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Blimey , just finished season 1 of Gangs of London.
I don’t know what I was expecting, having watched and enjoyed the likes of Top Boy , but the frequency of violence and the graphical nature was quite relentless at times.
I’ll start season 2 next week after watching something less “intense” lol
Season 2 just goes all out fantasy land.
Theres a number of movies currently on you tube, that are either illegally uploaded, or possibly reedited.
Over the last couple of days I've watched Venom 3 and last night it was The Justice League. This latter one i think was reedited as it was 4 hours long and seemed to encompass the entire story.
Under the search term 'Blockbuster movies 2024'
Alien Romulus is there too, just about to watch it before they take it down
Anyone persevering with Before on Apple TV?
Billy Crystal as a child psychiatrist who, after recently losing his wife, encounters a troubled young boy who seems to have a haunting connection to his past.
Got drawn in to the first couple of episodes, but now not much is happening....
The Justice League. This latter one i think was reedited as it was 4 hours long and seemed to encompass the entire story.
Zack Snyder cut by sounds of things
Still working through Slow Horses S4 here - as good as ever, but very interesting to see where it diverges from the book. Also watching Lincoln Lawyer S3 on Netflix, which feels a bit darker, more serious than previous series. Don't like the "six months later" timeline though.
Also, on the hunt for 30 minute shows to wind down with, stumbled across Intelligence on Netflix, with David Schwimmer and Nick Mohammed. Not high-budget or particularly clever, but makes me laugh
Watched Heavy Trip on Prime last night. Dunno if its already been mentioned in this thread.
Comedy about a death metal band from a rural Finnish town. Really entertaining and very daft in parts.
I watched that the other week, silly and great fun. Reminded me a bit of that Eurovision one with Will Ferrell.
I think Heavy Trip 2 is coming out soon.
Blimey , just finished season 1 of Gangs of London.
same. proper LOL at whoever considered it "plausible" earlier in the thread. It's one of the silliest things I've ever seen! Entertaining though, perhaps getting slightly bored towards the end as it's just so ludicrous. Agree with the violence! I thought I was de-sensitised after GoT and The Walking Dead, some of this stuff was properly grim though. And it was pretty unrelenting!
Watched A Man Called Otto tonight.
Really enjoyed it and cried
A man called Otto is very good (book is definitely worth a read) I'm enjoying Landsman and have just started The gentleman
Arcane.
Just... wow. I don't think I've ever watched anything quite so good. Everything about it is just incredible: story, art, sound...
Just finished S2 episode 6 and I think I need a moment or three to recover. Talk about an emotional rollercoaster.
Good grief it's dusty in here. Someone open a window
iPlayer has a two-part doc "Hunting Mr Nice" about dope-smuggler Howard Marks and the narcs who were trying to nick him.
It's worth a watch, good production values and tells the story well - including showing how he was his own undoing.
iPlayer has a two-part doc “Hunting Mr Nice” about dope-smuggler Howard Marks and the narcs who were trying to nick him.
It’s worth a watch, good production values and tells the story well – including showing how he was his own undoing.
Went to see him tell his story at Rock City a good few years ago
Landman on Prime is superb so far a few episodes in.
Lincoln Lawyer
Watched S1.
Cheesy, stereotype characters, but otherwise fairly good lightweight legal drama.
We watched A man on the Inside at the weekend. It’s Michael Schur’s latest, so typically heartwarming without being schmaltzy.
we're on episode 6 of 8, enjoying it too. probably finish it end of the week now as im out a few nights this week. perfect for when you want something light to watch with a feel-good factor.
Finally got around to the BBC's Wolf Hall adaptation on iPlayer. It's fabulous and Mark Rylance is mesmerising. Rest of the cast is superb as well.
Lincoln lawyer is perfect turbo distraction, as is new Amsterdam.
For more depth (during z2 sessions but not tough intervals) iPlayer has TTSS, smiley's people and a perfect spy at the moment if you need a le Carre fix
Gotta agree about Wolf Hall. Sumptuous with an underlying feeling of dread. Damien Lewis does evil very well.
