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Fla Dem

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13. You're not going to get any new release (within the past year) or popular movies included
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 12:04 PM
Jan 2017

Last edited Tue Jan 31, 2017, 11:37 PM - Edit history (1)

with your subscription. I too have a roku and love it. Have both netflix and amazon prime. Both have great original series programming. Just watched Hunger Games Mocking Jay 1 & 2(Amazon Prime), Intersteller and MI: Rogue Nation (Netflix). Even if you have to pay a viewing fee for a relatively current release, you'd have to pay that at redbox and you have to go get the movie and then return it w/i 24 hours.

Try some of these original programming on Netflix:
Grace & Frankie
House of Cards
Orange Is The New Black
Stranger Things
The Crown
The Fall
Many of these run 8 to 10 episodes and at least IMHO excellent shows and worth binge watching.

Netflix has a new series releasing Feb 2nd; "The Santa Clarita Diet" starring Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant. Looks like it's goning to be a good one.

'Santa Clarita Diet' review: Drew Barrymore eats people in quirky comedy

by Sonia Saraiya
January 20,2017
Variety

Don't eat dinner while watching "Santa Clarita Diet." Don't even eat popcorn. You may think you're sitting down to watch a situational comedy about a married couple in Southern California, but there's quite a twist. Entrails, to be exact.

"Santa Clarita Diet" is a comedy about how suburban real estate agent Sheila (Drew Barrymore) turns into a creature of the undead, with a ravenous hunger for human flesh. It's a wacky, odd production, with a spare mythology of horror and a penchant for surprising, stomach-turning gore. In an early episode, Sheila -- hungry, but out of any nearby bodies to devour -- bargains a foot off of an unethical mortician. She tears into it as if it's a turkey leg at a county fair, gnawing at a flap of skin until it slowly peels off. In the first episode, actuated by apparent sexual desire, she relieves a man of his fingers. This escalates until the man is disemboweled on her nice green lawn and Sheila is covered in blood.

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-santa-clarita-diet-tv-review-20170130-story.html


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Netflix sucks [View all] onethatcares Jan 2017 OP
I'm still making my way through all the free fare over at You Tube Warpy Jan 2017 #1
Love it jehop61 Jan 2017 #2
You want first run movies for a flat $10/month? Hokie Jan 2017 #3
Hulu? FrankfurtCat Jan 2017 #4
Documentary Now is hilarious. Highly recommended. n/t FSogol Jan 2017 #24
None of the subscription services have decent new sharp_stick Jan 2017 #5
my wife watches Amazon Prime non stop. dem4decades Jan 2017 #6
"The Crown" is superb Freddie Jan 2017 #7
Absolutely true. I watched the entire season last weekend. Loved it!!!! yeoman6987 Jan 2017 #14
I think pay-per-view via Amazon, iTunes, etc are the only options Auggie Jan 2017 #8
I have actually been watching more Netflix lately. demmiblue Jan 2017 #9
You didn't expect to see 'new' movies for $10 a month did you? Stellar Jan 2017 #10
I'll try the teevee series things onethatcares Jan 2017 #11
We're in a golden age of television. politicat Feb 2017 #50
. Iggo Jan 2017 #12
;) OriginalGeek Jan 2017 #16
You're not going to get any new release (within the past year) or popular movies included Fla Dem Jan 2017 #13
Subscribe to HBO Now OriginalGeek Jan 2017 #15
After Game of Thrones and Westworld exboyfil Jan 2017 #18
That's basically what I do with cable now OriginalGeek Jan 2017 #19
Have you watched The Wire? The Sopranos? Deadwood? dawg Feb 2017 #58
Never got through the first three (started them) exboyfil Feb 2017 #59
I am on the fence about Netflix exboyfil Jan 2017 #17
Jessica Jones was a lot darker than I usually enjoy, but very well done. hunter Jan 2017 #33
David Tennant - SPOILER FOR Captain America Civil War exboyfil Jan 2017 #34
I have been on netflix for years and am about out of things to watch Thomthom5300 Jan 2017 #20
New movies go the cable first TexasBushwhacker Jan 2017 #21
I Could RobinA Jan 2017 #22
I agree with you about BB onethatcares Jan 2017 #23
My kid got me hooked on Netflix, bought me a Chromecast dongle. I love it. hunter Jan 2017 #25
Only draback is no Amazon Prime Nictuku Jan 2017 #29
Dr. Who did end up on Amazon Prime exboyfil Jan 2017 #35
Mine is the Third Doctor. Long Story. hunter Jan 2017 #41
Quite a story exboyfil Jan 2017 #46
People sometimes assume my parents had money when I was a kid... hunter Jan 2017 #47
I never have trouble finding something to watch on Netflix crazycatlady Jan 2017 #26
We're watching Star Trek Voyager now underpants Jan 2017 #27
Try Fruitvale Station on Netflix. malchickiwick Jan 2017 #28
we've had netflix d_r Jan 2017 #30
Do you like British television? avebury Jan 2017 #31
Acorn rules! shenmue Jan 2017 #39
I love Acorn. madaboutharry Feb 2017 #51
Love NETFLIX - here goes - asiliveandbreathe Jan 2017 #32
I forgot about the DC offerings on Netflix exboyfil Jan 2017 #36
they took off Murder She Wrote at the beginning of Jan BuddyCa Jan 2017 #37
They also took Psych off. One of my favorites. Initech Jan 2017 #44
They're best for tv shows NightWatcher Jan 2017 #38
I binged on The Last Kingdom over the weekend... Callmecrazy Jan 2017 #40
Netflix has plenty of their own shows that are excellent...and I have watched a Demsrule86 Jan 2017 #42
It's all about the original TV series on Netflix. Initech Jan 2017 #43
You're Netflixing all wrong then Generic Brad Jan 2017 #45
Your expectations are unrealistic. Codeine Feb 2017 #48
I love Netflix as I'm sitting here binging on Stranger Things. Plus all of their other original Upthevibe Feb 2017 #49
Check out House of Cards ( awesome) and Bloodline ( brilliant) pkdu Feb 2017 #52
Netflix is not going to have new releases SoCalNative Feb 2017 #53
Have you tried "Orange is the New Black" Lunabell Feb 2017 #54
I have had netflix for 5 years and enjoy all the TV shows from england, Scandinavia, as well as the beachbum bob Feb 2017 #55
I didn't see Longmire, Hell on Wheels, Bloodline, The Ranch, Justified doc03 Feb 2017 #56
Longmire and Justified are 2 of my favorites OriginalGeek Feb 2017 #60
switch to their dvd service electron_blue Feb 2017 #57
AMERICAN Netflix sucks. Canadian Netflix . . . like Night and Day. HughBeaumont Feb 2017 #61
Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2017 #62
I love Netflix lunatica Feb 2017 #63
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