No nostalgia for anything from your childhood? Don’t see some rubble and want to play in it as it reminds you of the blitz or something
What Have You Been Watching Lately? (No Spoilers)
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No nostalgia for anything from your childhood? Don’t see some rubble and want to play in it as it reminds you of the blitz or something
Colin B
Level: Dave Roberts
(176 Apps, 8 Gls)
Childhood is for wimps!No nostalgia for anything from your childhood? Don’t see some rubble and want to play in it as it reminds you of the blitz or something
In my day babies had hairy chests and beards, and that was just the girls.
Eric Blair
Level: Dave Roberts
(176 Apps, 8 Gls)
Spot on Tony. Andor was such a cut above.
Orkney Islands Yellow
Level: Phil Whitehead
(238 Apps)
I watched Civil War on Amazon Prime yesterday and it was brilliant.
I thought it was going to be a cheesey action film but it follows a group of war photographers and journalists in a civil war in America set now. I got the uneasy feeling that with Trump and Musk the prospect of that may not be so fanciful. I remember watching Contagion thinking 'that'll never happen'...
It was a really gritty film with great war scenes and it's almost arty in places.
Recommend.
I thought it was going to be a cheesey action film but it follows a group of war photographers and journalists in a civil war in America set now. I got the uneasy feeling that with Trump and Musk the prospect of that may not be so fanciful. I remember watching Contagion thinking 'that'll never happen'...
It was a really gritty film with great war scenes and it's almost arty in places.
Recommend.
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Thought that was only in the “Doomwatch “ film
QR
Level: Paul Moody
(197 Apps, 75 Gls)
Sounds very promising. Will give it a go.
Out of interest is there a seen where Michael MacIntyre is speaking via an earpiece into the President's saying 'now say you're going to invade Greenland!'.
Essexyellows
Level: Cameron Brannagan
(311 Apps, 57 Gls)
Night Agent - Season 2 - Netflix. 
Orkney Islands Yellow
Level: Phil Whitehead
(238 Apps)
Night Agent - Season 2 - Netflix.
Is that out now?
- Year of First Game
- 1980
Yep, off to a decent start as well, I've only seen the first couple so far.
Steve Gilbert
Level: Paul Moody
(197 Apps, 75 Gls)
Love Island All Stars.
Andy Stroud
Level: Dave Langan
(136 Apps, 3 Gls)
It’s had mixed reviews, but Mrs Stroud and I enjoyed watching Playing Nice on ITV.
Also watched Lockerbie: A Search for Truth on Sky, and now watching a documentary series called Lockerbie.
Also watched Lockerbie: A Search for Truth on Sky, and now watching a documentary series called Lockerbie.
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Out There, on itvx
For those fans of world cinema, I've been attending a fair few films at the Göteborg Film Festival, and can recommend the following. Personal ratings out of 5.
Marcello Mio (Christophe Honaré) - Chiara (40-something daughter of famous Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni) decides she wants to live her life as if she were her dead father. Her friends and family have to adapt to her new identity, particularly those who knew her father best.
Personal rating : 4
Crocodile Tears (Tumpal Tampubolon) - Set in a Crocodile Park in Indonesia, an overly possessive mother struggles to accept her son his growing up, and things take a turn for the worse when his girlfriend gets pregnant.
Personal rating : 4
In the Belly of a Tiger (Siddartha Kayla) - In a small Indian village, a penniless father of 2 struggles to provide for his family. His father contemplates covering himself in blood to attract a tiger, so his family can claim damages from the council.
Personal rating : 5
To Kill a Mongolian Horse (Xiaoxuan Jiang) - Mongolian farmer struggles to make ends meet, and do right by his dying culture, while paying off his drunk father's gambling debts and child-support to his ex wife.
Personal rating : 4
Anytime Anywhere (Milad Tangshir) - Two days in the life of an illegal immigrant trying to make money in Turin, Italy. Without legal papers, he can’t get a proper job or turn to the police when his only livelihood is stolen.
Personal rating : 5
Marcello Mio (Christophe Honaré) - Chiara (40-something daughter of famous Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni) decides she wants to live her life as if she were her dead father. Her friends and family have to adapt to her new identity, particularly those who knew her father best.
Personal rating : 4
Crocodile Tears (Tumpal Tampubolon) - Set in a Crocodile Park in Indonesia, an overly possessive mother struggles to accept her son his growing up, and things take a turn for the worse when his girlfriend gets pregnant.
