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Category: Amazon Recommendations

Amazon TV Recommendation: Jack Ryan Season 1 and 2 (2018 and 2019)

09/11/2021

Amazon Recommendations

Say whatever you will about this series but I really liked it. So far, there are two seasons dealing with Jack Ryan, a CIA analyst, that trades his desk for being in the field (first season in the Middle East specifically Yemen and Turkey and second season in South America specifically Venezuela). Ryan is a
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The Last Ten Movies I’ve Watched in March

03/25/2021

Amazon Recommendations, Hulu Recommendations, Movie Recommendations, Netflix Recommendations

The Odd Couple (1968) is about two men, one already divorced and one in the beginnings of his separation, who end up living together. The only problem is they realize they can’t stand each other. I don’t know much about Neil Simon as a playwright, I look forward to watching more of his adaptations. The
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Amazon Recommendation: The Great Commanders (2003)

02/16/2021

Amazon Recommendations

The Great Commanders is a Magellan production from 2003. It includes six military leaders of Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Horatio Nelson, Napoleon Bonaparte, Ulysses S. Grant, and Georgi Zhukov. It is directed by Phil Grabsky and while some of the graphic reconstructions are simplified, the content is not. Every leader in battle has to
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Documentary Recommendation: Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies (2020)

12/22/2020

Amazon Recommendations, Documentary Recommendations

If something doesn’t capture my attention within the first few minutes, I take it out of my queue and watch something else. Two hours and 10 minutes later, I was watching the last remaining minutes of this documentary. Malcolm McDowell was speaking about his experience during Caligula. There is great commentary throughout Skin: A History
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Journal Entry Type #69: C is for Christmas

12/16/2020

Amazon Recommendations, Writing

I grew up with Christmas: the big artificial tree, the plethora of ornaments, the lights wrapped around the stairs handrailing, the candles in the windows, the wreath on the door, and the antique glass reindeer. Since leaving my parents’ house, I’ve never had a tree (alive or fake), never had ornaments, never had lights, never
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Documentary Recommendation: Who Put the Klan into Ku Klux Klan (2018)

12/10/2020

Amazon Recommendations, Documentary Recommendations

This documentary explores the origins of the Klan and how it connects with immigrants from Scotland. Neil Oliver researches the Deep South in the United States as he ties the past with the present. The focus is obviously on the racial divisions between the North and South. He starts with mid-1800s and works his way
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Amazon TV Review: The Man in the High Castle (2015-2019)

09/09/2020

Amazon Recommendations

In life there are too many questions with a lack of time to answer them. -nobusuke tagomi- “People are capable of anything. Especially when they’re desperate.” -joe blake- Creator: Frank Spotnitz Major Cast: Alexa Davalos, Joel de la Fuente, Rufus Sewell, Chelah Horsdal, Bennan Brown, DJ Qualls, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Rupert Evans, Luke Kleintank, Gracyn Shinyei,
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Documentary Recommendation: The Gits (2005)

08/25/2020

Amazon Recommendations, Documentary Recommendations

Lyrics from by Mia Zapata “You apologize and I accept it all on faith but still you do not try to push away your old mistakes.” Producers: Ronnie Pontiac, Jessy Bender, Danny Goldberg, and Tamra Spivey Director: Kerri O’Kane Rating: TV-14 Running Time: one hour and 22 minutes When Mia Zapata was murdered in 1993,
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Amazon Docuseries Recommendation: The Last Narc (2020)

08/16/2020

Amazon Recommendations, Documentary Recommendations

This docuseries is engaging, to say the least, as it deals with the murder of Enrique ‘Kiki’ Camarena. It covers the people involved in his murder, the investigation that occurred after he was murdered, and the end result which really wasn’t a result at all. The case is still open and his murder unsolved. Camarena
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Documentary Recommendation: The Curse of the Elephant Man (2003)

06/04/2020

Amazon Recommendations, DNA, Documentary Recommendations

Poem used by Joseph Merrick to end his letters, adapted from “False Greatness” by Issac Watts ‘Tis true my form is something odd, But blaming me is blaming God;Could I create myself anewI would not fail in pleasing you. If I could reach from pole to poleOr grasp the ocean with a span,I would be measured
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Journal Entry Type #44: How Different Are We? Very, I Hope!

05/25/2020

Amazon Recommendations, Humans, Netflix Recommendations, Writing

I’ve been watching more shows than I probably should since getting Amazon and the first streaming service I watched, Netflix. I’ve watched a documentary about Darrell Hammond, powerfully explosive and recommend it to anyone who wants to see the effects of child abuse. You can watch it on Netflix. I’ve watched a documentary about Lorena
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Documentary Recommendation: Finding Oscar (2016)

05/20/2020

Amazon Recommendations, Documentary Recommendations

Producers: Scott Greathead, Nick Loud, Frank Marshall, Martin Singer, Stephen D. Smith, Steven Spielberg, and Ryan Suffern Director: Ryan Suffern Writers: Mark Monroe and Ryan Suffern I found out about this documentary by searching worthwhile documentaries to watch because let’s face it, I can only watch so many CSI episodes in any given time period.
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Documentary Recommendation: Finding Oscar (2016)

05/16/2020

Amazon Recommendations, Documentary Recommendations

Producers: Scott Greathead, Nick Loud, Frank Marshall, Martin Singer, Stephen D. Smith, Steven Spielberg, and Ryan Suffern Director: Ryan Suffern Writers: Mark Monroe and Ryan Suffern I found out about this documentary by searching worthwhile documentaries to watch because let’s face it, I can only watch so many CSI episodes in any given time period.
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