What are you watching on Amazon Prime?

The Boys. Gruesome, disturbing, engaging. Can’t get enough.

Before that, EKATERINA. Amazing Russian series about Catherine the great. You can watch all 3 thru prime but the latter two are run via IMDb and have random commercials.

It’s not an Amazon Prime original, but I’m watching Cougar Town. Very funny!

Dark Shadows.

All the gayest shit I can find. After weeks and weeks of being home with internet porn, I’m actually interested in seeing a romantic story unfold between two men with a plot and storylines and moving performances more than I’m interested in watching them fuck each other’s brains out. Not to say that nudity isn’t appreciated, it is; something tasteful is nice that isn’t just closeups of their gaping holes and shaved balls. I don’t have a list handy, but they should be easy to find. The European ones with English subtitles actually happen to be my favorite. And I don’t even like foreign films!

^^ name them lazy fat whore.

Undone. Most interesting TV I've watched this year.

Undone is amazing.

Just watched Fleabag. I loved it. I don't know why I waited so long.

I'm watching all the old horror classics, which Amazon Prime seems to have in abundance. I've seen The Quatermass Xperiment I and II, The Curse of Frankenstein, House on Haunted Hill, Dracula, The Mummy, The Abominable Snowman and X The Unknown. All are a lot of fun. This is Amazon Prime U.K., which might have a different offering to the U.S.

Downton Abbey.

Mrs. Maisel, of course.

Britain by narrowboat

Cruising the cut

The Boys

Anyone watched utopia yet?

I just watched Judy last night (on Prime). I thought the acting was good (especially by Rufus Sewell and Finn Whittrock), but the screenplay was weak. I wish they had delved into her early career more instead of making it mostly about drug addiction and decline. There is surely something more uplifting to say about Ms. Garland's life.

We've been watching The Expanse, which originally aired on SyFy, but was acquired by Amazon. About halfway through season 2.

Because I'm a whore for Stellan Skarsgard, I watched his BBC cop drama "River" from a few years ago. Silly in the manner of all BBC cop dramas, but enjoyable.

It'd be nice if Amazon would make their old classic films easier to find. There needs to be a 'Classics' genre rather than lumping all of the oldies in with everything else.

I'm not dumb enough to pay $119/year + tax for that shitty service, so nothing.

I rewatched Fatal Attraction on Amazon last week. It was very interesting. It really doesn't look like it was from the late 80's. Glenn was robbed at the Oscars that year.

Bosch

Fatal Attraction is great...until that ending. Sad face!

Being Erica

I only pay five dollars a month for prime. If you have a Medicaid card you can get it cheaper.

[R9], Horror is also my go to escape. If you join FB groups Horror Everything and Little Circus of Horror, they stream dreck, quality, and forgotten gems every night.

[R13], watched three episodes of Utopia last night. Dark, twisty, intense, and not afraid to have unlikeable characters.

[quote]Bosch

For the past few years - this year being the obvious exception - Amazon holds a fantastic For Your Consideration installation in L.A where they showcase their shows. One half of the bottom floor is always dedicated to "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" the other half of the bottom floor for "The Man in the High Castle", top floors have rooms for various shows and in the entrance on the wall hangs a few pictures of poor "Bosch', their red-headed stepchild series.

My favorite Amazon shows are "The Boys", "Hunters", "Goliath", "Upload". Enjoyed the first season of "Hanna", but the second season didn't hold my interest; "Alex Rider" filled the "Hanna" void.

I also just watched Fatal Attraction on Prime (in a double feature with The Hand That Rocked The Cradle). Glenn is miles better than everything else about that film.

Speaking of, Cradle is really fantastic--a movie that gets knocked off on Lifetime in the last few decades, but was given the superlative treatment here. It's an unrepentantly nasty film, with digital rape, graphic miscarriage and hysterectomy, and a suicide all in the first 10 minutes.

DeMornay deserved a 1992 Oscar nomination (go back and look at that year, and see if she wouldn't have been a better choice than Michelle Pfeiffer in Love Field or Catherine Deneuve for Indochine).

[quote]poor "Bosch', their red-headed stepchild series.

The only reason I have Prime is their "red-headed stepchild series," you dunderhead. It's still most of the reason I continue.

Queen Maisel of course!

Jack Ryan, Fleabag, The Farewell (highly recommend!), The Boys, and am currently watching Hunters.

