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This week Dylan Schuck (@schuckster) Derek Miranda (@DerekMiranda85) & Karen Peterson (@KarenMPeterson) sit down to talk 1917.
As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and brief discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review.
PLOT SUMMARY:
Two young British soldiers during the First World War are given an impossible mission: deliver a message deep in enemy territory that will stop 1,600 men, and one of the soldiers' brothers, from walking straight into a deadly trap.
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2020 Oscar Nomination Reactions
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01:00 - 2020 Oscar Nomination Reactions
39:00 - Featured Review: 1917
01:03:00 - Spoilers: 1917
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