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Watched the Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare last night.
Its hard to put into words how bad this film is…
Winston + thousands.
I was suckered in by the 'based on a true story' shtick,but quickly realised it was a pile of turd.
At least it only took 20 mins on fast forward to confirm.
Rebel moon directors cut just out on Netflix.
Not watched it yet but holy crow, 3h 24m running time
Decided to start watching Three Body on Prime. Then discovered some of the episodes have to be bought to watch. Then discovered they're all available to freely watch on youtube. Quite enjoying the Chinese version, haven't watched the Netflix version. From reading comments about it, the Chinese version is much slower paced, and more direct translation of the book content. Only four episodes in but enjoying it so far.
My review of the season finale of House of the Dragon: <sigh>
Is Spaceballs on Netflix? I've not seen that in yonks.
Comb the desert!
https://www.jus****ch.com/uk/search?q=spaceballs
Amazon. Awesome movie. In other news, there's an animated series from a few years back starring quite a few of the original cast! Who knew? Although it gets really terrible reviews, and you can't (legally) watch it anywhere.
@dyna-ti If the director cut an extra 1hr 24m form that it would be a decent film. As it is its waaay too self indulgent.
Is Spaceballs on Netflix? I’ve not seen that in yonks
"We're gonna have to go right to ludicrous speed"
🙂
My review of the season finale of House of the Dragon: <sigh>
A bit pants I agree, got to wait now 2 years for more of the same.
Rebel moon directors cut just out on Netflix.
Not watched it yet but holy crow, 3h 24m running time
@dyna-ti If the director cut an extra 1hr 24m form that it would be a decent film. As it is its waaay too self indulgent
The director did, it was released first. It was rubbish.
The Instigators on Apple TV is fine for a Saturday night film.
Just don't watch the trailer beforehand - I never thought a trailer could make a film look bad.
#latetoanotherparty.. I may be one of the very few that has never watched Peaky Blinders, but am now going to give it a go after listening to the writer Steven Knight on Desert Island Disks. Even if you don't fancy the series,his DID is well worth a listen.
🙂
For what it's worth - I can't agree with those that didn't like Ministry of Ungentlemanly War. We found it great fun and perfect popcorn entertainment. Very much in the vein of Rogue Heroes - hardly surprising. And yes, it is based on a true story in as much as there was an operation called Postmaster and it did target the ships in that port. A few of the characters existed (not all of them in that place though). But a hugely entertaining piece of cinematic escapism. Loved it. 🙂
If you fancy a nostalgic evening watching Beverley Hills Cop: Axel Foley, don't bother.
Eddie Murphy clearly can't be bothered. Absolutely phones it in with now where near the energy of the original films. Terrible script and acting. Judge Reinhold makes Mickey Rourke look normal, which is probably why he's only in it for 15 minutes. John Ashton's hair and moustache dye job would make Rudy Guliani wince. There's also an utterly bizarre and pointless scenes with Luis Guzman. Kevin Bacon's henchmen looked like the cast off love children of Siegfried and Roy. The plot is absolute garbage and it's just a series of really bad set pieces.
Why him ? Is utter filthy crude humour a v comedic watch
My review of the season finale of House of the Dragon: <sigh>
We gave up on it after 2 or 3 episodes of watching people mumbling to each other in dark castles and realising we couldn’t care less if every last one of them was incinerated by a dragon. In fact, that would be infinitely preferable to the spirit-crushing tedium of what wasn’t happening on screen
Its like they drew up an exhaustive list of all the things that made Game of Thrones brilliant, then systematically removed any last trace of them.
Awful!
In somewhat more interesting news: Ted Lasso series 4 is on the way 😀
I'm still working at The Boys S4, and it does feel like work tbh. Clearly they're trying to tee things up for the final season, but the pacing is so all over the shop. Ep1/2 - actual stuff happens. Ep3/4/5 - nothing happens, so instead there are diversions with flying sheep, dying people not dying, and randomly bringing in events from the TV show as if you remember seeing them.
