Top 5 Netflix recommendations: Kung Fu Panda, Only Fools And Horses and more
Amy West
Only Fools And Horses
David Jason, Roger Lloyd Pack and Nicholas Lyndhurst star in the hugely-popular sitcom Only Fools And Horses
BBC / YouTubeWhile
there were actually nine seasons of the hugely-popular British sitcom
Only Fools And Horses that aired between 1981 and 2003, Netflix are now
host to the show's first three seasons, which is surely better than
nothing, right? Starring David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst and The Vicar
Of Dibley's Roger Lloyd Pack, the comedy earned itself something of a
cult following since it premiered in the early 1980s and is certainly
still worth watching.
The classic comedy follows hapless yet streetwise brothers, Derek
'Del Boy' and Rodney Trotter as they attempt to sell dodgy (and often
stolen) goods around Peckham in London using their three-wheeler van.
Their long term goal? To become millionaires living the 'cushty'
lifestyle all thanks to their entrepreneurial business ventures...
eventually.
Juggling their career, the men get into all kinds of mishaps and
adventures a long the way, finding love, getting into trouble and
occasionally, having some fun too. Oh, and they have to look after their
'Grandad' and later their war veteran 'Uncle Albert' while getting up
to no good too! Watch this if you enjoyed: Fawlty Towers, The Vicar Of Dibley, Black Adder, Father Ted, The Inbetweeners, Red Dwarf, The Office and The Green Green Grass. Available on Netflix UK.
Hush
Hush presents a new kind of human invasion thriller, with a young deaf protagonist
Netflix / YouTubePresenting
a new take on the typical home invasion horror, Hush sees a young deaf
woman fall prey to a threatening intruder rather than the the usual
family or babysitter.
Maddie Young is a reclusive author, who lost her hearing after
overcoming bacterial meningitis in her early teens. She lives inside a
small cottage in the woods and independently survives off the money from
her books.
When she
becomes the subject of a masked, violent killer one night however, she
can't hear him coming... or that he murdered her only neighbour who
could potentially help her. Soon, Maddie finds herself using all of her
other senses in order to get through this cat-and-mouse situation she's
found herself and survive the night.
Subtle and not more
obsessed with gore than pure jumps and scares, director and writer Mike
Flanagan (Oculus) manages to build tension slowly, leaving you on the
edge of our seat throughout... and looking over your shoulder when you
go upstairs to bed too.
Watch this if you enjoyed: The Invitation, The Boy, Creep, When A Stranger Calls, Oculus, The Strangers, Intruders and Trespass. Available on Netflix UK. Begin Again
Mark Ruffalo and Keira Knightley make unlikely friends in wonderfully real comedy drama Begin Again
YouTube) (Sycamore PicturesMark
Ruffalo and Keira Knightley play a shamed record label executive and an
aspiring singer-songwriter respectively, whose chance encounter in a
bar one night leads them to embark on a ambitious and exciting new music
venture that promises success for both of them.
Many will read the description or see a still from the movie and
instantly believe that Begin Again is just your run-of-the-mill, cheesy,
romantic comedy but you would undoubtedly be wrong in this instance.
While it is light in places, it certainly makes you laugh and can't help
but make you feel good at times. It has a reality to it in its
presentation of its characters that is very endearing and great to
watch.
Knightley's Gretta is certainly not the sweet Zooey Deschanel-type
character that sings sweetly down the microphone, nor is Ruffalo's Dan
the handsome and charismatic saviour that she's been waiting for. Both
characters are flawed and unabashedly themselves and what's pretty
satisfying is that they don't even necessarily 'fix' each other
throughout the film – but they might just make each other a little
better throughout their musical journey together and that's good enough. Watch this if you enjoyed:
Chef, Music And Lyrics, What If, Once, This Is Where I Leave You, The Skeleton Twins and The Kids Are All Right.
Available on Netflix US.
Kung Fu Panda
Jack Black and Dustin Hoffman lend their voices to Po the panda and Shifu the red panda in this brilliant DreamWorks animation
DreamWorks AnimationOne
of DreamWorks' most popular franchises, the first instalment in the
Kung Fu Panda series is now available on Netflix UK (as is the second
one but we can't get too carried with all things martial arts, but then
it is a Bank Holiday weekend...).
The truly stunning and hilarious animation sees comedic actor Jack
Black lend his voice to Po, a panda raised by a goose who has never felt
like he's really fit in anywhere. Having had a life long passion for
kung fu and an admiration for the legendary Furious Five, a group of
animals who protect his valley from harm, one day, Po tries his best to
watch their celebration and see their skills in person.
On doing so however, he accidentally disrupts the service and gets
chosen as the new Dragon Warrior, a kung fu master who will enable the
Furious Five to take down the vengeful and treacherous snow leopard Tai
Lung, who has come out of hiding to destroy the valley. Will Po step up
to the challenge and face his star-crossed destiny or is he just cut to
work in his father's famous noodle shop?
Other A-Listers including in the voice cast include David Cross, Lucy
Liu, Seth Rogen, Jackie Chan, Ian McShane and Dustin Hoffman as Master
Shifu. Watch this if you enjoyed: Madagascar, How To Train Your Dragon, Monsters vs. Aliens, Shrek, The Croods, Shark Tale, Megamind and Bee Movie. Available on Netflix UK.
Red Dragon
Universal PicturesBased
entirely on Thomas Harris' 1981 novel, the first in his iconic Hannibal
Lecter trilogy that went on to inspire many movies, Red Dragon is
centred around FBI criminal profiler Will Graham (Edward Norton) who is
desperately trying to hunt down a serial killer nicknamed The Tooth
Fairy, who murders entire families in their homes, seemingly at random,
every time there is a full moon.
With the encouragement of his superior Special Agent Jack Crawford,
Graham reluctantly enlists the help of incarcerated cannibal Hannibal
(Anthony Hopkins), whom he helped to put away three years earlier.
As the two awkwardly work together, and despite Hannibal's
attempts at skewing with their investigation to help the Tooth Fairy
elude the authorities, it is discovered that the killer is actually a
man named Francis Dolarhyde. Paranoid about his slight facial
disfigurement, he's learned to hide from the world and has become
obsessed with William Blake's painting The Great Red Dragon And The
Woman Clothed In Sun. His pathological connection with the artwork
causes him to think that he is "changing" his victims and therefore
bringing him closer to himself transforming into The Great Red Dragon.
Can Graham get to him before his mental metamorphosis is complete?
Watch this if you enjoyed: Hannibal, The
Silence Of The Lambs, Fracture, Manhunter, Seven, Zodiac, The Girl With
The Dragon Tattoo, The Bone Collector and Mystic River.
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