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Originally posted by Lang Spoon View PostFinished our marathon through the Sopranos last night. Bereft now, North Jersey felt as real as North County Dublin these past few months. Nothing has come close since, an incredible piece of work.
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Originally posted by Sean of the Shed View Post
Absolutely agree. Still my favourite drama series by a country mile. Probably wouldn't advise trying to follow that with another good series right away as even a very good one will suffer with comparison to that. Probably better to watch some crap for a while to lower your expectations.
I need to catch up on a few films before launching into another full run of something, though am also queueing up some short runs like The Flight Attendant.
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We watched 'Palm Springs' tonight, not sure if it's been mentioned already as I know it came out ages ago in the US but went on Amazon over here at the weekend.
I loved it, the premise is right up my street and clearly 'Groundhog Day' is a major reference point but they take the idea in a very different direction - even though there are is a central strand of romantic comedy in both. Palm Springs goes deeper and darker with the basic idea and the humour is a lot less family-friendly (it's rated as a 16+ on Amazon which I've never come across before).
Strangely, I've never seen much of Andy Samberg's previous work (my children's main interest in the film was because of his involvement as they're big Brooklyn Nine-Nine fans) but he is fantastic in it, though the other lead Cristin Milton probably outdoes him and there are some great minor performances.
I thoroughly recommend seeing it.Last edited by Ray de Galles; 13-04-2021, 00:35.
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Oh yeah. I'm sure I mentioned it on here. Absolutely loved it to bits. It helps that I absolutely love the scenery and environment of it all, but I thought it was also both really funny and thought provoking as well as just being nice to look at.
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Originally posted by Hot Pepsi View PostSamberg is good in that Pop Star spoof too.
As part of my “catch up with classics” effort. I finally watched The Silence of the Lambs. Eh. It’s fine. Hopkins is absurd. Jodie Foster is great.
And I now get that there was a SOTL reference/spoof in the Jay and Silent Bob film.
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Endeavour is okay. Might watch it all and then see how it flows through to Morse.Last edited by Uncle Ethan; 13-04-2021, 02:31.
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Originally posted by Uncle Ethan View PostEndeavour is okay. Might watch it all and then see how it flows through to Morse.
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We’ve just commenced a series (which kicked off in 2016) called The A Word. Set in Cumbria and revolving around a family with a 5-year-old boy diagnosed as autistic. Excellent cast (including Morven Christie, Christopher Ecclestone, Lee Ingleby and Pooky Quesnel), great locations, soundtrack and script. Both enjoyable and thought provoking. We have three series to look forward to. Anyone see this at the time?
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Originally posted by WOM View PostWe just finished Arrested Development S3 and began S4. Man, did the tone ever change in the intervening 6 years. It's funny...but a lot of the magic is gone. Those first 3 though.
Season 4 though... it's just a lot meaner and darker and just... off, right? And the production quality is weird, like scrapped together from green-screened performances sometimes. I had to take a pause to give myself some time to adapt.
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maybe other threads too. Probably one of my favorite shows of recent years, even if it has it's flaws. Great performances, good atmosphere, killer use of soundtrack choices (Tusk, Listening Wind).
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Originally posted by matt j View PostSeason 4 though... it's just a lot meaner and darker and just... off, right? And the production quality is weird, like scrapped together from green-screened performances sometimes. I had to take a pause to give myself some time to adapt.
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In recent documentary / Netflix watching:
The Devil Next Door - Suburban Ohio auto worker John Demjanjuk is accused of being Treblinka guard Ivan the Terrible. Recommended.
The Staircase - Author Michael Peterson's wife dies at the foot of their stairway. Fall, pushed, or other? But it goes waaaaaay deeper than that. Highly Recommended.
The Bee Gees: How To Mend A Broken Heart - Two hour, deep career retrospective with a ton of interviews and archival footage. Wonderful.
The Ripper - Peter Sutcliffe, sexism, police incompetence in '70s England. Well worth the time.
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Oh, and The Last Blockbuster. 'Small' doc about the very last (of 40,000) Blockbuster Video rental location, in Bend, Oregon. Sweet and nostalgic, featuring Kevin Smith (above) and a variety of other tier-3 actors and comedians. The hero is the lovely women who still runs the place, day in and day out.
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