[quote]The only reason I have Prime is their "red-headed stepchild series," you dunderhead. It's still most of the reason I continue.

Titus Welliver, I didn't know you were a Datalounger!

They have a LOT of film noir movies on Amazon Prime, so I mostly watch them. I did watch Mrs. Mazel for a while but became bored with it.

We binged our way through every episode and the movie of Downton Abbey, and greatly enjoyed it. We then went with it's even more highly regarded predecessor, and watched the entirety of Upstairs Downstairs. It is unquestionably very high caliber, especially the 3rd series dealing with WWI. We've now gone even more highbrow, and are making our way through Brideshead Revisited. It's hard to imagine that anything could top it. It is stunningly good. Collectively, the three series have been a highlight of all these months of lock down. (I should mention that all three are available to us through an Amazon channel subscription to BritBox, which costs us just a few dollars a month.)

another vote for Jack Ryan. I love the spy genre.

R16, In my country Prime contracts are only monthly, so you can sign up for 1 month and then cancel, and rinse and repeat as often as you like. You can drop in, binge the new season of The Boys or Mrs Maisel, and then you're out. Cost, about $10.

Can't you do that in the US?

I like the spy genre as well but Jack Ryan has so many factual errors I had to stop watching. Its no Homeland.

I love Jack Ryan! Yeah, it's no Homeland, but Krasinski is fucking hot! I'm a sucker for a big nose, a furry chest, and a nice ass in tight pants!

Lots of eye candy on Jack Ryan! Jovan Adepo was smoking hot in season two!

I rewatched Fatal Attraction. Glenn Close did get robbed. She transmits whacko yet sympathetic attitude so effortlessly .

Why did the couples’ little girl Ellen, have to look so much like a boy ?

See Diary of a Mad Housewife with Frank Langella if you can. Frank is so attractive, and yet today, sadly, not so much.

I'm still waiting for a list of titles from R4.

I haven’t watched a lot of recent series on Amazon and I even canceled Netflix because I don’t even know where to start. I never thought I’d actually want advertisements, but by not doing commercials and talk show circuits, I never know what these outlets offer. They just put up title cards of new series and for some reason I am never inclined to push play and watch something I have never heard of and don’t know the premise of.

The majority of Netflix series I have seen just have not been well written and so I gave up on it. I think the last I watched and enjoyed on there was Sabrina and the last season was pretty bad.

Re Amazon, I liked The Man in the High Castle, I like Maisel although its episodes are kind of hit or miss for me. But the firestick is such a mishmash. There are Amazon originals that I know nothing about mixed with old movies, plugin apps for broadcast networks and premium apps, some TV shows and movies are free and some are not. It’s overwhelming.

I know I sound ancient! I am 42. I’ve seen several commercials for the new ABC series Big Sky that in 15 seconds 1) explain the premise; 2) show me Ryan Phillippe; 3) tell me it’s produced by David E. Kelley. SOLD. I will give it a shot based on those ingredients. Why can’t the streaming services do this?

On Prime so much requires a further payment ... it's rather annoying. High Castle is very good (no extra payment reqd).

Netflix has very few gay movies. Amazon has them or rather they provide links to them that require another subsvription. Bloodsuckers all of them.

When Netflix was a new DVD-by-mail service, they offered tons of classic movies and tons of independent movies, including gay ones. I saw good-enough movies such as Trick and House of Yes through Netflix, but Netflix also taught me that just because they involve gay themes is not reason enough to watch an unwatchably bad movie. And almost all of the gay-themed indie movies were unwatchably bad, unfortunately.

R13, I tried, but it is terrible.

"El Presidente"

So fucking good!

Just discovered HANNIBAL, the TV series.

Dreamlike, baroque, demented, mordantly funny. Began as horror thriller and ended as a love story between to men. It has best finale in the history of television. I cannot believe this show was on NBC.

A love story between two men in which one of them eats the brains out of people while they are alive? Somehow I don’t find the premise appealing.

Hannibal Lecter and Will Graham’s love is complicated r43

This stepchild is not red-haired.

I had netflix for about a month - not much for me on there.

I've been with amazon prime for a while - I was just looking at my watchlist which is long - but really, the only thing that interests me is Agatha (1978)...which I have to pay to see.

There's really not much for 70sGays like me. I have a ton of DVDs (and VHS's) many I never watched. I'll go back to them at the end of this month.

