What are you watching 2023?

[catherine]

I heard an interview with the actor who plays the husband. His is an interesting life story. His family fled Vietnam. While in American school he saw a casting call for the Indiana Jones film. His brother was interested so the two went. The husband-actor did not try out but instead coached his brother from the sidelines.

Spielberg observed the spot-on coaching of this kid, asked him to read for the part, and he got it. A big break!

After that he had a few parts but when they dried up, he went to film school to do technical work. Getting the acting bug again, he signed with an agent and the Everything film was the first part offered to him. He choked up when thanking Spielberg for his first big break at a recent awards event.

I might have seen the same interview, and I had the same thoughts. What a cool story! And he made a decision to go back to acting late in life, and look what happened!! It's almost like his life played out the multiverse scenario in the movie he made!! And he seems like such a nice guy..

Now that EEAAO has won 7 Oscars, I'm definitely going to revisit it. Maybe start the movie earlier in the day.

[nswef]

Call the Midwife! Season 12. It makes me laugh, cry and sometimes hopeful.

[frugal-one]

Just started watching a new series… The Company You Keep. Is pretty good. Something DH are I watch together (which is seldom).

[littlebittybobby]

Okay----I just sat-n-watched a short video clip online, titled: "Hal 9000 Vs Sgt Hartman". I think you'll enjoy it.

[Portuguese John Here]

Recent watches:

Two Years at Sea (2011)
Supposedly was about a hermit that was able to put a trailer on top of a tree.

Samaritan (2022)
Stallone is a superhero working in the sanitation department, that repairs utilities in the days off.

Poetry (2010)
About an old woman doing a poetry course while she takes care of her grandson.

Fat Girl (2001)
Feminist film doing the right way. Explores sexuality like nothing I've ever seen so far.

Detachment (2011)
A substitute teacher that teaches NY kids to build their own belief systems to defend themselves from the marketing holocaust that we live.

Creed III (2023)
Don't really know why they made this film.

Into The Great Silence (2005)
The routine of the monks in a monastery in the French Alps. Very slow, somewhat interesting, if that's your thing.

[Simplemind]

Beef on Netflix. Bingeworthy.

[iris lilies]

Waiting for Succession to finish its last season so that I can sign up for HBO, watch it, and Ted Lasso, and then sign off HBO. This is Ted Lasso’s last season as well and I’m glad they’re ending it before it gets old and tired.

I re-watched Mad Men in recent weeks and that production went on, at least one season too long.

[ToomuchStuff]

Well, watched Top Gun Maverick Saturday night as it was free on Prime. OK, worth what I paid.

Lately I have been recording a bunch of stuff on TCM, but the other day I started watching what I used to watch on Memorial day weekend....
Mr. Roberts
Operation Petticoat
To Hell and Back.

[happystuff]

Over the weekend, finished seasons 3 and 4 of Death in Paradise and started season 22 of Midsomer Murders.

[iris lilies]

I am watching “Beef” on Netflix, a comedy, starring Ali Wong about a striving young career mom whose life is full of tension. The central conflict starts when she has a road rage incident with another man, and they track down each other two make each others lives miserable. Very funny. It’s centers on the Korean community in the Los Angeles area.

I also started the new Keri Russell show “ Diplomat” which may be good, it’s hard to know yet.