Netflix recommendations

[rubbershoes]

Once upon a time in Hollywood.

I hadn't seen this Tarantino before. Brad Pitt and Leonardo do Caprio are losing the Hollywood dream in this mash of true events and fiction.

It works quite well

 

[Part 2]

Watched the Power of the Dog this afternoon. It's in a lot of the top 50 film lists this year and I'd not heard about it. I was sceptical about Cumberbach as a cowboy but it's a really good film. Lots going on to keep you guessing and the characters really build up gradually. I'll probably watch it again.

 

[spanglechick]

Late to it, but got round to watching Glow, which is better than I’d expected (though not Earth-shattering) and gets better as it goes on. Most interesting are the bits that comment on what makes successful tv - from the viewer’s 21st century benefit of hindsight.

 

[BernardM]

Once upon a time in Hollywood.

I hadn't seen this Tarantino before. Brad Pitt and Leonardo do Caprio are losing the Hollywood dream in this mash of true events and fiction.

It works quite well

In my opinion Tarantino has fallen off a bit in recent years, but I've heard consistently good things about this one. Maybe I should get around to it.

 

[rubbershoes]

In my opinion Tarantino has fallen off a bit in recent years, but I've heard consistently good things about this one. Maybe I should get around to it.

It's not as good as Inglourious Basterds but in the same direction

 

[Brainaddict]

So Gloria fell down a bit on the last episode unfortunately. The way things ended seemed to abandon the character arcs that had been established so it didn't make for a satisfying end. A bit of a shame but I'd still recommend it.

 

[Peter Painter]

I watched 'Lost in Vagueness', a documentary about Roy Gurvitz and Lost Vagueness.

It's quite good and I'm glad it was made. This and 'I am a Mutoid' (which is available on the iPlayer) both document the creativity of new traveller subculture and the influence this has had upon not only Glastonbury festival but in some ways wider society as well.

Worth checking out, especially if you remember Lost Vagueness, but even if you don't.

 

[Sweet FA]

In my opinion Tarantino has fallen off a bit in recent years, but I've heard consistently good things about this one. Maybe I should get around to it.

I really liked it. Music, acting, story; the lot. I've seen it a couple of times and enjoyed it even more second time round.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Late to it, but got round to watching Glow, which is better than I’d expected (though not Earth-shattering) and gets better as it goes on. Most interesting are the bits that comment on what makes successful tv - from the viewer’s 21st century benefit of hindsight.

I came a bit late to it too. Quite liked it. Sadly covid put an end to the final series.

 

[Epona]

Just spotted that a new Bordertown film is out:

Bordertown: Mural Murders!! Shame it isn't a series mind you.

Just about to settle in to watch it

 

[krtek a houby]

Speaking of borders, we're thoroughly engrossed in Alice in Borderland. It's been compared to Squid Game, but it's a different show altogether. At least, so far. Faster paced and a dark comic book feel to it.

 

[Aladdin]

Just spotted that a new Bordertown film is out:

Bordertown: Mural Murders!! Shame it isn't a series mind you.

Just about to settle in to watch it

Thanks for the heads up.
I loved the series.
This is looking very promising.
10 mins in.

 

[sparkybird]

Just finished Maid. Probably a bit late to the table. Cannot recommend highly enough. It was a hard but powerful watch.
Up with the BBCs Michaela Coles I Will Destroy You.

 

[Aladdin]

Spymaster and all Scandi murder mystery lovers..
Bordertown the film as recommended by Epona is well worth a watch.
Just a pity its not a new series

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Speaking of borders, we're thoroughly engrossed in Alice in Borderland.

a dark comic book feel to it.

Unsurprisingly it is based on a previous manga and OVA.
Very much has that weird Japanese 'directly adapted' look to pretty all TV shows that started as a manga series.
Totally odd end that tries to beg for a new series commission while simultaneously wrap things up a pace 20 times that of the rest of the series.

 

[krtek a houby]

Unsurprisingly it is based on a previous manga and OVA.
Very much has that weird Japanese 'directly adapted' look to pretty all TV shows that started as a manga series.
Totally odd end that tries to beg for a new series commission while simultaneously wrap things up a pace 20 times that of the rest of the series.

Only halfway through and very much edge of seat stuff.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Only halfway through and very much edge of seat stuff.

I did like the initial unexpected deaths that laid the egg of thought that anyone was expendable. . . . apart from perhaps Arisu. . . . but who knows, Blakes 7 carried on without Blake.

 

[krtek a houby]

I did like the initial unexpected deaths that laid the egg of thought that anyone was expendable. . . . apart from perhaps Arisu. . . . but who knows, Blakes 7 carried on without Blake.

Aaaaaargh

 

[krtek a houby]

Spoilers, please!!!!

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Spoilers, please!!!!

You said you were half way through. No spoilers in my post.

 

[Aladdin]

You said you were half way through. No spoilers in my post.

Yes but some of us don't want detail as we are only starting.

 

[DaveCinzano]

You said you were half way through. No spoilers in my post.

I think it's Blake's Seven you've sabotaged

 

[Duncan2]

Yeah Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.For some reason(don't recall being pissed) the fight with Bruce Lee cracked me up and for a week after watching the film cracked me up all over again every time i remembered it

 

[Chilli.s]

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Yeah, very funny film, enjoyed it a lot

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I think it's Blake's Seven you've sabotaged

Or did I ? I said it continued without Blake. . . . not that they later found him working with the Federation and shot him.

 

[Numbers]

Anyone watched Villain with Craig Fairbrass - one of those ‘gangsta’ movies but Jeez does it have some mad scenes in it.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Anyone watched Villain with Craig Fairbrass - one of those ‘gangsta’ movies but Jeez does it have some mad scenes in it.

It's definitely one I recommend - not groundbreaking but a cut above most hoolie/Brit gangster/geezah flicks, sort of occupying the level just shy of 'great' thanks to a fairly decent script, economical direction, and strong performances that utilise the performers' strengths but then stretches them beyond their normal comfort zone.

 

[Mattym]

Watched the Power of the Dog this afternoon. It's in a lot of the top 50 film lists this year and I'd not heard about it. I was sceptical about Cumberbach as a cowboy but it's a really good film. Lots going on to keep you guessing and the characters really build up gradually. I'll probably watch it again.

That was one of the last books/novels my dad bought me and really not the sort of thing that I would ordinarily like, but it was absolutely gripping. I read it in one go. Loved it.
Will give the screen version a go.

The Power of the Dog

First published in 1967, Thomas Savage's western novel …

www.goodreads.com

 

[rubbershoes]

I'm quite enjoying Snabba Cash at the moment. There's nothing new in it but it's entertaining enough if you like feuding Swedish drug gangs

 

[bellaozzydog]

The Ponds

Documentary on Hampstead heath swimmers

Quite life affirming and warm, unlike the water