Recommended movies etc on Netflix/Amazon Prime III

Dexter is back! I hope they can exorcise the risible previous series ending.

In the meantime I have really enjoyed 'You' which is Dexter Lite in its own way.

 

Midnight Mass on Netflix

 

Alice in Borderland on Netflix, three episodes in and thoroughly enjoying it.
A brutal Fantasy set in a deserted Tokyo in the vein of battle royale. Great.

 

I enjoyed that. Looking forward to the second series.

 

Me too. Loving the third series on iPlayer so far. Inspired use of a Steely Dan song in episode 2.

 

I found an Icelandic curiosity called Katla.
It has atmosphere and an unusual plot set in an active volcano location.
Unfortunately, on the service I use, the last 3 of 8 episodes do not have subtitles so I've been left in limbo on the explanation of the happenings.

 

@cj66 unusual indeed, I don't know what service you use but it did have Subtitles on Netflix

 

Papillon: a survival in the face of brutality, excellent

 

@Darren L
The more recent remake (not seen) or the older one with Dustin Hoffman?

 

Recent remake with Charlie Hunnam and Rami Malek, I don't think I've ever watched the 1973 film.

 

cj66 - I watched the whole of Katla (on Netflix). Doesn't get any less odd, doesn't really resolve. But enjoyable enough.

 

Disney + have an offer on at the mo for £1.99 till 14th Nov. The Beatles - Get Back is showing from the 25th. And Ridley Scott's - The Last Duel is on from early December. The book upon which it is based is currently .99p for the Kindle edition. Bargain.

 

Finished Series 3 of ‘What We Do in the Shadows’, a mockumentary about Vampire’s, all three series have been brilliant, so much so I’m starting over again on Series 1 straight away, just watched the pilot episode and it’s class right from the off.

(NB. Episodes are only 22-24 minutes long (all on BBC IPlayer now) so can bat* them out pretty quick).


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Never seen Dexter but we've loved the 3 series of You.
Going to have to investigate, cheers

 

Correction re the length of the episodes, they can be as low as 19 minutes.

 

'Maid' on Netflix. Young mum tries to escape escalating abuse and build a new life for herself and her daughter. Brilliant drama that never descends into poverty porn or sentimentality.

 

Watched Finch on Apple+. Predictable, but we enjoyed it.

 

“Bat!” Brilliant series. I prefer it to the original film too, for what little that’s worth!

Mick

 

“F*cking Guy!”

(First time I’ve watched a series, well, 3 of them, twice back to back, I’m picking up little things I missed first time round, I love it!).

 

Newly restored version of Olivier's Richard the third looks fantastic and it's original cut too.