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    Following completion of How to Get Away with Murder, the wife and I started Designated Survivor on Saturday - we're 6 episodes in and, as silly as it is, it's quite engaging.

    I've also started watching Community when in bed for some light entertainment for an hour or so. It's ok, not rip-roaring funny, but harmless nonetheless.

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      Originally posted by danielmak View Post
      Episode 2 of Mare was packed with a lot of twists. I'm surprised by how much unfolded in an hour. Felt like I had watched for a couple hours, but in a good way.
      What's great about it is how it moves it along and isn't really interested in dragging out the mystery because that's not really what the show is about.

      For example
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      The bit about her ex-husband maybe being the father is left as a cliffhanger at the end of episode 2, but then that's addressed fairly quickly in episode 3 - as it would be in real life.

      I really hope the Guy Pearce character didn't do it. That would be trite.

      But it seems likely now that the church had something to do with it. It was either the cousin priest or, more likely, his boss.

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        The Mitchells vs. the Machines

        It's good and very funny. Maybe a touch long, but it's on netflix now and has a great cast. Shout out to Olivia Colman playing the 'baddie' and Mark Mothersbaugh doing another cool soundtrack (along the lines of Thor: Ragnarok)

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          Yeah, I enjoyed it a fair bit. I do wish they'd done a bit more with the, for want of a better phrase, "off model" animation, like whole scenes in the style of the Good Cop, Dog Cop movie.. Until the end it was used very sparingly and was a bit gimmicky, unlike Into The Spiderverse where it was an integral part of the aesthetic. That said, I quite liked the base animation style too.

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            I watched owen Jones report on Hartlepool on Owenjones.TV



            think it's a pretty good report, with some interesting comments from the Brexit candidate and the independent council leader- get the sense that Jones is more interested inthe people he's interviewing than your average newsnight reporter.

            But what I was really thinking was that there's no difference in production values as far as I can see, Fewer graphics, but they were usually irritating- and not so many "interesting" camera angles (ditto) but otherwise very professional. I guess one or two person crew apart from Jones. A lot of good archive material. very well put together.

            Mor generally where do you go for news and current affairs? do you still wathc Newsnight/Panorama/Channel 4 News? if not where else?
            Last edited by Nefertiti2; 04-05-2021, 19:36.

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              Originally posted by matt j View Post
              The Mitchells vs. the Machines

              It's good and very funny. Maybe a touch long, but it's on netflix now and has a great cast. Shout out to Olivia Colman playing the 'baddie' and Mark Mothersbaugh doing another cool soundtrack (along the lines of Thor: Ragnarok)
              I thought it was excellent. I suspect it will be a big hit.

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                Literally just spent 5 minutes on Fox.

                Fuck me. Imean,don't, but what the fuck are they on about?

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                  I watched the first half of Rose Matafeo's 'Starstruck' series last night and will probably watch the remaining three episodes this evening. The obvious 'Notting Hill' and 'Fleabag' comparisons might be simplistic but are valid and meant as a big compliment.

                  It's very enjoyable and Matafeo is the same engaging, witty and likable presence she came across as in her 'Horndog' stand up special of last year.
                  Last edited by Ray de Galles; 05-05-2021, 14:37.

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                    Shirley has a great performance from Elisabeth Moss, it's made me want to read some of Jackson's work now.

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                      Originally posted by matt j View Post
                      The Mitchells vs. the Machines

                      It's good and very funny. Maybe a touch long, but it's on netflix now and has a great cast. Shout out to Olivia Colman playing the 'baddie' and Mark Mothersbaugh doing another cool soundtrack (along the lines of Thor: Ragnarok)
                      Loved this. Me and the kids watched it twice in two days.

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                        Having remained patient with The Handmaid's Tale up to now, ever-faithful of a return to form in the new series, which airs on Irish television tonight. Elizabeth Moss's June becomes ever more annoying in terms of her storyline, but Ann Dowd always gives good value as Aunt Lydia, and the trailers suggest the politics and tensions within Gilead will finally be explored in greater depth than mere dystopia-porn.

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                          Originally posted by Posty Webber View Post

                          Loved this. Me and the kids watched it twice in two days.
                          Just watched it with the cub. We both howled all the way through it.

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                            It was that depressing?

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                              I just watched Another Round (with, appropriately, a bottle of very good wine). It's an absolutely fantastic film - thoroughly deserving of its Best International Feature Oscar win. Hugely entertaining, but also moving. If you don't know about it, it's a film where four Danish teachers try and keep their blood alcohol levels high as a sort of experiment. It gets a whole lot of stuff about drinking and drunkenness right. But I think it's really just a very good buddy movie.

                              If anyone else has seen it, I'd love to know some thoughts.

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                                As teachers, my wife and I definitely had a good chuckle. We quite liked it. I cringe at the thought of it being remade with handsome and beautiful Hollywood actors and actresses.

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                                  I look forward to seeing that. I struggled with the Danish.

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                                    Originally posted by Hot Pepsi View Post
                                    I struggled with the Danish.
                                    They can be a bit flaky. Try a bagel next time.



                                    Sorry it's late, I'm tired, and this Nicaraguan rum goes down a little too easy.

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                                      Originally posted by hobbes View Post

                                      Just watched it with the cub. We both howled all the way through it.
                                      How funny was that slapstick scene at the diner, when they attempted to emulate their “perfect” neighbours?!!

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                                        Jupiter’s Legacy is a pretty good addition to the overstuffed genre of complicated, cynical superhero dramas written by British guys.

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                                          It's amazing how many people on The Antiques Roadshow find incredibly valuable items in charity shops. Every time I go in to one, there's nothing for sale except Dan Brown novels, James Last and Nolan sisters LPs and elderly clothes that no one would buy .

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                                            Just started a series called Departure. Garbage. The whole script belongs in the TV cliches thread. Doesn’t matter really, I’ve got OTF and a live stream of the Giro on my iPad at the same time.

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                                              We're nearing the end of Call My Agent, which has been fantastic, just like everyone says. It's a soap opera basically, but it's well done, funny, satirical, and clever. I'm missing it already and we still have two episodes to go.

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                                                Dougray Scott has just rocked up in Departure. And we’ve agreed the script is after the Spooks school.

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                                                  I started Condor, a series adaptation of Three Days of the Condor starring Robert Redford, which was based on a book called Six Days of the Condor, I think.

                                                  It’s kinda low budget. It’s supposed to be in
                                                  DC but it’s clearly Toronto. They do a good job of disguising it. The leads are Max Irons and an actress I’ve never seen before, but it has a bunch of people who used to be famous in it like William Hurt and Mira Sorvino.

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                                                    We quite enjoyed both series of Condor. It's undemanding, but well made and unpredictable enough to hold my flagging attention at 9:00pm.

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