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…and then they neatly tie up the series by rolling out the bad apple trope.
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…and then they neatly tie up the series by rolling out the bad apple trope.
It even showed the Black Democratic members were corrupt as hell.
Mrs Miggins
Eternal
Yes White Lotus 2 is excellent.
3 episodes in and I love it. Thanks for persuading me!
3 episodes in and I love it. Thanks for persuading me!
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What’s the pace like? I feel increasingly reluctant to try new stuff if it’s slow.
donkyboy
Crazy Cat/Fox man
first episode is pretty fast in getting stallone from new york to tulsa and getting him set up for business.
Jeff Robinson
Marxist-Lentilist: Jackboots and Jackfruit
Four episodes in and probably the best thing I've seen on TV since White Lotus season 1! Personally I prefer it to Succession - which is obviously very good, but also a pretty depressing watch. The White Lotus also has really fucked up, privileged characters, but there's also some humanity there too.
Mrs Miggins
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Mrs Miggins
Eternal
Yes and I do hope that he and his friends don't end up being beastly to Tanya....I have an awful feeling that they might.Episode 4 was the best one yet. And Tom Hollander is brilliant, as always.
Mrs Miggins
Eternal
Ooooh White Lotus ep5!
I knew all could not be quite what it seemed. I mean, it's that kind of show.
This is superb stuff. I think I might like it even more than the first one.
I knew all could not be quite what it seemed. I mean, it's that kind of show.
This is superb stuff. I think I might like it even more than the first one.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
Hurrah. I'm in Japan and Netflix has a whole load of different stuff. It's like having a VPN. . . probably not that exciting actually.
Jeff Robinson
Marxist-Lentilist: Jackboots and Jackfruit
I see 'The Bear' (Disney+) got best TV show of the year in the Guardian today. Its critical acclaim is near universal. I watched it and liked it - it's well filmed, well acted, at times touching and so on. But it didn't really grab me as a drama. Nothing like the movie Boiling Point for example.
Yea I thought it was ok but I bet plenty of people saw the twist coming a mile off. Severance and Sherwood at 3 and 2 were both better.
Jeff Robinson
Marxist-Lentilist: Jackboots and Jackfruit
Yes Severance sounds good. Might get a monthly trial with apple plus to watch it
RedRedRose
Well-Known Member
Dark Winds showed a bit of promise before descending into silliness. Shame.
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New Channel 4 sitcom miniseries Everybody Else Burns, about a family part of a Christian fundamentalist sect in suburban England, is pretty watchable. Whereas I don’t think is as brilliant and addictive as some newspapers are rating it as, it’s still about 7/10 imo and worth checking out.
The bloke from the Inbetweeners who plays the head of the family is actually the least funny and credible character imo, but the lives and happenings of the rest of his family are much more interesting and amusing. Stick past the first episode, as the show finds its feet and gets much better going forward.
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The bloke from the Inbetweeners who plays the head of the family is actually the least funny and credible character imo, but the lives and happenings of the rest of his family are much more interesting and amusing. Stick past the first episode, as the show finds its feet and gets much better going forward.
Everyone Else Burns review – a comedy to become religiously devoted to | Television & radio | The Guardian
Simon Bird stars in a sitcom about a family caught up in an evangelical sect. And with perfect jokes that come this thick and fast, you’ll be an instant convert
Ta for this, I watched the first three. I agree — it’s well done, particularly once you get past the first episode. For me, it falls into the “not a classic but better than 99% of everything else on telly” category.New Channel 4 sitcom miniseries Everybody Else Burns, about a family part of a Christian fundamentalist sect in suburban England, is pretty watchable. Whereas I don’t think is as brilliant and addictive as some newspapers are rating it as, it’s still about 7/10 imo and worth checking out.
The bloke from the Inbetweeners who plays the head of the family is actually the least funny and credible character imo, but the lives and happenings of the rest of his family are much more interesting and amusing. Stick past the first episode, as the show finds its feet and gets much better going forward.
Everyone Else Burns review – a comedy to become religiously devoted to | Television & radio | The Guardian
Simon Bird stars in a sitcom about a family caught up in an evangelical sect. And with perfect jokes that come this thick and fast, you’ll be an instant convert
danny la rouge
I have a cheese grater in the dishwasher.
I’ve also started it. I like it. One thing I can’t believe is Maddie from Corrie is still playing a schoolgirl 15 years later! She was 16 in Harlan Coben’s Safe, too. She must be 32 by now.
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To anyone looking for easy watching entertainment, Reginald the Vampire has turned out to be decent comedy fodder. It’s a 10-episode about a physically unattractive and socially awkward young man who gets turned into a vampire by a well meaning vampire in order to save his live, which then provokes the ire of the bigoted and beauty-obsessed local vampire council in charge of deciding who is worthy of joining their ranks.
Not fantastic but not bad either. Ignore the low IMDB ratings: undoubtedly the usual anti-wokery internet warriors at work. 7//10 ratings elsewhere else. On Now
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Not fantastic but not bad either. Ignore the low IMDB ratings: undoubtedly the usual anti-wokery internet warriors at work. 7//10 ratings elsewhere else. On Now
Reginald the Vampire | Rotten Tomatoes
Reginald lives a life of dreams deferred. One night he meets a stranger named Maurice, who decides to help Reginald achieve what he wants. However, Reginald is killed by Maurice's enemies and the only way to "save" him is to make Reginald a vampire. Now, Reginald must learn how to survive his...
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Witch Hunt. Norwegian corporate/political thriller based on an actual scandal about a whistleblowing CFO/Office Manager who uncovers corruption between her bosses (a law firm) and government ministers, and their attempts to shut her up. Absolutely brilliant if you like this sort of thing.
Streaming on 4OD in the Walter Presents collection.
Streaming on 4OD in the Walter Presents collection.
Has anybody mentioned the Get Shorty TV series? On 4OD. I’ve almost finished the first season and I think it’s brilliant. Chris O’Dowd is inspired casting as an apparently amiable, affable buffoon, who will switch on a sixpence so that all that affability suddenly becomes utterly menacing. When he says, “I’ll ruin your life. I’ll ruin your fucking life,” with a cheerful grin and never changing the lighthearted tone, you’re in no doubt that he means it and it will happen.
Never even heard of it but will need to check it out. Thanks for the recommendation.
Supine
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The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Sky Showtime via their Romanian site has an offer for 1.99 euros a month for a lifetime. Its got bits of all sorts from Sky , Peacock, HBO Europe , Paramount etc Need a Romanian VPN to sign up, I used Paypal . All the series and films have language options and if you edit your profile you can change the system language to English .
Simple instructions to cancel
Simple instructions to cancel
Idris2002
Christmas Eve, you know?
Since I wrote that, we've made it all the way to season 7. And the show is visibly running out of ideas, with four seasons to go. I never saw the fabled "Daphne's brothers" episode the first time around, but I won't be surprised if it lives up to billing as an exercise in cringe.
Watched a relatively early one the other day where they tried to stage a radio play. I hadn't laughed so much in months.
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