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Doublethink
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What’s your poison - I really enjoyed Wake Up Dead Man and I saw a YouTube vid with the director breaking down a scene. He mentioned his first film was Brick.
I remember watching that when it first came out and it stuck with me. So I am thinking I may now rewatch that.
I remember watching that when it first came out and it stuck with me. So I am thinking I may now rewatch that.
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I'm awaiting hearing aids which might help ....... Mrs RR has hearing aids but had to turn them right down.
I am looking forward to the new series of The Artful Dodger (with Thomas Brodie Sangster), here in Oz it will be on Disney in February.
Cheery husband gave me a set of William and Mary on DVD featuring a young Martin Clunes, I've enjoyed that blast from the past very much!
They got a traitor on the third episode. I don’t think they’ve ever got one that quickly.
We watched the David Attenborough programme about wild London which was lovely. A few bits were shot in places we know such as Richmond Park and the Regents Canal and its good the Attenborough is still around even if it was hedgehogs rather than gorillas that he was getting close and personal with.
Also binge watching Stranger Things 1-4 before watching 5 as some younger members of the family didn't see it first time around.
Having to fit this around Daughter's Traitors obsession. I only take a passing interest; the tasks are mostly a bit boring but watching clueless people flailing for desperate pretexts to decide someone's a traitor is amusing, especially when they serially get it wrong. I personally think the Traitors should amass their prize pot by subtly sabotaging the tasks, rather than helping.
They had several video shots of his time at Bard, and a couple of his classmates gave some recollection of his time there.
The Star Trek Voyager? It's on Sky Mix, Freeview Channel 11 (If you're in the UK)
'The Night Manager' Series 2 is keeping me interested, not least in wondering where the budget came from for the locations.
Judging from comments elsewhere on the intertubes every time Alice Roberts appears on the tele, I may be in a minority amongst Blokes of a Certain Age in watching primarily for the archaeology...
It is a pain. I wonder whether it is because there is a big match on Saturday? I thought they had moved it to prime time because it was so popular.
I watch for both Alice and the archeology. I think she presents it really well, always enthusiastic and knowledgeable. And good to look at too.
But this series, she seems to be taking a different role, with two others going to a lot of the sites. Which is, I think, a good thing, enabling a succession!
Yes. We are not quite caught up with this week's yet but are puzzling over something.
***SPOILER ALERT ***
Yeah, but not on demand. We managed it with hours to spare.
We very much enjoyed it and I preferred it to Onions II.
Also recommend The Beast Within Me. Very engaging.
Congratulations to Owen Cooper for winning the Golden Globe for best Supporting Actor in Adolescence.
Yesterday I found myself unexpectedly moved to tears watching a repeat episode of Restoration Australia, watching a grand old federation mansion being brought back to life in a loving and respectful manner. I think it was a feeling of awe and joy watching the craftsmen and their work keeping traditional skills like wood carving, leadlight and plastering alive.
I have fond memories of Bodie and Doyle - my sister had a poster of them up in our bedroom.
I suspected that the series wouldn't have aged well, but it's better than I thought it would be. Not many decent female roles, but some interesting guest stars like Keith Barron and Richard Greene (1950s Robin Hood playing 1970s baddy!) and a sympathetic portrayal of a lesbian couple in one episode.
I've been watching Ladies in Black, an Australian series (based on a book), and am enjoying it so far. I think a new season is coming to Netflix next month, so I'll be able to keep on with the story.
It was good but not great IMO. It's like somebody airlifted Tom Hardy's character from the movie The Drop, inserted a new accent chip and set him down in the same role but with a worse script. The Drop was tight as a mouse's tail in a trap, I think one of the best crime drama scripts since The Usual Suspects and Hardy's character was impeccably drawn.
I'm a little bit disappointed that this has Guy Ritchie and Anthony Byrne in the director's chair, and they do a fine job of it, but the writing is spotty and there are plot holes you can drive a transport truck through.
FWIW, I found the family dynamics, rivalries and cruelties in Succession far more blood curdling than the Harrigan clan, even though in Succession not a drop of blood was spilled.
I will probably stick around for season two, though.
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