Midsomer Murders. Free through Season 20 on the IMDB channel. (Season 21 is not free, but will be soon, probably.)

I'm a '70s gay, too, r46. Not that either of these shows has anything to do with either the '70s or the gays, but I have enjoyed Bosch and the first season (only) of Goliath. Los Angeles, where I lived during part of the '70s, is one of the stars of each of these shows, particularly Santa Monica in the case of Goliath. But it's all 21st century.

What is a 70s gay?

Born in the 70s?

Childhood in the 70s?

Adolescence in the 70s?

College?

Soft Lad. Great film.

The Breeding. Offensive on so many levels. Especially since the star was arrested after making the film for murdering his boyfriend in a meth-fueled range.

A 70s gay - on a thread about movies, likes 70s movies.

I don't find violence entertaining. That rules me out of practically everything these days. I don't like violence or anything dark. I don't want to see one single gun...nor anything about teenage gurls, which seems to be the alternative.

[quote]I'm a '70s gay, too, [R46]. Not that either of these shows has anything to do with either the '70s or the gays, but I have enjoyed Bosch and the first season (only) of Goliath.

HARD pass. But thank you all the same.

Not a series, but a funny little movie I’ve been itching to rewatch and couldn’t find anywhere: “Drowning Mona”. It received terrible reviews, but I thought it was good. Nothing especially gay about it except a lesbian kiss and Bette Midler.

r49 "'70s gay" refers, in my case, to the decade of greatest dongsharing. Most of my 20s took place in the '70s.

r48

I watched Hannibal back in its original network run. But I'm glad that a larger audience is finally discovering its brilliance.

Just finished Upload. I recommend you watch it too. I binged it in two days as seven of the eight episodes are only about a half hour long.

Bosch

Was watching Victoria but can’t get past episode 5. Any suggestions? Yes, I am paid up.

I am seriously considering just canceling Hulu and Netflix and sticking with prime video. I realised recently that ninety percent of stuff I watch is on Amazon anyway. While I'm on Netflix I spend all of my time scrolling through options and putting the on my list but never actually watching them. I watched the seberg film recently and found it entertaining, even though it kinda failed as a biopic.

I also liked upload. Kind of weird but the lead is hot and the idea is sort of interesting. Easy to binge.

Patriot. So fricken great and completely offbeat.

Starcrash is hilarious.

Right now I'm watching a perennial Halloween favorite, The Lords of Salem.

It's like Hocus Pocus on bath salts.

Amazon Prime has a nice collection of '70s and '80s TV movies like SOMEONE I TOUCHED (Cloris Leachman deals with venereal disease), BEVERLY HILLS MADAM (Lauren Hutton, actresse!) and the highly highly recommended ...

TERRACES!

The TV-movie pilot for a drama about the lives and loves of the residents of a swingin' Marina del Rey apartment building in the 1970s -- including a daring gay love affair! And the fashion and decor are priceless.

The Boys, watched Season 1 just before Season 2 premiered and have been keeping up with that the last few weeks. Season 2 finale is this Friday, it should be a doozy after how the last episode ended. Heads were a'poppin. Cool show, that takes on the genre tropes.

r62 - never even heard of Patriot, looks great. Amazon doesn't seem to have Netflix's touch when it comes to PR.

Patriot rocks.

I'm curious how you even found those obscure titles, R65. Prime Video's search function is almost as abysmal as DL's!

The only thing I ever watched on Netflix was the occasional crime docuseries, but nothing else.

I will add Undone, and Patriot to my watch list.

The Durrells, Queer as Folk UK.

Frankenstein: The True Story. It’s a miniseries from the 70s that I was obsessed with as a kid. It’s...um...not great, but there are moments that induce a real rush of nostalgia for me.

Of the streaming services Amazon most resembles the mom and pop video rental stores of olden times with dusty obscurities on the bottom shelves under the new releases.

We got rid of Hulu which we only really had for Handmaid’s Tale. Do they ever add new movies? It was the same dismal selection every time I looked.

Motel Hell

[quote] Prime Video's search function is almost as abysmal as DL's!

I agree. It's dreadful! What is the easiest way to find things? The search is awful.

Catastrophe.

It is funny and moving.

UPLOAD is engaging and fun. I LOVE DICK is intriguing and abstract and interesting. THE BOYS is overrated and has issues with continuity and consistency.

