Seen any good films/series lately

Funny, I just watched Rain Man, which I dont remember watching before. I thought that Tom Cruise was very good alongside DH

May 30, 2025 -- 5:46PM, Des Pond wrote:

I'm guessing it's not a re-telling of Bambi.  In any case I think I'll give it a miss. "Reacher" is garbage even worse than the books (or the one that I managed to finish). Severance is funny at times, but too much of a slog to watch more than about 4 episodes. Silo is slow and nothing much happens, had to give up after 3 eps. From is weird but addictive. The first 2 series were very good.

Reacher is quite ridiculous (I've watched the first two seasons) and the lead character is extremely wooden. I'll probably keep watching for mindless entertainment though.

I like Tom Cruise but don’t really like many of his films (ironically he plays Reacher in two films, they’re not bad). Rain Man was brilliant at the time.

I watched The Thin Red Line which is streaming on Disney+ atm.  Has an all star cast.  Woody Harrelson, Nick Nolte, Sean Penn, John Travolta.  Some people rave about it but I just think it's OK.  It reminded me of Spielberg's series "The Pacific" which I think is excellent.

Official Trailer for The Pacific...  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8CWsSFYpNY

Available on Sky

Woody Harrelson - another who I just can't watch with any enthusiasm.  Certainly can't be calling him a star.  Just my opinion.
And agreed, Cruise was surprisingly good in Rain Man but I just watched A Few Good Men and it was like man against a boy - Nicholson v Cruise.  The gulf in real acting ability and star presence was glaring for me.
Still Tom keeps laughing all the way to the bank, as we used to say.

Tom Cruise is actually a good actor. He's just spent the last ten years playing Peter Pan and trying to prove he can do mad stunts while in his eighties.

Watched Trainspotting 2 the other day. Seen it before but wanted to check it out again.


Firstly, got to say it's worth it just for the scene in the social club. That's just a great few minutes. But I don't think I've seen any sequel that spends such a high percentage of its time simply replaying scenes from the first film or at least making such overt nods back. Just felt like little more than a nostalgia-fest for fans of the original rather than any real progressing of the story.

Nicholson stole the show in a Few Good Men. His ‘You can’t handle the truth’ line is the first that springs to mind when you hear the film mentioned.

It was Dustin Hoffman who stole the show in Rain Man.

100% agree TS2 was a nostalgia-fest for the fans. Was pretty disappointing imo.

May 31, 2025 -- 6:06PM, PorcupineorPineapple wrote:

Tom Cruise is actually a good actor. He's just spent the last ten years playing Peter Pan and trying to prove he can do mad stunts while in his eighties.

Eighties?  that's a bit harsh. He's actually 71.

Is he indeed.  Wow!  And still as game as a pebble.
Still, he has more than twenty years to make up on the great Clint Eastwood.
What a stunning contribution he has made to the art of film acting!!!

He’s early sixties.

Just watched Shardlake...a good series and similar in style/content to The Name Of The Rose and Cadfael.
Only 4 x 55min episodes long.

I watched the Caitlyn Jenner documentary on Netflix, mainly about Bruce and the Olympics. Hadn't really taken much notice of it before, but found the documentary interesting. What a mixed up life.

Seen that a few years back - very interesting alright. To be honest I had never heard of the Jenners, but the idea of an olympic decathalon gold medalist having a sex change is quiet incredible and almost unimaginable.
There is some really good sports docs all under the name of "untold", some american stuff that would have gone under the radar to most of us. There was one called Johnny Football about a high school quarter back who was destined for the big time in the NFL and ended up p!ssing it all away - quiet entertaining.

I've watched a few of those Wicklow, but not the one mentioned so for next hour and 12 minutes, I'll be watching it.

I’ve seen a few of the ‘Untold’ stories. Pretty good, would be better if you enjoyed the sport though, I don’t.

I’ve mentioned on here before I think, but the best American Football/true crime documentary I’ve seen on Netflix is Killer Inside; The Mind of Aaron Hernandez. A crazy true story of a top NFL player accused of murder.

yah that was decent viewing alright Kenbo - but its nice to find something that doesnt involve a murder every now and then. Far too much off it on tv, even though I like them as much as anyone.

Anyone seen Mountainhead yet? Looks interesting and I might give it a go. From the same people that brought you Succession.

Yeah, need to get to that though I think the reviews have been mixed.

Rattled through Dept Q in the last few days.


Really enjoyed it. It's a cop show set in Scotland, but it's probably most similar in tone to Slow Horses. Misfit team lead by an irrascible boss, lots of backstory and multiple overlapping cases. It doesn't drag in the middle, writing is great and the cast are all relatable. Recommend.

I watched the trailer for Mountainhead. That was enough for me to give it a miss.

