TODAY I WATCHED... (Movies, TV) 2017

X Files season 6, episodes 9 through 13

"Bright" (2017)


Will Smith stars in this strange mashup of the "buddy cop" action and fantasy genres, set in a modern day Los Angeles where humans live alongside Orcs, elves, and other fairy-tale creatures. Smith's a burnt-out L.A.P.D. cop saddled with the first-ever Orc police officer as his new partner, and together the mismatched pair try to keep a powerful source of magic out of the hands of a vicious street gang as well as an evil creature who needs it to take over the world.
Reviews of this flick have been pretty brutal but I mostly enjoyed "Bright." It reminded me a lot of the '80s favorite "Alien Nation," and Smith is always fun to watch even if the movie isn't very good. It runs on a bit too long but lotsa stuff gets shot and blown up along the way so at least I wasn't bored.

X Files season 6, episodes 14 through 18

Live-PD

Watched The Punisher. All 13 episodes in one sitting.

Earlier today on the elliptical I watched:

Stargate SG-1, Season 3, epidsode 5

Austin City Limits
Newhart

Rewatched 'Superman v Batman: Dawn of Justice', the extended cut which is excellent

Finishing out my 2017 movie slate with a slab of true VHS trash:

"Terror In Beverly Hills" (1989)


Arab terrorists kidnap the President's daughter, and only one man can save her - martial artist/former Marine/all around bad-ass Hack Stone, played by Frank Stallone, Sly's younger lookalike brother. Yup, that's the entire plot.
This dollar-store wonder features wooden performances, cardboard sets, a mushy sound mix and general ineptitude from beginning to end. You'll laugh, you'll cheer, you'll cry tears of Z-Movie joy.

I have the Twilight Zone marathon on SyFy going

I was going to watch that but it seemed kind of pointless since I own the series on DVD so I'm watching the Nature program "The Story Of Cats"