You had me at outstanding....Originally Posted by blues
...until you got to “French with subtitles”
So much to overcome there...
You had me at outstanding....
...until you got to “French with subtitles”
So much to overcome there...
Late to the party, but I watched "Night Stalker - The Hunt for A Serial Killer" on Netflix. I thought it was excellent. It's largely told through interviews with the two lead detectives from LA County SO . They're absolutely terrific. The SF detective is awesome too - his enhanced interrogation of a friend of the killer helped break the case wide open.
Also surprisingly entertaining: "Operation Odessa" on Netflix. From IMDb: "From the director and producers of The Seven Five comes Operation Odessa, a true crime thriller about a Russian mobster, a Miami playboy and a Cuban spy who teamed up to sell a nuclear submarine to a Colombian drug cartel." It was much better than I expected.
I watched a couple of low budget movies over the weekend.
Captive State: Aliens have taken over the world. Ten years(ish) after the invasion, a resistance cell in Chicago is starting an operation.
This one reminded me quite a lot of the TV-series Colony, only without the naivete of an American TV network series. The movie is a whole lot better than its IMBD score would indicate! (Apparently, some people mistakenly thought this was an action movie and were disappointed by the lack of action?) Recommended. (Edit: The movie does at some places seem like a frightenigly plausible view of a near future surveillance state, minus the alien overlords.)
Shivers from 1975. Basically, giant leeches grow inside humans and turn them into mindless sex zombies. Yes, the movie is just as bad as it sounds. The acting, the plot, the extra special effects... Good grief. The only good thing in this movie is that young Lynn Lowry was pretty damn hot. Which really doesn't make up for the awfullness of the rest of the movie.
I kept falling asleep, through no fault of the show, and I enjoyed the interview style with the two detectives telling the story as well.
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It's worth the small effort for the excellence of the show...imho.
There's nothing civil about this war.
"Sworn to Justice" on Amazon Prime. I haven't finished this 2002 movie and don't expect a great deal, but after watching the first fight scene where Cynthia Rothrock takes on 3 guys I had to look her up (wiki). This is not some trained-up, rehearsed actress. I don't know much about martial arts, but she is obviously a true badass even a the age of 45 when the film was released with numerous championships in several disciplines. She may still run a martial arts studio in Los Gatos, CA. COVID Daze has some of us taking in more TV junk than is healthy, but it will pass if I ever get vaccinated.
the selections from this weekend.....
The Little Things- probably a C+, wishes it was the movie Seven, just didn't get there
The White Tiger- this was an excellent flick on Netflix. Highly recommend.
This country needs an enema- Blues approved sig line
I watched it over the weekend. Decent movie with some good plot twists.
As far as Helen Hunt's looks...Wow, not like I remembered her at all. I don't know if it's plastic surgery gone bad or just a hard life showing on her face but...Whew!
If you don't mind a few French subtitles, there are 3 seasons of The Tunnel on Prime. I enjoyed the series. It's a series about a cooperative investigation that starts with muder and expands into terrorism, with a British Detective Inspector and a female French detective that promotes up the chain despite some lack of 'people skills.' Actual subtitling is minor.
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We watched the first season on PBS and though we finished it, neither of us found it compelling. I started to watch the second season but blew it off. Wanted to like it...but it wasn't to be.
There's nothing civil about this war.
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