A good article for those Mr Inbetween fans.

 

https://www.theage.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/cult-series-mr-inbetween-might-end-this-week-but-word-of-mouth-will-give-it-a-long-life-20210708-p587zj.html

Dr Death

 

This new series has decent reviews.

RARBG

 

Summary: As patients entering the operating room of Dr. Christopher Duntsch for routine spinal surgeries start leaving permanently maimed or dead, two fellow surgeons and a young Assistant District Attorney set out to stop him.

 

 

23 hours ago, xylophone said:

I did watch this one and as you rightly say it did bring out a few things which hadn't done the rounds before, including the fact that both of the Krays were homosexual, whereas before only Ronnie was fitted into that category.

 

Also in the doco was the fact that Reggie hadn't touched his wife sexually all the time they were together, and reading between the lines it was that which was a major factor in her committing suicide. IMO a worthwhile watch for anybody who remembers aspects of this era.

When i lived in London in the late 60s and 70s ,my then girlfriend was friends with a girl who had been in school with them(not the same class) and she told us then that as youngsters they were right bullying barstewards .

On 7/14/2021 at 8:01 PM, BritManToo said:

Bailed and deleted after 20 minutes ....... totally incomprehensible.

And too many strong women in skin tight outfits fighting for no apparent reason.

Absolute garbage and did like you and switched off after about 25 mins. 

“ Three Girls “ (2017)

3 part drama from BBC based on the grooming of hundreds of teenage girls by   several middle age men, many with wives and families, in Rochdale, U.K..

Focuses on the mistakes made by the police in assessing the enormity of the situation.

 

 

A YouTube documentary called “ Betrayed Girls: The Rochdale Scandal” also available if you prefer a more factual account.

 

Either way , a harrowing story.

 

 

I “picked up” some interesting new appearances this week.

 

4K criterion restoration of “deep cover”

and “Dark star” remux.

Gunpowder Milkshake

 

 

and another interesting one that I watched the other day.

 

The sparks brothers

 

 

 

Beasts That Cling to the Straw

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9747594/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Solid 8

(title I listed is title of torrent I found - differs from IMDB)

3 hours ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

“ Three Girls “ (2017)

3 part drama from BBC based on the grooming of hundreds of teenage girls by   several middle age men, many with wives and families, in Rochdale, U.K..

Focuses on the mistakes made by the police in assessing the enormity of the situation.

 

 

A YouTube documentary called “ Betrayed Girls: The Rochdale Scandal” also available if you prefer a more factual account.

 

Either way , a harrowing story.

 

 

Several middle aged muslim men, which is largely why social services and the police brushed it under the carpet for so long leading to 1500 children being abused over a long period by gangs of these people, actually they don't deserve being called men at all.

The Virtues (2019)

4 part drama

 

Stephen Graham as Joseph

 

“Falling into despair after his nine-year-old son leaves for Australia with his ex, Joseph walks away from his present life and boards a boat for Ireland to confront painful memories from his childhood.”

                                                      IMDb 

 

 

Halfway through the first episode reminds me why I gave up the drink !!

Got good reviews!!

 

 

McCartney 3,2,1

 

This looks good.

RARBG

 

Summary: Producer Rick Rubin interviews Paul McCartney on his work with the Beatles, Wings, and as a solo artist, including stories about his personal relationships that inspired his songwriting.

 

 

Re my post above, Pig really does have good reviews:

 

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/pig-2021

 

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/pig_2021

Road to Perdition  .......        starring Tom Hanks and Paul Newman.

New series proffesor t about a strange academic Ben Miller is the star its quirky and quite good actually, originaly it was a Belgian series but has been remade in Britain ,on all the usual places.

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On Rotten Tomatoes, Black Widow currently has an 80% Tomatometer and a 92% audience score.  I'm in the camp who liked it, and I will see it again.  Then again, I would watch Scarlett Johansson and Florence Pugh pulling weeds.

 

It's not a documentary.  It's a modern superhero movie.  It's not The Dark Knight in my book, but I'd like to hear what 20 superhero movies people rank higher.

13 hours ago, faraday said:

Re my post above, Pig really does have good reviews:

 

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/pig-2021

 

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/pig_2021

Has Bruce Willis scared you off mate?

 

Heard he's doing a new Die Hard movie.

Died Hard 6 - By Natural Causes.

13 hours ago, faraday said:

Re my post above, Pig really does have good reviews:

 

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/pig-2021

 

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/pig_2021

Yeah, it’s a getting some good comments, but there is so much disbelief - will watch tomorrow along with 

 

Be careful with the trailer, a few complaints, you might aswell watch the trailer and dispense with the movie.

Accused ( 2010 - 2012 )

10 episodes , 8.0 IMDb 

I’ve only watched the 1st 2 episodes but looks very good , each episode covers a different story of an accused in the dock and how they got to be there.

Good cast, including, Sean Bean, Stephen Graham, Olivia Coleman, Juliet Stevenson, Christopher Eccleston.

Written by Jimmy McGovern ( The Street, Cracker, Time ).

 

 

 

The new Netflix Heist series got  bigged up but I found it really boring..True crime, even with reenactments seems boring to me.

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10 hours ago, Will27 said:

Has Bruce Willis scared you off mate?

 

Heard he's doing a new Die Hard movie.

Died Hard 6 - By Natural Causes.

His last flop, Midnight In The Switchgrass, he just puts in a 5 minute appearance for his paycheck, yet he gets headline billing. He pretty much gives the kiss of death to any movie he appears in now.

23 hours ago, faraday said:

Re my post above, Pig really does have good reviews:

 

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/pig-2021

 

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/pig_2021

I quite liked it, certainly one of Nick's better performances, and at least the story's original, unlike most of the repetitious garbage that is churned out.

2 minutes ago, giddyup said:

I quite liked it, certainly one of Nick's better performances, and at least the story's original, unlike most of the repetitious garbage that is churned out.

After watching Willy's Wonderland, I wasn't going to watch any more of Cage's movies. In light of your review @giddyup, I'll give it a go now.

Loki.

14 minutes ago, Mutt Daeng said:

After watching Willy's Wonderland,

Wasn't there a porn version of that?     ????

4 minutes ago, IvorBiggun2 said:

Wasn't there a porn version of that?     ????

Yeah, I'm not searching that title under any circumstances.

1 hour ago, Danderman123 said:

Loki.

I'll be watching Loki next after I finish Blacklist season 8.

On 7/16/2021 at 6:50 AM, Will27 said:

A good article for those Mr Inbetween fans.

 

https://www.theage.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/cult-series-mr-inbetween-might-end-this-week-but-word-of-mouth-will-give-it-a-long-life-20210708-p587zj.html

Watching it, and enjoying the wry sense of humour, mixed in with a dollop of deadly violence. He's quite a lovable character, and devoted father, for a hit man.

Last night could only manage about 10 minutes of Limbo:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9138170/

 

The first and second scenes were just long drawn out pointless pieces of self-indulgent cinematography. 

 

Compounded my ill-chosen list with Leverage: Redemption

 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12197698/

 

which I abandoned after about 20 minutes, and then

 

Gossip Girl 2021

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12197698/

 

was as dire as I anticipated. I'm embarrassed to say I even considered it☺️

 

A few episodes of Mr Inbetween thereafter made up for a slew of bad choices.