What Movies or TV shows are you watching (2022)

[giddyup]

The Desperate Hour. Actually 1 hour 24 minutes of Naomi Watts jogging and talking on her phone. Give it a miss.

[Will27]

1 hour ago, giddyup said:

The Desperate Hour. Actually 1 hour 24 minutes of Naomi Watts jogging and talking on her phone. Give it a miss.

The IMDB rating of 4.7 was enough to put me off.

[giddyup]

16 minutes ago, Will27 said:

The IMDB rating of 4.7 was enough to put me off.

I didn't check the ratings first. ????

[KhunLA]

No Exit 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7550014/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

 

Thought it was quite good, as good or better than many of the 100+ million budget movies of late, with 5+ million salaried actors in them.  The bar isn't very high with them any more.

[giddyup]

17 hours ago, KhunLA said:

No Exit 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7550014/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

 

Thought it was quite good, as good or better than many of the 100+ million budget movies of late, with 5+ million salaried actors in them.  The bar isn't very high with them any more.

More holes in the plot than a colander. Did a lot of fast forwarding.

Edited February 27, 2022 by giddyup

[BritManToo]

On 2/24/2022 at 2:59 PM, The Hammer2021 said:

The casting is absurd. One can only wonder if it was as embarrassing to work on this production as it is to watch it. One newspaper labelled it 'Bomby McBombface.' I think Wokey Mc.Wokeface might be more appropriate...Watch this series and draw your own conclusions as to whether ideologicaly driven casting imbues a production with realism or patronising absurdity.

On a similar note, The 4400 remake.

Remade with an almost entire cast of non white 'returnees', and white/evil/neo nazi police/guards, but despite there being 4400 of them, they only had the budget to employ around 20 actors. The original wasn't great, but what a steaming pile of poop the remake is ........... 

Edited February 27, 2022 by BritManToo

[sanuk711]

Traces S02 is on (dropped--released) TG just the 1st episode, although the 2nd has been out 5 days.

[sanuk711]

On 2/26/2022 at 11:29 AM, sanuk711 said:

Watched “The Wimbledon Kidnapping” Sky PPV 1h.32 min, Doco…got from TG   I guess just about everyone in Oz or UK know this story—but, anyway, try not to give  spoilers in case. This was the first Kidnapping Case that Britain had ever seen--Late 1969 Rupert Murdoch, media mogul had just arrived from Oz a few years before and had made a big splash with his Newspapers, & was in the process of buying the largest selling Newspaper “News Of the world” He decided to take a quick trip with his wife back to Oz and left his 2nd in charge Bill McKay , also gave him & wife, his chauffeur driven RR to go around in. The Kidnappers wanting Mrs. Murdoch followed the rolls and snatched the wrong Lady, Muriel McKay. Not believing her when she said she wasn’t—they demanded £1 million.  A mad sum in the 60s equating to about £25 million now. Once again if the program shows anything it’s the complete ineptitude and stupidity of the British Police. -The Husband done this--- Murdoch done this for publicity for his new paper--- We think the IRA must have done this---Its just not a British crime,  of course the kidnappers clock is just ticking away.  

There was an update to that affair last month----which is a spoilers if you want to watch the program---but if not or already have

https://news.sky.com/story/muriel-mckay-case-daughter-of-murdered-woman-searches-for-answers-on-farm-where-she-believes-she-was-buried-12518066

[clivebaxter]

On 2/26/2022 at 12:33 AM, bobandyson said:

City of Angels/City of Death (2021)

6 episodes.

fmovies.

 

 

 

Watched a lot of these crime doco's but never one quite this harrowing. How anyone could want to de fund the cops after watching this I don't know. So many serial killers all at the same time was pretty weird. Well worth a watch.

[The Hammer2021]

On 2/24/2022 at 6:18 PM, mtls2005 said:

 

Renewed for Season 2.

 

https://www.thewrap.com/reacher-season-2-renewed-amazon-prime-video/

 

 

Boffo ratings, both in the U.S. and globally.

Boffo?

[gargamon]

Just finished watching Nightmare Alley. Definitely a bit different, but watchable, close to 7/10 in my books. It's a few months old now.

 

I would have expected there to have been a huge uproar about it in this thread though, as it doesn't tick any of the boxes. No mixed race couples, no lesbians, no gays, etc. By the criteria used by many here, it must be the best movie ever.

 

Enjoy.

[Andrew Dwyer]

Murder in the Valleys ( 2022 )

 

Back in 1999 a house fire in Clydach, South Wales took the lives of 3 generations of the same family . Police investigation lead to a murder trial , commonly referred to as the Clydach Murders, but this left the small community divided. More than 20 years later the police decided to review evidence over a 12 months period.

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18083512/

 

I found it on 1337X 

 

[sanuk711]

6 minutes ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

Murder in the Valleys ( 2022 )

 

Back in 1999 a house fire in Clydach, South Wales took the lives of 3 generations of the same family . Police investigation lead to a murder trial , commonly referred to as the Clydach Murders, but this left the small community divided. More than 20 years later the police decided to review evidence over a 12 months period.

Thanks Andrew---Wow 10 GB....I can feel another rant about sizes coming on....................

[LosLobo]

17 hours ago, clivebaxter said:

Watched a lot of these crime doco's but never one quite this harrowing. How anyone could want to de fund the cops after watching this I don't know. So many serial killers all at the same time was pretty weird. Well worth a watch.

Defund the police? Give it a break! With respect, why it is necessary to go off topic with what some may consider a conservative conspiracy theory. Isn't there enough political rhetoric and division elsewhere for you without bringing it here?

 

 

Edited February 28, 2022 by LosLobo

[mtls2005]

Peaky Blinders S06E01 snuck up on me.

