What are You Watching? Year 2022

[Akousticplyr]

Re-Watched “Victory” last night. Also known as “Escape to Victory” in some markets.

Directed by John Huston.

Michael Caine, Sly Stallone, and even Pele!

Not a bad way to kill a Sunday night.
3.75/5 ️

As allied P.O.W.s prepare for a soccer game against the German National Team to be played in Nazi-occupied Paris, the French Resistance and British officers are making plans for the team's escape.

Victory (1981) - IMDb - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083284/

 

[scloyd]

Re-Watched “Victory” last night. Also known as “Escape to Victory” in some markets.

Directed by John Huston.

Michael Caine, Sly Stallone, and even Pele!

Not a bad way to kill a Sunday night.
3.75/5 ️

As allied P.O.W.s prepare for a soccer game against the German National Team to be played in Nazi-occupied Paris, the French Resistance and British officers are making plans for the team's escape.

Victory (1981) - IMDb - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083284/

I'm going to have to look for this. Never seen it before.

 

[Akousticplyr]

I'm going to have to look for this. Never seen it before.

If you like soccer, you are in for a treat.
Several famous contemporary players were cast, including Werner Roth.

Max von Sydow plays a wonderful ‘gentleman sportsman’

 

[STP]

Where The Crawdads Sing. I didn’t read the book, I didn’t like the trailer, and the content wasn’t interesting, but the movie fell into a convenient time slot to make dinner reservations. With some reluctancy, I purchased tickets… and was pleasantly surprised. I love when that happens. Very good movie. 5/5 ??

 

[isaac]

I started watching Mad Men. Ive never seen it before. Currently on Season 3. I would give it a 4/5

 

[sablebrush52]

Watching Doc Martin again after a space of several years. Available on HULU. Ticks all the boxes for me.

5 out of 5, though 1,000,000 out of 5 would be closer to the mark.

 

[Streeper541]

Completed Midnight Mass on Netflix. It's a supernatural thriller or maybe a mystery, written and directed by a filmmaker known for the horror genre.

It is 7 episodes encompassing 10 hours of some of the most compelling and best acted cinema I've seen in a very, very long time. Be forewarned, it is very slow moving, but that allows for a vast amount of character development. It also adds to depth to the very short story. It is phenomenal. 5/5*

I'd give it 10* if I could... it's that good.

 

[jpmcwjr]

If you like soccer, you are in for a treat.
Several famous contemporary players were cast, including Werner Roth.

Max von Sydow plays a wonderful ‘gentleman sportsman’

I was hoping von Sydow would be on the football [soccer] pitch playing center forward....

 

[scloyd]

Last night we watched

I rate it 4/5.

A rescue mission is assembled in Thailand where a group of young boys and their soccer coach are trapped in a system of underground caves that are flooding.

 

[mingc]

Westworld latest season on HBO. I've watched all preceding seasons. It's overly complicated, teases the viewer with undisclosed plot details that aren't revealed till later, but I love it. 4/5

The Sandman on Netflix. I haven't read the comics and think the show is very cartoonish with thin character development, which I expected. Also 4/5

 

[jpmcwjr]

Anatomy of a Scandal 4.5/5. Netflix​

Michelle Dockery, Sienna Miller and Peter Friend. One of the more unusual plots.

 

[jpmcwjr]

If you like soccer, you are in for a treat.
Several famous contemporary players were cast, including Werner Roth.

Max von Sydow plays a wonderful ‘gentleman sportsman’

[Victory] Available to rent on Prime for three bucks. Are there other options?

 

[jpmcwjr]

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Escape to Victory (1981)​

There are many more providers, but all for a charge. AppleTV says it's in 4K.

 

[cigrmaster]

Binged watch all of Westworld and really enjoyed it. I have watched the Mandalorian and Bobba Fett and Obi Wan Kenobi. I am still a Star Wars fan all these years later.

 

[scloyd]

Anatomy of a Scandal 4.5/5. Netflix​

Michelle Dockery, Sienna Miller and Peter Friend. One of the more unusual plots.

I'll watch anything with Michelle Dockery. She was great in Downton Abbey and Good Behavior.

 

[Akousticplyr]

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Escape to Victory (1981)​

There are many more providers, but all for a charge. AppleTV says it's in 4K.

As it’s an old movie with a film transfer, I don’t think you’re really getting a lot from a 4K version. I’ll see if there are other sources and share the link if I find one

 

[Akousticplyr]

Last night we watched
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I rate it 4/5.

A rescue mission is assembled in Thailand where a group of young boys and their soccer coach are trapped in a system of underground caves that are flooding.

I thought this was a great story about the human spirit and people coming together because it’s the right thing to do.

 

[Akousticplyr]

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Escape to Victory (1981)​

There are many more providers, but all for a charge. AppleTV says it's in 4K.

Try this:

(1981) ESCAPE TO VICTORY FULL MOVIE : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive - https://archive.org/details/1981-escape-to-victory

 

[jpmcwjr]

As it’s an old movie with a film transfer, I don’t think you’re really getting a lot from a 4K version. I’ll see if there are other sources and share the link if I find one

Right you are. More like a regular HD.

Sorry to say, I didn't care for the film so much. The soccer scenes were abysmal. A few fleeting moments of Pele, but in staged "game mode". I can't give it more than 2.5/5.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

The Prime Series, The Firm. Kind of a follow on to the original but not really connected. Yet. Not finished yet. Really enjoying it. 5/5.