What Are You Watching Lately? (Rants/Raves/Reviews)

I like Reacher. It had some subtle yet corny humor.

BillTre said:

I like Reacher. It had some subtle yet corny humor.

I thought he was great (series) although posters have said he was a bit wooden. I liked that cold, disconnected feel to him.

I like the Cruise films though, he is a very good actor if not quite the stature of the book character.

I'm starting Prime Video's "The Night Manager" series. . .hopefully, it's not too complicated that it forces me to give up (like I did with "The Peripheral"...good series...just too hard to follow).

I did enjoy rewatching "Moneyball." It's always an inspirational watch and makes me feel good.

kyphysics said:

I'm starting Prime Video's "The Night Manager" series. . .

If you've only "just started" it, I suspect you'll soon like it a lot more...

strangerep said:

If you've only "just started" it, I suspect you'll soon like it a lot more...

Just finished Ep. 1 today. It was nothing memorable (definitely not bad - but not stand-out great either). Maybe it gets better later.

I am going to watch "The Little Things" for a change of pace the rest of tonight. I am a Denzel Washington fan, so I don't think it'll be too bad. It is soooo cold at nights in Virginia that I'm too lazy to even go out (car takes a long time to warm up). Movie/TV Show marathon all holiday week for me!

I started watching the first season of the British tv series "Slow Horses" today.
I got hooked to it after seeing just one episode.

I think it is brilliant, darkly entertaining and very unusual, and with great acting.
It's a very odd take on the agent/spy concept which I've never seen before.
Imagine e.g. James Bond and turn it around 180 degrees, and you get Slow Horses, sort of.

Zero glamour, dirty, decadent, featuring a small group of agents who are considered to be the least capable ones. Does this sound boring?

Well, it's not!

It's exciting, oddly entertaining, well written and with quite a lot of dark humor in the dialogues.

And Gary Oldman plays the very quirky boss of the agents, and he is simply formidable here.
(yes, I am a fan of Oldman, but I have to say he is just extra excellent in this role )

I warmly recommend this tv series!
(and I actually don't watch very much tv series, unless it's one I really, really like)

Trailer:

Over the last few months I have been watching the tv series Mannix on Prime. Mannix is a Private Investigator. I enjoy it very much.

DennisN said:

I started watching the first season of the British tv series "Slow Horses" today.
I got hooked to it after seeing just one episode.

Haha, I've seen all three seasons now, I ate them up like three boxes of chocolate.
I liked it very, very much. Very addictive.

My summary:

Season 1: Great, fun and pretty exciting.
Season 2: Great, fun and very exciting, actually thrilling. I think it was the best one of the three seasons.
Season 3: Great, fun and exciting, also thrilling.

And I am so happy to learn that there will at least be two more seasons:

Wikipedia said:

Showrunner Will Smith has stated that the fourth season should be released by the end of December 2024. In January 2024, it was renewed for a fifth series, which will be based on the fifth book in the series, London Rules.

And yeah, I've already said I liked Gary Oldman in the role, but I have to say his character is outstanding.
He is a very odd fellow who comes with a lot of surprises throughout the three series.
And the others are great too. And they are surprising too, you can't really predict what to expect from them (at least I couldn't).

So the series gets an extra plus from me for its unpredictability.

Trailers for season 2 and 3:

Slow Horses — Season 2 Official Trailer


Slow Horses — Season 3 Official Trailer

DennisN said:

Haha, I've seen all three seasons now, I ate them up like three boxes of chocolate.
I liked it very, very much. Very addictive.

My summary:

Season 1: Great, fun and pretty exciting.
Season 2: Great, fun and very exciting, actually thrilling. I think it was the best one of the three seasons.
Season 3: Great, fun and exciting, also thrilling.

And I am so happy to learn that there will at least be two more seasons:
And yeah, I've already said I liked Gary Oldman in the role, but I have to say his character is outstanding.
He is a very odd fellow who comes with a lot of surprises throughout the three series.
And the others are great too. And they are surprising too, you can't really predict what to expect from them (at least I couldn't).

So the series gets an extra plus from me for its unpredictability.

Trailers for season 2 and 3:

Slow Horses — Season 2 Official Trailer


Slow Horses — Season 3 Official Trailer

Anything with Gary Oldman is worth a go.

Looks like George Smiley has let himself go a bit.