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17 - Foundation Season 2 (2023) - This series picks up where the first one left off and is pretty good. One focus is on Gaal, Salvor, and Hari while another focus is on Day and the shenanigans around him. A third focus is on a few new characters, including Hober Mallow. We get a glimpse of The Mule...

:810: 45 - Werewolf by Night (2022) - 8/10 - Ulysses Bloodstone is dead and a group of monster hunters have come to compete for the Bloodstone itself. This is a fun, short film, done mostly in black and white. :710: 46 - Little Vera (1988) - 7/10 - Vera is a young woman who lives in a small apartmen...

16 - Loki Season 2 (2023) - I liked the first season quite a bit and I ended up liking the second season just a bit more. It was a little slower at first, but had a better ending. Very entertaining.

:710: 43 - The Lady with the Dog (1960) - 7/10 - A banker on holiday in Yalta meets a woman who walks her dog every day. Each is married, but they begin a brief affair before heading to their respective hometowns. The banker can't get her out of his mind, though. :7510: 44 - Nine Days of One Year (1...

15 - Secret Invasion (2023) - This was okay, but too often felt sluggish and boring.

:7510: 41 - Storm Over Asia (1928) - 7.5/10 - A Mongolian herdsman and trapper is cheated by a Western fur trader which leads to a fight. As a result, the man flees and eventually ends up fighting for the Soviets. There are some nice battles and fight scenes. :6510: 42 - Mother and Son (1997) - 6.5/...

14 - Ahsoka Season 1 (2023) - This was a very nice series and definitely sets things up for upcoming confrontations with Thrawn.

13 - Gen V Season 1 (2023) - This spinoff of The Boys is a lot of fun. It starts with a young girl named Marie whose life is upended when her powers over blood manifest. Years later, she ends up at a a college for people with super powers, but there is a dark underbelly to the school that soon beco...

:7510: 38 - July Rain (1967) - 7.5/10 - Lena is a twenty-something who hangs out with her boyfriend and other friends when she's not at work or home. A man loans her his coat during a rainstorm one day and the two start talking regularly on the phone. It's a good film and the influence of the French...

12 - The Mandalorian Season 3 (2023) - The third season was pretty solid and entertaining. It mostly deals with the factions of Mandalorians coming together with a few side trips, including a bit of Grogu's history and some New Republic politics. It didn't have quite the same feeling for me as the ...

11 - The Wheel of Time Season 2 (2023) - This season seemed even slower than the first season. It has nice visual effects, but was kind of hard to get interested in during the first half of the season. It did become more interesting during the second half. I'll probably watch the third season when ...

:4510: 37 - Future TX (2022) - 4.5/10 - Two kids get a sudden windfall and use it to purchase odd looking 'refurbished' phones which are able to receive phone calls from the future. The caller from the future guides the kids in saving the world. I saw this on the dvd shelf at my library and thought ...

10 - Early Edition Season 4 (1999) - Gary Hobson receives the next day's paper every morning and uses the paper as a guide to save people who would otherwise have been injured or killed. This season was pretty entertaining and on par with the first three seasons. Too bad it got canceled after this ...

:710: 33 - Russian Ark (2002) - 7/10 - A couple of men travel through the Hermitage and encounter people from different era. It's interesting to look at and technically impressive, but a bit boring at times. :810: 34 - Hamlet (1964) - 8/10 - A good Russian adaptation of the Shakespeare play. :6510: ...

9 - Carnival Row Season 2 (2023) - I thought the first season was a lot of fun and I was looking forward to a second season, but it was certainly a long time coming. The first few episodes were pretty dull and I thought about giving up on watching the rest, but I stuck with it and it got better. I ...