Saffy
Under the duvet..
I'm absolutely positive I could win this.
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AnnO'Neemus
Is so vanilla
I think it's number 1 in their top 10 most popular at the moment.
Corrupt cops getting their asses whupped. What's not to like.
And yes, Aaron Pierre was good. I've literally just Googled him to find out what else he's been in to look it up and watch it... Wait, what? He's English!?!?!? He was in Old. I saw a trailer for that on C4 the other night. Made a mental note to watch it on catch up, but I've just checked now and it's not available. Grrr!
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
It's clearly a genre movie of modest ambition, but it more than achieved those ambitions. I particularly enjoyed how, whilst it wended its way through various well-established - dare I say clichéd - plot points, it navigated between them via refreshingly different routes.
Agent Sparrow
the age of slippers and migraines
I’ve just finished Kaos and, as someone who has previously fallen into rabbit holes of Feminist and Other Modern Retellings of these myths, it was so far up my street that I’d bring it a welcome pack and sign up to Nextdoor. I think the significant deviations from the original stories are more than justified because a) it’s possibly the only way of squishing so many story strands together and b) the societies they’re told in are very different. If the retelling wasn’t heavily altered then Zeus and Poseidon would be far too rapey for modern audiences and most of the women would have much less agency. Plus there are glimmers of the original stories in there, from the motivational (Theseus using Ariadne fancying him to get her to betray her father) to the metaphorical (Orpheus’ looking back at Eurydice after the underworld being linked to him losing her).
Goldblum was sublimely cast as Zeus and personally I found Rizwan’s Dionysus hot as fuck. Ariadne will be a lucky mortal next season. Although RIP Dennis the cat.
Enjoyed it as much as Ragnerok (the Norwegian teen drama also on Netflix rather than the Marvel outing), although in very different ways.
Goldblum was sublimely cast as Zeus and personally I found Rizwan’s Dionysus hot as fuck. Ariadne will be a lucky mortal next season. Although RIP Dennis the cat.
Enjoyed it as much as Ragnerok (the Norwegian teen drama also on Netflix rather than the Marvel outing), although in very different ways.
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
I watched episode 2 of Kaos this evening. It remains tolerable so far. Perhaps I am just a shrivelled, soulless husk.
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
Haven’t finished yet but 2/3s in, Kaos is great and anyone who doesn’t like it is a po-faced cunt
Pfc, me.
It's awful. The actors are wasted and it's sub Neil Gaiman fare. Ep 3 and the last 2 were ok, but 3 out of 8 ain't great.
The b&w scenes look gorgeous, though.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Another keen endorsement here for Rebel Ridge. Really enjoyed it, despite the heavy exposition and it made a refreshing change seeing ‘less-lethal’ action like that. I’ve seen Saulnier’s earlier film, Green Room, which has some much deadlier scenes of sickening violence but Saulnier employs violence in a much more measured and thoughtful way than is usual for violent action.
Keen to see Blue Ruin and Hold The Dark now, as I am mighty impressed (I think the latter may still be on Netflix)
Keen to see Blue Ruin and Hold The Dark now, as I am mighty impressed (I think the latter may still be on Netflix)
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
BTW I ended up reading this article on civil forfeiture after watching Rebel Ridge cos I didn’t quite believe it, but yes they can fucking do that:
www.newyorker.com
Punishment Without Crime
Under civil forfeiture, Americans who haven’t been charged with wrongdoing can be stripped of their cash, cars, and even homes.
Chilli.s
mingling jets and statuettes
thats one of the themes in cormac mccarthy's last bookBTW I ended up reading this article on civil forfeiture after watching Rebel Ridge cos I didn’t quite believe it, but yes they can fucking do that:
Punishment Without Crime
Under civil forfeiture, Americans who haven’t been charged with wrongdoing can be stripped of their cash, cars, and even homes.
Epona
Radar 2006-2020, Sonic 2006-2022, Jakey 2007-2024
I was looking forward to the new drama about the Menendez case which was released yesterday, but it's 9 fucking episodes and I'm starting to find long overblown series about things that could be covered in a much more concise way to be quite offputting.
Giving it a go anyway.
Giving it a go anyway.
AnnO'Neemus
Is so vanilla
Yeah, it's a thing. I think it's been a plot device in something else, but I think that kind of thing has also been a thing uncovered by investigative journalism, iirc,BTW I ended up reading this article on civil forfeiture after watching Rebel Ridge cos I didn’t quite believe it, but yes they can fucking do that:
Punishment Without Crime
Under civil forfeiture, Americans who haven’t been charged with wrongdoing can be stripped of their cash, cars, and even homes.
