What Movies or TV shows are you watching (2025)

[giddyup]

1 hour ago, gargamon said:

So, same as everyone else then.

Yep, obviously believing in a god has no effect on your moral compass.

[ukrules]

On 1/15/2025 at 2:38 PM, Rimmer said:

It its brutal gritty and very realistic, I have never seen anything quite like it before...

 

Have you watched 'Deadwood' and 'The Good Lord Bird'. This one reminded me of Deadwood in a way.

One thing about this American Primeval is that it is largely based on real events with fictional details added of course to pad it out.

Things sure were brutal back then!

[ukrules]

6 hours ago, udontomi said:

I've become a HUGE fan of Taylor Sheridan!!!  Currently watching Landman (Billy Bob Thornton is AMAZING in it!) Also Tulsa King (Stallone is great!). Looking forward to the return next month of 1923 with Helen Mirren and Harrison Ford.  Would like to see 1883 come back, too.

 

Indeed, this guy went from a bit part actor to a major script writing machine including big hits like Sicario and it's sequel.

[Rimmer]

9 minutes ago, ukrules said:

 

Have you watched 'Deadwood' and 'The Good Lord Bird'. This one reminded me of Deadwood in a way.

One thing about this American Primeval is that it is largely based on real events with fictional details added of course to pad it out.

Things sure were brutal back then!

 

I have watched Deadwood, I think maybe three times and have it in my archive, not watched The Good Lord Bird, I'll see if I can find it, Thanks for that

[ukrules]

10 minutes ago, Rimmer said:

not watched The Good Lord Bird, I'll see if I can find it, Thanks for that

 

It's a little nuts, but then again - in this show so is the John Brown character.

[geisha]

New films out,Conclave is fantastic , and the new BOB Dylan . 

[LosLobo]

55 minutes ago, geisha said:

New films out,Conclave is fantastic , and the new BOB Dylan . 

 

[LosLobo]

Just found ten very good shows on BBC iPlayer which should keep @xylophone and others busy for a while.

The first one I watched for three minutes was Fleabag TV Series (2016–2019) IMDB Rating 8.7/10 and it won me. Never laughed so much!

The other nine are high up there too.

A lot of them are available elsewhere besides BBC.

https://metro.co.uk/2025/01/11/10-best-shows-bbc-iplayer-near-perfect-rotten-tomatoes-scores-22337601/
 

[Mutt Daeng]

18 hours ago, udontomi said:

I've become a HUGE fan of Taylor Sheridan!!!  Currently watching Landman (Billy Bob Thornton is AMAZING in it!) Also Tulsa King (Stallone is great!). Looking forward to the return next month of 1923 with Helen Mirren and Harrison Ford.  Would like to see 1883 come back, too.

I've also just started Landman and I think it's very good. Also agree about Billy Bob Thornton's performance being excellent. He also turned out great performances as Lorne Malvo in Fargo season 1 and Billy McBride in 4 seasons of Goliath.

[Mutt Daeng]

11 hours ago, ukrules said:

11 hours ago, Rimmer said:

not watched The Good Lord Bird, I'll see if I can find it, Thanks for that

 

It's a little nuts, but then again - in this show so is the John Brown character.

I watched The Good Lord Bird and enjoyed it. Good performance by Ethan Hawke as John Brown.

[Jingthing]

So I watched Queer, based on the William Burroughs novella.

I've been a Burroughs fan since age 13 when I read Naked Lunch, so this was a must see for me. Pretty damn trippy. As there is an expat story to it (Americans in 1950's Mexico City) there is that expat interest. Well reviewed and Daniel Craig is getting best actor buzz. The gay sex part of the story is not explicit, more conceptual and romantic.

 

 

[jaywalker2]

RIP David Lynch, passed too soon at 78. Blue Velvet is one of my favorite films and I fondly remember binge watching Twin Peaks when I lived in Japan.

[faraday]

57 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

So I watched Queer, based on the William Burroughs novella.

