What Movies or TV shows are you watching (2023)

[Seppius]

18 hours ago, LosLobo said:

Asteroid City dropped yesterday and I watched 10 minutes of it.

 

I couldn't get interested in it as it seemed a bit too much like sci- fi disaster Nope, on which I wasted an inordinate amount of time.

 

Its a pity though as Asteroid City stars Tom Hanks and Scarlett Johansson.

 

Asteroid City (2023) - IMDb

 

 

I agree, went straight in the recycle bin

[steven100]

i really liked and very underrated performance by Tom Hanks in Road to Predition .....

 

A really good movie in my book,    and also The Deer Hunter with Robert De niro  ...

[KannikaP]

Just discovered Black Mirror series, originally Ch4 now Netflix. Written by Charlie Brooker. Weird stories but very watchable. 

[Seppius]

LOLA

 

Really enjoyed this unusual film

 

1940, Thom and Mars have built a machine, LOLA, that can intercept radio and TV broadcasts from the future

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11366674/

 

 

 

[giddyup]

20 hours ago, LosLobo said:

Hijack has climbed in ratings since before the first episode aired and IMHO is a must watch.

 

Obviously the IMDB Critics Reviews are unreliable and they tend to Initially misrepresent the true rating of a movie or series.

 

Originally I ignored this series until posted here.

 

But now I patiently wait every Wednesday for a new episode.

 

So thanks for that!

 

This forum is a wealth of information.

 

Four episodes of hijackers screaming and waving guns around starts to wear thin, and Idris is about as wooden as an actor can get.

 

[LosLobo]

11 minutes ago, giddyup said:

Four episodes of hijackers screaming and waving guns around starts to wear thin, and Idris is about as wooden as an actor can get.

 

Thank you for your feedback.

 

I am thoroughly enjoying the series.

 

As someone who has flown extensively I consider flying can be somewhat boring but I find Hijack is not.

Perhaps quietly spoken hijackers with holstered guns asking Idris to do a song and dance routine might by out of context with the title and the plane environment.

 

I suggest different strokes......

[KhunLA]

Poorest title/poster for movie, not about UFOs, OK, it is, but not really, it's about the energy, now available but not to you.

 

People really need to watch this, for a snapshot of the deeper state, controlling the deep state, that controls Davos & Bilderberg, that is what you're allowed to see.  Yea, that's some deep sh!t.

free energy ... problem solved

Just watch it .. and yea, I'm a conspiracy nut, guilty as charged, so no need for all the negatives to be post.  Yes I do believe the premise, and no, I won't debate it, as there really is none.

 

You'll be enlightened, and the silliness of the world may start to make sense.  It is and has always been about the control and ...$$$$$$$$$$

[LosLobo]

 

Foundation Series Two just dropped.

 

[dhupverg]

A couple episodes in on "Beef" and I like it.  8.1 on imdb.  

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14403178/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_1_tt_6_nm_1_q_beef

[xylophone]

I watched a little gem last night from a couple of years back, called, "Last Night in Soho" and it starred the delightful Anna Taylor-Joy and Thomasin McKenzie as well as a couple of oldies, namely Terence Stamp and Diana Rigg and it was a good movie with a very unexpected ending.

[Will27]

Accused

 

Enjoying this one at the moment.
This is the UK series not the US one.

Created by Jimmy McGovern, each episode of this series examines a person who is accused of a crime and what led them to end up in the Dock.

 

 

[Mutt Daeng]

1 hour ago, Will27 said:

Accused

 

Enjoying this one at the moment.
This is the UK series not the US one.

Created by Jimmy McGovern, each episode of this series examines a person who is accused of a crime and what led them to end up in the Dock.

 

 

I watched this a while back and enjoyed it.

I've also watched the US 2023 version and thought it was OK, but wasn't as good as the BBC version.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7949212/

 

[Will27]

34 minutes ago, Mutt Daeng said:

I watched this a while back and enjoyed it.

I've also watched the US 2023 version and thought it was OK, but wasn't as good as the BBC version.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7949212/

 

The Yankee versions usually never are IMO.

[Yellowtail]

5 minutes ago, Will27 said:

The Yankie versions usually never are IMO.

I thought Yankie was a BBC contributor, and that Yankee (what American Indians called the British) was an American. 

 

In the US "Yanks" are from the northeast. So, if you're in the south, when you meet someone from the north, you might say, oh, you're a yank? Well yank on this...

 

All that said, it is a shame how US movies and TV has all turned to crap. 

 

[ThaiFelix]

On 7/14/2023 at 12:39 PM, Mutt Daeng said:

I watched this a while back and enjoyed it.

I've also watched the US 2023 version and thought it was OK, but wasn't as good as the BBC version.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7949212/

 

Cant find the British one, only the yank version, stopped watching after ep 5, its was ok but all layed on a bit too thick for me.

 

[ThaiFelix]

On 7/14/2023 at 12:48 PM, Will27 said:

The Yankee versions usually never are IMO.

I find the yanks over use music to dramatise, whereas the British dont and its more about the quality of the story and the actors.

[Jingthing]

Louis C.K. at the Dolby

 

Dark and edgy as expected.

If you liked Louis C.K. before the "scandal" you'll like this, and vice versa.

I'm glad he's back.

