what Film / TV are you watching RIGHT NOW

[Master Ray]

I popped over to Manchester today for a couple of things and had a spur-of-the-moment trip to see a movie called 'Normal' that I'd heard great things about... and I concur with those great reviews. You could describe it as Fargo meets Hot Fuzz with a bit of Assault On Precinct 13 thrown in, we've got Bob Odenkirk  (Better Call Saul / Breaking Bad) carrying on with his new action movie career after the 'Nobody' movies, the story of a sheriff who gets a temporary gig at a town called Normal, starts to suspect his predecessor was murdered and then, wow, stuff gets proper crazy after that... 

I was drawn to it because it's the new one by one of my fave British directors working today, Ben Wheatley, you might not be familiar with the name but he directed the likes of A Field In England, Free Fire, Sightseers, In The Earth, High Rise and my fave British horror movie of the 21st century, Kill List (damn, that's a bonkers watch right there)... I'd certainly recommend 'Normal'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OndK0w1lYY

[Ghosttrain]

Firstly totally agree with M R I am also a big fan of Ben Wheatley.............

As regards to what i am watching now..............late to the party again i am binge watching ''Toast Of London''..it passed me by first time round,but i have just become an owner of one of these new fangled smart TV's with loads of different offerings (mostly shite) IMHO..........also watched the ''Bergerac'' reboot which i enjoyed,parts of which are filmed here in sunny Jersey.....in one scene you can see the roof of my flat ...........

[Master Ray]

Best film of the year so far (imho)... the huge horror hit Obsession.  A classic example of how a great horror film isn't about the blood and the gore and the special FX.  It's about the storyline and the performances and the emotion, all of which makes the horror bits strike so much harder.  A bit of a retelling of the whole 'Monkeys Paw' scenario, a guy who is desperately in love with a girl and uses some magical device to win her love and, damn, things get crazy and disturbing right from the off!  I won't say any more than that (no spoilers!) but this film blew me away, clearly it did the same with other seeing as it cost just $750,000 to make and has grossed nearly $400 million 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMC8kkwbIQQ

[Guillaume]

HEAT (Michael Mann, 1995):

I saw HEAT yesterday in theaters, the second time I'd seen it on the big screen; the first time was 30 years ago—how time flies! There were about sixty people at the screening (in a 162-seat theater), and lots of young people discovering the film for the first time, so it was cool! The film still feels contemporary. I really like Amy Brenneman, Val Kilmer (RIP), Tom Sizemore (RIP), and De Niro is magnificent in this film. As Tarantino said, De Niro deserved an Oscar nomination for this film. I love the opening scene, the first action scene, Pacino and his team watching De Niro's face being "scanned" on the screen , the hotel, and the planes at the end (a nod to the end of "Bullitt"?), but my favorite scene is still that incredible, ethereal moment when Amy Brenneman and De Niro are in the car at the end, answering Jon Voight's call...

[Master Ray]

Backrooms, another modestly budgeted horror film than has become a massive success this year... apparently based on some social media thing that I've never heard of (not an uncommon occurrence these days)...  it's really rather good, rather David Lynch-esque in places, proper disturbing towards the end, it's about a guy who finds himself transported into an alternative dimension in the shop he owns and all sorts of mad stuff happens, especially when his psychiatrist finds herself investigating his disappearance.   Bit of a slow starter but, trust me, things get a lot more scary and disturbing as it goes on.  Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve (yes, I had to cut and paste those names from iMDB  ) two actors that I'm a huge fan of, it's a big old recommend from MR if you feel like watching something proper creepy!  Trailer below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HjdiohVOik

[Ghosttrain]

Since ditching my old steam powered TV i am able to watch YouTube on a decent size screen........i am now watching loads (amazed how many are avail.) of Harold Pinter plays.....making for some excellent viewing..

[Master Ray]

TipToe, on Channel 4....  half way through it, a stunning piece of television from Russell T Davies, who has done such magnificent work as Queer as Folk, It's a Sin, Years and Years and also somehow managed to make Doctor Who a huge hit  and then came back to the show a couple of decades later and managed to completely destroy it... 

No matter, Tip Toe is a brilliant acted show about a flamboyantly gay man and a somewhat homophobic man who live next door and the way they live next door to each other and their lives intertwine and, well, things get somewhat unpleasant, heck, somewhat nasty and tragic. Not for the easily offended, it's pretty hardcore in places, but it's a superb show.