Jump to content
All visa questions and fresh Immigration updates here ×

What Movies or TV shows are you watching (2022)

CharlieH

By CharlieH
in ASEAN NOW Community Pub

 Share

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 3.8k
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Popular Posts

Will27
Will27

Season 2 of the excellent Slow Horses starts this week.    

xylophone
xylophone

Have just finished the complete series and thought it was great and although I did post a little bit about my time in the Sahara, this brought back a couple of other memories.....   We brewe

BritManToo
BritManToo

Sarangoon Road Oz TV series made in 2013 about an Ozzie private detective working in 1960s Singapore. I'm quite enjoying it. (on HBOGo)

Posted Images

  • Popular Post
xylophone Ruby Member

xylophone

Posted
  • Popular Post
Posted (edited)

OOPS.......I wrongly posted this on the TV thread, so here it is on the correct one!

 

I watched a new adventure movie last night called "Uncharted" and as it had Mark Wahlberg in it, I was looking forward to it............but it turned out to be a lot of CGI lightweight nonsense, along the lines of "Indiana Jones" but nowhere near the quality.

 

The night before I downloaded, "Spotlight" (again) and as luck would have it, I managed to get an extremely good quality version of it, and thoroughly enjoyed it yet again!

 

And just last night I was perusing the BBC iPlayer for something to watch and came across the movie, "Official Secrets" starring Keira Knightley and Ralf Fiennes, and thoroughly enjoyed it, and what surprised me was how corrupt both the US and UK governments were in sanctioning the war against Iraq using fake Intel (WOMD anybody) which resulted in around 200,000 civilians being killed needlessly.

 

A good film and well worth a watch.....the ending takes a turn!!!!

Edited by xylophone
  • Like 1
  • Thanks 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites
sanuk711 Diamond Member

sanuk711

Posted
Posted

Primark: How Do They Do It?...........Doco Channel 5    24th April 2022  --ChaosTV

 

I know this will have a limited audience, but I found it fascinating--not so much that from 1 small shop they are now the biggest clothing retailer in the UK, with in roads into Europe and USA--Tesco done that in the 50s . But the way they have done it-- the opposite from any type of retailing seen before.

No we wont advertise--No we wont sell on the internet.....and the reasons make you think,  of course why hasn't anyone done it that way before.

-----------------------------

Documentary delving into the secrets of the UK's biggest clothing retailer, revealing how a small Irish department store grew to become a high-street behemoth. The programme shows how the company's unique approach to advertising gets it plenty of publicity without a big outlay, and looks at how stores are carefully designed and curated to get customers through the door and spending freely.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Popular Post
cyril sneer Gold Member

cyril sneer

Posted
  • Popular Post
Posted
On 4/26/2022 at 10:25 AM, mtls2005 said:

Regarding the final season of Better Call Saul, note that the thirteen episodes have been broken into to two groups, a bit like Breaking Bads' finals season.

 

Episode 1: April 18, 2022
Episode 2: April 18
Episode 3: April 25
Episode 4: May 2
Episode 5: May 9
Episode 6: May 16
Episode 7: May 23

 

Episode 8: July 11
Episode 9: July 18
Episode 10: July 25
Episode 11: August 1
Episode 12: August 8
Episode 13 (series finale): August 15

this is so annoying

 

already forgot what happened in episode 3 just a couple of days ago

  • Like 3
Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Popular Post
phetphet Platinum Member

phetphet

Posted
  • Popular Post
Posted

Just finished watching four seasons of a TV series called "The Outpost". A fantasy series.

 

"The Outpost follows Talon, the lone survivor of a race called Blackbloods. Years after her entire village was destroyed by a gang of brutal mercenaries, Talon travels to a lawless fortress on the edge of the civilized world, as she tracks the killers of her family.

 

  • Like 3
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Moonlover Ruby Member

Moonlover

Posted
Posted (edited)
6 hours ago, xylophone said:

And just last night I was perusing the BBC iPlayer for something to watch and came across the movie, "Official Secrets" starring Keira Knightley and Ralf Fiennes,

Thanks for that tip. I don't think I'd have found that without your tip off. I'm a fan of BBC's documentaries and the one that has my rapt attention just now is 'House of Maxwell'. The rise and the ultimate collapse of Robert Maxwell's empire and family. What story that was. Last episode tonight.

