Seen any good films/series lately

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9oeI5LlwWY&ab_channel=GreatcinematicScenes

  Great movie..

the defining stage was finding her RAV4 (vehicle) soaked in her blood at the back and riddled with Steven Averys blood at the front, also showing a fresh wound on Averys finger.

Soaked and riddled is probably over-emphasising it a little. There was an area of blood in the back and a few blood marks in the front, but here's the catch. The cut was to his right finger that managed to put a small smear on the dashboard and a few other small areas, but not a drop of blood found on the gear stick or the floor, where you would expect to find it.

I'm not saying he is innocent, but it certainly looks suspicious.

I done Jury service, about 42 years ago, if memory serves and I held firm to one of my decisions. In the end the judge accepted a 10/2 verdict.

Half the population is average or below average intelligence. Same on juries, elections etc.

A lot of them will not pay attention or have low attention spans and want to go home ASAP.

Would that also make half the population are average or above average intelligence..

Who wants to have their fate in the hands of twelve people who aren’t even smart enough to get out of jury service!

|I told the clerk of the court if he sat me down in a nice warm courtroom and bored me I'd be asleep inside 10 minutes

The Talented Mr. Rapey was a good film, only watched the first 10 mins though.

MobLand is what you would expect with Guy Ritchie directing and it's watchable.

However..The Irish accents of Piers Brosnan & even more so Helen Mirren are absolutely appalling. Brosnan is Irish so no excuses for him but Mirren, wow, that accent is something else.

I thought exactly the same, Slippy, regarding Brosnan’s Irish accent.

I think it’s good.

Only heard Brosnan's on an ad but seems to be more of a traveller accent than a normal Irish one

Re the discussion on Making a Murderer on previous pages...

I watched it when it first came out, January 2016 I think, so my memory of it might not be flawless.

I found it as compelling as Aspro did. While watching the series I was careful to avoid any spoilers. At the end I felt Avery was likely innocent and had been fitted up.

Then I googled the case and it was jaw dropping to see what the filmmakers had left out; lots of stuff pointing to Avery's guilt, which they said they 'didn't have time for' in a 10 hour programme!

The most egregious IMO was that the victim had a previous appointment at the family business, that Avery had appeared wearing just a towel and had really creeped her out. She told her boss she didn't want to go there again. But the scrapyard was massive and so there were a lot of appointments for her company there. Another appointment was made by 'someone' (likely Avery giving a false name) asking for 'the girl you sent last time'.

That they would not only fail to debunk that, but just ignore it, made the whole series worthless to me.

I think they also heavily implied that the boyfriend may have been the killer, when there was cast iron evidence that he couldn't have been, again that was not mentioned.

It's still possible the cops made sure by planting some evidence, but as Avery is such a vile scumbag I'm not too bothered about that.

Grok.....

Pierce Brosnan uses a Kerry accent for his role as Conrad Harrigan in MobLand. He has stated that he aimed to capture the "sing-song lilt" and "bite" of the Kerry accent, which he developed with the help of a dialect coach and by studying tapes of an unnamed Irish politician. However, his accent has received mixed reviews, with some critics and viewers describing it as inconsistent, exaggerated, or unconvincing, often noting it seems to shift between different Irish regional accents. Despite the criticism, Brosnan’s co-star Lisa Dwan, an Irish actress, defended his accent as "authentic" and fitting for the character’s volatile nature.

I didn't know any that tobes. That's shifts the balance somewhat.

Diamond Heist (netflix)

It was so Simple it was Brilliant a Boat a Hilti Gun and a JCB and a few men

to defeat perhaps the Worlds strongest security at the time

the Millenium Robbery  well worth a watch even if we all know what happened 

perhaps if the Guy running the show had not tried to get the old bill on the team ..

In Cinemas is a Danish film called the Girl with the Needle.

It is a disturbing film and based on true events, but will keep you glued to the viewing.

Gone Girls on Netflix is good. 3 episodes. The Long Island Serial Killer case. Think they had a doc about it a few years ago. 10 women's bodies found in 2010/11. Big update recently.