The Boys, The Man in the High Castle, Utopia (UK BBC Channel 4 version only - not the Amazon version), Upload.

There are also lots of b-grade movies from The Asylum which are always fun.

I will try out Patriot. That looks excellent.

ANTM

I'm only two episodes in with Modern Love, but I really like it. With all the political noise these days, the sappy, simple love stories are a nice distraction so far. Decent indie music on the soundtrack for the show too.

Unforgotten. British crime drama that goes down like velvet.

[quote]I'm curious how you even found those obscure titles, [R65]. Prime Video's search function is almost as abysmal as DL's!

There's a button for "People who liked this movie also liked ... " or some such.

It led me, for instance, to "Blood Rage" starring Louise Lasser. It's an ultra-cheap horror film about a woman whose son escapes from a mental hospital on Thanksgiving, but the show is all Louise's. Here she eats Thanksgiving dinner leftovers in a catatonic state.

Blood Rage was crazy! Louise Lasser deserved a nomination for her brave performance as the mother of the psycho killer.

Blood Rage was crazy! Louise Lasser deserved a nomination for her brave performance as the mother of the psycho killer.

To find stuff to watch on PRIME, it is easier to log in to amazon on your computer and search through prime video. Then add things to your watchlist. It is much faster than the tv app.

A Very British Scandal was excellent. I'm surprised it hasn't been mentioned yet.

Sneaky Pete

I'm not much for police dramas but on a friend's recommendation I watched Line of Duty. Seriously, it's one of the best series that I ever watched. Very engaging. Way better than any American cop show that I've ever seen.

Amazon has an odd series called [italic]Fortitude[/italic]. Season 1 stars Stanley Tucci with Michael Gambon supporting. It's set in the Arctic city of Fortitude, which is on an island that belongs to Norway. Tucci investigates a strange series of murders. It takes a bit too long to find out WTF is going on, but I found it worth the wait. This is not for everyone. If you like science related fiction and can tolerate some weirdness, give it a try. The second season stars Dennis Quaid as a down-on-his-luck fisherman. I preferred season 1.

I didn't know Primetime had Cougar Town.

Thanks!

I watched S3 of Mrs. Maisel, largely for the production design and costumes. The plots and characterizations were all over the place (and often nonsensical), and much of the writing didn't have the snap of the earlier seasons, even when the episodes were written by show creator Amy Sherman-Palladino. If there's a S4 I won't be watching.

[quote]I'm not much for police dramas but on a friend's recommendation I watched Line of Duty. Seriously, it's one of the best series that I ever watched. Very engaging. Way better than any American cop show that I've ever seen.

BECAUSE I'M A POLICE OFFICER!

The 1984 TV film THREADS. The UK film about the aftereffects of nuclear war, a la THE DAY AFTER. Much better; more starkly realistic than sensationalistic.

I haven’t thought about “Threads” in forever. I think PBS played it wheres the American one was one of the commercial networks (and thus completely watered down).

Watch it on Prime or Tubi, R94. I get both channels on my Roku streamer and it's free on both channels.

I can tell you what I'm *gonna* be watching...

BORAT ON FRIDAY!!!!!!!

Guiliani is a pig!

R4 -- recommend 'The Blond One' (from Argentina) that will check all the boxes you're looking for.

The cocaine shipment drama "ZeroZeroZero" is pretty compelling. Disregarding the unconvincing "shippers" (Byrne, DeHaan, Riseborough) the "buyers" and "sellers" are totally plausible. And the performance by Harold Torres is for the ages.

R89 - Agreed. I like the first (imperfect, but, still quite involving) first season. The second season got a bit silly for me. But, generally, I'd agree that someone who likes Nordic Noir / Scandinavian mysteries, with a touch of cerebral sci fi and, yes, some undeniable weirdness, would enjoy the show.

I love Tales from The Loop, it’s weird and wonderful. Beautifully shot as well. I talked some friends into watching but they couldn’t appreciate it.

Amazon is offering it for free Friday night.,

Thou Shalt Not Kill (Non Uccidere). Italian with subtitles. Also available on PBS Passport. The first five episodes are only available through November 1 on Prime, but will be remain on PBS Passport. Nothing gay in the first four episodes.

R101, I also enjoyed Tales from the Loop. I was intrigued by the world and the aged-abandon wonders. The stories were heartbreaking, though.

