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i think the other somewhat sad thing is that...andrew mccarthy was not a very good actor. it's possible this label hurt his career to a point (though pretty in pink came out after that article), but there's a reason why Rob Lowe, Demi Moore and Emilio Estevez kept working.

yeah there’s a lot of iirc Brats not covered at all.

AMH is one of the core 8 brat packers, according to Wikipedia

Also, it seems like McCarthy has worked regularly, at as much as Estevez

Breakin' On The One is a fun doc on Hulu. early 80s nyc breakers. you'd think people might be a little burnt out on the burnishing of the early hip hop legend (kinda how i feel about the endless nyc hardcore or nyc disco/club worship) but the footage is so damn cool that its always fun to watch. lots of background on rocksteady crew and dynamic rockers.
i used to watch the ny breakers in NYC in the early 80s when i was a kid. catch them in washington square park. i miss grimy 70s and 80s new york. it was nuts. i never even knew what to look at. there was something amazing to see in every direction.
its crazy how early breaking and graffiti became some sort of international museum piece. from the very beginning. so much footage and documentation! lots of early scenes didn't get that kind of coverage. helps to be in new york.

its short though! kinda wouldn't have minded more. there is stuff at the end about the breakdance fever that swept the world and i would have liked more of it. prince charles saying "dig that crazy rhythm" is a treat. i need to sample that.

los espookys fans need to be watching fantasmas, julio torres’s new show. just so good

Yeah it’s a real treat!

started watching a movie on hulu where ornlado bloomps is a deep south killer with a heart of gold covered with tattoos and muscles WHO rides a motorsikkle hardxcore and andie mcdowell is his arch-nemesis WHO WILL PREVAILLL!!!

Bloom and MacDowell? Is it called The Bar?

he gunna get them bad ol' boys!

i'm thinking unperson is the only blasted soul who might enjoy that bloomps/macdowell showdown on hulu.

Ha! I think I watched a trailer for it and said "Fuck no."

I've been watching all the different versions of the show Criminal this weekend. It's an all-interrogation cop show; no chases, no anything, just two detectives and a suspect (and sometimes a lawyer) in a room for 45 minutes. There are English, French, German, and Spanish-language versions and I've seen all but the Spanish ones so far. I think the German one is my favorite because of the actor who plays the main detective, Sylvester Groth, who was in Deutschland 83 and its sequels.

Criminal is good. haven't watched all of them but they are all compelling.

we've been watching Outer Range, which is suitably and entertainingly bonkers, lol at the 4th google result being "Outer Range explained"

watching the BET Awards. some singer i've never heard of was wearing a Misfits t-shirt. i think that belongs on some ILM thread.

i am really not hip to a lot of young women singers. i was watching someone and in big letters it said Big Mama and i thought who the hell is Big Mama but it turned out to be Latto and i thought who the hell is Latto? i think i knew the name i don't think i've ever heard her songs. i subscribed to her Youtube channel. she has an album called Mulatto!

Usher lifetime achievement is on next. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.....

I liked the first season of Outer Range, but I guess the long break between seasons sapped my interest. I started the new season but as soon as I realized it was picking up immediately after the last season, and I’d forgotten who half the characters were let alone what they were doing right at the end of season 1, I bailed.

My Adventures With Superman is really cute and funny! Its character designs are very anime but it's definitely an American show, and has a lot of creative twists on the Superman, Lois, and Jimmy stories.

Took me a couple of episodes to realize Camina Drummer is in Sweet Tooth season 3

New Beverly Hills Cop is a lot more fun than I expected. Murphy should do an Axel F series for Netflix.

Yeah. I've seen her in a few things now and it always take me a while to recognise her without the heavy eyeshadow and Belter drawl xp

Are people talking about The Boys somewhere?

I’ve been enjoying the new season! The strong stuff is still strong. Karl Urban and Anthony Starr are great. I’ve really enjoyed the show embracing the goofiness of Garth Ennis (even as they diverge entirely from the funny books).

Was just reading this

#TheBoys leaker Vought HQ posted on their private Instagram that Antony Starr is abusive on set and bullied Dominique McElligott and other female actress’s.

He bullied Dominique so much that she left the industry.

All of this being covered up by the show runners pic.twitter.com/09HDH1ChqJ

— 💎Emma Frost’s Chaos Magik💎 (@GraysonMaximoff) July 4, 2024

Woof

That is not surprising given some of his public behaviour

Good season though! xps

what kind of public behaviour, if you'll excuse my ignorance?

I’ve been watching. It’s not better or worse than past seasons, but I feel myself just getting kinda tired of it.

Had not heard anything about Starr or McElligott before

Starr assaulted a 20 year old dude in Spain, glassed him in the face iirc.

