Subject: Stay At Home Viewing
Posted by: Godwit
Date: Apr 25 20
Curious, what are you watching while the world spins around us?
What's your favorite thing about it? Does it help you get through?
Posted by: Godwit
Date: Apr 25 20
Curious, what are you watching while the world spins around us?
What's your favorite thing about it? Does it help you get through?
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Godwit 
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Surprised you think that Mixama. Your posts are always interesting and informed--a smartie like everyone here. I never imagined but I'm actually watching The Vampire Dairies. Because it's the backstory to Legacies. Which...I also never imagined watching. But they are well produced, for fans of vampires and other creatures going to high school and stuff. Reply #721. Feb 07 21, 11:43 PM |
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"Call My Agent!" is a "Best TV Series" award winning TV series out of France, in its fourth and maybe final season. "Four agents take us behind the scenes of the wild world of celebrity" Wiki says. e.g. Episode 1 the agent struggles to tell an actress she's too old for a role. Episode 2 an actress quits just before filming starts, and the role is given to a rival. Episode 3 Mother and daughter are both accepted for roles in the same film, but each tries to get out of it. Available nearly worldwide on Netflix. Apparently it's not available just now on Netflix in Germany, Spain or Portugal. In Canada it's also on ICI ARTV (a CN French channel), likewise in Switzerland on RTS Un. Reply #722. Feb 09 21, 9:44 AM |
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Godwit, I wonder if the series has an agent trying to deal with a Weinstein type character or a Kevin Spacey type character. That would be interesting. Reply #723. Feb 09 21, 10:46 AM |
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ROF! Sure would Reply #724. Feb 09 21, 5:26 PM |
agony
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That reminds me of a very good movie I just watched, called "The Assistant". It's pretty slow, not much happens in terms of action, but the toxicity of that workplace is chilling. It doesn't say it's based on Weinstein, but it's based on Weinstein. Reply #725. Feb 09 21, 7:00 PM |
C30
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Watched a movie, "Glory" on Netflix, anyone else seen it? Thought it quite good. Reply #726. Feb 10 21, 3:03 AM |
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I've not watched it but it's good to have recommendations. Reply #727. Feb 10 21, 6:01 AM |
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I've just read a question by our Mynah5459song, who highly praises this movie: "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz" is probably the most important English-language movie in the history of Canadian cinema...." Reply #728. Feb 12 21, 11:23 PM |
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Happy Valentine's Day, you all. Support your local bakery? I found one I've never been to before that promises something DElicious. Curb side pick up. Reply #729. Feb 13 21, 2:10 PM |
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C30, if the movie "Glory" you reference is about the American Civil War, yes, I saw it years ago on TV. I liked it too. Reply #730. Feb 13 21, 2:13 PM |
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MiraJane - Yes, that's the one. Reply #731. Feb 13 21, 3:10 PM |
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I don't know if I'd go quite that far about Duddy Kravitz, but it's certainly a significant Canadian movie. Reply #732. Feb 13 21, 6:16 PM |
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It's ROMANCE day in the USA! Care to share some TV love? All suggestions welcome :) Stay safe during these USA major ice and snow storms. Standard favorites: --When Harry Met Sally --Eat, Pray, Love (Julia Roberts) --50 First Dates --Runaway Bride --Moonstruck --Pretty Woman --A Star is Born --Sleepless in Seattle --Roxanne --Jerry Maguire Greatest Love Stories: --Out of Africa --The King and I --Palmtrees in the Snow --Dr. Zhivago --The Way We Were --Gone with the Wind --My Fair Lady --Wuthering Heights --From Here to Eternity Quirkier: --Harold and Maude --Mr Right (Falling for a hitman) --Mr and Mrs Smith (two assassins fall in love) --The Theory of Everything --A New Leaf (Walter Matthau seeking a rich wife) --Forgetting Sarah Marshall (stars Jason Segel and Kristen Bell) --Beginner's (the recently deceased Christopher Plummer stars as a dying elderly who comes out of the closet, and inspires his son to his own romance --The Big Sick stars a standup comedian in love with a student who has a weird illness. Based on Kumail Nanjiani and his real-life screenwriter wife. --Love O2O (Online love) --About Time (Domhnall Gleeson can move through time but realizes happiness is found in the present moment --Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet try to erase each other from memory) Reply #733. Feb 14 21, 1:06 PM |
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For "quirkier" I'd add The Tall Guy, starring Emma Thompson and Jeff Goldblum. It was written by Richard Curtis (who later wrote Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, and Love, Actually) and includes a fantastic parody of Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals. Plus the most energetically funny sex scene in any movie. Reply #734. Feb 14 21, 1:45 PM |
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Good picks...I'd add Carousel, Casablanca, and on the quirky side: Grease ( ONJ & JT had the screen sizzling:-) Reply #735. Feb 14 21, 1:57 PM |
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Under snow, ice and snow storm conditions? WINTER and SNOW MOVIES, a mix of serial killers, natural disaster, vehicle accidents, explorers and mountain climbing with a few family/children shows, all with decent ratings, but no Christmas. Please add comments and your favorites, and stay warm: --White Fang --The Day After Tomorrow --The Gold Rush (Chaplin) --Edward Scissorhands --Force Majeure (or "Turist" an intense, highly rated Swedish film. A father abandons his family during an avalanche) --Whiteout --The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo --Transsiberian --The Mountain Between Us (Kate Winslet, Idris Elba) --Frozen --The Chronicles of Narnia --Ice Age --Happy Feet --Groundhog Day --Serendipity --March of the Penguins --Eight Below --Into the White --Stalingrad --Murder on the Orient Express --Touch the Top of the World --Fargo --Wind River --The Shining --The Hateful Eight --Dreamcatcher (Stephen King) Reply #736. Feb 15 21, 12:13 PM |
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'Smilla's Sense of Snow.' I've not seen it but I've read the book which was published in the UK as Ms Smilla's Feeling for Snow. It's a detective story set in Denmark including Greenland. Reply #737. Feb 15 21, 6:44 PM |
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I believe 'The Revenant' is also set in a snowy landscape (not that I've seen it). I have seen 'Ice Station Zebra'. It's based on a thriller written by Alistair MacLean who also wrote 'The Guns of Navarone'. Reply #738. Feb 15 21, 6:49 PM |
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I am watching an Evergy press conference explaining why they are doing rolling blackouts when it is -10F out right now. But as for actual TV shows, to keep with the theme above, the second season of Snowpiercer is on TNT. I wait for the whole season to air, recording each episode, then binge the whole thing on DVR. Reply #739. Feb 16 21, 9:42 AM |
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Hooray for the Snow Piercer positive mention, thanks! Some hate it, some love it, but it's got another season. I've heard that Zebra station show is good. Another chilly TV show recommended here a while back is set in Iceland, called "Trapped". It's a murder mystery in a small community during a blizzard. Great detective character I like a lot. Other Iceland or Sweden shows that I haven't seen and I don't know about their global availability, but their ratings are good: "Case" "The Minister", "The Cliff", "Skargardsdoktorn" and a highly rated "Venjulegt folk". One with excellent ratings is similar to "The Office" called "Astridur", set in Iceland. "Jardarforin min" (2020) gets an 8.1 of 10. It's about a man who attends his own funeral. Oh! There's an Icelandic "The Bachelor". Hey those Icelanders are good lookers. Cozy up and enjoy. Reply #740. Feb 16 21, 1:07 PM |
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