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[gotbeer]

Blade Runner (1982) was set in November of 2019.  

[gotbeer]

Netflix:  World War 2 in Colour  An old series, but still a pretty good one.  About WW2.  A good one for any military history buff.

[RallyMo]

On 10/31/2019 at 9:08 PM, gotbeer said:

Is it a dubbed film?  Or in English?

English.

 

[Lou]

35 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

Netflix:  World War 2 in Colour  An old series, but still a pretty good one.  About WW2.  A good one for any military history buff.

thank you for clearing that up

[NJHalo]

9 hours ago, gotbeer said:

Netflix:  World War 2 in Colour  An old series, but still a pretty good one.  About WW2.  A good one for any military history buff.

 

9 hours ago, Lou said:

thank you for clearing that up

I never knew there was a sequel. Cool! I’ll have to check it out.

[NJHalo]

Jack Ryan S2 Episode 1 started off great. Looking forward to the rest

[Lou]

1 hour ago, NJHalo said:

Jack Ryan S2 Episode 1 started off great. Looking forward to the rest

i thought so as well.  It seemed more Jack Ryany than S1. 

[AngelsLakersFan]

I thought Season 1 of Jack Ryan was pretty mediocre, yet Im still excited to catch season 2... something about big budget spy thrillers gets me.

[AngelsLakersFan]

'The Laundromat'

Steve Soderberg's new movie on Netflix about the Panama papers. It can't quite decide what it's going to be, non-fiction history lesson or dramatic and personal framing of events. Both elements are entertaining on their own but when cut together it reforms itself into some awkward, post modern hybrid that can't quite justify breaking the 4th wall. It also suffers from casting the morally and legally ambiguous nature of off shore tax shelters as the villain - stretching the story to include other, easier targets such as fraud and campaign finance reform to fill in the gaps. 

Meryl Streep will obviously find a nomination in here for her typically great performance but the real standout was Gary Oldman who's humorous take on a German banker in the Caribbean, who also serves as the films narrator is the highlight of the movie. Antonio Banderas is great as well.

[gotbeer]

Amazon:  Jack Ryan Season 2   It was an entertaining season.  But things just didn't add up.  Plot wise, it's so out there, to the point that it's kind of ridiculous.  But it was worth the watch.  Just not one of Amazon's best shows.

[Brandon]

Interesting what they’ve done with Power

[gotbeer]

Netflix:  The King  Docu movie about King Henry V.  Pretty much covered his ascension to the throne and the war with France.  Was a pretty good history movie.  Definitely worth watching if you are a history buff.

[gotbeer]

Movie:  Jo Jo Rabbit  It was a solid all around film.  Won't put it up in the Oscar category, but it's a good coming of age type movie.  Acting was solid all the way through.  Even that no talent Johansson was very good in it.  Even Waititi pulled off Hitler well.  This will translate well to the small and big screen, so if it's on, it's defnitely a watch.  

[gotbeer]

BTW.  Watching the previews before Jo Jo Rabbit.  One question I had is why Jo Jo was released in early November if it had Oscar ambitions.  Then saw this trailer from Fox Searchlight.  Oddly, also a Nazi movie.  But man, this looks pretty phenomenal.  

 

[T.G.]

Recently finished watching Cobra Kai Season 2.  Both the first and second season were pretty good, IMO.  You can watch both seasons for free right now on YouTube.

 

[gotbeer]

Netflix:  Into the Badlands Season 3.5 Shut up Lou.  So a martial arts movie done in the Hong Kong filmmaking style with very coreographed fight scenes.  It's not for everyone.  But if you like this genre of show, it's pretty kick ass.  This season especially was more focused and had a much better direction.  

[Lou]

5 hours ago, gotbeer said:

Netflix:  Into the Badlands Season 3.5 Shut up Lou.  So a martial arts movie done in the Hong Kong filmmaking style with very coreographed fight scenes.  It's not for everyone.  But if you like this genre of show, it's pretty kick ass.  This season especially was more focused and had a much better direction.  

hey, I watched Warrior!

it's the zombie shows that are ridiculous.....and the sci-fi shows

[gotbeer]

Netflix movie:  American Son  This was one f'd up movie.  Goes through the whole gambit of race and the black vs cop relationship in the waiting room of a police station.  And the ending is just f'd.  Overall, it's a good police type movie that really has you questioning a lot.  

[Lou]

5 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

Netflix movie:  American Son  This was one f'd up movie.  Goes through the whole gambit of race and the black vs cop relationship in the waiting room of a police station.  And the ending is just f'd.  Overall, it's a good police type movie that really has you questioning a lot.  

did it have you questioning your love of zombie movies? 

[gotbeer]

40 minutes ago, Lou said:

did it have you questioning your love of zombie movies? 

Never.

[AngelsLakersFan]

The Lighthouse

WTF did I just watch?

I'll have to see this again, Dafoe and Pattinson are drunk all the time and Dafoe's accent is so thick and incomprehensible he'll win an Oscar for it. I still haven't really wrapped my mind around what actually happened in this film. Also a must see for anyone who's ever wanted to F*ck a mermaid. 

 

[Lou]

new seasons:

11/15 - The Man in the High Castle

11/17 - The Crown

[gotbeer]

Netflix:  The Devil Next Door  A look a the trial of Ivan the Terrible, a holocaust concentration camp executioner.  It's shown with actual footage, and statements and interviews by living parties.  It's really well done, and very informative.  A good show to watch for any history buffs.

[Taylor]

The latest episode of Mr. Robot only had two lines of dialogue (one at the very beginning, one at the very end), yet it was one of the most compelling and tense episodes of the series.

[Brandon]

Finally watched El Camino.....meh.