OT: TV Movie Thread Part Iii

[majordomo]

A Working Man. What a gigantic mess. Skip it. Beekeeper is 1,000 times better.

Just finished it....didn't really expect it to be more than it was -- namely, mindless violence. Bee is next.

 

[majordomo]

The Last of Us Season 2 Boasts a Near-Perfect Score From the Critics on Rotten Tomatoes, Yet the Audience Can't Get Behind It

Season 2 sees a major drop in audience score from Season 1, despite a ratings jump.

www.cbr.com

Is it great?

Just watched first two eps of season 2 -- good stuff; much better than I expected!!!

 

[Bourque]

EW.com posted a spoiler in a headline for something that happens at the end of Andor S2 Ep. 3. That's just despicable.

 

[leetch99]

Presently watching Ransom Canyon...outside of a few hot women ...just a 2.5/5 from me....Jeter's ex though is a hot looking lady !!! Seems like a lot of spit getting exchanged in the first half dozen shows . It's not Yellowstone but the women are all better looking then the old horse Beth of Yellowstone fame.....

 

[majordomo]

A Working Man. What a gigantic mess. Skip it. Beekeeper is 1,000 times better.

Originally I was going to disagree with you as I enjoyed Working Man. However, I'm just finishing Beekeeper and I agree. Beekeeper got better as it went along.

 

[kovazub94]

Presently watching Ransom Canyon...outside of a few hot women ...just a 2.5/5 from me....Jeter's ex though is a hot looking lady !!! Seems like a lot of spit getting exchanged in the first half dozen shows . It's not Yellowstone but the women are all better looking then the old horse Beth of Yellowstone fame.....

When you start approaching 50 you'll change your perspective...

 

[will1066]

Originally I was going to disagree with you as I enjoyed Working Man. However, I'm just finishing Beekeeper and I agree. Beekeeper got better as it went along.

Working Man is like a John Wick version of Beekeeper, with the villains being in caricature territory and a less believable plot relatively speaking.

 

[BlueShirtGal]

Just started watching Ted Lasso. Pretty funny you wankers!

 

[Bourque]

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/24/nx-s1-5373729/the-accountant-2-on-swift-horses-jacob-elordi-daisy-edgar-jones-will-poulter

In theaters this weekend.

 

[Bourque]

'Cheech and Chong's Last Movie' Review: A Blunt, Breezy, Big-Screen Reunion of Comedy Greats

'Cheech & Chong's Last Movie' is an intimate yet charming ride-along with two comedy legends.

collider.com

I'm gonna watch this Cheech & Chong biopic.

 

[Bourque]

'Just in Time' review: Jonathan Groff is a swinging, soaring success as Bobby Darin

'Just in Time' is an electrifying surprise, starring an irresistible Jonathan Groff as '50s crooner Bobby Darin. Read EW's review.

ew.com

If I lived in NYC, I'd see this.

 

[majordomo]

'Just in Time' review: Jonathan Groff is a swinging, soaring success as Bobby Darin

'Just in Time' is an electrifying surprise, starring an irresistible Jonathan Groff as '50s crooner Bobby Darin. Read EW's review.

ew.com

If I lived in NYC, I'd see this.

Lowest price I found for a seat was $239

 

[Bourque]

Lowest price I found for a seat was $239

That's crazy. Broadway, like pro sports, has priced the middle class out.

 

[majordomo]

That's crazy. Broadway, like pro sports, has priced the middle class out.

Yep,...the $239 seats were in the back no less.

 

[LokiDog]

The lady and I are working our way through the MCU, which are popcorn movies, but it’s been fun to watch the entirety with a new viewer who is into it. We’re at Infinity War now so she’s pretty deep and she’s all aboard the Thor train, which as Loki’s adopted father, I approve of.

 

[haohmaru]

Presently watching Ransom Canyon...outside of a few hot women ...just a 2.5/5 from me....Jeter's ex though is a hot looking lady !!! Seems like a lot of spit getting exchanged in the first half dozen shows . It's not Yellowstone but the women are all better looking then the old horse Beth of Yellowstone fame.....

Yeah, I watched this as well. Kind of like a cross between Virgin River and Yellowstone. It's not bad but nothing to put at the top of your list.

 

[Bourque]

The lady and I are working our way through the MCU, which are popcorn movies, but it’s been fun to watch the entirety with a new viewer who is into it. We’re at Infinity War now so she’s pretty deep and she’s all aboard the Thor train, which as Loki’s adopted father, I approve of.

• Captain America: The Winter Soldier
• Guardians of the Galaxy
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
• Avengers: Age of Ultron
• Ant-Man
• Captain America: Civil War
• Black Widow

@LokiDog In chronological order I like the run listed above from The Winter Soldier through Black Widow. Those are some good films.

 

[Takeahnase]

I watched First Reformed on Prime and was interesting, but the ending was bad and I just long for prime Paul Schrader and not his halfway decent later work. I need to still watch The Card Counter, but I am kind of convinced he hasn’t made a truly great film since Light Sleeper in 1992.

I also watched Samurai Reincarnation on Prime because you can’t go wrong with Sonny Chiba.

 

[haohmaru]

Watching Daredevil Born Again and it's on par with seasons 1-3 so far.

In other words, it's good.

 

[Bourque]

Apple's Government Cheese is good.

 

[nyrage]

Apple's Government Cheese is good.

It's got that oddball quirky fun vibe that I got from watching Lodge 49. I'm really enjoying David Oyelowo in this.

 

[Bourque]

It's got that oddball quirky fun vibe that I got from watching Lodge 49. I'm really enjoying David Oyelowo in this.

Me too. I was trying to remember the title of Lodge 49. Thx! Wyatt Russell is in Thunderbolts.

 

[nyrage]

Me too. I was trying to remember the title of Lodge 49. Thx! Wyatt Russell is in Thunderbolts.

Lodge 49 was one of my favorite shows. Sad that it was cancelled before we could see the whole story play out.

The Resort also kind of had that vibe. That was from a writer on Lodge 49.

 

[Bourque]

Gillian Anderson teases X Files reboot conversation with Ryan Coogler

‘If the phone rings... perhaps,’ said actor, who played FBI agent Dana Scully in original ‘X Files’ series

www.the-independent.com

"Speaking on ITV’s This Morning on Wednesday (30 April), Anderson said: “I spoke to him, and what I said was, ‘If anyone were to do it, I think you are the perfect person and best of luck, call me.’” “At some point, if the phone rings and it’s good and it feels like the right time, perhaps,” she said".

 

[Riche16]

Wife & I watched Boiling Point (movie) the other eve

Fantastic in every way.

Had to make sure to take my blood pressure meds prior