We’re watching Hazardous History with Henry Winkler on On Demand. It’s a History Channel documentary series, and we are really enjoying it. We just watched E6 Food Fiascos. I could not believe what was done to milk back in the day!
I’m still thinking about it.
We’ve been trying to find a series to watch, but haven’t had much luck so far. This show is interesting, an easy watch, and has been a good fill-in.
I finished Amy Bradley is Missing on Netflix, a true crime documentary (3 episodes, about 45 minutes each). It was pretty good, mostly as a character study of a family trying to navigate major trauma (adult daughter who goes missing while on a cruise). If you like true crime, you’ll probably like it - it’s pretty boilerplate in that regard. And of course, no resolution, as she is still missing.
I enjoyed that as well, though part of it was the cast from the first few seasons. (There seemed to be good chemistry among the three male detectives and the woman supervising them.) Later, as the show continued, some cast members changed and I think the show suffered. But it was a fun show.
And, by the way, there are a lot of episodes.
i have finished series 1, started series 2. i’m missing clark.
I thought it was better than average for a missing person story. Sometimes there is a lot of lurid speculation based on very little evidence, but there was quite a bit of evidence in this case.
That reminds me, I’ve been watching some of the Trainwreck series and have been liking them. I’ve made it through Mayor Of Mayhem, Poop Cruise and PI Moms so far. It’s odd since I keep thinking I’ve watched more of them, but it’s only been out for a few months. I think I’m conflating it with the Abercrombie & Fitch and Victoria’s Secret documentaries (which, IIRC, both somehow involved Jeffery Epstein).
I’ve watched some of the docs in the Untold series as well. I really liked the one about the mobbed up hockey team. Untold: Crimes & Punishment.
Another one, which I may have mentioned earlier, that I really liked is Kings Of Tupelo. I mean, I know they’re trying to go all Tiger King here, but there’s a lot going on. I don’t think I’ve ever been halfway through a documentary and said “OMG, I completely forgot about the decapitated head”.
Weeeeelllll, there was a lot of “eyewitness testimony” in this case, but not so much actual evidence (unless you count a container of Tic Tacs in a random shack as evidence). And there was certainly plenty of lurid speculation (e.g. sex trafficking).
Fair enough, I should have said that there was at least a decently plausible theory rather than just gormless speculation.
Yes, that’s true.
Ooh, that does look pretty juicy!
I also just watched Fit For TV a documentary about The Biggest Loser. I didn’t think much of it one way or the other but I see on TMZ that Jillian Michaels is going to sue them over claims that she gave contestants caffeine pills.
Does Letterkenny still count as recent?
On Letterkenny, the reservation is called The Rez, but the people that live there are referred to as the Natives.
Also, while I don’t know how much input she had in the show, the actor that plays Tanis is Kahnawake Mohawk…and as I looked at her wiki page to figure out how to spell that, I see she was in Reservation Dogs as well.
For what it’s worth, in Canada the term is “reserve” not “reservation”.
And looking at the Letterkenny Fandom page, they do mention that the full name of The Rez is “First Nations reserve”.
I just finished watching Series 19 of Taskmaster the other day. The cast was great and I was happy to see that they managed to keep Jason Mantzoukas’ craziness at a level that was enjoyable without being annoying.
On your recommendation, I watched this the other day and enjoyed it very much. It’s the third version of the story I’ve seen, and it’s easily the best. The first was a movie length version with Frencesca Annis as Frankie. It was good and closer to this last version. The second was one where (BBC?) shoehorned Miss Marple into the story, completely changed the entire plot and in a wildly lurid ridiculous direction. I love nearly all the Geraldine McEwen Marples, but this one was awful.
This new version was a little slow in the beginning, but I liked how it eventually got going. I haven’t read the book, so I don’t know which, if any, parts Laurie changed, but some plot points were different than the Annis version. I was expecting some of the twists, but others never happened! It was gorgeous, though. Great clothes and interiors that made it much more plausibly real. There were a number of sly little jokes sprinkled in that made me LOL at least three or four times. Recommend!
Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? is currently available on HBO MAX if you subscribe to that and not to Britbox. Until September 29, some stuff from Britbox is available on HBO MAX, including this and Agatha Christie’s Murder Is Easy, Agatha Christie’s Towards Zero, Blue Lights Seasons 1-2, Father Brown Seasons 1-2, Luther, Shakespeare & Hathaway Season 1-2, Sherwood, Silent Witness, Sister Boniface Seasons 1-2, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries Seasons 1-2, The Office Seasons 1-2 and The Office Christmas Specials Parts 1-2, The Sixth Commandment, Three Little Birds and Time.
Just concluded watching the entirety of Elementary on Prime Video, with the last episode S7E13. Originally I was doubtful because there have been SO many retakes on the Sherlock Holmes stories, but my brother talked me into it. Very well done in my opinion although they were finding it harder to top themselves as time went on. Spoiler for the very last episode:
I am SOOOOOOO glad that Watson didn’t die of breast cancer. Death, passing and finality are somber subjects at the best of times; doubly so for the end of a beloved series.
Incredible wordsmith…..think I’m doing some more reading to refresh
Apparently there is a new East of Eden in works for Netflix …7 episodes,
Netflix is producing a limited series adaptation of John Steinbeck’s “East of Eden”, starring Florence Pugh, Christopher Abbott, Mike Faist, and Hoon Lee. The seven-episode series, written by Zoe Kazan, will offer a contemporary take on the multigenerational saga, focusing on the Trask family and Cathy Ames, the novel’s antihero. Filming is currently underway in New Zealand.
Decent choice for Cathy
Jennifer Lawrence had been cast but I think Pugh is closer to description. Just about 60% through the audio book…the production is very good with the voices
