What movies or TV shows are you watching (2018)

[xylophone]

9 hours ago, mogandave said:

Just watched “Law Abiding Citizen”, good picture

Yep one of my faves.............

 

Just watched "Serenity" with Matthew McConaughey and thought it a bit of a fizzer; shame as I like him as an actor and he was superb in The Dallas Buyers club.

[giddyup]

Fresh Eggs, black comedy from New Zealand, first episode has me hooked.

[Will27]

All 8 episodes of season 2 are now available.

 

Season 1 was a cracker.

 

Summary: In 2008, a fight over land in a seaside town near Rome spirals into a deadly battle between organized crime,

corrupt politicians and the Vatican.

 

 

[Will27]

On ‎2‎/‎21‎/‎2019 at 11:15 AM, giddyup said:

Fresh Eggs, black comedy from New Zealand, first episode has me hooked.

I thought the farting scene was just hilarious

[mtls2005]

On 2/20/2019 at 12:31 AM, Jingthing said:

I am not a Malcolm McDowell completist

 

He's had some great turns in episodic TV recently:

 

The Mentalist

Franklin & Bash

Entourage

Mozart in the Jungle

 

According to IMDB, he's active with ~ 12 projects in post-/pre-production currently.

 

[ExpatOilWorker]

Barry Season 2 is coming in March:

HBO has announced via social media that the second season of dark comedy Barry will start on March 31, 2019.

 

[ExpatOilWorker]

Top Gear Season 26 is out.

 

 

[Jingthing]

El Angel

Based on a true Argentinian story.

Almodovar was involved.

I'm trying to watch more Spanish language stuff lately … open to more suggestions.

 

 

[faraday]

6 hours ago, Jingthing said:

El Angel

Based on a true Argentinian story.

Almodovar was involved.

I'm trying to watch more Spanish language stuff lately … open to more suggestions.

 

 

Amores Perros - great movie with Gael Garcia Bernal.

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245712/

 

Timecrimes - really enjoyed this.

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480669/

 

Rudy y Cursi - another Bernal movie, rated 4* from Ebert

 

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/rudo-y-cursi-2009

 

The Night Of The Sunflowers

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0456111/

 

All four are very good - hope you enjoy them as much as I did.

[Will27]

40 minutes ago, faraday said:

Amores Perros - great movie with Gael Garcia Bernal.

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245712/

 

Timecrimes - really enjoyed this.

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480669/

 

Rudy y Cursi - another Bernal movie, rated 4* from Ebert

 

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/rudo-y-cursi-2009

 

The Night Of The Sunflowers

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0456111/

 

All four are very good - hope you enjoy them as much as I did.

Amores Perros was an absolute belter.

[JimmyJ]

4 hours ago, faraday said:

Amores Perros - great movie with Gael Garcia Bernal.

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245712/

 

Timecrimes - really enjoyed this.

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480669/

 

Rudy y Cursi - another Bernal movie, rated 4* from Ebert

 

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/rudo-y-cursi-2009

 

The Night Of The Sunflowers

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0456111/

 

All four are very good - hope you enjoy them as much as I did.

I'll check out the ones I haven't seen.

 

"Amores Perros - great movie with Gael Garcia Bernal.

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245712/"

 

 

Agree - Inarritu's best film by far, his first.

(It's true of a lot of directors - their 1st or 2nd film is the one where they get it all together and never match it later).

 

"Timecrimes - really enjoyed this.

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480669/"

 

Agree also. I went on a viewing spree and saw about 5 films total in that genre - all the modern ones I could find - about a year ago. This was superior to all the others- also it's the one with the lowest budget.

[There was one other I saw that is memorable - "Predestination" (2014) - that I want to see again. Actually, it may be as good a film, just very different].

 

After seeing the film - There are lots of posts discussing it on IMDB, including someone who did flow charts, trying to track the intricacies of the story.

 

I think about this film periodically and look forward to eventually seeing it again.

 

 

Edited February 24, 2019 by JimmyJ

[JimmyJ]

I'd like to thank the poster who recommended "Fyre Fraud".

 

I had never heard of the Fyre Festival. Two documentaries were made on this fiasco - this one and "Fyre", both 2019 releases.

 

Fascinating trainwreck/con job.

 

Most people who mentioned both on IMDB recommended "Fyre" as a bit better and/or the one to watch first, so I went with that.

Then watched "Fyre Fraud". They both have a lot of unique footage and also have common footage.

 

"Fyre"

 

I also thought "Fyre" was better, but enjoyed both.

Says a lot about "social media" "influencers", and modern marketing.

