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[uncool2pillow]

On 3/25/2025 at 8:54 AM, Chez said:

Just watched a four-episode drama on Netflix - Adolescence.  Fantastic.  

This is as brilliant and unsettling as television gets. As a middle school teacher, so much of it rang true. I fear for this generation, especially the boys.

[Beltmann]

 

I tend to like Jason Statham movies, but A Working Man is colossally bad, a tired, by-the-numbers stump that is substandard in every which way. Each scene is presented as if the script never evolved past the outline stage. There's no personality, no style, no suspense. But it's worse than that: The last thing we need right now is a dopey cartoon that glorifies extralegal measures and knowingly stokes the same fears that are currently being used to justify such authoritarian impulses. "It's just entertainment," you might say, and I hear ya. But right now, I can't help but feel that "escapism" as an excuse is simply not good enough. It may just be a movie, but in this all-hands-on-deck moment, it feels like a movie that has deserted its post.

[theashtraysays]

Watched Conclave on a flight last week. I thought it was quite good - did a nice job of showing the catholic church as a troubled institution with many sincere people within. I liked the acting and the Hollywood twisties. 

But having Stanley Tucci’s character named “Bellini” was pretty doggone epic.