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Fair enough. It just looks like there's some weird "colour grading" going on in the poster - though I'm guessing the books were standard (for the era) european medieval fantasy? I'm all for more Natasha O'Keeffe. Her and the lady behind her could have a duel of the cheekbones, though.

Those that have read the books, is that a fair representation of the importance of the characters?

Watched the first ep last week. I'd recommend that anyone who gives it a go sticks with it to the end of the first episode... for reasons. Would have watched more, but Reacher S3 has started. From the first 2 eps, much more fun than the second season. Also watched the first 2 eps of Night Agent S2. Enjoyed S1, but struggling with S2.

I saw that at a film festival. Not a sports fan, but thoroughly enjoyed it.

Other: Fortigate

A bit late to the party, but just finished the excellent Season 3 of The Expanse (just before Amazon take the first three seasons off). Tried the show when it first came out, but couldn't get into it. I found the accents and odd haircuts jarring, as well and the seemingly unconnected "Private Eye" and "space" threads didn't mesh. It wasn't until the third go around, as everyone seemed to love it, that I got to episode three when the show found it's feet and, so far, has got better and better. If you're into SF, highly recommended.

The Killer's Game (Prime Video) Trailer fairly violent and bloody Hitman Joe Flood (don't worry, he only kills bad uns) learns he has a terminal disease. Not wanting his new love to see him wither away, he takes out a contract on his own life. When he finds out he was misdiagnosed, and the contract cannot be cancelled, he must survive Europe's deadliest killers so that he can live life with his twue love. OK action thriller with way too much CG blood. It has some amusing bits, like the Scottish pair who have subtitles until whoever was doing that got bored, but not a "must see". Unless you've had a hankering to see Dave Bautista in the bedroom... Captain America: Brave New World (Cinema) General "Thunderbolt" Ross is now the prez, but something about his presidency seems off. Can Sam Wilson remain as Captain America and save the day? Better than I was expecting, but nowhere near the best MCU entries. Worth a look if you're a True Believer, though. Cinema was pleasantly busy and, much to my surprise given it's themes and star, it seems to be doing well in the US too.

La Dolce Villa (Netflix) The latest romance in a picturesque location from Netflix has an American widower dad rushing to Tuscany to stop his daughter buy a €1 house. Unable to deter her, he ends up staying to help with renovations and starts to fall for the local, handily widowed, mayor. More rom than com, it's a gentle watch with pretty scenery. If you enjoy this sort of fluff it's OK, but far from the best example of the genre.

I was suspecting that this one was going to get cancelled, though we've been enjoying it.

Is something else using the drive letter?

Rudy loves to display his (lack of) wares.

Love Hurts (Cinema) Trailer NSFW: Swearing and violence Ke Huy Quan plays an affable estate agent who used to be his criminal brother's enforcer. When his supposedly dead old flame reappears he's going to need his old skills. Fun action comedy. Not an all time classic, but worth catching when it's streaming. I guess they didn't want to go up against Marvel but, given the title of the film, its romances and the fact it's actually mainly set on Valentines Day, I'm surprised they didn't release it on the 14th.

We got a few Thinbooks. The backlit keyboard seems to have enough "shiny" to offset the unfamiliar (to teachers) brand.

Not with our staff! That said, engineers are always quick to respond. Have three at my main school. Oddly, the "office" machine hardly ever has a problem while the "teacher" ones...

My main school uses Swiggle. Action taken on reporting results seems to vary by who picks up the ticket (not that we do it often), though we have found that if they do find a games site using the Swiggle result somehow bypasses our filter. Sort of looking around for alternatives, but it seems to work "OK". Other two just use Safe Search + filter.

We dropped Blacklist around the end of Season 6 it was tying itself in knots. It's not been deleted, but I can't imagine we'll go back to it.

Finally finished Kingdom on Netflix. Watched most of the main part of the show over Xmas and completed the prequel movie Ashin of the North over the weekend, In the Joseon period of Korean history, a young prince discovers a strange illness that is affecting villages in the country. The illness? Zombies! Worth sticking with, as the first couple of episodes have a bit too much political manoeuvring, but from then to the end of the first season it's pedal to the metal leading to an incredible cliffhanger. Thank goodness I didn't have to wait to see how/if they'd get away. Season Two keeps things barrelling along, but feels a bit rushed as they needed to wrap things up before the Netflix axe fell, which they do fairly well. The prequel movie is OK, but lacks the drive of the series. Anyway: Show is highly recommended.

Yep, it's incredibly annoying and greedy. I think it will drive more people to sailing the high seas and surely some income is better than none?

The Assignment (Started on Plex, got sick of the ads and finished on Prime) aka Tomboy, aka Revenger, aka Tomboy: The Revengers Tale, aka (Re) Assignment A Low level hitman takes out the brother of an unhinged doctor and wakes up to find that he's had his gender changed. His new body isn't going to stop him getting revenge, though. Directed by Walter Hill, starring Michelle Rodriguez (who you'd think wouldn't need to flash so much flesh), Sigourney weaver, Tony Shalhoub and Antony LaPaglia. It couldn't be that bad, could it? Wrong! Game Changer (Prime) aka గేమ్ ఛేంజర్ When a minister has a heart attack and almost doesn't get to hospital after a shoddily constructed flyover collapses and blocks the ambulances route, he vows to clean up corruption in his government.Ram Nandan (Ram Charan from "RRR" or, to give him is onscreen credit, "Global Star Ram Charan") is... something in government that that may make sense to Indian/Telegu audiences and is given the task of enforcing this new, honest government. Basically he's incorruptible and goes around doing action hero stuff. And administration for elections along with a bunch of other stuff. Meanwhile the minister's son, who was expecting to take over from his dad, decides he'd much rather profit from the corruption. I think that's what happened, but I did drop off around 3/4s of the way through during an extended, unheralded, flashback to the forming of the political party by Ram's Dad (also played by Ram Charan) - the unheralded flashback and dual dad/son role seems to be a thing in Indian action films at the moment. I did wake up to see lots of twists and turns before the eventual outcome is reached. Another duff one on Amazon, not helped by the "comedy" bits that included stuff like Ram's "Rage Meter". If you want to see Ram Charan in a movie, watch "RRR". If you want to see someone from "RRR" in another film, watch N.T. Rama Rao in "Devara: Part One" (also features the unheralded flashback and the main actor playing his Dad thing). If you want to watch a good Indian action/political movie, watch "Jawan" (ditto on the flashback).

This little fella.

Homebase closures: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/homebase-shop-closures-uk-full-list-february-b1209578.html

Loved the first series, but the first episode of Season 2 failed to grab me. Must try another episode or two.

I iz in da projectz.

I guess the JSA is finding it hard to recruit people interested in justice.

...and, on Feb 4th (F4): For those that want to watch the countdown: