What Movies or TV shows are you watching (2023)

[Mike Teavee]

Clean Sweep

 

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt8270482/
 

 

[KhunLA]

1 hour ago, LosLobo said:

Episode 6 got an 8.3/10 on IMDb and overall an 7.7/10 but I suggest it will go higher when episode 7 gets fully addressed.

 

Different strokes..... 

 

Hijack (TV Series 2023– ) - IMDb

I did state it get better in the end, just takes a while to get there.

[Mutt Daeng]

2 hours ago, Mike Teavee said:

Clean Sweep

 

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt8270482/
 

 

I watched this a while back and thought it was pretty good.

[xylophone]

Don't ask me why, but I had an urge to download and watch the move, "Mamma Mia (2003)".

 

Always liked the music of ABBA and this movie was fantastic and brightened up my whole evening. So glad I watched it.

[mstevens]

14 hours ago, LosLobo said:

The last episode of the current TV Series of Hijack with Idris Elba dropped last night.

 

The series has be a must-see for myself and friends over the past month or so.

 

For anyone who hasn't watched yet I suggest that the initial critics review of a high 6/10 was inaccurate and it should have been 8/10.

Couldn't disagree more. I thought it promised so much but in the end never reached the heights it promised. The last episode was very weak. For me, it was a 5/10 series and no more.

[giddyup]

7 hours ago, mstevens said:

Couldn't disagree more. I thought it promised so much but in the end never reached the heights it promised. The last episode was very weak. For me, it was a 5/10 series and no more.

Agreed. I suffered through all 6 episodes just to see the outcome in the final episode. What a fizzer that turned out to be.

[giddyup]

Watching a very good Spanish movie called The Beasts (2022).  Available on PB.

[jaywalker2]

On 7/31/2023 at 10:45 AM, giddyup said:

I agree. It looks like pure nepotism giving his daughter a major part. Will Smith made the same mistake casting his son with him in a huge flop.

They dump the daughter midway through so the message was received loud and clear

[Mutt Daeng]

I've just finished season 2 of Joe Pickett and enjoyed it. I got it from TGx.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14271652/

[Mike Teavee]

World on Fire  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8001092/

 

A story of World War II through the lives of ordinary people from all sides of this global conflict. The first series of seven episodes tells the story of the first year of the war, starting with the German invasion of Poland in September 1939 and ending with the Battle of Britain.

 

 

For those who have seen Season 1, Season 2 was released last month

 

[Jingthing]

Finishing watching Dave, Season 3.

It's as good as it's been.

 

 

[Jingthing]

Heartstoppers Season 2 has finally come out!

You really don't have to be gay to love this wonderful hit series.

You just have to be human.

That's my running theory anyway.

 

 

[Mutt Daeng]

1 hour ago, Mike Teavee said:

World on Fire  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8001092/

 

A story of World War II through the lives of ordinary people from all sides of this global conflict. The first series of seven episodes tells the story of the first year of the war, starting with the German invasion of Poland in September 1939 and ending with the Battle of Britain.

 

 

For those who have seen Season 1, Season 2 was released last month

 

Thanks for that @Mike Teavee. Downloading season 1 now from Lime.

[Rimmer]

21 minutes ago, Mutt Daeng said:

Thanks for that @Mike Teavee. Downloading season 1 now from Lime.

 

I also just got it on TPB ????

[Mutt Daeng]

I've just watched episode 1 of season 1 of The Black Donnellys. It's about 4 young Irish brothers who get caught up in New York's underworld. Looks pretty good so far. I got it from TGx.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0805661/

[Will27]

1 hour ago, Mutt Daeng said:

I've just watched episode 1 of season 1 of The Black Donnellys. It's about 4 young Irish brothers who get caught up in New York's underworld. Looks pretty good so far. I got it from TGx.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0805661/

Watched it years ago.

It's a cracking series.

[Marcous]

 

Emily the Criminal (2022)

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15255876/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_emily%20the

 

One of the better things I've seen on Netflix recently amongst all the other bilge.

 

I also enjoyed the Japanese series 'Alice in Borderland'

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10795658/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_alice%20in

 

I tried watching 'Yankee' and had to give up after about 5 episodes. Became boring and not very believable.

 

[xylophone]

On 8/3/2023 at 4:36 PM, Mutt Daeng said:

I watched this a while back and thought it was pretty good.

Watched up to episode 3, then gave up on it..........slow moving and unexciting so didn't watch any more.

[KhunLA]

On 8/4/2023 at 9:56 AM, Mutt Daeng said:

I've just finished season 2 of Joe Pickett and enjoyed it. I got it from TGx.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14271652/

+1 ????

[Andrew Dwyer]

Watched this and liked it .

 

The unlikely pilgrimage of Harold Fry, a lovely feel good movie with some sad moments.

The great Jim Broadbent stars as Harold who embarks in a crazy spur of the moment journey but perhaps he is trying to make amends for something missing from his past ?

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14097206/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

[Mike Teavee]

An oldy (2008/2009) but a goody if you're a fan of the gritty British crime dramas.... 

 

Criminal Justice... https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1188927/

 

Drama series following people accused of crimes and their journey through the British Criminal Justice System.

 

 

[Yellowtail]

On 8/5/2023 at 11:51 AM, Marcous said:

 

Emily the Criminal (2022)

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15255876/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_emily%20the

 

One of the better things I've seen on Netflix recently amongst all the other bilge.