(I've thought of these films when I see Kamala Harris being marketed as a USA Presidential candidate, trying to manipulate her image and going for what they think social media followers will buy).

 

 

[giddyup]

45 minutes ago, JimmyJ said:

I'd like to thank the poster who recommended "Fyre Fraud".

 

I had never heard of the Fyre Festival. Two documentaries were made on this fiasco - this one and "Fyre", both 2019 releases.

 

Fascinating trainwreck/con job.

 

Most people who mentioned both on IMDB recommended "Fyre" as a bit better and/or the one to watch first, so I went with that.

Then watched "Fyre Fraud". They both have a lot of unique footage and also have common footage.

 

 

"Fyre"

 

I also thought "Fyre" was better, but enjoyed both.

Says a lot about "social media" "influencers", and modern marketing.

(I've thought of these films when I see Kamala Harris being marketed as a USA Presidential candidate, trying to manipulate her image and going for what they think social media followers will buy).

 

 

Just reading "Altamont" about the free concert the Rolling Stones gave. That was spectacularly under prepared as well, and Altamont had the added disaster of the Hells Angels wreaking havoc as "security".

Edited February 24, 2019 by giddyup

[JimmyJ]

Gimme Shelter (1970)

 

 

 

[faraday]

Nobody Knows - absolutely wonderful!

 

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/nobody-knows-2005

[steve187]

On 2/17/2019 at 10:02 AM, mtls2005 said:

Loving The Umbrella Academy, ten (10) one hours eps, dropped on Netflix Friday.

 

Awesome characters, actors, action, cinematography, music.

 

 not my cup of tea a bit of a fantasy show. but thanks for the post

[Will27]

Documentary - A Year of British Murder

 

A really powerful, moving show.

Summary: Follows 13 murder cases from around the UK, speaking to the families and friends of the victims as they try
to deal with the aftermath of the crime.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1844590/Video-Trailer-new-powerful-documentary-Year-British-Murder.html
 

[Will27]

Documentary - Free Solo

 

This one just won the Oscar for best documentary.

Not hard to see why.
Thought it was terrific.

Summary: Follow Alex Honnold as he becomes the first person to ever free solo climb Yosemite's 3,000ft high El Capitan Wall.
With no ropes or safety gear, he completed arguably the greatest feat in rock climbing history.

 

 

[Snow Leopard]

I just watched the Vietnam War story. Full documentary

[xylophone]

6 minutes ago, Snow Leopard said:

I just watched the Vietnam War story. Full documentary

Name please and available where?? Thanks.

[Snow Leopard]

11 minutes ago, xylophone said:

Name please and available where?? Thanks.

I watched it on Netflix. 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vietnam_War_(TV_series)

 

Gives the basics. It was really informative for me.

[Yellowtail]

Watched "Roma", it had its moments but I didn't think it was all that...

[BritManToo]

Traitors is OK if just for the naked scenes (USA recruits spies in the UK).

The Passage was also quite good (USA experiments create vampires)

Endeavour is more of the Inspector Morse prequel set 1960s Oxford.

[newatthis]

2 hours ago, Snow Leopard said:

I just watched the Vietnam War story. Full documentary

Yep. Brilliant documentary.

[JHolmesJr]

Who doesn't love a good war film?

 

T-34 is just that...about a Russian tank commander who hoodwinks his counterpart

in the SS.

 

Action is blistering and beautifully shot...I have never seen tank shells flying like this.

 

Its in Russian, the subs on sub scene are adequate.

[DM07]

I just watched the first two episodes of the new DC- series "Doom Patrol" and I must say: that seems like a lot of fun!

A bunch of "looser" super- heroes, lots of jokes, good action!

Seems to be a winner!

[xylophone]

Watched "The Favourite" last night and wasn't overly impressed with it, and Queen Anne's supposed lesbian tendencies were given too much free rein by the producer, as without this, the movie wouldn't have worked.

[Yellowtail]

4 minutes ago, xylophone said:

Watched "The Favourite" last night and wasn't overly impressed with it, and Queen Anne's supposed lesbian tendencies were given too much free rein by the producer, as without this, the movie wouldn't have worked.

Yes, but without the lesbian angle, the picture wouldn't have been nominated for anything.

[Nemises]

Watched "The Favourite" last night and wasn't overly impressed with it,

Agree, The Fav was not that impressive. But when compared to that pathetic “Roma” cr@p, it was good!

[Yellowtail]

1 minute ago, Nemises said:

Agree, The Fav was not that impressive. But when compared to that pathetic “Roma” cr@p, it was good!

 

 

Had Roma not had the penis shaking scene it never would have gotten a nomination.