Watched Onboard the Transcontinental Race last night and enjoyed it, some stunning scenery and good interviews with the riders, you can definitely see the toll riding for that long with not enough sleep takes on them!
We too watched The Stranger the other night. Australian film presented at Cannes FF 2022. Was very good but you might need subtitles (it's quiet). Much prefer a film to a series, no binge watching and ideally, crisp editing to tell a story.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/the-stranger-cannes-2022-1235152013/
Has anyone watched Dark on Netflix? I've only just started, but IMDB reviews are nearly all 10/10 and it runs for 3 seasons, so hoping it will be another great watch (mourning end of Better Call Soul!)? Described as a cross between Stranger Things and Twin Peaks...
Dark is a tough watch IMO. Worth it, but you may find yourself going back or rewatching bits - it's a tricky, interwoven & pretty abstruse storyline. Best watched with subtitles, not dubbed.
Thanks Woody, i started watching with the dub and it was awful, so switched to the subtitles pretty quickly, it seems pretty good so far, so will persevere
Currently watching the second series of Barbarian - German historical drama on the Roman invasion of Germany. No idea how accurate it is, but it's cirtainly good entertainment.
One Cut of the Dead is up on C4. Stupidly good film.
Anyone watched All quiet on the Western front yet?
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Is on Prime
And its glorious, possibly my favourite film I've seen all year
Just finished Rings of Power, as a big Tolkien geek I was sceptical, but found myself really enjoying it, certainly way better that the Hobbit films!!
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Is on PrimeAnd its glorious, possibly my favourite film I’ve seen all year
I have no idea what it was about, but it was brilliant.
Yeah Everything Everywhere is very good. Surreal and Bizarre, almost like a 2 hour Vic and Bob sketch.
I had absolutely no idea what was happening, but it was good fun.
Completely different mood, The Vow on Sky. About the Nxivm people, worth watching, but the people involved all happened to be film makers / actors / documentarians, so it’s 4 hours of TV “crammed”into 12 hours.
The Peripheral on Amazon prime is really good
Yeah, quite enjoying this. Apart from the worst cock-er-nee accent since Dick van Dyke in Mary Poppins 🙂
Not sure whether to bother continuing with Homecoming S1 (Julia Roberts on Prime).
The Call-in is very good on ITV hub, we just finished it last night. a stephen graham 5-part true story about a lad in a racist group around the time of the Jo Cox murder. and obviously being SG its quite tense, and far from being a barrel of laughs.
The Courier with Benedict Cumberbatch is very good on Netflix.
Also on Netflix, The Secret with James Nesbitt is a great watch.
As above, The Walk In with Stephen Graham on ITV hub is very well done.
Trauma on iPlayer but I think that’s an acquired taste if you like Adam Curtis.
Some good stuff on Paramount+, 1883 is very good and enjoying American gigolo the series
The Peripheral on Amazon prime is really good
so far it’s been good. Hoping it continues that way.
Accents get thrown all over the place. Rings of power for example - rarely the same accent twice😏. That a London accent gets mangled on its way to 2099 might be an excuse? But ties! In 2099! Surely they’d be back to ruffs or wigs or something?
Has anyone watched Dark
Yep, It's great, when you start drawing time lines on a A4 pad as you're watching, you know they've got you hooked. They do seem to have a need to spend time tying up it's loose ends and McGuffins in very neat bows, which is either charming or annoying depending on your tolerance for that sort of stuff, and the third series does have a tendency for the characters to have lengthy conversations made up entirely of philosophical quotations.
BUT, in scope, in ambition, it's first class, and for a time travelling concept that has both a compelling story, and totally makes sense within it's own universe:10/10
Has anyone watched Dark on Netflix?
Also yes, also would recommend, really enjoyed it, despite getting crossed over with the story at times. It's incredibly well shot, located and musically it's great too.
Anyone been through all of 'All of us are dead' Korean high school zombies? Less silly than it sounds with a pretty profound message about bullying and teen suicide, but also wonderfully gory and zombie laden.
Watched The Good Nurse last night - true story with Eddy Redmayne & Jessica Chastain, thought it was really good.
Dark is a tough watch IMO. Worth it, but you may find yourself going back or rewatching bits – it’s a tricky, interwoven & pretty abstruse storyline. Best watched with subtitles, not dubbed.
This.
Movie - All Quiet on the Western Front.
Latest version- released 28th Oct with Daniel Brühl
Original was released in 1930, then was the 1979 version with Richard Thomas and Ernest Borgnine. This is the latest and bloody good. Certainly worth a watch.
I'd recommend All Quiet on the Western Front, new out on Netflix this weekend. Very powerful film. 8/10 IMO.
Yeh, The Good Nurse is definitely worth a watch. Watched it yesterday. I actually found it quite suspenseful.
