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    en-usAugust 11, 2020
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    About this Episode

    Today on the Podcast we do another Round Up Session and see what we've all been watching lately. 

     

    NEWS ON THE MARCH

    R.I.P. - John Saxon / Regis Philbin / Kelly Preston / Wilford Brimley / Alan Parker / Olivia De Havilland / Ennio Morricone

    (12:20) - Movie Industry Update 

    The Snyder Cut is Happening on HBO Max

    Is Michael Keaton returning as Batman?

    Lusasfilm gossip - Could Star Wars Episodes 7-9 be filmed again?

     

    ROUND ONE

    Darren  (30:30) - Freaks / Unsane / Destino

    Paul  (36:50) - The Last Dance (Netflix) / Clone Wars Season Seven (Disney+) 

    Ivan  (44:20) - Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (Netflix) / Space Force (Netflix)

    Ron  (1:05:10) - An American Pickle (HBO) / Portrait Of A Lady On Fire / Honeyboy

    ROUND TWO

    Darren  (54:40) - The Far Country / Three Strangers

    Paul  (58:20) - Artemis Fowl (Disney+) / The Umbrella Academy Season 2 (Netflix)

    Ivan  (1:01:40) - We Summon The Darkness / Jumanji: The Next Level

    Ron  (1:05:10) - Where'd You Go Bernadette? / Blinded By The Light / Good Boys

    ROUND THREE

    Darren  (1:08:05) - Ask Dr. Ruth / Leave No Trace 

    Paul  (1:13:20) - In The Tall Grass (Netflix) / The Invisible Man (2020)

    Ivan  (1:19:20) - Operation Odessa / DC Animated: Justice League Dark - Apokolips War

    Ron  (1:23:20) - Dark Season 3 (Netflix) / Atlanta's Missing & Murdered: The Lost Children (HBO) - Mindhunter (Netflix) / Schitt's Creek (Netflix)

     

     

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    RANT & RAVE

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