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Post by chvrchbarrel on Oct 28, 2020 9:49:22 GMT -6
cant wait to watch all my garbage criterion picks next month
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Post by andrewvb on Oct 28, 2020 10:06:43 GMT -6
solaris is already on the channel anyway.
excited for the first jia zhangke which i've never seen, though they still need to get platform up there. and all the claire denis.
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Post by Kamera on Oct 28, 2020 10:25:03 GMT -6
I was tempted to get It Happened One Night last week but good to know it’s coming to the platform next month.
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Post by Timbo on Oct 28, 2020 19:36:06 GMT -6
Just finished the Trial of the Chicago 7. It was good. A lot more humor than I was expecting but it is Sorkin so I shouldn't be surprised that much.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2020 7:30:06 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2020 7:54:08 GMT -6
I've got about 5 days left of my trial Criterion access and I'm going to try to watch:
The Seventh Seal (it's been a lonnnnng time, but one of my all time favorites) Only Angels Have Wings Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives Battle of Algiers Mother Duck Soup
And a few others that I can't think of off the top of my head.
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Oct 29, 2020 8:19:36 GMT -6
its going to really suck when my annual renewals come around for criterion and disney
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Post by sthubbins on Oct 29, 2020 8:23:49 GMT -6
damn, had no idea they made a movie out of Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
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Post by Kamera on Oct 29, 2020 8:26:03 GMT -6
Albert Brooks’ Real Life is worth a watch since that’s also leaving on the 31st.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2020 8:34:21 GMT -6
its going to really suck when my annual renewals come around for criterion and disney We're trying to figure out a streaming service to eliminate at the end of the year - leaning Disney/Hulu at this point.
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Oct 29, 2020 8:37:04 GMT -6
its going to really suck when my annual renewals come around for criterion and disney We're trying to figure out a streaming service to eliminate at the end of the year - leaning Disney/Hulu at this point. i could live without disney but i bought it for the whole family as a christmas present last year and everyone got their own account...i guess i could just email everyone and be like "yo times are tough so everyones on their own for disney" but it still just feels crappy. im sure nobody would really care, just sucks to think about.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2020 8:39:46 GMT -6
i cant imagine i'll keep Criterion after this month. the player and servers have been miserable the last few weeks (and the casting option is a joke because it has to go through vimeo) and the lack of access to special features on a lot of the library is a shame cause that's like half the reason to buy a criterion disc. i've pretty much already made my way through most of the catalog i care about anyway.
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Post by andrewvb on Oct 29, 2020 8:44:08 GMT -6
i cant imagine i'll keep Criterion after this month. the player and servers have been miserable the last few weeks (and the casting option is a joke because it has to go through vimeo) and the lack of access to special features on a lot of the library is a shame cause that's like half the reason to buy a criterion disc. i've pretty much already made my way through most of the catalog i care about anyway. wild, i've never had any problem playing criterion channel videos and the casting works better than most every other service i try to cast from my computer.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2020 8:44:48 GMT -6
We're trying to figure out a streaming service to eliminate at the end of the year - leaning Disney/Hulu at this point. i could live without disney but i bought it for the whole family as a christmas present last year and everyone got their own account...i guess i could just email everyone and be like "yo times are tough so everyones on their own for disney" but it still just feels crappy. im sure nobody would really care, just sucks to think about. Yeah I think they'll understand - I wouldn't expect a gift like that to carry over year-to-year unless I was told it would. I'll probably miss Hulu more - the FX access was nice. ESPN Plus is a joke.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2020 8:45:47 GMT -6
I like Criterion but it comes down to a choice between that and HBO Max and the latter wins out. The access to TCM curated content is kind of huge.
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Oct 29, 2020 8:45:49 GMT -6
i cant imagine i'll keep Criterion after this month. the player and servers have been miserable the last few weeks (and the casting option is a joke because it has to go through vimeo) and the lack of access to special features on a lot of the library is a shame cause that's like half the reason to buy a criterion disc. i've pretty much already made my way through most of the catalog i care about anyway. wild, i've never had any problem playing criterion channel videos and the casting works better than most every other service i try to cast from my computer. yeah its been solid thru apple tv for me if i ditched it, i would probably still keep tabs on what was there every month solely because i learn about movies thru that app more than any other.
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Oct 29, 2020 8:46:51 GMT -6
I like Criterion but it comes down to a choice between that and HBO Max and the latter wins out. The access to TCM curated content is kind of huge. i actually forgot about this, criterion channel obviously has a lot of extraneous interesting titles, but the TCM catalog overlap with the actual Criterion Collection is huge
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Post by thebosma on Oct 29, 2020 8:47:16 GMT -6
I like Criterion but it comes down to a choice between that and HBO Max and the latter wins out. The access to TCM curated content is kind of huge. Tons of the criterion stuff is on HBO Max as well, which is definitely cool
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2020 8:48:29 GMT -6
yeah hbomax is another reason why i dont think i need to pay for criterion after this month
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2020 8:49:43 GMT -6
Now we just need HBO Max and Roku to reach a gd agreement.
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Post by andrewvb on Oct 29, 2020 10:15:51 GMT -6
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Post by venom on Oct 29, 2020 11:11:31 GMT -6
Now we just need HBO Max and Roku to reach a gd agreement. comcast has also been teasing hbomax accessibility for months. i don't want to buy the apple thing just for hbomax.
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Post by andrewvb on Oct 29, 2020 11:54:08 GMT -6
Now we just need HBO Max and Roku to reach a gd agreement. comcast has also been teasing hbomax accessibility for months. i don't want to buy the apple thing just for hbomax. chromecast is a significantly more cost effective option.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2020 12:09:07 GMT -6
comcast has also been teasing hbomax accessibility for months. i don't want to buy the apple thing just for hbomax. chromecast is a significantly more cost effective option. this is what we use too. my only beef is that we had to finally get a new one a few months ago and the latest generation has a shorter wifi range, shorter cord, and no magnet.
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Post by Kamera on Oct 31, 2020 10:56:54 GMT -6
Not as funny as the plot description reads but Barbara Stanwyck is great in this gaslighting Henry Fonda. Managed to watch this before it leaves Criterion Channel tomorrow.
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Post by zircona1 on Oct 31, 2020 14:46:33 GMT -6
Still good for a few laughs - and the ace casting - but I liked it more when I was younger.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2020 22:50:58 GMT -6
Had to keep double checking that this was made in 1939, because the flying special effects were amazing. Good movie - Cary Grant was incredible as was Rita Hayworth. Shockingly the first Cary Grant movie I've seen.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2020 8:18:36 GMT -6
<3
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Post by jazzpolice on Nov 1, 2020 8:36:03 GMT -6
Had to keep double checking that this was made in 1939, because the flying special effects were amazing. Good movie - Cary Grant was incredible as was Rita Hayworth. Shockingly the first Cary Grant movie I've seen. I watched this the other night. It's one of the few classic Cary Grant films I haven't seen. You are dead on about the flying sequences - I was impressed by how intense some of those scenes were.
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Post by sick2b on Nov 1, 2020 18:13:45 GMT -6
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