Baronage-Phase
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Started Borderliner. Another Scandi series. Bit slow and a bit disjointed.
Finished Quicksand...really good.
Finished Quicksand...really good.
Netflix recommendations
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Anju
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Watched Kipo and the age of wonderbeasts yesterday and really enjoyed it. Nice animation and a mixture of funny, touching, trippy and exciting moments. Soundtrack has everything from rock to dubstep, hip hop, house and grime. There were a couple of bits that felt a little contrived but I suppose that's not bad for 10 24 minute episodes.
Definitely passed the dadnap test. Despite having a couple of drinks and a smoke I stayed awake watching until 01:30.
Definitely passed the dadnap test. Despite having a couple of drinks and a smoke I stayed awake watching until 01:30.
starfish
No dialogue. Just plot.
Watched a few episodes last night. Was in pain from laughing so much at the scene where they jump from the window to the mattresses.
Cheers, watched it last night.
I thought he was probably affected as much by the domestic abuse he witnessed and the inferred sexual assult, as the head trauma stuff although some of the videos of collisions from football games were like running into a brick wall head first.
Really interesting though, a very complex young man....and you don't need to know anything about or be interested in American football to watch it.
DexterTCN
Troy and Abed in the morning
I had no idea they deliberately targeted the head of opponents, those weren't tackles they were assaults. But the whole thing, Aaron's story, was crazy.
5t3IIa
Registered User
I’m enjoying this v much. There’s some extremely decent performances in it - Mr Big and her out of Glee
Most of the other players seem amazing due to their juxtaposition with Sam Worthington’s combo of character and shonky accent/performance 
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
rekil
to menny cranks
I get that a lot. As an awards bait story revolving around an odd couple conflict it works quite well but as for providing an insight into the record and machinations of the vatican it's worthless and at worst highly sinister.
There's a few minutes of pre-infallibility pope's 2010 testimony here with subs where's he's asked about the case of his former boss (Esther Balestrino de Careaga) and his answers are evasive and vague. He didn't even know what year she was abducted. Just shit.
Reno
The In Kraut
Since Netflix has gotten into creating content, it's not really worth going out of your way to get the US version. What's on offer is pretty similar around the world now. There was a time when Netflix only bought content from other studios, when the US version was superior. Now their best content is what they produce themselves and that's available in all territories. There will be some different movies on offer in different countries but then you'll have to get a subscription to the US version too and I don't think it's worth it.
DexterTCN
Troy and Abed in the morning
Turns out this is pretty much true, yup.
For me Sopranos is one of the best drama series. Certainly a much better watch than Breaking Bad or Sons of Anarchy.
Favourite is The Wire (of course) but Sopranos is right up there.
T & P
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Always Sunny was available from today and we’re already half way. Saving the rest for laterNew weekly episodes of The Good Place and the most recent series of Its Always Sunny, for anyone into those
David Lynch interrogating a monkey is a fun 17 minutes.
www.netflix.com
Watch WHAT DID JACK DO? | Netflix Official Site
A detective interrogates a monkey who is suspected of murder.
Mrs Miggins
Eternal
"Last Breath" about a deep sea diver who gets into trouble is and interesting edge of your seat documentary.
Sweet FA
✪ Three rounds Lord, in my .44 ✪
I've been lying on the sofa for a month (cheers for the recommendations if any of these are yours from the thread):
Currently watching Ozark - Finished 1st series, just started the second. Really enjoying it; some excellent acting, slow burn plot, some great well what would you do? moments. Echoes of the Americans which I also loved.
Snowpiercer - silly but pretty good - Tilda Swinton clearly decided she was going to be in entirely her own film which adds a bit of the surreal.
Unbelievable - incredibly well done, brilliantly acted and horrifying and deeply depressing.
The Sinner Season 2 - not as good as the first one but not bad; I probably won't be back for a season 3.
The Witcher - I'd only heard about it as a game and nearly gave up after the 3rd episode but when I realised it was all arse about face, I thought I'd hang in. I liked it by the end and there were some excellent bits in it. Yennefer is by far the most interesting character. The tone's all weird though.
Top Boy 1/2/3 - watching the series' back to back is great as you can watch the actors age and progress. 1st 2 series are as excellent as I remember and the 3rd kept the quality up. Interesting seeing how suddenly there was a fuckload more money around to make the 3rd series - quick everyone; to Jamaica! The changing music across the series really charts the times too. It's all open for a 4th series which could be great; it's set up for a Wire plot.
The Irishman - the best film I've seen in a long time. It stayed with me for ages afterwards; felt like saying goodbye to a whole genre. It felt much more honest than the other Scorsese mob movies in some ways. 'the life' is basically constant paranoia and fear culminating in a violent end or alternatively a lonely, bewildered death, friends murdered, shunned by family, forgotten by everyone else.
You Were Never Really Here - Joaquin Phoenix violently acting the shit out of a fairly pedestrian plot. With a hammer.
Casting JonBenet - oddly set up but really absorbing doc about a horrendous case. Filmmaker goes to the town where the Death of JonBenét Ramsey - Wikipedia happened. She then pretends to be making a TV movie about the disappearance. Loads of townspeople audition for the roles of er the townspeople at the time plus all the main players - JB's mum/dad/brother etc. Pretty uncomfortable but beautifully made; well worth a watch.
Hyperdrive - ridiculous car programme
Rust Valley Restorers - see above
John Wick 1/2/3 - First one's brilliant obviously; the second one's pretty good as it's the first one but slicker; the 3rd one proves it's a 2 film idea at most. Though the 3rd one does a cool thing in the fight scenes where the viewer's actually inside the fight. Unfortunately they're doing a 4th.