I'd like to see him do tv series again.

I think he's one of the greatest comics of our time.

I read a critic of this show saying some of his material was weird because of the scandal and that he didn't address the scandal in this show.

I find that ridiculous.

Anyone that has followed him would know that his material when he started after the scandal went into that extensively. 

It's crazy that he should be obligated to rehash that for the rest of his life.

For those weaker types that can't stomach that he's still working, then that's cool, don't watch him. Nobody is forcing them. 

[LosLobo]

Documentary  'To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb' was re-broadcast on MSNBC this week and is now available on some sites.

 

I found it extremely interesting as it is a prelude to the coming dramatized version of Oppenheimer (2023) - IMDb starring Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt and Matt Damon.

 

This movie was to premiere in NY later this month , but Universal cancelled The ‘Oppenheimer’ New York red carpet as actors strike kicked off - IMDb

 

 

 

[ThaiFelix]

On 7/12/2023 at 8:15 PM, LosLobo said:

Hijack has climbed in ratings since before the first episode aired and IMHO is a must watch.

 

Obviously the IMDB Critics Reviews are unreliable and they tend to Initially misrepresent the true rating of a movie or series.

 

Originally I ignored this series until posted here.

 

But now I patiently wait every Wednesday for a new episode.

 

So thanks for that!

 

This forum is a wealth of information.

 

Just finished binge watching Eps 1 to 4 and thoroughly enjoyed it so far.  Thanks.

[Will27]

16 hours ago, ThaiFelix said:

Cant find the British one, only the yank version, stopped watching after ep 5, its was ok but all layed on a bit too thick for me.

 

The UK one is on 1337.

[oxo1947]

London Kills 2019

With a documentary style delivery, this drama tells the story of a team of top murder detectives with each episode featuring a different murder while also following a serialized story involving the lead detective’s missing wife----DC Rob Brady wakes up in his car with a witness lying dead next to him and is arrested on suspicion of murder; in his eagerness to clear Rob's name, DI David Bradford interferes with the investigation against DS Vivienne Cole's advice.

 

The forth in the series ---no one thought AcornTV (part of the BBC) would run with it again after the Disney / Hugo Speer sex scandal

[Mutt Daeng]

2 hours ago, oxo1947 said:

London Kills 2019

With a documentary style delivery, this drama tells the story of a team of top murder detectives with each episode featuring a different murder while also following a serialized story involving the lead detective’s missing wife----DC Rob Brady wakes up in his car with a witness lying dead next to him and is arrested on suspicion of murder; in his eagerness to clear Rob's name, DI David Bradford interferes with the investigation against DS Vivienne Cole's advice.

 

The forth in the series ---no one thought AcornTV (part of the BBC) would run with it again after the Disney / Hugo Speer sex scandal

Thanks for the heads up for season 4.

[Mutt Daeng]

22 hours ago, LosLobo said:

Documentary  'To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb' was re-broadcast on MSNBC this week and is now available on some sites.

 

I found it extremely interesting as it is a prelude to the coming dramatized version of Oppenheimer (2023) - IMDb starring Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt and Matt Damon.

 

This movie was to premiere in NY later this month , but Universal cancelled The ‘Oppenheimer’ New York red carpet as actors strike kicked off - IMDb

 

 

 

Thanks @LosLobo. Just watched it and I also found it very interesting. I got it from TGx. Looking forward to the dramatised version.

[Mutt Daeng]

The complete season 4 of Jack Ryan is now available on TGx.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5057054/

 

[connda]

On 7/14/2023 at 9:48 AM, LosLobo said:

 

Foundation Series Two just dropped.

 

Thanks!  That's what I was looking for.

[connda]

Given the recent unrest in France, the Movie Athena is almost prescient.  Cinematography is very well done.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15445056/

[gargamon]

And now for something completely different.

https://www.imdb.com/video/vi238336537

 

I haven't laughed this much in a long time. If you're religious, you may not appreciate it.

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7529770

 

Fourth and final season is underway. 

 

[xylophone]

I watched a movie that only had a 5.6 rating on IMDb, although I thought I'd give it a try, and was pleased that I did, because although it wasn't a magnificent film it was, IMO, better than the 5.6 rating it had been given.

 

The film was called, "God is a Bullet" and was supposedly inspired by true events, although the ending became a bit of a gorefest, but overall it was very watchable.

[BritManToo]

On 7/16/2023 at 7:36 AM, oxo1947 said:

London Kills 2019

With a documentary style delivery, this drama tells the story of a team of top murder detectives with each episode featuring a different murder while also following a serialized story involving the lead detective’s missing wife----DC Rob Brady wakes up in his car with a witness lying dead next to him and is arrested on suspicion of murder; in his eagerness to clear Rob's name, DI David Bradford interferes with the investigation against DS Vivienne Cole's advice.

 

The forth in the series ---no one thought AcornTV (part of the BBC) would run with it again after the Disney / Hugo Speer sex scandal

Very poor production standards, almost unwatchable.

About the same level as stuff made by/for Hallmark.

[scottiejohn]

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

Very poor production standards, almost unwatchable.

About the same level as stuff made by/for Hallmark.

Sorry but I totally disagree with you!

I thought the way it was filmed/structured made it much more believable than most crime series!