Haven’t seen the film but the “What We Do…” tv show was just about perfect.
I absolutely LOVE the tv series of what we do in the shadows. Absolute perfection. The cast in that are exquisitely good.
Colin robinson is my favourite
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Child reincarnated Colin was the best. That was maybe the funniest thread of the entire series.
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That whole thing made lazlo change from a funny dude to an absolute legend
Could not find this in search. I enjoyed it.
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And who can forget Jackie Daytona and Jim the Vampire?
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Just finished season one of Pantheon. 7/10. Pretty good!
the amazon secret level 40k episode looks like one of the best portrayals
of space marines yet
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That. Looks. AMAZING.
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Suitably grimdark.
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bring on the Dark Eldar 
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Is anybody else watching the ‘new’ Day of the Jackal series?
I just finished it and could pick it to pieces (e.g. personal phones in a SCIF and in the field… really!) but Eddie Redmayne is superb as the Jackal.
Once again it proves that a good actor can elevate what would otherwise be a fairly formulaic/humdrum show.
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I watched a great interview with him about how he recreates the energy of the original despite being of a different acting ability and style to fox’s calm and laid back air of detachment.
I hate when actors talk like that normally, it sounds pretentious and pathetic to me, but he was articulating and showing the humility he was feeling with such character it was hard not to appreciate how difficult it must be to emulate rather than create something wholly new.
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Watched, after the longest time, Bronx Tale and I love it still.
Amazing performance from every actor/actress.
The casting is just so perfect…
And the clumsy interaction between Calogero and Jane was just so perfect.
Free on Amazon Prime
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Available now.
It is good, very good. Probably one of the best depictions (outside of the games) of the 40K universe yet.
I just wish there wasn’t so much focus on those Holier than thou UltraSmurfs. I’d love to see more Chapters represented in future episodes… particularly Space Wolves (e.g. Ragnar Blackmane).
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“The Maltese Falcon” happened to be in my Max queue. I am agnostic about Boggart. But I love Casablanca enough to have watched it three or four times over the years. The Maltese Falcon has not aged well. There is not a sympathetic or like-able character in the film. The only thing I liked about the movie was this very neat match dispenser that lit the match as you pulled it. Perhaps an early form of product placement.
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Yes. This.
Also, the grey knights for sheer terrifying badassery.
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I think film, more than any other art, is very much a product of it’s time and not very resistant to the test of it.
I would guess that maybe 10% of films more than a twenty years old have ‘aged well’… 1% if it was released in the '70s.
Agreed. For example there are films like “The Great Train Robbery” and “Nosferatu” which caused many audience members at the time to faint because the scenes depicting violence simply overwhelmed them emotionally. Today these movies are seen as no big deal. I find stuff like this fascinating because it shows just how radically different the world was in the past.
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Funny how old books hold up so much better than old films. I can read Dostoyevsky and entirely relate to emotions and motivations of the characters. (He’s the greatest, btw). Boggart is not the least bit relatable. I think he, and most of his characterizations, are uniquely spoiled by time. But, yes, even the best films released before 1950, require grading on a curve.
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