death tribble Posted December 20, 2016 Report Share Posted December 20, 2016 Hercules. The Dwayne Johnson version. Pretty decent. The fact that Dwayne has top notch acting support is a selling point. John Hurt, Peter Mullen, Ian McShane, Joseph Fiennes and Rufus Sewell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DasBroot Posted December 20, 2016 Report Share Posted December 20, 2016 Captain America - Civil War I liked it. Forgot I wasn't watching an Iron Man movie a few times, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grailknight Posted December 20, 2016 Report Share Posted December 20, 2016 It was really Avengers 2.5. bigdamnhero and DasBroot 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 Watched Safe with Jason Statham and Catherine Chan. 9 yr old Mei is taken from her home city in China and turned into a living account book by a Triad. After being given a number to memorize, she is kidnapped by the Russian Mob for that number. She escapes from the Russians and runs into Luke Wright, an excop turned bum, who takes her under his wing and begins decimating both sides of the conflict as well as a squad of dirty cops mixed in to the problem. CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 Raul Garcia is a Spanish animator who worked on various films for Disney and Warner Brothers but rarely got a chance to direct on American productions. Sop as a nine-year labor of love he directed a series of shorts based on Edgar Alan Poe stories, which were collected last year into the feature release Extraordinary Tales. I caught it on Netflix last night and am extremely impressed with it. Garcia uses a different animation style in each short, and while none of them match the fluidity of animation with a larger budget each short is more unsettling than the last. From the CGI of "Fall of the House of Usher" to the intense terror of "The Pit and the Pendulum" and the disturbing debauchery of "Masque of the Red Death", the anthology had me deliciously disturbed throughout. It's very different from what you normally see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 The Chamber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Mhoram Posted December 22, 2016 Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 Finally saw Deadpool. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I liked more of it then I didn't like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinanju Posted December 22, 2016 Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 I just finished watching the last two episodes of season two of Person of Interest. I'm really enjoying that show. And I like the way it's been evolving. In the beginning, we learn that Harold Finch built (and programmed) a supercomputer for the US government. Hooked into virtually every surveillance camera, phone, computer and other device in the US, if not the world, it looks for possible threats and when it finds something, it sends an identifying number to government parties, who investigate the individual question. Said individual may be a perpetrator or a victim; they aren't told. They have to investigate and determine what's going on, and stop the threat. The Machine doesn't just spot terrorist threats, it spots any premeditated scheme of violence, but it only sends "relevant" info to the government. The other info is deleted every night at midnight. Except...that Harold gets the numbers for "non-relevant" threats, and with the help of John Reese, he works to determine whether the individual is perpetrator or victim, and stop (or help) them, as necessary. It's a good premise for a weekly investigation/action series. But there's more to it. As the first season draws to a close, and throughout the second season, we learn that Harold didn't just build a machine. He created an artificial intelligence. One which, when threated by any of the many parties who would stop at nothing, kill any number of people, in order to control it, is capable of modifying its own code and taking defensive actions. By the end of the second season, when several parties finally track down where the machine had been installed years ago...they find only a vast, echoing, empty chamber. The Machine had itself moved, one node at a time, so it never went offline, by cut-outs who had no idea what they were doing, or by whom. By the end of the season two finale, NOBODY knows where the machine is. NOBODY controls it. It controls itself. In short, if you're familiar with the background for Eclipse Phase, Harold Finch built the first TITAN. Harold Finch will eventually be responsible for The Fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DasBroot Posted December 22, 2016 Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 I enjoyed POI for its entire run - though the show, like many that switch tracks, did lose a fair number of fans when it moved more towards science fiction than procedural. Seeing as how I'm a fan of William Gibson and Arthur C Clarke *I* certainly didn't waiver when themes from both authors started ramping up. Based on the positive tone to the spoiler tag I'd say you're in for a treat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted December 22, 2016 Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 The Stanford Prison Experiment dramatic film Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolgroth Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 The Hobbit Extended Edition. Fun. The Wolverine. Entertaining but nothing beyond that. I notice that the trailer for Logan shows his adamantium claws. Wondering if the Wolverine movies are "What If" stories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DasBroot Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 The Hobbit Extended Edition. Fun. The Wolverine. Entertaining but nothing beyond that. I notice that the trailer for Logan shows his adamantium claws. Wondering if the Wolverine movies are "What If" stories. There was liquid adamantium in the evil lair. I assume he just re-dipped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 Miracle On 34th Street 1947. First time I've seen it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spence Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 Finally saw Suicide Squad. I think the cast as a whole did a great job playing the roles they were given. Unfortunately, the incarnations of the characters selected and the overall story was crap. DC movies just keep digging that hole. If I was the cast I'd sue. Joe Walsh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 I saw SING! It's been a good year for Animated Features. While this wasn't as good as Zootopia or Kubo, it was still enjoyable. If you're okay with 'The Voice' or "American Idol' done by animals complete with mostly sympathetic backstories, you might get a kick out of it. I do suggest avoiding trailers and TV spots if you can. They give up too much in the movie. 3 out of 5 stars, maybe 3.5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Walsh Posted December 25, 2016 Report Share Posted December 25, 2016 Just got back from Rogue One. Best Star Wars movie since Empire. Really, really good. Great story, and so much attention to detail in terms of matching it up with A New Hope. Just fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Mhoram Posted December 25, 2016 Report Share Posted December 25, 2016 I had been working at a movie rental place, but we didn't get free rentals. It went out of business - and now we have a new one who kept the staff. They have free rentals - so I've been catching up on movies I was interested it, but didn't want to spend money on. Limitless was really good, I enjoyed the different take on drug addiction. Both Gravity and Interstellar were amazing. Monument Men - didn't especially like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted December 25, 2016 Report Share Posted December 25, 2016 Carols from Kings Scrooge: A Christmas Carol with Alistair Sim, the best version of the story Grantchester Christmas Strictly Come Dancing Maigret A Dead Man with Rowan Atkinson as the inspector all pretty good and the Christmas Dr Who was was ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aylwin13 Posted December 26, 2016 Report Share Posted December 26, 2016 Had my annual Christmas viewing of Die Hard last night. Still just a lot of fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted December 26, 2016 Report Share Posted December 26, 2016 Rowan Atkinson is playing Maigret? Is he playing it straight, or for laughs? I'm a fan of the French series starring Bruno Cremer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted December 26, 2016 Report Share Posted December 26, 2016 Superman--watched this one again about a week ago, found that I really enjoyed the lead-up, but became somewhat bored with the Luthor land scheme story. Superman II--watched this one again yesterday, mostly enjoyed it. Superman III--Oh, my. I'd forgotten just how bad this one was. Hulu's holding my place right around the halfway mark, but I sincerely doubt that I'll go back to it. Mr Selfridge--working may way through the final two series on Amazon Prime. Consistently enjoyable for me. Smallville--somewhere in the middle of season 6. I had missed a fair number of episodes (working nights, WB being very bad about announcing start of season), so I've started from the beginning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolgroth Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 Princess Rap Battles on YouTube. Epic Rap Battles of History. I don't particularly like rap, but these were mostly funny. The Princess Rap Battles had some fun guests on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Walsh Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 Watched Rogue One a second time, yesterday -- this time in 2D. I recommend 2D over 3D, if you can only see it once. And the movie was still awesome, even viewed a second time within a few days of the first. Really great stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 I've rewatched The Incredibles, it's still the best Fantastic Four movie evah Rails and bigdamnhero 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 45 Jokes About My Dead Dad - Laurie Kilmartin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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