i just netflixed. when we first got back from new zealand, one day we were at a video rental store and the cover to "good bye lenin" caught my eye. i didn't pick it up and... [more]
weapons of unprecedented mass deception
recent netflixes seemed to go together well: "unprecedented: the 2000 presidential election" and "wmd: weapons of mass deception". "unprecedented" was a very nice look at the presidential election of 2000 and brought back the anger and frustration of those days.... [more]
dreamland for sale
netflixed two iraq related documentaries. i first heard about "occupation dreamland" through the alumni magazine of my university--one of the filmmakers is an alumn. i wasn't thrilled to watch it off of the synopsis, just curious as to what a... [more]
burst city and alexander nevsky
netflixed "burst city" and "alexander nevsky." "burst city" is the english title for the 1982 japanese punk rock film "bakuretsu toshi" (perhaps another translation could be "explosive borough"). i wanted to see it for the music. it turned out to... [more]
forgotten terror
netflixed "forgotten silver" and "terrorstorm". "forgotten silver" is an amusing fake documentary peter jackson and his collaborators made in the 1990s about a forgotten kiwi film pioneer. the tale is so remarkably funny, to go back and say that this... [more]
opcs: sonatine
i hosted another okinawa in pop culture series for yosc today. this time we watched "sonatine" by takeshi "beat" kitano. it's about tokyo mafia who go down to okinawa to help calm down a feud going on there. the turnout... [more]