I enjoyed Gone Girls, the number of missing people in America is alarming.

If you like a good murder or serial killer tale then you really should listen to the My Favorite Murder podcast. Start at the very beginning.

BLACK MIRROR


Not really followed this on Netflix at all. Not sure why.

But anyway, just watched the first one of the latest series. The one with the Irish lad from The IT Crowd. And it's possibly even better than Adolescence. Just says EVERYTHING about the world we live in. Makes you think. Makes you laugh. And makes you bawl your eyes out. Sheer genius.

Black Mirror been around fora few series now ,some brilliant ones ,you should have a look back at them .

Can't listen to podcasts. They always have an agenda about promoting themselves/the podcast whoever they are. Every podcast hour has about 10% or 6 minutes of information you learn from, the rest is waffle.

It's really the shíttest form of media out there. I'm 5 mins into the 1st episode of the one you recommended and it's 2 girls having a chat talking absolute nonsense with nothing informative and it'll be the same in 10 mins. You get more infor from reddit or a true crime forum in 10 mins.

I'd love to see a proper documentary about the Cordova Cat Burglar/Visalia Ransacker/EAR/ONS/Golden State Killer in California. They thought they were all different but it was the same bloke. 'Unmasking a Killer' is the only good one I've seen. 'I'll be gone in the dark' is the worst. One of the most fascinating serial killer cases ever. Unbelievable what that guy did and got away with for so long. The most prolific, cunning and devious criminal ever.

He was the reason they brought a direct police 911 phone line in in America and why they set up a DNA database in California. The Hallowe'en movie series must have been based on this guy. Literally the Boogeyman.

If all you can tolerate are facts then I suspect no form of entertainment is for you.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_serial_killers_in_the_United_States

It's not entertaining to listen to 95% shíte for 5% info when you can get the same 5% info in 5 mins elsewhere (often from people who have listened to the whole podcast).

Rogan's podcast is maybe 30% info, 20% entertainment and 50% nonsense/chat talk. And that's the best there is but only when the guest is someone interesting to you.

You can summarise nearly every other podcast in 3 sentences in terms of relevant info. Just wait and let someone else do that for you. You'll save huge time. No interest listening to people who haven't got peculiar knowledge or expertise talk about themselves most of the time and speculate the rest of the time, complete waste of your time. 5 mins f new info per hour at best.

The Sun is more informative per minute expended

Did you listen to all (almost 500+ hours) episodes of the podcast you suggested I listen to from the start? LOL directly in your face if you did you muppet.

Report me for that last post if you want. I hear you're into that shít. Clown

Wow.

Have just finished 1883.

I thought it was okay but a bit Mills & Boonish in places!

Not a patch on Yellowstone despite being the same writer.

I watched the "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" 1978, with Donald Sutherland.. It was Good fun to watch again.. In a way it sort of reminded me of the Spurs Files on here ...

Probably give the 1956 version a go next, some time soon...

Talking of old... I watched (wait for it) the first episode of Sapphire and Steel (ITV) the other day. I wasn't intending to watch any more but it ended on a cliff-hanger so I had to watch the second, and the third and all the rest of the first storyline

Just finished 7 series of "Homicide,Life On the Street" really good cop series,only discovered afterwards they made a movie which was really just a long episode but very enjoyable.

I might try that, if you haven't seen it you should try The Shield. Gets similar ratings.

The Shield also gets a big thumbs up from me.

Sapphire and Steel

The shield and Vic Mackey are funny.

I might try that, if you haven't seen it you should try The Shield. Gets similar ratings.

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Watched the first episode,seems decent enough,first episode has 2 guys out of "Homicide,Life On The Streets" in it.

Watched the first 3 episodes of MobLand. Brosnan's accent is a Kerry accent and not that bad imo. What's ridiculous is the choice of Kerry accent for a gangland boss, never mind one who's big in the UK. There's barely ever been anything remotely like gangland in Kerry. He's like a farmer who got into drugs somehow.

