TODAY I WATCHED (Movies, TV series) 2015

X-Files
Futurama

Chinatown

manny wrote:

Chinatown

Just saw that mentioned in a Top 10 video of Top 10 Serious Slaps in movies. Thinking about adding it to a list of movies to watch.

House of Cards (BBC) - Awesome. The original version of House of Cards is a typically fabulous British production featuring wonderfully dry, dark humor. I liked the US remake well enough but it has NOTHING on this series.

S.D. wrote:

House of Cards (BBC) - Awesome.  The original version of House of Cards is a typically fabulous British production featuring wonderfully dry, dark humor.  I liked the US remake well enough but it has NOTHING on this series.  

Totally, the U.S show was decent but this is a classic. You should also check out the follow up To Play the King 

Batman - Season 2

Moneyball

"American Ninja 2: The Confrontation" (1987)



Military martial-arts masters Michael Dudikoff and Steve James are sent to a Caribbean island to investigate the kidnapping of some U.S. Marines. Soon they discover that the island paradise is home base to a drug cartel protected by an army of genetically-engineered (wait for it) SUPER NINJAS...needless to say, much ass kicking ensues. This virtually plotless, woodenly acted, so-'80s-it-hurts slab of chop socky cheez is basically 90 minutes of guys beating the crap out of each other. Silly as hell but such fun!!

Death Angel's "Thrashumentary"

manny wrote:

Chinatown

I watched that last night. Not sure what made me pick it. Maybe the current drought situation in California? Had't seen it in many years. Still good. I still wince when Jake gets his nose sliced.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

manny wrote:

Chinatown

I watched that last night. Not sure what made me pick it. Maybe the current drought situation in California? Had't seen it in many years. Still good. I still wince when Jake gets his nose sliced.

I've visited several of the filming locations from Chinatown, thankfully most of the places featured in the movie still exist.  A lot of it was filmed around the Echo Park neighborhood.

This is a picture I took at Echo Park lake a few weeks ago that features in the movie:

Cool.

Road to Perdition

True Detective - Season 2, Episodes 6 and 7

Criminal Minds

"Scooby-Doo and KISS: Rock and Roll Mystery" (2015)



My 8 year old found this DVD at Wal-Mart yesterday and said "Daddy, we *HAVE* to get this!" - how could I refuse?

Worlds collide in the latest direct-to-video "Scooby" movie that is probably the closest thing we'll ever get to a "KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park" sequel. The Mystery Machine gang is summoned to KISS World - the band's all-KISS, all the time theme park - to help the super heroic rockers unmask a mysterious Crimson Witch that's attacking park workers and scaring away customers.

It's silly as hell like all "Scooby" movies, nicely animated and the KISS guys seem to be enjoying themselves (there are even quite a few jokes at their expense about their merchandising habits). Kids will dig the usual Scooby slapstick and their KISS geek parents will have fun catching the various in-jokes and nods to KISS history hidden throughout the film.

Fat Freddy wrote:

"American Ninja 2: The Confrontation" (1987)



Military martial-arts masters Michael Dudikoff and Steve James are sent to a Caribbean island to investigate the kidnapping of some U.S. Marines. Soon they discover that the island paradise is home base to a drug cartel protected by an army of genetically-engineered (wait for it) SUPER NINJAS...needless to say, much ass kicking ensues. This virtually plotless, woodenly acted, so-'80s-it-hurts slab of chop socky cheez is basically 90 minutes of guys beating the crap out of each other. Silly as hell but such fun!!

One of the stupidest movie errors I can think of is in this one. There's actually a scene where Dudikoff's character is played by a different actor, with no effort made to hide it. He has no dialogue, but you can see his face very clearly for a few seconds. WTF?!

X-Files
Monday Night Raw (Hulu version)

"Gravestoned" (2009)



Billed as "a horror film for stoners," this is a sh*t house no budget "comedy" about a one armed slasher stalking the cast and crew of a horror movie. Nobody in the movie can act and the "story" goes nowhere. Pointless, plotless, irritatingly unfunny amateur night crap. This looks like it was made by a bunch of kids who suddenly decided "Hey, let's shoot a movie on our iPhones and put it on YouTube!"
AVOID.

"Aural Amphetamine: Metallica and the Dawn of Thrash" (2011)



A skimpy but still mostly entertaining low-budget documentary that covers the rise of the NWOBHM and its eventual mutation into thrash metal thanks largely to the influence of a certain Mr. Ulrich and his band.

Putting Metallica's name in the title and on the DVD cover is a cheap ploy to snag unsuspecting viewers, because they obviously had nothing to do with the making of this flick - they appear only via vintage concert and interview footage. New interviewees include Brian Tatler (Diamond Head), Lonn Friend (RIP Magazine), Chris Poland (Megadeth), Aaron Jellum (Laaz Rockit), photographer Harold O., and others.

Longtime thrashers will enjoy the trip down memory lane but they certainly won't learn anything new.

Batman - Season 2

Full Metal Jacket

Minions

manny wrote:

Full Metal Jacket

   One of my all-time favorites!  The first half is a hilarious comedy and the second half is a grim drama.  R. Lee Ermey is classic in that film.