 

Edited by Moonlover
  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
xylophone Ruby Member

xylophone

Posted
Posted
18 minutes ago, Moonlover said:

Thanks for that tip. I don't think I'd have found that without your tip off. I'm a fan of BBC's documentaries and the one that has my rapt attention just now is 'House of Maxwell'. The rise and the ultimate collapse of Robert Maxwell's empire and family. What story that was. Last episode tonight.

 

I thought the House of Maxwell was great and it resonated with me because I was a young man when the dastardly deed was done.................also Official Secrets is a movie but could have easily been a doco, and very enjoyable.

  • Like 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Mike Teavee Platinum Member

Mike Teavee

Posted
Posted (edited)

(On Netflix) Binged watched "Conversations with a Killer", John Gacy https://www.imdb.com/video/vi2159854105/?ref_=tt_vi_t_1

& Ted Bundy https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9425132/

 

But "The Confession Killer" (Henry Lucas) left me speechless... https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11307176/

 

 

Edited by Mike Teavee
  • Like 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites
giddyup Diamond Member

giddyup

Posted
Posted
9 hours ago, Mike Teavee said:

(On Netflix) Binged watched "Conversations with a Killer", John Gacy https://www.imdb.com/video/vi2159854105/?ref_=tt_vi_t_1

& Ted Bundy https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9425132/

 

But "The Confession Killer" (Henry Lucas) left me speechless... https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11307176/

 

 

It was said that Lucas was happy to confess to many murders that he didn't comitt, and the police were happy to close what were cold cases.

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
bobandyson Gold Member

bobandyson

Posted
Posted (edited)
12 hours ago, Mike Teavee said:

(On Netflix) Binged watched "Conversations with a Killer", John Gacy https://www.imdb.com/video/vi2159854105/?ref_=tt_vi_t_1

& Ted Bundy https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9425132/

 

But "The Confession Killer" (Henry Lucas) left me speechless... https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11307176/

 

 

There's quite a few documentaries about Gacy going around. This one (6 eps) I saw recently reckons that half of the victims he's supposed to have killed were committed by someone else. He wasn't even in the state at the times of the murders according to his receipts, bills etc.

 

 

 

Edited by bobandyson
  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Thailand Diamond Member

Thailand

Posted
Posted
On 4/26/2022 at 10:25 AM, mtls2005 said:

Regarding the final season of Better Call Saul, note that the thirteen episodes have been broken into to two groups, a bit like Breaking Bads' finals season.

 

Episode 1: April 18, 2022
Episode 2: April 18
Episode 3: April 25
Episode 4: May 2
Episode 5: May 9
Episode 6: May 16
Episode 7: May 23

 

Episode 8: July 11
Episode 9: July 18
Episode 10: July 25
Episode 11: August 1
Episode 12: August 8
Episode 13 (series finale): August 15

Looks like an upcoming binge watch on 16th August!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Popular Post
mtls2005 Diamond Member

mtls2005

Posted
  • Popular Post
Posted
17 hours ago, LosLobo said:

Just finished watching Season 1 and really looking forward to Season 2 which was filmed back-to-back with Season 1.

 

Yes, high marks for the first six eps., I did like David Cartwright's (Jonathan Pryce) comment about George Smiley.

 

Gary Oldman, among others, has said in interviews that the next six eps are in the can, but no idea when Apple + might drop them? Based on the positive reviews - haven't seen any view-counts - a season 3 might be green-lit shortly.

 

I have to admit that I did not get all the meanings of the show title until ep. 5. I simply thought Slow Horses referred to being put out to pasture, or sent to the glue factory, as they cannot win races anymore. Then I realized its also a homonym for Slough House. D'oh!

 

 

 

Re: Tokyo Vice, I enjoyed it but the ending left a bit of a sour taste, with the last line not really making any sense. Obviously if there's a season 2 then this can be remedied.

