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    Our Brand Is Crisis.
    Sandra Bullock and John Malkovich as leads pitted against each other on two opposing political strategy teams for an election in Bolivia promised scenery and a plot worthy of Malkovich.
    Broken promise. The plot was dull, barely a sense of tension, a climax that was a sparrows fart. Even the dirty tricks mudslinging was tame. Almost worth the watch for Bullocks final ploy, which was brilliant and unexpected.
    Also, I don't know what it's called in cinematic jargon, but it was filmed in a sort of close way that made me think of soap operas. Someone here will know why soapies have an unreal quality to them...this had that, so no Bolivian scenery shots.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maanaam View Post
    Someone here will know why soapies have an unreal quality to them
    The goldfish bowl effect

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    Quote Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton View Post
    Go to thepiratebay10.org. Search: T-34 (2018). Seven down on the list in 1080p.
    Dumb fcuk that I am, I was looking for 'T-34' without the (2018). No wonder I couldn't find it. Thanks.

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    Has anyone seen the series, Documentary Now! ? It’s been on a couple of years already but I’ve just discovered this gem.

    It’s a parody of all your favorite old documentaries. Helen Mirren presents each episode with Bill Hader and Fred Armisen playing the main characters.

    Laugh out loud funny. (Perhaps only for us documentary nerds.)


    Documentary Now! is the greatest and niche-iest show you’re probably not watching

    https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/3/1...cate-blanchett

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maanaam View Post
    Someone here will know why soapies have an unreal quality to them
    The short answer is because they are essentially shot with cctv ...to save money.

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    Quote Originally Posted by armstrong View Post
    New series of Alan Partridge started yesterday on the BBC.
    Thanks for the reminder , been waiting for this.

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    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8365054/

    A Kiwi friend has recommended The Casketeers, now on Netflix.

    I haven't had a look yet, but it might be OK.

    https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-r...-netflix-stars

    The Casketeers: how two Māori funeral directors became beloved Netflix stars
    Francis and Kaiora Tipene started in the funeral business with nothing but passion. Now they’re introducing the world to a warmer, funnier side of death.

    It had just gone midnight when Kaiora Tipene touched her first dead body, after receiving a call from her overwhelmed husband to assist with dressing cadavers.


    It was Francis’s sudden and startling passion for the funeral industry that had brought the young couple from the isolated town of Kaitaia, in rural Northland, to New Zealand’s largest city, Auckland. With a one-year-old baby in tow, the Tipenes had no knowledge of the industry, only a vague sense that death could be done better. They were just 21.


    “I was very hesitant, I used to make him leave his work clothes in the garage before he came into the house. I was scared, scared of helping him,” says Tipene, sitting in a lush teal armchair in her Onehunga office, her four-week-old newborn asleep in her arms.
    The family only recently moved out of their home above the undertakers, and Kaiora says she still feels most comfortable in the upstairs flat, where the staff and some aunties are sharing kai (food), while the Tipene children play and work around them.


    “I started talking to the bodies while I was working with them, having little chats. That’s how I was able to overcome the whole morbid feeling … it passed and like Francis, this became my passion.”


    It’s a passion that has made the Tipenes into global television stars, after Netflix picked up a locally produced documentary series on the couple’s working lives: The Casketeers. The first season – tasteful, moving, candid and hilarious – saw the humble family became celebrities in New Zealand, and they are now recognised everywhere they go in the small island nation of less than 5 million people.


    The Spinoff called the show “an instant Kiwi classic”, while Radio New Zealand described it as “an unexpected runaway success”. The Netflix acquisition has upped the game – even if the family themselves don’t quite get what the fuss is all about. “It’s just Netflix eh?” says Kaiora, looking bemused. “We’re not much into all that stuff”.
    It’s the summer holidays in New Zealand and Kaiora, 35, has five children to look after (all boys), a glamorous Woman’s Day photo shoot and an inbox clogged with requests from people around the world wanting her and Francis to direct their funerals, or open branches of Tipene funerals in their country.


    “A trip to Alaska was tempting,” says Kaiora with her big, warm smile that invites you to tell her everything. “It’s awkward to say, but business is good.”
    After three years of sweet-talking from friend and television producer with Southern Pictures, Annabelle Lee-Mather, the Tipenes agreed to film a pilot episode of The Casketeers.


    Kaiora told a very reluctant Francis that a straight-up, realistic portrayal of their work could be good for the industry, and help “educate” people about modern-day death in New Zealand, and particularly Māori grief practices: open-caskets, sleeping with the body, and fiery send-offs on marae (tribal meeting grounds).