Definitely not impressed
Brassic is great fun for a bit of silliness. All filmed around our neck of the woods so we have the added bonus of location spotting. Worth watching just for Jim the Farmer
Another new series to watch - Perfect Couple directed by Susanne Bier (Bird Box and a load of Dansk films) and starring Nicole Kidman as rich American woman (as usual) and various other well known actors in other roles Bono’s daughter from Bad Sisters (forgot her name), the cosmetic surgery nightmare that is now Isabelle Adjani and others. Enjoyed the first one.
@DrJ - It’s very good. Has that familiar very slick feel of White Lotus or Nine Perfect Strangers. A great cast who all seem to be enjoying themselves playing thoroughly unpleasant people and the plot is a good, old-fashioned Agatha Christie style whodunnit.
Well worth a viewing
Bad Monkey on Apple TV is enjoyable. It's Vince Vaughan pretty much playing Vince Vaughan as a disgraced detective in the Florida Keys. Interesting plot and a few laughs along the way. Halfway through the series and it's holding our interest.
I accidentally watch Netflix's No.1 pickathepopschartrundownpoppickers film the other day - and it was pretty good! Expected dumb action movie, got quite thoughtful, sometime complex, semi-action, quite thoughtful erm, 'cops are bad' thriller : 'Rebel Ridge'
Also, may have been mentioned but knockabout plague and pestulance comedy 'Decammeron' is worth a watch.
+1 for Rebel Ridge. I'd seen a 5* newspaper review of it so spotted it - the title does it no favours, but it's solid thoughtful action beat em up.
Just finished S2 of Mayor of Kingstown, need a bit of a breather after that. Bad Monkey next I reckon!
Started Sherwood S1, I thought it was very good, great writing; the OH isn't so sure.
Has anyone looked at Stags on Paramount? Also got great reviews, but after 1 episode I'm not totally sure.
Decammeron
Does it improve? I watched the first couple and it felt like there was an in-joke I was missing?
I didn't expect to like Decammeron (it was recommended by a strange person), but found it funny. That doesn't mean you will, of course.
Watched Eden Lake on Amazon at the weekend - amazed we hadn't seen it before (2008)
Totally infuriating at times, but a distrubing gritty horror.
We then followed that up with Summer Scars - a budget Welsh film. At times nasty and disturbing, but in a way, a complete contrast to the previous film
Both are centred round working glass gangs of kids, I'll not say too much more
Lou.
Decameron was mostly funny, but walked a very fine line between excellence, and disappearing up its own arse.
It could have been better without the preachy ending, too. That was one of the bits that didn't fall on the side of excellence, but went the other way...
Decameron was mostly funny
Oh, I agree, it wasn't the best thing I've ever seen, you can't expect all recommendations to be absolutely perfect! But it was worth watching for the Tindaro character, I thought he was bloody hilarious.
Eden Lake on Amazon at the weekend
Saw that when it came out, it lingers in the mind. Its a great horror, because it could actually happen. Humans do make the best monsters.
worth watching for the Tindaro character, I thought he was
bloody hilarious.Squadron Commander Lord Flasheart
Couldn't agree more, I half expected a copyright suit to follow.
Squadron Commander Lord Flasheart
You clearly watched a very different version of Blackadder to me!! Absolutely **** all like Flashheart!
+3 Rebel Ridge. Very good.
Perfect Couple
Agreed. A couple of episodes in and enjoying that.
I think it was on Prime originally but Nine Perfect Strangers is another series with Nicole Kidman that has a nice watchable / quirky what's going on feel about it.
We're enjoying Glitch at the moment.
And can anyone tell me does the new series of Umbrella Academy get better. First episode left me cold, which is a shame as really enjoyed the earlier ones.
And can anyone tell me does the new series of Umbrella Academy get better. First episode left me cold, which is a shame as really enjoyed the earlier ones.
Yes. Give it an episode or 2, it warms up!
Umbrella academy final season left me somewhat underwhelmed.
Quite a few plot lines appeared to be there mainly as fillers, and what was the ending all about?
I think it was on Prime originally but Nine Perfect Strangers is another series with Nicole Kidman that has a nice watchable / quirky what’s going on feel about it.
