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[Bobby Stainless]

Only problem is that this is on Showtiime, not Amazon...

Ehh. I watched it on Amazon Prime.

Wu is playing Red Rocks on Halloween.. if I didn't have kids that'd be a great show to go to...

I've got tickets to see them at The Ryman in about a month.

[t-the-east]

I'm having a hard time following this conversation

I’m pretty sure we all decided that the Sopranos was so good, that anything that follows will need subtitles. [emoji41]

Also, it’s probably been mentioned in here ( possibly by me ) , but The Defiant Ones is a must watch.

[BC.]

I’m in the middle of a slow binge nightly episode of The Expanse......I think I like it, but I find myself falling asleep......not sure that’s a good sign....

[Flyoverland Captive]

^^^ Stick with it. Best SF I’ve seen in a long time.

[MontuckyFried]

Last night started the Grand Tour. Glad Amazon picked Clarkson and the crew up after BBC got all PC on him. Continues the Top Gear spirit but honestly seems to be even better production. So far so good but only seen ep 1.

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[Kailua_Boys]

Just binged watched season 5 of Bosch. One of best shows on tv, imho.

The books Bosch is based on are great too. Michael Connolly is a gifted author. I've read through the entire series and pre-order every new book he comes out with.

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[Kailua_Boys]

You will laugh at that statement about tough to follow after you watch the Wire.

One of the best TV series ever made imo.

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[Kailua_Boys]

Not sure if it was mentioned already, but Goliath on Amazon prime is a great show. Billy Bob's character is well done.

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[Mike Pow]

Halfway through Season 3 of Sneaky Pete.

Loving it.

[Woodsy]

The books Bosch is based on are great too. Michael Connolly is a gifted author. I've read through the entire series and pre-order every new book he comes out with.

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Its a great depiction of LA as well as being fantastic story.
like how they brought it in to the 21st century ( Iraq vs Nam vet, etc) Ton of players from the Wire doesnt hurt...

[mcski]

Yep. Fantastic modern update to film noir. And spot on about the refugees from the Wire! Love those guys- super strong and versatile actors. Wish that they had a role for mcnulty!

[dookeyXXX]

LET THE CORPSES TAN
4.5/5

With their third feature length film, Belgian directing duo of Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani leave behind the giallo genre and instead turn their keen eyes on a hybrid of the spaghetti western and Italian crime films of the ‘60s and ‘70s. The nods to Sergio Leone are unavoidable (if the drastic close-ups of sweating eyes weren’t enough, more than half of the score is comprised of liscensed Morricone music), but the film goes way beyond that, borrowing hallucinogenic gonzo weirdness obviously inspired by vintage Alejandro Jodorowsky, and lush visual stylings copped from Dario Argento (whose influence is clearly visible in the directing duo’s previous films, Amer and The Strange Colour of Your Body’s Tears). The story is pretty straight forward, but it includes quite a bit of dreamscape visuals that may be confusing at first, but make total sense upon post-screening reflection (they deal with muses and madness). The action is violent, but in that hyper-artistic way that only Europeans seem to be able to pull off. If you dig over-the-top mayhem, lushly hypnotic visuals, and gritty, yet somewhat absurdist films, this is your jam.

RIYL:
Sergio Leone’s Dollars Trilogy; the early films of Alejandro Jodorowsky (El Topo, Holy Mounain); Revenge (2018); Pulp Fiction; The Strange Colour of Your Body’s Tears; French New Wave films; the films of Jean-Pierre Melville; vintage John Woo (The Killer, Hardboiled); the crime films of Johnny To; the films of Gaspar Noe; Holy Motors; Only God Forgives; Mandy

[JongDoe]

So, are you saying I should checkout this “Deadwood” show? I’ve heard of it.

Ha, I heard of the show but nobody I know watches it so I checked it out based on recos here. About 5 episodes in and loving it. That Swearinger dude is a MOFO.

[dookeyXXX]

THE FUZZ
3.5/5

Released almost 4 years before The Happytime Murders (although that film was rumored to have been in the pipeline as early as 2008), this 2014 low-budget puppet-and-human buddy cop flick is rude, crude, and sometimes funny as f$%k. The puppets are pretty decent (perhaps only half-a-notch below Muppet fare) and the comedy, while hit and miss, does have some genuinely brilliant, laugh-out-loud moments. Might be greatly enhanced by the ingestion of controlled substances, but I enjoyed it sober, fwiw.

