Peter Falk was the best. My wife and I saw the movie “Made” at the Sunset 5 theater in Hollywood, which is (was) kind of scene-y. Not a special screening or anything, just a regular Saturday night movie. Turns out Falk (who was in the movie) was there to just watch it and afterward he stood around shaking hands and chatting with people. We got a bite to eat and then when we were leaving the parking garage he was down there shaking hands with people in their cars in line to exit.
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Falk was a really good actor too. Columbo is iconic, but the guy was nominated for two Academy Awards too. Also, his movies with Cassavetes in the 70s are damn elite independent films.
The Robbie the Robot episode has one of the sickest burns I’ve ever seen on TV. There’s this child genius who tells Columbo that he used to want to be a policeman but then he realized he was too smart for the job.
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Colombo was nothing next to Father Dowling Mysteries
Yep, same here. Will Hay too, though he was a bit modern.
You have those in backwards order. Richie’s dad comes first.
Now let’s take a trip back to the show that made Sally Fields a household name.
I enjoy Father Brown, but Netflix doesn’t seem to be getting the new seasons. Maybe it’s on Britbox.
As far as British mystery shows go, I was a fan of Jonathan Creek.
Ealing movies are amazing and I can watch old war movies till the cows come home. Remember watching Sink the Bismark with my Grandad one Sunday afternoon and it seemed about the best film ever. Haven’t gone back to Formby since I was a kid but I remember me and my cousin in tears at the TT Races one. Couldn’t beat a bit of Norman Wisdom either. 
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Finished S2 of Umbrella Academy. I enjoyed it quite a bit. If anyone wants to explain wtf happened at the very end of S2 in spoilers I would love to hear it.
This conversation inspired me to check my unwatched films so I’m now settling down to The Cruel Sea, which I can’t believe I’ve not watched till now. Jack Hawkins, Stanley Baker and a young Denholm Elliott!
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i loved magnum PI when it was on sleuth network then netflix. it’s gone now and tom selleck is an old conservative now so i don’t miss it although if it were re-available on streaming i’d start binging it immediately all the time
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A reverse mortgage isn’t some kind of trick to take away your house
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i remember watching that double episode with friends and all of us going nuts when magnum murders his POW tormentor in cold blood in the woods
then when archer did it i went nuts again
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Watching this now without having seen the original. Gotta say this is a show to watch two episodes before you decide. The first episode feels impenetrable. Wtf is happening? You will know by the end of episode two whether matters. At episode four, I suddenly am down for wherever this mystery leads.
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I really liked episode one. After that I saw the review scores and thought that it must have fallen off a cliff after the pilot. Havent watched the rest yet but excited to
Well, these are certainly both gaps in my film knowledge that need filling.
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$100M+ budget blockbusters may be doomed, but there are definitely varying views on whether that is good or bad.
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Filming on Stranger Things S4 is starting back up. Looks like Walking Dead’s final season is getting going, as well. Source: me seeing extras casting posts (I’m guessing on Walking Dead, but I’m 95% certain).
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