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A western with the same old story, but well done nevertheless...
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The new Mission Impossible, Dead reckoning.
Utterly, utterly terrible.
Utterly, utterly terrible.
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The Met on BBC.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08s7cgb
Fly on the wall doc. Amazing how far removed your average criminal is from the Hollywood 'criminal mastermind'. Thick as mince, many of them. One woman gives her son and three mates a lift to go chop up another kid with machetes, then makes up some cock-and-bull story, despite the CCTV evidence and one of them having a tag on during the murder. FFS.
Well worth a watch.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08s7cgb
Fly on the wall doc. Amazing how far removed your average criminal is from the Hollywood 'criminal mastermind'. Thick as mince, many of them. One woman gives her son and three mates a lift to go chop up another kid with machetes, then makes up some cock-and-bull story, despite the CCTV evidence and one of them having a tag on during the murder. FFS.
Well worth a watch.
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Really enjoying the fronch 'crime thriller' "Lupin" (on NetFlix). Very well put together, the protagonist is very engaging and it has enough thrills and spills without going too James Bondy and Jason Stathamy. More like a modern Scarelet Pimpernel or a Robin Hood - ish.
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Loved that series! I dont speaka da lingo but preferred it subtitled than dubbed.DefTrap wrote: ↑Thu Nov 02, 2023 10:46 am Really enjoying the fronch 'crime thriller' "Lupin" (on NetFlix). Very well put together, the protagonist is very engaging and it has enough thrills and spills without going too James Bondy and Jason Stathamy. More like a modern Scarelet Pimpernel or a Robin Hood - ish.
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Thanks for the reminder - just checked & I'd missed that season three was released in October.Taipan wrote: ↑Thu Nov 02, 2023 11:12 amLoved that series! I dont speaka da lingo but preferred it subtitled than dubbed.DefTrap wrote: ↑Thu Nov 02, 2023 10:46 am Really enjoying the fronch 'crime thriller' "Lupin" (on NetFlix). Very well put together, the protagonist is very engaging and it has enough thrills and spills without going too James Bondy and Jason Stathamy. More like a modern Scarelet Pimpernel or a Robin Hood - ish.
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I didn't know that! Cheers.ChrisW wrote: ↑Thu Nov 02, 2023 12:21 pmThanks for the reminder - just checked & I'd missed that season three was released in October.Taipan wrote: ↑Thu Nov 02, 2023 11:12 amLoved that series! I dont speaka da lingo but preferred it subtitled than dubbed.DefTrap wrote: ↑Thu Nov 02, 2023 10:46 am Really enjoying the fronch 'crime thriller' "Lupin" (on NetFlix). Very well put together, the protagonist is very engaging and it has enough thrills and spills without going too James Bondy and Jason Stathamy. More like a modern Scarelet Pimpernel or a Robin Hood - ish.
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A while ago I realised all of these programs are designed from the start to make the police look good and not worth watching.gremlin wrote: ↑Thu Nov 02, 2023 10:31 am The Met on BBC.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08s7cgb
Fly on the wall doc. Amazing how far removed your average criminal is from the Hollywood 'criminal mastermind'. Thick as mince, many of them. One woman gives her son and three mates a lift to go chop up another kid with machetes, then makes up some cock-and-bull story, despite the CCTV evidence and one of them having a tag on during the murder. FFS.
Well worth a watch.
If that's not the case then police can only catch the most stupid criminals, which demonstrates the intellect of most coppers.
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All the Light We Cannot See (short series on Netflix).
I read this in booky format some time ago (I was going through a phase of just reading 'award winning' - not Richard&Judy FFS - books as lazy selections on my holidays) and I remember thinking it was pretty good.
But this Netflix interpretation is dire - very saccharine sweet and whimsical, felt more like an effing Disney production. Big miss, I didn't make it past the first part.
I read this in booky format some time ago (I was going through a phase of just reading 'award winning' - not Richard&Judy FFS - books as lazy selections on my holidays) and I remember thinking it was pretty good.
But this Netflix interpretation is dire - very saccharine sweet and whimsical, felt more like an effing Disney production. Big miss, I didn't make it past the first part.
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My wife literally just finished watching this and said it was so good she may well watch it again!! funny things, taste and opinions?DefTrap wrote: ↑Mon Nov 06, 2023 10:27 am All the Light We Cannot See (short series on Netflix).
I read this in booky format some time ago (I was going through a phase of just reading 'award winning' - not Richard&Judy FFS - books as lazy selections on my holidays) and I remember thinking it was pretty good.
But this Netflix interpretation is dire - very saccharine sweet and whimsical, felt more like an effing Disney production. Big miss, I didn't make it past the first part.
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Bailed on two films last night. First was Made in Belfast, which was the slowest, flattest film, I've ever seen 20 minutes of. The second film was Repression which was equally as slow and flat as the first...
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I watched The French Connection for the first time ever on Friday.
It's pretty good, if you ignore the jam like fake blood when people get shot.
I'm off now to pick my feet in Poughkeepsie.
It's pretty good, if you ignore the jam like fake blood when people get shot.
I'm off now to pick my feet in Poughkeepsie.
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On my film thingy The French Connection came up.
Was a famous film so gave it a go.
Bit cheesy and at the end everyone got off. So maybe a complete non-story.
Shite
Was a famous film so gave it a go.
Bit cheesy and at the end everyone got off. So maybe a complete non-story.
Shite
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All the light we cannot see on Netflix
Cracking series, well worth a watch
Cracking series, well worth a watch
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Just watched that. Half way through I nearly jacked it but carried on
A few FARK moments. Blimey.
But shit to hear a crap cover version of Don't Fear The Reaper for the credits.
8/10
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Disney “The Shepherd” bloody brilliant adaptation of the short story, I’m in bit’s watching it.
"Of all the stories you told me, which ones were true and which ones weren't?"
"My dear Doctor, they're all true."
"Even the lies?"
"Especially the lies."
"My dear Doctor, they're all true."
"Even the lies?"
"Especially the lies."