[quote] I'm not dumb enough to pay $119/year + tax for that shitty service, so nothing.

If you have an alumni email account, one that ends with "edu," you can get student-pricing for Prime.

R104 I tried with Tales From the Loop, but it was too depressing for me. And I count Chernobyl and The Terror among my favorite tv shows!

FOR ME on amazon prime? ... i can only watch the old sword and sandals homoerotic b films i love and the eating out series only so much...

kind of surprised and bummed out that even if you download a amazon prime movie, once you cancel your subscription it's gone.. ALSO, i found out on netflix, that even though i have a dvd recorder and try to record netflix movies, and documentaries on a blank dvd with my dvd recorder, it does NOT record, does NOT work? .. not sure why that is the case? since i would think netflix is just like having cable?...

going to stay with netflix but i don't see the point with amazon prime anymore... besides i don't need anything else i buy to get to me in 2 days....

Soft Lad is a great film. Better than expected.

Have to agree with poster 104 about Tales from the Loop. At first I was confused about where the series was going. But as the stories developed you get drawn in. What I liked was that the stories stayed with you, even the heartbreaking ones. The gay birdwatcher was an interesting touch and the Island story was really touching. All the episodes were really well directed. I believe the last one was directed by Jodie Foster. The series is worth a watch if you want a thought provoking genre.

A friend told me the British show The Fall was good, and all three seasons are on Prime. I'm starting it tonight.

I was curious about Tales from the Loop, so I may try it next.

Fright Night - original

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three - original

I made it through Shanghai, barely, but I don't recommend it even though I like the cast. The direction is almost comatose, and I think it has to do with Chinese gov't interference.

I'm a Bosch fan; sometimes I watch old episodes. Same with Luther.

So this thread has confirmed Prime is a waste. Nothing mentioned here has been worthwhile IMO. Mrs Maisel has some interesting period costumes and sets - but it’s chick flick and really not that interesting. The Boys is mediocre writing and mediocre to bad acting - with unnecessary and stupid gore and violence. Horror films do nothing for me - which seems to be about 50% of suggestions.

Fleabag has been the ONLY thing I’ve liked in a year of watching Prime. I held on for the new Borat - and was disappointed. The reality show of Trump makes his whole schtick dated. We are LIVING a Borat film every day with Trump and this campaign - and it’s not funny any more. And the whole daughter relationship story was stupid, pointless and unfunny. Even the Giuliani “climax” was a let down - basically he was tucking in his shirt. Yawn.

I’m giving Prime until the end of the year then getting rid of it. May just do Hulu or one of the basic TV apps.

R112 has stated her boundaries

Mozart in the Jungle.

Just watched season three of Mrs. Maisel. It was, um, rather odd in places. A lot of very puzzling choices. But when it was good, it was a delight.

Watch Bosch before you give up Prime, r112. It's the reason I got Prime in the first place.

I started watching Tales from the Loop thanks to this thread and so far I'm enjoying it.

Cut Snake...sexy leads. Aussie films have their own quirks which makes them so compelling.

Can anyone recommend some good British historical dramas that are free on Amazon? I've already seen all the popular "hits" like Downton Abbey and Pride and Prejudice.

Vanity Fair wasn't horrible. I wasn't familiar with it but apparently other adaptations are better.

You might want to consider doing a search for "hidden gems on Amazon Prime". There are YOUTUBE channels called "WATCH THIS NOW" and "FLICK CONNECTION" which sometimes list under-the-radar good horror and suspense movies on Amazon Prime.

Doesn't R112 sound like a self-absorbed and completely insufferable cunt!

Tales from the Loop

I wish more people would sample Undone. I've never seen anything like it.

Ok - so watched Upload. It was good and unique. Good recommendation. I’ll try Undone.

You should mention that Undone is animated. No thanks.

Yesterday, I watched "Eight on the Lam," a mediocre Bob Hope film from 1967 with Jill St. John.

Despite its few laughs, I found it comforting because it and its ilk were what was playing on TV when I grew up on the 1970s.

I tried watching the UK version of Queer as Folk and cringed myself into oblivion.

R128 the UK version of QUEER AS FOLK was astronomically better than the US version. The original UK version sometimes was so real it was painful. The US version was cliched and hackneyed...lazy writing and the characters had no arcs.

Borat and 1932’s Frankenstein. Enjoyed both.