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
Ryan Murphy is behind it, so expect addictively trashy fare!
Epona
Radar 2006-2020, Sonic 2006-2022, Jakey 2007-2024
Ah OK it just clicked that it's part of a series with the Dahmer one with Evan Peters in the main role that I thought was excellent.
I think this is pretty well done so far. I'll watch the rest soon
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
Haven't seen the Dahmer series but the American Horror Stories and American Crime Stories are usually entertaining (if that's not too ghoulish a word to describe the latter)Ah OK it just clicked that it's part of a series with the Dahmer one with Evan Peters in the main role that I thought was excellent.
I think this is pretty well done so far. I'll watch the rest soon
girasol
Addicted to handstands!
I love the AHS stuff, but I hated Dahmer (maybe knowing it really happened made it too grim for me or maybe it was something else, I don't know) - so I don't know whether to watch this or not given the long list of stuff to watch I currently have. Let us know how it goes!Ah OK it just clicked that it's part of a series with the Dahmer one with Evan Peters in the main role that I thought was excellent.
I think this is pretty well done so far. I'll watch the rest soon
Watched Back to Black a few days ago and it was a lot better than I thought it would be (read a lot bad reviews, one in The Guardian gives it 4 stars, another gives it 2 stars). I thought it showed why/how she fell in love in Blake quite well, Marisa Abela does an incredible job and also it doesn't blame other people for her addiction. Maybe it painted her dad in too good a light but maybe he'd been previously painted as some sort of villain - and I'm not sure it's ever that simple.
Anyway, I was imersed in it, didn't get bored at any point and thought it was very good with an exceptional performance by Marisa.
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DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
In the John Wick films we see with tedious regularity how Jon does a headshot everytime to make sure the henchman won't be home to help his gran out today, whereas rebel ridge hero takes the guns and makes them safe before handing out an old fashioned beating instead.
RiderOnTheStorm
Well-Known Member
heard a fan theory that John Wick is actually Neo from Matrix , living out his indestructible life back inside the matrix, and thats how hes so good (but he doenst actually know that hes back inside....) Theory falls apart after release of the 4th film however
Not sure if it was mentioned before , but The Detectorists is excellent gentle comedy with a few series under its belt , so if you like it there is plenty to binge on ....great cast too
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Watched Rebel Ridge last night, which was better than I expected from the synopsis ... a black marine takes on a corrupt police department after being robbed by racist cops (genuinely not as shit as it sounds).
It won't win any awards and it's a bit too long, but quite good fun if you're looking to kill a couple of hours.
It won't win any awards and it's a bit too long, but quite good fun if you're looking to kill a couple of hours.
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tommers
It was... Rebekah Vardy's account
I watched it last night too. It was alright. 6/10. I didn't understand what happened at the end but I looked it up afterwards and now I do so that was OK.
Detectorists is one of the great series of the last ten years. It might be older than ten years tbh, I don't care, fucking sue me.
Detectorists is one of the great series of the last ten years. It might be older than ten years tbh, I don't care, fucking sue me.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
I did the same to figure out what the corruption actually was.
Mrs Miggins
Eternal
I'm well into this. I'm a sucker for most things Ryan Murphy does. I like the way he tells his stories.
I absolutely adored AHS - up until Roanoke at least.
I enjoyed Dahmer as well. Probably because I'm fascinated by serial killers and I could watch Evan Peters do anything.
fucthest8
Cool people die horrible, preventable deaths.
keybored
Well done. You remember cat good.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
The Children Act. Emma Thompson and Stanley Tucci in the adaptation of the Iain McEwan book.
The film starts off brilliantly but veers towards shark jumping
The film starts off brilliantly but veers towards shark jumping
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Mrs Miggins
Eternal
I think I'm somewhat emotionally available today but I've just watched the last episode of Outlast and ...well...I've got someting in my eye 
RiderOnTheStorm
Well-Known Member
+1 on Rebel Ridge - watched it purley on recommendations here, and liked it very much - keep up the good work you U75'ers !!
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Just got round to watching season 3 of Fauda, which is brilliant, but I understand the criticism that it goes a bit off-piste.
I'm also wondering how many times Doron can infiltrate Hamas and Hezbollah, in a place the size of the West Bank, without anyone recognising him.
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