Movies You Saw in Fall 2016

I got The Suicide Squad dvd and I'm not big into comixs ---> feature movies but Margot Kidder is so F***king Hot(Wolf of Wall Street) and theres some humor and I thought Deadpool was good. All in all SS was good and Kidder actually got on the nerves if you weren't panning on the sweet @ss.

person Nixon????? what have we become? I mean Richard Nixon.

well Christmas and very little sports on TV SO caught up on some movies I had recorded

Colors (1988) directed by Dennis Hopper it is a crime-action drama about two LA cops trying to keep a lid on the Crips and Blood street gang "war" in 1980's East LA. stars Robert Duvall as veteran cop "Uncle Bob" Hodges and Sean Penn as his rookie partner Danny "Pac-Man" McGavin with supporting rolls by Trinidad Silva (who played a similar roll in the TV series Hill Street Blues) as hispanic 21st Street gang leader "Frog" Lopez, Don Cheadle (early  in his career) as the Crips leader "Roccet" and Damon Wayans (also early in his career) as "T-Bone" another Crips member. I had never seen the whole movie before and thought it was pretty well acted and had good action. has a 82% "fresh" rating from Rotten Tomatoes. played on Starz and hopefully will repeat soon I rate it   of four

The Heat (2013) crime-comedy staring Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy as an FBI agent and Boston police detective "thrown together" to work with each other in the hunt for a drug lord in Boston. McCarthy is almost always funny in her rolls and this is no exception. the movie has a lot of LOL scenes and dialog and pretty good action in spots. has a crazy "plot twist" at the end. has an acceptable 65% "fresh" from Rotten Tomatoes. played on FX Movies and hopefully will repeat soon. I enjoyed it and rate it    of four

The Imitation Game (2014) have reviewed this historical drama about the breaking of the German "Enigma" code in WWII by the British MI6 team at Bletchley Park before. stars Benedict Cumberbatch as team leader Alan Turing and Keira Knightley as Joan Clarke his best "think outside the box" code breaker. although an excellent and well acted drama which received Oscar nomintions for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Cumberbatch), and Best Supporting Actress (Knightley) AND won for Best Adapted Screenplay, the REAL story of Bletchley Park is somewhat incomplete because it makes NO reference to the work of Gordon Welchman, the father of "signals traffic analysis", which allowed the "Turing Machine" mechanical computer to solve "Enigma" daily setting on a timely basis (see The Codebreaker Who Hacked Hitler on Smithsonian Channel). stiil, it is a great movie for those interested in WWII history and the development of modern cryptography. plays again on Starz channels Monday December 26th, Thursday the 29th and Friday the 30th. I rate it    of four

Leon aka The Professional (1994) crime-action drama staring Jean Reno as the hitman Leon and Gary Oldman as the corrupt DEA agent Norman Stansfield with then 13 year old Natalie Portman as Mathilda whose family gets murdered by Stansfield and his crew. major supporting role for Danny Aiello as Leon's mob boss Tony. this is one of my top ten all time favorite movies and I just can't pass it up when ever it is on TV. IF there hadn't been SO many top films like Forrest Gump, Pulp Fiction and The Shawshank Redemption that season I can easy see this movie getting award nominations. Gary Oldman should have had a Best Supporting Actor AND the character of Stansfield should be on the AFI's 50 Villians list. AND IF Tatum O'Neil can WIN a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Paper Moon as a kid, Portman should have had a at least Best Actress nomination she was THAT good. plays again on the Sony Movie channel Saturday December 31st @ 6:40am pacific time. I like Sony because they usually show their movies in 2X1 theater perspective instead of the 16X9 "skinny scope" of many HD broadcasts. I obviously rate this movie     of four

The Young Victoria (2009) period-historical drama based on the early life and reign of Queen Victoria of England and her marriage to Prince Albert. stars Emily Blunt as Queen Victoria, Rupert Friend as Prince Albert and Paul Bettany as Lord Melbourne. sounds like it would be "deadly dull" except fo those interested in the history of the British royal family BUT the story line of all the "court intrigue" that went on prior to and right after Victoria's ascendancy makes it an interesting movie that I found fascinating. the acting by all involved is outstanding and it holds a &^& "fresh" rating from Rotten Tomatoes. plays again on the Indiplex movie channel Thursday December 29th @ 12:15am & 12:40pm and Monday January 1st @ 1:30am & 10:05am pacific time. I rate it    of four

another excellent movie about Queen Victoria is Mrs Brown (1997) which tells the story of Queen Victoria, who was in a deep depression after the death of her beloved Albert, and her relationship with her late husband's Scottish servant, John Brown. stars Judi Dench as Victoria (Best Actress Oscar nomination) and Billy Connolly as Brown. there relationship caused quite an uproar in the British tabloid press of the time implying that it was more than just a monarch-servant "friendship". Antony Sher is excellent as Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli who hoped Brown could get Her Majesty back into public life as is David Westhead as Bertie, Prince of Wales who hated his mother's relationship with Brown. hasn't play recently BUT is another very well acted movie. NO Rotten Tomatoes rating BUT  has a 71% audience score.  I rate of four

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and will have a prosperous New Year

The Usual Suspects (1995) this "neo-noir" crime-mystery is another one of my favorites I can NOT pass up when it plays. excellent cast including  Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio del Toro, Kevin Pollak, Chazz Palminteri, the late Pete Postlethwaite and Kevin Spacey, who won the  Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his roll as "Verbal" Kint. the film also won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. has good suspense, some great action in spots and a crazy "plot twist" ending. holds an 88% "fresh" from Rotten Tomatoes, worth a look for anyone that enjoys a good crime-mystery. plays again on the MGM channel Sunday January 1st @ 7:00pm pacific time. like with the Sony channel, I like MGM because they usually screen their movies in 2X1 theater mode rather than 16X9 HD "skinny scope". I rate it    of four

Went to Red Box today and rented.