Requires an AMC subscription ($8.99 additional/month), but the "Deutschland '83" series is great. Three series dramatizing the East/West German spy games in 1983, 1986 and 1989. "Deutschland '83" sadly isn't currently available, but '86 is, and '89 has just started broadcasting.

R131, the lead actor is hot and has a scrumptious ass.

R132: Jonas Nay, yes. Also a great cross-section of German TV and film stars in the series.

Maria Schrader, who plays the evil East German spy aunt, directed "Unorthodox" last year.

I loved the first 3 seasons of Grantchester with the gorgeous James Norton.

Deutschland 83 and 86 are both on Hulu, FYI. Highly recommend.

You can still watch Deutschland 86 on Prime for free (if you are a Prime member). Deutschland 83, which I remember liking a few years ago, is now $19.99 for the season (eight episodes). Deutschland 89 is free with a seven-day free trial membership to AMC+ on Prime Video Channels.

Hmmm...I wonder if they skip the commercials.

I really enjoyed the recent adaptation of Emma. Wasn't that familiar with the story at all before, apart from having seen Clueless years ago. It's a beautifully made film, and there's a gratuitous rear shot of Mr Knightley in the beginning if that's your thing.

Shows how much attention I pay to things R136; I watched and enjoyed Deutschland 83 a few years ago, had no idea they had done a sequel in 86, let alone an 89!

Amazon has “black box “ movies — part semi horror, part semi twilight zoney, part just weird. I’ve seen The Lie, Nocturne and something else. It’s watchable and I hate committing to a series

I'm rewatching House MD on Amazon now. Still love it.

[quote]I'm rewatching House MD on Amazon now. Still love it.

Just another old-people formula show. Yuck. At least "Murder, She Wrote" had interesting old-time guest stars.

[quote] Murder, She Wrote" had interesting old-time guest stars.

R141 is 120 years old.

R141, Murder, She Wrote doesn't have Jesse Spencer's flawless complexion.

Undone was amazing.

Red Oaks, it’s sweet.

The actor from CUT SNAKE is on S.W.A.T. Really good looking bloke.

I don't watch most of the Amazon Prime originals but I actually watch a lot of films - they have a pretty decent library of classic movies

Which classic movies would you recommend r147?

I’m not R147 but I would recommend this classic films.

Gaslight

Arsenic & Old Lace

Roman Holiday

To Catch a Thief

Funny Face

Sunset Boulevard

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Barefoot in the Park

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (70s version)

The Vicious Circle

In A Lonely Place

The African Queen

Deadly Nightshade

My Man Godfrey

Foreign films:

The Girl in the Fog

A Man Called Ove

Priceless

The Surprise

The Dark Valley

Therese

Delicatessen

Mid-August Lunch

The Salt of Life

Bright Days Ahead

Sleepless Night

2 Days in Paris

Marius

What’s in a Name?

The House by the Sea

Force Majeur

Haute Cuisine

A Five Star Life

Cannibal: Love Story

He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not

13 Tzameti

Anyone watch Monsoon, yet? (Has a gay couple.)

Going along with r149/150, here are some of the films I've watched:

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Young Girls of Rochefort, Les Enfants du Paradise, In Which We Serve, Last Year at Marienbad

Black Orpheus, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Diabolique, The Seventh Spring, Stromboli.

The Durells in Corfu is really fun. The characters are all ridiculous in a great way.

Around the next bend is satisfying my Covid 19 need to travel. How I miss it.

Per the recommendations on this thread I've been bingeing Bosch the last few weeks. I just finished season six, and am all caught up. I love it so much! I can't wait for next season.

Highly recommend you watch Bosch.

My first Christmas movie of the season: Die Hard.

R154. The Durrells in Corfu is wonderful, and it has Josh O ‘Connor running (flopping) around in his boxers for much of the time.

I just watched The Sound of Metal and enjoyed it.

Yeah, I just finished Sound of Metal too. I have a few questions, but it was pretty good.

Watched LADIES IN BLACK last night. Kind of meh, but it had some good performances.

I'm five episodes in with Patriot. It's growing on me, so I'll stick with it, but I'm not sure it's my kind of show.

R162 again. Patriot grew on me in a big way! After episode five, I was hooked, and binged the rest of the series while I quarantine. The second season was even better than the first!

I googled to see when season three would be available to stream, and was so sad to learn it's been canceled. Hopefully some other network will pick it up!