I've been a Burroughs fan since age 13 when I read Naked Lunch, so this was a must see for me. Pretty damn trippy. As there is an expat story to it (Americans in 1950's Mexico City) there is that expat interest. Well reviewed and Daniel Craig is getting best actor buzz. The gay sex part of the story is not explicit, more conceptual and romantic.

 

 

Thanks JT, I'll have a butchers later.

Yes, I read NL when I 16/17...an interesting book, albeit confusing & weird, at times.

Also read Hunter S Thompson, too. Another odd, but interesting man.

Touch of genius & madness in both of them...

 

Good to see Craig in a different role...🙂

 

nb: 'butchers' is Cockney rhyming slang for 'look'.

 

Butchers Hook - Look...😁

[bamnutsak]

21 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Surprised they were allowed to make a show depicting Brigham-Young and the Mormons as bloodthirsty, murdering savages.

 

Same same for A Study in Scarlet.

 

According to a 1994 Salt Lake City newspaper article, when Doyle was asked about his depiction of the Latter Day Saints' organisation as being steeped in kidnapping, murder and enslavement, he said, "All I said about the Danite Band and the murders is historical so I cannot withdraw that". However, Doyle's daughter has stated, "You know, Father would be the first to admit that his first Sherlock Holmes novel was full of errors about the Mormons". Years after Doyle's death, Levi Edgar Young, a descendant of Brigham Young, and a Mormon general authority, claimed that Doyle had privately apologised.

 

[Marcous]

On 1/11/2025 at 10:35 PM, xylophone said:

 

 

Now one for those of English extraction amongst the posters – – on BBC iPlayer there is a series called "Lucy Worsley investigates" (or something like that!) and I decided to watch the one where she covers the Norman conquest of England, called "1066" and was surprised that what I learned. I say that because at school we were never really taught the full story about the Norman invasion, and because I was born in Sussex and have a cousin who lives in Battle (near Hastings) I was particularly interested.

 

Furthermore just alongside of my birthplace of Horsham, there is an area called "Doomsday Green" which, believe it or not, is mentioned in the Doomsday book, so I've always been interested in both of those aspects, and this documentary solves a lot of the mystery. If you are interested in that sort of thing (I mean the Norman conquest of England and its more detailed history) then this documentary is well worth a look.

 

 

 

 

Thanks. I just finished series 1 and quite enjoyed it. The two episodes about the kings were a little boring though. 

[oxo1947]

14 hours ago, LosLobo said:

and the new BOB Dylan

Is that anywhere -not in Cam LosLobo.......  ??

 

Or anyone...seen it no CAM ?

 

[LosLobo]

7 minutes ago, oxo1947 said:

Is that anywhere -not in Cam LosLobo.......  ??

 

Or anyone...seen it no CAM ?

 

Only seen CAM maybe ask OP @geisha

[brewsterbudgen]

Anora is fantastic.

 

 

[jaywalker2]

17 hours ago, LosLobo said:

 

I thought it was very good. Although currently only the Cam version is available, the  quality of both the sound and video were very acceptable, at least for me. It focuses on the period in Dylan's life between 1960 when he arrived in New York and the famous uproar when he went electric at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965. It's not strictly accurate, as various incidents have been changed or rearranged to create a narrative structure but still well worth seeing if you're a Dylan fan. I'm just disappointed that they left out his meeting with the Beatles, which I think is crucial for understanding why he went electric.  I downloaded it from TGX

[xylophone]

As is my wont these days, I watched a couple of "older" movies and one of them starred Dustin Hoffman in, "Little Big Man" and it was entertaining enough, if a little long and I seem to recall some rave reviews about it when it first came out, but now??

 

This movie is not that old, and it's called, "Brimstone" and stars Guy Pearce (one of my favourite actors) and Dakota Fanning, both of whom turn in great performances in this somewhat meandering, confusing yet enjoyable movie, which has been described as: – "An excellently made film and a gripping tale expertly told, incredibly acted out by a great cast".