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I mean the British of course, but then the French came in and messed it up.

Just a general purpose thread.

I recently started bingewatching Homeland on Netflix. It's not a new series, but in a way that's better if you...

Story is the guy's dad is a mid-eastern despot. Guy ran off at 16, became a DR, settled in Cali.

He goes back for his nephew's wedding

Cue Not...

in your mouth

We definitely need one. So let me start with this nice hijacking of what the Froggies call art pompier (not sure how to translate that:...

Seems like all the new stuff is a thin rehash of the old stuff. We started re-watching.

Currently:

Project Runway from Season 1 Episode 1 to season...

I stumbled across this a while ago - thought I'd share. Well, I like it, anyway.

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This is reserved for the objectively really shitty viewing choices out there. A word or two of explanation is desirable.

The scale goes from Shitty...

Let's sing along. :)

Duce, Duce, Duce gli anni di luce ...

Mike Tyson: Mussolini's My Inspiration. I Get Why Hitler Liked Him. (TMZ)

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Figured we could use a thread for music that doesn't necessarily fall into the Bluesy category or others.

I just came across this youtube channel...

So I watched the trailer to see what all the fuss is about. Is this sort of thing likely to inflame the hatred and division in America or is it just...

She was a girl from Birmingham
She just had an abortion
She was a case of insanity
Her name was Pauline she lived in a tree

She was a no-one who...

Though I am not sure the Japanese attend any memorials that involve other countries:

Epic Battle Of The Pacific, Forgotten In Japan
Kirk Spitzer...

As a newbie, am I allowed? I can't find any opera threads, so I thought I'd start one. Not that I am a fantastic fan - I just like a good tune and a...

New on Netflix

Astronaut Niko Breckenridge and her young crew face unimaginable danger as they go on a high-risk mission to explore the genesis...

Needs its own thread. :coolspecs:

Opening gambit:

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood was kind of disappointing. The last 45 minutes or so were pretty good. The two hours leading up to that point...not so...

Not much else going on in movies this week, so I watched the J.R.R. Tolkien biopic, creatively titled Tolkien today.

It was...moderately...

Watched this last night. I would appreciate discussing it with someone who has watched it. If you havent, do. Then come back.

I would like to...

For me, I decided to to leap into that series where people have been waiting for ages for the next book to come out. No, not that one with the...

Netflix is teaming up with DC Comics and Neil Gaiman to bring us a production of Sandman, a comic series by Neil.

Another Neil Gaiman property...

雨に：

--J.D.

Just came back from the new Child's Play movie. I wasn't really a fan of the original and remakes tend to suck so I had low expectations going...

Workers renovating a bathroom at the Robert Frost Farm in Derry, N.H., have found a hidden room in which it appears that the great poet Robert Frost...

I really like madness as depicted in movies. There are some really great performances out there by guys but the chicks are best. There is an element...

I happened upon:
The Battle of Midway 1942: Told from the Japanese Perspective (1/2)

I've seen that battle from many perspectives: books, movies,...

It was not as crappy as I expected, but that isn't to say it was a GOOD movie. I can best describe it as the sort of forgettable film that one...

The new one sucked. This is sad because I LOVE me some Kaiju and hate to see a bad one

The plot was nonsense (even for a movie with a giant fire...

What are your memories of the year 1976?

I remember digging in a pit of sawdust for silver dollars. I was 5 years old at the time. I also remember...

Synopsis:
Mostly what you probably know already except with much more detail.
But toward the end of the video, an overview of recent historians who...

The Banana Splits Return in New Hanna-Barbera Horror Movie

This is not an Onion headline People. No surprise that it's going to be on SYFY, the...

London/underground title or name of group? Black chick lead singer. Was in background for a fachion show in a movie ... unzipped?

A driving beat I...

Dandelions.

a history.

--J.D.

Toxic Fandom Is Killing 'Star Wars'
Marc Bernardin (no less) The Hollywood Reporter

:lmao:

Analysis:
1) Lucas is no longer interested in...

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Evidences:

... It took seven decades and a lawsuit, but in the village, the peaceful village, the lion sleeps tonight.

From the NYT.

Most important, once the possibility of direct popular election of the president was defeated, how much did the slaveholding states...

Deadwood
The Irishman

The Lincoln Rhyme novels are among my favorites. They are about a quadriplegic forensic detective named Lincoln Rhyme and the books usually have him...

Interesting new features.

EXPANSIVE EMPIRES:
See the marvels of your empire spread across the map like never before. Each city spans multiple...

I wanted to talk about the need for a Director's Cut of Avengers: Endgame.

I saw the film, it was a good but not a great movie.

By great, I mean...

On this day in 1865, a steamboat carrying 2,300 recently released Union POWs, crew and civilians sank after several of its steam boilers exploded. An...

Here’s what the experts were saying almost a half century ago on Earth Day, 1970:

“Civilization will end within 15 or 30 years unless immediate...

The new japanimation season is upon is!

Macross is back with Macross Delta allowing you to watch Robots fight when you are secretly rooting for...

I can't believe no one started a thread on this show

Star Trek: Discovery got off to a bad start. It seemed like someone took the JJ Abrams version...

It’s pretty good. Slow burn, not actiony but Costner and harrelson do a great job.

They don’t glamorize either the cops or (especially not) Bonny...

Just sayin'

Enjoyed this lawyer review of My Cousin Vinny .

Place further reviews of verisimilitude in film and television.

--J.D.

There's a new HBO documentary about the sexual abuse allegations against Michael Jackson. I haven't seen it, but I'm reading stories about it. It's...