Personal rating : 4
In the Belly of a Tiger (Siddartha Kayla) - In a small Indian village, a penniless father of 2 struggles to provide for his family. His father contemplates covering himself in blood to attract a tiger, so his family can claim damages from the council.
Personal rating : 5
To Kill a Mongolian Horse (Xiaoxuan Jiang) - Mongolian farmer struggles to make ends meet, and do right by his dying culture, while paying off his drunk father's gambling debts and child-support to his ex wife.
Personal rating : 4
Anytime Anywhere (Milad Tangshir) - Two days in the life of an illegal immigrant trying to make money in Turin, Italy. Without legal papers, he can’t get a proper job or turn to the police when his only livelihood is stolen.
Personal rating : 5
Essexyellows
Level: Cameron Brannagan
(311 Apps, 57 Gls)
MrsEY(Mk2) is away so I`m catching up on SAS Rogue Heroes Series 2.....
And the music inserts are great..... bit of Sham & The Skids....
And the music inserts are great..... bit of Sham & The Skids....
werthersoriginal
Level: James Constable
(280 Apps, 106 Gls)
Started watching SAS Rogue Heroes. Quite enjoying it but it’s basically Downton Abbey for lads and dads.
chuckbert
Level: Paul Moody
(197 Apps, 75 Gls)
Just watching Kneecap. Mad fun.
Vancouver Yellow
Level: Chris Maguire
(79 Apps, 22 Gls)
Severance. Season two rolling out at the moment. Very good psychological show.
Colin B
Level: Dave Roberts
(176 Apps, 8 Gls)
I've started belatedly watching Gangs of London on Netflix.
I'm three episodes into Series One, and it's brilliant so far, and I can see me binge watching it over the next week or so.
I'm three episodes into Series One, and it's brilliant so far, and I can see me binge watching it over the next week or so.
Scotchegg
Level: James Constable
(280 Apps, 106 Gls)
SAS Rogue Heroes was very good. Didn't watch the first series when it came out so binged both series recently.
Watched American Primeval on Netflix this weekend and it's very good.
Also Seven Seconds on Netflix. A few years old now but a decent police/courtroom series that doesn't become unbelievable as some American dramas can.
Been looking to watch Gangs of London for a while, sounds like it's getting good reviews off here so will give that a go next.
Watched American Primeval on Netflix this weekend and it's very good.
Also Seven Seconds on Netflix. A few years old now but a decent police/courtroom series that doesn't become unbelievable as some American dramas can.
Been looking to watch Gangs of London for a while, sounds like it's getting good reviews off here so will give that a go next.
Hollywoodgate. A single camera filming the Taliban post US exit. Chilling for a number of reasons.
- Year of First Game
- 1970
Guy Martin gets a proper job was very watchable, and I do like Silent witness
Good recommendation thanks, just finished watching. Unbelievable that the USA left over 7 billion dollars of military equipment in the hands of a bunch of thugs.
Also unsettling seeing the drive by from the Suicide Bombing Battalion.
QR
Level: Paul Moody
(197 Apps, 75 Gls)
'Buy now!' Netflix. It's about how we are encouraged to consume and the waste it produces. It's kind of about what most of us already know, plus some, laid bare.
@Essexyellows is gonna love it!!!
@Essexyellows is gonna love it!!!
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A Thousand Blows (on Disney +) , with Stephen Graham, from the makers of Peaky Blinders
bingewatched it in one 6 hour session
Enjoyed it a lot - though being set in Victorian London, I wouldn't have been too surprised if some of the characters burst into big musical song numbers - thankfully they didn't
bingewatched it in one 6 hour session
Enjoyed it a lot - though being set in Victorian London, I wouldn't have been too surprised if some of the characters burst into big musical song numbers - thankfully they didn't
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The White Lotus - Pretty good.
Orkney Islands Yellow
Level: Phil Whitehead
(238 Apps)
Zero Day on Netflix with Robert De Nero is very good.
MarkG
Level: Steve Basham
(189 Apps, 51 Gls)
Sky Atlantic have started reshowing Homicide Life On The Street. This was a show I really enjoyed the first few series when it was first broadcast on good old terrestrial tv back in the 90's. Not sure I ever watched to the end, as it seemed to jump the shark a bit when the police team bought the local bar?
