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| Samurai Vengeance |
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Posted by: Drunk Monk - 08-20-2026, 03:16 AM - Forum: Other Streaming
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Ken Watanabe - begins with a frantic duel but being set by a theater, nothing is as it seems. A plot within a plot. I figured out the first plot. The second plot was clever. Enjoyable storytelling which unfolds nicely. Good airplane movie
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| Lanterns (2026) |
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Posted by: Greg - 08-18-2026, 03:13 PM - Forum: HBO Max
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Ah, Lanterns. Hal Jordan is busy training his replacement Jon Sterwart in the most dickish way possible. The show starts briefly when Hal Jordan gets the ring in 1996. They we get the training stuff and the mystery in 2016. It has a brief coda in 2026. The mystery happens in 2016 in some small town in the midwest where Hal has been before. Jordan wants to investigate but the Sheriff wants him to get lost. They run into some local preppers led by the local wealthy guy who wants Hal on his side to help him fight against aliens.
Kyle Chandler plays Jordan as a Green Lantern that seems really tired with being Green Lantern. Or maybe he is just tired. And he really doesn't want a replacement. If you've seen the trailer, you see what Jordan does to poor John Stewart.
So, far, I'm invested. It's a bit slow but it goes to fun places.
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| RIP Hayden Panettiere |
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Posted by: Drunk Monk - 08-16-2026, 08:21 PM - Forum: Testimonials
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She was brilliant in Heroes. Then that show fell apart with the writers’ strike and she went on to shows that didn’t interest me.
Only 36.
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| Arthur the King (2026) |
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Posted by: Greg - 08-16-2026, 10:48 AM - Forum: Netflix Movie
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Mark Wahlberg stretches his acting chops by playing an unlikable jerk in this based on a true story tale of an adventure racing team that adopts a stray dog in the Dominican Republic. Wahlberg takes one last chance to win the first place trophy of the World Championship Adventure Racing league or some such nonsense. He's been out of the sport for a few years after a disastrous campaign a few years ago. But he wants to try one last time for the trophy so he can finally settle down and sell real estate. He has to go raise money and convince people to join with him on the team. Simu Liu a member of the embarrassment squad, now an influencer, agrees to come back.
They start the race. They do dumb things. They have problems. Blah. Blah. Blah. But at one of the stops, Marky Mark feeds a stray dog and the dog decides to join the team. Adventures and tear jerking ensue.
It was a dumb movie. But I had followed the actual story on social media and it was crazy pants. This movie sucked all the excitement out of a great feel good story. But they did manipulate you to tears many times or tried to.
No sword fights. But lots of stupidity.
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| The Samurai and the Prisoner |
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Posted by: Drunk Monk - 08-15-2026, 07:44 PM - Forum: Doom Movies
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(06-27-2026, 01:24 PM)Drunk Monk Wrote:
(05-26-2026, 07:27 PM)Drunk Monk Wrote: Kokurojo (the samurai and the prisoner)
This was at Cannes and earned a very limited US theatrical run this week. Only one showing a day in the Cruz, and I doubt it’ll last into next week.
It's a beautiful film - gorgeous locations and costumes - but not a lot of action. Mostly political intrigue. The few sword fights are unremarkable but it makes some engaging commentary about religion and budo. I guessed who the traitor was using the least-likely paradigm. Not enough sword fights.
It'll play fine on a streaming platform.
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| Lone Samurai |
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Posted by: Drunk Monk - 08-12-2026, 12:33 AM - Forum: Amazon Prime
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(11-06-2025, 10:03 AM)Drunk Monk Wrote:
Lone Samurai
A shipwrecked samurai fights a cannibal tribe on a tropical island. Rather disappointing. There’s some attempt to be artsy. The samurai writes poems about killing. There’s some artsy shots. Then there’s some graphic torture as the cannibals dismember their prisoners. They give the samurai some psychedelic blood to drink which empowers him to break free. Then he kills the whole tribe but it’s only guys in bone masks wielding spears and macuahuitls.
The lead is Shogen who trained for 3 weeks to prepare but needed more like 3 years, or 30 even. He moves poorly and unconvincingly, cutting and slashing way off target with little intention. There’s a hint of complexity in some of the fights. Many are digitally enhanced for decapitations or limb removal: yayan Ruhian plays an elder and he completely outclasses everyone else with his Silat skills. But Shogen can barely wield a katana and his hits lack slicing impact. There’s many clear misses in his kills, cuts way to wide to be convincing. So disappointing.
Not D00M recommended
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| Lucky |
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Posted by: thatguy - 08-11-2026, 10:16 PM - Forum: Apple TV
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https://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomFo...6#pid82666
Episode 1 - after the opening scene, we jump back in time to show how we got here. Anya Taylor-Joy parties with her new husband in a Las Vegas casino, wakes up groggy in the hotel room late the next morning. Her "partner" is gone. The large sack of money is gone. She figures out she's been had and has to get out of this casino quick before the people that sack of money belongs to come calling...
Thoughts, hopefully without spoilers:
You're a red head...how long does it take you to decide that you might be easy to spot in a crowd?
Another suggestion: you might want to change out of that jacket at the earliest opportunity.
--tg
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| Choral (2025) |
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Posted by: Greg - 08-11-2026, 08:08 AM - Forum: Netflix Movie
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It's the middle of WW 1 in the middle of England and a Merchant/Ivory movie breaks out. The town choral society is having a problem putting on the annual concert because all the boys are being taken off to war, including the Choral director. There happens to be a fabulous Choral director playing at the local town but he is also under suspicion because he has just returned from several years working in Germany. And the guy loves Germany. Not a good look in 1916 England. He also might be a little light in the loafers.
They hire Voldemort and he is just as prickly and difficult as promised and keeps making German references. They scour the town for new voices for the Choral. They find unorthodox methods of putting on the play. A returning soldier becomes the new lead. People keep getting drafted including the new accompanist. But he is going to be a Conscientious Objector.
It drags on and meanders about. There is a bit of tension when the author of the choral appears and is less than pleased with what has been done with his work.
No sword fights.
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