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I'm currently really enjoying the series Dancing Queen which is about the drag queen Alyssa Edward's dance school in Mesquite. Absolutely fascinating. Lots of tiger mums.
 
Transfers (Transferts).

It’s French near future sci fi noir. I don’t want to tell you too much. Look it up if you really have to, but it’s better to go in not knowing.

There’s a wee lassie who is utterly compelling. Liza. Watch out for her.
 
I reasonably liked S1 of Snowpiercer and while not great it was decent enough, but S2 has so far been so much better. Every episode so far a great watch, and much more entertaining.
 
mango5 said:
'Behind the curtain' Todrick Hall
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I watched this last night. Omg I absolutely loved it.

I don't think it'd necessarily make alot of sense unless you're already a Todrick Hall /Ru Paul fan. But if you are, it's really one to watch, if you haven't seen it already. It's made me love Todrick EVEN more..

Just an incredible life story of an amazing young man, paralleled with the amazing feat of writing, producing and rehearsing his first musical, Straight Outta Oz, in a very short timeframe. Very inspiring. Especially the number of people's lives he's touched, being pretty much the only out gay black man of his generation in the entertainment business. Or at least, one of the very few.
 
han said:
It's made me love Todrick EVEN more..
....snip.... Especially the number of people's lives he's touched, being pretty much the only out gay black man of his generation in the entertainment business. Or at least, one of the very few.
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I was until recently a BIG fan of Todrick - went to see him act live on stage a while back (Billy Flynn in Chicago) and highly recommend Straight Outta OZ (find it on YouTube - it has one of my favourite scenes of recent years - Bob TDQ doing 'The Wrong Bitch'). But his sweetness has soured for me recently after stories about how he is very bad at paying people who work for him....
and then there's this revolting bed which puts his taste into question :facepalm: .
 
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mango5 said:
stories about how he is very bad at paying people who work for him....
and then there's this revolting bed which puts his taste into question :facepalm: .
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Oh nooo! I didn't know that. Boo. I know he's quite chaotic, but there's no excuse for not paying people.

Pah. Well I still admire him as an artist and a queer icon so I'll definitely check out Straight Outta Oz6. I only saw snippets of it in the documentary.
 
Mrs Miggins said:
Back to Marianne....I'm really loving this series. It's beautifully made. Very stylish. I love the pages of the books turning on the recaps and scene changes. The quirkiness of the characters - I love the detective and his occult store mate. The scene with the priest in the church when he goes to pick up the book....

And I'm finding it really disturbing. When they find where the skin for the witches packages comes from OMG :eek:
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we've started watching marianne and very much enjoying it. wasn't too sure about the premise at first, because lots of netflix shows seem cut from the same cloth (eg 1001 variations on harry potter, or small french towns with mysterious deaths). but it's really good :thumbs:
 
JFC I'm watching s2e2 of Snowpiercer and it's cruel. Horrific. I want to watch the thing overall, but I've had to pause it and am not sure I can watch more of this episode.

Does it get more bearable?
 
T & P said:
Has anyone seen yet this new Behind Her Eyes miniseries that seems to be a bit Marmite with people so far?
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Watched them all today and just finished it. It's made my wife really angry and she's gone to bed. :D

Can't really say anything else as i don't want to spoil anything but it's preeeetty special.
 
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moonsi til said:
I started watching as I needed something easy & as you say it grows on you. I binged /fell asleep through all 5 seasons & now give it a 5!
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The Season 1 Finale on Unionising actually packed one hell of a punch.

(Haven't seen how S2 starts yet mind)
 
Has anyone seen Family Business (French language) 'After learning France is about to legalize pot, a down-on-his-luck entrepreneur and his family race to turn their butcher shop into a marijuana café.'

I've already watched Lupin and Call My Agent, both brilliant, so I've just searched for French language stuff and found this, two seasons, six episodes per season, only around 30 minutes per episodes. Was thinking it might be a quick, easy and amusing watch. Thoughts?
 
T & P said:
Has anyone seen yet this new Behind Her Eyes miniseries that seems to be a bit Marmite with people so far?
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I watched it today. Starts out like one of those ITV couple with one of them having an affair things but with a mystery that I was drawn into. Then there's a spattering of supernatural daftness and it ends with an exposure laden final episode. Bloody rubbish...a waste of 5 1/2 hours.
 
The Mrs. is watching Black, about a grim reaper trapped in a human body solving police cases. Ludicrous as it sounds, but fun.

The problem is that, for the life of me, I cannot stop giggling to myself every time "Captain Bong" comes on screen. I'm sure I've seen him on YT with his mate Reefer420 reviewing the latest Bluntman and Chronic. :D
 
T & P said:
Finished the Cecil Hotel death documentary. It could have certainly been told as well in 3 or even 2 episodes, but it was good regardless.

I had previously heard of this case but hadn’t looked that much into it, and had assumed to this day it remained a puzzling mystery. I was surprised to learn in the last episode that they had eventually established that the trapdoor to the water tank was in fact open when her body was discovered. Which whereas it doesn’t necessarily offer actual proof, it pretty much removes a great deal of the mystery and makes the theory of accidental death not just possible but very likely.

It’s astonishing that most crucial of facts flew under the radar for months. At heart this seems an extraordinarily incompetent investigation by Los Angeles’ finest. Their releasing of the lift footage to the public and apparent plea for help made little sense to me as well.
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Netflix have an irratating habit of fleshing out Documentaries for the views. Make me a murdered became on endless droll fest.

Spoiler.

As for this case it's something I followed alot years back. I used to suspect foul play and a cover up but the missadvenute by mental health theory does seem more likely.
 
Orang Utan said:
fucthest8 and Part 2 have already recommended it, but Dick Johnson Is Dead is the loveliest film about death I've ever seen. So sweet and full of love. Everyone deserves to have a documentary made about them the way Kirsten Johnson does about her dear pa. Cheered me right up, strangely. 4 heavenly dinner parties out of 5
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Yea I really liked it. He's such a lovely man. My friend runs something called coffin club where elderly people or people with terminal illness are encouraged to talk about death with their families, decorate their coffins together etc it reminded me of that but in film form.
 
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