HanoiVillan Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 1 hour ago, Xela said: Been thinking of starting it as up to speed on my current shows. Definitely gets a recommend from me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 ah the ending to The Bridge was fantastic. Don't want to spoil or hint at spoilers with more revealing adjectives, but damn, the season really came together to finish off the whole 4 seasons. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 30, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 30, 2018 7 hours ago, Rodders said: ah the ending to The Bridge was fantastic. Don't want to spoil or hint at spoilers with more revealing adjectives, but damn, the season really came together to finish off the whole 4 seasons. Agreed. Excellent series. Quite enjoying "Hidden". Very Scandi-noir. But Welsh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted June 30, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 30, 2018 Has any got into "Deep State" yet? I thought it was going to be unabashed US propaganda but I watched episode 1 last night and it was actually very good. Espionage with MI6 & the yanks in the middle east. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 Just finished the third season of Billions. I love it, all them financial shenanigans mixed with the ruthless ambition of those with the power of office. Avarice at it's absolute finest. Nice to see John Malkovich resurrecting his Russian accent. (Rounders, anybody ?) Of all the great characters in this show, my favourite has to be Chucks dad , if ever there was a man who tells it has it is. I loved the way he gave marriage guidance to Iras cheating wife . That had me creasing up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 On 28/06/2018 at 13:47, HanoiVillan said: Anyone else watched Get Shorty? I really enjoyed it. Normally like almost any Elmore Leonard adaptation to be fair. Gene Hackman at his finest. What a shame he retired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 13 reasons why season 2 is a bit shit, liked the 1st one not felt this one glow season 2 getting really good reviews, so is HBOs new amy adams miniseries sharp objects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Promising first episode of Sharp Objects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 10, 2018 Moderator Share Posted July 10, 2018 Sacha Baron Cohen's new series "Who Is America?" starts next Monday on Channel 4. Can. Not. Wait. ^ See Trump promoting it above Quote Sacha Baron Cohen’s highly-anticipated Donald Trump-related series has received a UK release date. Reportedly titled Who is America?, the upcoming seven-part show will begin airing on Channel 4 on Monday, 16 July at 10pm. Cohen - who created and will executive produce - recently teased the series on Twitter, posting two videos, including one of Trump and the other featuring snippets of an interview with former Vice President Dick Cheney. There’s also some tantalising text that reads: “Imagine if Sacha Baron Cohen had been undercover secretly filming a new show for a year...” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickeyC_UTV Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 (edited) On 09/07/2018 at 21:49, villa4europe said: 13 reasons why season 2 is a bit shit, liked the 1st one not felt this one Season 2 of what? I can only count 1 reason and that is being generous more like half a reason really...where are the other reasons Edited July 10, 2018 by MickeyC_UTV added - where are the other reasons 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhatAboutTheFinish Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 20 hours ago, BOF said: Sacha Baron Cohen's new series "Who Is America?" starts next Monday on Channel 4. Can. Not. Wait. ^ See Trump promoting it above Prepared to give this a shot but not really looking forward to it. I loved Ali G and early Borat but the joke is 20 years old now, how many ways can it be rehashed? Funny and innovative at the time, seems a little smug and self serving now?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 11, 2018 Moderator Share Posted July 11, 2018 42 minutes ago, WhatAboutTheFinish said: Prepared to give this a shot but not really looking forward to it. I loved Ali G and early Borat but the joke is 20 years old now, how many ways can it be rehashed? Funny and innovative at the time, seems a little smug and self serving now?! Link Quote Now, Sarah Palin has confessed she too fell victim to Cohen’s antics. The former Vice Presidential nominee penned a lengthy Facebook post today admitting she’d been “duped” by Cohen, and slamming the comic for the tactics he used to convince her to take part in his program. “Yup — we were duped. Ya got me, Sacha. Feel better now?” Palin’s post began. “I join a long list of American public personalities who have fallen victim to the evil, exploitive, sick ‘humour’ of the British ‘comedian’ Sacha Baron Cohen, enabled and sponsored by CBS/Showtime.” Sarah Palin: ‘Ya got me, Sacha. Feel better now?’ Picture: AFPSource:AFP Palin explained that she had been approached via a speakers bureau with a “legit opportunity” to honour American war veterans as part of a “legit Showtime historical documentary”. “For my interview, my daughter and I were asked to travel across the country where Cohen (I presume) had heavily disguised himself as a disabled US veteran, fake wheelchair and all. Out of respect for what I was led to believe would be a thoughtful discussion with someone who had served in uniform, I sat through a long ‘interview’ full of Hollywoodism’s disrespect and sarcasm — but finally had enough and literally, physically removed my mic and walked out, much to Cohen’s chagrin. The disrespect of our US military and middle-class Americans via Cohen’s foreign commentaries under the guise of interview questions was perverse.” Palin instructed “shallow Sacha boy” to air the footage — “experience tells us it will be heavily edited, not pretty, and intended to humiliate” — but issued him