#151 2016-01-25 12:33:46
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#152 2016-03-07 23:09:32
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#153 2016-03-08 15:58:20
Entertaining. Here's a screen grab from the film.
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#154 2016-03-28 04:01:16
Brendan O'Carroll, My Family At War. BBC, 2016.
Comedian Brendan O'Carroll describes the Easter Rising of 1916, when 1,600 Irish rebels - three of them Brendan's uncles - fought to end British rule in Ireland.
Available at MVGroup.org, where you'll also find: BBC - Centenary of the Easter Rising (2016)
Edit: You ask me, that last entry sucks sweaty nut sack.
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#155 2016-03-28 15:31:21
The old Firing Line episodes are a gold mine. 
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#156 2016-04-01 04:33:18
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#157 2016-04-05 00:25:34
If you enjoy watching idiots blaming their bad luck on anyone or anything but themselves then Deadly Possessions is comedy gold. Of course, it doesn't mean to be.
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#159 2016-04-20 18:57:00
BBC.James.Clerk.Maxwell.The.Man.Who.Changed.the.World
BBC.Secret.Knowledge.2015.The.Art.of.the.Impossible [M.C. Escher]
BBC.Rubens.An.Extra.Large.Story
BBC.Edmund.Burke.Lecture.PDTV.x264
BBC.Who Do You Think You Are - Brendan O'Carroll
BBC.Brendan.O.Carroll.My.Family.At.War
ITV.Perspectives.2015.In.Charlie.Chaplins.Footsteps
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#160 2016-04-21 00:34:24
Penny Dreadful. It doesn't get much better than this.
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#161 2016-04-21 05:20:23
Ms. Fishers Murder Mysteries (via NetFlix)
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#162 2016-04-21 08:13:41
Dmtdust wrote:
Penny Dreadful. It doesn't get much better than this.
Agreed.
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#163 2016-04-21 08:27:38
Dmtdust wrote:
Penny Dreadful. It doesn't get much better than this.
Agreed.
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#164 2016-04-21 22:44:23
Emmeran wrote:
Ms. Fishers Murder Mysteries (via NetFlix)
I enjoyed this one very much, but the books are way, WAY better, mainly because the sex is much more, er, uninhibited.
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#165 2016-04-22 18:26:18
George Orr wrote:
Emmeran wrote:
Ms. Fishers Murder Mysteries (via NetFlix)
I enjoyed this one very much, but the books are way, WAY better, mainly because the sex is much more, er, uninhibited.
A number of texts credibly manage the dance of the beast with two backs but I've yet to see a film pull it off, unless it's comic. Can you think of any?
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#166 2016-04-23 09:47:21
choad wrote:
A number of texts credibly manage the dance of the beast with two backs but I've yet to see a film pull it off, unless it's comic. Can you think of any?
The only one that comes to mind is Damage, Jeremy Irons and Juliette Binoche directed by Louis Malle. Funny, that--I've been watching movies all my life and when you ask about a "genuine" sex scene in film, this is literally the only movie that comes to mind.
Although the sex scene in A Fish Called Wanda is probably my all-time favorite.
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#167 2016-04-23 09:59:16
George Orr wrote:
Although the sex scene in A Fish Called Wanda is probably my all-time favorite.
Lord yes, yes, YES!
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#168 2016-04-25 06:16:39
Tribeca Shortlist: Has anybody tried this stream? Is it worth the $5 p/month?
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#169 2016-05-07 01:38:18
I've been wading through the old Mission Impossible TV series in order, and six episodes into season five I'm ready to throw in the towel. Not only did the jazz groove theme music undergo a severe shmaltz makeover but the scripts got real preachy and shitty. What had been an mildly entertaining heist show (if you didn't think about it too much) suddenly became an irritating domestic propaganda delivery vehicle. So much for 1970.
On the other hand it was nice to see dean Wormer, Frank Burns, Hotlips and Stalag 13 again, among many others.
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#170 2016-05-07 06:59:10
Tall Paul wrote:
I've been wading through the old Mission Impossible TV series in order, and six episodes into season five I'm ready to throw in the towel. Not only did the jazz groove theme music undergo a severe shmaltz makeover but the scripts got real preachy and shitty. What had been an mildly entertaining heist show (if you didn't think about it too much) suddenly became an irritating domestic propaganda delivery vehicle. So much for 1970.