    The producers told the family their personal lives (weight-loss programs, pregnancies and biscuit thefts) would have to be part of the mix – a doco on their work required levity, Kaiora says: “the dark and the light”. It is this combination that has won them so many fans.


    “Being Māori, the images of our loved ones are very sacred, and they shouldn’t be exposed in vain, or having any disrespect. Francis was initially a hard no. I saw some benefits, I felt funeral directors were misperceived.”


    For Kaiora, the greatest motivation for agreeing was the chance to break down lingering taboos, and introduce viewers to a warmer, funnier side of life’s only certainty.
    “I like that we can all let it out with each other. We do cry and we do yell at each other a lot – we’re probably too honest,” says Kaiora, who doesn’t see any of the episodes before they air, and admits they can sometimes cause problems when true feelings – and favourite employees – are revealed.


    “But I feel that without any of those moments, we wouldn’t be able to move through our difficult cases. The babies, that young mother being shot in season one … we do need to have that banter to balance our lives.”


    Lee-Mather says the doco’s global success is extra special as it was funded by Te Māngai Pāho – an Indigenous funding body tasked with promoting Māori language and culture.


    Te reo is used frequently and casually throughout the seasons, with subtitles provided. The Tipene family and some of their staff are fluent speakers, and Kaiora and Francis are often called on to perform cultural practices for bereaved families, including karakia (prayers) and karanga (spiritual summons).
    Lee-Mather says the portrayal of the Tipenes is unlike any Māori story seen on the global stage, and the Indigenous beliefs and practices around death have fascinated viewers, and broadened their understanding of life in New Zealand.


    “I feel like Francis is the ultimate counterpoint to Jake ‘the muss’ Heke from Once Were Warriors. I am so proud we can show this other representation of a Māori man that is Francis and how wonderful he is,” says Lee-Mather.


    “The show is taking the taboo of death away, and making it less frightening and less scary. It has given people an opportunity to talk with their families, ask questions and get a better understanding of it. It is the only thing we all know with certainty – we’re all going to die.”

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    ^ hmmm

    Think i'll swerve that and give Alan Partridge a whirl

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dillinger View Post
    The goldfish bowl effect

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    Russian Doll

    Downloaded this a few days ago. Binged watched it while doing some computer work. Overall, I enjoyed it.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Doll_(TV_series)

    https://thepiratebay.org/search/Russian%20Doll/0/99/0

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    The Umbrella Academy

    Another Netflix super hero series. Just watched the first episode and found it really good.

    https://thepiratebay.org/search/The%...Academy/0/99/0

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Um...my_(TV_series)

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    ^ I keep seeing that pop up on Netflix. Will give it a looksee.

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    ^&^^Watched it and found it all a bit *meh* but, strangely, since then I've done a bit more reading and watching on it (YouTube vdos) and it has grown on me.

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    This has massive amounts of potential to be awesome!


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    I went to cast Mary Queen of Scots today using Videostream. It no longer works as an app within the world of Google. I had to install a new version that functions as an independent program. A bit different than the app version.

    'Mary Queen of Scots' was a solid 6.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Humbert View Post
    I went to cast Mary Queen of Scots today using Videostream. It no longer works as an app within the world of Google. I had to install a new version that functions as an independent program. A bit different than the app version.

    'Mary Queen of Scots' was a solid 6.
    Chrome has a "Cast" option in the menu.

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    Does that work for files from HD though?

    First time I tried, way back when, I could play vdos through the actual browser by just drag 'n drop but it only worked a few times and then just cut out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AntRobertson View Post
    Does that work for files from HD though?

    First time I tried, way back when, I could play vdos through the actual browser by just drag 'n drop but it only worked a few times and then just cut out.
    Maybe VLC for you then.

    https://www.groovypost.com/howto/cas...hromecast-vlc/

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    Ta, I'll give that a crack


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    And yep that works. I'll need to have a play with the settings but all good.

    Cheers for the tip

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    If anyone sees a torrent for "London Kills" (2019), please post it.

    It's on some US streaming service called Acorn but not at the usual sites.

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8571906/

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    Coming soon to a Torrent site near you.


    The trailer for the fourth season of Gomorrah has been released and the first episode will be broadcast on March 29 on Sky Atlantic.








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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
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    I watched Serenity 2005 and as you suggested the previous series first. Thanks, I enjoyed them.

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    Deutchland 83 was a damn good compulsive viewing , now they've brought out a much anticipated Deutchland 86!

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    Well, quite some time ago, actually.

    It was nowhere near as good.

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