Couldn't get on with it. In theory I should have liked it, I usually like a whatsgoingon as much as a whodunnit, but it just didn't stick. I kept wishing a sinkhole would appear under the resort and consume everyone; no sinkhole after ep3, I gave up. YMMV.
Into the Fire - the documentary on Netflix is absolutely insane. Completely ****ed up and a totally compelling story about what a woman is prepared to do to find what happened to her missing daughter
Not an easy watch at all, but a pretty inspiring story about about sheer bloody-mindedness and intuition
Second Into The Fire. What a monster!
Third for Into the Fire, watched it today after Binners recommendation.
Another new series to watch – Perfect Couple directed by Susanne Bier (Bird Box and a load of Dansk films) and starring Nicole Kidman as rich American woman (as usual) and various other well known actors in other roles Bono’s daughter from Bad Sisters
Started off good but thought the ending was a bit weak.
I found Bono’s daughter to be a really weird actor, only seemed to have a few facial characteristics and to display them at the wrong time.
Right, finished S4 of the Boys and by god it's awful. The pacing is all over the shop, the writing is just horrendous, the storylines abysmal (Hughie's last few episodes are just... what?!) and the gore is used to make up for it all, it seems. S5 will have to be something special to get me to watch it.
Bad Monkey wasn't gripping me, but episode 3 is a bit of a gamechanger, definitely has me more interested now.
Still trying to persuade the OH to try more of Sherwood ("oh but it's depressing" says the woman who loved Happy Valley). And apparently Presumed Innocent (Apple TV) is good?
Apparently The Penguin is supposed to be quite good according to the Guardian.
Yeah, we watched the first episode last night and its looking very promising. Farrell was very good (although you wouldnt know it was him from looking)
Yep, I thought The Penguin was excellent.
Nothing like I was expecting; no sign of Batman or other sillyness. More like a gangster/mafia series.
Can't wait for the next episode.
The Forest is great for a French language series. Will probably work for you if you liked Broadchurch.
Not Netflix, but BBC iPlayer. Bob Servant, both series. A cult classic, one of the funniest things by the writer of Guilt and The Gold.
Starring Brian Cox (Succession, not Astronomy) who I used to think was pompous and humourless, but not any longer.
Vox Machina series 1-3 on Prime.
Not Netflix but there's a 2 part Ken Burns documentary on iPlayer at moment about the American Buffalo which is superb.
I just kind of stopped watching the new series of The Boys. Might pick it up again, but it's definitely lost its mojo.
Really enjoyed the second series of Colin From Accounts (iPlayer).
Noticed the OG Mean Girls is on Prime for free, so I've marked that to watch with my daughter.
I just kind of stopped watching the new series of The Boys.
It's pretty obvious that it's just scripted to move the story along to the finale, so it's hard not to treat it as filler. If you know the series well enough, you could watch the first and last ep. of season 4 and not really miss out anything crucial.
Rebel Ridge on NetFlix. Late to the party I know. Thought it was great, wonder if they'll do another one.
Ludvig on iPlayer. David Mitchell doing David Mitchell things. Best thing I reckon he's done since upstart crow. And defo set up for a second series.
Slow Horses S4: just gets better. We deliberately waited until all episodes were ready to stream as we knew we'd binge watch it.
I got 2 episodes into Kaos (which was very well reviewed) but just didn't gel with it at all. Binned that off.
I watched Wolfs last night (Apple TV which required signing up for a week's free trial which I'm going to have to cancel again before they take £8.99 off me) which was enjoyable. Quite silly but funny in parts, even if it is just Brad Pitt and George Clooney being Brad Pitt and George Clooney.
Rebel Ridge on NetFlix. Late to the party I know. Thought it was great, wonder if they’ll do another one.
Yeah, agree, solid action thriller, done quite well, enjoyed it.
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I got 2 episodes into Kaos (which was very well reviewed) but just didn’t gel with it at all. Binned that off.