Mirren's isn't too bad most of the time until she raises her voice or starts singing! There's another Irish blonde girl in it who has a more flat south Dublin accent, her actual accent, that's what most non-Irish are used to hearing on screen.

But nothing special about this show so far. Watchable but the genre's been done to death at this stage.

I prefer watching old Columbo episodes, some of the wigs are comedy gold, and i think you can laugh without getting a visit from plod

I can't abide anything by Guy Richie.

Watched This City is ours. The writer obviously watched Kin.

Nobby...I just started watching Kin after your comments, seen the first two episodes, there is a similarity, certainly has the idiot son for starters.

I'd come across it before late one night and watched it for about 10 minutes, I'll give it a proper go now.

I watched two episodes of This City Is Ours. Couldn’t quite get into it. I enjoyed Kin but was glad to get it finished. I’m finding Mob Land better than both of them.

2nd series of Kin is better, when 60yo McGregor becomes the main character

He was superb.

2nd series of Kin is better, when 60yo McGregor becomes the main character

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Up there with the best characters you'll see in one of these kind of series...give Bricktop a run for his money.

the godfather of harlem is excellent.

based on america in the 60,s malacom x and the drug scene and the mafia.

we are on series 4  . forrest whittaker is excellent as bumpy.

i dont normally do such long series but this one is really good

Missed Louis Theroux - The Settlers last night. It's on iplayer and on BBC2 again on Weds at 23.30

Essex Millionaire Murders Well worth a watch

What are we going to do with all the bad people? Like, really? What are we going to do with all the people whose stories hurl your mind back to a primitive state of lusting for vengeance, or make you long for a simpler time when the conclusion “They are evil” was considered a sufficient explanation and you could proceed with their punishment and society’s protection?

Such are the thoughts that run through one’s mind when confronted with the likes of The Essex Millionaire Murders. The two-part documentary tells the grimly shocking story of the 2023 murders of Carol and Stephen Baxter. They were found dead in their home in Mersea, Essex, by their daughter Ellena. There were no marks on the bodies, no injuries, no signs of a break-in.

Just finished ep3 season 2 of The Last of us. Ep1 fair ep2 Brutal ep3 Great writing Bella Ramsey different gear.
Season 1 A decent standard and at least a couple of the episodes were exceptional imo

2 was truly brutal werb - but good series overall. Probably not appeal to everyone but a good 7/10 for me

Apr 19, 2025 -- 8:57PM, PorcupineorPineapple wrote:

BLACK MIRRORNot really followed this on Netflix at all. Not sure why.But anyway, just watched the first one of the latest series. The one with the Irish lad from The IT Crowd. And it's possibly even better than Adolescence. Just says EVERYTHING about the world we live in. Makes you think. Makes you laugh. And makes you bawl your eyes out. Sheer genius.

Yep, absolute genius the first two of the new series, last series was pretty poor overall but this is a return to form

I found the story line season 1 of The Last of Us stretched to **** and consequently boring. There were who episodes where next to nothing happened.

This Town, BBC iPlayer

Written by Stephen Knight. Do Brummies still talk like Peaky Blinders? Not a fan of the Birmingham accent by the Peaky Blinders slant is quite interesting and I like it. I like the way those Viking women talk too.

Excellent performance from David Dawson ( Ripper Street and King Alfred in Utred son of Utred The Last Kingdom ). Good cast many of whom were new to me plus Michelle Dockery.

just started series 4 of Godfather of Harlem... the excellence continues..  if you have not watched it you should

I thought the episode in season 1 of The Last Of Us that involved the storyline of the two gay blokes was the best episode of the whole series and the Linda Ronstadt number that closed it was class.

Anyway, the final instalments of the best series I've ever seen on the telly start this week-end.

I refer of course to The Handmaid's Tale

duffy 01 May 25 15:23 
I thought the episode in season 1 of The Last Of Us that involved the storyline of the two gay blokes was the best episode of the whole series and the Linda Ronstadt number that closed it was class.

Same Duffy. I watched that episode with my daughter and we both agreed one of the best bits of tv ever!

