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I should take another opp since we are talking about Red Oaks on Prime, wonderful feel good show, great performances by Paul Reider, Richard Kind and Jennifer Grey

the set up is basically an 80s movie about a kid working at a country club but the execution and characters are great

er Reiser

Second the recommendation for Red Oaks. The pilot episode plays a bit more raunchy 80s movie than the rest of the show ... worth getting past that one.

it's definitely a show that transcends a pretty derivative premise (feels similar to Ted Lasso which is basically the movie Major League)

Richard Kind is a treasure

I like how most of the characters start as pretty stock 80s movie types then they gradually subvert that and you get a deeper view of them

should also say some episodes are directed by the master herself Amy Heckerling and, surprisingly, Hal Hartley

You'd think with that combination of people on both sides of the camera this would have more conversation around it but this is literally the first time I've heard of this show.

yeah Soderburgh is an exec producer too! I feel like Prime stuff falls through the cracks sometimes

not a big name but Ennis Esmer as the club tennis pro Nash is a real breakout performance

I started that last year and it was cute but I couldn't get into it. Is it still being made? I felt like it was several years old

it ended, though thankfully it seemed planned or at least they were given notice that it would be the last season

David Gordon Green and Gregg Araki also directors on Red Oaks.

And that "Executive Producer" isn't just vanity titling: he actively worked on developing the show, which is co-created and -written by a dude who was his first AD for a decade, and has been producer on nearly everything Soderbergh's done since 2002 (plus he directed Magic Mike XXL while Sodes stayed DOP and editor).

Wow, literally never heard of Red Oaks. Scans a little like Caddyshack, the show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akfokV3wSHA

discovery+ original programming:
Home Town: Ben’s Workshop
90 Day Fiancé Universe
American Detective with Lt. Joe Kenda
Bobby and Giada in Italy
Six Degrees with Mike Rowe

this is v old man yells at clouds but

i am so fucked off about Comedians on couches househunters only being on stupid discovery+

season 1 was on normo discovery & it was v fun
and i was looking forward to more lols but noooooooooo

i hate this world, this “technological” “age”

streaming sucks

streaming sucks

let's all razz these streaming schmucks

I've made a special Lockdown Cinema for my laptop to replicate the big screen experience pic.twitter.com/LBlLwbbwCg

— Tom Kingsley (@kingsley_tom) January 5, 2021

Needs more tiny people texting during the movie imo

I assume it smells like old popcorn butter, various intense perfumes and body sprays, and the guy holding open the emergency exit so that he can smoke with one foot in the theatre and one foot out, though.

Watched most of the first season HH: Comedians on Couches, and thought the roasting was fairly gentle for the content. Was expecting more skewering of the slackline and cat tube husbands. The regular ep editing is fun, though, when it catches a spouse's eye rolling (the birdhouse wife smirking in the back seat) or the less and less subtle hints (the wife re: her sporty husband's bike/soccer gear). Most of these eps, I'm wondering what the couples see in each other, when the marriage expiration date is, while being impressed by the real estate agent's professional reserve.

As more content goes to streaming and other channels (TCM, for one) become pay options, makes cutting the Comcast cord easier. ALso, El Rey folding this year was a bummer. I'll miss El Rey Nation and the Director's Chair.

Ah, dang. Hadn't heard about that. A shame because I liked them, but it feels that sort of third-tier cable network model is dying out early, if it ever lived at all.

I'm Your Woman on Amazon Prime is a good crime noir film, for the most part. There are a few things in that don't make any sense at all, but I forgave them because the pacing, setting, acting and performances are all so good.

Errol Morris's The B-Side made it to Netflix and is worth seeing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSOazX_RiOI

Second the recommendation for I'm Your Woman. It took me half the movie to realize Rachel Brosnahan was the lead; I bailed on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel after a single episode, but she was really good in IYM.

Glad people mentined this--squnting at the thumbnail and knowing nothing about IYW I thought it was Nicole Kidman on the poster and dismissed it out of hand.

Warrior on HBOMax is v enjoyable, great fight choreo (It prev aired on Cinemax)

I got through all of Lupin in one sitting, it's pretty fun, and only 5 episodes too

I'm thinking of watching it again just to see if the English dubbing is as bad as it is in the trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga0iTWXCGa0

Liked the first episode of Lupin quite a bit and will be sticking with it. I watched it in French with subtitles, same as Sakho & Mangane, and am finding myself remembering a shocking (to me) amount of seventh-grade French.

Lupin looks good.
I got into 'Call My Agent' on Netflix recently; french dramedy about show bizness. HBO production values without the sexploitation. Recommended!

it's very very good

The first couple episodes of Mr. Mayor are available to stream, and although I'm trying to keep in mind that I've only seen one episode, I have a bad feeling about the show's premise -- especially if Tina Fey keeps up her beef with woke Twitter AND the potential for both-sides-isms.

first episode was okay and i like ted danson in almost anything but if there was ever a time not to drop a tv show about a well-meaning rich nudnik politician who keeps slipping in shit and landing in clover...

I finally went back and finished the Flight Attendant which for some reason I'd forgotten to finish, reupping the recommendation for that if anyone didn't watch it, it was very fun.

i thought it was for the first four episodes before it completely spun out tbh tho i dig that ymmv
my fave trashy tv thing along those lines from last year was P Valley, which I am looking forward to returning.

Quibi's catalog is moving to Roku
https://realscreen.com/2021/01/08/roku-acquires-quibi-titles-global-content-distribution-rights/

Annoyed that they got a Quibi deal done in a shorter time period than it took to resolve the HBO Max one.

I really hated the flight attendant lol

like soderbegh I watched three episodes then bounced

i liked the first three episodes a lot but you made the right decision

We watched the perfectly fine lil' kids doing ballet documentary series "On Point" (which is On Disney). It's supposed to be a year in the life in NYC ballet school, yet we were still sort of shocked when covid hits and shuts everything down in spring after I think six episodes. I think that makes this along with Borat the first two things I've seen recently where covid makes an unscripted appearance. I assume we will start seeing more.

We also watched an installment of "Deep Ocean" on HBO. Not the best Attenborough or Attenborough-adjacent nature doc, but inspiring all the same. The variety, beauty and mystery of nature is an incredible way to put life into perspective.

Anyone hyped for the Jamaal Khashoggi movie on Apple Plus? No?

Not particularly new but been really enjoying this super dour Czech procedural set in early 90's: "Red Lines". A lot of brown commie apartment interiors.

Fran Lebowitz thing is pretty much all you could wish for if you like her humor

yeah its great

Errol Morris's The B-Side made it to Netflix and is worth seeing.

Thanks for the heads up on this - watched it last night and loved it!

this Night on Earth nature documentary is pretty wild

We just watched the city episode, the clarity of that night vision tech is pretty cool.

Finished Ted Lasso. It was cute- enjoyable but I didn't laugh much honestly.

Biggest criticism is that it was trying so hard to be adorable that very often it came off a bit forced or unearned (Ted does something "playful" to other character - I figure the other character will be annoyed - cut to other character giggling/enjoying it - me: "oh ok I see they were charmed by that then?"). Just not as convincing as it could have been for a show with so darn many scenes of characters unable to hold down smiles. And Ted himself was a bit too good to be true honestly. But, it's a feel good show so I wasn't necessarily bothered! I guess I just wasn't buying it all the time.

Sounds about right. I felt like it was a show that other friends of mine might enjoy more than me.