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Tracer's enthusiasm is infectious and I agree about season 3

I watched the first ep of Hunters & wow this show is def Not For Me™️

Pacino as the headlining Jewish Person while Saul Rubinek is a minor costar feels so fucking wrong on so many levels.
Also kind of surprised that Rubinek would be on board? idk. the tone of this thing was my biggest problem. that and wtf shit like concentration camp human chess

i understand it from Pacino being a huge draw but still i am very O_o about the whole thing

yeah it looked fuckin’ gross so i skipped it

my parents highly recommended it to me but i couldn't bring myself to watch it glad veggrrl who ime generally has impeccable tv taste has validated my laziness

yeah Mordy i would approach w extreme caution

Anyone seen Tales From The Loop yet? I was surprised to learn it had been made into a TV series.

I’m still watching me some Maisel but I still have the same problems w/it, that it’s trying to force comedy through tone and not content. The show looks incredible and generally is “likable” but it’s kind of astonishing at how there’s nothing particularly hilarious going on, it’s just this constant banter that’s supposed to make you feel like something hilarious is going on. It’s a shame bc i certainly prefer it in theory over yet another “people doing very bad things and caught in a vise-like plot” show.

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We watched the first episode last night. Very slow and pretty. Not sure if I liked it enough to go back for ep 2. Probably will at some point since I'm a shut-in now.

Anyone seen Tales From The Loop yet? I was surprised to learn it had been made into a TV series.

No but I am intrigued by the fact that Shane Carruth apparently makes an appearance

best thing on Prime for me continues to be The Expanse (on the tail end of S3 now), which is just phenomenal. My platonic ideal of a sci-fi show (great plot, plenty of mystery, little in the way of soap opera level bad TV acting, zero new agey bullshit the likes of which sank BSG).

I watched the first ep of Hunters & wow this show is def Not For Me™️

Pacino as the headlining Jewish Person while Saul Rubinek is a minor costar feels so fucking wrong on so many levels.
Also kind of surprised that Rubinek would be on board? idk. the tone of this thing was my biggest problem. that and wtf shit like concentration camp human chess

i understand it from Pacino being a huge draw but still i am very O_o about the whole thing

― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, April 8, 2020 10:23 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

I ended up watching about half of this, including the finale, because my gf watched it and I just thought it was horrendous.

watched the first two episodes of ZeroZeroZero and so far it's just OK. very nicely shot but so far I don't give a shit about any of the characters. not sure if I want to carry on with it but I probably will eventually out of sheer boredom.

if ppl forgot abt like i did the series finale of transparent, i recommend it; also the lil peep doc

hunters seems vile i would never

I just watched Dragged Across Concrete and need a shower. Zahler makes me feel grubby as all hell. (This will stay with me and I need to pick apart why - for good and ill.)

stay with ZeroZeroZero! The characters develop imo but most of what they do is not get in the way of a show about systems. It's very well done I think, and yeah, it looks and sounds great esp. by shit streaming-original standards

I just watched Dragged Across Concrete and need a shower. Zahler makes me feel grubby as all hell. (This will stay with me and I need to pick apart why - for good and ill.)

I watched Brawl in Cell Block 99 and washed my hands of that dude for good. He hasn't got the visual or storytelling chops for me to put up with his not-even-really-winking chud politics.

agreed.

I like both of those movies a lot :/

I even started a thread about him

the degenerate nu-pulp movies of S. Craig Zahler

We've been enjoying Tales From The Loop. Have seen first 5 of 8 episodes so far. It's beautifully filmed, interesting storylines, excellent acting, setting is mysterious & not explained (this is good). Pace is slowish & contemplative. Fits really well for the times. We're watching 1 episode per night, not binging.

Hey Joe Dante fans! Explorers and Eerie, India season 1 both free to stream with Prime atm

I think that's understandable with Zahler but I think he's interesting enough to stick with. I have *thoughts* but I'll have them on Simon's thread.

