Film and TV review.

Cajunboy wrote:

xmiles wrote:There are a couple of decent crime series currently showing on tv:

Broadchurch - back to the quality of the first series after the terrible second series

Midnight Sun - a Swedish/French production, not great but good enough.

Yes, Broadchurch is really good this time after a very poor second series.

I will have a look at Midnight Sun now  too.

I'm watching the new Prime Suspect, which is OK, but not great.

I haven't bothered with Prime Suspect and judging by the reviews I'm not missing much.

Line Of Duty back tomorrow should be good though.

Anyone watch(ing) Fortitude?

finlaymcdanger wrote:Anyone watch(ing) Fortitude?

I gave up on the first series. I gather the second series is even more bonkers.

finlaymcdanger wrote:Anyone watch(ing) Fortitude?

I watched the first series which was okay, but I  soon packed the second series in.

I watched the first  one of Midnight Sun last night, not sure about it yet.

Will watch Line of Duty tonight, sadly missing the Keeley Hawes character now, she was brilliant in that role.

I can heartedly recommend season 1 of Bosch based on one of Michael Connelly's novels. It does a very good job of capturing the novel. I will get round to watching season 2 shortly.

I have just watched a great Argentinian film called Wild Tales. Six short stories that are dark and funny. Strongly recommended.

xmiles wrote:I can heartedly recommend season 1 of Bosch based on one of Michael Connelly's novels. It does a very good job of capturing the novel. I will get round to watching season 2 shortly.

Michael Connelly is one of my favourite authors so I will be getting the Bosch boxset.

Reebok Trotter wrote:

xmiles wrote:I can heartedly recommend season 1 of Bosch based on one of Michael Connelly's novels. It does a very good job of capturing the novel. I will get round to watching season 2 shortly.

Michael Connelly is one of my favourite authors so I will be getting the Bosch boxset.

As a fellow Connelly fan I am sure you won't be disappointed.

I assume you have seen the film The Lincoln Lawyer.

No, but I've read the book. I'll get if off ebay.

Reebok Trotter wrote:No, but I've read the book. I'll get if off ebay.

It's not a bad film but the great thing about the Bosch box set is that they can do justice to the novel. The first season is based on City of Bones which I think is one of the best Bosch novels.

I'll look forward to it as I enjoyed the book.

Bitter Lake

Hypernormalisation

Both currently on BBC i-player.

Line Of Duty - by far the most exciting programme on television at the moment.

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I stumbled across a show called "Rake" on Netflix. Not the one season US series, but the original Aussie show. Four seasons, and still going strong.

It's basically a comedy drama about a roguish criminal lawyer and his crazy clients.

I absolutely urge you to try it out. If only for the episode where Sam Neill (yes, the Sam Neill) gets caught in a threesome with his wife and pet Rottweiler.

It's the funniest thing I've watched since Frasier.

I've seen that episode. Very,very funny.

I love Impractical Jokers - anyone else like it?

Anybody see the true story on the BBC about the soldiers in Afghanistan - called Kajaki.

It's about a group of paratroopers and fusiliers at a hilltop observation post when things go tragically wrong for them.

I found it a bit hard to get into because there is a great deal of army speak which I didn't really understand but once it gets going it is quite gripping and you've got to marvel at their bravery - I certainly couldn't do what they did.

If you consider watching it I suggest you don't read any review of it first because the shock of what happens makes the viewing compulsive in my view.

If you watch the film titles at the end it shows pictures and bio's of the real people involved and what happened to them after 'Kajaki'.

An hour 40 min long but well worth the watch.

BBC iplayer link here -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08q8f1z/kajaki-the-true-story

Wendy pointed me at a series on Amazon Prime (I think it may be on Fox as well) called 'Lucifer' recently. It's pretty damned good, basically Satan decides he's had enough of being in charge of Hell so he opens a nightclub in LA. He basically winds up working as a 'civilian consultant' with an LA Detective called Chloe Decker. If you read the original graphic novels like Sandman and Lucifer you might be put off by the fact the TV show has little in common with them beyond certain character names and specific small incidents but it's actually well worth the watch imo.

Really enjoyed this. Well worth a watch if you haven't seen it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08rg0bd/glasgow-1967-the-lisbon-lions

The Handmaid's Tale - brilliant and disturbing

Twin Peaks: The Return - frankly just crap