enframed wrote: Sat Jan 17, 2026 5:33 pm Train Dreams is surpisingly good, if stylisticly not very unique.

Thank you for the recommendation. Indeed, it was splendid, and both Joel Edgerton Felicity Jones's performances were mesmerizing. Grazie, enframed!

Currently watching Devil In Disguise, based on the real story of serial killer John Wayne Gacy. Ample space is given to the story of his victims, mostly teenage boys.
Very well acted, amazingly shot.


When I was growing up, it had only been a few years since he had been caught. And I was ...

Currently watching Devil In Disguise, based on the real story of serial killer John Wayne Gacy. Ample space is given to the story of his victims, mostly teenage boys.
Very well acted, amazingly shot.

Did someone here mention Task?

It's a Mark Ruffalo led show about an an FBI task force trying to figure out who's been raiding a gang's drug houses around Philadelphia. Tom Pelphrey who you may remember as the crazy brother from Ozark is one of the leads and is kind of amazing.
I was prepared ...

"Flesh" by David Szalay.

The most skeletal prose I have ever read. Szalay makes Raymond Carver feel baroque in comparison,
And the story is tremendously gripping.

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I remember 11-12 being the age of the big questions, where do we come from, is there life out there in the universe, and so on, and 2001 A Space Odissey being a life changer in that sense.

Also, Doctor Strangelove, if you want to show them some more Kubrick.

A Real Pain by Jesse Eisenberg was excellent, and Kieran Culkin's performance is truly incredible, I had no idea he was such a great actor.

Disclaimer by Alfonso Cuaròn is a must see. A revenge story like no other.


That might be next for us after we finish Parks and Recreation. Looks really good.


You won't be disappointed! Kevin Kline just shines all the way through, might be his best role ever.

By the way, comedy series ...

Disclaimer by Alfonso Cuaròn is a must see. A revenge story like no other.