Box Sets, Mini series, films, etc.

[v8-powered]

Very good!

Finished watching it last night. Like all the Coben stuff but thought that was let down by a lame ending...

[Count Steer]

Started watching Series 2 of 'The Tourist' on the Beeb. Enjoyed Series 1. 2 episodes in, it's a bit 'Twin Peaks' in some ways but it's getting motoring. Probably helps if you've seen Series 1.

Finished Series 2 of 'The Tourist' on iPlayer. Excellent. Funny, dark etc, set in Oirland (1st was in Oz) with crim families, dodgy Garda etc etc. Worth watching Series 1 first though.

[KungFooBob]

Yesterday I randomly watched the first episode of a series from 2012 I'd never heard of. I don't think it was shown in the UK. Just a random pick on Disney Plus. I ended up binge watching the whole first series in one sitting.

Don't tell anyone, but I really enjoyed it and I've now got a bit of a crush on Krysten Ritter.

Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23.

[Taipan]

Bit slow but good twist at the end...

[Taipan]

Uncle Frank. We love a road trip film so bunged it on. Turned out to be about a guy how hid his homosexuality from his southern family, but eventually it comes out. Poignant yet funny with a good effort from the cast. Lead was Paul Bettany who i thought was Lawrence Fox. Anyone ever seen them in a room together at the same time?

[Didge]

'Boy swallows Universe'...........Netflix

[media]https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10399902/[/media]

[v8-powered]

Loudermilk on Netflix

American series which unusually for anything American is actually quite funny.
Binge watched the first season last night!

[Mr. Dazzle]

Watching the Gladiators remake on BBC iPlayer. The original was required tea time viewing when I was a kid, along with Big Break and The Crystal Maze.

Remake is as cheesy as the old one. . Gladiators are nicer though. And Wolf isn't in it

[BartonBKing]

Columbo
The six Million Dollar Man
The original Captain Scarlet
Knight Rider
Original Frasier

Forgot how cheesy Knight Rider was but it’s still amusing.

[McNab]

Masters of the Air just started on Apple TV.

It's the spiritual successor to Band of Brothers/Pacific but set around the US B-17 bomber division in based in the UK.

Seems quite good so far but still can't resist that Spielberg/Hanks quirk of having the English be twats.

[Taipan]

This scared my wife, dunno why though...



I enjoyed this, even if i'm not sure why?

[MingtheMerciless]

"My God, they've got a Hellstreak on the ridge!"

https://variety.com/2024/film/global/an ... 7/#respond

[gremlin]

What Did Jack Do? on Netflix.

17 minutes (I managed four minutes before turning off) of David Lynch being self-indulgent in black and white with an amateurish special effect monkey.

Does there cone a point when you are considered famous and quirky enough to be given carte blanche to produce nonsense?

[gremlin]

The Tourist, currently on BBC iPlayer.

Let us never talk of this abomination again.

[Count Steer]

The Tourist, currently on BBC iPlayer.

Let us never talk of this abomination again.

What? The latest one, set in Oirland? I enjoyed it (and the first one).

(You'll be delighted to know there'll be a 3rd, set in Amsterdam ).

[Taipan]

My wife's mates said this was really good, so we stuck with it. I made a half hour in and then bailed. My wife's mates say we should have stuck with it. Anyone else seen this? I found it really hard work. Should i have stuck with it?

[gremlin]

Watched the first part of Dune on Netflix.

S'alright, but God it's a bit pretentious and has delusions of being a great and seminal event, rather than just a sci-fi yarn.

Plus, given the volume of background noise, the central characters kept talking in inaudible whispers. I think I missed most of Rebecca Ferguson's lines.

[KungFooBob]

Watched the first part of Dune on Netflix.

S'alright, but God it's a bit pretentious and has delusions of being a great and seminal event, rather than just a sci-fi yarn.

Plus, given the volume of background noise, the central characters kept talking in inaudible whispers. I think I missed most of Rebecca Ferguson's lines.

It's alright, but the last quarter feels like it lasts for three hours.

[cheb]

Has John Byrne's Tutti Frutti been mentioned? A search didn't find it.

[Yorick]

Last night we watched first episode of Sneaky Pete. Quite good first impression, but wonder if 4 series might be too much.
Seems ideal for just a 4 parter.

We'll see.