Movies and TV Series

[DILLIGAF]

I never watched any of The Walking Dead or Game of Thrones episodes, as it's not my 'thing' but appreciate that our tastes, are wide and varied
Never been into Stephen King stuff either, but remember watching CHRISTINE, which was 'different'
But Brendan Gleeson brings a lot of 'off the cuff' humour in his performance, as the retired police detective, going after the killer
I like crime dramas, war movies and the spy genre
Bodyguard was great, mind you with the leading man being from Elderslie, I expect nothing less

 

[Bridie Bhoy]

Vikings Valhalla on Netflix is a sequel to the original Vikings which started great but lost the plot altogether. Also The Last Kingdom is on Netflix with a new season coming in the next few days.

I love The Last Kingdom. I read a lot of historical fiction books and read the whole Bernard Cornwell series that the tv series is based on.

I'm surprised no-one mentioned Peaky Blinders or has everyone assumed that it goes without saying?

There were a couple of short series of BBC crime based in Edinburgh called Guilt which were decent.

Netflix's Rebellion starring Brian Gleeson is set in Dublin in 1916 about the Easter Uprising.

Broadchurch is good if you've never seen it.

Older series (made 15-20 years ago) worth watching are Life On Mars (the one set in Manchester in the early 1970s - not the terrible American remake) and the follow up set in early 1980s Ashes To Ashes are great for nostalgia as well as being excellent programmes.

 

[26+6=1]

I never watched any of The Walking Dead or Game of Thrones episodes, as it's not my 'thing' but appreciate that our tastes, are wide and varied
Never been into Stephen King stuff either, but remember watching CHRISTINE, which was 'different'
But Brendan Gleeson brings a lot of 'off the cuff' humour in his performance, as the retired police detective, going after the killer
I like crime dramas, war movies and the spy genre
Bodyguard was great, mind you with the leading man being from Elderslie, I expect nothing less

The Walking Dead bored the arse off me for 2 series and never looked at it again. I watched the 1st series of Mr Mercedes and it was great but was gone after 1 or 2 episodes of the 2nd series as it all went supernatural from there.
If you haven't seen 'The Spy' on Netflix it's highly recommended but a bit of a Mossad puff piece nonetheless.
Frank Of Ireland on Amazon is a good laugh starring 2 of Brendan Gleason's sons with the inevitable cameo appearance.

 

[Lubos left peg]

Vikings Valhalla on Netflix is a sequel to the original Vikings which started great but lost the plot altogether. Also The Last Kingdom is on Netflix with a new season coming in the next few days.

Just started watching Vikings Valhalla!!
Watched every episode of Vikings......twice!!!
Travis Fimmel as Ragnar Lothbrok
And Alex Høgh Andersen and Ivar the Boneless were 2 of the best actors I've ever seen.

 

[DILLIGAF]

The Walking Dead bored the arse off me for 2 series and never looked at it again. I watched the 1st series of Mr Mercedes and it was great but was gone after 1 or 2 episodes of the 2nd series as it all went supernatural from there.
If you haven't seen 'The Spy' on Netflix it's highly recommended but a bit of a Mossad puff piece nonetheless.
Frank Of Ireland on Amazon is a good laugh starring 2 of Brendan Gleason's sons with the inevitable cameo appearance.

The SPY was brilliant
Sacha Baron Cohen is such a great actor, a very articulate man
I'll have to look for Frank of Ireland, as I love Brendan Gleeson's work, so will check out anything he's involved in
BROADCHURCH was great, and we've watched a few of David Tennets series

 

[Miktim]

If you like Brendan Gleeson check out a movie he is called The Guard. It is a Brendan Gleeson master class

 

[26+6=1]

Just started watching Vikings Valhalla!!
Watched every episode of Vikings......twice!!!
Travis Fimmel as Ragnar Lothbrok
And Alex Høgh Andersen and Ivar the Boneless were 2 of the best actors I've ever seen.