OK, I'm gonna check it out tonight. Thanks for the recommendation! R163

I just finished watching patriot r163, it was good!

WEB THERAPY

UNCLE FRANK

Scrubs on on now. Underrated show. If this were a new show, J.D. and Turk would have to be an official couple.

I watched A Moment in the Reeds last night. A gay film from Finland. The Syrian actor in it is very loveable.

I really enjoyed Man in the High Castle and Gentleman Jack.

I'll second "The Loop". Weird and needs a second watching to fully appreciate.

Yes. I also watched Man in High Castle. Very good.

Currently watching Ray Donovan. It is about a guy who "fixes" things for Hollywood celebrities. One celeb is a young handsome action movie star who got caught sucking off a tranny. Shades of E.M.?

It was originally on Showtime. However, I think it disappears in a few weeks, so you might not want to get drawn in.

What is PATRIOT about?

R173 it is about New England Patriot's QB Drew Breeze, and his love of wearing women's underwear.

R174, you forgot to add ,Rose at the end of your explanation.

Anything produced by Jed Mercurio

The next season of the Expanse is out and I started the first 3 episodes. Kind of disappointed because they're really low budgeting it and having the crew explore their dramas instead of outer space.. Meh Who cares, show us some damn aliens and them kick their alien asses!

In watching vikings they just released the last 10 episodes of season 6 to end the show.

"The Expanse" is the best thing on there.

Also love "The Boys"

The Americans

Not sure why I didn't watch it during its original run, but I'm glad to binge it now.

Documentaries: Swans - Where Does a Body End?; Scott Walker - 30th Century Man; Dries; Doir and I

Movies: The Dressmaker; Ash is the Purest White; Sound of Metal; 2046

Finally got around to watching The Night Manager. It was the show Tom Hiddleston won a Golden Globe for and made us all cringe during his acceptance speech. I thought it was pretty meh, but Olivia Colman was, as always, superb.

[quote]the UK version of QUEER AS FOLK was astronomically better than the US version. The original UK version sometimes was so real it was painful.

Real to people who live in the UK.

I'm watching The Expanse. I like it. I tried watching it awhile back but couldn't get into it. This time I made it past the first few episodes and loved it. I'm on season 5 now.

Another good show is Trapped its Icelandic police procedural. The first season was filmed in heavy snow storms which I thought was amazing and must have been difficult but they pulled it off.

The final season of "Vikings."

A French Village is really good

Subtitle, though. About the life of French people once the Germans come in

They ought to do one called Fat Orange Village about the life of Americans after hillbillies and Trump invade their country for four years.

I just started watching Zerozerozero, and can recommend this as well. Its fucking amazing. The score by Mogwai is so damn good, I'm hooked. Also, I think Dane Dehaan is really good in this, but what happened to him? He looks a bit of a mess here, although it might just be for the character. The Italian grandson, however, is sex on a stick. Gorgeous.

R187, yes. it's a good series. watched that a while ago.

Difficult People, a sitcom that lasted 3 seasons before being abruptly cancelled.

The Del Shores movie Sordid Lives and its sequel A Sordid Wedding. Both are comedy gems with a Texas twang, with Leslie Jordan and Bonnie Bedelia and a great cast of veteran actors who are not well-known.

Right now I'm watching "The Pembrokeshire Murders," a true story about murders in Wales by a serial killer in the 80s that were finally solved in the 00s.

It's not that interesting, but it stars Luke Evans, and there are scenes where he only wears a tight white T-shirt.

Tokyo Girl: it has Japanese subtitles but it's easy to follow and very smart.

The Boys. Good times.

R190, only a tight t shirt? And no pants?

R187 His character has Huntington's disease.

R194, I was aware of that. Hence, why I mentioned the schlubbiness might have been for the role, but he had a double chin in one scene and this guy has always been super thin.

[quote] Can anyone recommend some good British historical dramas that are free on Amazon?

Poldark, Downtown Abbey. Amazon has a lot of PBS drama series made in England.

I loved Endeavor. There are six seasons based on a very popular detective series back in the 80s but covers the character as a young man in England from 1960- 1970s. It really catches the mood of the times better than The Crown. Each episode is 1 1/2 hours long, like a movie but is well done and well-acted. Love Shaun Evans.

Bodies or anything produced by Jed Mercurio.

