The Movie and TV Thread

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I started a thread here that I meant to put somewhere else,  and I erased it.  So what to discuss in the coffee lounge?

Have you seen any good movies lately?  

Last movie I saw was "The Last Duel". Pretty good.

Anyone seen "Dune"?  I see it's available for streaming and might rent it.  It's up for an Academy Award for best picture.  

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Thanks Stars.  I do not have that app but a high score in the 90s is a good indicator for me that I will like a movie/series.  I can't find the app in the play store though.

Case in point:  Warfare has a 93% on RT.  It's a brutal account of an event the Navy Seals went through on the Iraq War.  It's a true story.  It's realistic and I actually turned the sound off when an injured Seal screamed and screamed. I liked it a lot but it certainly wasn't entertaining

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/warfare-a24-film-review-2025

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Tweety said:

Thanks Stars.  I do not have that app but a high score in the 90s is a good indicator for me that I will like a movie/series.  I can't find the app in the play store though.

Case in point:  Warfare has a 93% on RT.  It's a brutal account of an event the Navy Seals went through on the Iraq War.  It's a true story.  It's realistic and I actually turned the sound off when an injured Seal screamed and screamed. I liked it a lot but it certainly wasn't entertaining

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/warfare-a24-film-review-2025

Here's' the trailer that I couldn't seem to post from my phone earlier.  

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=APF86peawgs

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Tweety said:

Sirens is a five-episode limited series on Netflix.  It stars well known older actors Juianne Moore and Keven Bacon.  But the main focus is on sisters played by Miley Alcok and Meghann Fahy.  All of whom do an excellent job, especially the younger actresses.  It's a dramedy with some twists and turns with some underline themes of power, money, control, misunderstanding and family dynamics loyalty,  and PTSD.  

It's really worth a watch.

 

My wife put this on our watch list.  I enjoyed it and thanked her for the addition. 

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Tweety said:

The Narrow Road to the Deep North is on Amazon Prime (I pay the couple of dollars of months to watch shows ad free, and money well spent but I'm bitter.). 

It's a five-part Australian miniseries that deals with an adult man in 1989ish dealing with PTSD and marital problems while flashing back to World War II when he had a passionate affair and fell in love with his uncle's wife and his horrific time was a POW in a Japanese camp in Thailand.

It is the best mini-series I've seen this year and in a good while. It's very well done from every aspect from acting, cinematography to script.  It's enjoys the rare 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.  It's very somber and one scene in particular in the POW camp is brutal.  

https://www.theaureview.com/watch/series-review-the-narrow-road-to-the-deep-north/

 

It's going to be difficult for me to watch movies about POW camps in the jungle for a spell.  

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Here's an interesting little movie.  

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toomuchbaloney said:

It's going to be difficult for me to watch movies about POW camps in the jungle for a spell.  

It's very well done, but certainly not for everyone, certainly I would think Veterans would have issues with it as it's realistically brutal.  

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Here's an interesting little movie.  

This showed up on my algorithm the other day.  I've give it a look see.  I generally like his deep dives and content.  But he's not without his critics.  He's out to sensationalize and make money which is fair enough, but he's somewhat of a cherry picker as well.

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Johnny Harris, a journalist known for his video essays, has faced criticism for alleged oversimplification, factual inaccuracies, and omitting key historical context in his coverage of complex topics like the Russo-Ukrainian War and colonialism. Some critics argue his work prioritizes sensationalism over accuracy and disregards historical nuance

https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical-thinking-health-and-nutrition/many-mistakes-johnny-harris

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Murderbot is a really good AppleTV comedy sci-fi movie about a partial human, mostly robot that's designed to provide security for his clients but he overrides an internal device that gives him some free will.  

It enjoys an impressive 96% on Rotten Tomatoes and is reviewed for a 2nd Season.

On a side note there were some silly reactions to lead actors Skarsgard's nude scene in which is was revealed he doesn't have a penis.  I guess the robots don't need it.  LOL

https://www.Yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/murderbot-features-alexander-skarsg-rd-123000928.html

 

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