What I'm watching (Series 2)

Have you seen ā€œTop Golfistā€?

Mason Greenwood is not exceptional. I am totally ignorant of a very large number of footballistas

No I haven’t, is it on Netflix? :grinning:

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Yes, you’ll find it in the DVD section.

We watched Coda last night. Quite sweet if utterly predictable. But Best Picture? Not in a million years. Hollywood just ticking its inclusivity boxes. Nothing wrong with films about all kinds of conditions & disabilities but the merits of those causes are not the same thing as the artistic, technical or aesthetic merits of a film and films should be judged on how good they are as films.

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Someone at work recommended the book to me as he said it was very much in the style of Le Carre. Only just started reading and it’s very good but now find it has been made into a tv show.

Will watch once I’ve finished the book but going by what I’ve read so far this show has the potential to be very good

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Was looking at that myself. My free trial for Apple TV has just ended :roll_eyes:

Just watched the first 2 episodes. It’s really, really good.

I’ve read 6 of the books and have the 7th lined up.

I suspect that the television adaptation won’t mesh very well with my mental image of the characters.

Disgusted with myself for binging this Suicide Squad spin off during Covid. It was however sufficiently vapid to effectively retard reality.
Synopsis: Peacemaker is a randy inappropriate, immature imbecile with a pet eagle. He listens to hair metal, his sidekick is a dork and deeply psychotic . One of peacemakers nemesis is a crisp eating midget, his father is a sadistic white supremacist. Quite amazed I can remember any of the above as this show is a fine example of visual Mogadon.

Yeah, that’s about it

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I made it about halfway through the trailer. A good effort I thought.

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Split, the middle of M Night’s three film’s. It works as a standalone, one of my faves.

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Incredible performance from McAvoy in that!

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Documentary, Chernobyl, New Evidence. First time I’ve seen one of the guys who went under the reactor to open the drain valves being interviewed. He lived, the plans the Soviet Union put in place ensured thousands of others didn’t. Not surprising that this event was one of the precursors to the end of the Soviet Union

Lost Bullet on Netflix.

French. Ridiculous.

Really enjoyed it.

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Quite funny in parts and some of it is not a million miles from the truth up here :grin:

Watching the maxwell documentary on bbc2……

Round 1 of 8 was on at the weekend.
If it is a Ken Burns doc you know it will be good

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Yeah, I’m recording the series. My Dad reckoned the first one was very good.