Winstonm Posted October 1, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2021 I just finished watching the 7 part series on Netflix Midnight Mass. I was really impressed by the inventiveness of the story and how the writer weaved together legend with legend. It starts really slowly, but if you hang in there it gets better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted October 19, 2021 Report Share Posted October 19, 2021 "Pain and Glory" directed by Pedro Almodóvar. I rented it. I highly recommend it. Reviewed here by Manohla Dargis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted December 4, 2021 Report Share Posted December 4, 2021 "The Power of the Dog" reviewed here by Manohla Dargis at NYT. A powerful story that Campion isn't up to telling IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted December 25, 2021 Report Share Posted December 25, 2021 Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold is an intimate and fascinating documentary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 Nicolas Cage is getting rave reviews for his performance in "Pig" which I thoroughly enjoyed. Edit: The Portland Oregon scenes are a plus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted January 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 Who wants my poems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shyams Posted January 9, 2022 Report Share Posted January 9, 2022 Anyone seen "Don't look up"? Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio movie. It's received poor reviews but also seems to have reached the top of the most viewed list on Netflix. FYI, I've not & I'm not in a hurry to see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted January 9, 2022 Report Share Posted January 9, 2022 Anyone seen "Don't look up"? Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio movie. It's received poor reviews but also seems to have reached the top of the most viewed list on Netflix. FYI, I've not & I'm not in a hurry to see it.I saw it. I thought it was pretty funny but definitely not in the same league as, say, "Airplane" and it does perhaps hit too close to the mark for some viewers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted January 9, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2022 Anyone seen "Don't look up"? Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio movie. It's received poor reviews but also seems to have reached the top of the most viewed list on Netflix. FYI, I've not & I'm not in a hurry to see it. I thought it decent but not quite enough tongue-in-cheek like say, Dr. Strangelove. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted January 12, 2022 Report Share Posted January 12, 2022 I thought it decent but not quite enough tongue-in-cheek like say, Dr. Strangelove.I also thought it was too blatant. Satire needs to be a little more subtle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted January 24, 2022 Report Share Posted January 24, 2022 I binged "Wolf Like Me" on Peacock last weekend. A very nice modern take on werewolf stories. Stars Isla Fisher and Josh Gad are good, but the little girl is a standout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted February 5, 2022 Report Share Posted February 5, 2022 "Jack Reacher" on Amazon. Two thumbs up in my house. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted February 13, 2022 Report Share Posted February 13, 2022 "CODA" on Apple TV is a well done feel good story. I re-watched "The Natural" a few days ago. A lot of good performances by supporting actors. Glenn Close is gorgeous. I've started watching the PBS NewsHour again after seeing some mentions in the WC. Thanks to whoever that was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted March 26, 2022 Report Share Posted March 26, 2022 "Drive My Car" is very good. Murakami, who wrote the short story on which much of the movie is based, is such a Beatles fan. "Listen, babe, I got somethin' to sayI got no car and it's breaking my heartBut I've found a driver and that's a start"Listening to our babes when they got somethin' to say? Good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted March 26, 2022 Report Share Posted March 26, 2022 We were planning to watch something else last night but couldn't stop watching Pelosi's Power, a Frontline documentary that launched after the PBS NewsHour ended. The commentary and photography are as mind blowing as her story which is saying something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted March 28, 2022 Report Share Posted March 28, 2022 We watched "Worst Person in the World". Two thumbs up in our house. I enjoyed the other two movies in the "Oslo Trilogy" which were heavier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted April 11, 2022 Report Share Posted April 11, 2022 "Benjamin Franklin" on PBS is very good. Talk about larger than life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 "Benjamin Franklin" on PBS is very good. Talk about larger than life.I agree. I haven't watched most Ken Burns documentaries because they're too long, but 4 hours about a great statesman was about the right amount. It's hard to believe one man did so much. They didn't shy away from mentioning his faults (he was a racist and slave owner for much of his early life, but he eventually realized it was wrong, and he didn't treat his wife very well), but his achievements far overshadowed them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted May 2, 2022 Report Share Posted May 2, 2022 C'mon C'mon got two thumbs up in my house. On Showtime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted July 25, 2022 Report Share Posted July 25, 2022 Nero wolfe, the Italian version on MHz, is well written, well acted and fun to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted August 16, 2022 Report Share Posted August 16, 2022 For anyone who enjoyed some of the earlier episodes of "Better Call Saul" but didn't feel compelled to watch more, I recommend the finale. Will probably watch some episodes again and happily skip others. The Rhea Seehorn character is a doll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted August 18, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2022 For anyone who enjoyed some of the earlier episodes of "Better Call Saul" but didn't feel compelled to watch more, I recommend the finale. Will probably watch some episodes again and happily skip others. The Rhea Seehorn character is a doll.Rhea Seehorn was brilliant in the courtroom scene without a single word of dialogue. I watched every episode and now am onto Paul Giamatti in Billions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted August 18, 2022 Report Share Posted August 18, 2022 We recently watched season one of "Trapped", a murder mystery set in a small town in Iceland's north country. We enjoyed the scenery and fine performances by Olafur Darri Olafsson (Andri) and Ilmur Kristjansdottir (Hinrika). Edit: Season 2 was not worth watching IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted August 22, 2022 Report Share Posted August 22, 2022 I'm on the fence about the new version of "A League of Their Own". I'm enjoying it, but it could be titled "The L Word with Baseball". Does everything have to be about race and sexual orientation these days? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshoe Posted September 9, 2022 Report Share Posted September 9, 2022 I'm on the fence about the new version of "A League of Their Own". I'm enjoying it, but it could be titled "The L Word with Baseball". Does everything have to be about race and sexual orientation these days?It certainly seems so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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