I was late to the Sopranos - party because of that Goodfellas thing, also because I was still convinced there was never going to be any TV show better than The Wire or Mad Men.
I was wrong.
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I never got into The Sopranos. It felt so… TV 
Mad Men however, that’s the benchmark for TV writing for me.
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There wouldnt be a Mad Men without The Sopranos
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Ah ok … that good eh
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Just watched this, the story of El Loco.
Inventor of the Scorpion, free kick specialist, friend of Pablo Escobar and long perm aficionado.
Madman on the field but a lovely, loyal, brave guy off of it.
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The Wire all the way, never got beyond season 1 of the Sopranos. I will try again one day.
The wire had a proper feeling of David Simon and Ed Burns having lived it, with the whole arc of seasons 1-5 mapped out from the beginning.
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I liked The Wire- first season and third especially from memory. Season two I found really dull. I’ve never had the urge to rewatch it though I must admit
I think overall I preferred The Deuce
Just watched the first episode of Rivals.
Need a digestive here.
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Silo season 2 which is … not as good as Season 1 so im taking breaks to watch Harry Hill on YT. Criminal that this show ever ended…
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Also criminal that the Funky House scene ever started. (possibly - im not even sure what it is tbh)
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A must watch when it was on, used to piss myself laughing every week, think HH got tired of all the work involved in making it every week according to Paul Hawksbee who was one of the writers on it, he has a daily show on TalkSport and sometimes talks about it, he’s also very funny as well.
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I’ve watched it through three times, some episodes five, six times, some scenes 20 times or more. I can’t think of any show I’ve done that with, even The Wire and Mad Men. The only advice I’d give is that the first episode isn’t much like the rest of the series (loads of music, all of which disappears thereafter) and don’t let it put you off the rest of the glorious ride.
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Watched this the other night on Netflix, was a bit apprehensive due to the 3 hr + running time but it’s so wild, decadent and hedonistic at times it never felt that long and never dragged.
Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt are always engaging and watchable imo, set in Hollywood during the switch from silent movies to talkies, looks gorgeous.
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Asia on iPlayer. The cinematography is amazing.
Whoever was brave enough to go and film a village of starving polar bears deserves a medal
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First episode of the new Wolf Hall. Outstanding. Second one to come.
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The Scorsese Powell & Pressburger doco on iPlayer had me quite choked up, especially the end.
I want to watch them all now (starting with a couple I’ve never seen)
Bonus: Michael Powell was something of a style icon.
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i have regular rewatches of all P+P movies. As the doc beautifully illustrated, they’re strange and poetic and engrossing.
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Me too. Incredible films.
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The Listeners on iPlayer. They’re obviously trying to do a bit of a creepy 70s horror tv series thing. Two episodes in and it’s sort of working so far.
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Home alone. Finally stumped up the three pounds forty nine to watch the Beverley Glenn Copeland doco on Prime. May have had a small cry. The world doesn’t deserve that person.
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