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Munich - The Edge of War on Netflix.


based on the thriller Munich (2017) by Robert Harris

just finished Dexter New Blood last night!!

Just finished watching Gematria Effect News 24 on YouTube "Anderson Cooper apologizes for yelling “bat #%*+” on CNN, day of Bat From Hell death news, Meatloaf"

Hell Before Breakfast: America's First War Correspondents Making History and Headlines, from the Battlefields of the Civil War to the Far Reaches of the Ottoman Empire

Just want to link a book that I would like to read to this...because I have been thinking about all the authors that were war correspondents; including Anderson Cooper, John Steinbeck, W. Somerset Maugham, Edgar Rice Burroughs

Anderson Cooper is not yet an author by the way, but it doesn't mean he won't be in the future.

I've been watching The Pickwick Papers (1985 BBC) on Britbox. Love it.

Sounds like a great book Cosmic! I've just been reading up on some French war correspondents and journalists.

Did you enjoy Dexter, Emily?

Cozy_Pug, I haven't seen that one, but i'll keep an eye out for it!

I did! i watched the original series years ago so it was fun to see the character again

Finally started watching Around the World in Eighty Days which is being shown on Masterpiece Theater in the US. It is entertaining but it isn't the same story. The only things that are the same are the names of Phileas Fogg and Passepartout and the fact that they are trying to go around the world in 80 days. One of the best parts of the original was that Fogg was so calm and precise in every situation. In this version, he is emotional and weak. On the other hand, Passepartout is naive and longs for a regular life in the original, here he is street smart. Also, the suspense in the original comes from Detective Fix trying to delay or arrest Fogg, thinking he is a criminal. Here there is a woman reporter instead and by the end of the first episode, she is already an ally. They added a whole other plot about France in 1872. I enjoyed hearing the French spoken, but it had nothing to do with the original story, and was full of coincidence.

I watched a few episodes of Grantchester and enjoy it. A mystery series set in post war England.

Which one is it Robin P? 2021?
I haven't seen that Chad. But I love mystery series!

It's 01:20 am and i'm watching Laurel & Hardy's A Chump At Oxford

I'm watching Emma (2020).
I've never read the book or seen another film so it's quite interesting.
Bill Nighy is hilarious.

Jazzy wrote: "Which one is it Robin P? 2021?
I haven't seen that Chad. But I love mystery series!

It's 01:20 am and i'm watching Laurel & Hardy's A Chump At Oxford
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It must be the 2021 version, it is with David Tennant.

The American version of Ghosts--even my husband finds it funny plus my son (it's not often I like a TV situation comedy, and far less that my husband will like the same one):

I'm watching The House on Netflix

I'm also watching Stay Close, the thriller based on Stay Close (2012) by Harlan Coben.

My favourite characters have to be Ken and Barbie, who must be moonlighting Butlin's Redcoats.

And Eddie Izzard is a real treat as Harry.

Jazzy wrote: "Sounds like a great book Cosmic! I've just been reading up on some French war correspondents and journalists.

You are an awesome mod! Thank you

☺️ Wow, Cosmic -- you're making me blush. How kind. I just want to make sure everyone is having a good time and I do so much love reading what everyone has to say.

Karin I haven't seen that but looked it up and it looks like a good idea for a show!

And Robin P. doesn't EVERYONE love David Tennant?

I don't have live TV but I have Netflix and Youtube and a lot of DVDs and blu-rays, too many I'm sure!

My wife and I are watching the first two episodes of The Crown this evening.

Now the question is, are you two enjoying it? 🍭🍭

We are! We like almost any British period drama.

I'll have to watch the rest of it sometime!

I'm watching Curtiz and it's shot in beautiful, beautiful black and white!!! Absolutely STUNNING!


"Driven and arrogant, film director Michael Curtiz deals with studio politics and family drama during the troubled production of "Casablanca" in 1942. "Curtiz" won Best Film at the 2018 Montréal World Film Festival."

ah but they did make a mistake. If they want someone to seem Hungarian they shouldn't have them holding the cigarettes like an American.

Jazzy wrote: "ah but they did make a mistake. If they want someone to seem Hungarian they shouldn't have them holding the cigarettes like an American."

Rookie mistake! That happens with holding cutlery as well. Europeans don't hold their forks and knives the way Canadians and Americans do. That said, I have seen Europeans hold their cigarettes in different ways.

For some inane reason, in North America you cut with your right hand, put the knife down, switch the fork to your right hand, flipping it over to take your bite.



The Continental one is much more efficient and logical.

For those in North America who might not know, this his how you eat in Europe, and you keep your knife and fork in these hands and positions throughout the meal unless you take a sip of your beverage.

💕Thanks so much for all the visuals Karin!!! 💕

I loved the Crown. I have not watched the most recent season, but I loved every episode with Claire Foy.