Gold & Greed, 3 episodes on Netflix. A treasure hunting tail, about some guy called Forest Fenn who buried a couple of million dollars worth of treasure in the rocky mountains and gave clues for the treasure hunters to find it. Really interesting and amusing especially the Hurst family (trailer park folk), what a great programme, very uplifting and some amazing scenery of the rockys and yellowstone - excellent ending aswell.

9/10

Watched three seasons of FROM now on sky max, really good, suspenseful.

Wiki blurb

The series is set in a nightmarish town in the United States that traps those who enter. The unwilling residents strive to stay alive while plagued by terrifying nocturnal creatures from the surrounding forest as they search for secrets hidden within the town and beyond in the hope of finding a way out.

The series centers around Boyd Stevens (Perrineau), the self-appointed sheriff and de-facto mayor, and the Matthews family, new arrivals to the town who soon discover that they are trapped along with the other existing residents, and must work together to stay alive and find a way to escape.

Apr 23, 2025 -- 7:33PM, punchestown wrote:

Just finished 7 series of "Homicide,Life On the Street" really good cop series,only discovered afterwards they made a movie which was really just a long episode but very enjoyable.

Glad you enjoyed it Punchestown...I said it was up there alongsde NYPD Blue...H:LOTS is still my fav ever cop show.

Apr 24, 2025 -- 10:37PM, Stringvest wrote:

I prefer watching old Columbo episodes, some of the wigs are comedy gold, and i think you can laugh without getting a visit from plod

If you like Columbo (and who wouldn't? ) then you must watch Poker Face...excellent show starring Natasha Lyonne, the girl from Russian Doll and Orange Is The New Black.
First series of 10 episodes is on Now and the second series starts on 8th May.

May 1, 2025 -- 12:08PM, Whisperingdeath wrote:

This Town, BBC iPlayerWritten by Stephen Knight. Do Brummies still talk like Peaky Blinders? Not a fan of the Birmingham accent by the Peaky Blinders slant is quite interesting and I like it. I like the way those Viking women talk too.Excellent performance from David Dawson ( Ripper Street and King Alfred in Utred son of Utred The Last Kingdom ). Good cast many of whom were new to me plus Michelle Dockery.

Most people mistake the god-awful black country accent for Brummie, Alison Hammond an example of a real Birmingham accent

madhatter,I'm currently watching "The Shield" also from recommendations on here.

I started watching The Four Seasons last night mainly because it was described as a sparkling Comedy from the pen off Tina Fey.

I gave it two episodes, it were sh!te.

The Mule. First time see for me the other night. Brilliantly done in every way.

yup the mule is excellent

lurka 27 Apr 25 19:09 
2nd series of Kin is better, when 60yo McGregor becomes the main character


Half-way through season 2 now, really enjoying it, better now than This City Is Ours IMO, yeah, the old man Mcgregor is a brilliant character, scary as fook

There's anoter decent Irish gangland crime series called Love/Hate which has 5 or 6 seasons. It's similar with Aiden Gillen as the boss at the start (the least convincing actor as a gangland boss - no idea why he's ever picked for a role like that - also another actor who wears a hoodie and a leather jacket for the whole 3rd series, doesn't even change his clothes when on the run for murder). When those two get killed off, the lesser known actors take over and it actually becomes pretty good. The main characters are pretty convincing then too.

Character called 'Fran' or 'Franner' is just as menacing and another actor who had actually done time in prison who is his arch rival. But the first few seasons with Gillen dressed like a lawyer are ridiculous.

Thought the last episode of Kin was a bit disappointing, seemed a bit rushed how they rounded it all off.

watching the accountant 2 -pretty good so far if a little slow

I persevered with The Four Seasons it was quite good

I remember watching Love/Hate just before Games of Thrones took off I think. I thought it was really good but had no idea there were 5 series. Will watch again. I ashley like Aiden Gillen.

Watched Conclave last night. A bit boring but still watchable. I'll keep mum on the rest. 6/10

I watched the first episode of Four Seasons the other night. Glad to hear it got better but don’t think I will watch any more of it.

