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Movies & TV Shows to Watch this Weekend

I recently picked up a Benq GV50 portable laser projector and I’ve now been using it for nearly two weeks. I have a cozy living room with a tv, but I also have my main living area that has a large empty wall and no TV by choice, and figured a projector might be fun there. I originally wanted the JMGO N1S projector but it costs around $999 and wasn’t sure I wanted to invest so much in something I won’t use that often. The JMGO also didn’t have a built in battery and isn’t capable of running easily off an external power bank. Then Benq released the GV50 a few weeks ago and it has built in Google TV (so Netflix, HBO, Hulu, AppleTV+ and Amazon Video), built in battery, 1080p and was priced at $599. It also had come out on top in The Hookup’s “2024 Ultimate Portable Projector Comparison“.

So far I’m liking it. Due to the size it’s not that bright but still bright enough to watch on a beige colored wall with ambient lighting on. I have the projector on the coffee table but I can basically put it anywhere and point it at anything and it will automatically adjust the framing so that the screen is the correct shape. My biggest gripe with it is that I wish it was louder. I tend to watch everything really loud and so I find the highest volume on the GV50 not that high to my liking.

Anyway, I got it for the full price of $599 from Benq.com with a free carrying case since it had just come out, but if you wait a bit I’m sure it will drop in price. Here is the Link.

Let me know in the comments what you recently watched or planning to watch.

Movies at the Cinemas
The movies below are now showing at the local cinemas:

New This Week:
Big Trip 3: Race Around the World (N/A)
Daddy’s Head (N/A)
Hellboy: The Crooked Man (4.6)
Wrong Place (3.4)

Other Movies Showing:
Alien Romulus (7.4)
Bagman (6.0)
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (7.0)
Blue Light (3.6)
Joker: Folie à Deux (5.7)
Never Let Go (5.7)
Speak No Evil (6.6)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (classic) (7.9)
The Wild Robot (8.2)
Transformers One (7.8)
Weekend in Taipei (5.9)

The numbers in brackets refer to the IMDB rating at the time of publishing.

5 replies on “Movies & TV Shows to Watch this Weekend”

Finally finished Even Stevens S1 (and it’s the only season they have on Disney+ in this region for some reason), and I thought it was ok, but not great. I don’t remember watching this season when I was a kid, so it was practically new to me

The Legend of Hercules is yet another Hercules movie that doesn’t use the myths properly. It’s also basically like a “300” clone 😕

– The Italian Job (1969) the action starts very late in the movie. didn’t like it
– Badlands (1973) first feature of Terrence Malick, loved it
– Lawrence of Arabia (1962) first time watching it. a masterpiece is an understatement
– Five Easy Pieces (1970) great acting, an ok movie
– One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) also first time watching it. flawless
– The Fall (2006) very beautiful movie, nice story
– The Ninth Configuration (1980)

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