Streaming recommendations (including Netflix)

Kneecap (Prime) – wasn’t sure what to expect whether it was a documentary or not, it’s certainly not a documentary.

Really enjoyed it though, very funny in parts, no idea if it’s a true representation or not, will need to look into it more but either way it made for an entertaining watch.

Black Doves? Okish so far. Dark Winds? Still waiting to get going. Kneecap? Funnier than I thought.

Latest thing is Mrs Smith on ITVx. Completely preposterous but fun.

Black Doves? Okish so far.

Episode 3 was a bit confusing cos it was done as a mix of flashback and present day, without it always being clear which was which! Or maybe I just wasn’t paying close enough attention…

Started The Agency. Two eps released so far, it looks to be a good slow burning thriller.

S2 of Lioness is a vast improvement on S1. They have toned down on the family angst storyline and upped the action and pacing. Some very impressive action sequences.

S2 of Lioness is a vast improvement on S1. They have toned down on the family angst storyline and upped the action and pacing. Some very impressive action sequences.

Oh I really liked Season 1! Sounds very promising for S2. 🙂 However I’ll need to find a time where I can get a 7-day free trial of Paramount+, watch the whole lot, then cancel cos I don’t have it as standard.

Just finished watching Man on the Inside with Ted Dawson. Same writer as The Good Place and The Guestbook.

All three are well worth a watch.

The one jarring thing about Black Doves is how they’re all driving round London at quite high speed, easily finding parking spaces!

Dark Winds? Still waiting to get going.

The worst thing about Dark WInds is that we can’t get subtitles and it’s quite hard to hear what they’re saying. MrsJ has a harder time than me, being forrin, so between straining to catch the dialogue and putting up with “what did he say, what did he say?” it’s quite a stressful watch.

Just started watching black doves. Anyone else spot rat scabies as a gun seller?  When did HE become an actor? Pretty sure it was him anyway……

Anyone else spot rat scabies as a gun seller?

Bingo!

Watched Kneecap last night.

Very funny and inventive, recommended whether you like hip hop, drugs and Irish nationalism or not.

As an Englishman, I couldn’t say whether its message was as meaningful as it thought it was – but it carried it off quite well anyway (could have been much more clunky).

What’s good on sky / nowtv?

Signed up to watch boggle eyes does murder but didn’t get on with it so still have 3 months subscription to make up for.

What’s good on sky / nowtv?

The Last of Us

Chernobyl

Succession

You won’t get much better telly than those three.

What’s good on sky / nowtv?

I’ve been enjoying The Day of the Jackal.

Can’t decide if the new Dune thing is worth watching or not – keep getting interrupted during the first episode and I’m not sure I can be bothered again…

The one jarring thing about Black Doves is how they’re all driving round London at quite high speed, easily finding parking spaces!

Haha, not just that, there’s practically no one there! No crowds on the south bank, no peeping out of windows when there’s a shoot out etc. There’s a scene where she reports a body in the street for clean up….. how long could you expect it to lie there unnoticed!? It’s good enough fun though ?

The Day of the Jackal is soooo good. The penultimate episode with that hunting scene was just so gripping.

What’s good on sky / nowtv?

As chakaping said. Day of Jackal is excellent too

Also The Penguin and Brassic. Plus GoT and House of the Dragon 

The Last of Us

Chernobyl

Succession

You won’t get much better telly than those three.

I’m probably the only one who didn’t get on with Succession – I decided I didn’t want to spend my evenings with sweary rich arseholes…

but I’d add to the NowTV list (in case you’ve missed them)

The Penguin

Watchmen (series)

Westworld

didn’t get on with Succession – I decided I didn’t want to spend my evenings with sweary rich arseholes…

I felt the same the first time I tried it. Gave up after two episodes.

But when I went back to it I got sucked in because the writing was so good and it was kind-of rewarding to hate them all.

The Day of the Jackal is soooo good. The penultimate episode with that hunting scene was just so gripping.

