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Post by czb on Jul 3, 2024 16:36:59 GMT
^^^ there's not a lot of great stuff to watch. have been rewatching old movies lately. hate watching reacher ... it is so dumb but i can knit while i watch so there's that.
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Post by flummoxed on Jul 3, 2024 23:54:08 GMT
baby reindeer on netflix is phenomenal. brilliant writing and performances. anxiety-provoking in an unexpected/atypical way. REALLY worth the watch.
fancy dance is a small-sized/right-sized movie on apple tv with lily gladstone, who is a terrific, and so is isabel deroy-olson, who plays lily's niece (and it's her first feature film). emotionally, it's both rough and very rich.
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Post by chalet on Jul 4, 2024 3:42:47 GMT
Just started Season 3 of The Bear. They have real 5 star chefs on this season showing Carmy being trained. I could totally see Anthony Bourdain on the show, RIP.
Also watching for the first time House of Cards. I never had Netflix till two years ago (shared password)!
My friend told me she loves a show called Babylon Berlin on Amazon. It's in its 4th season. It takes place in the 1920's'. The trailer looks edgy and sexy.
And my Gen Z friend said her friends are watching original SATC and Friends as the 90's are "in".
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Post by palta on Jul 4, 2024 21:22:34 GMT
nothing. is it me or is there nothing good to watch? i feel like we're scraping the bottom of the barrel and feeling the full effects of the strikes that stopped production for months. maybe i'll finally watch bridgerton out of desperation even though it's never tempted me at all. what are you in the mood for?
i'm watching several shows right now, some recent some old.
i'm loving Fisk. it's an australian comedy with lawyer/office related issues. very funny! only 2 seasons though.
also Criminal Record, with Cush Jumbo and Peter Capaldi, loved it at first but it went too intense too quickly for my taste. i have one episode left. i'm also watching Conversations with friends, similar vibe to Normal People and i like it a lot. i picked up the book as well i went full obsessive lol haven't finished either yet.
then my daily tv hour consists in one episode of Elementary at night. the acting is very good, there are several guests that i liked so far and the crime/mistery is interesting for a procedural.
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Post by brookie on Jul 4, 2024 22:48:46 GMT
Fourth of July favorites: "Music Man" and "Yankee Doodle Dandy". Perfect afternoon.
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Post by lindsaywhit on Jul 5, 2024 10:00:32 GMT
I caught up with Candace Renoir finally. Well, I say I caught up, but I got so annoyed with the latest ploy to separate Candace and Antoine that I swore and gave up. I'll take it up again once the bitterness has passed a bit, lol.
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Post by sputnik on Jul 5, 2024 15:07:38 GMT
vouch for baby reindeer. watched it when it first came out and what a trip. awesome performances all around too. nothing. is it me or is there nothing good to watch? i feel like we're scraping the bottom of the barrel and feeling the full effects of the strikes that stopped production for months. maybe i'll finally watch bridgerton out of desperation even though it's never tempted me at all. what are you in the mood for? i'm watching several shows right now, some recent some old.
i'm loving Fisk. it's an australian comedy with lawyer/office related issues. very funny! only 2 seasons though.
also Criminal Record, with Cush Jumbo and Peter Capaldi, loved it at first but it went too intense too quickly for my taste. i have one episode left. i'm also watching Conversations with friends, similar vibe to Normal People and i like it a lot. i picked up the book as well i went full obsessive lol haven't finished either yet. then my daily tv hour consists in one episode of Elementary at night. the acting is very good, there are several guests that i liked so far and the crime/mistery is interesting for a procedural.
thanks for the tips! just added fisk to my list. i also watched criminal record a while ago, and yeah, it's a bit much. the writing is a bit heavy handed. still managed to finish it but it took a while. i read 'normal people' and 'conversations with friends' and liked them a lot but i don't know if i want to watch the series? i'm weird about adaptations of books that i've read, especially if i've liked them a lot, it's like i have a mental image of them from the book and i don't want the series adaptation to mess with that. i feel the same about 'my brilliant friend'. i devoured ferrante's entire neapolitan novels series and adored it but i can't bring myself to watch the hbo series even though it's supposed to be excellent.
