Wow, this was actually a very good Episode.
Good Writing and Aisling Bea (Sarah) is just amazing.
Kind of sad, that Chibnail is only lowering his virtue signaling crap now that he is basically already out the door...
This is one of my all time favorite mini-series!! The storytelling is phenomenal and I loved that it wasn’t chronological and showed Cunan’s reasoning his actions as well as a look into the life of Versace. I absolutely would recommend watching a second time through if you enjoyed it because there’s so much I didn’t pick up on the first time!
The first thing to note is this is not a 'true biopic' of Lady Thatcher. Rather it sits around her post Prime Ministerial and Commons career. Dealing frankly with old age and dementia.
Her rise and subsequent role as Prime Minister is shown as a series of flashbacks. While these are the meat of the film they are hung around her hallucinated interactions with her deceased husband.
Meryl Streep is as always wonderful, ably supported by Jim Broadbent. I felt that the rest of the supporting cast of the cabinet and various members of the house similarly added a level of depth often overlooked in films which focus on such a strong character as Margaret Thatcher.
While Lady Thatcher did and undoubtedly still does polarise opinion. There is no doubt she is one of the few Members of Parliament to make a real and lasting mark upon the country and the political world as a whole. The film also does rather gloss over and never show any of the many (although still a small percentage) of female members of the house at her time as a Member of Parliament.
Nice side-off Christmas episode where we get to know a little more about Skully and her family, and a sad one too. Mulder is missing in this one though. That ending tho~!
It plays with the tropes of criminal investigation series that take place in a small town, to develop the personal stories of three characters who have different concepts of investigative journalism. Exploring the way in which the outside view can affect the coexistence of a closed community, the series begins as a strange comedy that evolves into a criminal drama in which the description of the environment is more important than the conclusions of the investigation. It is not so interesting because of how it creates a criminal plot, but because of how it constructs what is around it.
I first read these books just under 20 years ago and wouldn't have dreamed of seeing them adapted like this. There were some less liked changes for me and a few casting duds but the rest made up for it!
I'm glad they dedicated a whole episode to this section, it really deserved it.
Mary's love backstory tweak to falling in love with a woman fit surprisingly well and was beautifully depicted.
I was in tears through Will and Lyra's pain. The actor for Will could have been a bit stronger but crikey, Dafne Keen sure made up for it! Absolutely nailed this character for me.
A beautiful and bittersweet ending. And just as when I finished the book, I didn't want to leave this world.
Two of my favourite quotes from the show are are in this episode. One really funny one from Carolyn goes:
“I can’t stand breakfast. It’s just constant egg. Why? Who decided this?”
And another sad one from Villanelle undercover at AA “I hurt myself, I don’t feel it. I buy what I want, I don’t want it. I do what I like, I don’t like it.”
Both stick in my head.
2/10 TERRIBLE
My god this is bad….
I like Catherine Tate but she has created the most loathsome character ever!!!!
The jokes fall flat and are very dated, the situation comedy part is skin crawling bad and there’s not one likeable person in the show…
I forced my way through episode 1 and then did the same again for episode 2, hoping I could see so glimmer of hope.
It never came!!!!!!
A solid comedy, nothing groundbreaking. Some of the characters lean too hard into caricature, but the script is sharp and fun.
It's well acted, technically a star studded cast in the UK. So I was expecting it to be good. It is really good, but it's missing depth of the characters... too much espionage flowing into the actual script. The brothers relationship isn't explored at all. The main two characters relationship isn't gone into fully. The side "romance" is just tiny glimpses. Nothing of the personal interactions reaches the depth of loving the characters. It's a historical docudrama and maybe that's why. They just didn't know enough about the people to develop the characters fully. A shame really. I gave it an 8, but it's a 7.5. Great overall but missing the punch to be fantastic.
This film took me by surprise, I was expecting another sherlock spinoff that does nothing new.
Yet Enola Holmes is simply refreshing with an intriguing story that compels you to keep watching with wit and adventure all the way through.
7/10 - Good film, one that I'll happily watch again
Clearly Scully hasn't learned anything. So there is a conspiracy of doctors to hide alien babies. Where do you seek refuge? From the Army, that it's IN from the beginning? That has secret alien planes and hides aliens? Yep good idea, they will for sure help you!
man, Ray Pearce is a really unfortunate name.
Scully: "What else do you want to do or find?"
Mulder: "My sister."
PHRASING!
Out for what do you need that gun?
The final scene of the episode was definitely repugnant. Another rape? REALLY? [...]
OMG, I just cannot believe how much I've laughed during this episode! To everyone complaining that this was a comic episode, you've probably never watched The X-Files before. Go do your homework before talking non-sense over Trakt.
Episodes like these are what helped make The X-Files so unique.
Fun but it starts out better than it ends. The cast is perfect through-out though. Samara Weaving gives a fine wtf is going on performance while being pretty badass at the same time.
You might be disappointed if you were hoping for family members killed one by one sort of movie though. I expected the movie to be more like You’re Next for example.
pam and jim arguing and then pam crying oh gOD MY HEART HURTS
As an uncultured gay, it pains me to admit that I have not read the novel and I have nothing to compare this adaptation to, but my own expectations and this movie totally meets them. The chemistry between the two leads, the back and forth banter, the well-portrayed and sensual sex scenes; it is a 10 out of 10 recommendation.
Disenchantment, this may not be the greatest masterpiece in history, but it is a series rich in adventures, tales, remarkable and fun characters. I loved following this series
Natasha Lyonne (Orange is the New Black, American Pie) is trapped in a Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadooloop until she learns to swim, and catches the rhythm of the strokes..... COMPLETELY clichéd, but oddly watchable, if only for the creative ways she keeps managing to off herself, in spite of desperately trying not to.
I'm not sure what I just watched. Was this totally brilliant, or a smelly turd? I... I really don't now.
Shame that the main punchline of this episode is Graham Linehan's (at the time) thinly veiled transphobia
This was nothing special. It was an interesting story and was compelling enough for its runtime. Not sure how it will stand up to repeated viewings, in saying that I will more than likely never watch it again. I think many people will draw comparisons to Gone Girl, particularly through its tone and the soundtrack. Acting was on point with a fantastic performance from Emily Blunt.
Apple had the courage to compare this to some of the well established animated TV shows in the push notification they used to advertise it. While those are comedy shows, Central Park is not one. It’s a musical and a bland one at best.
The movies starts off really well. The acting is good and the story line is initially captivating. Half way through the movie it's seems like everything goes downhill, the story gets more and more far fetched, the acting starts to get hokie, it's like the director got to a point where he rushed to the end as fast as possible without regards to the viewer. It could have been done so much better.
That cigarette smoking man is a hard bastard to kill.
How did no one point out that using pheromones to seduce people into sex is rape? Someone who is under the influence of pheromones that make them attracted to someone can't consent, that's like saying a person who's so drunk they can't see can consent.
This is the first time I've seen deportation centers spotlighted in a TV show. Well, the Fosters had one episode but it was a burst of melodrama with leftist agenda.
The nice sweet lady making Alex sell? I don't know what to say I was so stricken. But she changed her tune to phone chargers so okay, grey zone. I can deal with some grey zone.
It was satisfying seeing Badison go but unlike @janaína and those who agree with her, I will actually miss watching how entertaining, awful, and damaging/scheming she was.
Nice music at the end and yeah, those deportation scenes broke my heart