It’s one of the best drama series I’ve ever seen! Every episode has some genuinely nailbiting moments. Can’t wait til the finale – it could end in a dozen different ways from here, there have been no “spoilers” so far.

Can’t wait til the finale – it could end in a dozen different ways from here, there have been no “spoilers” so far.

It’s been renewed for S2. That narrows things down a bit.

Might have been mentioned before but ,”I have a use for you”

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b088s45m

Watched “The Man Who Definitely Didn’t Steal Hollywood” on iPlayer last night.

Documentary about the controversial sale of MGM to a fishy Italian guy in the 1990s. Nothing earth-shattering but worth a look if you like that sort of thing.

It’s been renewed for S2. That narrows things down a bit.

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The Day of the Jackal is soooo good. The penultimate episode with that hunting scene was just so gripping.

Enjoying it, although I don’t think the Spanish family adds much to the original, in my opinion it makes it harder to believe in the utterly sociopathic side of his personality.

Wolf Hall is definitely on my to-do list when it is all available.

Just finished S4 of What We Do In The Shadows, on, er, not Neflix. Continues to be excellent throughout.

Passing some time with Fool Me Once. It’s ok.

I watched the first 2 of Matlock because it has decent meta scores.

Oh dearie me. I thought it was rather pants after the first but I wasted another 40 minutes watching the second in case I was missing something.

I wasn’t, it’s a whole drawer full of pants.

I’m yet to be fully convinced by any of these streaming services (I know they keep improving). A lot of what I’ve seen has just been a bit well plastic and hollow, or a mash-up of ideas nicked from all over the place 😀

Finished Black Doves last night – thought it was really good, nice bit of humour in there too, and Keira Knightly…….

Lioness Season 2 has been good too and Day of the Jackal.

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 entertaining popcorn. The characters are all caricatures of what a lazy scriptwriter imagines Texas oilmen to be like. It has a decent cast though so it’s an entertaining way to pass the time if you can overlook how implausible it all is.

I’m 3/4 of the way thru “Churchill at War” on Netflix. Recommended (though I’m not a history buff)

Second After The Party. Character driven, very well acted and which keeps up the uncertainty until the very end. Highly recommended.

I felt the same the first time I tried it. Gave up after two episodes.

But when I went back to it I got sucked in because the writing was so good and it was kind-of rewarding to hate them all.

Thats the whole point of succession, to hate all the main characters as they are all such utterly vile human beings.

The scriptwriting is utter genius though, particularly the casually tossed sweary insults. Once you realise that the writers are the same people who wrote Peep Show it all makes even more sense.

I actually fancy going back and watching them all again

I watched the first 2 of Matlock because it has decent meta scores.

Oh dearie me. I thought it was rather pants after the first but I wasted another 40 minutes watching the second in case I was missing something.

I wasn’t, it’s a whole drawer full of pants.

I watched the first episode because it had good reviews and assumed it would be along the lines of the rebooted Perry Mason (which was decent without being great). I cannot understand why people thought it would be a good idea to make it, it was just lame.

I’m probably the only one who didn’t get on with Succession

Not the only one. Unwatchable for me.

We’re watching Bad Sisters, despite having watched the Belgian series.. enjoying the redo. My free AppleTV  sub runs out just after Xmas, so got to finish it before then!

Silo season 2 is out we’re enjoying a nice bit of post apocalyptic sci fi set in er Silos.

& very excited for Severance s2

A good Christmas film on netflix is “That Christmas”. It’s an animated one but is really good

Thanks for the recommendations.

Watching Day of the Jackal & Have Penguin lined up.

Anybody for State of Happiness on iPlayer?
Just started Series 3 – would recommend.

A good Christmas film on netflix is “That Christmas”.

I watched “Violent Night” at the weekend, brilliant! Would make for a good Chrimbo triple bill with Die Hards 1 & 2 🙂