Watched Song of The Raggy Boys the other day too. Another true story type film about a Catholic reform and industrial school in Ireland in the 30s. Very depressing and feeds well in to my dislike of such religious institutions.
I do like true story type films, and they're often depressing, unlike my wife who prefers the likes of Frozen 🤣
Not watched any Stewart Lee for a while, Snowflake & Tornado are up on iPlayer. Watched Snowflake last night. Very good. Very Stewart Lee. He's let himself go a bit.
That a London accent gets mangled on its way to 2099 might be an excuse? But ties! In 2099! Surely they’d be back to ruffs or wigs or something?
😄
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
Only watched the first one (of eight) and I loved it.
Very dark, good suspense and suitably gory.
It was Guillermo's own episode and had a definite Hellboy feel at the end. That's the week's viewing sorted.
Came here to say The Peripheral. Saw Everything Everywhere Tryhardto BeFunny mentioned, hated it. Got to the End. The false one. Gave up.
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Is on PrimeAnd its glorious, possibly my favourite film I’ve seen all year
Really enjoyed it, thought it was pretty clever, especially how it just boils down to a woman freaking out about losing her daughter.
Also, Raccacoonie!!
I’d recommend All Quiet on the Western Front, new out on Netflix this weekend. Very powerful film. 8/10 IMO.
Really good, no great, film. Best thing I’ve seen on Netflix for ages
First episode of SAS Rogue Heros showed good promise (Not Netflix but BBC although think the whole series is on iPlayer)
Another vote for The Peripheral...not a huge fan of time travel/multi dimension type of plots but we've enjoyed the first 3 episodes (dodgy accents aside)
Just watched the Devil's Hour (didn't enjoy, found the acting a bit wooden and couldn't really follow story).
Really liked the new series of Gangs of London on Atlantic (excellent) and Pistol on Disney (interesting).
Also watched 'the watcher' which I enjoyed but was a bit daft towards the end.
Ive been trying to avoid watching the Peripheral because I loved the book (and the sort-of sequel, Agency) and don't want to get angry/disappointed at a potentially duff translation onto TV but might give it a go this week.
I actual rather enjoyed the Midnight Club on Netflix, nowhere near as good as the Haunting of Hill House but still entertaining. Guillermo Del Torro's Cabinet of Curiosities looks fun so thats the Halloween viewing (hopefully) sorted.
The Peripheral is definitely worth a look. I thought the book would be impossible to film but the screen writer (s) have tweaked the story a bit but kept the concept brilliantly. At least as far as episode 4 anyway 😃
Also watching Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities, enjoying it so far.
Glad I’m not the only one to be disappointed by Devils Hour. If anyone wants to watch it just watch the final ep.
Dahmer thing, not sure if it was on Netflix
Having had some recent sick leave:
Cabinet of curiosities: a couple of duds but otherwise ok
Finished HotD (finally): liked. Slow burner. Sets up season 2 well. Better than the the elves/hobbits
Devils hour. On ep 4. I like it. Smells like a BBC drama, not sure why it's on Prime. It's a bit turn-the-handle-timey-spooky but I would say the acting is not the worse thing about it.
Also watched the recent Thor one, something something vampires with Snoop Dogg in it, (edit) and the latest bond. Don't bother with these unless you are 14 or on prescription painkillers.
Think it's the peripheral next
New series of the White Lotus (sky atlantic) off to a very promising start. Some brilliant characters.
I think that this has become something of a generic 'what can you watch' somewhere, rather that a specific Netflix thing, and it has probably been mentioned before, but [url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0d3kjmp/russia-19851999-traumazone-series-1-1-part-one-1985-to-1989 ]TraumaZone[/url] Russia 1985-1999 is essential viewing.
Quite unlike previous Adam Curtis stuff - no VoiceOver, no Musac - just video and subtitles.
Also, [url= https://www.channel4.com/programmes/harley-quinn/on-demand/73283-001 ]Series Three[/url] of Harley Quinn is on All4.
I’m just watching TraumaZone. Absolutely mesmeric because of the absence of narration and all the usual Adam Curtis bells and whistles.
It’s just brilliantly put together. An absolute must watch
New series of the White Lotus (sky atlantic) off to a very promising start. Some brilliant characters.
Just watched Ep 1. Season 1 is a tough act to follow, but another great cast, looks promising.
I’m just watching TraumaZone.
Added.
After watching SAS thing on BBC i player im watching some comedy called Ghosts. Turning into a 3 episode binge per night.
I'm not normally one for sitcoms, but this is ok.
Finished Industry S2 on iPlayer.
Good overall, impressive levels of sex & drugs still, some interesting plotlines and great performances.
Just don't think the central plotline was too convincing in the final episodes. Possibly as the main character isn't very interesting, compared to the supporting cast.
