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The Count of Monte-Cristo. Recent version 3 hours long. I've never read the book but apparently it leaves a lot out. Really enjoyed all the performances. Cracking story obviously.



The House that Jack Built. Matt Dillon as a serial killer recounting all his "incidents" to one of the Devil's disciples I presume. Bit grim, especially one part that involves children.



John and the Hole. Quirky story about a hole that a teenager discovers just outside of his father's property and what he gets up to with it. Very strange.



Prisoners. I love Denis Villeneuve and his films, he's definitely my favourite director. This is up there with his best work imo. Great performances by Hugh Jackman (deserved an Oscar nomination imo) and Gyllenhall.



The Piano Teacher. French film about a middle aged teacher with a bit of a sadistic/perversion bent. Isabelle Huppert in the lead is excellent.



Mommy. French Canadian movie about a single mother trying to cope with her sort of adhd/mental son. Excellent.
 
I’d like to watch more of Hupperts films. I think the only one I’ve ever seen is The Lacemaker. It must have made quite an impression on me as it was decades ago but I still remember it.
 
Euronymous said:
Recently Watched:

The Count of Monte-Cristo. Recent version 3 hours long. I've never read the book but apparently it leaves a lot out. Really enjoyed all the performances. Cracking story obviously.



The House that Jack Built. Matt Dillon as a serial killer recounting all his "incidents" to one of the Devil's disciples I presume. Bit grim, especially one part that involves children.



John and the Hole. Quirky story about a hole that a teenager discovers just outside of his father's property and what he gets up to with it. Very strange.



Prisoners. I love Denis Villeneuve and his films, he's definitely my favourite director. This is up there with his best work imo. Great performances by Hugh Jackman (deserved an Oscar nomination imo) and Gyllenhall.



The Piano Teacher. French film about a middle aged teacher with a bit of a sadistic/perversion bent. Isabelle Huppert in the lead is excellent.



Mommy. French Canadian movie about a single mother trying to cope with her sort of adhd/mental son. Excellent.
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Though very good. Piano Teacher, is not an easy watch.
 
I’ll tell you what I have been watching - the beeb drama series from the 70s, ‘The Brothers’. Absolutely riveting! Well, ok, “habit-forming”, if you must! And we’re nearly at the end - all 92 episodes, over six series.

Great cast, too. Colin Baker, former Dr Who, plays heartless and soulless bastard Paul Merrony; sultry 70s tv siren Kate O’Mara plays Jane Maxwell; and the hugely underrated Liza Goddard plays Colin Baker’s wife (they were briefly married in real life, whatever that is).

I’ve really enjoyed it, tbh. On Talking Pictures TV, of course.
 
Just about to rewatch the last five episodes of King and Conqueror. Couldn’t get subtitles to work first time ( notthat the dialogue is all that great anyway) and the whole thing was disappointing. Factually incorrect, badly edited etc etc. But then it dawned on me that it isn’t trying to be another Wolf Hall but just a jolly good romp loosely based on what happened in 1066. And once I realised that it didn’t seem so bad.
 
I Fought the Law was brilliant. Superb from Sheridan Smith as ever and I watched the main character, Ann Ming interviewed on BBC Breakfast a week ago. At the end of the last episode, she's there and gets up to hug Sheridan who didn't know she was there. They kept it from her as she suffers anxiety so badly (has had at least one breakdown) and it was a touching moment when Sheridan realises she was there all along. Ann said she was thrilled with her portrayal and it really was like watching herself.

It was an incredible story too - to have had that sort of drive and determination to take on the Government and Law Lords to overturn an 800 year old law was something else. I know grief pushed people to do some incredible things but this was exceptional. A truly inspirational woman.

Oh yes - I turned off King & Conqueror. I Googled the history and it was so inaccurate, I didn't think it deserved my attention any more.

Now onto The Guest which is suitably nerve wracking and full of twists to suit my palate
 
I’ve yet to start on The Guest which is supposed to be very good but absolutely bonkers. I’m still listening to podcasts about 1066 and the more I learn the more I enjoy the King and Conqueror. As Eric Morecombe said I’m playing the right notes but not necessarily in the right order. Many of the events happened but not at that time and not always to the right person. They’ve condensed about thirty years into three. I’m pleased that they seem to be making series in four episodes these days. Makes binge watching much easier!
 
Seen a cracking couple of films recently:

Wild Tales. Argentinian film sort of like a seven deadly sins story where the only sin is rage. Six tales, all violent, some funny.

The Zone of Interest. This one is not funny at all - set at Auschwitz this tells the story of the family home lived in by the camp commandant, his wife and their five children right next to the Concentration Camp - it basically details a normal family life with gunshots and fires in the background. Disturbing.
 
maureen said:
Just realised that most people watching 1883 would have watched Yellowstone so would have known what was going to happen to the main characters anyway.
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I've just started 1883, have never watched the Costner main series or 1923. Stoked, it's very good so far. Sam Elliot is fantastic.
 
I tried to give 1923 another go recently but still couldn’t watch it. But 1883 is excellent and makes me want to watch Yellowstone properly ( I only saw the first series when it was on terrestrial tv) now I understand the background to it.
 
Perfect pub walks with Alexander Armstrong Ch4. Imo this is as good as Gone Fishing.Blokes talking about their feelings. What’s not to like. Only two in the series thus far, James May and Chris Packham but both have been quite moving.
 
Just binge watched Leonard and Hungry Paul, a dramedy on BBC rather like Detectorists meets Forest Gump. It’s a repeat but I don’t remember it being on before so perhaps it was on BBC3. I think it’s something that’s going to slip under the radar a bit. Julia Robert’s actually asked if she could narrate it as she loved the book so much.
 
I used to read Hugh McIlvanneys articles when he wrote for The Observer and I’ve got his book on boxing. I stopped buying the Observer when their racing section got so small it used to take me several attempts to find it and they also dispensed with Eddie the Shoe who was great at finding the Grand National winner each year.
 
David Attenborough’s new wildlife series Kingdom. The older I get the more I struggle with watching stuff like this but this series is so good. They don’t have the usual making of bit at the end of each episode but have put it all in the last episode. I thought I’d cheat and watch that to see what happens to the animals featured but ended up seeing one of the saddest things I’ve ever seen. Just amazed at the amount of work that goes into these programmes.
 
Don't tend to watch much T.V but just binge watched The beast in me on Netflix would thoroughly recommend it.
 
Watched some good stuff lately on Netflix.
As Danny says. Beast within me.
Mr Mercedes, with Brendon Gleeson, on top form+ the utterly supeb Death by Lightening. An obscure tale of the assassination of an American President in the 1870s ( true story ). Told with Panache + Wit !
 
Started watching Mr Mercedes after your recommendation so far so good, the rat poison scene was pretty damn gruesome I must say.
 

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