It’s fabulous and Mark Rylance is mesmerising
I've not watched it yet because I've still not read The Mirror and the Light but when Wolf Hall was on I remember thinking I'd happily just watch Mark Rylance standing still saying nothing.
If you like Mark Rylance, The Outfit is worth watching.
I've just added Loaded: Lads, Mags & Mayhem to my iPlayer watchlist. Looks like it could be interesting ?
If you like Mark Rylance, The Outfit is worth watching.
That popped up many many pages ago. It's very good.
A friend recommended "Something In The Water" (Netflix), a shark attack thing. She did mention it was so bad it's good which so far seems to be the case! 😆
Dunno where the Netflix thread has gone.. but anyway, The Madness on Netflix is fab. Started watching to see what it was like, 3 episodes later had to turn it off to go to bed!
Landman on Prime is superb so far a few episodes in.
Hmm
While Billy Bob Thornton is good, the whole thing is just a bit melodramatic and soap opera esque. I've never watched any of Taylor Sheridans stuff before but had heard good things. The jury is out. We're 4 episodes in and I can't see me lasting. The ex wife character is utterly bizarre and the borderline pornographic stuff with his 17 year old daughter is cringe worthy.
The Madness on Netflix is fab
After watching the first few in a single sitting, we've been limiting ourselves to one episode nightly. It's far too good to binge.
I've just binged After The Party on 4. Not an easy watch but superb, compelling drama.
Dunno where the Netflix thread has gone..
It's this one, but someone has renamed it, presumably because it turned into general streaming, not just Netflix, recommendations.
Anyway, Intelligence written by Nick Mohammed and starring him and David Schwimer is now on Netflix, having previously been Sky only.
Landman on Prime is superb so far a few episodes in
BB Thornton is very good. Very Taylor Sheridan though, so you're going to have to tolerate a right wing sensibility, bordering on the libertarian at times. Sexism has always been in his stuff but the letchy stuff with the daughter and his ex is stepping it up a bit more than previously. He's evidently pretty keen on fossil fuels too, the BB character has just happened to regale us with a couple of speeches extoling the virtues of the status quo and rubbishing alternatives. I don't think TS is doing the writing but it's definitely his show.
All that said, I've sat through all the episodes so far and it does fair zip by entertainingly.
It’s this one, but someone has renamed it, presumably because it turned into general streaming, not just Netflix, recommendations.
Ah yes, I see the url now. Cool 🙂
Joy (2024) film on Netflix
Excellent cast, screenplay based on the story of the development of IVF.
Not intense, good Sunday evening viewing for a family with teens. Plenty to discuss
2 successful births to 12mn now
The Madness on Netflix is fab
I thought this would be ok,but found it lacking.
Some of the (bad) acting stopped scenes in their tracks and too much heavy stereotyping for me.
Binned it.
Will give Black Doves a go next and see how that goes.
The second series of Cheaters (BBC/iPlayer) is worth a watch. Odd format of 8x 10 minute episodes (series 1 was 18 episodes now I've looked back!).
For the first time in ages all the things I have on the go (Day of the Jackal, Bad Sisters, Wolf Hall) are on weekly release schedules - feels very old school!
Watching Temple on Netflix at the moment.
Passes the time.
Anyone watching Senna on Netflix?
It's a "docuseries" rather than a documentary but they've made some effort to be faithful to the car liveries (ie including all the dodgy sponsors F1 flirted with in the past) though the script writers obviously don't know how flat Norfolk is as some of the scenes supposedly set in Norfolk appear to be have been shot half way up a mountain...
There's also some inference about British far right support for Martin Brundle ?!?! Weird (or is there some truth in that?)
Anyway, 2 episodes in so far...
The Pembrokeshire Murders on Netflix is rather bloody good.
All seven seasons of The Shield are now up free on Prime.
Wonder how it holds up now. Used to love it, and I was needing a new Narcos-kind-of drama to watch - having recently completed Snowfall.