Binged "Deadwind on Netflix - Finnish police drama, more or less implausible but I like the stark beautiful landscapes. And the beautiful cop of course. Finland seems to have even fewer actors than, say, Denmark, so it's a constant battle to remember what role the person is playing in this one.
As above - TraumaZone. A useful guide to what we're sleepwalking into in the UK.
Disney -->> Andor and The Old Man still holding my attention.
Netflix -->> Tried one of del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities (The Autopsy) ,very good 👍
Just done seasons 1 and 2 of Deadwind. Luckily just in time for season 3 to drop.
Yeah, lots of really implausible bits, but hey stark landscape and reckless cops....
We went to the preview screening of the new BBC Hacienda documentary last night. Bumped into a few old mates and we all felt very old.
It’s very good. Someone at the BBC found a load of archive footage. The stuff from the Flesh nights is particularly good, though I’m amazed it was broadcastable. It was utter debauchery! Nice to see a lot of the less usual talking heads
It’s on BBC2 on Saturday night and then on iplayer. We’ll worth a viewing
https://twitter.com/fac51hacienda/status/1587847687713570816?s=46&t=pdONmmBBo8Xm6kjC1hIT3Q
For those that experienced TraumaZone, [url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01b3hkm/putin-russia-and-the-west-1-taking-control ]Putin, Russia, and the West[/url] picks up the story pretty much exactly where it ended.
More conventional as a story-telling exercise, pretty heavyweight contributors, also worth a watch.
I kept seeing Archive 81 pop up so watched it. There's a slow build over the first couple of episodes but picks up. Overall it's not gorey, has a couple of jumpy bits. Enjoyed the art/occult connections. Maybe a bit x-files influenced. The 2nd series has been cancelled but for me the ending works as the end of a self contained series. 4*
And Everything Everwhere All at Once. Excellent! 4.5* Need more of this in the world.
If not previously mentioned. The Trial of the Chicago 7.
I just thought I'd take a brief look see how it was going to pan out... and now it's looking like I'm not going to get to bed before 4am.
Bloody excellent. Quite the ensemble cast.
Season 13 Archer now on Netflix.
Babou cameo appearance.
For those that experienced TraumaZone, Putin, Russia, and the West picks up the story pretty much exactly where it ended.
More conventional as a story-telling exercise, pretty heavyweight contributors, also worth a watch.
It's certainly very eyeopening and upsetting to watch.
I witnessed the system of orphanages and medical gulags as they were called in Romania, that came about from the communist system and ended up on a psychiatric ward myself due to the traumatic pressure of it all. But life was just as bad for the every day Russian,Ukrainian or Romanian public forced to live in such a corrupt and heartless system of government.
The more Russian super rich oligarchs i hear falling out of high buildings the better I feel.
But to stay on track. Been watching the German thriller 1899. Typical German mystery combining period drama and modern sifi. Worth a watch.
Now, about our own super rich oligarchs....
I'd recommend The Swimmers, think it was on prime. Quite a difficult watch for the first 3/4 of the film.
BBC Hacienda documentary
I find this quite ironic as back in the day the BBC had a ban on some dance music on their playlists. And now they promote it.
But to stay on track. Been watching the German thriller 1899. Typical German mystery combining period drama and modern sifi. Worth a watch
It’s absolutely bonkers, but very enjoyable nonsense
I enjoyed 1899. I found the first 5 episodes quite gripping.
For those that enjoyed Dark, 1899 as recommended above is a good watch as it’s by the same team.
Watched the film Troll last night a thoroughly enjoyable morning monster romp as good as Troll hunter
I’d recommend The Swimmers, think it was on prime. Quite a difficult watch for the first 3/4 of the film.
+1 for that. Watched it last night. The little clip on Netflix doesn't really give you a true idea of what the film actually covers.
I’d recommend The Swimmers...
Watched that on Netflix this week. Excellent
The Two Popes is good family viewing as well, although I kept expecting Anthony Hopkins to offer Jonathan Pryce some fava beans and a nice Chianti
Scandi-noir lovers - a new Icelandic series, Entrapped, sequel to Trapped - usual elements of misery, bad weather, stunning scenery.
If you haven't seen it yet...Pinocchio (Guillermo del toro) a fantastic piece of work.
If you have seen it,check out the short film (also on Netflix)of how they put it all together,with some great detail on the workings of those amazing models.
I may have to watch it again tonight.
The Adam Project on Netflix. Fair warning, if you've a troubled relationship with or a just plain absent father, it'll destroy you. Segueing into the start of Archer series 13 was needed and appreciated!
Watched the first 3 episodes of 1899 and not very impressed - I love ships, sci fi, languages and mystery so I thought it would be right up my street but it just seems lacking in believable characters though the main woman is quite good and its sooooo sloooooow Does it get any better?