That sucks. He’s really fantastic on the Boys.

As fun as The Boys is, it is becoming relentlessly grim and on the nose with it. The fact the showrunners (apparently) feel like some people aren't "getting it" means this season has way lamer overt U SEE stuff, like the line about not teaching "Critical Supes Theory" made me cringe.

BUT. The flying sheep with fangs is the most hilarious thing Ive seen in ages so that made up for it.

I was both intrigued and put off by the marketing for The Sympathizer a few months back—intrigued by the story, put off by the RDJ stunt casting. I didn’t rush to watch it, and then I heard almost no buzz for it beyond the first episode so whatever enthusiasm I had for it waned pretty quickly. Fast forward to earlier this week when I was casting about looking for something to watch and impulsively tried it out. And… I thought it was great! Just finished the last episode. The lead guy held it together and kept it compelling as it zig zagged through a lot of different tones.

I still don’t quite know why Robert Downey Jr had to play 5 different roles, but as stunts go he was a pretty good stuntman.

the book is excellent, highly recommend

book and show are both great, though I felt RDJ was the weakest link (as much as I liked the basic idea of all the characters he played representing the various modes of Western imperialism). Show also did well in fixing some of the iffy-er parts of the book eg the main character’s relationship with Lana, which came across as weirdly creepy and inappropriate in the novel

So used to seeing this thread on the front page... probably been a while since it fell off

Anyone watch Expats on Hulu? Maybe a little depressing but I loved the directing, the depictions of Hong Kong, and many of the details related to expat life. The fifth episode, which is movie-length (the rest are normal length), will definitely stick with me

I think that's on Amazon in the US. Might have a look. I'm currently watching three different Spanish gangster shows on Netflix and they're all kind of blurring together.

Oh sorry, yes it is Amazon not Hulu

i watched the first episode of that and forgot about it until now, should go back to it.

I'm still watching Shogun which is great fun even when it gets cheesy as fuck

Shogun rules -we have a whole appreciation thread if you are so inclined

Presumed Innocent on Apple+ is wall to wall red herrings ie classic David E Kelley energy - scratching my summer legal drama itch but in kind of a dumb way

i watched Fast Charlie on Hulu you don't need to see it. Pierce Brosnan and James Caan are deep south mobsters. directed by Philip Noyce! from the old days! #DeadCalm4ever. its not a great one in the *grizzled expert kills wistfully and dreams of a villa in Italy* genre.
and i watched The Animal Kingdom on Hulu. a sci-fi movie about French people turning into animals.

I've been watching The 100 with Cyrus on Netflix for awhile now. We have been enjoying it. This is my 2nd time watching the whole thing. The last season is so daffy. I kinda love it.

I’m struggling to get through the final season. One of the show’s best qualities initially was keeping everything tight and now it’s all full episode flashbacks of new characters and stuff.

I've decided to just start watching everything Netflix has with Luis Tosar, who's rapidly becoming my favorite Spanish actor.

So used to seeing this thread on the front page... probably been a while since it fell off

Anyone watch Expats on Hulu? Maybe a little depressing but I loved the directing, the depictions of Hong Kong, and many of the details related to expat life. The fifth episode, which is movie-length (the rest are normal length), will definitely stick with me

Yeah I ignored the negative parts in my post because the positives were enough to make it worth watching. The three main characters are unlikable and strangely I didn't think Nicole Kidman or the girl who played Mercy acted well, though everyone else is good. But I liked the themes the show explored. Would have preferred the wider scope of episode 5 from the beginning; I have no doubt it would have been a stronger show

The Animal Kingdom one of my fave films of last (this?) year.

Yeah I ignored the negative parts in my post because the positives were enough to make it worth watching. The three main characters are unlikable and strangely I didn't think Nicole Kidman or the girl who played Mercy acted well, though everyone else is good. But I liked the themes the show explored. Would have preferred the wider scope of episode 5 from the beginning; I have no doubt it would have been a stronger show

― Vinnie, Sunday, July 14, 2024 bookmarkflaglink

I think Nicole Kidman was probably the worst thing about the show. I found her portrayal of her character insufferable.

Watched the first two episodes of Sunny on AppleTV - new show with Rashida Jones and a robot in Japan. It’s fun so far! Scratches the same itch as Severence—a sci-fi mystery and dark comedy with great aesthetics.

new season of barbecue showdown on netflix is great. i enjoy that show a lot. its really friendly and everyone on it is always really talented and nice. you root for everyone! but you wouldn't like it if you don't like meat. there is a lot of meat. maybe its so soothing because it takes them so long to cook things. its a slow competition.