After two episodes I gave up but started re watching it with the wife. It got much better

Almost finished season 2 of 1923, very good.

They really made a mess of Kin killing off the best character. It was more than half funded by a US channel rather than Irish TV and had the potential of another 3 seasons. Should have gone the Love/Hate route and just killed off Gillen. Bren was like the da in Gomorrah, could have been a brilliant character. You should watch Gomorrah if you haven't seen it, one of the best. They are supposed to be releasing a prequel series about the rise of the da Savastano this year.

Gommorrah was recommended to me by a Sopranos fan who said it was almost as good. I found it enjoyable enough, but not in the same league as The Sopranos or Breaking Bad. The problem I had with it was the lack of humour. I found the characters not charismatic enough to be engaging or sufficiently well defined to care about.

I dipped in and out of the 15 Commandments the other day.  So dated and Heston and Brunner so wooden. Yes, 15.  According to Mel Brooks Moses started down the mountain with three tablets of 5 Commandments but dropped one, smashing it into a million pieces, leaving just the ten.  Still alive old Mel.  What an imagination he had.

Suburra: Blood on Rome is a very good Italian mafia series

Love/Hate is on ItvX

Gommorrah was recommended to me by a Sopranos fan who said it was almost as good. I found it enjoyable enough, but not in the same league as The Sopranos or Breaking Bad. The problem I had with it was the lack of humour. I found the characters not charismatic enough to be engaging or sufficiently well defined to care about.

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I think that was sacrificed in the search for authenticity.

Yeah it is devoid of humour, maybe some is lost in translation but I don't think it was meant to be humourous, maybe the Italians don't do dark humour, it was just very dark full stop? The first few seasons of it were very good. The last couple were more a series of meetings in car-parks and under flyovers.

I didn't find Suburra to be as good and didn't finish it but I watched a good few episodes from US Netflix streams which were dubbed in American accents and every character kept addressing each other as 'dude'! Horrendous

Some Ruff looking Tarts in Gommorrah , just put me off my Corn flakes.

Saw La Palma on NFlix. First 3 episodes were good but the last became a pantomime soap with a 200 ft Tsunami  wave hitting an aircraft on the runway and it stayed upright with main character passengers uninjured and able to walk away ! Shame as the premise of the volcano on La Palma exploding is a very real one.

I’ve just watched season two of 24 again! Was brilliant when it first aired and still good today.

I just cant commit to the 24 series's... Been recommended many times..

I started watching House series 1... couple of weeks ago, and I'm absolutely loving it...

Guessing It's a bit like our casualty on steroids...

Anyone watch Landman with Billy Bob Thornton?  I'm a couple of episodes in and it's decent so far.

Unless something comes up on this thread with at least 3 x 5 star ratings.. I'm just not gonna bother..

Keep it up people.

I do like Billy Bob Thornton... but not seen Landman.

Landman is very good, been through it a couple pages back on here.....wait till his ex Mrs turns up

Just watched Bibaa and Nicole on Sky Docs about those two ladies who were stabbed to death in a park in London and the Police misconduct that took forever to even begin to look for them that culminated in the family going out to look and the boyfriend actually discovering the bodies.

Then two officers who were supposed to be protecting the scene and bodies taking pictures of them and sharing to a private group online....shocking stuff and the eventual apprehension of the murderer....3 episodes.

House is fantastic. Hugh Laurie absolutely nails it.

House is brilliant, hard to argue with that but, for me, it became monotonous and only managed about 4, maybe 5 seasons.

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talk about bolivar cg p u green too
this goal should be in the curriculum like united porto, bolivar indpendente , arg france,
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san Lerenzo r est in peace decipher
united efc last game at goodison, no efc fan would admit little ronaldo goal...

It was pretty much the same formula for each episode, Aspro. They did try to mix it up a bit later on, but that worked against it imo.

Meds time, Clay!

Probably been posted before but Mr In-between on Disney is worth a watch. 29 half hour sessions with an Oz psychopath... brilliant.

Yes was covered, pretty much everyone agreed... Brilliant.