TODAY I WATCHED (Movies, TV Shows) 2016

The Jungle Book (2016): Fantastic movie!

Watched a couple with the girlfriend over the last few days:

The Lobster
Our Brand Is Crisis
Captive

Fear The Walking Dead

Keeping Up Appearances
Lucifer

DallasBlack wrote:

The Jungle Book (2016): Fantastic movie!

I was all "meh" when I first heard this was coming out but I have to admit that the trailers look pretty cool.

tohostudios wrote:

DallasBlack wrote:

The Jungle Book (2016): Fantastic movie!

I was all "meh" when I first heard this was coming out but I have to admit that the trailers look pretty cool.

I felt the same way.

There will be another one in two years made by a different company and will be all about the book (the current one combines the book and the original Disney movie):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungle_Book_%282018_film%29

My girlfriend and I went to the movies last night to see:

The Witch

Agents Of SHIELD

Containment

Dumb And Dumber

Agents Of SHIELD

Today I watched a deleted scene from the classic "A Nightmare On Elm Street".  I have absolutely no idea why this little tidbit of additional exposition ended up on the cutting room floor because as the article says, it gives us much more insight into why Nancy wants to not only survive Freddy but also get rid of him for good.

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Rare-Nightmare-Elm-Street-Deleted-Scene-Makes-Us-See-Movie-Whole-Light-127217.html

"Batman vs. Robin" (2015)



Another cool installment of animated ultra-violence from the DC Universe. A secret society of vigilantes called "The Court of Owls" has big plans for Batman, then eventually Gotham City - and they're not above using Robin as a pawn. Even darker than usual for these animated Batman flicks (which is really sayin' something!), with lots of way-cool ass-kicking. I can't wait for the upcoming 'toon take on Alan Moore's "The Killing Joke"....

Penny Dreadful Season 2,Episode 1

"Streets of Rage" (1994)


Unfortunately this uber cheap direct-to-video action flick has nothing to do with the '90s Sega Genesis video game by the same name - it's a vanity project for former lady wrestler and stunt woman Mimi Lesseos, aka "Magnificent Mimi." (Yeah, I know: "who?" I never heard of her either.) She produced, co-wrote, and stars as a reporter whose stories on homeless L.A. "street kids" get her in trouble with the gangsters who run the local child-prostitution ring. Mimi's kinda hot but the cardboard sets, After-School-Special level performances and near-total lack of actual "action" (there's maybe five minutes of fight scenes in the movie, and 80 minutes of talking, talking, talking...) made this one a tough slog.
AVOID.

Agents Of SHIELD

The Car (1977)

A demonic car terrorizes a small remote New Mexico community. It's up to sheriff James Brolin and his deputies to stop it. A lot of people rag on this movie but I always liked it since I saw it many moons ago on HBO.

The Car used to scare the snit outta me as a kid but I've always liked it too.

"American Ninja 4: The Annihilation" (1991)



It's two! Two! Two American Ninjas in one movie!!
David Bradley (the fill in guy from "American Ninja 3") gets captured by a terrorist group (who naturally have their own private army of ninjas) while on a hostage rescue mission. With no one else to turn to, the CIA calls Michael Dudikoff - aka The One True American Ninja - out of retirement to save Bradley's bacon and kick as many terrorist and ninja asses as possible in the process.

Yet another quality slab of cheap, cheesy, occasionally hilarious chop-socky action nonsense that only the mighty Cannon Films could deliver!!

Took my son to see Captain America: Civil War for his birthday. We both enjoyed the hell out of it. It has some very funny parts, especially when Spider-Man is introduced. Black Panther is also well done, IMO.

Can't wait to see that. It doesn't come out here til Friday.

John Dies At The End

For about the 12th time.  I get something new from this one every time I watch it.  I think this movie should have actually been about twice as long as it is to adequately explain everything that happens in it.

tohostudios wrote:

John Dies At The End

For about the 12th time.  I get something new from this one every time I watch it.  I think this movie should have actually been about twice as long as it is to adequately explain everything that happens in it.

love that movie. i haven't watched it in a year or two, but i have seen it like 5 times. it's a crazy film.


I just finished up watching World on a Wire (pt. 1).

Fear The Walking Dead

Saturday night I watched 'The Peanuts Movie' with the kids. It was decent enough. I didn't fall asleep through it, so that's saying something. The whole Snoopy/Red Baron thing was kinda pointless. Just seemed like they needed something to pad out the run-time of the movie.

Then we put the kids to bed and followed it up with 'Straight Outta Compton'. I knew little-to-nothing about their history, so I found it interesting even if it was a little long. 147 minute run time kept me up way past my bedtime.