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Apr 18, 2024 - 7:49pm
Tracker, So help me Todd, and Elsbeth. Learning what not to do if I create a crime.
Wheel of Time, and was hoping that Night Skies would have been renewed, but no. Bucket list Silo, Beacon 23, Halo and Fallout. Yes I like Sci-Fi.
"The Gentlemen" on Netflix. Eight episode series directed by Guy Ritchie. Dark comedy about a resourceful man who unexpectedly inherits the title of Duke, a 15,000-acre estate and some powerful business associates working in the shadows. A stately but tight burn.
"Monsieur Spade" on Amazon Prime. Clive Owen as Sam Spade, retired and living peacefully in a small town in southern France. Murder and the aftermath of France's occupation of Algeria break the tranquility with a host of dubious types showing up...The solution to the mysteries is a let-down but it's a lot of fun to watch Owen mumbling with an American accent and absolutely butchering French.
You have to have Amazon Prime to get it.
After playing three different variants of this game... it is awesome to see a live version of it.
It is quite graphic with the violent parts... but the wife is even hooked on this "mini- series". Which is rare for her.
The unique/ quirky characters in it mimic the ones from the game,
And the music in it is spot on.
Highly recommended.
Just started it and I was really glad it's one of the few shows on Prime not in HDR. Not bad, pretty strange.
The 28-minute long Bluey episode was quite good but I think it shows that the short format is really better for character development and story arc than a potential movie would be. The amount of child and adult stuff they can fit into a 7-minute episode is pretty great.
Just binged Daisy Jones and The Six. Interesting. But a lot of story gaps that should have been filled over that many episodes. Worth the time to watch though.
First: it has Andrew Scott, so Iâm in. His recent Hamlet made me weep with its beauty.
Second: this is a repeatedly remade concept from a book. You mightâve seen the movie with Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Matt Damon. Itâs a very good concept.
Third: the author of the novel has aâ¦complexâ¦personal story including being chronically drunk, sexually hyperactive (calling her next lover from the bed of her current one), and blatantly severely anti-Semitic (disappointed in the âsemicaustâ because it âonlyâ killed six million Jews).
Iâm totally surprised that the last little bit of info hasnât gotten her work cancelled, really.
Fourth: this production is beautifully directed with amazing cinematography. Weâre totally enjoying it, about three episodes in.
You have to have Amazon Prime to get it.
After playing three different variants of this game... it is awesome to see a live version of it.
It is quite graphic with the violent parts... but the wife is even hooked on this "mini- series". Which is rare for her.
The unique/ quirky characters in it mimic the ones from the game,
Highly recommended.
You have to have Amazon Prime to get it.
After playing three different variants of this game... it is awesome to see a live version of it.
It is quite graphic with the violent parts... but the wife is even hooked on this "mini- series". Which is rare for her.
The unique/ quirky characters in it mimic the ones from the game,
And the music in it is spot on.
Highly recommended.
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Dec 31, 2023 - 8:09am
A couple of Antipodean offerings. First, an Australian black comedy/police procedural streaming on Amazon Prime:
And a Kiwi post-apocalyptic black comedy streaming on Hulu:
Yes, really like this. The lead actress is in another Australian series about politics and plays a much livelier, if vapid, political operative.
Also great: "Defending the Guilty", a BBC series about an aspiring British barrister who may not be cut out for a cutthroat career in law. Sadly lasted only 1 season due to Covid lockdown. The lead actor is quite talented and has directed a coupla movies to boot.
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Dec 30, 2023 - 1:42pm
oldviolin wrote:
And apparently also Christians, though I didn't hear a testimony. I did hear some attempts at coarsened levity though. What can I say? I have a stiff neck. lol
I didn't include Christians in that list because I think most would also require closed captions - although they may not want them.
But regardless, my favourite theme about the show, no matter how coarse the language may be, is when friends ask for help, you help them.
Letterkenny. Final season now streaming on Hulu. Closed captions recommended. Unless you're a Hick, a Skid, or a Hockey Player. NSFW.
And apparently also Christians, though I didn't hear a testimony. I did hear some attempts at coarsened levity though. What can I say? I have a stiff neck. lol
I was left alone with the TV remote yesterday and was going to re-watch Slow Horses but this caught my eye. So I binged 6 of 7 episodes. I don't know how they can make "Airport," a 90-minute movie with a lot of drama and soap opera in the air and on the ground, into a 7-hour TV show (essentially) that's even more gripping? But they did it. So it's formulaic in that way, and I can accept that. But it's ludicrous how goddam stupid it is sometimes. One line in this trailer is such a clunker when it happens because it runs contrary to the character's style. But a major plot point (might be a spoiler but that's okay because it was a spoiler for me as soon as I saw it) is that passengers were communicating with the ground and the hijackers wanted to stop that, so they shut off the plane's wifi. MAJOR plot point.
Three-and-a-half stars, Joe Bob says check it out.
We just finished watching Season 5 of Luther and bad writing seems to follow Idris Elba around whatever he's in.
