TODAY I WATCHED (Movies, TV Shows) 2020

MetalGuy71 wrote:

mikeinfla wrote:

Ozark Season 3 dropped yesterday. I'm up to the third episode. Great show!

I need to catch up on this. I saw season 3 was out, only to realize we never watched season 2. Not sure what happened as I liked season 1 very much.

The only thing I can think is that we watched the first season, then while we waited for season 2 to come along, we got caught up in something else and just forgot about it.

Blaze thru Season 2 then start Season 3. I should've gone back and watched the last couple of episodes from Season 2 before starting 3 because it's been a while. So far season 3 is as good as the first 2

007 wrote:

The Room (2019)



A young couple (including Bond girl Olga Kurylenko) but a secluded house and while renovating it, discover a hidden room. It's soon discovered that the room will grant any wish. And as anyone who knows anything about these types of situations, nothing good can come from it. Enjoyable, if a bit predictable.

Does Tommy Wiseau make an appearance?

My Name Is Earl

MASH

007 wrote:

MASH

I have that entire series on DVD and I'm thinking about binge watching it. I tried that once before during the dregs of winter when there are no sports I really care about happening but I only got up to about season 6 before baseball season started and then I lost interest.

Well hell, we're in the "dregs of winter" now (even though it's spring) and who knows how long this current sports purgatory is going to last so this might be a good time to try again.

"Them" (1954)

Atom bomb tests in the Nevada desert create mutated, giant ants.  Two queens and their consorts escape and threaten all of humanity if they start nests.

This is the apex of the 50's "giant bug" movies IMO.  The FX, though primitive by today's standards, still hold up pretty well (they were nominated for an Academy Award the year the film was made).  And the science behind the way the giant ants behave is pretty solid.

Plus there's the classic scene where the little girl in shock, the only surviving member of her family, smells formic acid and starts screaming "Them!!!  Them!!! Them!!!!"

This is better than most of the "B movies" that comprise the "giant bug movie" catalog.

tohostudios wrote:

007 wrote:

MASH

I have that entire series on DVD and I'm thinking about binge watching it.  I tried that once before during the dregs of winter when there are no sports I really care about happening but I only got up to about season 6 before baseball season started and then I lost interest.  

Well hell, we're in the "dregs of winter" now (even though it's spring) and who knows how long this current sports purgatory is going to last so this might be a good time to try again.

MASH is somewhat new to me, I never really watched it growing up. I try to catch it on MeTV every night. All of the episodes are new to me but I am not sure MeTV shows them in order. Would love to see the last episode again, that was really the only one I watched when I was a kid and I haven't seen it since.

mikeinfla wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

007 wrote:

MASH

I have that entire series on DVD and I'm thinking about binge watching it.  I tried that once before during the dregs of winter when there are no sports I really care about happening but I only got up to about season 6 before baseball season started and then I lost interest.  

Well hell, we're in the "dregs of winter" now (even though it's spring) and who knows how long this current sports purgatory is going to last so this might be a good time to try again.

MASH is somewhat new to me, I  never really watched it growing up. I try to catch it on MeTV every night. All of the episodes are new to me but I am not sure MeTV shows them in order. Would love to see the last episode again, that was really the only one I watched when I was a kid and I haven't seen it since.

MeTV does show them pretty much in order. That's where I usually watch it, although I do own the first 5 seasons on dvd. And keep an eye out because MeTV will show the final 2 hour finale from time to time.

Married With Children

Howl (2015)



A late night train leaves London on a dark and stormy night. It screeches to a halt along a stretch of forest and becomes stranded. It pains become apparent that a supernatural beast is stalking the train for prey.

Deadtime Stories (1986)



Anthology film with 3 tales based on old time fairy tales, including a peasant boy sold into slavery to 2 witches, a girl in red and a werewof, and a murderous Goldilocks and a crime family, the Baers. Very tongue in cheek-ish and silly, and not very good.

Deadtime Stories Vol.2 (2010)



Another anthology film with 3 tales, this one has a story of 3 friends trapped in a cave from a cave-in, a professor haunted by his mistress student's suicide, and a security guard stealing a cute for cancer for his dying wife. Much better stories this go around.

I'm pretty sure I've seen both those anthology films but I can't remember a damn thing about either one (I'm also pretty sure I was drunk for Deadtime Stories so not remembering that makes sense).

tohostudios wrote:

I'm pretty sure I've seen both those anthology films but I can't remember a damn thing about either one (I'm also pretty sure I was drunk for Deadtime Stories so not remembering that makes sense).

The first one is easily forgettable, although the story with the witches did have some good practical effects.

Last night I watched "Love & Mercy", the story of Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys. Really excellent. My only qualm with it was the casting of John Cusack as the "present day" Brian. The 2 look absolutely nothing alike. Paul Dano on the other hand was spot-on as young Brian. And the way they filmed the scenes in the studio was cool. It felt like a documentary.



Brain Wilson is the poster boy for "tortured genius". Great movie, if a bit depressing.

tohostudios wrote:

I've seen In The Mouth Of Madness (I pretty much check out anything with John Carpenter's name on it) but I can't remember a single thing about it.  I do remember that I though it was decent enough.  I guess I need to revisit it and since we can't go anywhere now seems like a good time.

