What's in/on Your DVD/VCR/PVR etc

[pxr5]

Borderlands - This got absolutely slaughtered in reviews so I had very low expectations. I think the problem people were having with this movie was the difference between it and the beloved game of the same name. Me, I don't care about the game and had no idea what it was about before viewing this flick. Well I thought it was pretty good. A great cast (if a little miscast here and there), and an enjoyable romp too. I did laugh out loud a few times - but I like Kevin Hart anyway so to me he can do no wrong. Cate Blanchett and Jamie Lee Curtis dialled it in really but they at least gave it their all. Not overlong either, which some recent movies suffer from. It was actually filmed and in the can back in 2021 but needed some reshoots and hence a revised score to round it all off. Where it is a let down is its rating. It would have been much better as R rated - I mean this is Eli Roth we're talking about (Hostel etc.). Not bad at all - 7/10

[Fishy]

Finished off Nightsleeper.. a bit shit really...

[David L]

Guy Martin: Top Gun

[R6GYY]

Gone Fishing- series 7 kicked off last night. Wonderful.

[Thenop]

Started Mayor of Kingstown. Good show so far. Strong characters and I like shows revolving around a specific community.

[Fishy]

More Slow Horses season 4

[dom]

Ep 1 and 2 S4, Slow Horses

[pxr5]

Series 4 (and the final series) of Snowpiercer. Still quite good.

[Fishy]

Apples Never Fall...utter shit..avoid

[Fishy]

Started on the David Mitchell Ludwig comedy/drama

[pxr5]

Finished Snowpiercer. I think that's enough now.

[Matt2112]

The Handmaiden

Oldboy director Park Chan-wook is in typical provocateur mode with this twisty-turny arthouse erotic thriller.

It had all the broadsheet critics salivating over it at the time of release but I was left somewhat underwhelmed - it takes two and a half hours to spin its convoluted yarn and the big twists aren't exactly earth-shatteringly revelatory when they come.

That said, the production design, photography and performances are all strikingly good so it's not without merit.

Rating: **

[Nick]

Penguin S1e2

[Fishy]

More Ludwig

[Fishy]

Finished Ludwig now onto A Very Royal Scandal