What movies or TV shows are you watching (2018)

[Nemises]

Tv series - After Life
 
Really enjoyed this new one by Ricky Gervais.
Six episodes, about 30 minutes each.

Summary: After Tony's wife dies unexpectedly, his nice-guy persona is altered into an impulsive, devil-may-care attitude taking his old world by storm.
 

^ This was excellent! Thanks for sharing.

If they make a 2nd Series, please let us know by posting on here again [emoji120]

[giddyup]

23 hours ago, faraday said:

Yes I agree, all too often I get disheartened at the absolute rubbish that's being thrust upon us - an example, which was heralded was Bodyguard: Complete <deleted>.

Then there's all those "Superhero" movies!! ????

 

Then, Will brightens things up with his suggestions.

 

After life, if you haven't seen it, was excellent.

 

Am watching After Life now, but honestly can't say it's near as funny as The Office or Extras or even Life's Too Short. Derek didn't really cut if for me either. I'm a big Ricky Gervais fan, love all his standup stuff and his David Brent specials.

Edited March 12, 2019 by giddyup

[JHolmesJr]

37 minutes ago, giddyup said:

Am watching After Life now, but honestly can't say it's near as funny as The Office or Extras or even Life's Too Short. Derek didn't really cut if for me either. I'm a big Ricky Gervais fan, love all his standup stuff and his David Brent specials.

did you at least like the dog?

[GinBoy2]

Just finished watching the BBC's; Birth of Empire: The East India Company

 

Fascinating stuff

[JimmyJ]

14 hours ago, giddyup said:

Am watching After Life now, but honestly can't say it's near as funny as The Office or Extras or even Life's Too Short. Derek didn't really cut if for me either. I'm a big Ricky Gervais fan, love all his standup stuff and his David Brent specials.

Have you seen his Golden Globe hosting?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH4jaJzmrWU

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j71bDdVbjp4

 

 

 

 

Edited March 13, 2019 by JimmyJ

[giddyup]

Warren with Martin Clunes. Am enjoying this, not hilarious but very amusing, 3 episodes available usual torrent sites.

[bluesofa]

42 minutes ago, giddyup said:

Warren with Martin Clunes. Am enjoying this, not hilarious but very amusing, 3 episodes available usual torrent sites.

I'd say it's a little amusing. I'm sticking with it due to liking Martin Clunes, but I can't really see it being much of a success. Not his best role IMHO.

I'm just about to watch E03. The thought that keeps creeping into my mind is an attempt at Victor Meldrew suffering depression.

 

[giddyup]

14 hours ago, JHolmesJr said:

did you at least like the dog?

He's the star.

[Will27]

On ‎3‎/‎10‎/‎2019 at 7:41 AM, JimmyJ said:

I think it was a post about an Italian cop miniseries that got me exploring and I discovered several things of interest:

 

"Romanzo Criminale" (2005) is a feature film about a gang of young men who decide to rule the underworld of Rome.

The posters on IMDB overwhelmingly said "Skip this and watch the miniseries" but I watched it anyway.

 

 

Based on a novel, it was enough to hold my attention but I wouldn't recommend it.

 

I'm writing about it though because then I did take a look at the miniseries which was on Italian tv 2 seasons - "Romanzo criminale - La serie" (2008 - 2010).

This was indeed much better than the feature and I watched the entire Season 1 (12 episodes) and have downloaded Season 2.

 

 

The series is directed by Stefano Sollima, whose done a lot of crime/gangster films.

 

In 2015 he directed "Suburra", a feature film about gangsters wanting to develop the Rome waterfront.

Not bad.

 

 

One of the co-stars gives the performance of the film - Adomo Dionisi as a truly intimidating feral Romany (Gypsy) thug.

 

 

What's knocked me out though is "Gomorra: La serie" ("Gomorrah") (2014/2016/2017/2019).

It looks like Sollima directed most of the 1st season.

 

Lighting this scene like "The Godfather".

 

 

 

Whereas Matteo Garrone's 2008 feature "Gomorrah" was a history of the Naples Mafia and government efforts to fight it, the miniseries - at least the 1st 2 episodes which is what I've viewed thus far - centers on one crime family and their feuds with other crime groups in the area. Doesn't have any connection to the feature thus far other than the title which they are capitalizing on as it was a popular film.

 

 

 

The 1st episode is 56 minutes but I felt like I watched a feature film.

High production values - sets/locations, extras, battle scenes between the gangs, special effects.

In a sense like "The Sopranos" of Italy, but very different.

 

The gang boss and his wife try out their new couch.

 

 

 

 

 

If You like Gomorrah, there's  pretty good chance you will like Suburra.

 

I've just started series 2 and it's really good.

Hardcoded subs are available on TPB.

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7197684/?ref_=nv_sr_1

[JimmyJ]

43 minutes ago, Will27 said:

If You like Gomorrah, there's  pretty good chance you will like Suburra.

 

I've just started series 2 and it's really good.

Hardcoded subs are available on TPB.

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7197684/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Yes, thanks, I plan to look at it.

As mentioned in my post you quoted, I saw the feature "Suburra".

