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This was pretty good!Tribunal i would say is best, maybe try that and see if it can spark new motivation![]()
This was pretty good!Tribunal i would say is best, maybe try that and see if it can spark new motivation![]()
I like Balaban, Shawkat and Noble. otoh, I couldn't care less about The Penguin, so I'm a little bummed that it'll be Milioti's next thing.Deadline said:Apple TV+ has added eight to the cast of workplace thriller Severance as principal photography gets underway on Season 2. Game of Thrones alumna Gwendoline Christie, Bob Balaban (The Chair), Merritt Wever (Godless), Alia Shawkat (Search Party), Robby Benson (Beauty and the Beast), Stefano Carannante (Mirabilia), Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (The Tourist) and John Noble (Fringe) join the Emmy-winning series starring Adam Scott, from creator and writer Dan Erickson and director and executive producer Ben Stiller.
Excellent news. Balaban is always a dry joy, Shawcat was great in Green Room.A couple of interesting casting announcements, from Deadline: "‘Severance’: Gwendoline Christie, Bob Balaban, Merritt Wever, Alia Shawkat Among 8 Cast In Season 2 of Apple Series"
I like Balaban, Shawkat and Noble. otoh, I couldn't care less about The Penguin, so I'm a little bummed that it'll be Milioti's next thing.
I am not optimistic about so massive a cast expansion. It has vibes of "making it up as we go along". But we shall see, hopefully it's not soA couple of interesting casting announcements, from Deadline: "‘Severance’: Gwendoline Christie, Bob Balaban, Merritt Wever, Alia Shawkat Among 8 Cast In Season 2 of Apple Series" and "‘The Penguin’ Sets Cristin Milioti As Female Lead Sofia Falcone"
I like Balaban, Shawkat and Noble. otoh, I couldn't care less about The Penguin, so I'm a little bummed that it'll be Milioti's next thing.
Both are by Lovecraft, so it's a bit of a stretch to title this "Del Toro's" cabinet of curiositiesGuillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities (Netflix)
Episodes 2, 4, 5 & 6 - the fifth installment Pickman's Model by Keith Thomas is the stand-out here. Excellent performances by Crispin Glover and Ben Barnes in this Lovecraftian tale. The other three are probably my least favorite of all 8 episodes. 4/5 for Pickman's Model; 2.5/5 for Catherine Hardwicke's Dreams In The Witchhouse; I wasn't overly impressed with how the story was told or the acting on display. 3/5 for episodes 2 & 4.
It's ok, as long as they avoided something like "from the warped/incredible/legendary mind of Guillermo del Toro". Pretty sure they didn'tSo what should be the title, then? ‘Guillermo del Toro's H. P. Lovecraft's Cabinet of Curiosities’?
Surely that's an even dumber premise ^_^It's a thriller where Tucci plays a convicted murderer who solves crimes from inside the jailcell. Yeah, that's a dumb premise. It's not really the premise. The premise is that it's a thriller staring Tucci and Tennant.
Agreed.Most of my viewing over the past month has been with wifey: we've finished The Rookie S4 (still going strong, though the last episode's premise of Bradford and Chen having doppelgängers who just happened to be criminals and in a relationship with each other was pretty hokey),
I haven't seen SWAT (well, not the new one) or L.A. Finest, but have you tried Southland (2009)? It doesn't have the sense of humor that The Rookie has, if that's critical, but it's got a great cast of people you might recognize. ReelGood tells me it's streaming on HBO Max (in the US).To scratch the S.W.A.T./Rookie itch, I also tried the first episode of L.A.'s Finest. Concluded that it might as well have been called Two Hot Lady Cops, because that's about all it's got going for it. Probably won't be continuing...
Oh yes, I watched a couple of episodes when it aired on cable here before I just gave up.I also tried the first episode of L.A.'s Finest. Concluded that it might as well have been called Two Hot Lady Cops, because that's about all it's got going for it. Probably won't be continuing...
Hello and Welcome to Off Topic at CFC. If youhave any questions about our forum and posting, don't hesitate to to use the conversation/message function to ask any moderator. In addition, in the Civfanatics section, you can ask questions in the Site Feedback subforum there.I just finished watching Rings of Power. It was way better than I thought It would be, even though Amazon strayed away from the source material a bit, it was still one of the best things that I have watched recently.
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According to Wiki it's meant to be (mostly) the same characters as in the 2003(!) movie with Sam Jackson, Colin Ferrell and Michelle Rodriguez (which I've not seen) — which itself was an update/remake of the 70s TV series (ditto).I haven't seen SWAT (well, not the new one)
...followed later on by...Watched a couple of episodes of S.W.A.T. S1, but probably won't stick with it.
Changed my mind and carried on with S.W.A.T. While it would likely be difficult to find a more earnest apologia for policemen-with-guns (the cold-open of the first episode had the old squad-leader accidentally shooting an unarmed teenager instead of the suspect he was chasing, and immediately getting fired; I strongly suspect this would not generally reflect reality), I have nonetheless been surprised at how few episodes have ended with the suspects-of-the-week getting shot, rather than being taken into custody.
I have not, and likely will not, since we (still) don't have an HBO sub.but have you tried Southland (2009)? [...] ReelGood tells me it's streaming on HBO Max (in the US).