Finally made the break from Cinemax and used the extra denaro to get Netflix. The reviews on this list are great for waiting queues, thanks you guys!
We just watched Desk Set (1957) with Catherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracey. What a classic. These are restored versions they're using, and streaming is excellent quality. Less blockiness than Directv satellite "HD" streams by far. Their music selection is also quite impressive. DVD's on things as oblique as Sabicas or as contemporary as John McLaughlin & Paco De Lucia (or Michael Jackson's last gig). Lot's of Lennon, including a retrospective of his classic Plastic Ono Band. So far no limits on Time Warner cable. On Mar 8, 2011, at 2:46 PM, Bhairitu wrote: > First off "Inside Job" is available today on disc only. Good test to > see if it would be sent or not since I put it in my queue last fall I > believe even before it left local theaters. Nope. My hunch is it goes > first to the folks who put it in their queue early AND have a higher > priced package like the 3 out (I just have the 1 out). However if I > want to see it on DVD it is at local Redbox kiosks (check yours if you > don't want to wait). DVD only though. > > http://movies.netflix.com/Movie/Inside_Job/70139555 > http://www.redbox.com > (Probably on Vudu too). > > I probably know most of the stuff (and more) that is covered in "Inside > Job" so it is more important for people who don't know to watch it and > wake the fuck up! How much longer are we going to allow these robber > barons to continue their bank holdups! > > Also the independent film sci-fi film "Monsters" is available both WI > and disc on Netflix. I highly recommend this film though it is more a > people story than a sci-fi thriller. I may put it in my disc queue to > hear the commentary. I watched it last year when it was in theaters on > Vudu. > > Last night I watched "Good" which is an obscure period piece film with > Vitto Mortensen about a college professor who during the 1930s in > Germany writes a novel about euthanasia and winds up being courted by > the Nazis. It's really about how someone has to compromise when an > insane government is in control. Jason Isaac costars as his > psychiatrist buddy. I have some ideas why we never heard of this film > because there are scenes that might remind you of modern day America. > http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Good/70109137 > http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436364/ > > As a postscript I'm beginning to think that AT&T is playing games with > my DSL not liking the bandwidth I'm using for Netflix. I often have to > reset the modem/router to get it back up to my 6 mbps (actually 5 mbps) > speed. Yesterday it was clear down to less than 1 mbps. And if it > goes back up to 5 mbps with a reset it ain't my house wiring. Actually > it may not be Netflix but the fact I still have a POTS line which now > costs me more than the DSL. I've heard they want to get rid of the POTS > lines and use VOIP only. I would be more likely to drop the phone line > entirely.
