We like seeing Tosh and Agatha (err, Ruth) together.
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Same 
They can’t make these episodes fast enough for us.
Top Chef…again. Currently watching season 12.
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I tend to be weary & generally dislike the genre of “feel-good” movies, but we needed a break from slasher flicks 
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The Bank of Dave is based on a true(ish, according to the intro) story, and it may just restore your faith in humanity, if only for the duration of the movie. Rory Kinnear is great in almost any movie I’ve seen him in, and Joel Frye (from Our Flag Means Death) is adorbz, as usual.
Rory Kinnear is also brilliant in the def not at all feel-good movie, Men - he has an impressive range as an actor.
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Made short work of the 3rd season of Slow Horses – loved it. Probably going to rewatch 1 & 2 now to fill the void.
Also through the 2nd season of The Gilded Age. I’m a sucker for period dramas, but couldn’t help thinking how wasted most of the acting talent the show is. Still, the old New York stuff is a hook.
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Watching Wild Bill, starring Rob Lowe.
Went down a bit of a #rabbithole with The Holderness Family, who appear to be kind of ABD on the youtubez - endorsements et al - with an endless supply of more or less original/funny videos. I didn’t want to like them, but they’ve certainly brightened up an absolutely dreadful day of endless rain that’s been pissing away all that purrty snow we got 
Perfect for staying put & watching silly stuff on the couch 
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Saltburn. A deeply silly movie that kept trying unsuccessfully to shock me. The actors do a good job, the direction is fine, everyone is very pretty and the cinematography is impressive. But the story - gah. Confusing the viewer is not the same as surprising the viewer, and there was a lot of the former and not much of the latter.
I have absolutely zero interest watching that one. Not one review (friends who watched it included) that compels me. Thx for TOFTT.
I like a lot of the cast, and some of my friends liked it (not unconditionally, but to a point). So I gave it a shot.
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Rewatched the ‘old’ Stephen Frears flick Florence Foster Jenkins. Amazing performance by Meryl Streep (natch), who does all the, um, “vocal work,” and Hugh Grant as a loving husband hellbent to protect her feelings. Funny & sweet.
By the by, missing @Lectroid’s movie reviews here.
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It was a stylish film and featured excellent actors who delivered engaging performances, but as satire it was a mess. Fennell seemed reluctant to really say much about the posh and had everything to say about the striving middle class. (Of course, if there had been more politics, I think yes, the Tories are committed to sucking up the scummy bathwater of the dying aristocracy).
But really, clever without much substance.
Perhaps you, too, are looking forward to The Regime?
If you can tell me how Felix was dispatched - poison, obviously, but what kind? - I would be very grateful. And if you could tell me why Farleigh’s cocaine use was the last staw for the family, I would be even more grateful. Because I can’t figure it out.
I saw the play on which it was based, Souvenir, which was fantastic.
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I think the previous 2 (Italy and Japan) were slightly better. Maybe he (or writers, producers, directors etc.) couldn’t decide what to choose from such a vast country. Nevertheless I enjoyed it.
Nope, first time I’ve heard of this. Should be good tho, so thanks for the heads up!
Debating whether or not to watch The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar.
Anyone seen it / have thoughts?
I watched it, I’m a fan of Cumberbatch. I don’t remember much about it, I think it was rather odd. I guess that says a lot, but then I forget what I went to the pantry for.
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