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Saw Maestro last night. I’ve always liked Bradley Cooper but he’s taken it to a whole other level. Amazing.
Anyone watching season 5 of Fargo?
Jack Reacher Season 2 - One episode a week works for me.Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
Is Monarch good? Trailer looked awesome but I figured the show still had to be bad.
So honestly after a good start, this season has fallen into the same trap as the last couple. There really is no subtlety to the story line. Seasons one and two had complex characters that you were rooting for in one episode, but then would do something that would make them turn on you instantly. (Or vice versa.) With two episodes left, there doesn't seem to be any of that here. Its very black and white - good versus evil with the "evil" character having little redeeming qualities.Lorne Malvo and Hanzee Dent were at least interesting. Ed and Peggy Blumquist were goofy nutjobs, but you were kind of rooting for them anyway. If they can't do better they just need to put this series to bed.
Id never heard of Harlan Coben until his contract with Netflix had series based on his books making him so ubiquitous that it almost gaslit me into wondering why I didn't know this writer that had adaptions into series in multiple countries/languages.Well, not to be too Herman here, but I remember randomly watching a few episodes of Coronation Street when I was in London in the early 2010s. One of the lead actresses at the time, Michelle Keegan, stopped me dead and had me entranced. Unfortunately, she really hasn't done much other than a few UK-centric things. But she's the lead in the newest Coben series, Fool Me Once, so naturally I binged it through. Really well done, very slick, in the UK Netflix production vein. Definitely worth a watch.Also, finally got around to watching Drops of God on Apple+ between Xmas and New Years. Absolutely great series. A bit predictable at times, but still fascinating and well done.
During that time, she oversaw the prosecution of the Central Park Five case, wherein five teenagers, four African-American and one Hispanic, were wrongfully convicted for the 1989 rape and assault in Central Park of a white female jogger. All five convictions were vacated in 2002 after Matias Reyes, a convicted serial rapist and murderer, confessed to having been the sole perpetrator of the crime, and DNA testing showed he was the sole contributor of the DNA of the semen on the victim. After Reyes' confession in 2002, Fairstein still maintained that the wrongfully convicted teenage boys were guilty and she lauded the police investigation as "brilliant".[2] In 2018, she insisted that the teenagers' confessions had not been coerced.[3]
Finally getting around to Yellowstone, first 3 eps have me hooked.
I want to tell you to save yourself hours of your life and stop watching after season 1 or 2.
I'll stick with my opinion on Gold. He'll be in foul trouble within the first eight minutes.
Kaitlyn Dever cast as Abby for season 2 of TLOU. Incredibly talented actress, but her build makes me think they're going for more of an mirror image/anti Bella Ramsey rather than staying more true to the source content, a decision that I'm okay with. Hope she is prepared for the incredible amounts of backlash she is going to get online regardless of the quality of her performance.
I’m on Season 5 of Yellowstone. So I didn’t stop watching after Season 1 or 2. It’s a good show. I can recommend it with a few reservations. An interesting thing about the show is that they film on the land of its Showrunner, Taylor Sheridan, in Texas. Paramount pays him weekly to film on the 600 acre ranch. (He apparently has an additional massive ranch) And they pay him per head of cattle and per horse shown, for “Cowboy Camp” for the actors and more. It adds up to $$$. Sheridan plays a small role on the show, notably seen when Jimmy went away to Cowboy Camp. Apparently Sheridan and Costner don’t get along and Sheridan sued “Rip” for coming out with a line of coffee very similar in design to his coffee. I’ve seen it and it looks pretty similar. So they have a lot going on there. I believe it was recently announced that the next season will be late 2024. I’d have to check that.
Sheridan, along with others in a group, also owns the legendary 6666 ranch shown on the show. That is also going to be the focus on a spinoff show.