Netflix

'Homeland' - gripping!

Got rid of Netflix just after Christmas and have now gone over to Now TV. I must say we like it better. They have Sky box sets and programmes that are shown on Sky Atlantic.

If you like fantasy, Maleficent is lovely. It's basically Sleeping Beauty.
I'm not a lover of Angelina Jolly but she is brilliant in it.

The website I love for films is
Curzonhomecinema.com
Great to watch foreign films
And other less mainstream British films. And older classic films.
You don't pay a subscription but you pay for films individually. Some are only a couple of pounds the more recent ones may be about a tenner.
I love it!

I find Netflix good for when away from home ... you can access your account from wherever you can pick up wifi and the choice can vary with regions. As you watch material, you will be asked to rate your item. Netflix then works out type of film that you watch and makes suggestions based on your preferences. You can also note possible items to view and make up your own list to view.

There is a search facility so you can enter the name of a film or actor etc and it will come back with suggestions that are available for viewing. Films are also given star ratings. For an more independent assessment and more background information, I will use the 'rottentomatoes' website to do research on specific titles.

I've watched some great stuff on Netflix recently. As HazelGreen said, you have to search for them though, as they don't always show up on the "home page". Here are a few, old and new, that id recommend:

North and South
Daniel Deronda
First few series of Call the Midwife
The Good Wife
Pride and Prejudice
What we did on our holiday
The young Victoria
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
Land Girls
Wuthering heights
Into the Wild
Still Alice
Uncle Buck
Testament of youth
Junebug
The Help
My brother's keeper (US documentary)
And many more!

I find that once you've watched something they are quite good at recommending other similar things in the same genre, so your homepage will become more relevant. I wouldn't be without it

Just watched What We Did on Our Holidays!! Great laugh.

Thanks changeznameza. That will keep my busy for a while.

Young people love Netflix because they're now used to 'binge-watching' TV programmes. I've often read that they've discovered a new show and watched the entire 20 or so episodes over one weekend! When they go back to watching TV the 'old-fashioned' way, they complain about having to wait a whole week for the next episode.

I'm deaf and need subtitles for everything I watch. Does Netflix provide this?
If they don't then my choice is severely limited so I wouldn't be signing up for it.

Here's a very interesting article from the Telegraph about hidden features of Netflix. You will find out all you need to know about subtitling. I love Netflix ??

Hi everyone, we watched a great "feelgood" movie on Netflix last night called Chef. It's quite a new film, set mainly in Florida, sort of a contemporary road trip movie. No sex and very little swearing

Keep posting on here if you watch anything good, we can build a "recommended" list.

My wife is never realy interested in any films as her parents never went to the flicks through out her childhood the first time she went was with me to see the Battle Of Britain.
I not so keen on any soap type series or most American modern films but I do like the old film stars like James Stewart John Wayne etc with Doris Day and most musicals like Soth Pasific Seven brides or West side Story, Sound of Music, manly because I love singing and I sing in a locl choir.
Netflic no thanks.