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Watched this 2018 movie this arvo.

Nicole Kidman is unrecognisable as the chief protagonist and does a good job as an out of control corrupt cop with emotional baggage and a death wish.Ìý Might be available to stream or under the table.

Saw this on Netflix.Ìý Extremely violent but weirdly entertaining from good writers. Betty Gilpin is good value as always. Interesting commentary on right/left elites and how they view each other.Ìý Very relevant if one considers Trump's reinsertion as President tomorrow (20 Jan 2025).

Fifteen years after vanishing from the CIA to start a family, elite spies Matt and Emily jump back into the world of espionage when their cover is blown.

This was a fun watch, quite entertaining.

Fifteen years after vanishing from the CIA to start a family, elite spies Matt and Emily jump back into the world of espionage when their cover is blown.
This was a fun watch, quite entertaining. - @SimCityAT

Kind of parallels Cameron Diaz's real life 10 year absence from film-making.Ìý

Parallel universe TV movie airs 24 January on Paramount+ in the USA so no doubt it'll be available easily enough immediately thereafter by various methods:

I am surprised it's not a TV show.Ìý  Usually there's a new Star Trek series being aired .Ìý Star Wars is going the same way, not always successfully.Ìý  I'm awaiting Season 2 of Andor which has proved a great spin off.Ìý It's coming back in April 2025.

I'm watching this - Season 2 of SAS Rogue Heroes. Not bad and acting is pretty good.Ìý It's a bit irreverent and weirdly has modern music linking scenes. It covers SAS Italy campaigns and the Sicilian invasion.Ìý There are 6 episodes for Season 2.

Saw this over the weekend.Ìý Quirky movie.Ìý Things happen  but not much. Amazon figures in it quite a bit.Ìý Not sure about that. Frances McDormand is a fine actress.Ìý It's more like a dramatised documentary. Worth a punt.

16 Feb 2025 brings Season 3 of The White Lotus.Ìý This time in Thailand.

Seasons 1 and 2 were excellent, so lots of high expectations for Season 3

BTW,  I've always been disappointed some of the characters died in Season 1.Ìý  One of them (the hotel manager) was particularly entertaining.Ìý I really wished he'd survived to appear again.Ìý I wonder if he'll come back as his twin brother, equally mad!

Very good on Netflix.

Police officer Hanna Ahlander has been suspended from her job in Stockholm and dumped by her partner when she moves to her sister's vacation home in Ã…re. When a young woman goes missing on the icy night of Lucia, Hanna can't help but start investigating the case. With a tough family situation and an understaffed police station, local police officer Daniel Lindskog reluctantly has to accept Hanna's help. But the big question is whether they can trust each other.

Trailer:

The early days of social media is Belle Gibson's playground with her friend Milla as they get to work in 'helping' people get better.[3] With the world at her feet, Gibson launches a media empire, with the world watching and hoping for her approach to her treatment will work, nothing can stop her, until her world comes crashing down around her.

The early days of social media is Belle Gibson's playground with her friend Milla as they get to work in 'helping' people get better.[3] With the world at her feet, Gibson launches a media empire, with the world watching and hoping for her approach to her treatment will work, nothing can stop her, until her world comes crashing down around her. - @SimCityAT

Hmm.....No space ships? No dystopian futures?  No time warps?  No snowy detectives in Scandanavia?

I am wondering how Netflix will reel in its programming due to changes in the US government DEI policies.

Today, I'm starting to watch this Canadian series Murder In A Small Town which has a decent rating on IMDB etc.Ìý

The lead guy is Rossif Sutherland, the son of Donald Sutherland.Ìý I keep want to keep calling him Rosbif Sutherland (Rosbif is French slang for the English).Ìý He's quite a good actor and has been in a few shows I've watched.

p.s.Ìý It's a rather slow paced and everyone knows who the murderer is within the first 10 minutes.Ìý I'm not impressed as it's pedestrian with little tension or excitement.Ìý The scenery is nice but why they are faking themselves as being in Oregon, I do not know, I'd much rather they said they were in British Columbia.Ìý  On balance, disappointing.

@fluffy2560

Whats this on?

@fluffy2560
Whats this on? - @SimCityAT

Oh yes, I should have said.

It was originally shown on Fox or you can get it "the other way" (download).

Thinking of watching this one.Ìý It's got a reasonable cast but I wondering if I can stand it. I'm avoiding reading the news now as it's making me feel sick.

As far as I can see the show is about some agent (who still has a job presumably) looking into who assassinated a US president.Ìý Not seen any episodes so I don't know if the investigators are looking at several billion suspects.

p.s. it's a detective come sci-fi show. I've seen the first 3 episodes (as I write).Ìý Apparently it will get a 2nd season.

This could be interesting. I heard a radio interview about it.