My missus enjoyed Dept Q. Will give it a go one day.

A Serbian film - a real family film

You don’t get enough paedophilla and necrophilla films in the UK!!

watched the film sinners last night- horror vampire based in usa in early 20th c. worth a look but not one to watch again . 6/10

I watched 'Take Shelter' on Prime. Held it in my favourites until free and that was a wasted wait. Over half way through and as boring as anything I've ever watched, but will finish it tonight (less than an hour) just to know what happens. My advice, don't start it!

Jun 6, 2025 -- 5:26PM, Aspro wrote:

I watched 'Take Shelter' on Prime. Held it in my favourites until free and that was a wasted wait. Over half way through and as boring as anything I've ever watched, but will finish it tonight (less than an hour) just to know what happens. My advice, don't start it!

Aspro, have you watched Dead in the Water on Prime?

No... boring too?

just had a look, 3 part series (which I prefer) and it looks watchable. Will let you know.

Jun 6, 2025 -- 6:05PM, Aspro wrote:

just had a look, 3 part series (which I prefer) and it looks watchable. Will let you know.

Yeah, it's decent. I'm half way through episode. I'll watch the remainder later.

episode 3*

I’ve just looked that up on IMDB, Sofa. The son (who was on the boat?) has actually left a review on there. Sounds good.

Jun 6, 2025 -- 6:37PM, s.kenbo wrote:

I’ve just looked that up on IMDB, Sofa. The son (who was on the boat?) has actually left a review on there. Sounds good.

Yes kenbo, it's worth checking out. 

Anyway, I'm currently a few episodes into Landman. It's been good so far.

I watched that 'Dead in the Water' last night sofa. A little drawn out, but still a worthy watch. Cheers for that.

Recently watched The World Will Tremble which is a true story of the first two Jews to escape the Nazi death camps and alert the world to the genocide that was occurring.


Hard watch at times but well made and almost unbelieveable if you didnt know it was a true account.

Worth a watch.

Another vote here for Dept Q. 3 episodes in - 8 in total and really gripping so far

I've joined the Q

okthanks will give it a whirl after the cricket today

Me too Aspro.

I've also stumbled across " The Strain". 7.3 on IMDb & 79% ST which I score it very similarly.

Just watched yet another scandi-noir....Fatal Crossing from Denmark,
Eight 60 min episodes. Not too bad. About two schoolgirls that go missing on ferry trip to the UK.
Nowhere near as good as The Bridge or Those Who Kill though.

mrs D watched Dept Q i gave up early on - very irritating and implausible lead character

Mrs D watched it right through and gave it 7/10

just finished This City Is Ours  8 episodes binged over 2 nights excelent 8.5/10

Finished all of Yellowstone, very good, following on from 1883 and 1923...8.5/10

I watched what I considered to be a pretty good new documentary on Netflix yesterday, namely Cocaine Air. 3 part series, French but dubbed in English and (imo) very watchable.

watched Equalizer 3 last night, predictable, mundane and slightly ridiculous plot.

glad its last of the franchise. disappoiting for such an iconic actor Denzel W

Murder 24/7 on iplayer

excellent

it is nobby. very good

Yeah Murder 24/7 very much follows the 24 Hours in Police Custody format

i watched the dhl murder last night... well worth a watch

I'll be starting that later tonight.

From the trailer they must have been very thick to think they could get away with it.

indeed

watched last night the one about the 81 year old  man and his dead wife of 80 and seriously disabled son- very sad watch

I'm on my third watch of Breaking Bad, just started season 4... it's addictive

.. I've done it twice and have been contemplating a 3rd for some time now...

Do we need counselling Emit?

i reckon u do

Breaking bad started off like a train, the pilot is one of my all time favourite hours of TV. And it had some fabulous characters thrown in along the way.


Well worth a re-watch

The beauty of BB is they limited it to 5 series to avoid overkill. Smart.

Yep, BB was great. Better Call Saul too.  Anyone here ever watch The Wire?  It's also great.

I was look at the IMDB rating and BB is top, but The Wire is also highly rated. Will follow up with Better Call Saul when this is finished and then I might just move onto The Wire thereafter. IMDB are usually reliable for ratings.

Still haven't finished BB and other cult shows that I started but couldn't get on with are The Wire, Soprano's and Mad Men.

You never watched BCS, Aspro after watching BB twice?

I did start on it and had to wait for the next series and never bothered continuing with it so will start again from scratch.

better call saul was bobbins

not a patch on BB- dont bother aspro total crap

Jun 19, 2025 -- 6:57PM, The Dragon wrote:

not a patch on BB- dont bother aspro total crap

Strongly disagree.

Better Call Saul was a character not a 5 season series.

