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Dean (6927 KP) rated Band of Brothers - Season 1 in TV

Jun 11, 2017 (Updated Nov 9, 2019)  
Band of Brothers  - Season 1
Band of Brothers - Season 1
2001 | Action, Drama, History, War
Big scale HBO production (2 more)
Has a real cinematic quality to it
Great cast
Amazing war time drama
This 10 part series will have you hooked. Following a group of men right through training to the end of the War. The details are amazing. It feels like a TV version of @Saving Private Ryan (1998) the battle scenes are just as immense.
  
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Samantha Irby recommended The Outsider in Books (curated)

 
The Outsider
The Outsider
Stephen King | 2018 | Thriller
8.7 (31 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"This is relatively new but I read it when it came out and I'm currently watching the HBO series which is creepy and great. And honestly you could stick any Stephen King book in here and I'd probably be happy? It's not news that he's a master storyteller and so good at what he does. Although I do wish he'd tweet less, damn."

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Betsy Brandt recommended Parenthood (1989) in Movies (curated)

 
Parenthood (1989)
Parenthood (1989)
1989 | Comedy

"I feel the performances are great and I love how it’s funny, it’s dramatic, but it’s also really, really honest. There’s some beautifully tender moments because it has that honesty. It was amazing to watch when I was younger. It’s amazing to watch now. Whenever that’s on HBO, I can’t not watch it. I just love the film. I love the film."

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David McK (3562 KP) rated The Last of Us - season 2 in TV

Jun 1, 2025 (Updated Jun 1, 2025)  
The Last of Us - season 2
The Last of Us - season 2
2025 |
Second season of HBO 'The Last of Us' video-game adaptations, here adapting the second game which I have yet to play (but know enough about to see the same beats).

And, yes, it's not as good as the first season.

Also, yes, this seems to be only the first part of that game where you play as Ellie.
  
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Dave P. (9 KP) rated Westworld - Season 1 in TV

Jul 20, 2017  
Westworld  - Season 1
Westworld - Season 1
2015 | Sci-Fi
Slow and Go that is the tempo
This new take on the Michael Crichton novel rings the HBO show to a better futuristic reality that the old movie. There's drama and romance and all the stuff you would expect in a western themes virtual world to go out and play in. Some twists and turns along the way. I enjoyed watching the first season but it had some slow spots.
  
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Dave Bautista recommended The Godfather (1972) in Movies (curated)

 
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather (1972)
1972 | Crime, Drama

"I’m going to go with The Godfather. It’s weird — I didn’t see The Godfather in theaters. I actually saw it on television. I think when I was a little kid, they ran it in a series. It was on over three or four days on television. I remember just being immediately sucked in, and I was a young kid. My mom was actually amazed that I was just so sucked in. I kept asking her all these questions about the film that she had no answer for, and didn’t really care to sit down and watch it, and couldn’t answer the questions, but I was just so curious and I just loved all the drama of it, you know? And it still, it holds up. My wife and I were just watching it on HBO — I think it was HBO — like last night or the night before. They play part one and part two together now. It’s like five hours of The Godfather."

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Nevermore74 (6 KP) rated Game Of Thrones in TV

Sep 14, 2017  
Game Of Thrones
Game Of Thrones
2011 | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Upon my first introduction to the show, I was not impressed. The story in the first two episodes moved rather slow for my taste. Fast forward a couple months and I'm home sick for two days when HBO was gearing up for season four. I gave it another chance and never looked back! This show will thrill, chill, and, sometimes, kill you! It provides more action than many blockbuster movies and has a terrific storyline that will leave you anxious for Sundays and dreading the long break between seasons.
  
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Dean (6927 KP) rated The Deuce - Season 1 in TV

Nov 19, 2017 (Updated Sep 8, 2020)  
The Deuce - Season 1
The Deuce - Season 1
2017 | Crime, Drama
Good cast (1 more)
Good production
Interesting
A very good cast star in this Hbo look at porn and prostitution in 70's New York. There are many aspects this covers from characters involved in organised crime, law enforcement, film, and the area of New York it's set in. In a way this is good and bad. There are too many characters and by the end of the series it's hard to see what the overall aim was. Other than a little snippet of the lives of the characters at that time. Overall though it was a decent series.
  
To Be or Not to Be (1983)
To Be or Not to Be (1983)
1983 | Comedy, Drama
9
7.3 (3 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Farce (1 more)
Nazis loose
A few flat moments (0 more)
To watch or not to watch
If you currently have an HBO subscription then you need to add this to your watch list right away. It's not one of Mel Brooks bigger title films, but it should be as it's just as witty and funny. A remake of a 1940s film, it stays true to the classic with a touch of Brooks. A polish theater troupe in Warsaw use their love of the stage to fool the nazis and escape the ghetto. It's a farce in the truest form, and when this movie makes you laugh, you will be rolling.
  
I Love You, Now Die
I Love You, Now Die
2019 | Crime, Documentary
8
7.6 (7 Ratings)
TV Show Rating
HBO unlocked some content during this whole, dramatic time. I was glad they unlocked some documentaries. I've been wanting to watch this documentary, because I haven't gotten to see much on this case.
I liked that they showed the whole relationship, and not just the texts that hit the prosecution's theory of the crime. I think both of these people equally needed help, and were equal to blame. They both needed to be locked up in psych wards. She definitely failed to call 911, but the dude had jerked her around so much, how was she supposed to know that the threat was legit?
Anyway, I'm glad I got to see it.... for free.