Spies in America who stole and sold U.S. secrets

From 2015, Steve Kroft’s report on Jack Barsky, a KGB spy from the Soviet Union who lived for decades in the United States without being detected. From 2001, Lesley Stahl’s report on Robert Hanssen, an FBI agent who was convicted of spying for Russia. And from 2010, Scott Pelley’s report on a Defense Department employee caught on tape selling secrets to a Chinese spy.

La Dolce Villa

Successful businessman, Eric travels to Italy to stop his daydreaming daughter Olivia from blowing her life savings on restoring a crumbling villa she purchased for €1. Italy, however, has different plans for him as it delivers on its legendary promise of beauty, magic, and romance.

Trailer:

On Netfliix, really enjoyable.

My Fault: London

When Noah's mother, Ella, falls in love with the very wealthy William, the two move from America to London to live with William and his son Nick. Upon arrival, the 18-year-old Noah meets bad boy Nick, and there is an immediate attraction between the two.

Trailer:

Fast action film on Prime.

Honeymoon Crasher

2025 [FRENCH] (In English)

When his fiancée dumps him at the altar for her ex, a young man is left with no alternative but to go on his romantic honeymoon with his mother.

Trailer:

Honeymoon Crasher
2025 [FRENCH] (In English)
When his fiancée dumps him at the altar for her ex, a young man is left with no alternative but to go on his romantic honeymoon with his mother.

Trailer: - @SimCityAT

I feel like I've seen something similar.Ìý I think it might be a remake.

could be worth a look (on Apple TV or elsewhere):

could be worth a look (on Apple TV or elsewhere):
- @fluffy2560

The trailer:

It does look good.

The trailer:
It does look good. - @SimCityAT

Yes, I've already got it queued.Ìý Maybe tonight will be "The Gorge" night.

Miles Teller we don't hear from a lot but he was in the brilliant Godfather show called "".Ìý  

Apple TV is making some excellent shows and movies these days.Ìý It's eclipsing Netflix in my mind.

I've started watching this 8-part TV show (Thin Ice) which is set in Greenland although filmed in Iceland. I wanted to know more about life in Greenland. Kind of interesting if a little PC. The scenery is very nice if a little cold. Some of the acting is suspect. Some interesting interplay with various interested parties involved in the plot - notably the relations between the Greenlanders and the Danes. People are speaking multiple languages - Swedish, English, Danish and Greenlandic. With subtitles of course. The Greenlanders seem to switch effortlessly between languages. Even the child actors.
There's one interesting factoid - Game of Thrones alumni - Nikolaj Coster-Waldau's wife is in it. She's called Nukâka Coster-Waldau and she's actually from Greenland.. It's on Prime or via another method.

- @fluffy2560

Mrs C watches a lot of Scandinavian TV content, to the extent that she's picked up the languages to a reasonable level, although I don't think she's ever practised on a proper Scandie.Ìý As a child and I suspect like many Cloggies, that's how she learnt English and German, to the extent that you don't hear her Dutch accent behind it all.Ìý When I first met her, I thought she was an American, though she lost that after a few months of exposure to the Queens version.

Mrs C watches a lot of Scandinavian TV content, to the extent that she's picked up the languages to a reasonable level, although I don't think she's ever practised on a proper Scandie. As a child and I suspect like many Cloggies, that's how she learnt English and German, to the extent that you don't hear her Dutch accent behind it all. When I first met her, I thought she was an American, though she lost that after a few months of exposure to the Queens version. - @Cynic

It's one of my annoyances about Hungary.Ìý They never subtitle original content, it's all dubbed.Ìý We sometimes have dual channel audio now content is delivered by Internet.Ìý I think the HU only thing is nationalism but really it should be about trade and integration via education.Ìý We get HU subtitles in the OV (original version) movies at the cinema.

If they put subtitles on TV then foreigners like me would be able to improve our language skills.Ìý  When I lived in NL, we used to watch the BBC and one of the areas I lived in we also had SSVC and BFBS radio.Ìý   But I did listen to NL and Belgie radio.Ìý I was quite keen on NL radio.

If you go other places in the FRY like Serbia or Croatia, it's all subtitled and generally they all speak pretty good English.Ìý Same in Romania - they are pretty good in languages.Ìý  

I cannot include Poland in any of this - the dreadful "" really grates. It's where a Polish speaker narrates a TV show, it's just awful.Ìý    

I learnt a lot of my Dutch looking at Dutch subtitles on English speaking TV.Ìý  I used to note words down and  look up the words in a dictionary (no Internet back then).Ìý It was quite a good way to learn.Ìý

I've just watched The Gun Runners,  a 1958 movie with Audie Murphy and Eddie Albert.Ìý Audie Murphy was one hell of a soldier, and a pretty good actor, taken too early.Ìý  I do like old movies.

Available at a Internet near you.

1923 returns for a 2nd (final) season on 23rd Feb 2025.Ìý On Paramount+ and elsewhere.