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Post by Pixie on Jul 5, 2024 16:11:09 GMT
Just started Season 3 of The Bear. They have real 5 star chefs on this season showing Carmy being trained. I could totally see Anthony Bourdain on the show, RIP. oh didn’t know season 3 was out ! I just finished Fleabag (binged it actually) and I loved it !
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Post by sputnik on Jul 5, 2024 17:57:24 GMT
fleabag is incredible.
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Post by palta on Jul 5, 2024 18:55:36 GMT
sputnik i liked Normal people the show first and then read the book and didn't feel much different to me. loved both. with Conversations you have a lot more insight about the main character and what she is going through in the book. there are a minor changes so far in the show.
the two shows have a certain vibe that i liked a lot, feel very intimate.
have you seen Such brave girls? is very short but really funny.
on my list i also have: Catastrophe, Extraordinary, season 2 of The Gilded Age, maybe Fallout, season 2 of Loot, season 2 of Slow Horses.
eta: i'm also have Paquita Salas on my list, it was a very big hit a few years ago but i only watched a couple of episodes.
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Post by kittylady on Jul 16, 2024 0:30:09 GMT
Exploding Kittens on Netflix, which is turning out to be quite funny. God and Beelzebub are both sent to earth to live as chonky talking housecats.
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Post by sputnik on Jul 16, 2024 2:25:52 GMT
nothing. is it me or is there nothing good to watch? i feel like we're scraping the bottom of the barrel and feeling the full effects of the strikes that stopped production for months. maybe i'll finally watch bridgerton out of desperation even though it's never tempted me at all. what are you in the mood for?
i'm watching several shows right now, some recent some old.
i'm loving Fisk. it's an australian comedy with lawyer/office related issues. very funny! only 2 seasons though.
also Criminal Record, with Cush Jumbo and Peter Capaldi, loved it at first but it went too intense too quickly for my taste. i have one episode left. i'm also watching Conversations with friends, similar vibe to Normal People and i like it a lot. i picked up the book as well i went full obsessive lol haven't finished either yet.
then my daily tv hour consists in one episode of Elementary at night. the acting is very good, there are several guests that i liked so far and the crime/mistery is interesting for a procedural.
I’m loving Fisk too. She’s hilarious!
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Post by faithanne on Jul 16, 2024 21:03:50 GMT
I've just finished season 2 of Colin From Accounts, another quirky Australian comedy about a couple of strangers who rescue a little dog, and start falling in love other even though they're mismatched. It's cute and a bit cringe at times, in a funny way. And the dog is adorable.
Started on My Lady Jane, which is a very loose retelling of the Lady Jane Grey story. They've thrown the history books out the window, but it's fun, even if it's far-fetched, and the 2 leads are super cute together.
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Post by palta on Jul 17, 2024 19:30:13 GMT
^i will definitely add Colin to my list Helen is amazing! glad you liked it, sputnik. you should check out Deadloch, is an australian crime show but it is also hilarious and the leads are great. i finished Conversations with friends and i liked the book better than the show, but i didn't hate it and i think it works as a complement. i forgot that i also watched The Curse with Emma Stone and Nathan Fielder, i wouldn't recommend it to anyone honestly because is weird and uncomfortable and beyond explanations. i think The Rehearsal was more palatable than this show lol
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Post by sputnik on Jul 17, 2024 20:20:03 GMT
^i will definitely add Colin to my list Helen is amazing! glad you liked it, sputnik . you should check out Deadloch, is an australian crime show but it is also hilarious and the leads are great. i finished Conversations with friends and i liked the book better than the show, but i didn't hate it and i think it works as a complement. i forgot that i also watched The Curse with Emma Stone and Nathan Fielder, i wouldn't recommend it to anyone honestly because is weird and uncomfortable and beyond explanations. i think The Rehearsal was more palatable than this show lol i'll look for deadloch. i also watched 'the curse' and it is a trip. it's funny i was just talking about it with a friend and discussing all the different emotions you go through watching it, from laughter to cringe to exasperation and disbelief to pure wtf? i actually loved it but i agree it's uncomfortable and weird as fuck. but also kind of genius? emma stone's acting in that is ridiculously good and the characters and writing are some of the best satire i've seen in a long time. i would recommend it to some people but with the caveat that they might hate it or be utterly confused lol especially at first when you can't figure out where they're going with the story.
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