Wolfie

On 02/02/2024 at 20:11, Chester40 said:

Saltburn

I knew there was some kind of particular intrigue/shock connected to the film but couldn't recall exactly what...

Can't recall what other's felt but I found it pretty decent.

Reminded me a little of 'Cruel Intentions'. All bitchy, rich people looking down on others and making clever put downs.

Dialogue was great, initally I couldn't quite work out where it was headed or exactly what kind of film it was. 

Quite stylish, good acting- Richard E Grant was really amusing - just a unusual and different film.

I'd call it a black comedy with some kind of satire /social commentary.  

Solid 7 out of 10. A bit slow at times and the scenes that were a bit shocking almost took me out of the film rather than aided it. But definitely something different and well worth a watch.

Richard E Grant & Rosamund Pike are fabulous in it. Favourite line for me was Rosamund's on her previously being a lesbian 😆

I saw it for the second time at the weekend (first time for Mrs Wolfie) and enjoyed it just as much again.

A few "Eeeeewww"s from her but my favourite comment was "Oh god, he's not going to an "American Pie" is he?!"

7.5/10

12 hours ago, DarkFruitsRam7 said:

 

I read a tweet the other day suggesting that it's basically Love Island now.

People have seen that it can launch an influencer career (see Tom Skinner and Ryan-Mark Parsons, as well as the likes of Katie Hopkins if you go back further) and apply to the show for a shot at fame. The tweet also suggested that this is obvious from the quality (or lack thereof) of the contestants' business plans.

I've not watched it in years so would be curious to know if this is the case.

Oh I agree it's definitely a pure entertainment show nowadays. Sugar doesn't even invest in the companies any more, it's just a £250k prize that they can spend as they like. The serious business aspect of it went out of the window years ago.

I basically watch it out of schadenfreude, enjoying it when they get found out for being generally rubbish. I therefore couldn't name any of the winners in the past 10 years, so can't comment on what they've done since.

On 02/02/2024 at 20:00, Chester40 said:

I know this will attract a lot of predictable comments/complaints...

But The Apprentice is back,  and me and the kids will be hooked as always.

Good, amusing family entertainment, not to be taken too seriously. 

Week 1 was cringe TV of the very highest order.

Few idiots and some irritating characters but enough who seem serious to make it interesting.

A guilty pleasure of mine. To be honest, I often skip through a lot of the task stuff.

Highlight of the first epiosde was the lad that made an arse of himself by not understanding what refunds were, in the boardroom, and started clapping like they'd won.

Have we never had an analyst here before? or at least recently. Seems odd if so.

I just assumed all clubs did this nowadays.

14 minutes ago, Dcfcsr92 said:

1. Bolton

2. Pompey

3. Peterborough

4. Derby

5. Barnsley

6. Charlton

I think charlton will go up in the play offs 

Charlton? 19th in the league and 21 points off the playoffs. That Charlton?

Charlton 2-1 Derby

NML as frgs

I bet he would have bought us a striker.

Just sayin.....

😉

Are we nearly there yet?....

9 hours ago, ramit said:

Murder On The Orient Express.  Have seen all the versions, this one is disappointing, stylish but lacking.  Great actors there, some with minimal roles, others should have had minimal roles instead, but one was rightly given lots of scenes, the fantastic Michelle Pfeiffer who drags this film all by herself up from a 5 rating to a 6.5.

I think I liked it more than you did but agree. Pfeiffer was indeed excellent. 
I was more disappointed with Death on the Nile, which I didn’t think was anywhere near as good as the Ustinov version. Also the Venice one was weird - but I do want to watch it again, as I think I nodded off and missed something important!

Anatomy of a fall (rent on Prime)

Heard really good things about this. It won last year's Palme D'Or at Cannes and really highly rated on imdb.