 

I also enjoyed the Japanese series 'Alice in Borderland'

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10795658/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_alice%20in

 

I tried watching 'Yankee' and had to give up after about 5 episodes. Became boring and not very believable.

 

I thought Emily the Criminal (2022) was pretty good.

[biervoormij]

On 7/26/2023 at 1:06 PM, bendejo said:

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2, episode 7

This was a surprise over the past weekend, episode involves the ST-based cartoon "Lower Decks."  Posting this because I think some may have missed it.

 

Have you watched Season 2 Episode 9 "Subspace Rhapsody" yet.

 

I think this is one of the strangest Star Treks I have ever watched. It was sort of a Star Trek-Glee cross over. I enjoyed it but hope it is not something that happens again.

[xylophone]

Just watched the movie, "King Arthur" (2004) and thought it was good. It wasn't based on the Arthur myth/legend that we all came to know/be told about, but on a supposed Roman version.

 

Plenty of action, blood and guts, although Clive Owen (IMO) didn't quite fit the bill as Arthur, and Keira Knightly was about as out of place as a ham sandwich in a synagogue, although did get better as the film progressed.

 

Amazing scenery and special affects though, so a good evening's entertainment all told.

 

PS. I liked Clive Owen better in the movie, "The International".

 

 

Edited August 6, 2023 by xylophone

[tgw]

1 hour ago, biervoormij said:

Have you watched Season 2 Episode 9 "Subspace Rhapsody" yet.

 

I think this is one of the strangest Star Treks I have ever watched. It was sort of a Star Trek-Glee cross over. I enjoyed it but hope it is not something that happens again.

many classic series have episodes like that, probably happens when the authors are bored and feel secure in their jobs.

 

I hate it as well.

[tgw]

I watched "Revenant", a Korean series about a ghost story.

 

As with "Attorney Woo", the series is very well made, the story is intricate.

It was especially interesting to get some glimpses of the countryside, houses, streets and interiors, how people live.

 

4 stars - lost a star because it lacks romantic relationships

 

Edited August 6, 2023 by tgw

[bendejo]

5 hours ago, biervoormij said:

Have you watched Season 2 Episode 9 "Subspace Rhapsody" yet.

 

I think this is one of the strangest Star Treks I have ever watched. It was sort of a Star Trek-Glee cross over. I enjoyed it but hope it is not something that happens again.

I hate musicals.  I grew up in the 1950s/60s and managed to not see many of the famous musicals of that era: My Fair Lady, Sound of Music, The Music Man, et al.

When someone in that episode suggested playing music, and they played Liza Minnelli doing a Cole Porter song I got a bad feeling.  And then the rest happened.  I fast-forwarded through most of it.  I might go back and try to take in Spock's emotional ordeal, but that will involve watching the nurse's aria.  .

Oddly enough, the week before with M'benga and the Klingon I thought that was the best episode of the season.

I read an interview with Patrick Stewart once, him talking about ST:NG being his first Hollywood gig and how in between scenes the other members of the cast were singing and dancing on set.  Stewart was somewhat shocked, never saw that before.  I have to wonder if this episode was inspired by what Stewart said.

 

[bendejo]

4 hours ago, tgw said:

many classic series have episodes like that, probably happens when the authors are bored and feel secure in their jobs.

 

I hate it as well.

I felt that way about the Lower Decks tie-in episode, but at least it had some humor.  I think they put that one together as a Comic Con tribute.

 

[oxo1947]

Four Lives--- BBC 3 episodes

 

 

The write up-- This is the kind of cop show we should see more often. In short, Four Lives is about cops NOT solving a series of murders. In fact, they not only fail to solve the crimes, they fail to even acknowledge that crimes have been committed. They fail to recognise the bumbling culprit whose cack-handed attempts at covering his tracks are entirely successful. They fail to see the most obvious of links between the four deaths. They even fail utterly at family liaison, thereby exacerbating people's grief and distress. It's a tale of incompetence, arrogance and homophobia that some viewers might find truly staggering. But as a former journalist I can attest that the cops in Four Lives are much closer to the vast majority of real-life cops than any of the TV detectives depicted in series after series, decade after decade.

 

 

 

[Andrew Dwyer]

54 minutes ago, oxo1947 said:

Four Lives--- BBC 3 episodes

 

 

The write up-- This is the kind of cop show we should see more often. In short, Four Lives is about cops NOT solving a series of murders. In fact, they not only fail to solve the crimes, they fail to even acknowledge that crimes have been committed. They fail to recognise the bumbling culprit whose cack-handed attempts at covering his tracks are entirely successful. They fail to see the most obvious of links between the four deaths. They even fail utterly at family liaison, thereby exacerbating people's grief and distress. It's a tale of incompetence, arrogance and homophobia that some viewers might find truly staggering. But as a former journalist I can attest that the cops in Four Lives are much closer to the vast majority of real-life cops than any of the TV detectives depicted in series after series, decade after decade.

 

 

 

I watched this true story when it came out about 18 months ago and thought it excellent.

Stephen Merchant is great as the creepy loner.

Of course the real crime is being committed by the police in their inability to follow the clues to catch the culprit.

Only 7.4 on imdb, I thought it deserved more but many reviews stating it held back in telling the full story which included much more incompetent policing.