On the opposite side of the spectrum, just rewatched both series of Russian Doll as my wife hadn't seen them - I was blown away the first time and even on a second watch it was great as I caught all the little details I missed the first time round. Script is superb and the visuals/cinematography blow 1899 out of the water so to speak
Enjoyed Hustle on Netflix, drama with Adam Sandler playing a basketball scout.
Don't know if it's been discussed yet but I took out the free trial of Paramount+ to watch Halo & King of Tulsa.
Used to play a lot of Halo 1 /2 BITD so there's a fair amount of nostalgia there, it looks good & the battles are great (although I don't know if they'd really of any interest to someone who'd never played the games!) but the whole thing is like it's been executive-produced by a 15-year old boy - it's just terrible 😂 Didn't even make it through the first episode in one sitting.
King of Tulsa on the other hand I thought was excellent, ended up binge-watching 4 episodes (there are only 5 at the moment!) Stallone is great although it kind of pinballs between being fairly serious, and faintly ridiculous! He looks incredible for a 75-year-old, and he's striding around punching people out left and right like a man 20 years younger or more. Maybe he's still that tough IRL? Dunno, it kind of seems like it requires some suspension of disbelief though 🤷♂️ Either way, really enjoying it!
Looks like there's a few other interesting shows on P+ so will probably keep it for a few months, at least until the end of S1 of KoT!
This looks like it could be interesting.
https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80992058
The USP is that it's a story arc where you can watch the episodes in any order for a "unique immersive experience" (but I think the first and last may be fixed?)
@Cougar yeah that sounds pretty cool.
(of course, it's been done. You can watch the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon in any order as long as you watch the first one first & the last one last, and it won't affect the story arc 😃)
They should tweak their software so it [I]automatically[/I] plays the episodes in a random order, and doesn't tell you what numbers they are!
Scandi-noir lovers – a new Icelandic series, Entrapped, sequel to Trapped – usual elements of misery, bad weather, stunning scenery.
Oooh, interesting! I'm just reading a review saying it's a bit baws compared to Trapped though - what did you think of it?
Apparently Wisting S2 is available on iplayer, so will be checking that out too
Entrapped - I thought it was good. Not classic, but worth watching!!
(of course, it’s been done. You can watch the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon in any order as long as you watch the first one first & the last one last, and it won’t affect the story arc 😃)
Well, kinda. D&D wasn't really an arc, they were all standalone episodes. There wasn't a last episode, it was written but never filmed (the script is called "Requiem" and you can find it online).
They should tweak their software so it automatically plays the episodes in a random order, and doesn’t tell you what numbers they are!
As far as I'm aware, that's exactly what it does. There aren't episode numbers, just names.
Netflix has previous here, Love Death + Robots does the same (as I found when it lost my viewing history and I was trying to work out where I was up to...)
That reminded me - nothing to do with the above except that there is a BBC mini series called Requiem that was on a few years ago which is on Netflix. Its not bad and its a pity they didn't do a second season
Another Round and Guillermo's Pinnochio, both on Netflix now and both excellent.
Warning: it gets very dusty at the end of Pinnochio.
Surely the only answer is to binge watch harry and meghan...
I watched a fascinating and terrifying documentary the other day on Netflix about the opioid epidemic in North America. Well worth a viewing as it was pointed out in the doc that whats happening there now will soon be getting a grip in the UK next. Fentanyl overdoses are now the biggest cause of death in people under the age of 50 in the states
Ignore the somewhat overdramatic title (why do TV companies do that?). Its actually a very well made and sensitively handled programme
frankconway
Surely the only answer is to binge watch harry and meghan…
I saw on Russell Howard (I had to turn it off) that this was all over the news??? I mean, who watches that shit (apart from people who want to make hilarious satirical comedy shows with easy targets)
I watched "Good Night Oppy" on Prime, which would have been a fascinating documentary about the Mars rovers... if not for the [i]Americans[/i]... they really ruined it by just being so American. Some of the science was still fascinating though.
Best TV of the year for me was definitely "The White Lotus" 2nd series. Never seen anything like it before. Was brill.
@chakaping Did you watch the short film showing the behind the scenes/making of Pinocchio?
Very good and the detail/mechanics of some of the models are incredible.
Best TV of the year for me was definitely “The White Lotus” 2nd series. Never seen anything like it before. Was brill.
Both series of White Lotus have been absolutely superb!
Another one of the years TV highlights was Big Boys on Channel 4. Absolutely beautifully written and acted while being very, very funny
Oh yeah - Big Boys was great! The guy who played Danny does stand up comedy too. He's bloody funny. "Am I right?!!"
Best TV of the year for me was definitely “The White Lotus” 2nd series.
totally. And would have been even if the last series of Succession had been this year not last (they blur).