I'm like you, toho. As soon as I saw John Carpenter's name on the VHS, I grabbed it and watched

I enjoyed the movie quite a bit. The acting is all rock solid, the script isn't bad, if a bit typical (kind of a mash up of Lovecraft and Stephen King). Almost entirely practical effects, which always tickles my bits. I wouldn't mind snagging it on DVD at some point... I haven't seen the movie in YEARS.

The Church(1989)-during the renovation of a 700 year old church, a hidden chamber is discovered and breached, releasing demons/spirits that where sealed inside.  The people inside the church become trapped and fall under the influence of the evil that has escaped.  It's up to one of the priests and a teenage girl to find a way out and destroy the church.  Italian horror has always been kind of hit-or-miss for me personally, and while I have seen much worse than The Church, I have seen much better too.  The film seems to drag a little at times and there is not too much of the expected gore that Italian horror films where know for around this time.  Co-written and produced by Dario Argento (his daughter plays the teenage girl in the film), this film may have been worth a watch, but not much more.  I give it 2 out of 5.

007 wrote:

mikeinfla wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

007 wrote:

MASH

I have that entire series on DVD and I'm thinking about binge watching it.  I tried that once before during the dregs of winter when there are no sports I really care about happening but I only got up to about season 6 before baseball season started and then I lost interest.  

Well hell, we're in the "dregs of winter" now (even though it's spring) and who knows how long this current sports purgatory is going to last so this might be a good time to try again.

MASH is somewhat new to me, I  never really watched it growing up. I try to catch it on MeTV every night. All of the episodes are new to me but I am not sure MeTV shows them in order. Would love to see the last episode again, that was really the only one I watched when I was a kid and I haven't seen it since.

MeTV does show them pretty much in order. That's where I usually watch it, although I do own the first 5 seasons on dvd. And keep an eye out because MeTV will show the final 2 hour finale from time to time.

That's what I am hoping, someone told me they sometimes show it around Veteran's Day. I'd really like to see that one again, I only remember the chicken story and I don't remember who told it.

"The Avengers" (1998)

Ultra-posh gentleman secret agent Steed (Ralph Fiennes) and his foxy new partner Emma Peel (Uma Thurman) must stop a mad scientist (Sean Connery) who has figured out how to weaponize the weather, and plans to use it to hold the world for ransom.

Obviously not to be confused with the Marvel super-hero "Avengers," this is a high tech update of the cult British TV spy series from the swingin' Sixties. Unfortunately, it's pretty much a stiff. Connery certainly looks like he's having fun playing a Bond-style super-villain, and of course Uma looks great squeezed into Mrs. Peel's trademark skin tight leather catsuit, but the story is a muddle, endlessly going around in circles till stuff finally starts blowing up in the finale.

This flick was a major box office flop when it was released and legend has it that its failure hastened Sir Connery's decision to retire from acting. I can't say I blame him.

Well, Shudder is celebrating its Half Way To Halloween this month, and started streaming the Friday The 13th movies so I started watching them in order last last and made it up to Part 3 (originally in 3d, would have loved to have seen it that way).

Finished up Ozark Season 3 and it may be the best season yet. If you like dark shows, this one keeps getting more crazy as it goes on. Just when you think things can't get any worse they do. It's a little slow at first but picks up the pace quite a bit.

Everyone is talking about Tiger King. So I started it yesterday and am about 4 or 5 episodes in and it is a really ODD show. Not sure what to think of it so far it is just really strange. I would not call it great by any means but it is "out there" in left field.

Total Wipeout

007 wrote:

Well, Shudder is celebrating its Half Way To Halloween this month, and started streaming the Friday The 13th movies so I started watching them in order last last and made it up to Part 3 (originally in 3d, would have loved to have seen it that way).

I did it see in 3-D when it first came out. Seeing snakes, arrows and eyeballs flying right into your face made for a great night at the movies!

My Friday the 13th marathon continued:



The "Final" Chapter. Originally meant to actually be the last film in the series but since it made tons of cash, the series would continue on. Standard film in the series, with the victims systematically dispatched by the impossibly strong, masked killer Jason. However, this time he would meet his match in 12 Year old Tommy Jarvis (Corey Feldman).


A New Beginning (1985)



Releases just a year after the Final Chapter, the now adult Tommy Jarvis, suffering from his ordeal with Jason, is sent to a halfway house but suffers nightmares of Jason's return. Soon an unknown killer starts picking off the residents. Has Jason really returned? Tommy intends to find out, if he can survive. Another by the numbers Friday the 13th film. If you like the others, you'll like this one.

"Vinylmania: When Life Runs at 33 Revolutions Per Minute" (2011)

An avid record collector and DJ travels the world visiting record stores and pressing plants, and talking to fellow vinyl junkies about why the LP format continues to thrive and survive in the digital age.
A bit artsier and more pretentious than usual for this sort of doc, but it's still a fun watch. Maybe it's just me but I always get a kick out of seeing a copy of one of my favorite albums hanging on the wall of a record shop in Tokyo, or wherever. This was apparently the "Official Film of Record Store Day" in 2012, for whatever that's worth.

Watched a documentary on black metal called Blackhearts. About 3 bands willing to do whatever it takes to get to Norway to play the Inferno Festival.

"You Only Live Twice" (1967)

James Bond travels to Japan, where SPECTRE has been stealing U.S. and Russian space capsules out of the sky in an attempt to kick start WWIII. Over the top action packed fun.