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what are your recommendations for movies and tv shows? stick with high rating
what are your recommendations for movies and tv shows? stick with high rating
Things to watch
- Thread starter johnplisa123
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Well starting in April the final season of Game of Thrones will be out to watch. That'll hopefully be decent after this long wait.
Good stuff for binge watching include the classic HBO stuff like Sopranos or The Wire, AMC's Breaking Bad (and to a lesser extent The Walking Dead, though it loses its way somewhat after a few seasons). For L.A. enrichment (mostly crime-oriented), Southland, Bosch and The Shield are all pretty solid.
Seen Fauda yet?
I think I played on your squad at least once and if I recall correctly you said you're in SoCal--if not, skip the L.A. stuff because those are ultimately B+ shows at best (with some A+ bravura gleams from time to time), and well beneath the caliber of the two HBO shows and Breaking Bad above mentioned. The latter of which, BB, I hooked a buddy from Tel Aviv on and he continues to rave about it. Just solid, solid television.
If you are in L.A.--where do you go to wipe hummus? I'm not in the Valley anymore but I know that there are legit spots in Encino, many along Ventura Boulevard.
Probably not as good as the falafel or hummus in Israel but the produce is excellent and the Ashkenazi waitresses are прекрасны
Seen Fauda yet?
I think I played on your squad at least once and if I recall correctly you said you're in SoCal--if not, skip the L.A. stuff because those are ultimately B+ shows at best (with some A+ bravura gleams from time to time), and well beneath the caliber of the two HBO shows and Breaking Bad above mentioned. The latter of which, BB, I hooked a buddy from Tel Aviv on and he continues to rave about it. Just solid, solid television.
If you are in L.A.--where do you go to wipe hummus? I'm not in the Valley anymore but I know that there are legit spots in Encino, many along Ventura Boulevard.
Probably not as good as the falafel or hummus in Israel but the produce is excellent and the Ashkenazi waitresses are прекрасны
Ooh, nice, I forgot about Shameless and Deadwood--haven't got to Justified yet but it's that same cat from DW and he's got a kind of Eastwood-lite thing going on. Quite good. And I might as well add Boardwalk Empire to that though it was ultimately less satisfying than Sopranos / The Wire / Deadwood, in the end. Ah, and Curb Your Enthusiasm.
If you're looking for a strong female lead wanted to add:
The Killing (have only seen the U.S. version but I'm told the Danish one is excellent)
Top of the Lake
Better Things
Broad City (top billed gals are funny, and Hannibal Buress is the best squinty-eyed muthafucking dentist out there)
Scrotal Recall (aka Lovesick in its Netflix incarnation)
Love
Chewing Gum
Fleabag
Catastrophe
Togetherness
Enlightened
40 year old virgin
Old School
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
SuperBad
Pineapple Express
Sausage Party
Let's Be Cops
Coming To America
SpaceBalls
Old School
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
SuperBad
Pineapple Express
Sausage Party
Let's Be Cops
Coming To America
SpaceBalls