"Brassic" on Amazon. Small-town British misfits/casual thieves and their misadventures. Dominic West has a small role as a largely useless GP and therapist with some odd fetishes.
If you like Guy Ritchie's work (his "The Gentlemen" series on Netflix was amazing), you'll love Brassic.
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It's a little long in the tooth (ran 2016-20), but we just got BritBox and are loving Upstart Crow. If you're a fan of Blackadder, I think you'll enjoy it too! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Catching the beginning of the second season of this. These geezers (Lithgow and Bridges) are so incredibly comfortable in their complex and intertwined roles. Strong recommendation.
edit: holy crap this is good.
One of my favs. Already watched season 2! Jeff Bridges is an amazing actor, Iâve seen everything heâs done.
Catching the beginning of the second season of this. These geezers (Lithgow and Bridges) are so incredibly comfortable in their complex and intertwined roles. Strong recommendation.
edit: holy crap this is good.
Just binged the first five eps of The Day of The Jackal thanks to my friendly neighbourhood torrent deliveries.
If you're a fan of the novel, you should check this out. Reimagined into modern political times - and you don't have to look too closely to see the parallels with today's political landscape - including the Jackal's targets. Though there is some unnecessary and soon annoying domestic drama by one of the primary characters, it remains enjoyable. So far.
In the US, on NBC's streaming platform Peacock, it premieres on Nov 14.
I feel like I was led down the path. What started as a bit of a âstalker complicates a comedianâs lifeâ has turned extraordinarily dark. I watched an ep last night (the one where heâs befriended by someone in the business) and felt like I did during Schindlerâs List. Hard to shake.
Finished all of Reindeer. We got into a discussion about what is âentertainmentâ these days. Frankly, the series was a massive waste of time, although Iâm sure it was cathartic for him. But, except for the reinforcement that drugs are bad and there is sex violence out there as well as crazy people and a (shocked!) inefficient justice systemâ¦nothing positive or commendable from the show. Maybe that trans people are OK, since that seemed to be an underlying message.
But there wasnât anything funny about this. Nothing that felt remotely positive, unless you want to think âI hope you do OK, mateâ and feel like your wishes mean something to someone youâve never met.
Watched Baby Reindeer on Netflix over the past few days.
Was pretty good, and avoided the usual "dead episode" or two by keeping it to around 3 and a half hours total.
I feel like I was led down the path. What started as a bit of a âstalker complicates a comedianâs lifeâ has turned extraordinarily dark. I watched an ep last night (the one where heâs befriended by someone in the business) and felt like I did during Schindlerâs List. Hard to shake.
Tried Outer Range recently - season one, of course: 7.1/10 IMDB | 79% Rotten Tomatoes | 60% TV Guide
By the second episode, I was talking back to the TV, as one stereotype after another emerged. During the second ep, I had to mute the sound when the idiotic singing began along with my swearing. In the third episode, I started frequently swearing at what I was watching, the stereotypes and cretinous writing approaching ludicrous values. The fourth ep did me in. I did not make it all the way through. "Oh FSCK OFF" was repeated a few times before I switched it off and threw my remote through the TV.
What happened to producing actual decent TV series that challenge you and don't insult your intelligence?
