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April 21, 2020 07:30PM

Since we are on lockdown, what movies are you watching: Showtime, Epix, Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, etc.?

Please, no spoilers!

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April 21, 2020 07:37PM

No movies. We are binge watching "Ray Donovan", just finishing up season 6 and will start on the latest seasons of "Homeland" and "Shameless" next.

April 21, 2020 08:16PM

I am a dyed-in-the-wool OLD B&W Classics fan! I like Bette Davis, Kate Hepburn, Cary Grant, Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, some Bogart, all those old-timers, now long gone. TMC has quite a few good Bette Davis movies up now, and I have them on my watch list. I have a Roku, and there's one channel with TONS of old good classic movies. I recently watched an old Spencer Tracy movie, "Captains Courageous", which I always enjoy! I also enjoy watching Classic TV, such as DIck Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, Bob Newhart, etc.

April 21, 2020 09:16PM

JAS, I have been trying to watch Ray Donovan since it came out! I can't get into it. I never watch past the 3rd episode of Season 1.

I'm up to date on Shameless. I've watched that since the pilot. I'll give Homeland a try.

@JASFLALMT wrote:

No movies. We are binge watching "Ray Donovan", just finishing up season 6 and will start on the latest seasons of "Homeland" and "Shameless" next.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton

April 21, 2020 09:23PM

Love Shameless, but we like to try to watch an entire season all at once so that we can binge. You will love Homeland, it's very well done. Ray Donavan is pretty good but not great, my husband likes it and it's tolerable so I go along with it. Afterall, he watched Outlander with me, LOL!

April 21, 2020 10:05PM

I also think you need to get past the 3rd episode of "Ray Donavan" to flesh out the characters and let it get more interesting. It was probably closer to the end of the first season before I started to get into it. But, there is so much great stuff out there...

April 22, 2020 12:28AM

We watched 1917. I'm generally not a fan of war movies because it just hits too hard to home being an Army brat, grandbrat, etc, but it was so good. We got a DVD, but it came with a code for a free download. I'm pretty sure you can stream it somehow.
I also loved Ray Donovan at the beginning, but it just got to be too much for me. I might revisit it now that I"m in a different place in life.
I know it's an old one and a weird one, but The Endless Summer was one of my favorites. It's from 1966 about 2 surfers that go out looking for the perfect wave. The scenes are amazing, it's more of a documentary, but it was so good.

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April 22, 2020 12:42AM

I'm an AF brat, right there with you. Those movies always hit me hard, since my dad was WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. He managed to live throughout it all.

April 22, 2020 04:32PM

Wow, that's a lot to go through JAS. My boyfriend is obsessed with history, so he tries to sneak a lot into the playlist that I'm not down with. I'm really into all the animal shows and have been taking the classes from the zoos and aquarium that are being offered now for kids out of school. My favorite is Fiona the hippo <3

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April 22, 2020 05:56PM

I liked "The Hateful 8" on Netfllix. Gory and violent but still interesting. As soon as I finish Seinfeld (2nd time in ten years), I am going to see some more movies and Schitt's Creek.

April 22, 2020 10:44PM

DH and I watched "A Star is Born" last Saturday night. Cried like a baby. All DDs saw it in the theaters. They watched "IT2" downstairs as only one of them saw it. I managed to catch 1.5 episodes of "The Affair." Not liking it without Allison and Cole.

April 22, 2020 10:48PM

I have seen 3 different versions of "A Star is Born" and loved them all. I really thought Lady Gaga did a nice job with the last one, boy can she sing! I was surprised at her acting chops too. I read IT and saw the one made in the 80s, also saw the last one too, really good and really scary. Love Stephen King. I know nothing about "The Affair."

April 23, 2020 12:57AM

I absolutely loved A Star is Born. The soundtrack is wonderful, the movie was great. It made me so happy and sad at the same time. Sometimes love hurts...a lot of times love hurts, but when you see it so beautifully...wow.

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April 23, 2020 01:49AM

Loved the music. Loved it and I so agree with you. Never saw any of the earlier versions. Wow!

April 23, 2020 12:50PM

Not a movie but an AMC show, Dispatches from Elsewhere. Seems stupid at first but this social experiment turns profound and hopeful. I'm hooked.

You absolutely must start from the beginning.

Btw, how are some series still airing new episodes while others claim that they were not finished filming when the Rona happened?

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/23/2020 12:53PM by sestrahelena.

