jazzbo Posted May 29, 2016 Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 Went to see this with Lucy yesterday. Quite a nice movie! Entertaining, well acted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted May 29, 2016 Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 7 hours ago, jazzbo said: Went to see this with Lucy yesterday. Quite a nice movie! Entertaining, well acted. On my list for the next couple of weeks - I don't think it's out here yet. This afternoon: Very enjoyable, tense thriller in Le Carre's latter-day spying amongst the jet set style (as opposed to his 60s spying amongst dowdy, bad-tempered ex-public school boys style). Release nicely timed with the release of The Panama Papers - London as the money-laundering capital of the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted May 29, 2016 Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 On to Season 3 of "The Larry Sanders" show. Hey now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted May 29, 2016 Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 Orange Is The New Black - season 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted May 30, 2016 Report Share Posted May 30, 2016 (edited) Icelandic thriller broadcast a few months back but just got round to episode 1 last night. Enjoyed it although it's not really got going yet. Must congratulate it for having even worse weather than 'Shetland'.  Edited May 30, 2016 by A Lark Ascending Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 Watching AMC's "Preacher." Wasn't really going to, then saw that Ruth Negga is in it and decided to, I really like her, think she's beautiful and she can act. (It's not surprising she's in this as she and the lead actor are an item). It's an ultraviolet irreverent show, I'm enjoying it so far. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted June 3, 2016 Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 Peaky Blinders Tom Hardy steals the show as Alfie Solomons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted June 4, 2016 Report Share Posted June 4, 2016 (edited) I finally picked up a new computer (the last one wasn't quite BNBB days, but it was close!) and have discovered that streaming video actually work. I've been binge watching Bosch today.  Edited June 4, 2016 by Jazzmoose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted June 4, 2016 Report Share Posted June 4, 2016 Excellent. Spent most of it wondering where I'd seen Miranda (Jessie Buckley) before...turns out she was Marya Bolkonskaya in the recent BBC War and Peace. Also D.I. Thursday (Roger Allam) from 'Endeavour' as Prospero. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted June 5, 2016 Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 (edited) Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limits Four part social (mainly) history of the Roman Empire - very good with stunning photography from Northumbria to Judea. Worth it just to watch Mary Beard ripping a pizza apart in order to illustrate what happened to the Empire when it got too big to manage from Rome alone. Beard reminds me of my Anglo-Saxon history professor at uni (she taught Anglo Saxon history, she wasn't an Anglo-Saxon).  Edited June 5, 2016 by A Lark Ascending Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted June 7, 2016 Report Share Posted June 7, 2016 (edited) Larry Sanders Show, "Season 4" Edited June 7, 2016 by jazzbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted June 7, 2016 Report Share Posted June 7, 2016 Joan Baez 75th birthday special on PBS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duaneiac Posted June 8, 2016 Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 Season Six still manages to be "literally" LOL funny for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted June 11, 2016 Report Share Posted June 11, 2016 (edited) Last episode of 'Peaky Blinders' was edge of seat stuff. Still disturbed by the power to manipulate you - I was willing the priest to come to a nasty end from the off (he did!). Even when Alfie Solomons revealed Thomas' true nature to him, you remain on his side. Interesting twist at the end. Really pushing the limits of your sympathy. Storm Troupers: The Fight To Forecast The Weather Fascinating historical documentary about how the science behind Britain's national pastime was uncovered (in an out of Britain...well done Bergen!). Edited June 11, 2016 by A Lark Ascending Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted June 11, 2016 Report Share Posted June 11, 2016 Wallander (Swedish version) - Season 2 - disc 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted June 13, 2016 Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 Just finished watching Broadchurch Series One. Hadn't seen it before - intense stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 Finished this last night. Really enjoyed it - reminded me a little of 'The Killing'. As with so many of these European series part of the appeal is the unfamiliarity of the landscape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 Alternating: Â Six Feet Under - season 1Â SouthLAnd - season 2 Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 Daredevil, Netflix series Season 2 via promo DVD set. Violent! But quite a good series. I'm one of the few people who liked the movie. This falls as far grittier. My ideal Daredevil is somewhere in between the movie and the TV series, that's sort of how the best years of the comic book were in my estimation (the Miller version). I'm also getting caught up on 12 Monkeys. I didn't really "feel" the beginning episode of this second season and stopped it halfway and changed my DVR settings. But others have told me that I should have stuck at it. I'm about five episodes in and okay, it's better than I thought. . . but not essential viewing. And I just re-watched the last twenty minutes of last night's Cavs vs. Warriors again via DVR just for the heck of it. It was an unexpected joy to see them win at Oracle Stadium last night.   Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted June 15, 2016 Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 Thought this was rather an old-fashioned sort of film. Reminded me of the way historical films were made in the 60s/70s rather than the 90s. Revolution and Romance (BBC4) Enjoyable three part history of music in the 19thC. Suzy Klein can't help herself joining in, dressing up and resorting to cheesy visual puns but it's all very easy to watch. Made me listen to some things that I've never really cared for. And I really need to hear/watch 'Die Freischutz'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted June 17, 2016 Report Share Posted June 17, 2016 OJ : Made In America Half way through. Not being American, the degree of his fame and stature as a ' football ' player were unknown to me and came as quite a surprise. Well done and thought provoking, with a rare nod of approval from my better half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted O'Reilly Posted June 17, 2016 Report Share Posted June 17, 2016 (edited) 2 hours ago, kinuta said: OJ : Made In America Half way through. Not being American, the degree of his fame and stature as a ' football ' player were unknown to me and came as quite a surprise. Well done and thought provoking, with a rare nod of approval from my better half. Simpson's been a bit of a dormant topic, but he's trending upwards again. I wonder why the renewed interest in him... (But to add: it's a very well-done documentary, at least the first three of five episodes.) Edited June 17, 2016 by Ted O'Reilly Add on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted June 17, 2016 Report Share Posted June 17, 2016     Some mid-sixties show I have absolutely no memory of. It's like picking up a copy of "Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane"-your first thought is complete confusion, because obviously it couldn't have come from our world. But I couldn't stop watching.      8 hours ago, kinuta said: Half way through. Not being American, the degree of his fame and stature as a ' football ' player were unknown to me and came as quite a surprise.  An article I read the other day made an interesting point: there are more people alive who are too young to remember the trial than there are old enough to remember watching him play football. So I guess even here it's now a 'minor detail'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted June 19, 2016 Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 (edited) BBC1 From a few weeks back but only just got round to this. Excellent drama that has you squirming in your seat as the undercover policeman married to a civil rights lawyer sees his anonymity slowly stripped away. Adrian Lester and Sophie Okonedo are superb. Came under some criticism for being unrealistic from someone who lived through a similar experience. But as drama, very powerful with lots of moral ambiguity. Mum (BBC2) Really nice series of 30 minute comedies - bitter-sweet based around a mother recently bereaved and her dealings with her family. Overplays the incomprehension of the 20-somethings to 'old people' and they do come across as all airheads, but gently funny nonetheless. Suburban, middle class comedy, perhaps (like 'Nina' on BBC1) but that's my world.  Edited June 19, 2016 by A Lark Ascending Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted June 19, 2016 Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 Been a long time since I sat down and watched this series. Â I decided to watch the original versions instead of the ones with redone FX, that's the way I remember them and it satisfies the nostalgic element. Â I don't think I've ever actually watched the series in sequence, grew up seeing it on reruns on TV, so it should be an interesting trip. Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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