[dookeyXXX]

WRONG TURN AT TAHOE
3/5

This streamlined gangster noir is pretty decent.
Granted, there were a couple of missteps (the flashbacks-within-the-flashback really had no trigger, unless you go back and rewatch the beginning after the movie is finished, then it makes a tiny bit of sense, but it's still a little unclear/fuzzy what prompts the flashbacks in the protagonist throughout the film). There's also a scene between the two bad guys that just doesn't add up/is never clarified later on. There's an undeveloped bit with the lead protagonist and his family (the stereotypical gangster who puts his work ahead of his wife/kids) that never goes anywhere, so it could have been trimmed from the film altogether. And one of the final fight scenes is kind of clunky. Those minor gaffs aside, this is a taut, well-written, gritty little thriller.
It gets panned on Rottem Tomatoes, with several critics dubbing it "Tarantino Lite", but I didn't feel like it was mimicking or biting QT at all; in fact, IMHO, the only similarity between this film and QT's films was the presence of Harvey Keitel. Speaking of which, the cast is great: Miguel Ferrer slays it, Cuba Gooding, Jr. is uncharacteristically stoic, and the supporting cast is solid.
If you like stripped down gangster flicks with bursts of ultra-violence, this is a pretty decent endeavor.

[MontuckyFried]

Wife and I have been enjoying the heck out of the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Great comedy! Fantastic writing for sure.

[JongDoe]

Wife and I have been enjoying the heck out of the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Great comedy! Fantastic writing for sure.

No shit. Just saw a commercial for it and remember seeing here it was good and thinking WTF, Doesn't look like a show I would like, but didn;t realize it was a comedy. I'll give it a try when I'm finished with Deadwood.

[Supermoon]

Yeah. Definitely check it out. Went in with low expectations and pretty much laughed my ass off for two straight seasons of it.

[Name Redacted]

Watched Deadwood a long time ago on DVDs. Early seasons were great, later seasons meh. Seems to happen to most shows unfortunately. I'll have to check out the new ones.

Sneaky Pete season 3 was OK, definitely losing some of the mojo though. Why does ever show that is based on the east coast feel like it is necessary to do at least one California season? Even the Beastie Boys did it. WTF?

[Woodsy]

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Sneaky Pete season 3 was OK, definitely losing some of the mojo though. Why does ever show that is based on the east coast feel like it is necessary to do at least one California season? Even the Beastie Boys did it. WTF?[/QUOTE]

Loved Sneaky Pete the first season, I trailed off 2nd before the end
Is 3 any better?

CA= cheap and easy change of scenery

[SKIP IN7RO]

Watched Deadwood a long time ago on DVDs. Early seasons were great, later seasons meh. Seems to happen to most shows unfortunately.

Deadwood was only 3 seasons, and they were all strong.

[Name Redacted]

Deadwood was only 3 seasons, and they were all strong.

I thought it got off track and kinda boring near the end. But that's just what I remember from like 2008, when I last watched it on DVD.

[MontuckyFried]

Yeah. Definitely check it out. Went in with low expectations and pretty much laughed my ass off for two straight seasons of it.

Same here. I remember watching the trailer and was pretty "meh" about it so wasn't expecting much if anything at all, but it ended up hooking me from the first episode on. 2 episodes away from blasting our way through both seasons. The trailer just doesn't do it justice at all, which is a good thing. It's nice to watch something light-hearted once in a while. Oh, and the lead (Rachel Brosnahan) is pretty hawt in this too.

[bizarrefaith]

I thought it got off track and kinda boring near the end. But that's just what I remember from like 2008, when I last watched it on DVD.

I also thought it faded towards the end, I just couldn't get interested in the Hearst and Alma stuff that season. However, I'm still pretty excited for the movie this year.

[BC.]

^^^ Stick with it. Best SF I’ve seen in a long time.

I stuck with it....thanks...really liked it. You are totally right.....great SF.

Will it keep going to a Season 4?