Hacks on HBO Max is the funniest new show I've seen this year. Cynical Veep-like humor, a perfect cast.. loving it so far.

I don't stream so I don't know what's on at any given time, but I've been watching She-Ra every now and then for the past year. Looked it up just because some gamerbros were making a noise over it and it's actually quite fun and cute, nice art, would def be ok with watching with my kid. Catra is cool.

The series Kärlek och Anarki ("Love and Anarchy") has had everybody raving over here. Been meaning to watch it, but haven't gotten around to yet. I think Ricky Gervais said he loved it? Or I'm mixing it up with another show.

enframed wrote: Sat May 29, 2021 10:14 pm Portrait of a Lady on Fire is amazing. Didn't even need a script with lines, just countenances were enough.

Here's a good breakdown of a pivotal scene and how the script and filmmaking interact:

I also really loved this movie, so much that I am scared of watching it too often.

Pariah is good.
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days is good but the title means what it says. No backstory.
Shadow and Bone is in a genre (YA "chosen one" fantasy series) that is bursting at the seams, but even taking that into account, it's pretty good.

It's not a new Netflix addition, by any means, but I can't recommend Monos highly enough. A wonderful film.

Made for Love (HBO Max) is pretty good so far. Nice to see Ray Romano playing a guy who fucks a sex doll.

penningtron wrote: Tue Jun 01, 2021 11:24 am Hacks on HBO Max is the funniest new show I've seen this year. Cynical Veep-like humor, a perfect cast.. loving it so far.

Getting better with each episode

In Treatment just bores the shit out of me. Good thing I'm not a psychologist.

enframed wrote: Fri Jun 04, 2021 10:20 am In Treatment just bores the shit out of me. Good thing I'm not a psychologist.

There's an actual therapy show on Showtime's streaming service (we had a free trial for a bit) that's pretty decent, but I agree: I watched one (maybe the first?) episode of In Treatment where the patient fell in love with Gabriel Byrne and it seemed like some Letters to Penthouse-type shit.

BrendanK wrote:

penningtron wrote: Tue Jun 01, 2021 11:24 am Hacks on HBO Max is the funniest new show I've seen this year. Cynical Veep-like humor, a perfect cast.. loving it so far.

Getting better with each episode

Yep! Their increasing bond is pretty sweet but admittedly the show is funniest to me when it's full on cynicism.

enframed wrote: Fri May 07, 2021 8:46 pm

akosinski wrote: Fri May 07, 2021 5:56 pm

enframed wrote: Thu May 06, 2021 10:04 pm The Leftovers was good until the last couple episodes

you're very lucky i don't ban you for posting that bullshit.

Care to expand on that? Curious what was so offensive.

Personally I liked every single episode of The Leftovers. I could see the ending not appealing to everyone. I dug it.

In other news…

I still recommend one streaming movie a week at https://anomalouscinema.com/

Everything on the site should still be active on it’s respective service. That’s over 125 movies.

My pick for next weekend will be River’s Edge which just got added to Amazon Prime. It’s not for everyone, but it’s a personal favorite.

I've watched 'American Gangster' on Netflix and I was surprised by how much I've liked it - a really solid crime themed film with the cast killing it and no expense spared on sets apparently - everything seemed grand and luxurious (from movie watching perspective - meaning every bar seemed like an actual bar etc, even it the bar itself was decisively far from luxurious). Nothing earth shattering, but also nothing there was supposed to be. 2,5hrs well spent.




Tenet sucked and I wanted to like it.