My ten-year old daughter just binge watched Sweet Tooth if you're into family fantasy-drama stuff.
I've been binge watching Fargo series 4 on more 4.
Being a fan of the previous series (less so the film) I found ep 1 very slow. Thought about knocking it on the head but persevered. Ep 2 got better and then boom! I'm drawn in and hooked.
The best series yet IMO. Just incredible.
We've been watching "Bitter Daisies" on Netflix, a Spanish drama about a missing girl and a network of sexual exploitation. You may start watching and think "that's a pile of sh1te", and you'd be right, but the story sort of works in the end.
(Second season is a bit less satisfactory!)
It's set in Galicia, which looks fabulous but has a murder rate higher than St Mary Meade.
I’ve been binge watching Fargo series 4 on more 4.
Being a fan of the previous series (less so the film) I found ep 1 very slow. Thought about knocking it on the head but persevered. Ep 2 got better and then boom! I’m drawn in and hooked.
The best series yet IMO. Just incredible.
ive enjoyed all the Fargo seasons so far but the over stylisation of it is wearing a bit thin "antecedentely on Fargo" - just say "before on Fargo." it looks great though - i'll let it off. But can get a bit annoying - the 'true story' thing at the start is bollox and is just an affectation
season 4 - great that timothy Olyphant and Chris Rock are in but the Italian brother is chewing the scenery so bad* its embarrassing and weird, I don't know if its another affectation again or if he has just screwed up his approach, as he's apparently a renowned actor.
Chris Rock's number 2 guy is really good
* reminds me of Homer Simpson "I literally ate the scenery"
the Italian brother is chewing the scenery so bad* its embarrassing and weird,
I thought this fargo was great and the genni/samouri gomorrah/suburra crossover nicely cheeky. Took me a while to realise whishaw was in it.
ive enjoyed all the Fargo seasons so far but the over stylisation of it is wearing a bit thin
I guess I must have watched S3 before this just got too much for me. I can't be bothered with it anymore.
That Army of the Dead Pitch Meeting is so spot on 🙂 🙂 The only way my son and I got through watching it was by ripping the urine out of it in every scene. I enjoyed Fargo 4 a lot ,some of the characters were excellent...Oraetta Mayflower 🙂 .I re-watched Fargo 1 and 2 a few weeks before Fargo 4,still good (IMO).
...and whilst I'm at it: Ragnarock on netflix I thought was great for what it was: teen drama with norse gods set in a multicultural, pansexual, industrially polluted Norwegian fjord, which I'm sure they all mainly are.
I’ve been binge watching Fargo series 4 on more 4.
Just saw the trailer for this last night. I'd forgotten that it had been released last year, but it's on our list - as the wife said, S3 was probably Ewan McGregor's best acting ever
'The Outpost' on Amazon is an astonishing piece of war film-making.
Another based on true events but my god - Americans stuck in a pit of hell - a hidden valley in Afghanistan as they try and defend their base from the Taliban.
Plenty of shades of grey in all characters involved. And many shocking turns of fate.
The final battle is as gut wrenching as I've ever seen. Brilliantly shot.
Takes a bit of time to establish itself ,and can seem confusing with all the characters but very much propels itself into a relentless final act.
This missed the cinema release due to the pandemic. I can't imagine the intensity at the cinema.
Scott Eastwood and Orlando Bloom star.
Sounds good. Will check it. 🙂
‘The Outpost’ on Amazon is an astonishing piece of war film-making
There's a few iffy bits but agree on the whole it's very good. I had to search for the 4k version though (one of my pet peeves about Prime)
Watched ep1 and ep2 of Time on iPlayer this week. A Jimmy McGovern jobby, so it's pretty grim. Not sure how ep3 is going to wrap things up - can't see a positive outcome for anyone.
Also watched The Pact a while back - better than expected after a very generic ep1.
Part 2 of Lupin is out.
yeah watched all 3 eps of Time in one hit. crackin stuff.
My ten-year old daughter just binge watched Sweet Tooth if you’re into family fantasy-drama stuff.
It’s very watchable but I can’t decide if it’s crap or not. The main villain looks like Dr Robotnik and the plot basically boils down to Sonic the Hedgehog too. Man steals animals, other animal attempts to rescue 😀
One Cut of the Dead is up on Channel 4 for another week. People filming a zombie movie during a zombie infestation, based on a true story.
One Cut of the Dead is indeed fantastic. One of the better films I've seen this year. If you're not sure after the first 30 minutes just stick with it, honestly......
Binge watched Sweet tooth this week. Started good but i did rather lose interest half way through. Imagine kids would love it though. Have just started Anne with an E..feature length 1st episode and just what I wanted on a rainy, tired Friday, heart strings pulled, escapism and what an engaging young woman and beautiful scenery. I am also several episodes into Halston, Ewan McGregor is very good and it's a fun sometimes dark foray into a world of fashion, drugs and gay sex in the 70's/80's.
