Action remains one of Netflix’s best genres. In September, we’re highlighting several action movies, ranging from classics to recent hits. One of our picks is Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino’s WWII epic about a group of soldiers who set out to kill Nazis. vxz
The second movie comes from the Fast & Furious franchise. It also happens to be the last great movie from the saga. Finally, the third movie follows a group of brave soldiers who head into Afghanistan following the 9/11 attacks.
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During a recent podcast appearance, Tarantino called Inglourious Basterds his masterpiece. While Basterds takes place during World War II, Tarantino crafts a wildly entertaining alternate history of a plan to assassinate the Nazis.
Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) and his Basterds — Jewish-American soldiers who hunt Nazis — join forces with a German film star turned spy (Diane Kruger) and Shosanna Dreyfus (Mélanie Laurent) — a theater owner whose parents were killed by Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz) — to destroy the Third Reich. In true Tarantino fashion, Basterds is bloody, violent, and a damn good time.
Stream Inglourious Basterds on Netflix.
After years on the run, Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his family can finally return to their lives in the United States. The peace is short-lived with the arrival of Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham), who wants revenge against Dom for defeating his brother in the previous film.
Dom and Brian O’Connor (Paul Walker) need help getting to Deckard. Enter Mr. Nobody (Kurt Russell), the leader of a covert ops team who offers to help find Deckard if Dom and his crew rescue a kidnapped computer hacker in possession of a powerful surveillance program. Furious 7 packs an emotional punch — the heartfelt goodbye to Walker will leave you in tears.
12 Strong takes on new meaning this month because of the 24th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. The movie takes place in the wake of those attacks in 2001. Captain Mitch Nelson (Chris Hemsworth) and his squad embark on a secret trek into Afghanistan.
The mission is to infiltrate a Taliban-occupied city and destroy al-Qaeda’s presence. While behind enemy lines, the Americans form an uneasy alliance with the Northern Alliance to achieve their goal. 12 Strong isn’t better than Saving Private Ryan, and that’s OK. It does serve as an effective reminder of the sacrifices American troops made to serve their country.
Some of the best shots in Grok Imagine’s AI-made Odyssey don’t contain actors. Ancient landscapes stretch into the distance. Close-ups of grimy hands suggest people who have touched something rougher than a keyboard. For a few seconds, the illusion holds.
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YouTube videos could soon look better without eating quite so much data, right? Thankfully, the platform plans to introduce a new video format called AV2 on its web player in early 2027, promising more efficient streaming and potentially fewer playback hiccups on slower internet connections. The big headline is a roughly 30% improvement in compression efficiency over AV1, YouTube's existing video format. That doesn't guarantee every video will use 30% less data, but it could make streaming a little easier on both internet connections and data allowances.
What is AV2, and why should viewers care?
YouTube is changing how its Home page works, giving viewers more control over what shows up there and making some of the app’s most-used sections easier to reach. Custom Feeds are now replacing the existing topic chips for eligible users, while YouTube is also testing a redesigned top bar on mobile that moves Subscriptions closer to the Home feed.
YouTube first started experimenting with Custom Feeds earlier this year, letting you type out what you wanted to watch and turning that request into its own stream of recommendations. Now, the feature is starting to look less like a side experiment and more like something YouTube actually wants people to use as part of their everyday Home page.