You loved 2020's The Platform on Netflix, directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia, about a vertical prison system where inmates are assigned to a level and forced to ration food from a platform that moves between the floors. It's a movie that Barry Hertz of The Globe and Mail deemed "extraordinarily gross, metaphorically blunt, but also perversely and wildly entertaining".



Well, not to be outdone, Hulu brings you and Gordon Ramsey presents Next Level Chef, a competition cooking show where contestants have to prepare meals in one of three kitchens, using ingredients from a platform that descends from the "glistening top floor" to the "challenging bottom of the basement".



I made it about eight minutes into the show before giving up.

Anonymous37 wrote: Sat Jan 08, 2022 7:01 pm You loved 2020's The Platform

I liked Platform a lot. The ending left me a little cold, but overall very not crap. It had to be tough to end a story like that.

I just did a full update of https://anomalouscinema.com/ - everything on the site should be available on it's respective streaming service.

A LOT of stuff is now expired, but here's a list of good movies that are available again for the first time in a while:

The Hospital - Amazon Prime

Jacob's Ladder - Hulu

The Killing (Kubrick) - Amazon Prime

Night of the Hunter - Amazon Prime

The Stranger - Amazon Prime

The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3 (2009) The original is better, but this version is surprisingly good too. - Amazon Prime

In other news, I was pleasantly surprised by "Only Murders in the Building" on Hulu. I really thought I'd hate it, and ended up laughing out loud several times.

Netflix



Till Death, 2021

Let's face it, you're not Verge of Light; you don't have highbrow tastes in cinema. So come on down in the gutter with me and check out this Megan Fox vehicle. And you can rationalize it by telling yourself, "Okay, I lost about 10 points of IQ watching that, but the cinematography was actually pretty good." I mean, that's what I did.

kmc wrote: Sun Dec 19, 2021 9:22 am

A_Man_Who_Tries wrote: Sat Dec 18, 2021 10:38 am

kmc wrote: Sat Dec 18, 2021 10:08 am Who else is on the Station Eleven train? Not typically into hyper realistic dystopian plot lines, especially nowadays, but the first three episodes are some of the most striking and efficient world-building in recent memory.

That's interesting. The book was terrible (if well-received). Curious to know how much surgery they might have done to pull a decent show from it.

I haven't read the book but I have heard that the series strays quite a bit from the book.

It's OK. Started out strong but kinda boring me now by episode nine. I'll keep going.

Anonymous37 wrote: Tue Jan 11, 2022 9:59 pm Let's face it, you're not Verge of Light; you don't have highbrow tastes in cinema.

When I read this aloud I dropped my pipe on my favorite corduroy sport jacket!

(I did kinda enjoy Fried Barry with the whole Joe Bob presentation - watch at your own risk. It's on AMC+ / Shudder.)

enframed wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 9:34 am

kmc wrote: Sun Dec 19, 2021 9:22 am

A_Man_Who_Tries wrote: Sat Dec 18, 2021 10:38 am

That's interesting. The book was terrible (if well-received). Curious to know how much surgery they might have done to pull a decent show from it.

I haven't read the book but I have heard that the series strays quite a bit from the book.

It's OK. Started out strong but kinda boring me now by episode nine. I'll keep going.

Nine was my favorite episode so far and the whole thing has been very solid, to me anyway.

Verge of Light wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 1:29 pm

Anonymous37 wrote: Tue Jan 11, 2022 9:59 pm Let's face it, you're not Verge of Light; you don't have highbrow tastes in cinema.

When I read this aloud I dropped my pipe on my favorite corduroy sport jacket!

(I did kinda enjoy Fried Barry with the whole Joe Bob presentation - watch at your own risk. It's on AMC+ / Shudder.)

Fried Barry was kinda AWESOME. I'll back you up on this one, though I didn't see it as a Joe Bob episode. My credibility is dogshit though.

Late to the party as usual. I'm a few episodes into What We Do In The Shadows.

I quite like it.

ErikG wrote: Fri Jan 14, 2022 5:27 am Late to the party as usual. I'm a few episodes into What We Do In The Shadows.

I quite like it.

Same here. Good mix of mundane vampire life and the occasional flash of special effects. "BAT!".