Whereas I'm now 6 episodes in and absolutely gripped! Very much horses for courses though - it's quite "clever" (as in, it thinks it is), so I can see why it's not for everyone.
Wolfs is a great weekend film for watching with the OH, solid 7/10 all round. Which, frankly, is getting harder to find these days on streaming platforms!
Hearts of Darkness on C4, the making of Apocalypse Now by Coppola's wife. Must have watched it 30 years and only just spotted it was available.
(Forgive the casual sexism - Eleanor Coppola, plus a couple of others).
Nobody wants this, Seth and Veronica Mars go dating. It's not perfect but enjoyable.
Whereas I’m now 6 episodes in and absolutely gripped! Very much horses for courses though – it’s quite “clever” (as in, it thinks it is), so I can see why it’s not for everyone.
Enjoyed Kaos for its contemporary retelling of Greek myth, even got a mythology Q correct on The Chase because of it 😉
Great cast but there won't be a second series on NF
3 episodes into Sweetpea (Now/Sky):: British drama with dark humour about a bullied wallflower turned killer... enjoying it, gets going fairly quickly too
Why do Netflix buy up crap from ITV / Channel 5 and present them as a fab new mini-series?! As Outer Range had petered out to an end, we tried "The Cuckoo" as it was high in the chart. Oh my god, what garbage. I'm sure it must've been on C5 to start with.
Not sure where to go next as Netflix is full of old rubbish. Partner doesn't have Sky or BBC, as I've started Sweetpea , which seems good. And The Penguin which is fab.
By the way, Ella Purnell, star of Sweetpea is also the main character in Fallout - which IMDB says has a second series coming.. yay!
bullied wallflower turned killer
Spoilers! 😛
Brassic if you've not seen it. Just bombed the lot. Quite funny but goes a bit OTT in the end like Derry Girls did a bit
Brassic if you’ve not seen it. Just bombed the lot. Quite funny but goes a bit OTT in the end like Derry Girls did a bit
yeah agreed. we started watching this one, got a couple of episodes in and just thought meh, cant be bothered with it anymore.
Breaking Bad. Started watching it last night. Pretty good so far, 2 episodes in.
Am I a bit late to the party?
Am I a bit late to the party?
I was just thinking of rewatching it, it's up there with The Sopranos and The Wire as one of the greatest shows ever. I rewatched The Sopranos and Battlestar Galactica a few months back, they both held up well. Amazing that a reboot of a cheezy 70s show could turn out to be so good.
I found it a bit formulaic. Gravel bike was welcome, but I didn’t make it to halfway before giving up
That's interesting, as I found it to be quite against the norm. Mrs P has zero tolerance for formulaic action and very little tolerance for predictability in films and she loved it. It kept us guessing, and had much more suspenseful impending threat rather than just shootouts.
I felt the writers wanted to go against the grain with controlled non-lethal stuff. There was even a slow-speed car chase at the end 😀
New third series of Industry on iPlayer.
Watched 2 eps last night and they've maintained or improved the quality from S2.
Still plenty of swearing, drugs and filth, obvs.
Yeah I've really enjoyed this series of Industry, have one more episode to watch. Agree it's upped it's game since the last series.
Anyone going to admit to that they'll be watching Rivals (starts tomorrow)? From what I've read about it so far it looks like it will be a lot of trashy fun.
It looks as though a new season of What We Do in the Shadows starts next week, but not sure if that's in the OK or not.
That’s interesting, as I found it to be quite against the norm. Mrs P has zero tolerance for formulaic action and very little tolerance for predictability in films and she loved it. It kept us guessing, and had much more suspenseful impending threat rather than just shootouts.
I felt the writers wanted to go against the grain with controlled non-lethal stuff. There was even a slow-speed car chase at the end 😀
Yeah, Rebel Ridge is definitely an unconventional action film. I was expecting it to go all First Blood and it deliberately didn't.
But I supposed you'd never know if you only watch half of everything.
It looks as though a new season of What We Do in the Shadows starts next week
Fab, didn't know that was coming
Also got S2 of Alma's Not Normal on my watchlist, the first series was one of the best things the Beeb has done for years.