A woman is accused of murdering her husband, after he falls from a 3rd floor window at their mountain chalet. Characters & acting top notch - especially Sandra Hueller as the lead and Milo Machado Graner, as her blind son. Story maybe not so much, though more of it was in french (with subtitles) than I was expecting, which I personally find quite distracting.

Oh, and half an hour too long (2 1/2 hours).

Not bad.

6.5/10

1 point now between 1st and 4th !

Derby 2-0 Cheltenham 

frgs: Collins

I'm watching Schitt's Creek again but this time while at the gym. I can normally get away with a few chuckles without raising too many eyebrows but last night was the one with this bit in it...

Laughter from me and strange looks all round

Stumbled across Professor T on ITVX last night & enjoyed the first 2 episodes. I do like Ben Miller.

2 hours ago, RoyMac5 said:

Tyreece John-Jules

The on-loan Arsenal forward looks set for a spell on the sidelines, although how long for is yet to be determined. The striker was due to undergo a scan after coming off late on in the defeat at Reading with a hamstring problem. He was distraught afterwards but a further update is expected when Warne holds his pre-match press conference tomorrow.

Tyrese Fornah

The midfielder missed the trip to Sincil Bank at the weekend through illness and also wasn't involved in the trip to Reading on Tuesday, but the former Nottingham Forest middleman will be given every chance to prove his fitness ahead of Cheltenham.

Korey Smith

The midfielder had been making good progress in his return from a knee injury and was on the verge of a comeback but has since suffered a setback. Unlikely to be involved at the weekend .

Craig Forsyth

The long-serving defender is set to be missing for the next four weeks because of a calf injury that he picked up before the win over Fleetwood. He has since been for a scan, and the damage has been assessed as "quite severe" according to Warne.

Martyn Waghorn

The striker has been nursing a calf injury and had been due to return earlier this month, but he has suffered a setback during rehab. Warne says it now likely the forward will miss the next two weeks.

Conor Washington

The striker picked up an ankle injury while on international duty with Northern Ireland and the ligament damage he sustained meant he had to undergo surgery. The former Rotherham forward is still working his way back to fitness, but, like Forsyth, he is at least a month away from a return.

Jake Rooney

The centre-back sustained anterior cruciate ligament damage in the defeat to Bolton back in September but is surprisingly making good progress. It is unlikely he will play for Derby again this season, but he could return to training before the season reaches its climax.

Reading 0-2 Derby

frgs: Collins

Lincoln 0-2 Derby

Frgs: NML

Wrong thread

14 hours ago, Bob The Badger said:

Can't believe nobody has sussed Paul out. Classic conformation bias with some halo effect thrown in for good measure.

 

I've decided to stick with it & do enjoy it - as long as I skip the pointless challenges.

I don't think Paul will last til the end. They've started to work out that it's the popular & "leader" ones being killed off - so why is Paul still in?. Logic dictates he must be the one murdering the others.

ITK Moor Farm earlier

2 hours ago, May Contain Nuts said:

The way it's presented by some it's almost as if we had to 'settle' for signing Washington.

...but he was signed by our current manager for that very 'struggling Championship clu' with the aim of building a team capable of staying up, so surely he's seen as (and should be capable of being) more than a 'squad fiiller' at this level?

 

Christ I don't know why it took me so many edits to word that how I wanted.

...and still can't spell club 😜

16 minutes ago, Stive Pesley said:

I get all the arguments for privatised public services, but surely even those who are pro the idea have to admit that the current implementation of the model doesn't work for us? The idea that they can take tax-payers money, and then fail but it doesn't matter because they get bailed out by more tax-payers money is ludicrous. 

Agreed but to me it just comes back to the issue on the other thread as well about shambolic public procurement. Who drew up these terrible one sided contracts in the first place?. You can't blame any organisation for operating according to the contract they've signed with DfT or Treasury or whoever.

If it's the case that the contracts have got to be that attractive in order to attract bidders, then that surely must say something about whether the private sector should be involved in the first place - or at least it shows that there's very little or no competition between prospective train operators who want to operate the services.