On the other hand it was nice to see dean Wormer, Frank Burns, Hotlips and Stalag 13 again, among many others.
By the time Leonard Nimoy joined the show, and Barbara Bain and Martin Laudau left, even my 15 old self knew that the show was starting to blow chunks.
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#171 2016-05-07 07:14:34
I'm in the first season of MASH right now. I've also got Magnum P.I. queued up. Had the Dukes of Hazzard, but after watching the pilot and the first 2 episodes, I realized that not all shows from my youth were as "good" as I remembered. I also have Hogan's Heroes, about halfway through season 1 on that. Also binge watching House MD and NCIS. OH and Parks and Recreation, and rewatching the IT Crowd.
A little while back, my wife got a bug up her ass and I obtained the entire collection of The Waltons. Honestly, after the first season, that went full tilt moralizing pretty damn quick.
Might need to see the seed count on The Brady Bunch...
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#172 2016-05-07 20:42:59
Since 40 years ago, I insisted that the only movie better than the book was A Clockwork Orange.
Just re-read the book.
I retract that youthful statement. Movies suck.
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#173 2016-05-08 07:24:44
XregnaR wrote:
Also binge watching House MD
If you're cherry picking, here are 4 outstanding House M.D. selections; tight scripts, well performed.
S03E07, S04E08, S04E14, S06E03
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#174 2016-05-08 08:51:00
sigmoid freud wrote:
Since 40 years ago, I insisted that the only movie better than the book was A Clockwork Orange.
Just re-read the book.
I retract that youthful statement. Movies suck.
Apples and oranges. I love both The Godfather novel and film.
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#175 2016-05-08 12:26:08
Baywolfe wrote:
sigmoid freud wrote:
Just re-read the book.
I retract that youthful statement. Movies suck.Apples and oranges. I love both The Godfather novel and film.
I dunno why part one works when the Puzo books blow chunks but it does, in spite of Jimmy Caan. On those rare occasions when book and film both hit it - at the moment I can't think of any - you really are looking at apples and oranges.
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#176 2016-05-22 08:38:38
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#177 2016-05-22 15:21:49
Baywolfe wrote:
sigmoid freud wrote:
Since 40 years ago, I insisted that the only movie better than the book was A Clockwork Orange.
Just re-read the book.
I retract that youthful statement. Movies suck.Apples and oranges. I love both The Godfather novel and film.
The Hunger Games movies are better than the books, although I enjoyed them both.
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#178 2016-05-22 16:06:26
choad wrote:
Baywolfe wrote:
sigmoid freud wrote:
Just re-read the book.
I retract that youthful statement. Movies suck.Apples and oranges. I love both The Godfather novel and film.
https://cruelery.com/sidepic/godfather09.png
I dunno why part one works when the Puzo books blow chunks but it does, in spite of Jimmy Caan. On those rare occasions when book and film both hit it - at the moment I can't think of any - you really are looking at apples and oranges.
OH Shit - I still haven't seen that.
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#179 2016-05-28 19:02:35
This on Netflix. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4176826/
Perfect timing I'd say.
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#180 2016-07-24 22:23:02
BBC - Keith Richards: The Origin of the Species (2016)
Difficult to distinguish fact from fantasy but kinna fun. Good production values.
Available on mvgroup.org.
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#181 2016-07-24 22:50:16
choad wrote:
BBC - Keith Richards: The Origin of the Species (2016)
Difficult to distinguish fact from fantasy but kinna fun. Good production values.
Available on mvgroup.org.
https://cruelery.com/img/keith.richards.666.jpg
I liked it.
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#182 2016-07-25 03:55:27
#183 2016-08-05 20:13:05
Requiem for the American Dream (2015)
Noam Chomsky, interviewed over four years.
Available on mvgroup.org.
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#184 2016-09-14 15:35:05
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_(TV_series)
A promising, well acted, well written new series on FX, unless you're allergic to black culture.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/06/arts/ … lover.html
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#185 2016-09-15 13:15:02
If it's about black culture, shouldn't it be called "Hotlanta"?
