What are you watching tonight?
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LF are sending me Alpha Papa. I loved classic Partridge but all the much later stuff, especially his guide to Norwich, was absolute shite.
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I'd be surprised if you don't love it. Oh, and the very last scene there's a man pushing a broom in the background. That's a very good friend of mine who acted as technical firearms expert in the film and was persuaded to do a cameo.Bruce Rioja wrote:LF are sending me Alpha Papa. I loved classic Partridge but all the much later stuff, especially his guide to Norwich, was absolute shite.
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He's got a shooter!clapton is god wrote:I'd be surprised if you don't love it. Oh, and the very last scene there's a man pushing a broom in the background. That's a very good friend of mine who acted as technical firearms expert in the film and was persuaded to do a cameo.Bruce Rioja wrote:LF are sending me Alpha Papa. I loved classic Partridge but all the much later stuff, especially his guide to Norwich, was absolute shite.
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Enjoyed the 1st episode of True Detective last night. Think I'll be sticking with that for a while.
Just catching up with Paxman's 'Britains Great War'. Tragic & fascinating. Great telly
Just catching up with Paxman's 'Britains Great War'. Tragic & fascinating. Great telly
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Watched one to three now, so I've got bugger all left to watch. I thought they were very good. EP2 had me laugh out louding (just put this phrase in to cheer LLS up), EP1 had some wicked one-liners, EP3 I thought was the weakest of the three, but humour aside, still had a decent-ish twist.Bruce Rioja wrote:It's like sinister Roald Dahl. Top, top tele.Prufrock wrote:3rd Inside No. 9.
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Can't get EP4 yet on Player, but will certainly look in when it's available.
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Watched EP1 of True Detective last week. Thought it was a bit labored, but will try EP2.Harry Genshaw wrote:Enjoyed the 1st episode of True Detective last night. Think I'll be sticking with that for a while.
Just catching up with Paxman's 'Britains Great War'. Tragic & fascinating. Great telly
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Just watched Boogie Nights. Ace soundtrack, made me feel shit about Philip Seymour Hoffman's death again though
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Caught the tail end of 'Silk'. Maxine Peake seems to outshine the rest of the cast by an absolute mile. She really is brilliant.
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It's worth it, slow burner, get to know the characters a bit, the actual crime is more background. By the end of ep 4 you'll be hooked. Probably.Worthy4England wrote:Watched EP1 of True Detective last week. Thought it was a bit labored, but will try EP2.Harry Genshaw wrote:Enjoyed the 1st episode of True Detective last night. Think I'll be sticking with that for a while.
Just catching up with Paxman's 'Britains Great War'. Tragic & fascinating. Great telly
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Script too crowded, no time to work it through - though it has excellent ideas within it. The 'moral dilemma' of telling lies, that you know to be lies, in a court of law, knowing the damage it will cause to a bereaved family, basically dismissed in a single line... Very, very poor work - not, I suspect, by the writer, who clearly has a handle on the dilemmas and no space within the series format to make them work... This is an excellent movie idea made into mediocre TV...Bruce Rioja wrote:Caught the tail end of 'Silk'. Maxine Peake seems to outshine the rest of the cast by an absolute mile. She really is brilliant.
Maxine Peake is brilliant, of course... she must be longing to return to theatre where the drama has to have real integrity...
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The fabulous 'Only Lovers Left Alive'
A little bit for the more discerning, some of the literary references went over my head but still a very dark, slick and classy film.
A little bit for the more discerning, some of the literary references went over my head but still a very dark, slick and classy film.
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I'm a fan of Jim Jarmusch but didn't really fancy a vampire flick, have heard good things about this though so might give it a watch.General Mannerheim wrote:The fabulous 'Only Lovers Left Alive'
A little bit for the more discerning, some of the literary references went over my head but still a very dark, slick and classy film.
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True detective floundered a bit in episode six for me, which is a shame considering what's come before it. Still great though.
They appear to have ripped off a lot of stuff from the Red Riding Trilogy however :/
They appear to have ripped off a lot of stuff from the Red Riding Trilogy however :/
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Alpha Papa is utterly brilliant. watched it again over the weekend.
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Just watched a few programmes where Owen Jones ripped into some posh upper class t**ts. Brings a smile to know that someone in the media is actually on the side of the working class.
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It was fairly good.General Mannerheim wrote:Alpha Papa is utterly brilliant. watched it again over the weekend.
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Verging on OK...Bruce Rioja wrote:It was fairly good.General Mannerheim wrote:Alpha Papa is utterly brilliant. watched it again over the weekend.
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steady, lad!Bruce Rioja wrote:It was fairly good.General Mannerheim wrote:Alpha Papa is utterly brilliant. watched it again over the weekend.
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Watching 'The Weather Man', I still can't work out whether Nicolas Cage is some sort of genius or the worst actor ever. It's worth watching for Michael Caine's awful American accent.
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Well, my bote goes cloer to the latter option. Never taken to him.Beefheart wrote:Watching 'The Weather Man', I still can't work out whether Nicolas Cage is some sort of genius or the worst actor ever. It's worth watching for Michael Caine's awful American accent.
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