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Mation
real life adventure worth more than pieces of gold
Loved it!
Currently 3 of 6 episodes in to Omniscient. It may have been on there for a while, but I've only just properly noticed it.
Brazilian sci-fi. Very watchable.
AnnO'Neemus
Is so vanilla
I haven't started watching Cobra Kai yet, I've just got Netflix and it's on my 'to watch' list.
Just wanted to mention, though, that there's a Karate Kid triple bill on the Freeview Sony Movies channel tomorrow, Sunday, 3 January 2020, from 2pm.
I know people have said you don't need to have seen the Karate Kid films first before watching Cobra Kai, but if anyone wants to watch them, they will be on telly tomorrow.
Just wanted to mention, though, that there's a Karate Kid triple bill on the Freeview Sony Movies channel tomorrow, Sunday, 3 January 2020, from 2pm.
I know people have said you don't need to have seen the Karate Kid films first before watching Cobra Kai, but if anyone wants to watch them, they will be on telly tomorrow.
AnnO'Neemus
Is so vanilla
Not Scandi, but the new season of French cop show Spiral (Engrenages) is starting on BBC Four in about half an hour.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Binged that this week and finished it last night. I'm annoyed now as it's no longer there to be watched. Liked it a lot. The chess, from what I could tell, was done very well - I'm guessing they used past games for it, certainly was made with attention to all the chess details, which was no small feat. Above all, I liked the fact that it is a story about a chess prodigy who happens to be a girl, rather than a story of a girl chess prodigy, iyswim. There's been a surge in girls signing up to chess-com, apparently. Could be a lot of new chess players, girls and boys, as a result of this show.
Going through the top 50 films lists. There's quite a few on Netflix.
Babyteeth...A schoolgirl with a terminal Illness meets an older lad who's a drug addict. Despite her parents concerns the whole families lives change for the better. It's a great film, the storyline completely took me away from the inevitable sadness and performances were good too.
A Sun...A Chinese family drama. The younger of 2 sons is incarcerated and the story unfolds from there. It's excellent, I had no idea where it was going, it's quite fast paced and engaging and didn't feel like 2 1/2 hours.
Babyteeth...A schoolgirl with a terminal Illness meets an older lad who's a drug addict. Despite her parents concerns the whole families lives change for the better. It's a great film, the storyline completely took me away from the inevitable sadness and performances were good too.
A Sun...A Chinese family drama. The younger of 2 sons is incarcerated and the story unfolds from there. It's excellent, I had no idea where it was going, it's quite fast paced and engaging and didn't feel like 2 1/2 hours.
T & P
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You don’t strictly need to watch them to follow the plot, but it amplifies the enjoyment of the series enormously if you do. The first one in particular.
FridgeMagnet
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I started watching "Into The Spiderverse" on Netflix as apparently it's going away soon, but even with the tremendous animation and production - really really good, flawless stuff - the strictness of sticking to the Hero's Journey ended up annoying me so much I turned it off.
Instead I started watching a Korean series called "Sweet Home" which so far is a character-driven zombie type thing with a reasonable gore index and I'm quite happy with.
Instead I started watching a Korean series called "Sweet Home" which so far is a character-driven zombie type thing with a reasonable gore index and I'm quite happy with.
AnnO'Neemus
Is so vanilla
I've seen at least the first one, but it was so long ago I can barely remember it.
FridgeMagnet
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That's pretty much where I was and it was fine. There are lots of references but it's well done enough that it doesn't matter if you get them or not, it's still fun.
FridgeMagnet
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Ok, scratch that, I just found out that they have Dredd on Netflix so I am re-watching that instead.
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
I started to watch The Queen's Gambit, noticed how bad Anya Taylor-Joy's wig is and took that as an excuse not to have to watch a highly acclaimed series about chess, which I find just about the most boring subject matter imaginable for a drama.
...I only gave it ten minutes though, I'm sure it's about much more than chess and I will give this another try when I'm in the mood for it.
Watch it. Please
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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I only managed half an do while washing up, then took it off my list.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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They aren't playing the fourth film?? Boo.
I watched this on your recommendation, very good. Thanks.
T & P
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To those of you who like the Sabrina series: if you’re short of stuff to watch you could do worse than Teen Woolf. Yes, it sounds hideous on paper, but just like Sabrina it is much darker than the original it is based on. There‘s a bit of teenage angst mixed in of course, but also a lot of action and some not excessively gory violence and deaths, so this is no kids show.
It‘s a very long series and I doubt I’ll see it to its conclusion, but the pace is spot on so easy entertainmen.
Obviously if the likes of Sabrina is not your thing, you should avoid this like the plague
It‘s a very long series and I doubt I’ll see it to its conclusion, but the pace is spot on so easy entertainmen.
Obviously if the likes of Sabrina is not your thing, you should avoid this like the plague
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Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
T & P
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No worries. It’s all part of the service.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Take no notice of him. He likes cartoons.
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
Another here for 'Only the Animals'. Simple idea well put together. Watchable.
I thought it was better than watchable.
Sunray
Its sunny somewhere.
I'll check that out.
The Koreans make brutal films, the original version of Old Boy comes to mind every time I see a Korean drama.
Just watched Daisy Haggard's Back To Life in its entirety.It seems that Daisy co- wrote the script as well as taking the lead role.Thought she was hilarious and definitely worth a watch.The only problem for me was that Daisy, or "Miri"as her character is called, seemed really very familiar to me indeed .To the point that I was constantly asking myself whose comedic style she was channeling so successfully ?I never did decide this but yeah really very funny at times.
Mation
real life adventure worth more than pieces of gold
I just came here to recommend this. I'm two episodes in. It's beautiful and horrible and funny, a bit like that whatshischops series. Fuck - I can't remember his name or the program's name, but he did the Office and in the one I mean, his wife had died. Jesus Christ
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Ricky Gervais - After LifeI just came here to recommend this. I'm two episodes in. It's beautiful and horrible and funny, a bit like that whatshischops series. Fuck - I can't remember his name or the program's name, but he did the Office and in the one I mean, his wife had died. Jesus Christ
Mordi
Amoral adventurist
I have to make an effort to ask absolutely no questions whatsoever but Lupin is nice fluff. It benefits from a very charismatic lead and an equally good looking washed-out Paris. I'm only a couple of episodes in so I hope it leans more into the class war angle, there's a shot from the first episode where the camera spins from Assane rolling out the red carpet at the Louvre as a janitor to stepping onto it from a limousine in another of his disguises that's like something from one of the recent Hitman games.
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