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Holidays are over, so it's time to watch other stuff...something about January brings me to true crime docs. Confession Killer was very well done...incredibly frustrating depiction of shoddy police work and corruption. 

 
I got through 3-4 episodes of season 1 of The Expanse and just didn't get the love. What am I missing?
It is decent.  Watch it on the treadmill.  More just filler thann dying to watch the next episode type show.

It gets a little bit better as series goes along but you are not missing anything.

 
Going to do some Nov/Dec review here...some I’ve already hit on...

The Irishman - watched this 3 times.  Gets better with each viewing.  For a 3.5 hour movie, never felt bored and appreciated the pacing 

Mrs. Maisel - 3rd season was the weakest of the three seasons.  Still very strong, but certain plot devices felt forced to keep certain characters involved/relevant.

Marriage Story - said this before but exceptional.  Next level filmmaking.

Mandalorian - Good.  Not really all that compelling.

Dolemite - Awesome.  Best thing Eddie Murphy has ever done.

Tell Me Who I Am - one of the most devastating documentaries I’ve ever seen.  You need to prepare yourself prior to watching.

Dracula - first episode was phenomenal.  I’m not a Dracula fan either...

 
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It is decent.  Watch it on the treadmill.  More just filler thann dying to watch the next episode type show.

It gets a little bit better as series goes along but you are not missing anything.
Maybe it's my old age- I dont get the comment of having it in the background.  I had trouble following all the different planets and factions at the start of the show, and took me a hot minute to piece how they fit together.

 
Going to do some Nov/Dec review here...some I’ve already hit on...

The Irishman - watched this 3 times.  Gets better with each viewing.  For a 3.5 hour movie, never felt bored and appreciated the pacing 

Mrs. Maisel - 3rd season was the weakest of the three seasons.  Still very strong, but certain plot devices felt forced to keep certain characters involved/relevant.

Marriage Story - said this before but exceptional.  Next level filmmaking.

Mandalorian - Good.  Not really all that compelling.

Dolemite - Awesome.  Best thing Eddie Murphy has ever done.

Tell Me Who I Am - one of the most devastating documentaries I’ve ever seen.  You need to prepare yourself prior to watching.

Dracula - first episode was phenomenal.  I’m not a Dracula fan either...


What is this Dracula thingy on? 
wOw - just looked it up. It's on Netflix and it's from the same network & production team that brought us Sherlock. AND I AINT HEARD A FRIKKIN THANG ABOUT IT?!?!

ETA: and @TheDirtyWord should review more stuff. Spot on

 
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Just starting Peaky Blinders as well, but seeing the words "Hardy" and "marbles in his mouth" immediately made me think of him in The Take -- one of the most chilling and incredible performances I've seen Hardy in to date.

I believe it may still be available on Prime.

I don't get the love for The Irishman. I think the story was simply a slightly different retelling of Casino, and the CGI made it completely unwatchable for me. I mean, I applaud making DeNiro look young but when that character is walking around with the stiffened, arthritic gait and mannerisms of a 76 year old, why even bother erasing wrinkles and liver spots? 

 
Just starting Peaky Blinders as well, but seeing the words "Hardy" and "marbles in his mouth" immediately made me think of him in The Take -- one of the most chilling and incredible performances I've seen Hardy in to date.

I believe it may still be available on Prime.

I don't get the love for The Irishman. I think the story was simply a slightly different retelling of Casino, and the CGI made it completely unwatchable for me. I mean, I applaud making DeNiro look young but when that character is walking around with the stiffened, arthritic gait and mannerisms of a 76 year old, why even bother erasing wrinkles and liver spots? 
Loved "The Take"!!

 
Just starting Peaky Blinders as well, but seeing the words "Hardy" and "marbles in his mouth" immediately made me think of him in The Take -- one of the most chilling and incredible performances I've seen Hardy in to date.

I believe it may still be available on Prime.

I don't get the love for The Irishman. I think the story was simply a slightly different retelling of Casino, and the CGI made it completely unwatchable for me. I mean, I applaud making DeNiro look young but when that character is walking around with the stiffened, arthritic gait and mannerisms of a 76 year old, why even bother erasing wrinkles and liver spots? 
:thumbup:  The take looks solid, gonna start it today.

The Irishman's story is based on Sheeran's own account of his life :shrug:

 
Finished "Don't mess with cats" and yes, everyone involved is terrifying. Don't recall seeing the story at all. Sick individual that is for sure. 

 
I started watching El Vecino, a Netflix Spanish slacker superhero comedy and so far (after 2x 30 min eps) recommend it.
Wrapped it up. Tailed off the last couple eps, but overall a funny, decent and easy enough watch...as long as you don't mind subtitles. Vale

 
Started the Apple show, For All Mankind- alternative reality space race. So far, completely enjoyable- liking it quite a bit.
This has been consistently good about 4-5 in. Interesting combo of fact/history and sci-fi. Learned about an actual amazing woman astronaut, Molly Cobb, who never actually got to space fly, but in reality did one amazing flying thing after another here on earth. Interesting character and arc in the show.

This isn't profound or upper elite tv, but its doing well with all aspects of the show. Genuinely recommend this so far- really enjoying it.

 
Finished Dracula last night. Good to the last drop.
Wife and I finished it last night.  The ending was anti-climatic, but a fun show.  One thing that did bother me throughout, possibly irrationally, was how bite wounds were displayed.  They didn’t look like bites at all

 
Don't #%!% With Cats

made it through the first 2 episodes last night. skipped the obvious/unnecessary parts.  

what a weird, wild story. the internet is a terrifying place. at least the parts of it i thankfully haven't found yet.

 
My butthole puckers a little when I see American remakes of foreign movies coming out.   I enjoyed the hell out of the movie, so I will encourage people with Hulu to check out Force Majeure .  The remake will be popular since it has Will Farrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, but I can't think of more than 1 or 2 American remakes that are better than the originals.  

 
My butthole puckers a little when I see American remakes of foreign movies coming out.   I enjoyed the hell out of the movie, so I will encourage people with Hulu to check out Force Majeure .  The remake will be popular since it has Will Farrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, but I can't think of more than 1 or 2 American remakes that are better than the originals.  
Oh that’s on Hulu? I need to watch that 

 
Finally watching Atypical.  So good.  Lots of great characters.  Zahid and Casey's boyfriend are two of the best parts of the show.  
The wife and I also, just finished season 1 and really liked it.  Hope the following seasons are just as good.

 
Yeah I might need to try again with this suggestion.  I got 3 episodes in and was so frustrated I couldn’t understand anything I gave up.  Don’t want to have to read my TV, but man everyone seems to love this show.  
I never used subtitles - it was difficult at first but after a while you pick up the "language".

 
Didn't see it mentioned, but I just blitzed the first season of Mrs. Fletcher (HBO) with Katherine Hahn.  Always been a fan of hers, she's always been one of those "sneaky hot but never a leading lady" type characters.  Enjoyed it mostly, it's not must-watch by any means. And yes she does get nekkid a few times.  

 
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I also liked the second season of Castle Rock on Hulu. The first season was good too, but I really enjoyed the most recent season. Fun show with lots of Stephen King characters / references.  2nd season built around a young version of Kathy Bates character in Misery. 

 
I also liked the second season of Castle Rock on Hulu. The first season was good too, but I really enjoyed the most recent season. Fun show with lots of Stephen King characters / references.  2nd season built around a young version of Kathy Bates character in Misery. 
What was the 1st season about? 

 

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