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Doom Patrol is very enjoyable. Kind of Umbrella Academy meets Deadpool. Might be behind the Starzplay paywall though.
 
I’ve discovered Bridget and Eamon. Anyone else seen this? Irish sitcom set in the 80s. Properly funny.
Some of it is really cringeworthy, but the best moments are genuinely laugh-out-loud. Their take on Channel 4 of the 80s had me spitting my drink.
 
I’ve already posted this in the specific thread but make no apologies for repeating myself here, as Starzplay it’s an Amazon add-on. Castle Rock will be enjoyable to any Stephen King fan, the second season much more so.

Counterpart and Mr Mercedes are also on Starzplay and also very watchable, so assuming you can still cancel at any time, it’s well worth paying a fiver for a month’s subscription to check those series out.

Have a feeling Starzplay is 99p for 3 months at the moment
 
It’sa bit ridiculous though — pay a monthly fee for the right to pay another monthly fee!

I feel a bit aggrieved at things like suddenly wanting to watch something ancient like Spartacus and being offered the chance to rent it for £8.
 
The Ninth Configuration, one of my favourite films.

A new psychhiatrist takes charge at castle housing Vietnam vets with PTSD. Daftness, Shakespeare and religion are everyplace. It's better than it sounds.
 
The ui on the xbox now seems to show me way more things that I'd have to pay some more to watch than the things I've actually paid to watch.
 
Yeah, and old TV programs at £1.50 an episode

I hardly watch telly, but I find with Prime, I’ll stick it on for a couple of months, watch a series on demand and maybe something that is coming out at the time (like Picard at the moment), then switch it off again.

Often gets switched on due to a Xmas present panic.
 
I’ve just discovered Supernatural in another of those ‘well-known and critically acclaimed series that have been running for many years and had somehow passed me by’ moments. This one has been going for fifteen years ffs! :D

Anyways, to anyone else who likes sci-fi/ supernatural stuff and has also been living under a rock, this is quite good. Rather like The X Files but not taking itself as seriously. Haven’t even finished S1 but enjoying it.
 
Cancelled mine today.
Hardly watched anything on Amazon anyway and don't need Prime for work anymore (for now hopefully).
 
The Test is awesome if you like cricket but if you like cricket you've probably seen it.

Behind the scenes doco following the Australian team from ball tampering in Cape Town to retaining The Ashes last year.
 
Seasons 2,3+4 of Beck have appeared
Yay

Just watched the entire first series of the Swedish crime drama Beck

Watch Beck | Prime Video



It's from 1997/98 and is based on the Martin Beck novels by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö

The more recent series have been on BBC4 in the last few years - not seen this far back so a real treat for me and Mrs Angel as we love Scandi-Noir and all that jazz.
Worth a watch imho
 
I have Prime and it doesn't look like that! :confused:
i think it’s a new feature - tried it on my phone and it seems to be recommending some films that are pay to view though and there doesn’t seem to be a way of accessing the synopses

does seem to be coming up with things i’ve never previously seem on there whilst normal browsing

regular prime interface is utterly shit
 
Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations
A couple of years ago we'd watch a couple of these at random. Since he killed himself we had a break as that hit quite hard.
Since the lockdown we've started again on the series from Series 1 Episode 1.
If you're into travel, food or empathy with humanity it's well worth a watch and fantastically well produced. There's loads of them too.
 
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