What Film (Movie) Have You Just Watched?

[Old Hippie]

On 4/7/2026 at 9:39 PM, bust said:

I am. When we were growing up we didn't have to deal with smart phones and social media. It's one of the main reasons social media is banned here in Oz for U/16s. The problem is we hand children a phone and believe we hand them the greatest weapon of all time and it's not necessarily them that weaponize it, it's others that weaponize it against others.

Points noted. 

[Coss]

Yes, all good points by y'all, further I note the invention of the "Teenager" by marketing mavens in the early 20th century.

We gave agency to children in the name of progress, prior to this they were children.

Then they started working, excepting the rich.

So Teens were kept away from adulthood and given money and purpose, but expected to transition to adults at 18 or so, now we let them stay as teenagers till they're 35.

Society, evolving.

[Palatkik]

Industry [2020 TV]
Workday drama London's finance hub with 8 parts per series. Season 1 has young bankers and traders make their way in the financial world in the aftermath of the 2008 collapse. More style than detail. Season 2 (post pandemic) improves with a good mix of sex, drugs, market making trades, character development. Season 3 fictionalizes the Liz Truss fiasco with disruptions coming at you in all directions. A slick season 4 focuses on public company scams and Epstein like entrapment. The final season 5 will likely come out in 2028.

[Palatkik]

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man [2026 Movie]
During World War II, the fictional gang leader returns to a bombed Birmingham and becomes involved in secret wartime missions based on true events where the Nazis were to flood the UK with counterfeit money. A feature film version of the TV series that began in 2014 about a gangster family in 1900s England, centering on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps. This comes across as nothing more than an extended episode, style over substance where the music and scenery outdo the flat 2D characters. Passable at best.

 

[Palatkik]

Dead Man's Wire [2025 Movie]
Based on the true events from 1977, when Tony Kiritsis entered the office of Richard Hall, president of the Meridian Mortgage Company, and took him hostage with a sawed-off shotgun wired with a "dead man's wire" from the trigger to Tony's own neck. Good recreation of the chaotic event with Pacino hamming it up.

[Palatkik]

The Sympathizer [2024 TV]
Near the end of the Vietnam War, a plant who was embedded in the South Vietnam army flees to the United States and takes up residence in a refugee community where he continues to secretly spy and report back to the Viet Cong. RDJ eats every scene in this black comedy based on the book of the same title, whereas the Asian performances are wooden and forgettable. An uneven limited TV series, the Asian scenes done in Thailand, offers a different take on the Vietnam war from a Vietnam perspective.

[Palatkik]

Power: The Downfall of Huw Edwards [2026 TV]
Drama following the downfall of BBC News presenter Huw Edwards from the viewpoint of his grooming victim and the power dynamics involved. Strong performances where the producers seem to make the best of what they can of this story.

[Palatkik]

Wasteman [2025 Movie]
Follows parolee whose fresh start hopes are jeopardized by a cellmate arrival. As the new cell mate takes him under his wing, a vicious attack tests their bond, forcing him to choose between protecting the new cell mate and his own parole chances. A near perfect gritty prison drama with some great performances, visceral, hard hitting crime.

[Old Hippie]

Sky king, the docudrama about the guy ground service worker with no pilot experience, who stole an Alaska Airlines commuter plane and “took it for a spin.” A lot of interviews with family and friends and coworkers puts a human edge to the guy and gives some insight as to why he might have “snapped.” Actual video and voice recordings help tell the story, worthy a look. 

[bust]

Not a filum but a 2 part documentary about a missing Belgium tourist in Tasmania's wilderness. Highlights the spirit of decent human beings when there is so much evil in the world. I'll post the second episode later for anyone interested.