 

 

 

 

 

  • Like 3
Link to comment
Share on other sites
sanuk711 Diamond Member

sanuk711

Posted
Posted
27 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

I simply thought Slow Horses referred to being put out to pasture, or sent to the glue factory, as they cannot win races anymore. Then I realized its also a homonym for Slough House. D'oh!

 

I think it can be used both ways, but I would lean towards the English slang  “slow horse” to compare someone's intelligence or skill with that of the slowest horse in the race. I think that, because his novels center around those sort of themes --old English adages/slang --first  are slow horses-next is Dead Lions.. (better to be a mangy old dog--then a Dead Lion) You can imagine in Mi5 who the Mangy old dog is and who the "Dead" King Of the jungle was.

 

Then Real Tigers......etc etc  He does write a lot of other stuff (private detective novels)  his latest book Bad Actors comes out in 10 days.  

 

(Bad actors = trouble makers. -- the boy became a bad actor early and ended in reform school)

 

image.png.00a21552a340b6e4af6bba8cc5bd8d65.png

Link to comment
Share on other sites
userabcd Gold Member

userabcd

Posted
Posted (edited)
4 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

 

Yes, high marks for the first six eps., I did like David Cartwright's (Jonathan Pryce) comment about George Smiley.

 

Gary Oldman, among others, has said in interviews that the next six eps are in the can, but no idea when Apple + might drop them? Based on the positive reviews - haven't seen any view-counts - a season 3 might be green-lit shortly.

 

I have to admit that I did not get all the meanings of the show title until ep. 5. I simply thought Slow Horses referred to being put out to pasture, or sent to the glue factory, as they cannot win races anymore. Then I realized its also a homonym for Slough House. D'oh!

 

 

 

Re: Tokyo Vice, I enjoyed it but the ending left a bit of a sour taste, with the last line not really making any sense. Obviously if there's a season 2 then this can be remedied.

 

 

 

 

 

Just binge watched in one sitting Tokyo Vice, really enjoyed all episodes of this one.

 

Hope season 2 does not take too long to make.

 

I was thinking they used to make such tv series about 16 episodes long then it dropped to 12, then 10 and now the norm seems to be 8 per season.

Edited by userabcd
  • Like 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites
sanuk711 Diamond Member

sanuk711

Posted
Posted

I watched (some of) Uncharted last night--honestly it should be classified as a comedy. No one can die, not even when you get thrown out of a plane--

The pick-pocketing is so laughable , You just shook hands with her--"Yes" -that means the gold cross that you have packed at the bottom of the rucksack thats on your back has gone--"let me look..yes I didn't see her take it.

I guess the target audience is the 13-17 year old mark. So it should make a squillan $$$

 

Whats Mark Wahlberg doing stuff like that for---he's the main reason I downloaded it.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
mtls2005 Diamond Member

mtls2005

Posted
Posted
20 minutes ago, sanuk711 said:

I watched (some of) Uncharted last night

Based on a video game. Some films based on video games are OK. Some apparently are not.

 

22 minutes ago, sanuk711 said:

Whats Mark Wahlberg doing stuff like that for

Trade-off for his passion project with the same studio: "Father Stu"?

 

 

  • Thanks 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Mike Teavee Platinum Member

Mike Teavee

Posted
Posted (edited)

Another Netflix documentary... Monsters Inside  - The 24 faces of Billy Milligan...   https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15287836/

 

Am assuming the movie Split https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4972582/ & the sequel Glass https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6823368/was loosely based on Billy... 

 

 

Mesmerizing stuff... 

 

 

 

Edited by Mike Teavee
  • Thanks 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Popular Post
bobandyson Gold Member

bobandyson

Posted
  • Popular Post
Posted

 

On 4/29/2022 at 6:31 PM, xylophone said:

...........also Official Secrets is a movie but could have easily been a doco, and very enjoyable.

Thanks again for the heads up on that one. An ending that I didn't expected and a bit emotional too that a lot of movies and series seem to lack.

 

It reminded me to watch the following documentary and ties in with the 'Official Secrets' movie. 

 

And then I was led to watch this one again.

 

 

  • Like 2
  • Thanks 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Guest
This topic is now closed to further replies.
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.







×
×
  • Create New...