TV/Movies Megathread

[Josquius]

Watched the first episode of "Rivals" on Disney. Because David tenant.

A drama about local TV in the 80s.

This... Is weird. It's an adaptation of a random no name 80s romance book. And seems confused whether it's a straight adaptation or a pastisch.
I will leave this one for my gf to watch in her own time.

But Ludwig though. It's very formulaic of detective shows. But still good.

[garbon]

Watched the first episode of "Rivals" on Disney. Because David tenant.

A drama about local TV in the 80s.

This... Is weird. It's an adaptation of a random no name 80s romance book. And seems confused whether it's a straight adaptation or a pastisch.
I will leave this one for my gf to watch in her own time.

But Ludwig though. It's very formulaic of detective shows. But still good.

Even I know Dame Jilly Cooper is no slouch in the UK.

[Sheilbh]

Yeah Jilly Cooper's Rivals was massive - like the romance equivalent of John Grisham.

[Savonarola]

The Last of Sheila (1973)

A year ago Sheila was killed in a tragic hit-and-run accident.  Now, exactly a year later, her widower invites a group of people who, coincidentally, were all at the party on his mansion the night his wife died, to a party aboard a yacht.  He plans to make a movie about her life, but first he plays a "Secrets" game with them.  Then the host dies, but who is the real killer?

This is the sort of movie where, as you might expect, there are a number of unexpected plot twists and, just as you would think, the killer isn't who you think it is.  It was written by Anthony Perkins and Stephen Sondheim; so it is a good deal of campy fun (weirdly Sondheim didn't write the soundtrack.)  Raquel Welch is in it; in what is by far one of her most challenging roles: playing Raquel Welch.  Fortunately most of her other parts didn't demand that much out of her.  James Mason in it; his secret is that he's child molester.  I just knew there was something going on between him and Sue Lyon in that one film they were both in.