Chez Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Been binging After Life with Ricky Gervais. Quite good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 24 minutes ago, Chez said: Been binging After Life with Ricky Gervais. Quite good. Loved that show. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Albert Tatlock Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 So much comes together. An anti-war band now in exile performing at Crocus City some time ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE0WYCs4JMQ&t=3376s The chorus is gorgeous of this one song. I remembered liking this and today confirmed that it was indeed a performance at Crocus City. He's not usually so formal - it was one of those group + orchestras special deals. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Albert Tatlock Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 Friday Night Dinner 9 years of series that I missed but can now binge at my leisure excellent stuff - situation comedy with well choreographed farce at times. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YcFkNYA5hps The last few seconds of this above had me in stitches last night. Makes me wish I had a brother, ha! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 6 hours ago, Albert Tatlock said: Friday Night Dinner 9 years of series that I missed but can now binge at my leisure excellent stuff - situation comedy with well choreographed farce at times. The last few seconds of this above had me in stitches last night. Makes me wish I had a brother, ha! Forgot about this series - my wife and started watching it couple of years ago. Need to pick it back up --- the bits do get a bit redundant - but funny as all hell. Not as great as The Inbetweeners - but still very funny. Also finally got around to watch The Perks of Being a Wallflower, this past week. Good movie (it was hit with my teenage son and niece, they both watched last year or so) -- my biggest beef of the movie was how would the three main characters not know "Heroes" by David Bowie???? The writer should have picked a different song or a used different angle. Of course, I got the biggest roll eye from my kid when I brought it up. I was no where as hip as these characters and I knew the tune when I was in high school. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 Baby Reindeer, like the rest of the world, apparently. 5 episodes in. 4 wrecked me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 Been working through Reservation Dogs. Man - I love that show. So good. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 3 hours ago, Oil Can Boyd said: Been working through Reservation Dogs. Man - I love that show. So good. I have been re-watching the series with my kid and wife --- my first time through, I thought it was really great, but my wife didn't hang with it ---- she decided to give another shot. So many great characters on the show. Going into the series, my kid told me not to keep saying "'make sure you don't do that" to him, all the time..... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 1 hour ago, calvino said: I have been re-watching the series with my kid and wife --- my first time through, I thought it was really great, but my wife didn't hang with it ---- she decided to give another shot. So many great characters on the show. Going into the series, my kid told me not to keep saying "'make sure you don't do that" to him, all the time..... Yes! And I love how some episodes focus on the ensemble and others focus on specific characters. Willie Jack is so great. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 2011 movie starring Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain, Take Shelter. Very good. On Hulu if you're interested. Those two have now done this movie and George & Tammy together. Very different characters, but they really play off each other very well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chez Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 We are halfway through the second season of Slow Horses. Also been watching season three of Hacks and the Showtime adaptation of A Gentleman in Moscow. So much content, so little time! Fortunately (or unfortunately), the White Sox have been mostly unwatchable - frees up a lot of time for me!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 5 hours ago, Chez said: We are halfway through the second season of Slow Horses. Also been watching season three of Hacks and the Showtime adaptation of A Gentleman in Moscow. So much content, so little time! Fortunately (or unfortunately), the White Sox have been mostly unwatchable - frees up a lot of time for me!! The White Sox has been somewhat ok to watch the last 15 games or so ------ Still miss Jason Benetti calling the games, at least him and Stone made the games interesting even when the play on the field stunk. I am back to listening to music, as I watch the games. We just finished up season 3 of Slow Horses. A very enjoyable show - Gary Oldman is awesome and it's always nice to hear Jagger sing the opening theme song. Also watched the 1st two episodes of "Drops of God" (via Apple TV), yesterday. Definitely piqued my interest. The location shots have been great (Paris, Toyko, Italy countryside). 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chez Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 We started watching the Netflix adaptation of Tom Wolfe's novel, "A Man in Full." An ambitious undertaking to reduce 740+ pages to six episodes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted June 10 Author Share Posted June 10 Strangers on a Train (1951) contains one of my favorite jokes in all of Hitchcock. As Guy and Bruno violently wrestle on the out-of-control carousel, a panicked mother on the sideline recognizes her son on the ride and cries, "My little boy!" The suspenseful soundtrack stabs, and Hitchcock cuts to the boy... who is clearly having the time of his life. (This is followed almost immediately by a second joke: When the brawlers pass him, the smiling kid punches Bruno, just for the laughs.) Decades ago, the teenage me would watch Strangers on a Train over and over, trying to figure out Hitchcock's ingredients by carefully observing his moves and choices, especially in terms of cinematography and editing. I did the same thing as I shared the movie with my 16-year-old son. But this time I was especially struck by how crucial information is often conveyed strictly through subtle acting. Consider the scene where Anne's father informs Guy that Miriam is dead. Hitchcock studies Anne (Ruth Roman) rather than Guy, watching her watching him, and her eyes tell us that she has already spent the evening nurturing doubt and suspicion; tonight, Guy has lost Miriam and maybe Anne, too. Ruth Roman melts the screen through most of the movie, but in that scene, her concealed fear--and vulnerability--creates a wellspring of paranoia from which the rest of the movie continually draws. What did my son think? "That was really good." 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Albert Tatlock Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 Fascinating and not at all hung-ho. He’s an engaging down to earth storyteller. . Also . . . As they say, play loud. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brian F. Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 I hate that tagline. We didn't "all commit" this crime. I never downloaded anything illegally, and neither did most Americans. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chuckrh Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 22 hours ago, Brian F. said: I hate that tagline. We didn't "all commit" this crime. I never downloaded anything illegally, and neither did most Americans. It was enough to bring down an industry worth billions though. & it was a world wide issue. I worked in music distribution for 25+ years & my job went away. This documentary is deeply flawed though & I can see your point. Lots of greed everywhere that doesn't get talked about much. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 Watched the 1st episode of the Bear -- starting off great. Just noticed that the above is the freezer door - that's pretty cool. Last night, my kid wanted us to make the Bear family spaghetti recipe --- it turned out pretty good - need to season it more, though. The kid was hoping we'd find a bunch of cash when we opened the can of San Marzano tomatoes --- but nothin'... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Boss_Tweedy Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 Binge-watched Peaky Blinders over the past week and a half. Very enjoyable although some of the tying up of loose ends seemed a bit rushed. I was sad to reach the end, but I understand that a movie's in the works. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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