Who would gave guessed, given your avatar…
Hah, I kind of forgot it was there!
Agreed. Emma Thompson’s character is trying a bit too hard to wisecrack like Oldman’s character.
I watched the first couple of episodes. Hemsworth is no Henry Cavill, but it’s fine so far.
I’ve been enjoying The Lowdown as well. It feels like it’s spinning its wheels a lot, but that’s kind of the point. The story is progressing but it’s kind of meandering at its own pace. The show is also tied to Reservation Dogs per IMDB but I didn’t catch how. It also has Graham Greene for two eps and it’s a heartbreaking role.
But Season 3 has just arrived on Netflix instead of being exclusively on AMC. I was too impatient to wait so I subscribed to AMC to watch it earlier, and will probably do the same for Season 4 next February.
(And can I just say that the burned-out “R” in the neon sign “DINER” in the thumbnail on your teaser link is a little gem of genius all on its own? chef’s kiss)
Good catch! Now it spells Dine which is the Navajo name for Navajo.
Finally made it through Monster: The Ed Gein Story on NetFlix.
The story could have been told in four episodes and it would have been, I think, a decent series. Instead, it’s eight episodes that are extremely graphic and branch into storylines involving Hitchcock, Nazis, Ted Bundy, and the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, most of which are completely fictionalized. I would not recommend, although I felt compelled to watch until the end.
Charlie Hunnam as Ed and Laurie Metcalf as Ed’s mother both do superb acting jobs, IMO.
You’re a stronger person than I am.
So clever! Love this show.
We’re watching Task. Both my husband and I really like it, and that’s saying something.
I just found We Are Lady Parts on Peacock last night and my wife and I enjoyed it quite a bit.
Amina is a PhD student in London who teaches kids guitar lessons on the side who gets recruited into an all-female, all-Muslim punk band. Also she has a bit of stage fright, likes a cute guy, her best friend is a little snooty, and her parents are a little overinvolved in her life.
We’re only a few episodes in but we’re having a great time watching the show. The band characters are fun and have good energy together. It feels very realistic but you also see a few “out there” things going on in Amina’s imagination. I really cheered for her and want her to succeed.
Ep 3 is a step up. I think I especially like the interaction between Zoe and her MIL, and Sarah navigating what is happening now.
Just finished STEVE! (martin): a documentary in 2 pieces. Very good biography about the man on Apple.
Squid Game, the reality show version, is back for another season. Very entertaining, no need to have watched the show.
Streams on Netflix, is actually called Squid Game: The Challenge
Which side was Giuliani on?
That’s putting it mildly.
Many years ago, before various revelations made his reputation “problematic”, I thought it would be cool to have Joss Whedon do a sequel series to The Prisoner that drew together all the random (and intentional) insanity of the original into a coherent narrative. If anyone could have pulled that off, it’s likely Whedon. But alas, that ship has sailed and wrecked on the shores of Portmeirion.
I know there have been actual sequels written but they’ve all been terrible and can safely be ignored.
S.3 of ‘Elsbeth’ is out. The show got a lot of flak in this thread earlier on, because the Elsbeth character is so relentlessly quirky. And judging by the first two eps I watched, the writers aren’t backing down on the quirkiness-- the outfits are more clownish than ever, and she still carries multiple huge-ass tote bags everywhere she goes.
But, I like the formula-- she’s basically a female Columbo: a brilliant crime solver who comes off as a bit of a bumbling moron initially, isn’t taken seriously by the arrogant, entitled bad guys until it’s too late, and gets them to incriminate themselves without even realizing it.
Some fun guest stars so far-- Stephen Colbert, Andy Richter, Amy Sedaris and David Cross in the first two eps alone. My one complaint is that the ‘bad guys’ in the first two eps have been too nice / sympathetic-- I want my bad guys to be arrogant a-holes, who fully deserve their take-downs!
My sister is still watching Elsbeth just to see who the guest stars are. But I still can’t stand the show or the character. I’m always rooting for the killer (I “watch” from the other room where I can’t avoid hearing it).
Yep. It is a fantasy show, not a police procedural or even a mystery.
A new series of Shetland is out in the UK this week. Quite a cast of suspicious characters, as usual.