What Movies or TV shows are you watching (2024)

[Mutt Daeng]

I've just watched Land of Bad and it was good IMHO. It was brought to my attention by @earlinclaifornia. I got it from TGx.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19864802/

[bamnutsak]

American Fiction, Amazon Prime

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0MbLCpYJPA

 

Awesome ensemble cast, go Leslie Uggams, Jeffrey Wright is brilliant in any role, has great locations (plug), thought-provoking.

 

Highly recommended 9/10

 

Won Oscar for Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

 

 

[bamnutsak]

Maestro, Netflix.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJP2QblqLA0

 

Bradley Cooper's tour-de-force. More of a love story than a bio-pic.

 

Carey Mulligan is brilliant.

 

Recommended 9/10.

 

Nominated for seven Oscars, but no wins.

 

[Andrew Dwyer]

Season 2 of Outer Range, starring Josh Brolin starts May 16th.

 

“A rancher fighting for his land and family discovers an unfathomable mystery at the edge of Wyoming's wilderness.” imdb 7.1

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11685912/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

 

I thought season one was good and ended with more questions than answers, hopefully season 2 will shed some light on the mystery.

[Jingthing]

Episode 6 of Season 3 of The Young Royals which is the FINALE of the entire series is out today.

Without any spoilers, I will call it an emotionally satisfying conclusion. 

[Martin71]

Attenborough's life in colour (watching it now on global trekker channel)... brilliant..not just a nature documentary..

[Mutt Daeng]

Last night I watched the first couple of episodes of season 1 of Masters of the Air. It's already been mentioned a couple of times in this forum. So far, it's entertaining and enjoyable IHMO. I got it from TGx.  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2640044/

[KhunLA]

14 minutes ago, Mutt Daeng said:

Last night I watched the first couple of episodes of season 1 of Masters of the Air. It's already been mentioned a couple of times in this forum. So far, it's entertaining and enjoyable IHMO. I got it from TGx.  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2640044/

That's about the only interesting eps.  3 ish or so, while flying missions, getting shot up, then goes downhill from there.  Further eps I found myself fast forwarding, then gave up around 6th eps.  Not sure how it kept the high rating after mid way through.

[Rimmer]

31 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

That's about the only interesting eps.  3 ish or so, while flying missions, getting shot up, then goes downhill from there.  Further eps I found myself fast forwarding, then gave up around 6th eps.  Not sure how it kept the high rating after mid way through.

 

I am an something of an amateur  WW2 historian but found the story disjointed and boring, the flying scenes are authentic and some of the best flying WW2  CGI I have ever seen.

I found the the POW episodes from Stalag Luft three based on my previous research interesting and authentic, I think the high rating on IMDB is because people are acknowledging the detail and work that obviously went into making it, as entertainment I would rate it around 6 or maybe 6.5   

 

I have visited sites of many of the USAF and RAF bases in East Anglia, very little now remains of most of them, most having been tuned into farmers fields, many do however have a plaque marking the spot.  

[Jai Dee]

Just digitally released... Bob Marley: One Love

 

"The story of how reggae icon Bob Marley overcame adversity, and the journey behind his revolutionary music."

 

[gargamon]

Just out now. I'm sure the original was better but I'll give this one a look anyway.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3359350/

 

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[earlinclaifornia]

20 minutes ago, gargamon said:

Just out now. I'm sure the original was better but I'll give this one a look anyway.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3359350/

 

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Same here starting  it just now. Opens with Post Malone in the ring!

Edited March 21 by earlinclaifornia

[Andrew Dwyer]

33 minutes ago, gargamon said:

Just out now. I'm sure the original was better but I'll give this one a look anyway.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3359350/

 

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Let us know what you think, no IMDb rating .

Connor McGregor and Post Malone also in there, unfortunately no Jeff Healey .

[KhunLA]

1 hour ago, gargamon said:

Just out now. I'm sure the original was better but I'll give this one a look anyway.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3359350/\

I doubt that ... 1989 & Swayze ... no thanks.

[gargamon]

1 hour ago, KhunLA said:

I doubt that ... 1989 & Swayze ... no thanks.

So you haven't seen the original then. Such an insightful comment, like most of your posts. 