 

 

[bendejo]

On 2/20/2022 at 7:35 PM, giddyup said:

Who else has lost interest in Billions? I think Axel leaving the show spelt the death knell for the series. Could no longer hold my interest.

The M Prince character, all smiling and slightly condescending, can go into a rage if things go bad enough (it happened last season).  That's what I'm watching for (and Maggie Siff).  Otherwise all the characters are familiar, not much new in there.  I think they're running out of steam.  That episode with all the prices listed was an interesting feature.

 

 

[mtls2005]

Killing Eve S04E01/02 available.

 

 

[userabcd]

1 hour ago, bendejo said:

The M Prince character, all smiling and slightly condescending, can go into a rage if things go bad enough (it happened last season).  That's what I'm watching for (and Maggie Siff).  Otherwise all the characters are familiar, not much new in there.  I think they're running out of steam.  That episode with all the prices listed was an interesting feature.

 

 

It was all downhill after Season 2. Stopped watching after Season 4.

[mtls2005]

1 hour ago, bendejo said:

Otherwise all the characters are familiar, not much new in there. 

I like so many of the characters.

 

I just realized Condola Rashad who plays Kate Sacker, is Phylicia and Ahmad Rashad's daughter. (And her father's character is played the Harold Cooper actor, Harry Lennix on Blacklist.)

 

I like Chuck's new number 2 played by Sakina Jaffrey.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[mtls2005]

1 hour ago, bendejo said:

That episode with all the prices listed was an interesting feature.

Burn Rate, with the payoff at the end.

 

Loved Coach Calipari's speaker's fee-kaching, although his acting leaves a lot to be desired - as do many of the real-life 'actors' playing themselves.

 

I too stopped after season 4, then binged season five and got hooked, again.

 

I feel like the Mike Prince character is inspired by Mark Cuban? Said to be a friend of the show, and has appeared on it a few times.

 

 

 

Edited February 28, 2022 by mtls2005

[bendejo]

3 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

Sakina Jaffrey

... who is Sayeed Jaffrey's daughter (maybe to Westerners best know as Billyfish in "Man Who Would be King").  Oh yeah, and her mother writes cookbooks. 

I appreciate the way the virtue signalling in the Prince office is overdone.

 

A few weeks ago they announced Mrs. Maisel will have one more season, and it will be the last.  I wonder how far (in time) it's going to go.  I think it'll end with her working for television, and becoming a Joan Rivers sort of comedienne.  I would guess the writers would be glad to not have to deal with a Lenny Bruce death scene.

 

 

[clivebaxter]

 

 

17 hours ago, gargamon said:

Just finished watching Nightmare Alley. Definitely a bit different, but watchable, close to 7/10 in my books. It's a few months old now.

 

I would have expected there to have been a huge uproar about it in this thread though, as it doesn't tick any of the boxes. No mixed race couples, no lesbians, no gays, etc. By the criteria used by many here, it must be the best movie ever.

 

Enjoy.

No diversity or inclusion, no alphabet people, thanks for mentioning it, i'll give it a go.

[The Hammer2021]

The Last Kindom. A rip roaring tail of pre mediaeval England as it forms into a kingdom under one flag. An excellent 4 part part drama series with plenty of fighting and plotting. Mercifully free  of woke ideological casting it manages to maintain a degree of genuine historical  relevance being based on The Anglo Saxon Excellent history and big battle scenes.

Edited February 28, 2022 by The Hammer2021

[Jingthing]

Just watched Three Months and unfortunately was left mostly unmoved.

 

 

Not bad. Just not compelling either  There was one scene though of intolerance of the religious to their own family that moved me 

 

Its a story of teen angst of the gay variety set in South Florida.

 

Unlike most gay appeal movies explicit sex and nudity weren't therem

 

Characters included

 

Gay Jewish teen boy played by musician star Troye Sivan

 

East Asian teen lesbian girl who had an affair with a curiously white woman her boss

 

South Asian Indian closeted gay teen boy love interest

 

Jewish granny and her black man boyfriend

 

Gay Latino doctor at the STD clinic

 

Now you know.

[Mutt Daeng]

On Friday, I finally got round to watching Ray Donovan The Movie. It was OK, but as others have already stated, not a patch on the series. Worth a look IMHO, if you're a Ray Donovan fan.

[Mutt Daeng]

Saturday I watched Power of the Dog. I enjoyed watching it and think it was pretty good. Worth a look IMHO.

[Mutt Daeng]

Sunday I watched Dark Heart season 1, which is a 6 part UK crime drama. Thought it was pretty good. Worth a look IMHO, despite having an average IMDB rating.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5866284/

 

[Mutt Daeng]

Yesterday, I watched Magpie Murders, a six part murder mystery, which I enjoyed. Worth a look IMHO.

[Will27]

Murder in Italy: Unknown Male Number 1.

 

Saw this one on SBS on Demand.

Was really good.

Not sure if it's around the torrent sites.

 

Summary: How far would you go in pursuit of justice? The tragic murder of 13-year old Yara Gambiarasio near her home in northern Italy in 2010 sparked the most high-profile and shocking murder investigation in recent Italian history. This documentary follows the tenacious and emotionally-invested lead prosecutor in her case as she seeks justice.

 

 

[seedy]

13 hours ago, Tippaporn said:

The root, to my way of thinking, is the failure of people to question the beliefs that they hold.  They accept them as truth and fact rather than for what they are . . . simply beliefs . . . and never, ever question their validity or their standing as rockbed reality again.

Very good point. Believe this myself.

B.K.S. Iyengar — 'There is only one reality, but there are many ways that reality can be interpreted.'