It looks like the Cadfael mysteries are available via Prime without extra subscriptions finally

are they good.

I haven’t seen them in a long time but I have fond memories of them being “Masterpiece Theater Name of the Rose” so take that as you will.

i think i will take that as a yes and now start binge watching.

thanks milo z. (i have no control over these things - you are entirely responsible if i go on a cadfael-induced rampage in a month’s time.

I don't know what day it was added but The Lighthouse is up.

hell yes, going to wait until it gets dark out and spend some time in THE LIGHTHOUSE

A bunch of Soviet films from the Ruscico vaults that appear worth a look have just been added to Prime:

Adventures of the Yellow Suitcase (1970)
Barbara the Fair with the Silken Hair (1970)
A Captain at Fifteen (1945)
Commissar (1967)
Evdokiya (1961)
Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka (1962)
The Golden Horns (1972)
Happy Go Lucky (1972 )
Holy Moly! (1988)
The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin (1965)
I Am 20 (1964)
Kaschey the Immortal (1944)
Morozko (1965)
Night Witches in the Sky (1981)
Once 20 Years Later (1980)
School Waltz (1978)
Science Fiction Dilogy (1974)
The Secret of the Iron Door (1970)
Through the Thorns to the Stars (1980)

I am asking a Russian friend of mine which of these to see :)

One more that I missed: Father of a Soldier (1964)

That and Commisar, which I've long been wanting to see, are the only ones I've heard of before.

Also added to Prime but not Russian: 10 Rillington Place (1970), true crime thriller with Richard Attenborough playing a creep.

ooh thx! i want to see that Christie movie

Hard to find classic just added to Prime: The Go Between (1971)

The transfer looks good, although the sound could be better.

I haven't checked it out yet, but apparently the original theatrical cut of Altman's California Split was added recently: https://theplaylist.net/california-split-robert-altman-amazon-prime-20200512/

Hard to find classic just added to Prime: The Go Between (1971)

The transfer looks good, although the sound could be better.

Gave the Seberg film a look last night. I bailed about 30 minutes into it after the FBI baddies came on. It seemed to be just another dreary biopic-by-numbers with nice clothes, production design. I was a bit surprised I couldn't find any mention of it on ILX. I don't know, maybe Kristen Stewart's acting makes it worth staying with. I couldn't stop thinking she looked more like a depressed Ellen DeGeneres.

she's quite a depressing actress, imo.

anyone seen True History of the Kelly Gang?

tapped out about ten pages into the book, haven't read a Carey since

well, movies are different, and it's apparently a loose adap

fwiw The Kelly Gang film is only viewable for about a $7 fee on Prime and the other usual VOD providers.

seberg had terrible reviews when it premiered but people seem to like it more now that it's on streaming services. probably not going to watch it. kristin stewart is a depressing actress or at least she plays depressed people very well (like in Clouds of Sils Maria and Personal Shopper).

I really enjoyed the new film Frances Ferguson on Prime. Dry no-budget absurdist comedy about a bored young substitute teacher in Nebraska who gets caught hooking up with a student. The actress playing Fran is fabulous. Nick Offerman narrates. A Schubert scherzo on synth is the soundtrack.

Anyone catch The Vast Of Space yet? Super enjoyable movie about weeeeird goings-on in smalltown America in the late 50s, framed like an episode of The Outer Limits, great actors, dialogue, and lovely roaming steadicam shots from a dog's eye view.

So good I got the name wrong, 'The Vast Of Night' lol

Yes, watched it last week and thought it was excellent. Filmed on a micro budget too but with some amazing cinematography (and that one incredible tracking shot)

20 mins in, I was already wishing it was a TV series I was watching.

I mentioned it on the movies thread, possibly another thread as well. It's really well done, like a great student film prequel to "Close Encounters."

The Vast of Night is remarkably good

So talky! I understand they were going for a radio play feel, but it was exhausting. For people who feel like Mrs Maisel doesn't have enough dialogue.