Was it an episode of Morton where racist pos Th0m M3tzger got enjoyably strangled on set?
― scarcity festival (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 16 June 2016 12:04 (seven years ago) link
Geraldo
― remove butt (abanana), Thursday, 16 June 2016 20:39 (seven years ago) link
The era of skinheads on talk shows was a prime period of my life. My sister was friends with one of the SHARP guys, the good skinheads, who were on that geraldo episode immortalized so well by the Beastie Boys.
"you're all mixed up, like pasta primavera. Yo why'd you throw that chair at Geraldo Rivera?"
― dan selzer, Thursday, 16 June 2016 21:29 (seven years ago) link
pablum puker
― Blowout Coombes (President Keyes), Thursday, 16 June 2016 21:31 (seven years ago) link
Aquarius was pretty good, though I am a fan of Manson stuff + Ellroyesque crime fiction
― sarahell, Thursday, 16 June 2016 21:41 (seven years ago) link
I'm in the middle of Aquarius myself right now. Haven't made up my mind about it yet tbh.
― scarcity festival (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 16 June 2016 22:17 (seven years ago) link
very much has the feel of a 3/4-constructed pulp history series that'll be halfway forgotten in a few years time
duchovny kind of floating through episodes being chill somehow carries it along
― μpright mammal (mh), Friday, 17 June 2016 14:59 (seven years ago) link
Jaco Pastorius doc is solid
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Saturday, 18 June 2016 22:10 (seven years ago) link
Just watched (Dis)Honesty: The Truth About Lies. Nice little pop-psych documentary centred on a lecture by Prof. Dan Ariely about the state between telling ourselves we're good people and still being able to lie in good conscience. It cycles through about 15 different types of lie/liar anecdotes in an hour and a half and still manages to resolve satisfactorily. Maybe the most interesting parts for me were the insider insights to sport corruption and the stuff about how lying over time changes your brain.
Now to watch Pretty Little Liars season 7! Everyone is excited.
― It certainly is punk of the Church of England to think that way (tangenttangent), Saturday, 25 June 2016 21:49 (seven years ago) link
Saw that Spotlight is now streaming, but can't remember if it was on Prime or Netflix.
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Wednesday, 29 June 2016 23:31 (seven years ago) link
netflix. just watched it. oof.
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Thursday, 30 June 2016 04:31 (seven years ago) link
Guys whoa Happy Valley. This thread is working!
― Hadrian VIII, Thursday, 30 June 2016 14:14 (seven years ago) link
right!?
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 30 June 2016 14:20 (seven years ago) link
my gal got into Last Tango In Halifax after we finished the second season of Happy Valley and she seems to be loving it though it's a bit soapy for me.
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Thursday, 30 June 2016 16:42 (seven years ago) link
yay for season 2 of Marco Polo, it is very corny but is visually compelling and completely addictive. and the dude who plays Kublai Khan is total badass!
― calzino, Friday, 1 July 2016 18:53 (seven years ago) link
How hardgoing is Happy Valley? We like non-gorey crime stuff and want something new to watch, but have had a difficult few weeks after a family issue. Will this just make us more depressed? I previewed the first 20 mins of the first episode and it seemed kind of larky.
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 1 July 2016 20:38 (seven years ago) link
I don't remember it being especially Corey, but it is definately dark and depressing. I'd say skip it.
― dan selzer, Friday, 1 July 2016 20:48 (seven years ago) link
no real gore from what i remember, but definitely one (shockingly) violent scene
― koogs, Friday, 1 July 2016 21:26 (seven years ago) link
it's rough
the violence is spread out but pretty full-on when it happens. even the implied stuff is rough. it's more the emotional intensity, lots of family trouble throughout. if you're in a dark place i would leave off for a while
i'm 20 yrs past my family shit & it still triggered me something fierce
fucking great show though. jesus.
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 2 July 2016 07:27 (seven years ago) link
Well shit, if course it isnt on netflix australia. Motherfuckers!
― 🐸a hairy howling toad torments a man whose wife is deathly ill (James Morrison), Saturday, 2 July 2016 10:30 (seven years ago) link
It looks like all of the Albert Brooks films are available now.
― There must be some magic clue inside these gentle walls (Old Lunch), Saturday, 2 July 2016 13:09 (seven years ago) link
Just watched the first episode of Happy Valley. I'm in.
― Neptune Bingo (Michael B), Saturday, 2 July 2016 13:19 (seven years ago) link
Is that the thing with Sarah Lancashire? That was grim af yeah
― oh, amazonaws (wins), Saturday, 2 July 2016 13:30 (seven years ago) link
Her performance is seriously amazing (and covers for some dumb patches), and the pacing is perfect....but yeah a relentless bummer w/ plenty of blood.
― Hadrian VIII, Sunday, 3 July 2016 15:24 (seven years ago) link
Okay we'll give it a few months wait for Happy Valley... gonna try Deadwood again. What could go wrong
Am guessing everyone here will have seen them, but the first three Albert Brooks movies (Real Life, Modern Love, Lost in America) are incredible. The rest have their moments but are pretty skippable.
