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Watched anything good lately?

The Outlaws series 3 is probably my favourite of the year so far, it's not dropped off at all.

James Blunt documentary on Netflix was surprisingly good too, some incredible war stories and he really is funny. Worth a watch.
 
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Watched Mad God last night, a bizarre, fantastical, disturbing stop-motion animated film by Phil Tippett. Tried to watch it last year with an entirely sober mind and it was just a bit much. Went in with a medicated mind last night and it was still too much, but much more enjoyable as an experience. I'd classify it as an endurance watch if you're not into surreal, gristly grime, but absolutely worth it for those with an open mind! It's the director's passion project, started working on it 30 years ago after he'd finished working on Robocop 2. Worth it for horror heads and fans of surreal stop-motion animation, not recommended for those with a delicate constitution or the easily disturbed. 😂

 
We recently watched season 2 of Changing Ends, broadcast on ITV. What a brilliant little program!

It's a semi-autobiographical comedy about Alan Carr's childhood growing up in Northampton, and it's really funny! The actor who plays young Alan is absolutely brilliant, and really nails the mannerisms of what I imagine Alan Carr would have been like as a child, and in general, it's just a very feel-good, funny show that's definitely one of the stronger British comedies I've seen recently!
 
I watched a documentary called 'HyperNormalisation' last night on BBC iPlayer.

It takes us back to around the mid 1970s and brings us through to the modern day giving us a history of how politics and the world has changed mainly taking in the relationship between the West, the Middle East, Russia and technology. I think the basic narrative is that most of us by now know that we're constantly being lied to by politicians and that the world is going to absolute c**p but because we know that realistically there's nothing we can do about it we just keep plodding along in one way or another trying to distract ourselves and ignore the futility of it all. Along the way there are some really interesting facts from some of the past conflicts and years gone by that weren't always apparent at the time through the media.

Perfect Sunday night viewing coming in at around 2hours and 40 minutes. Highly recommended:

www.bbc.co.uk

HyperNormalisation

Our world is strange and often fake and corrupt. But we think it’s normal because we can’t see anything else. HyperNormalisation - the story of how we got here.
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I recently saw the first few episodes of That 90's show.
Yes, its a sequel to the 70's version.
Yes, it's plot is "the kids of the old cast go to stay with the grandparents".
Yes, its as bad as it sounds.
 
Watched Nightsleeper over the weekend.

Very hammy, disaster movie-esque. It’s like Speed, but on a sleeper train, and Keanu Reeves’ character is a pasty copper and Sandra Bullock is a Welsh block of wood.

What’s especially hilarious is watching along with a train enthusiast and a cyber expert who are both head in hands screaming NOOOOO THATS NOT HOW IT WORKS 😂

Worth a watch just for comedy value.

Roll on Tuesday for the next OMITB to take the nasty taste away
 
Finally started watching It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia over the weekend.

I feel as though I shouldn't like it because the characters are all absolute dickheads to each other, but that's weirdly one of the reasons why I do like it.
 
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Finally started watching It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia over the weekend.

I feel as though I shouldn't like it because the characters are all absolute dickheads to each other, but that's weirdly one of the reasons why I do like it.
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One of my favourite shows of recent years. So many episodes to enjoy too 👍
 
Watched this movie on Netflix called ‘Hit Man’. It’s about a kind of loner who takes a part time job of being the man in the van next to fake hitman sting operations. He gets chosen to *be* the fake hitman, and eventually that becomes his new part time job. He makes disguises suited to each person, but eventually he makes a character for an operation, and they both fall in love with each other. Problem is she fell in love with the ‘character’. Then it gets a bit complicated.

For whatever reason, it was labelled as a ‘comedy’ on Netflix. I didn’t see how it was a comedy, but regardless, it was a fantastic watch, and I would recommend it.
 
Been watching The Penguin starring Colin Farrell reprising his role from Robert Pattinson starring The Batman.

Set in the aftermath of that film so far it's very much about him attempting to rise and fill the power vacuum left in the Gotham underworld. Been a great show so far, be interesting to see where it goes and how The Batman 2 picks up from this whenever they get round to filming it.
 

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As I've mentioned previously I'm currently watching through it's always sunny in philadelphia and have now reached season 9. One of my favourite new comedies has been Abbot Elementary.
Both shows are set in Philadelphia and in the up coming season of Abbot will be a crossover episode with The Gang.

Really not sure what to expect from this, surely Frank Reynolds can't be as grotesque as he usually is.

I do hope Abbot return the favour and stumble into Paddy's Pub for an episode as well.
 
Threw on Baby Reindeer at random last night as something to just fall asleep to and I just couldn't. Three episodes in, and I'm completely hooked.

Creepy with bit of humour. I cannot fathom where this is going for the next 5 episodes...
 
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