November 11, 201411 yr Finished binge-watching HBO's "Olive Kitteridge". Superb performances all around, but Frances McDormand is simply perfect. More than a bit depressing themes though. So we had to chase it down with this week's ep of "The Graham Norton Show".
November 11, 201411 yr Add Forever and Gotham to my list, totally enjoying them. Gotham just (ep 3) turned into a black comedy, and I just really like Ioan Gruffudd and would watch him in anything. He's just got that posh British accent that I could listen to for hours. Really liked him in Ringer, which was the first place I saw him. You might like Haratio Hornblower then.
November 11, 201411 yr Horatio, if you please. But yes. He's in all sorts of things (really)http://youtu.be/blVsgv0OISY
November 11, 201411 yr Maybe 'Haratio' is a reboot/reincarnation? Aye keed, aye keed... Losing interest in Gotham, turning into the same old/same old, contrived situations and contrived solutions. Will still watch it, if for nothing else, just to see Barbara and Gordon get married. One of the cool things about reboots is seeing how they play relationships -- they've already introduced the Penguin and Riddler characters, but they're not supervillains yet, one of them even works for the police. So knowing how things turn out, I can't help but be curious where they are going with this.
November 11, 201411 yr Finished binge-watching HBO's "Olive Kitteridge". Superb performances all around, but Frances McDormand is simply perfect. More than a bit depressing themes though. So we had to chase it down with this week's ep of "The Graham Norton Show". Finished watching this as well. Very good indeed.
November 14, 201411 yr ^ Thanks. This and a Manhattan may help relax after a very long day. Favorite quote so far (50 min in): "That's the great thing about curling - you see something new every day." Edited November 14, 201411 yr by blessingx
November 18, 201411 yr A short NYTimes RetroReport on the 'Dingo Ate My Baby' case - http://t.co/9vKwhLFE1I
November 21, 201411 yr Watched Frontline's new episode "Firestone and the Warlord" on Firestone Tires and their latex plantation in Liberia during the rise of Charles Taylor. As with basically everything Frontline does, it was terrific. I highly recommend it. Edited November 21, 201411 yr by TMoney
November 23, 201411 yr Continuing down the rabbit hole. American Experience's Annie: It's a Hard Knock Life, From Script to Stage on the PBS app (also on site). http://youtu.be/35z_vMFOfAk
November 24, 201411 yr Thanks the the HBOGo app on the XBone I was able to finish the last season of Boardwalk Empire over the weekend. This show really needed its last season. Boardwalk has always been a difficult show to get through and the ending didn't deviate from that formula. Like the rest of the show, its conclusion is depressing, but oddly satisfying. I also really enjoyed reading along with the history I watched the show. As usual, the truth of these characters is both stranger and often far more interesting than how they are portrayed in the show. What a fun period of history to look back on. This wouldn't be the first HBO show I'd recommend to people, but if you do get in to it you won't be disappointed. 4/5
November 26, 201411 yr The '79 CBS pilot for a sci-fi comedy series called Starstruck. Lets play a game - how far can you get through it? http://youtu.be/nPLEoZ1TtZM Edited November 26, 201411 yr by blessingx
December 3, 201411 yr Watched a couple more episodes of The Knick and will probably watch the rest. Still have to avert my eyes from the gory surgeries but otherwise entertaining.
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