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#186 2016-09-19 20:01:37
BBC - Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines (2013)
How the world’s most useful, valuable and dangerous drugs were created and tested, in three episodes.
Available on mvgroup.
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#187 2016-09-24 21:40:31
BBC - The Fantastical World of Hormones (2014)
Endocrinology, the study of hormones, boasts a more bizarre history than most medical quackery, one we still know little about. This one hour documentary breathes real life into it.
Available on mvgroup.
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#188 2016-09-25 04:29:09
BBC- The Magic of Mushrooms
"Professor Richard Fortey delves into the fascinating and normally hidden kingdom of fungi. From their spectacular birth, through their secretive underground life to their final explosive death, Richard reveals a remarkable world that few of us understand or even realise exists - yet all life on Earth depends on it."
Also available via the MVGroup.
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#189 2016-09-25 09:38:37
We have been cranking through all of the Richard Hammond How to Build a Planet stuff. It's fun, but a little too "American" in it's hype level sometimes. The BBC still has the best visual editing crew on the planet though.
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#190 2016-09-25 10:20:40
GooberMcNutly wrote:
We have been cranking through all of the Richard Hammond How to Build a Planet stuff. It's fun, but a little too "American" in it's hype level sometimes. The BBC still has the best visual editing crew on the planet though.
I can't agree more on both points. I pass up most American TV docs now because what one would think is the opening theme music never stops. It seems they lay these tracks over the dialogue and for me that's just annoying. A couple of years ago I was watching a Nat Geo documentary and I swear to gods that they played this loud, overly dramatic string music as a scientist opened a drawer. I can't remember what was inside but it wasn't relevant to the subject and definitely wasn't some missing part of a mystery.
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#191 2016-09-25 11:31:19
nfidelbastard wrote:
I pass up most American TV docs now because what one would think is the opening theme music never stops. It seems they lay these tracks over the dialogue and for me that's just annoying.
Just annoying? They're hideous, made worse by producer/shills who can not find their own asses with both hands and a fucking flashlight. And a vanity mirror. See Sailor's: The Old Negro Space Program
So much for class loyalty, huh? That's right, I'm blaming my own former classmate.
The BBC usually hires the best, people with passion at the top of their fields who know their subjects cold. When they really connect, you can comfortably watch with your eyes closed.
Sadly, US influence has begun to leak in, so get 'em while they're hot.
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#193 2016-09-30 22:36:41
For fucks sake, is root cause not a concept to these people?
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#194 2016-10-11 01:53:19
If you liked 'The Big Short', you'll love 'Inside the US Federal Reserve'. This 47 min. short does not skip a beat. Show your kids. Sweetest of brittle ironies, it was produced by Al-Jazeera.
http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/spe … 17558.html
Also available on mvgroup.
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#195 2016-10-11 14:41:17
I started watching Breaking Bad.
I stopped. Can't say I liked it at all.
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#196 2016-10-11 15:41:26
XregnaR wrote:
I started watching Breaking Bad.
I stopped. Can't say I liked it at all.
It's actually really poorly written and lacks continuance beyond the newest outrage. Too bad it wasn't run on Cinemax where it could have been truly horrifically offensive. A few rape scenes would have fulfilled it's call. But they couldn't manage the mundane and while it's acclaimed its still not very good. Too many loose ends.
I prefer Deadwood and surprisingly Ms. Fishers Murder Stories (or whatever its called).
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#197 2016-10-11 15:50:55
XregnaR wrote:
I started watching Breaking Bad.
I stopped. Can't say I liked it at all.
Parts of it are ok but the acting and writing are highly uneven. The production didn't really nail it until its 'Better Call Saul' sequel/prequel. Check out the first two seasons.
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#198 2016-10-11 22:15:02
Emmeran wrote:
I prefer Deadwood and surprisingly Ms. Fishers Murder Stories (or whatever its called).
That series is surprisingly good. But the books are better. Because they're way dirtier.
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#200 2016-10-17 23:45:04
An informative documentary on "Bird-Dogging"
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