I really enjoyed Better call Saul... I do remember eagerly looking forward to each new series... Wouldn't give it a second viewing though. 

Did I ever tell you guys how much I enjoyed Game of Thrones? ..

If early stage dementia hits me, I'll deffo give that a 3rd watch..

Never saw GoT, not even a scene

I was anti GOT for years.. Until one summer in a beer garden with the mrs, I overheard a conversation with 2 young men.. One said, he was jealous of the other because he'd never watched game of thrones.. because it's so fantastic and he knew what he had to look forward to...   (something like that)

I gave it a go and to be honest, It took me at least 3 episodes to get snagged..

Never watched GOT either. Maybe I'll give it a go one of these days if I'm bored.

me too... one day

I was another one that didn't watch GOT from the outset but eventually succombed, my advice to those yet to succomb would be to succomb as soon as possible.

House Of The Dragon pretty good as a prequel too.

Have recently taken a liking for Person Of Interest, which you probably watched, new, about thirteen years ago.
Absolute tosh but so well done.

got was brilliant but too lomg

I’ve never seen a scene either and haven’t been impressed by the love affair that varied tv personalities have shared with it.

Breaking Bad I thought at the time was best series I'd ever seen. Then Better Call Saul came along, not much between them I would say. Soprano's, GOT, Dexter ( Give it 2/3 episodes you'll be hooked ). Line of duty all top notch IMO

surprised at the love for BCS on here maybe i missed something but i found it tedious and boring and a really bad follow up on BB.

Maybe i should revisit it.

Just on GOT i did not watch it from the begginning but think i picked it up around mid seasion 2.

i found it totally compelling and binge watched it for a considerable period.

The only critisim i wd have of it was that it was too long (8 seasons) i think and it ran out of steam towards the end. I also found the end a tad dissappointing. Overall an iconic series and defo worth the watch.

For Clarkson's Farm nerds

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Of you say so Dragon then I'm persuaded.

if u do give it a go LH let us know what you think

I see there's a bit of divide re BCS but my son told me about 5 years ago to try it - I watched a couple of episodes and thought it was crap but being an insomniac I was looking for something to watch during the night and gave it another go and glad I did. Very good show 8/10 for me with its predecessor BB getting 9.5/10.

ps Another who hasn't seen a single scene of GoT

Currently watching The Gold on iplayer - very good show

Thought The Gold was decent enough.

For those with a strong stomach I can highly recommend, The Mortician about a Californian undertaker who took some liberties.

Be warned you are unlikely to forget what you hear.

New Grenfell Uncovered documentary out on Netflix today. I will be watching.

I feel envious of anyone who hasn't read the GOT books. They are long, but they are an absolutely fantastic read. I've read a few fanatsy/sci fi books, but I wouldn't rate any of them more than a 6.5/10. The GOT books are 9, maybe even 9.5/10. So far ahead of anything else in the genre. And they don't take long to read, despite their length and density.

I enjoyed 1st season of The Gold and had been looking forward to watching the 2nd but after viewing the 1st episode was rather underwhelmed so probably won't persist

i watched 11 minutes Americas deadliest mass shooting last night a doc about the mass shooting at a country and western concert in los vegas, it has 4 episodes.

it is harrowing to say the least and inclused extensive footage of the shootings as it happened and how individuals responded to it.

very well made and a must watch.

awfully sad.
its on iplayer

I saw that too.  Staggering stuff.  Really made it real as opposed to the usual shock horror terrestrial news reports which do not even get close to telling the human story.

Just finished Dept Q. Thought by ep8 it was maybe dragging on a bit but final ep strong so overall very good indeed.

Dept Q had some good characters but the idea of ****ing someone ** in a ********** for  4 years was piss-poor.

But that's the problem with cop shows, everything has been done so the new stuff is ridiculous.

I liked Dept Q but expect an improvement if I am to keep watching. Isn't (yet) a patch on slow horses.

Anyone watch Nine Perfect Strangers on Prime?

not seen it sofa but kidman doesnt normally bobbins stuff

Just watched Saltburn a film on BBC 1 last nite.......really enjoyed it...well worth a watch

Sofa unfortunately I watched a couple of episodes of season 1.

Not really my bag.

DancingBraveTheBest 23 Jun 25 14:28 
Just watched Saltburn a film on BBC 1 last nite.......really enjoyed it...well worth a watch

Maybe won't be everyone's cup of tea but I enjoyed it also

Jun 23, 2025 -- 2:36PM, SirNorbertClarke wrote:

Sofa unfortunately I watched a couple of episodes of season 1.Not really my bag.

I'm about 6 episodes in and yes, it's a bit odd. I'll probably finish season 1 though. Sunk cost fallacy and all that.