Ivar The Ballbag wrecked my head and the less said about feckin Floki the better

 

[26+6=1]

If you like Brendan Gleeson check out a movie he is called The Guard. It is a Brendan Gleeson master class

It's part 2 of a trilogy examining suicide - In Bruges, The Guard and Calvary. Brendan stars in all 3.

 

[Miktim]

It's part 2 of a trilogy examining suicide - In Bruges, The Guard and Calvary. Brendan stars in all 3.

Didn’t realise they were linked, cheers 26

 

[DILLIGAF]

If you like Brendan Gleeson check out a movie he is called The Guard. It is a Brendan Gleeson master class

Seen it...great show

 

[Tarzan Trombone]

Another decent series that used to be free on irish channel for dublin catch up was called Love/ Hate

About drug scene and violence in Dublin

No sure if its been on British tv or available online streaming but worth keeping eye out for if you like breaking bad type series

 

[boab1916]

Another decent series that used to be free on irish channel for dublin catch up was called Love/ Hate

About drug scene and violence in Dublin

No sure if its been on British tv or available online streaming but worth keeping eye out for if you like breaking bad type series

Like this TET

 

[Bridie Bhoy]

It's part 2 of a trilogy examining suicide - In Bruges, The Guard and Calvary. Brendan stars in all 3.

In Bruges is one of my favourite movies. I will have to check out the other two.

 

[Brimcbhoy]

In 'fucking ' Bruges!

 

[Lubos left peg]

Ivar The Ballbag wrecked my head and the less said about feckin Floki the better

Ivor the Boneless!! Viking king of Ireland!! I hated him to begin with.

 

[Andy H]

I liked fauda on netflix about Israel /Palestine. Its Israeli so you always want the "good guys" to lose but it portrays them as absolute feckers so it's pretty honest. For a laugh instead, master of none is probably the best comedy I've seen on netflix.

 

[Thom10]

I know some of you have Amazon and some Netflix, and there are some really good shows on both
Moreso, Amazon in my humble opinion
We watched Titus Welliver (he played Declan in SOns of Anarchy) another great show, but in BOSCH< he was outstanding, it's a series and well worth a watch
And I've started watched Brendan Gleeson in MR.MERCEDES, a Stephen King based series, it's gory in parts, in typical Stephen Kind fashion, but the storyline will get you hooked within the first couple of episodes
Love all the British Dramas and have seen most, if not all of them, Line of Duty, Silent Witness, everything by Helen Mirren of course, and SHETLAND, with the Michael Stewart lookalike, and the old ones, such as CRACKER etc
Anybody got any more I might have missed ?

 

[Thom10]

I know some of you have Amazon and some Netflix, and there are some really good shows on both
Moreso, Amazon in my humble opinion
We watched Titus Welliver (he played Declan in SOns of Anarchy) another great show, but in BOSCH< he was outstanding, it's a series and well worth a watch
And I've started watched Brendan Gleeson in MR.MERCEDES, a Stephen King based series, it's gory in parts, in typical Stephen Kind fashion, but the storyline will get you hooked within the first couple of episodes
Love all the British Dramas and have seen most, if not all of them, Line of Duty, Silent Witness, everything by Helen Mirren of course, and SHETLAND, with the Michael Stewart lookalike, and the old ones, such as CRACKER etc
Anybody got any more I might have missed ?

Minamata's a good watch and free on IMDB tv

 

[DILLIGAF]

Ivor the Boneless!! Viking king of Ireland!! I hated him to begin with.

Well, to be fair, if he was 'boneless' he probably wouldn't have been too popular with the ladies of the region
Just saying like

 

[Tarzan Trombone]

I watched this documentary over 10 years ago

Makes you wonder if he wasnt a loony who topped himself

He claimed that cia were trying to murder him and he killed himself after writing a suicide note.

Interesting documentary nonetheless if you never seen it