It seems if there is a popular Mafia film, Italian TV turns it into a mini series.

[Will27]

6 minutes ago, JimmyJ said:

Yes, thanks, I plan to look at it.

As mentioned in my post you quoted, I saw the feature "Suburra".

It seems if there is a popular Mafia film, Italian TV turns it into a mini series.

Like you, I thought the movie was fair.

 

The series is a lot better.

[Nemises]

He's the star.

She!

[recom273]

A new series of ‘white gold’ has just started on BBC2, but I saw Netflix on my server GUI .. Coming from Essex and looking at some of the finer details that they managed to get totally correct, I find it amusing.

 

Thanks to all who have participated, i have enjoyed some of the suggestions.

 

Something else that might not appeal to all but a good waste of an hour is BBC’s race across the world.

 

I also snatched the series of “the order” to watch, which looked interesting.

 

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[Andrew Dwyer]

A new series of ‘white gold’ has just started on BBC2, but I saw Netflix on my server GUI .. Coming from Essex and looking at some of the finer details that they managed to get totally correct, I find it amusing.
 
Thanks to all who have participated, i have enjoyed some of the suggestions.
 
Something else that might not appeal to all but a good waste of an hour is BBC’s race across the world.
 
I also snatched the series of “the order” to watch, which looked interesting.
 
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I was in the uk recently and saw “ race across the world “ advertised.

Looks pretty good, reminiscent of “ The Amazing Race “ ?

[faraday]

Line of Duty series 5 - 31st March!

 

 

[newatthis]

19 minutes ago, faraday said:

Line of Duty series 5 - 31st March!

 

I'll have to go back and watch S04 to refresh my memory.

 

[xylophone]

On 3/9/2019 at 4:24 PM, Will27 said:

Tv series - After Life

 

Really enjoyed this new one by Ricky Gervais.
Six episodes, about 30 minutes each.

Summary: After Tony's wife dies unexpectedly, his nice-guy persona is altered into an impulsive, devil-may-care attitude taking his old world by storm.

 

 

Also thank you Will as I watched the whole series last night and thought it was excellent.

 

It was a bit near the mark in some respects with regards to the swearing, but it also dealt with some pretty serious issues in a dark humour sort of way, for example Alzheimer's, death, prostitution (sorry, sex worker), drug addiction, bullying and so on and all of them were handled with a mixture of dark humour and compassion in a strange sort of way.

 

A friend has recommended I look out for a previous series of his called "Extras", so I will do just that.

[giddyup]

12 minutes ago, xylophone said:

 

A friend has recommended I look out for a previous series of his called "Extras", so I will do just that.

IMO Extras is far funnier, you also might like Life's Too Short.

[worgeordie]

Just finished watching an excellent action movie  "Triple frontier", Ben Affleck, Charlie Hunley,

some ex service men plan to rob and kill a South American drug lord,good story,good action.

regards worgeordie

[giddyup]

50 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

Just finished watching an excellent action movie  "Triple frontier", Ben Affleck, Charlie Hunley,

some ex service men plan to rob and kill a South American drug lord,good story,good action.

regards worgeordie

Agreed, certainly by far the best of the recent poor offerings.

[faraday]

7 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Just finished watching an excellent action movie  "Triple frontier", Ben Affleck, Charlie Hunley,

some ex service men plan to rob and kill a South American drug lord,good story,good action.

regards worgeordie

Thanks, I'll give it a gander, been ploughing through - but thoroughly enjoyed, Burning. I'll try & say more about it in a bit, after the coffee has kicked in.

????

[faraday]

Burning - directed by Lee Hang Dong who also made Poetry, another truly awesome movie.

 

Guardian review:

 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/may/17/burning-review-cannes-2018-lee-chang-dong

 

Quite a sinister movie when you realise what's happening.

 

Photography is outstanding. Direction outstanding.

 

 

[luckyluke]

9 minutes ago, faraday said:

Photography is outstanding. Direction outstanding.

And Jeon Jong-seo. 

[faraday]

2 minutes ago, luckyluke said:

And Jeon Jong-seo. 

Especially the first 20 minutes!!

 

[luckyluke]

When she miming or/and dancing on the music of Miles Davis. 

[recom273]

New series of “24 hours in police custody” - I love the look on their faces once they have been caught.


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[worgeordie]

For Western fans "Big Kill", it's not a great Western, but worth a look.

 

regards worgeordie

[Nemises]

For all you aviation enthusiasts:
“JUMBO JET: 50 years In The Sky”
- A celebration of the engineering and impact of the original jumbo jet, the Boeing 747.

[Will27]

On ‎3‎/‎15‎/‎2019 at 9:52 AM, recom273 said:

New series of “24 hours in police custody” - I love the look on their faces once they have been caught.


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Thanks for that.

 

I enjoy this series.

[giddyup]

On 3/15/2019 at 9:52 AM, recom273 said:

New series of “24 hours in police custody” - I love the look on their faces once they have been caught.


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It annoys the hell out of me to see smug 15 year olds walk free on a rape charge though. Can't tell me that cock and bull story he came back with wasn't drummed up by his low life lawyer. They really are bottom feeders.