New What we all watching / recommendations thread?

South Stand '58 said:
A polite request from someone who has ditched Netflix and Sky, has never had Disney and only has Freeview and Prime. Will members please mention the platform upon which their recommendations appear in their posts. This will help me filter their choices. Thanks in advance.
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Agree it would be helpful but having a firestick means the platform doesn't matter. Well worth the investment if you haven't got one. I'd hazard a guess that most on here will be watching the programmes mentioned via a firestick. I have Netflix but that's all with regards to the other platforms.
 
Seen them before but the festive "goes wrong shows" are quite funny.
Scrooge
Spirit of Christmas and
The nativity.

Catch up on iplayer 👍🏻
 
20togo said:
Agree it would be helpful but having a firestick means the platform doesn't matter. Well worth the investment if you haven't got one. I'd hazard a guess that most on here will be watching the programmes mentioned via a firestick. I have Netflix but that's all with regards to the other platforms.
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I’d rather sit at home than stand on a platform to watch tv
 
Mentioned it before but now just finished both series of The White Lotus on Now TV or Sky Atlantis.
Loved it. It appears easy watching and is, but has some interesting observations on life and people.
The Sicily scenery in series 2 is superb.
Recommend 👍
 
Watched the first episode of Tulsa King last night, really enjoyed it and looking forward to the rest of the series.
 
Have you guys seen Homecoming? I rarely get the time for shows these days, even rarer that I binge, but it hooked me something fierce. Just so well filmed and edited, makes you tense before you even have a reason to be
 
Matesrates said:
What channel is it on?
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It's on Paramount plus. Subscription is £6.99 per Month.
In my opinion it's well worth it. It shows recent films as well, eg the latest Top Gun film
For those with Sky, I think it comes free with Sky Cinema.

Tulsa King is very good. It's got a good exmafia boss story line, but it's pretty funny at times as well. Stallone is excellent.

Paramount also has all 5 series Yellowstone, another very good series.
 
Only just discovered Save Me on SKY Atlantic, enjoying it a lot.

Started the new Season on Alice in Borderland on Netflix, it's along the lines of Squid Games if you didn't watch Season 1.
 
I'm probably behind the times and I was definitely sceptical - but I watched Maverick yesterday and was dead impressed.

How that Tom Cruise still looks so young I dont know !!

Either way - it's Equally as good as the original Top Gun films with better special effects.
 
hertfordseasider said:
Detectorists was just delightful but it is crying out for another series, plenty of mileage in it.
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I liked the detectorists couple of series but thought the Christmas special was a bit on the weak side. Rachael Stirling really reminds me of her mum though 😃

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Just finished the second series of Alice in Borderland. Wow wow wow - one of the best things I’ve watched and not let down with a disappointing ending like so many series. it had you guessing on what was going on throughout
 
Just finished Netflix documentary/ drama called IMPOSTER based on true story about a 13 year old boy who goes missing in the United States and turns up 4 years later in Spain !! It is quite literally a mind blowing story which really is hard to believe actually happened.
 
TangerineFox said:
Just finished the second series of Alice in Borderland. Wow wow wow - one of the best things I’ve watched and not let down with a disappointing ending like so many series. it had you guessing on what was going on throughout
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Yep, brilliant!
I read a review, which said it had been left open for a 3rd series, but personally I felt that it was finished.
There’s some great Japanese and South Korean stuff about.
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Just finished Gangs of London on Sky Atlantic. Violence, lots of twists and a bit daft but still a compulsive watch!
 
glasshalffull said:
The Light in the Hall. Channel 4. All episodes available to stream now.
Classic Welsh Noir.
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the missus flits from one series to another. Think I watched at least one episode of it last night. Joanna Scanlon whose daughter was murdered?
 
Been watching King of Tulsa and Yellowstone after reading reviews on here and elsewhere, but imo, neither comes close to the likes of Ozarks and Breaking Bad.

I’ve watched all episodes of series one of King of Tulsa, and it’s ok, but not brilliant. Stallone arrives on the outskirts of Tulsa and finds this legalised cannabis store making hundreds of thousands with seemingly only two customers. There’s the usual violence associated with mafia genre and every cop is corrupt, but long periods of boring conversations about his ex wife and daughter; I just fast forwarded through those. Another series is being made, I’m hoping something better comes along.

I’ve finished four episodes of series one of Yellowstone and I’m still not sure what it’s all about, there‘s a rich Indian who wants all the valley back for the indigenous population and a property development company who want to build a town there. Kev, who owns everything isn’t having it. Apart from that, there’s lots of shots of horses, horses being trained and cattle and scenery, presumably for the benefit of the Montana tourist board.

it starts in an office in I think New York, where a high level meeting between two stock market listed companies are arguing about a takeover, in walks the boss of one, a tough, feisty woman, who gets it done in a couple of minutes. She turns out to be Kev’s daughter and promptly abandons the business world, returns to the farm and turns into an unhinged, alcohol slag.

Her younger brother is a principled cowboy who married a principled Indian and lives on the reservation. His principles disappear as he starts killing people, burning their bodies and burying them.

Then you’ve got Kev’s enforcer, who beats up a young guy, abducts him to the farm, beats him up again, brands him, and ties him to a horse for a day. I can’t for the life of me figure out what he’s got to do with the story and why he stays.

Kev’s enforcer then brutally kills a coroner and burns the entire morgue to the ground with seemingly no come back.

Kev’s enforcer then waits outside a jail, and persuades an inmate being released to get in his truck and takes him to the farm, where the inmate agrees to be branded. Why they’re being branded has escaped me and why anyone in their right mind would agree is beyond me.

Lots of people kill other people, which seems perfectly normal as nobody gets arrested and again, the police are all corrupt.

I’ll keep watching in the hope that the story becomes clearer, but so far, I’m not waiting excitedly to watch the next episode.
 
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