April 23, 2020 03:31PM

I read IT when it came out. I still remember being terrified to the point of keeping my lights on when I slept. I haven't seen either movie yet.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton

April 25, 2020 01:09AM

Yes. And the theme makes a great ringtone.

@Jenny Cassada wrote:

I know it's an old one and a weird one, but The Endless Summer was one of my favorites. It's from 1966 about 2 surfers that go out looking for the perfect wave. The scenes are amazing, it's more of a documentary, but it was so good.

April 25, 2020 02:02AM

I have gone through many movies and shows recently. It's all good (even the bad stuff has something about it). Just now, I am alternating Columbo and 1966-68 Batman. Bwahaha! There are enough episodes to last for a few weeks. After that, who knows? I would like to hike in the open spaces then, but that is not up to me. Hmmph.

My garden in England is full of eating-out places, for heat waves, warm September evenings, or lunch on a chilly Christmas morning. (Mary Quant)

April 25, 2020 03:50AM

I watched The Heat on AMC. Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy. We saw it at the theater years ago, on a shop. Fun tidbit, this watching, a picture of Robert Mueller was recognized. I’m sure I didn’t pick up on that the first go around

April 25, 2020 04:54AM

"World on Fire" on Masterpiece Theatre on PBS. 3 of 7 episodes have aired, so you will have to find those episodes it on demand. It is a BBC production. Very powerful. The 4th episode airs on Sunday.

Shopping Southeast Pennsylvania, Delaware above the canal, and South Jersey since 2008

April 29, 2020 05:44AM

Money Heist on Netflix for those who have not seen. I am caught up and finished the final season of Homeland last night. Good Girls is a decent series. Billions should be starting in May for the new season on showtime. Berlin Station on Epix is good. I watched the 5 seasons of Baby Daddy Sitcom on Hulu. I think I will catch up on Better Caul Saul next.

Shopping Western NY, Northeast and Central PA, and parts of Ohio and West Virginia. Have car will travel anywhere if the monies right.

April 29, 2020 05:53AM

"Dispatches from Elsewhere" looks very intriguing!

ETA: Only Episodes 6 and up are OnDemand. I hope it's available on the App.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/29/2020 10:28AM by HonnyBrown.

April 29, 2020 04:46PM

ACORN - $5.99/month via Roku.
More British programming that we can ever catch up on.
Doc Martin, Poirot, Miss Marple, Land Girls, some excellent mini series that never made it to the USA cable programming, documentaries.

Amazon Prime- re-watching Downton Abbey, catching up on French movies, Catastrophe first season was excellent, did not are to watch the second one;

Hulu (free with Sprint) via Roku- rewatching MASH (in order), Community and Scrubs

April 29, 2020 06:55PM

Harry the Bunny. Way too much Harry the Bunny.

April 29, 2020 07:12PM

Recently finished Better Call Saul and Ozark. Better Call Saul easily has to be THE best TV show out right now. I can't think of any other show that's able to build so much in a prequel without shoving down callbacks from the original Breaking Bad.

Very infrequently shopping the Greater Denver Area, Colorado Springs and in-between in Colorado these days.

April 29, 2020 07:18PM

Netflix-The Pianist excellent movie, took place during the Holocaust.

April 29, 2020 09:47PM

Everyone in my family is watching The Ozarks on Netflix. Have not been able to get into it. I binged on The Office during the beginning of the shutdown and have now seen every episode at least twice. I actually rented Bombshell since I had seen The Loudest Voice - enough Roger Ailes for me. Right now I am lost as far as TV and streaming and I love TV - haha.

April 29, 2020 10:01PM

I was at my brother's house several years ago and got caught up in Poldark on Masterpiece. He gets it through Prime. I don't have it here so I only catch up on it when I go visit his house. I think I left off on season 4? Won't be going back to Houston anytime soon...

April 30, 2020 12:24AM

This was a great series, thanks for the recommendation! I watched the entire thing.

Have you watched Killing Eve? Another great series.

@sestrahelena wrote:

Not a movie but an AMC show, Dispatches from Elsewhere. Seems stupid at first but this social experiment turns profound and hopeful. I'm hooked.

You absolutely must start from the beginning.

Btw, how are some series still airing new episodes while others claim that they were not finished filming when the Rona happened?

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton

April 30, 2020 10:55AM

YES! If I ever stop being sestrahelena I will be Villainelle!

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