Current Watching

[Sits]

I’m watching The Split, about a family of family lawyers in London.

I’m not sure why it’s compelling.

It’s good London real estate and clothes porn.

Let me know which character annoys you the most.

[Hot Pepsi]

Christie the handsome Dutch guy. By far. What a twat. The management consultant guy is also kind of a dick.

I fancy the kleptomaniac, alcoholic middle sister.

[Sits]

Yes, so did I.

And yes, most of the men are dicks.

[Benjm]

I went to see and very much enjoyed The Sparks Brothers at the cinema yesterday. It's a chronological run through their early lives and 50+ years in music, deftly presented and edited without being overly tricksy. Ron and Russell Mael are engaging and funny interviewees and their perseverance is inspiring. There aren't any extended performance sequences so the story is strong enough for it to appeal beyond existing fans. I think that some of the live shots are from a show of theirs that I went to at the Forum a few years ago.

[ad hoc]

I went to see and very much enjoyed The Sparks Brothers at the cinema yesterday. It's a chronological run through their early lives and 50+ years in music, deftly presented and edited without being overly tricksy. Ron and Russell Mael are engaging and funny interviewees and their perseverance is inspiring. There aren't any extended performance sequences so the story is strong enough for it to appeal beyond existing fans. I think that some of the live shots are from a show of theirs that I went to at the Forum a few years ago.

Wasn't former OTFer Spearmint Rhino involved in some way?

[Benjm]

Wasn't former OTFer Spearmint Rhino involved in some way?

Dunno, he didn't appear onscreen.

[Walt Flanagans Dog]

Wasn't former OTFer Spearmint Rhino involved in some way?

Think he was DJing at the premiere.

[Snake Plissken]

The rather excellent 1992 movie Sneakers is currently available on Amazon Prime.

Also: Mary McDonnell is stunningly attractive in this film,

[Hot Pepsi]

I’m watching My Dinner With Andre. Never seen it before. The first bit where Andre is talking about his weird time in Poland was hard to get into. It felt a bit stagey and hard to engage with. But then when it becomes more of a two-way conversation, it’s really compelling.

[Hot Pepsi]

The rather excellent 1992 movie Sneakers is currently available on Amazon Prime.

Also: Mary McDonnell is stunningly attractive in this film,

Yeah, I remember that. I should watch that again.

[ad hoc]

I’m watching My Dinner With Andre. Never seen it before. The first bit where Andre is talking about his weird time in Poland was hard to get into. It felt a bit stagey and hard to engage with. But then when it becomes more of a two-way conversation, it’s really compelling.

I've always wanted to watch that. He talks a lot about Findhorn I know, where I've spent some time

[ad hoc]

What Happened Miss Simone is well worth watching and brings together a number of current OTF topics.

[Hot Pepsi]

I've always wanted to watch that. He talks a lot about Findhorn I know, where I've spent some time

That was the first I’d heard of it, but now I want to go there.

[ad hoc]

It's a really good place. Definitely recommend it. I think you'd like it a lot

[Nefertiti2]

Wallace Shawn of My Dinner with Andre is in this season of the Good Fight.


There was serious arson at Findhorn recently

[ad hoc]

I knew about the fires but didn't know they were arson. It's very sad. Both places were very special

[Amor de Cosmos]

Wallace Shawn of My Dinner with Andre is in this season of the Good Fight.


There was serious arson at Findhorn recently

And earlier seasons.

[Amor de Cosmos]

I’m watching My Dinner With Andre. Never seen it before. The first bit where Andre is talking about his weird time in Poland was hard to get into. It felt a bit stagey and hard to engage with. But then when it becomes more of a two-way conversation, it’s really compelling.

I've always really liked that film. Mainly because it was so out of left field to make a mainstream movie with two guys, who few people had heard of at the time, just chatting. I really do think it was the basis for The Kominsky Method, and maybe other two-handers I've forgotten or never heard of.

[Hot Pepsi]

Wallace Shawn has had a diverse career.

[Amor de Cosmos]

Very much so.

[Simon G]

I believe the 'Parks and Recreation' writers gave Lesley Knope something of a reboot after Season 1, making her more likeable and less of a loser. As GY says, the show certainly improved tremendously from Season 2 onwards and it's noticeable too how some of the other characters - Ron, April and Andy in particular - came more to the fore as if the writers and actors realised what they had and how that could be developed.

I've just started Season 3 and I have to agree. It just keeps getting better. I'm watching it to the point where I keep weighing up how much I need to sleep because I'm watching it in bed and keep thinking "just one more".

[Ray de Galles]

I saw The Suicide Squad tonight and it was unhinged, overblown, pretty funny and very enjoyable.

Far more of a James Gunn film than a regular DC one and much better than the first one, it straddle that fine line between really dumb and smartarse pretty well.

[Hot Pepsi]

Yeah. It’s fine.

[Levin]

Garth Marenghi's Darkplace is fantastically funny on multiple viewings but it still bugs me far more than it should that it has American TV film stock and lighting rather than British 80s TV.

[Sits]

My daughter put me onto that. Good fun.