TODAY I WATCHED (Movies, TV series) 2015

Spy (2015)

Furious 7 (2015)

Max Max: Fury Road (2015)

Sleeping With Other People (2015)

Me, Earl And The Dying Girl (2015)

More of the first season of Gotham on Blu-ray.

I can't believe I'm so into a "comic book" show. I haven't even seen most of the Batman movies for crying out loud. But there's just something about this show that really appeals to me. Of course, it didn't hurt that the very first episode I saw back in August featured a Jeffrey "Reanimator" Combs and a person gouging out their own eyeball and stomping on it. How could I not be hooked after an introduction like that?

Just random channel flipping last night and I caught the beginning of 'Total Recall'. The original one with Arnold, not the remake. Haven't seen it in 20 years or so. Held up pretty well I guess. Even though it was 1990, it was soooo 80's over-the-top action. It entertained me enough to keep me watching till the end.

Then onto the next-to-last episode of 'Fargo'. Such a good show.

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Just random channel flipping last night and I caught the beginning of 'Total Recall'. The original one with Arnold, not the remake. Haven't seen it in 20 years or so. Held up pretty well I guess.

Sharon Stone showed more skin in "Basic Instinct" two years later, but I've always felt that "Total Recall" captured her at her absolute peak of hottie perfection.

The Middle
The Goldbergs
Supernatural

Big Bang Theory

Andy Griffith Show

Fat Freddy wrote:

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Just random channel flipping last night and I caught the beginning of 'Total Recall'. The original one with Arnold, not the remake. Haven't seen it in 20 years or so. Held up pretty well I guess.

Sharon Stone showed more skin in "Basic Instinct" two years later, but I've always felt that "Total Recall" captured her at her absolute peak of hottie perfection.  

Consider that a divorce.

Recently watched:
Modern family
Agents of shield
South park

Jupiter ascending - cool visuals and cool idea but a terrible script and horrid pacing.
Mad max fury road - killer flick!

Ant-Man

A very good flick.

Last night was "Rent one, get one Free" night at RedBox so I had me a double feature...

"The Man From U.N.C.L.E." (2015)

Henry "Superman" Cavill and Armie "Lone Ranger" Hammer star in this update of the '60s TV spy series from Guy Ritchie. In 1963 an American and a Russian agent - who have some not-so-friendly history with each other, of course - are teamed up to track down a missing nuclear scientist. This nice looking period piece tries for the feel of the early Bond films, but unfortunately the story drags along without ever really kicking into high gear. As far as recent spy spoofs go, I greatly preferred "Kingsman: The Secret Service."

"Terminator: Genisys" (2015)

After sitting out the last Terminator installment, Arnold returns to the franchise for this fifth go-round that is part sequel, part reboot, and part fanboy homage to the 1984 original. Kyle Reese is sent back to the '80s to protect Sarah Connor, just like in the first movie, but changes to the time line over the past 30 years have had unexpected effects on what happens when he gets there. So yeah, this one kinda screws with the mythology of the entire series but lotsa stuff got crashed, shot and blowed up real good so I was entertained.

I watched the new episode of Family Guy tonight.

I watched this:



Hilarious!

"Ant-Man" (2015)

Paul Rudd is a small time burglar who's just been released from prison. Looking for a "straight" job, he's hired by a scientist - whose top secret shrinking technology is about to be handed over to some very bad people. Donning a special suit that can make him insect size, he then has to pull off his biggest heist ever.
Ant-Man was never one of Marvel's major players but his film debut is very enjoyable, funny stuff. They wisely let some of the character's sillier side show thru, making this one of the more comedic entries in  the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

thejokeriv wrote:

A very Murray Christmas - sadly not very funny outside of a few chuckles

I watched this over the weekend. Well, tried to anyway. I found myself fast-forwarding through alot of it. What a stinker. Someone please tell Hollywood to stop funding Sopia Coppola productions.

Discovered a new series on Netflix. It's a BBC crime series called 'Broadchurch'. 2 seasons, 8 episodes each. In a nutshell, an 11-year old boy is found dead on a beach in a fictional tiny coastal town of Broadchurch, England. Since it's such a small community, everyone is suspect. Dr. Who investigates. Hilarity ensues. Perfect for the holidays.



Apparently there was an American version of this called 'Gracepoint' on Fox. Never saw it, but I'm confident the original British version is better.

The Simpsons

Family Guy

The annual Toho tradition:

I watched "Santa's Slay". As usual this time I noticed something I don't think I'd picked up on before. The "Claymation" Santa slaps himself in the head before the great curling contest. That was Goldberg's move in the locker room before his matches.

Star Wars (1977 - original theatrical version)



Just as entertaining now as ever.

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Vicious Cycle 30th Anniversary Tour

This is my favorite post-plane-crash Skynyrd lineup with Ricky Medlocke from Blackfoot, the late, great Hughie Thomasson from The Outlaws, the late, great Billy Powell on keys and Johnny Van Zant on vocals.  

Just a great show!

Some Kind of Monster
Criminal Minds

MetalGuy71 wrote:

thejokeriv wrote:

A very Murray Christmas - sadly not very funny outside of a few chuckles

I watched this over the weekend. Well, tried to anyway. I found myself fast-forwarding through alot of it. What a stinker. Someone please tell Hollywood to stop funding Sopia Coppola productions.

Sadly her directed movies about as good as her acting in Godfather 3..........

A few more episodes of Broadchurch. It's so damn good.

Anyone that was disappointed with the convoluted pointless mess that was the last season of HBO's 'True Detective' (and there were plenty of us) should check out 'Broadchurch' on Netflix. That's the way a season long who-dunnit mystery should be handled.

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"Fear City" (1984)


Abel "Ms. 45" Ferrara directed this delightfully sleazy New York exploitation flick set in the Times Square strip club circuit. A nut job is carving up strippers after hours and a pair of tough guys, some mobsters and the Vice squad (led by Billy Dee "Lando Calrissian" Wililams) are all out looking to stop him before he can kill again. A cool time capsule of an era in New York that's long gone.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

A few more episodes of Broadchurch. It's so damn good.

Anyone that was disappointed with the convoluted pointless mess that was the last season of HBO's 'True Detective' (and there were plenty of us) should check out 'Broadchurch' on Netflix. That's the way a season long who-dunnit mystery should be handled.

It's an excellent series. I'm watching season 2 right now.

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