[gargamon]

2 hours ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

Let us know what you think, no IMDb rating .

Connor McGregor and Post Malone also in there, unfortunately no Jeff Healey .

Good. Well worth a watch. Almost up to the original in quality. Some good music I didn't recognize, definitely not in Healey's class though. 

[ukrules]

I'm about to check out '3 Body Problem' which is on Netflix since Thursday.

No idea if it's any good yet but I will soon!

[Henk Langeweg]

1 hour ago, ukrules said:

I'm about to check out '3 Body Problem' which is on Netflix since Thursday.

No idea if it's any good yet but I will soon!

Pretty sure that the original Chinese version is much better.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20242042/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_4_tt_7_nm_0_q_three%20%20bo

[oxo1947]

 

[Pouatchee]

not knowing if anyone discussed this -- i started to watch "3 Body Problem" and it looks like a great story. unfortunately most of it is in chinese with sparse english here and there. really looking forward to the subtitled version

 

                                                                                     

[Henk Langeweg]

14 minutes ago, Pouatchee said:

not knowing if anyone discussed this -- i started to watch "3 Body Problem" and it looks like a great story. unfortunately most of it is in chinese with sparse english here and there. really looking forward to the subtitled version

 

                                                                                     

Better watch the original Chinese version (2023), DL on 1337.

https://www.1337x.to/search/three+body+2023/1/

[Will27]

Coma

 

A family man's devotion is tested as his neighborhood falls prey to the torment inflicted by a gang of teenagers commanded by a menacing 17-year-old ringleader.

 

 

 

[Will27]

Patria

 

Patria tells the story of two families divided by the violent conflict of the separatist terrorism of ETA over the Spanish Basque Country. After 3 decades of murder, terrorism, political fanaticism, will the community be able to forgive?

 

 

[giddyup]

12 hours ago, gargamon said:

Good. Well worth a watch. Almost up to the original in quality. Some good music I didn't recognize, definitely not in Healey's class though. 

Worth watching for the fight scenes only, the rest of the movie is just filler. Credit to Connor though, thought he played the psycho role pretty well.

[Mutt Daeng]

18 hours ago, gargamon said:

Just out now. I'm sure the original was better but I'll give this one a look anyway.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3359350/

 

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Thanks @gargamon. Downloading now from 1337x. Seems to available at the usual places.

[Mutt Daeng]

2 hours ago, Will27 said:

Patria

 

Patria tells the story of two families divided by the violent conflict of the separatist terrorism of ETA over the Spanish Basque Country. After 3 decades of murder, terrorism, political fanaticism, will the community be able to forgive?

 

 

Thanks @Will27. Looks promising. Downloading now from 1337x.

[jaywalker2]

On 3/11/2024 at 1:48 PM, recom273 said:

Worth a watch?

 

I started watching it the other week, got as far as the kid going back to find him on the ground. 

 

You mentioned something about the ending.
 

 

I liked it and would recommend it but it is slow and most of it is talking. There are also a lot of subtexts to the narrative -- she's German, the husband's French, she uses English as her main language, the boy suffers from impaired sight due to an accident, all sorts of nuances. Some of the reviews criticize it as boring but I didn't find it that way. And I thought the ending was realistic.

[jaywalker2]

On 3/15/2024 at 2:32 AM, Seppius said:

Sticking with Shogun, I like it, but hardly a clue what's going on. The 4th episode really bringing it together

 

in the end, I think it's going to be a classic series

You do need some background in Japanese history to understand what's going on. You might want to skim the Wilkepedia entry on the Sengoku period in Japan.

[xylophone]

With all of the talk about the new "Dune" movie, I decided to watch the original 1984 version again and I found it enjoyable although the "special effects" were far from it, however the imagination of the producer and set designers when portraying life and settings in certain planets and other aspects of the movie, was intriguingly brilliant!

 

PS. I also fell in love, all over again, with Sean Young.

Edited March 22 by xylophone

[xylophone]

When I need a break from a long series, such as "The Gentlemen", I flick on to the BBC iPlayer and watch some of the old Morecambe and Wise shows, some of which still make me laugh – – they were simply brilliant in my opinion.

Edited March 22 by xylophone