TODAY I WATCHED (Movies, TV series) 2015

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S.D. wrote:

Marvel's Jessica Jones (Netflix)



Hard R-rated Marvel series, similar in approach to the Daredevil series from earlier this year but Jessica Jones has a distinctive flavor.  Ritter is excellent as the title character and David Tennant (Doctor Who) makes a great slimy "big bad".  Parents beware, a lot of humping going on in this series.  

Oh wow. I didn't even know this was up and running. I'll have to check it out even though I am totally unfamiliar with the character.

Great show - I'm up to episode 5 so far.

Okay. I caught the first 2 episodes of Jessica Jones. I'm liking it.

Monday Night Raw
Criminal Minds

007 wrote:

Okay. I caught the first 2 episodes of Jessica Jones. I'm liking it.

Finished Episode 8 last night, really liking it so far

thejokeriv wrote:

007 wrote:

Okay. I caught the first 2 episodes of Jessica Jones. I'm liking it.

Finished Episode 8 last night, really liking it so far

I completed it, killer series. The last half of the season is INTENSE! Interesting that two of the best TV series this year have been Daredevil and Jessica Jones...and I don't even read comic books.

S.D. wrote:

thejokeriv wrote:

007 wrote:

Okay. I caught the first 2 episodes of Jessica Jones. I'm liking it.

Finished Episode 8 last night, really liking it so far

I completed it, killer series.  The last half of the season is INTENSE!  Interesting that two of the best TV series this year have been Daredevil and Jessica Jones...and I don't even read comic books.

I have a long holiday weekend so I should be able to complete it then. Looking forward to it.

S.D. wrote:

thejokeriv wrote:

007 wrote:

Okay. I caught the first 2 episodes of Jessica Jones. I'm liking it.

Finished Episode 8 last night, really liking it so far

I completed it, killer series.  The last half of the season is INTENSE!  Interesting that two of the best TV series this year have been Daredevil and Jessica Jones...and I don't even read comic books.

It is fantastic.... I am almost done, 2 episodes left

Smackdown
Pawn Stars

Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, of course. The Mortal Kombat Snoopy v Chair moment still gets me giggling, amazingly.

thejokeriv wrote:

S.D. wrote:

thejokeriv wrote:

007 wrote:

Okay. I caught the first 2 episodes of Jessica Jones. I'm liking it.

Finished Episode 8 last night, really liking it so far

I completed it, killer series.  The last half of the season is INTENSE!  Interesting that two of the best TV series this year have been Daredevil and Jessica Jones...and I don't even read comic books.

It is fantastic.... I am almost done, 2 episodes left

Finished the series, hoping for a season 2.

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The Mortal Kombat Snoopy v Chair moment still gets me giggling, amazingly.

My Thanksgiving celebration isn't complete till I see Snoopy and The Chair throw down.

Fat Freddy wrote:

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The Mortal Kombat Snoopy v Chair moment still gets me giggling, amazingly.

My Thanksgiving celebration isn't complete till I see Snoopy and The Chair throw down.

Weird how timeless and necessary that scene is. Totally makes the holiday.

Planes Trains And Automobiles (1987) - the John Hughes directed Thanksgiving classic starring Steve Martin and the late great John Candy. This one never gets old and it's a tradition to watch every year.

The Keep (1983) - set in 1941, Nazi soldiers inadvertently free a demon that has been imprisoned inside an old fortress (the keep). Not too bad a film but could have been better.

Another episode of Jessica Jones

Then. the first 3 episodes of Man In The High Castle. This show is fantastic.

Frosty The Snowman

Jessica Jones

"Max" (2015)


A military dog comes home to the U.S. to stay with the family of his handler, who was killed in action in Afghanistan. While "Max" learns to bond with his buddy's troubled younger brother, they end up getting mixed up in an adventure involving some local bad guys. An all-American family friendly action movie that's sappy in all the right places. My kids liked this one a lot.

This weekend.  

The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015) - This one started out pretty good but a weak script and a dragging mid-section dampened the enjoyment.  Some amusing segments but it's the kind of movie you forget 10 seconds after the credits roll.  

Mission Impossible:Rogue Nation (2015) - Saw this in the theater and loved it, was just as enjoyable the second time.  My vote for best big Hollywood movie this year.

San Andreas (2015) - Ugh. Every terrible disaster movie cliche is dusted off and thrown onto the screen in this overblown CG cartoon of a film.  Sure, some of the destruction shots were nicely done, but I've seen this CG city destruction schtick so often over the past decade or so I'm just numb to it.  Yawn.

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San Andreas (2015) - some of the destruction shots were nicely done

My wife and kids really really liked this one... so much in fact that they've sat thru it twice now. Once was plenty for me. It's the same basic premise that you'd see in any random SyFy channel disaster movie, the only difference is that "San Andreas" had a mega-zillion dollar budget.

By the mid-way point I was focusing mostly on the impressive-bordering-on-spectacular cleavage on the gal who played the Rock's daughter....

S.D. wrote:

This weekend.  

San Andreas (2015) - Ugh. Every terrible disaster movie cliche is dusted off and thrown onto the screen in this overblown CG cartoon of a film.  Sure, some of the destruction shots were nicely done, but I've seen this CG city destruction schtick so often over the past decade or so I'm just numb to it.  Yawn.

Should have stuck with an Irwin Allen classic.

I was hanging out with a friend, San Andreas was their choice, I picked the Mission Impossible flick.

"Hot Pursuit" (2015)


By-the-numbers "odd couple" action comedy, with Reese Witherspoon as an uptight Texas cop escorting the wife of a federal witness (Sofia Vergara) to court so she can testify against a Mexican drug lord. Naturally, lots of bad guys try to eliminate them along the way.  There are a few chuckles here and there and Vergara is nice to look at (which is a good thing cuz she sure as hell can't act!) but overall this flick is easily skippable.

007 wrote:

Planes Trains And Automobiles (1987) - the John Hughes directed Thanksgiving classic starring Steve Martin and the late great John Candy. This one never gets old and it's a tradition to watch every year.

I like to kick off my Christmas season with that one too. Watched it Saturday night. And thanks to the internet, I finally know the band and song that's playing when they are riding in Doobby's Taxiola...

Balaam & The Angel 'I'll Show You Something Special'

"Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films" (2014)


From the director of B-Movie documentaries "Not Quite Hollywood" and "Machete Maidens Unleashed," this is the story of the rise and fall of Cannon Films, the infamous low-budget studio headed by Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus - two aspiring film moguls from Israel who unexpectedly took Hollywood by storm in the '80s thanks to ninjas, break-dancers, Chuck Norris, Charles Bronson, and an unbashed love of all things schlocky and over-the-top. Loaded with cool clips from dozens of Cannon classics as well as interviews with stars and associates like Bo Derek, Franco Nero, Luigi Cozzi, Lucinda Dickey, Richard Chamberlain and more. A total trip down retro memory lane!