Film and TV review.

Reebok Trotter wrote:Just watched Amir Khan shout I'm a celebrity get me out of here! First task on day one and he blows it big style. Apparently he doesn't like sleeping under the leaves because he doesn't like bugs and snakes and doesn't want them falling on him. WTF did he go on the show for if that's the case.

The Bolton-born boxer is believed to have been offered £250,000 to sign up for the show...

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/4955988/amir-khan-is-being-paid-10-times-as-much-as-im-a-celebrity-campmates-for-his-stint-on-the-show/

He's a busted flush as a boxer - his right hand is fucked (not to mention his glass jaw) - and he's burnt a big hole in his fortune - so he's whored himself for the money.

Apparently they only have to stick it for 72 hours to get their full pay.

I don't watch shows such as 'I'm a Celeb' so I'm mystified why they 'targeted him' as the shows biggest star - moneywise anyway?

They might, I suppose, have hoped to attract a young Asian macho male audience - but somehow I doubt it. I can only think whoever wanted him really thought they had an iconic sports star (he's still relatively young at 30) who was
still at the top of game - how very, very wrong they were if that was the case!

He's very squeamish when it comes to critters so I can see him getting nominated for every trial. In which case the rest of the contestants are going to be living on rice and beans for the foreseeable future.

He's just been nominated for the next one.  

I'm getting to like the blonde Toffolo girl and I think she will go far. She seems to have more balls than Amir.

Boris' dad is coming across as a genuinely nice bloke as well.

What's the betting he fails again tomorrow? 

Reebok Trotter wrote:What's the betting he fails again tomorrow? 

Yep I can't see him winning this one either.

I've just downloaded the app in preparation so I can join in with voting.

Not going to spoil it for you RT so won't comment on this evenings episode.

Jack has been axed from the show due to him using racist language and homophobic slurs in some of his tweets between 2011 & 2013.

Not keen on that Rebekah Vardy. She comes across as someone with an attitude problem.

If she doesn't like being there then she should simply fuck off.

Amir is actually coming across as okay. He clearly doesn't like critters but at least he is having a go. I'm looking forward to seeing Boris Johnson's dad doing a task!

Reebok Trotter wrote:Amir is actually coming across as okay. He clearly doesn't like critters but at least he is having a go. I'm looking forward to seeing Boris Johnson's dad doing a task!

Got to like Amir now and love his girly screams!  

It's a shame Shappi has gone as would have liked either Rebecca or Kez to have been given the boot.

I just can't stand the pair of them.

The rest of them I feel are great.

Changing the subject, anyone watching Babylon Berlin?

karlypants wrote:

Reebok Trotter wrote:Amir is actually coming across as okay. He clearly doesn't like critters but at least he is having a go. I'm looking forward to seeing Boris Johnson's dad doing a task!

Got to like Amir now and love his girly screams!  

It's a shame Shappi has gone as would have liked either Rebecca or Kez to have been given the boot.

I just can't stand the pair of them.

The rest of them I feel are great.

I was convinced Kez would go as she hasn't really done much. Amir is turning out to be quite a character. It was his idea to snaffle all the strawberries and cream and then let Iain take the blame!

xmiles wrote:Changing the subject, anyone watching Babylon Berlin?

Never heard of it. What is it about?

Reebok Trotter wrote:

xmiles wrote:Changing the subject, anyone watching Babylon Berlin?

Never heard of it. What is it about?

It is set in Berlin in 1929. Here is a link to a plot summary: https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwijr5CXh-vXAhVDCsAKHZotAhQQFgg0MAI&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt4378376%2Fplotsummary&usg=AOvVaw3COvI34UMHrBSprIs47wYz

If you like noirish detective stories and don't mind sub-titles I think you will enjoy it.

xmiles wrote:

Reebok Trotter wrote:

xmiles wrote:Changing the subject, anyone watching Babylon Berlin?

Never heard of it. What is it about?

It is set in Berlin in 1929. Here is a link to a plot summary: https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwijr5CXh-vXAhVDCsAKHZotAhQQFgg0MAI&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt4378376%2Fplotsummary&usg=AOvVaw3COvI34UMHrBSprIs47wYz

If you like noirish detective stories and don't mind sub-titles I think you will enjoy it.

Cheers.

Just watched two very different films. The excruciatingly bad Life which is possibly the worst scifi film I have ever seen (and I have seen quite a lot) and the very funny What We Do In The Shadows. Avoid the first and try to see the other one.

I'm a bit late to it as it's a few years old now but I'm just into the second series of Banshee and it's brilliant. I'd heard good things about it and I'm certainly not disappointed.

Quite a few Banshee fans on here, me included, it was great!

whats it about and where do I see it ??