What have I been watching. I always have my silly trashy rerun that I watch on ROKU. Currently that is "Charmed" an older 1990 ish story about three sisters who fly through the air and fistfight demons. Really it is a soap opera: lots of dating and fancy clothing.

I have always cut my food using knife in the right hand and fork in the left. Then I do switch fork sometimes to right.....

But honestly, I almost never use a knife. I eat barbarian style by turning the fork in my right hand and using the edge of it to cut; only time for a knife would be steak.

Finished my re-reread of Pride and Prejudice last week, so now I'm watching Pride and Prejudice (1995, BBC). This is my favorite adaptation - each actor/actress is perfect for their character. I've watched this so many times - it's like comfort food, always makes me feel better. Colin Firth is the perfect Mr Darcy to me - his eyes are so expressive.

Lynn wrote: "I have always cut my food using knife in the right hand and fork in the left. Then I do switch fork sometimes to right.....

But honestly, I almost never use a knife. I eat barbarian style by turni..."

Lol, I eat barbarian style too 😂

Lynn wrote: "I have always cut my food using knife in the right hand and fork in the left. Then I do switch fork sometimes to right.....

But honestly, I almost never use a knife. I eat barbarian style by turni..."

We do that for soft foods here as well--manners are far less formal now.

We are snowed in a started watching Vanity Fair, which I’ve yet to read actually. The series is well done. We are enjoying it.

I use a knife for meat and asparagus and little else.

I am thinking of subscribing to HBO to watch Station Eleven and Gilded Age (the new Julian Fellowes program set in New York.)

Robin P wrote: "I am thinking of subscribing to HBO to watch Station Eleven and Gilded Age (the new Julian Fellowes program set in New York.)"

I would like to watch Gilded Age as well. I love anything New York from that era. We don’t currently subscribe to HBO either but were thinking about it.

As I'm studying movies at university I've been trying to watch some more or less classic from less known countries. So most recently I've seen Bergmans intriguing "Persona" on the norther front. And on the souther front I've seen the excellent "The Spirit of the Beehives" by spanish director Victor Erice.

I study film too Irphen! Mostly silent film and early classics. I love independent films, but my son always says they're boring and why do i want to watch a film where 'nothing ever happens'.

On Netflix there is a treasure trove of Swedish films at the moment

Jazzy wrote: "I study film too Irphen! Mostly silent film and early classics. I love independent films, but my son always says they're boring and why do i want to watch a film where 'nothing ever happens'.

On N..."

Have you seen Amy Jo Johnson's independent film, The Colossal Failure of the Modern Relationship https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3283996/... ? She's friends with my sister-in-law and was the first pink power ranger (but of course has acted in other things)

wooo everyone loves the pink power ranger!

and actually I DID see that!

Sweet!

Binge watching the old House series with Hugh Laurie.

House is a great show!!

I Binge-watched the lot of House before! Have a great time

Jazzy wrote: "I study film too Irphen! Mostly silent film and early classics. I love independent films, but my son always says they're boring and why do i want to watch a film where 'nothing ever happens'.

On N..."

Oh that's cool! And indeed there are quite a few very interesting silent movies :-) Also I guess your sons' opinion about independent movies is a rather common one amoung young people. But actually there are many different kinds of independent movies, some with more action and story but it is of course always very different from mainstream stuff.

The real shame of it is that most silent films were melted down to either make shoe heels or get the trace amounts of silver and celluloid in them. And of course now we know the films would be worth much, much more than what they were destroyed for.

I am actually watching a silent Laurel and Hardy film at the moment, From Soup To Nuts (1928)


https://laurel-and-hardy-blog.com/201...

Giant, starring Rock Hudson and Elizabeth Taylor, from 1956.

We started watching Poldark recently. Has anyone read any of the books?

Chad wrote: "We started watching Poldark recently. Has anyone read any of the books?"

Yes, I read them when I was young. My parents let us watch the original Poldark series (both seasons) with them on Masterpiece Theatre the second or third time it aired (not in 1975 when it came out.) I haven't been able to bring myself to watch the newer one. It was hard because in the books she's not a redhead! I tried to reread them, but the magic of just having seen the series was over and they didn't hold up to my memory of it.

Are the books worth checking out, Karin? We’re watching the more recent adaptation and enjoying it.

Chad wrote: "Are the books worth checking out, Karin? We’re watching the more recent adaptation and enjoying it."

When I read and liked them it had been at least 10 years since I saw the mini-series so I had some time to forget things. That said, I know people who have liked them right after watching it. The first book has an average rating of 4.08, so probably. The mini series I saw covered a lot, but there are always details in the books that aren't put in.

I read the first 3 or 4 books and they were very good. The series was also good. You are right, Demelza was supposed to be dark (possibly gypsy). In the book she was much younger when Ross took her in, so it wasn't as questionable, then there were years before a relationship developed.

It was the actress in the newer one who decided to be ginger and everyone thought it a good idea.

i just watched Pride and Prejudice (2005) for the first time! i loved it