Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-05-05 (Sunday)

On 5/6/24 7:39 AM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:

On 5/6/2024 5:56 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

On 5/6/24 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
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What did you watch?

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My Life Is on the Line (Lifetime) - This was actually a pretty good thriller. Unfortunately, the setting and background made it hard to watch - the lead (Andrea Pazmino) is a hardscrabble loser, apparently in the midst of divorce, who works at a bank call center. She has to meet with a mediator (about custody of her son?), but her clueless, unsympathetic (and useless - as she's not available when needed) supervisor boss won't let her have the time off.
    Of course, she also gets conned by a caller who doesn't have the passcode for his "wife's account", but who claims she just had a medical emergency, and who needs to money "immediately" to pay the medical bills. (It's the kind of story that, if you think about it for a second, doesn't make any sense!) Of course, the downbeat loser of a mom approves the money transfer without supervisor's approval.
    She fairly soon realizes that she's been conned when the real "wife" on the account calls in to find out why her account has been frozen!
    The rest of the flick is the woman trying to scramble to block the transfer while the original caller starts to lean on her to complete the fraudulent transfer anyway.
    Parts of this were a good thriller. But parts were hard to watch because the main character has such a shitty life/job, which she will likely lose when her mistake is made public.
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 Is this set in the present day? 

Yes, present day. (Apparently.)

What did you watch?

 I watched:
  Rise of the Planet of the Apes (4K disc)
 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (4K disc)

I've seen these two. But I want to say one of the streamers has them both in 4K right now...

War for the Planet of the Apes (4K disc) 2017 sequel which picks up where the last movie ended.

This is the one I haven't seen yet. I think multiple streamers have it right now. I am trying to get to it, but work keeps getting in the way!

Tales of the Empire (Disney+) - This is the second season of an animated anthology series set in the Star Wars universe.  I binged through all six episodes.  The first three episodes gave the backstory for "Morgan Elsbeth" who was one of the main villains on Ahsoka. 

Yes. Interesting that they focused on her.

The second half gave the back story of "Barriss Offee" who was a former Jedi who worked for the empire as an inquisitor before turning good again.  I was not familiar with this character but apparently she appeared in other shows.

Yes - also not familiar with this character.