Very good on Netflix.
Police officer Hanna Ahlander has been suspended from her job in Stockholm and dumped by her partner when she moves to her sister's vacation home in Ã…re. When a young woman goes missing on the icy night of Lucia, Hanna can't help but start investigating the case. With a tough family situation and an understaffed police station, local police officer Daniel Lindskog reluctantly has to accept Hanna's help. But the big question is whether they can trust each other.

Trailer: - @SimCityAT

Watched this and it's very Scandnavian paced.Ìý That is slow burn and provincial.Ìý It's very snowy in the town where it is set,  called Ã…re.Ìý Looks like they cast someone little young to me as the main detective but she does her job but occasionally looks clueless.Ìý It's OK to watch though.Ìý

@fluffy2560

It's has become one of Netflix's hits, with million's watching it.

@fluffy2560It's has become one of Netflix's hits, with million's watching it. - @SimCityAT

Maybe so but I'm finding it hard to find quality productions on there.Ìý Netflix has cut back on production.Ìý I watched a Netflix movie on there called Outside the Wire -   I could see it was made in Budapest.Ìý They seem to use the same locations in all their movies.Ìý They do a bit of CGI but I easily recognised it was Budapest.Ìý  They did  quite well in covering up the building signs but very recognisable. It's not a criticism, it speaks to budget and writing.

Anyway, there's not a lot of blockbuster series on Netflix  right now that Squid Game 2 has finished.

My view currently is that Apple TV is producing the best shows right now.Ìý It's got a lot of top shows - Silo, Severance etc 

This might be good - has a nice cast.Ìý Solid actors. On Netflix.

@fluffy2560

Yep, I have it queued up, trailer looks good, so saving it for Sunday.

@fluffy2560Yep, I have it queued up, trailer looks good, so saving it for Sunday. - @SimCityAT

I'm thinking of binging 2 episodes a day.Ìý Anything with De Niro has to be OK although he was in a few comedies I thought  naff.Ìý From what I've read, the plot might be some future scenario of the US of A.

@fluffy2560Yep, I have it queued up, trailer looks good, so saving it for Sunday.Ìý - @SimCityAT
I'm thinking of binging 2 episodes a day. Anything with De Niro has to be OK although he was in a few comedies I thought naff. From what I've read, the plot might be some future scenario of the US of A. - @fluffy2560

If watching tonight, let me know what you think? I might give it a go later on if nowt is on TV.

@fluffy2560Yep, I have it queued up, trailer looks good, so saving it for Sunday. - @SimCityATI'm thinking of binging 2 episodes a day. Anything with De Niro has to be OK although he was in a few comedies I thought naff. From what I've read, the plot might be some future scenario of the US of A. - @fluffy2560If watching tonight, let me know what you think? I might give it a go later on if nowt is on TV. - @SimCityAT

I watched the first episode and jeez, does De Niro look old.Ìý He's 81 and looks it.Ìý Not the De Niro I loved in movies like "Heat".Ìý Grizzled might be a description. I am was nodding off in a couple of places while various sub-plots were being set up.Ìý Some of is a little simplistic and obviously the scriptwriters thought there was going to be a different result in the US election. But it looks like they spent some money on it.Ìý And they pulled in a big star.Ìý   I'll give episode 2 a go later tonight. I couldn't manage 2 episodes in one sitting (kept dropping off).

BTW, talk of brainworms in Absolutely Anything Else reminded me of the TV show .Ìý

Really worth a look.Ìý

It has the fantastic Mary Elizabeth Winstead in it.Ìý She's married to Ewan McGregor aka Obi-Wan Kenobi the younger version

BrainDead is one of the shows I'd like to see back for a season 2.Ìý  The political landscape is ideal for it.Ìý  It's time.

@fluffy2560Yep, I have it queued up, trailer looks good, so saving it for Sunday. - @SimCityATI'm thinking of binging 2 episodes a day. Anything with De Niro has to be OK although he was in a few comedies I thought naff. From what I've read, the plot might be some future scenario of the US of A. - @fluffy2560If watching tonight, let me know what you think? I might give it a go later on if nowt is on TV.Ìý - @SimCityAT
I watched the first episode and jeez, does De Niro look old. He's 81 and looks it. Not the De Niro I loved in movies like "Heat". Grizzled might be a description. I am was nodding off in a couple of places while various sub-plots were being set up. Some of is a little simplistic and obviously the scriptwriters thought there was going to be a different result in the US election. But it looks like they spent some money on it. And they pulled in a big star.Ìý I'll give episode 2 a go later tonight. I couldn't manage 2 episodes in one sitting (kept dropping off). - @fluffy2560

I tried but couldn't go further.Ìý  

I tried but couldn't go further. - @SimCityAT

Yes, the first episode was a bit wonky.Ìý It got a bit better.

I watched to the end but I have to say it's not De Niro's finest work.Ìý

I expect he got paid gadzillions for it through.

If you like Gene Hackman and Liv Ullmann there is a simple but good movie on U tube called, Zandy,s Bride.

Made in 1974 but I found it an interesting film about pioneer life in Big Sur and the hardships of being a mail order bride in the 1800,s.