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The Fall of the House of Usher  Mike Flanagan can do no wrong these days and this is up there with his best. Actors from his past shows are here again, but they are all great. Loosely based on the Poe short story this is a tale of greed, excess and families. Only 2 eps in so far, but it's gripping and, oh my, the end of episode 2 was something else (I did sort of guess that it something like that would happen). Love it.

I loved The House On Haunted Hill and Midnight Mass but didn't enjoy The Haunting Of Bly Manor or The Midnight Club nearly as much.
Nowadays I don't have Netflix so I'm not sure I'll ever get to watch this.
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Finished a few things this week

Animal Kingdom (6 Seasons)
Epic crime drama about a LA family headed by a matriarch played by the superb Ellen Barkin (her best role for many a year). I loved it all, great actors and great writing. 9/10

Upload Season 3
Lightweight comedy drama from Greg Daniels (also responsible for Space Force and Parks and Recreation)
Enjoyable and very undemanding I'm always up for this type of thing. 8/10

Burning Girls 6 Episodes
Stars Samantha Morton, she plays a vicar that takes a post in an English village that celebrates a pagan tradition (the aforementioned ''Burning Girls''). It's a real mess of unlikely twists and goings on that only happen on TV it seems. Shaun Of The Dead was more scary! 5/10
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^ Will do, thanks for the heads up.
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Originally posted by Gentle and Giant Gentle and Giant wrote:

The Fall of the House of Usher  Mike Flanagan can do no wrong these days and this is up there with his best. Actors from his past shows are here again, but they are all great. Loosely based on the Poe short story this is a tale of greed, excess and families. Only 2 eps in so far, but it's gripping and, oh my, the end of episode 2 was something else (I did sort of guess that it something like that would happen). Love it.

I like Mike Flanagan, I watched his previous shows so I am gonna watch this one at some point. 

Check out his movie Occulus (2013), if you haven't, it's a great horror movie IMO. Smile
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The Fall of the House of Usher  Mike Flanagan can do no wrong these days and this is up there with his best. Actors from his past shows are here again, but they are all great. Loosely based on the Poe short story this is a tale of greed, excess and families. Only 2 eps in so far, but it's gripping and, oh my, the end of episode 2 was something else (I did sort of guess that it something like that would happen). Love it.
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Binged the first 5 episodes of Fargo Season 5 last night. Stars Juno Temple (from Ted Lasso) and is absolutely brilliant with the added bonus of music from Yes and Rush in the first couple of episodes. Jon Hamm is also in it playing a very dodgy sheriff who believes his word is law like the good ol' days. 



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Given up on Disney for the moment , too expensive and not enough to watch. First Season of Loki was brilliant but I wanted more episodes. 6 is just not enough (IMO)
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Glorious Purpose...indeed.
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Originally posted by Gentle and Giant Gentle and Giant wrote:

Wrapped up season 2 of Loki last night and very enjoyable it was too. I much prefer these 6 episode seasons. Some shows just drag on for the sake of it, whereas Loki was a thrill throughout. 9/10

I agree, I loved that finale!
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Wrapped up season 2 of Loki last night and very enjoyable it was too. I much prefer these 6 episode seasons. Some shows just drag on for the sake of it, whereas Loki was a thrill throughout. 9/10
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

The Couple Next Door 6 episodes

If you fancy a trashy thriller/psychological drama then this is for you. I laughed several times at it's silliness but then that's part of the enjoyment!
7/10

My wife and I  got half way through episode 2 and sacked it off - just not our sort of show. Instead started on Loki season 2 which is much more like it.

LOL yep totally understandable
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

The Couple Next Door 6 episodes

If you fancy a trashy thriller/psychological drama then this is for you. I laughed several times at it's silliness but then that's part of the enjoyment!
7/10

My wife and I  got half way through episode 2 and sacked it off - just not our sort of show. Instead started on Loki season 2 which is much more like it.
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Shetland Season 8 6 episodes

The first season without the great Scotiish actor Douglas Henshall, now replaced by the excellent Ashley Jensen who is probably best known for her roles in Ricky Gervais comedies such as Afterlife and Extras. It gets off to a rocky start as we have to inevitably deal with Jensen's character back story. That slows it down for the first 2 episodes but by episode 3 we are fully up and running. Features Phylis Logan as a particularly cantankerous matriarch harbouring a very dark family secret. Normally I would rate Shetland at least 8/10 but this time has to be a little lower because of the first 2 episodes. 7/10
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The Couple Next Door 6 episodes

If you fancy a trashy thriller/psychological drama then this is for you. I laughed several times at it's silliness but then that's part of the enjoyment!
7/10
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Just finished watching the second season of "Russian Doll".

Where the first season mainly had a "Groundhog Day" vibe to it the second season is more about time travel, and although it can sometimes be a bit convoluted ( as time travel storylines can be) I enjoyed trying to keep track.

The music is well chosen and if nothing else it is worth hanging out 'til the very end just to be washed over by possibly the best use of prog I can recall in any television series.

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Squaring the Circle. The Story of Hipgnosis.
On Netflix. Amazing. Awesome.
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^ Eww, sounds awful. Is that the end of FTWD then?

Yep. I've not read up on what's happening with the 'specials' (may have to resubscribe to Disney at some point) and not sure that the timelines would work but I wonder if some of the characters could pop up again. Officially though that is the last season of FTWD
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Just finished watching Bodies.
It was ok, a bit overrated, though.
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^ Eww, sounds awful. Is that the end of FTWD then?
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Fear The Walking Dead Season 8 Part One (6 episodes)

Do we need more of this stuff, probably not in truth. This spin off from the main series seems to exist mainly to give British actor Lenny White (''Morgan'') something to do. He's brilliant and has been carrying the show for a while. Thankfully he's still in it so I binged the 6 episodes (and have also watched the 2 episodes of Part Two that are available). It does something though that I don't like , jumps 7 years so Morgan's daughter (also called 'Morgan') can be old enough to be significant. This makes it feel very unreal to me and most of the emotional scenes don't land well because too much story has come and gone. 6/10

Fear The Walking Dead Season 8 Part Two (6 episodes)

Well this thing truly fell off the end of the cliff at the end. Dreadfull! It all felt rushed and at times 'frenetic' with an absolute abject failure by the writers to resolve anything, even going for a desperately contrived ending that wasn't remotely 'real'. Also just to pop whatever is the opposite of the 'cherry on the cake', some truly terrible overacting from a young girl who was doing all sorts of facial mannerisms for no good reason. 3/10 (and that's generous!)
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