― Chuck_Tatum, Sunday, 3 July 2016 18:38 (seven years ago) link
Interesting that those three Brooks movies all prefigure genres that are pretty out-of-fashion now. Real Life is a Gervais-style reality show cringe comedy. Modern Love is the cynical LA romcom that Judd Apatow keeps failing to make. Lost in America is an indie road movie for the 1%. They're all fantastic, though.
― Chuck_Tatum, Sunday, 3 July 2016 18:46 (seven years ago) link
oof, Mustang. the trailer doesn't let on how rough it can get. recommended if you haven't seen it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABNB3zw5BAo
― scott seward, Thursday, 14 July 2016 16:18 (seven years ago) link
i kinda hated mustang, thought it was more exploitative than anythinglots of shots of half naked teenage girls rolling around on the floor together
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Thursday, 14 July 2016 17:11 (seven years ago) link
they weren't half naked. and i wouldn't say there were "lots" of shots. they were just being kids. and they were five teenage sisters who basically lived in one bedroom together? i dunno. that's not what i took away from the movie. they were all very pretty though. that's for sure.
― scott seward, Thursday, 14 July 2016 17:37 (seven years ago) link
felt like the point was to contrast their relative innocence with what was going on around them. wasn't some larry clark scenario or something.
― scott seward, Thursday, 14 July 2016 17:38 (seven years ago) link
saw it in the theater and felt there was a fair bit of untoward sexing up of young girls.. i can dig it if that didn't seem evident to you; that issue, along with a real lack of character building and engagement left me very cold toward that film.
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Thursday, 14 July 2016 17:41 (seven years ago) link
I think the title of the movie told me everything i needed to know about the director's intent. i mean i guess you could say it was kinda heavy-handed in a way. beautiful youth that should be free to be wild and...uh...free. but mostly i liked how deceptive those scenes of happiness were considering how sad and tragic the movie becomes. also, i don't see too many movies directed by Turkish women.
― scott seward, Thursday, 14 July 2016 18:00 (seven years ago) link
the latter point is what got me in the theater
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Thursday, 14 July 2016 18:01 (seven years ago) link
The Invitation was great
― Salsa Golf (Argentinean Ketchup) (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 14 July 2016 22:20 (seven years ago) link
Present Company Excluded (on Amazon Prime) was pretty good. Some laugh out loud parts, a charismatic lead, and felt emotionally authentic, unlike some indies with offbeat characters.
― o. nate, Friday, 15 July 2016 00:59 (seven years ago) link
Absolutely. Also, really intrigued at the Spielberg riffing of "Stranger Things." First eight minutes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKtq-bZgS8I
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 15 July 2016 01:42 (seven years ago) link
i don't know who ali wong is and i've never heard of the show she writes for but her stand up special was v funny. thx to whoever rec'd it upthread
― dynamicinterface, Friday, 15 July 2016 17:19 (seven years ago) link
yeah, that wasn't bad. her character was annoying at points, but overall more bad than good. i fell off on Fresh Off the Boat but i'm glad she's contributing to that show
― Nhex, Friday, 15 July 2016 17:21 (seven years ago) link
Her Marc Maron was pretty great too.
― dan selzer, Friday, 15 July 2016 18:04 (seven years ago) link
oops, i meant more good than bad
― Nhex, Friday, 15 July 2016 18:08 (seven years ago) link
Objectively speaking Stranger Things is absolute fucking dreary pez + cynically targeted derivative cack, but I still thoroughly enjoyed that first ep! Everything is so fucking depressing in the world right now I could do with some escapism.
― calzino, Friday, 15 July 2016 21:54 (seven years ago) link
yeah the ali wong special is excellent. a kind of balls out comedy thats rare these days
― Neptune Bingo (Michael B), Friday, 15 July 2016 23:04 (seven years ago) link
intrigued at the Spielberg riffing of "Stranger Things."
it might have its Goonies clothes on but the bones of it feel sorta more like... Fargo actually?
It's too bad Winona Ryder seemingly can't act anymore
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 16 July 2016 00:45 (seven years ago) link
the giant cheekbone white kid's real name is "Finn Wolfhard"
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 16 July 2016 00:47 (seven years ago) link
lol
― mh, Saturday, 16 July 2016 05:11 (seven years ago) link
i watched the first episode last night. dug it. in a Super 8 kinda way.
― scott seward, Saturday, 16 July 2016 19:40 (seven years ago) link
ftr: i loved super 8. so i guess i'm cool with faux-spielberg.
same here. maybe i'll give this a shot
― Nhex, Saturday, 16 July 2016 21:13 (seven years ago) link
i also thought winona was fine once i got used to seeing her as a run-down mom. which takes some getting used to.
― scott seward, Saturday, 16 July 2016 22:42 (seven years ago) link
Winona is the shining star of drunk history, so Ill give this a shot
― Salsa Golf (Argentinean Ketchup) (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 17 July 2016 01:30 (seven years ago) link