As I sit here watching my Seahawks win to go to the Super Bowl, I figured I would write a little on the blog. Watched a lot of movies and TV this weekend.
Friday - Saw JACK RYAN (http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/paramount/jackryanshadowrecruit/) . I thought that Chris Pine held his own against the others that have played that character. Undecided about Keira Knightley in the movie, but like Kevin Costner in the the mentor role. When I got home, I watched BONES. Was reminiscent of SEARCHING FOR SUGARMAN, and was was a good episode.
Saturday - Saw three movies on this day. Started the day with LONE SURVIVOR (http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/universal/lonesurvivor/). Good war movies, well shot and well acted. Definitely will purchase and read the book. One of the seals in the movies also has a documentary about him, that just became available on I-Tunes. I may check that one out as well. Followed this movie with INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS (http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/insidellewyndavis/). I liked the folk music, but i did not feel sorry for Oscar Isaac's character at all. He was a jerk. Followed this with a couple of documentaries at home. The first was DIRTY WARS (http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/ifcfilms/dirtywars/) . It was a documentary about the secret war that the US government is waging using JSOC in countries that we do not have a conflict in. I had heard rumbling about this in the news and online, but had no clue that it was as widespread as this documentary showed. Ended the evening with 20 FEET FROM STARDOM (http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/twentyfeetfromstardom/). This is a documentary that talked about backup singers. These people, mostly ladies, had been on many of the biggest songs in the past 50 years. Very well made, and I would recommend it to everyone.
Sunday - Watched HAWAII FIVE-O, two episodes of DRACULA and BITTEN today. Between DRACULA and BITTEN, I went to go and see PHILOMENA(http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/weinstein/philomena/). Very good movie. Felt very sorry for the lady. Judi Dench and Steve Coogan were both very good. BITTEN is a new show based on the Kelley Armstrong books. First episode was good enough to get me to watch a second episode. Following the football game tonight, planing to watch the season premiere of THE FOLLOWING. Have to go to sleep early tonight so I will need to watch DOWNTON ABBEY and the season 3 premiere of SHERLOCK.
I will try to write more during the week about what I have thought of TV shows so far this season.
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