R186

I agree. Interesting perspective on WW2 and what those Frenchies got up to after they laid down their arms so quickly.

Discovered that the George Carlin comedy specials are on Prime. Currently watching Carlin on Campus.

R172, I saw Ray Donovan on Showtime. It’s a really good series and at least the first few seasons are definitely worth it. Part of the last couple seasons are more depressing. I didn’t get to see the last season or so.

They have a lot of talented actors. Jon Voight, who plays Ray’s dad, is perfectly cast. A crazy, narcissistic asshole, and he plays the hell out of it. I don’t even like him as a person, but that’s the perfect role for him. Probably playing himself.

They also announced recently that there going to do a movie to tie up loose ends.

They're, not there, sorry. ^

Big Little Lies Season 2 - I didn't even know there was one! Streep makes a brilliant passive-aggressive but the rest is kinda slow.

And Then We Danced. A gay love story about dancers in Georgia (the country). There's dance, love, subtitles, and I guarantee you will cry. Ten times better than Call Me By Your Name.

Scrum, a documentary about a gay rugby club. After watching one LGBTQ film your recommended queue will be filled almost exclusively with gay themed titles. Also Sound of Metal, All In with Stacey Abrams, Durrells in Corfu, Gimme Danger The Stooges.

op you have awful taste.

And Then We Danced was great. Thanks for recommending it.

Frontline: Secrets of the Vatican

I'm watching Italian movies lately, as I'm studying Italian. Last week I watched The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, Vittorio De Sica's film made from Giorgio Bassanio's fictionalized real-life Holocaust era story.

Next, from De Sica, Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow.

Most recently the very slanted Woody Allen thing. Speaking of which, how the fuck much face surgery did Mia Farrow have. If they pull it any tighter her eyes will be in the back of her head. What happened to the "natural" chick of the 60s? I think her lips were done too.

[quote]I'm watching Italian movies lately, as I'm studying Italian. Last week I watched The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, Vittorio De Sica's film made from Giorgio Bassanio's fictionalized real-life Holocaust era story.

You're watching this on Prime???

George Carlin's specials.

I'm about 10 episodes in of The Paris Murders. I'm a Francophile anyway but the crimes are interesting and I like the actors/characters.

I'm watching video of Amazon drivers.. Their biometric data is so interesting.

Yes, r210. It's still available today, 3/25/21.

Thanks R203. Loved And Then We Danced. One of the better gay movies I've seen in a while.

I'm watching Indian crime thrillers on Netflix. I'm off Prime. I pay every damned month for Netflix and it's about damned time I got my money's worth.

I get little use from Amazon Prime TV; a film or two every month. I have the service because the savings on shipping for the very few things I order pays for Prime (€26 annual).

Carnival Row was visually interesting and the first time I didn't dislike Orlando Bloom. NOS48U. I will watch El Cid or try, though it doesn't look promising.

The Informer, starring Joel Kinnamen and Rosamund Pike, with Common and Clive Owen - It's a B/B- crime movie I watched because I like Kinnamen. He plays a Polish-American ex-con working with the FBI to take down a Polish drug-dealing gang. Interesting, somewhat suspenseful. He has a gorgeous wife who's not savvy. I kept groaning at how stupid she was.

Absolutely do not watch Hard Rain, worthless despite having some talented people in it.

Billions: Paul Giamatti and Damian Lewis. Wealth, influence, and corruption collide in this drama set in New York. Shrewd U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades is embroiled in a high-stakes game of predator vs. prey with Bobby Axelrod, an ambitious hedge-fund king.

Billions is brilliant.

what else?

I have Amazon Prime and I almost rarely watch it now. Their selection just hasn’t been that great in months. I watch Tubi now.

what about netflix? what shows are you guys watching? anything new?

R222, I watch Pluto TV too now. It’s also free, and they have some good movies sometimes, and The Walking Dead.

R224 I can’t get into Pluto because their menu and layout is a mess and confuses me. I also can’t stand how clips will just randomly start playing as you’re browsing.

227 season 3

City Confidential, Season 1, is available until the end of this month (August).

I rotate between Amazon Prime, Hulu, HBONow, Netflix, free ParamountTV, and free Peacock. I can't afford Disney+ on top of these, but that's who I'd add next.

OP,

Nothing!

The Amazon Prime menu is atrocious.

There is no excuse for it.