Part 2 of Lupin is out.
I quite enjoyed the first half, second half was pish, that final episode was awful writing.
Start up is really good. Sorry if mentioned already I’ve just watched 2 seasons 🙂
Start Up is good. 2 seasons on Netflix and all 3 seasons are on Amazon.
Wow this brings back memories:
Just finished season 2 of Breeders on Now/Sky. Can recommend.
Love Breeders - Martin Freeman is excellent 🙂
The Americans is now on Disney+ BTW.
In the "Star" section.
Just finished Lupin. Strangely compelling even with the plot holes you could drive a bus though. Very Sunday evening viewing type stuff and requires a fair suspension of disbelief, but very enjoyable nonetheless. Feels like it should have been made in the 70's.
Just watched No Sudden Move on HBO. Excellent gangster movie.
Its not gritty challenging viewing but This is Us (on Prime) is good tele. Five series with about 16 episodes in each so be careful of committing to it, you will be in for the long haul.
Midsommar out today. Once upon a time in Hollywood out on Wednesday
This is Us (on Prime)
yes its good, but my god does it like to do the "catch up the catchups" - by the time you've got to watch the new epsidoe, you've re-watched the previous 3 (im sure this has something to do with the very short american attention span). i also started to find it a bit depressing as well - very melodromatic in typical US style.
another one (which falls out from this thread) https://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/what-next-scandi-noir-stuff/
KATLA - very good icelandic series.
Has anyone else wasted any time on "The Tomorrow War" on Prime? TBF it always looked like it would be dreadful but I was hoping for at least a bit of brainless shooty fun on Sunday night. Loads of toothy (and spiky) aliens, loads of ineffectual shooting and running around along with quite the most ramshackle time-travel plot I've ever seen. I wasted about an hour before the tedium overcame me. Save yourself some time and just watch the "Screenrant" on YouTube. Then watch something good like "Starship Troopers" instead.
Fear Street 1994 is quite good fun slasher film if you like that sort of thing.
It's quite Scream-esque and the soundtrack is bang on too.
If you have previously enjoyed Aziz Ansari's Master of None, I would suggest you avoid the latest (3rd?) season, it's just a joyless sub-arthouse A-Level film making project.
Yup, that's a couple of hours I won't get back 😒 On the recommendation of my BIL who said it was 'alright' .Wait till I speak to him next, idiot. 🙂
I had the misfortune of attempting to watch “The Tomorrow War” a few nights ago, managed to suffer about an hr before deciding my time was better spent putting a wash on. Future and more technically advanced versions of us came back in time with current issue automatic rifles that are pretty ineffective in use against the aliens.
Christ sake……….I could’ve put up a better fight as a teenager back in 80’s, we were blowing shit up on my mates farm with the aid of the cookbook and “stuff” made from various materials and fertilisers from the farm/blacksmiths.
Has anyone else wasted any time on “The Tomorrow War” on Prime?
Yeah we watched it last weekend, knew it was gonna suck so wife & I combined it with Rum cocktails & it was kindof fun
Yeah watched it last night, and was hoping for some plot twist that would explain all the huge gaping holes in the story...But no, it was exactly what you'd expect...
THIS IS A BIT SPOILERY
current issue automatic rifles that are pretty ineffective in use against the aliens
That's why they need to develop a toxin, a WMD they can disperse that's lethal to aliens in microscopic quantities, like some sort of nerve agent.
Or failing that, produce a marginally poisonous fluorescent liquid that has to be directly injected into each individual alien in what looks like a half-pint dose.
Anyhow, I see Logan Lucky has turned up on NowTV. That's quite a fun caper movie if you've yet to see it.
The Tomorrow War isn’t unwatchable, just not very good (and about ½ hour too long). Shame as there are some good ideas buried in there somewhere!
If you have previously enjoyed Aziz Ansari’s Master of None, I would suggest you avoid the latest (3rd?) season, it’s just a joyless sub-arthouse A-Level film making project.
Often said Master of None is my favourite show to come out of Netflix, but the new season was a bit of a let down - kindda thought the first episode (which was great) was gonna be a sort of distraction opener, like the black and white Season 2 first episode (which was also great) but then eps 2 and 3 came and it was just more of the same which did feel a bit a self indulgent...
On the right in that video thumbnail - is that Mrs. Waterford from Handmaid's Tale?
Just finished Lupin. Strangely compelling even with the plot holes you could drive a bus though.
I'm more concerned about what happened to the dog.
That’s why they need to develop a toxin, a WMD they can disperse that’s lethal to aliens in microscopic quantities, like some sort of nerve agent.
Or find out where the aliens came from originally and drop a bomb on it...without all that having to use untrained conscripts to fight a largely pointless future war...