a challenge: to donate to a charitable group “that actually respects and supports American Vets”. “Mock politicians and innocent public personalities all you want, if that lets you sleep at night, but HOW DARE YOU mock those who have fought and served our country. Truly sick,” she continued. Details of Who Is America are still under wraps, but Cohen plays several characters including Erran, above. Picture: Gavin Bon/ShowtimeSource:Supplied Palin also alleged that, after “great costs on our part in time and resources” to attend the interview, Cohen’s production team purposely dropped her and her daughter off at the wrong Washington DC airport, meaning they missed their flight home. “Feel good and manly about your M.O, Sacha? By the way, my daughter thinks you’re a piece of ****, Sacha. Every honourable American Vet should feel the same.” This isn’t the first time Palin’s been publicly tricked — in 2008 she was embarrassed by a prank call from Canadian comedians The Masked Avengers, pretending to be then French president Nicolas Sarkozy. The full, cringe-worthy phone call — with Palin unaware she was being pranked, even as the pretend Sarkozy boasted about his “love of killing animals” and “hot model wife in bed” — was aired on Canadian radio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Now, Sarah Palin has confessed she too fell victim to Cohen’s antics. The former Vice Presidential nominee penned a lengthy Facebook post today admitting she’d been “duped” by Cohen, and slamming the comic for the tactics he used to convince her to take part in his program. “Yup — we were duped. Ya got me, Sacha. Feel better now?” Palin’s post began. “I join a long list of American public personalities who have fallen victim to the evil, exploitive, sick ‘humour’ of the British ‘comedian’ Sacha Baron Cohen, enabled and sponsored by CBS/Showtime.” Sarah Palin: ‘Ya got me, Sacha. Feel better now?’ Picture: AFPSource:AFP Palin explained that she had been approached via a speakers bureau with a “legit opportunity” to honour American war veterans as part of a “legit Showtime historical documentary”. “For my interview, my daughter and I were asked to travel across the country where Cohen (I presume) had heavily disguised himself as a disabled US veteran, fake wheelchair and all. Out of respect for what I was led to believe would be a thoughtful discussion with someone who had served in uniform, I sat through a long ‘interview’ full of Hollywoodism’s disrespect and sarcasm — but finally had enough and literally, physically removed my mic and walked out, much to Cohen’s chagrin. The disrespect of our US military and middle-class Americans via Cohen’s foreign commentaries under the guise of interview questions was perverse.” Palin instructed “shallow Sacha boy” to air the footage — “experience tells us it will be heavily edited, not pretty, and intended to humiliate” — but issued him a challenge: to donate to a charitable group “that actually respects and supports American Vets”. “Mock politicians and innocent public personalities all you want, if that lets you sleep at night, but HOW DARE YOU mock those who have fought and served our country. Truly sick,” she continued. Details of Who Is America are still under wraps, but Cohen plays several characters including Erran, above. Picture: Gavin Bon/ShowtimeSource:Supplied Palin also alleged that, after “great costs on our part in time and resources” to attend the interview, Cohen’s production team purposely dropped her and her daughter off at the wrong Washington DC airport, meaning they missed their flight home. “Feel good and manly about your M.O, Sacha? By the way, my daughter thinks you’re a piece of ****, Sacha. Every honourable American Vet should feel the same.” This isn’t the first time Palin’s been publicly tricked — in 2008 she was embarrassed by a prank call from Canadian comedians The Masked Avengers, pretending to be then French president Nicolas Sarkozy. The full, cringe-worthy phone call — with Palin unaware she was being pranked, even as the pretend Sarkozy boasted about his “love of killing animals” and “hot model wife in bed” — was aired on Canadian radio.
Demitri_C Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Powers back!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 1 hour ago, WhatAboutTheFinish said: the joke is 20 years old now, how many ways can it be rehashed? Funny and innovative at the time, seems a little smug and self serving now?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted July 11, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted July 11, 2018 On 09/07/2018 at 23:30, sne said: Promising first episode of Sharp Objects. Enjoyed that a lot. Mind you I'd be happy watching Amy Adams read the phone book for 50 minutes so I'm probably biased. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 1 hour ago, Demitri_C said: Powers back!! ??? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V01 Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Finished second season of GOW, still good just not up to season one's high standards. Think I'm gonna start Bosch next, read the first few books, hoping the tv show holds up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted July 11, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted July 11, 2018 Joss Whedon has seen 7 minutes of Good Omens and compared it to crack. They better release a trailer at SDCC. And it better be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Enjoying get shorty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 13, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted July 13, 2018 Just attempted to watch episode one of "Picnic at Hanging Rock". Bloody hell, how to take a classic novel and movie, and turn it into a really shit TV series. Dire script, ham acting worthy of a bad am-dram company, clichéd cinematography, and inappropriate and massively intrusive soundtrack music. Dire, avoid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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