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A lifetime wasted watching movies..... Condensed to save you time.

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#Mash:# @Prime. Original @RobertAltman movie. @DonaldSutherland, @EliottGould, great cast. Just spectacularly good.

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#Concussion: @Netflix. Brain injuries in football? Who knew? @WillSmith does good turn as African doctor who identifies disease, catches hell.

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#TheWhisperMan: @Netflix. This is a good one. Serial child killer, estranged father-son, dark. @MichaelKeaton scary; @RobertdeNiro actually underplays part. About time.

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The last was #Normal. Sorry.

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#Norman: @Prime. @BobOdenkirk as action hero? The least absurd thing about this flick. It is totally nuts and very (fake) violent. But pretty entertaining.

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#Lou: @Netflix. Definitely not the @AllisonJanney of @WestWing, but good thriller.

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#HailMary: @Prime. Not what Pop expected. Certainly impressive,@Gosling very good, surprisingly funny, but ultimately pretty weird.

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#YoungWashington: OK, this is a good movie. Good period piece, beautiful scenery, entertaining. The bones are pretty accurate, Hollywood puffery almost reasonable, EXCEPT when GW plays Superman/superhero.

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#TheSpyWhoCameinfromthe Cold: @Prime. @LeCarre, @Burton at their best. Dark, depressing Cold War spy tale. You'll love it.

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#TheAgency: @Paramount+. New season. A bit slow early, but really takes off. Cliffhanger, of course. @MichaelFassbender excellent, as is English girl whose complicted name I can't remember.

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#TheBoroughs: @Netflix. Very weird take on the now common old-people-outsmart-whippersnappers theme. If you don't like the beginning, just quit.

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#Plane: @Prime. Better than average streaming thriller. Still, totally unbelievable.

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#IWillFindYou: @Netflix. Interesting only to see what unbelievable coincidence comes next to advance a really mindless plot.

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#DisclosureDay: Actually went to theater. Bought popcorn. Settled in. This is AWFUL, notwithstanding @EmilyBlunt. If you want @Spielberg, go find #Jaws.

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#FastCharlie: @Netflix. Formulaic revenge thriller, but it's short and there's @PierceBrosnan. A bit past James Bond, though.

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#FDR: @Netflix. Three part bio of FDR. Excellent, if necessarily sketchy, survey of the period. A bit too hagiographic, but worthwhile in a history-ignorant time.

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#DeadMansWire: @Netflix. Drawn-out based-on-true-story tale of revenge kidnapping. Entertaining, but scary modern parallel in NYC.

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#ThePitt: @Prime. Got into this reluctantly, and it's sometimes vomit-inducing, but the characters are strong and it's pretty compelling. If you don't mind gore, go for it.

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#JackRyanGhostWar: This is just awful. Incomprehensible plot, bad direction, utterly pointless.

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#CharleyVarrick: @HBO. Oldie but goodie. @WalterMatthau outsmarts the Mafia -- yes, there was a Mafia phobia then -- and gets the goods.