The first series of Fargo was one of my favourites of recent years. Second one was not quite as good but still better than most of what is on TV.
Anyone watching The Crown? I don't have Netflix but I read that it shows the Duke of Edinburgh having many affairs in the 1950s. I can't imagine the BBC or ITV daring to portray that.
Not seen it and have't been that fussed to but did read somewhere that the author of the series was far from a royalist and even went as far as to say that he thought the Queen was of 'limited intelligence'. So through that lens, rather than a gushing Witchelesque type reverance, it's made it more appealing - plus it's has some great reviews.
Just finished watching The Sinner and found it good tv. Think there doing a second series but it seemed like it should be left at one series
Since the film thread has died, might as well post these here for anyone who gives a ****e - the Oscar nominations. Spoiler: Oscar noms Best Picture Call Me By Your Name Darkest Hour Dunkirk Get Out Lady Bird Phantom Thread The Post The Shape of Water Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Best Director Christopher Nolan - Dunkirk Jordan Peele - Get Out Greta Gerwig - Lady Bird Paul Thomas Anderson - Phantom Thread Guillermo del Toro - The Shape of Water Best Actor Timothée Chalamet - Call Me by Your Name Daniel Day-Lewis - Phantom Thread Daniel Kaluuya - Get Out Gary Oldman - Darkest Hour Denzel Washington - Roman J. Israel, Esq. Best Actress Sally Hawkins - The Shape of Water Frances McDormand - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Margot Robbie - I, Tonya Saoirse Ronan - Lady Bird Meryl Streep - The Post Best Supporting Actor Willem Dafoe - The Florida Project Woody Harrelson - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Richard Jenkins - The Shape of Water Christopher Plummer - All the Money in the World Sam Rockwell - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Best Supporting Actress Mary J Blige - Mudbound Alison Janney - I, Tonya Lesley Manville - Phantom Thread Laurie Metcalf - Lady Bird Octavia Spencer - The Shape of Water Best Adapted Screenplay Call Me by Your Name The Disaster Artist Logan Molly's Game Mudbound Best Original Screenplay The Big Sick Get Out Lady Bird The Shape of Water Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Best Foreign Language Film A Fantastic Woman The Insult Loveless On Body and Soul The Square Best Film Editing Blade Runner 2049 Darkest Hour Dunkirk The Shape of Water Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Best Original Score Dunkirk (Hans Zimmer) Phantom Thread (Jonny Greenwood) The Shape of Water (Alexandre Desplat) Star Wars: The Last Jedi (John Williams) Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (Carter Burwell) Best Original Song Mighty River - Mudbound Mystery of Love - Call Me By Your Name Remember Me - Coco Stand Up for Something - Marshall This is Me - The Greatest Showman Best Visual Effects Blade Runner 2049 Guardian of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Kong: Skull Island Star Wars: The Last Jedi War for the Planet of the Apes Best Live Action Short DeKalb Elementary The Eleven O'Clock My Nephew Emmet The Silent Child Watu Wota / All of Us Best Animated Short Dear Basketball Garden Party Lou Negative Space Revolting Rhymes Best Documentary Short Edith + Eddie Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405 Heroin(e) Knife Skills Traffic Stop Best Animated Film Boss Baby The Breadwinner Coco Ferdinand Loving Vincent Best Sound Editing Baby Driver Blade Runner 2049 Dunkirk The Shape of Water Star Wars: The Last Jedi Best Sound Mixing Baby Driver Blade Runner 2049 Dunkirk The Shape of Water Star Wars: The Last Jedi Best Cinematography Blade Runner 2049 Darkest Hour Dunkirk Mudbound The Shape of Water Best Costume Design Beauty and the Beast Darkest Hour Phantom Thread The Shape of Water Victoria and Abdul Best Make Up and Hair Styling Darkest Hour Victoria & Abdul Wonder Best Production Design Beauty and the Beast Blade Runner 2049 Darkest Hour Dunkirk The Shape of Water ^TL;DR The Shape of Water, 13 nominations Dunkirk, 8 nominations Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, 7 nominations Darkest Hour, 6 nominations Phantom Thread, 6 nominations Blade Runner 2049, 5 nominations Lady Bird, 5 nominations
Bloody great film. Frances McDormand definitely deserves an Oscar for it. Might be my fave female actor. Margot Robbie and Saoirse Ronan were pretty good in their respective films too, though. Lady Bird is a brilliant film (though it's not even out in cinemas here until mid-February), probably a top 5 of 2017 film for me. I, Tonya is a pretty good film as well, Robbie's performance in particular.
It really is. I loved Three Billboards and want to see it again. I thought Dunkirk had its moments of drama and joy. I ****ing hated Darkest Hour. Boring dialogue and improbable plot devices. There simply wasn’t a film there, it was just two hours of impressive prosthetics.