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Sea Star said:
new American Horror Story and I'm 4 eps in - seems the quality threshold remains high. After this series I'll be heading back to watch the whole lot again from the first series.
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Really enjoyed (well, enjoy is the wrong word for horror) S7. Definitely better than Hotel and Roanoke IMO. Evan Peters wins it. :) Really like the theme.
 
Finished off Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries last night, now I want MOAR!

Prolly no new series coming, but poss a crowd-funded movie :thumbs:
 
I can't bloody believe Archer had completely passed me by for all these years, until we decided to randomly give it a go last week without knowing anything about it. Simply the best, funniest and most enjoyable adult animation series I've ever seen. We've devoured six series in about five days. Fucking love it :)
 
T & P said:
I can't bloody believe Archer had completely passed me by for all these years, until we decided to randomly give it a go last week without knowing anything about it. Simply the best, funniest and most enjoyable adult animation series I've ever seen. We've devoured six series in about five days. Fucking love it :)
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I really like an adult animation but tried a couple of times and not got into this :facepalm:
 
Badgers said:
I really like an adult animation but tried a couple of times and not got into this :facepalm:
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It dipped a bit in the past couple of seasons, but the last one was a corker. It's not Venture Bros, but it's similar in being completely character-driven and set in a completely absurd world.
 
Mrs Miggins said:
Watched this last night and thought it was an excellent film. I particularly liked Steve Carrell in it.

Even though we all know the story, the situation and how it was allowed to happen never ceases to amaze.

Have you see Margin Call? It's not on Netflix but it's another excellent film about this shitstorm.
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No not seen Margin Call. Will have a look for it :)
 
Have finished S2 of The Crown now and am a bit sad, but OTOH it wasn't as good as S1. Too much royal soap and not enough "wow, really?" political history.
 
Losing Sight Of Shore-in which four women ('the coxless-four' :hmm: ) set out to row across the Pacific Ocean from California to Queensland in a twenty-foot boat.Unsurprisingly they discover that it is indeed a long way but they raise some dosh for breast-cancer and form a rather remarkable team.Definitely worth a watch if only cos you will not then need to row the Pacific.
 
Maniac: Philip K Dick-esque virtual reality psychotherapy type thing. From the trailer I was expecting a load of 'ooh, what's real and what's not' twisty turny nonsense but it's actually a very coherent story. There's a lot of ambiguity in it but it's all around character and theme rather than the plot device of layered realities. Great acting, lots of nice near-future dystopian touches and great production design.

Haven't seen the last episode yet but hopefully they're not going to resolve it all with some schmaltzy rubbish that sells out the rest of the story.
 
SpookyFrank said:
Maniac: Philip K Dick-esque virtual reality psychotherapy type thing. From the trailer I was expecting a load of 'ooh, what's real and what's not' twisty turny nonsense but it's actually a very coherent story. There's a lot of ambiguity in it but it's all around character and theme rather than the plot device of layered realities. Great acting, lots of nice near-future dystopian touches and great production design.

Haven't seen the last episode yet but hopefully they're not going to resolve it all with some schmaltzy rubbish that sells out the rest of the story.
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Watched the first two episodes last night. Agree with you. Emma Stone & Jonah Hill are surprising.

Cary Fukunaga did the first series of True Detective.
 
SpookyFrank said:
Maniac: Philip K Dick-esque virtual reality psychotherapy type thing.
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Came here to recommend this. Was sick yesterday so spent the day on the sofa and binged the whole 10 episodes. Great story, brilliant acting, was really impressed. Started weird and just got weirder :D Noticed some clever little details - and probably missed a load too - e.g. on the last episode...

...when Annie signs the visitor book in the psychiatric hospital, the name above is Bruce Marino visiting Wendy Lemuria :D
 
Mike Flanagan's adaptation of Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House is getting rave reviews. It seems to be more of a expansion of the source, similar to the TV series Bates Motel and Hannibal, rather than a straight adaptation. The first season focuses on the original inhabitants of the house, instead on the investigation into the supernatural of the novel and the previous films. Starts on the 12. October, can't wait.

 
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SpookyFrank said:
Maniac: Philip K Dick-esque virtual reality psychotherapy type thing. From the trailer I was expecting a load of 'ooh, what's real and what's not' twisty turny nonsense but it's actually a very coherent story. There's a lot of ambiguity in it but it's all around character and theme rather than the plot device of layered realities. Great acting, lots of nice near-future dystopian touches and great production design.

Haven't seen the last episode yet but hopefully they're not going to resolve it all with some schmaltzy rubbish that sells out the rest of the story.
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This has been in my watch list, it'll be next now that I finished 'Sisters' (which by the way looks like a comedy, but really isn't, it's an ok(ish) drama - I kept on watching it because I loved Julia's - Maria Angelico - face and hair :oops:)

I've also been watching Kath & Kim as light relief...
 
killer b said:
Spotlight is on iPlayer atm (I think for the next couple of weeks): we watched it last night and were blown away. It was like a missing feature length episode of the wire. Fabulous.
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Ooo cheers for the heads-up killer b - we'll be watching that!

The Octagon said:
Season 3 of The Good Place starting tomorrow, early reviews are good too.
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Yay :cool:

Reno said:
Mike Flanagan's adaptation of Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House is getting rave reviews. It seems to be more of a expansion of the source, similar to the TV series Bates Motel and Hannibal, rather than a straight adaptation. The first season focuses on the original inhabitants of the house, instead on the investigation into the supernatural of the novel and the previous films. Starts on the 12. October, can't wait.

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Another thank you, to Reno - nice one!
 
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Duncan2 said:
Losing Sight Of Shore-in which four women ('the coxless-four' :hmm: ) set out to row across the Pacific Ocean from California to Queensland in a twenty-foot boat.Unsurprisingly they discover that it is indeed a long way but they raise some dosh for breast-cancer and form a rather remarkable team.Definitely worth a watch if only cos you will not then need to row the Pacific.
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Just watched this - absolutely brilliant! I was proper choked up at the end. What an amazing story and an incredible achievement.
 
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