Destroyer - fell asleep and missed the last half hour; haven't been back to watch the end so it can't have grabbed me that much.
The King - was alright, passed a couple of hours
I Don't Feel At Home In This World Anymore - great film, tight plot, good script; even Elijah Wood can't fuck it up.
The Revenant - I really enjoyed this first time round but actually the last part is a bit shit.
Avengement - what does that even mean? Watched this last night; it's not quite as terrible as the title. Not quite. Not far off though. It's a British-made punch up story with a loose plot holding together loads of punch ups. Obviously Craig Facking Fairbrass is in it, as is Nick Facking Moran. Thomas Turgoose is in it. I think it's a vehicle for a martial arts beefcake called Scott Adkins who duffs loads of people up throughout the course of the film. A 4 cans and a spliff film.
Currently watching Ozark - Finished 1st series, just started the second. Really enjoying it; some excellent acting, slow burn plot, some great well what would you do? moments. Echoes of the Americans which I also loved.
Snowpiercer - silly but pretty good - Tilda Swinton clearly decided she was going to be in entirely her own film which adds a bit of the surreal.
Unbelievable - incredibly well done, brilliantly acted and horrifying and deeply depressing.
The Sinner Season 2 - not as good as the first one but not bad; I probably won't be back for a season 3.
The Witcher - I'd only heard about it as a game and nearly gave up after the 3rd episode but when I realised it was all arse about face, I thought I'd hang in. I liked it by the end and there were some excellent bits in it. Yennefer is by far the most interesting character. The tone's all weird though.
Top Boy 1/2/3 - watching the series' back to back is great as you can watch the actors age and progress. 1st 2 series are as excellent as I remember and the 3rd kept the quality up. Interesting seeing how suddenly there was a fuckload more money around to make the 3rd series - quick everyone; to Jamaica! The changing music across the series really charts the times too. It's all open for a 4th series which could be great; it's set up for a Wire plot.
The Irishman - the best film I've seen in a long time. It stayed with me for ages afterwards; felt like saying goodbye to a whole genre. It felt much more honest than the other Scorsese mob movies in some ways. 'the life' is basically constant paranoia and fear culminating in a violent end or alternatively a lonely, bewildered death, friends murdered, shunned by family, forgotten by everyone else.
You Were Never Really Here - Joaquin Phoenix violently acting the shit out of a fairly pedestrian plot. With a hammer.
Casting JonBenet - oddly set up but really absorbing doc about a horrendous case. Filmmaker goes to the town where the Death of JonBenét Ramsey - Wikipedia happened. She then pretends to be making a TV movie about the disappearance. Loads of townspeople audition for the roles of er the townspeople at the time plus all the main players - JB's mum/dad/brother etc. Pretty uncomfortable but beautifully made; well worth a watch.
Hyperdrive - ridiculous car programme
Rust Valley Restorers - see above
John Wick 1/2/3 - First one's brilliant obviously; the second one's pretty good as it's the first one but slicker; the 3rd one proves it's a 2 film idea at most. Though the 3rd one does a cool thing in the fight scenes where the viewer's actually inside the fight. Unfortunately they're doing a 4th.
Destroyer - fell asleep and missed the last half hour; haven't been back to watch the end so it can't have grabbed me that much.
The King - was alright, passed a couple of hours
I Don't Feel At Home In This World Anymore - great film, tight plot, good script; even Elijah Wood can't fuck it up.
The Revenant - I really enjoyed this first time round but actually the last part is a bit shit.
Avengement - what does that even mean? Watched this last night; it's not quite as terrible as the title. Not quite. Not far off though. It's a British-made punch up story with a loose plot holding together loads of punch ups. Obviously Craig Facking Fairbrass is in it, as is Nick Facking Moran. Thomas Turgoose is in it. I think it's a vehicle for a martial arts beefcake called Scott Adkins who duffs loads of people up throughout the course of the film. A 4 cans and a spliff film.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
3.5 hours though.
At least 2 hours too long. If I wasn't so magnanimous, I'd say it was 3.5 hours too long... because it was. It's about time some of these people retired. I want to remember them for the likes of Goodfellas, not this geriatric nonsense with Zimmer frame wielding hitmen.
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Sweet FA
✪ Three rounds Lord, in my .44 ✪
Nah, it was a beautifully told story; the pacing was perfect. I could pick holes - Pacino did his thing & the CGI stuff worked but was noticeable enough to be a bit of a distraction early on. It was a very different film to Goodfellas; being a gangster doesn't look quite as much of a laugh in Irishman.
Pesci actually came out of retirement for it.
MrCurry
right after this urgent rest
I haven’t watched it yet, so can’t recommend, but with this thread in mind..
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I’m thinking of watching “Pandemic” on Netflix. The story of the front line fight against an influenza pandemic.
Coronavirus - worldwide breaking news, discussion, stats, updates and more
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-51171035 Bit scary, new virus which seems to have started in China seems very infectious and might be spreading.
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Sweet FA
✪ Three rounds Lord, in my .44 ✪
And apparently that's because she's actually
Veruca Salt off Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
not-bono-ever
meh
a private war- marie colvin biopic - better than it sounds- rosamund pike is enthralling in it. worth a punt if you have a spare hour and a bit
not-bono-ever
meh
i wondered how they were going to deal with the idea of a messiah without upsetting everyone, but they got the balance right i feel
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