Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Viewing: The Practice 1x01 "The Practice (Pilot)"


3af906f284In the first episode, we were able to get acquainted with the principal characters by following them around and watching them interact. We got to see how they cover for each other, how they back each other up. Ellenor began with an appearance on behalf of ""Free Willy,"" a repeat offender on an indecent exposure charge. Then she passed ""Free Willy"" off to Eugene, who had just rescued Office Manager Rebecca from the early advances of client Cruickshank the check-passer. Ellenor then went on to back Bobby up as second chair in the defense of Rachel Reynolds, which became the principal trial of the hour. In the Reynolds case, we saw Bobby Donnell under maximum pressure, terrified by having to defend seventeen year-old Rachel Reynolds on a cocaine possession charge that would have sent her to prison for a minimum of fifteen years. He was able to coax an acquittal out of a case in which the state proved that Rachel had custody and control of over a hundred thousand dollars worth of street-pac

Viewing: Ally McBeal 1x01 "Ally McBeal"


6dcc79231cAlly McBeal, 28, and a recent graduate of Harvard Law School, is harassed on the job by a senior associate. When she confronts the partners, it backfires and she loses her job. On the street, she literally bumps into an old classmate, Richard Fish, who offers her a position working for his new firm. She accepts, despite her misgivings about his ethical standards. While being introduced to her new fellow associates, she receives the shock of her career.

Sunday, March 26, 2017

Viewing: Alphas 1x01 "Pilot"


3c1fa46a1dOperating within the Defense Criminal Investigation Service of the U.S. Department of Defense and led by preeminent neurologist and psychiatrist Dr. Lee Rosen, an expert in Alpha phenomena, the team investigates cases that point to others with Alpha abilities. As they work against the clock to solve this new brand of crime, they must prevent their own personality differences and disparate backgrounds from interfering with their ultimate mission to catch the enemy.

Saturday, March 25, 2017

Viewing: Zero Dark Thirty (2012)


69a695f4d1A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.

Viewing: Sicko (2007)


Dd8c213e40Sicko is a Michael Moore documentary about the corrupt health care system in The United States who's main goal is to make profit even if it means losing peoples lives. "The more people you deny health insurance the more money we make" is the business model for health care providers in America.

Sunday, March 19, 2017

Viewing: United 93 (2006)


7a8e4b12d8A real time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on 9/11 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.

Saturday, March 18, 2017

Viewing: Marvel's Iron Fist 1x13 "Dragon Plays with Fire"


8cb1f03166In a desperate search to clear his name, Danny learns a terrible truth that places him on a new path.

Viewing: Marvel's Iron Fist 1x12 "Bar the Big Boss"


82ca516ab9Ward receives an offer with strings attached. Davos advocates for an extreme solution, and a deadly duel gets personal.

Viewing: Marvel's Iron Fist 1x11 "Lead Horse Back to Stable"


1e0e122e66Claire uses her improvisational skills, and Colleen gets conflicting information. Danny years to be more than just a destroyer.

Viewing: Marvel's Iron Fist 1x10 "Black Tiger Steals Heart"


D64958ae90Exhausted from fighting, Danny tries to recharge with Bakuto's help. Meanwhile, Rand's management gets another shakeup.

Friday, March 17, 2017

Viewing: Marvel's Iron Fist 1x04 "Eight Diagram Dragon Palm"


C1db20f67cDanny makes a shocking discovery and a radical pricing proposal. Colleen's extracurricular activities goes viral, and Ward issues a stern warning.

Viewing: Marvel's Iron Fist 1x03 "Rolling Thunder Cannon Punch"


77e593d9c0Joy proves herself a shrewd businessperson, Danny recalls a painful memory, and Colleen puts her talents to good use.

Viewing: Marvel's Iron Fist 1x01 "Snow Gives Way"


7181eef97bAfter being declared dead 15 years earlier, Danny Rand returns to New York. But his welcome is a far cry from what he'd hoped.

Thursday, March 16, 2017

Viewing: Memento (2000)


09cb7fae76Suffering short-term memory loss after a head injury, Leonard Shelby embarks on a grim quest to find the lowlife who murdered his wife in this gritty, complex thriller that packs more knots than a hangman's noose. To carry out his plan, Shelby snaps Polaroids of people and places, jotting down contextual notes on the backs of photos to aid in his search and jog his memory. He even tattoos his own body in a desperate bid to remember.

Viewing: Godzilla (2014)


D0c3c98762Fifteen years after an 'incident' at a Japanese nuclear power plant, physicist Joe Brody joins forces with his soldier son Ford to discover for themselves what really happened. What they uncover is prelude to global-threatening devastation. An epic rebirth to Toho's iconic Godzilla, this spectacular adventure pits the world's most famous monster against malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity's scientific arrogance, threaten our very existence.

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Viewing: The Day After Tomorrow (2004)


A319c2b960After years of increases in the greenhouse effect, havoc is wreaked globally in the form of catastrophic hurricanes, tornadoes, tidal waves, floods and the beginning of a new Ice Age. Paleoclimatologist, Jack Hall tries to warn the world while also shepherding to safety his son, trapped in New York after the city is overwhelmed by the start of the new big freeze.

Saturday, March 11, 2017

Viewing: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)


Fa5cd485bdA group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself.

Viewing: Marvel's Agent Carter 2x01 "The Lady in the Lake"


Cb73e92356Peggy moves to the City of Angels to help Chief Daniel Sousa at the West Coast Strategic Scientific Reserve (SSR) investigate a bizarre homicide involving an alleged killer and Isodyne Energy, and reunites with some familiar faces.

Viewing: Marvel's Agent Carter 1x08 "Valediction"


23049bcc01Peggy faces the full fury of Leviathan, as Howard Stark makes his return.

Viewing: Marvel's Agent Carter 1x07 "SNAFU"


D5f7a1f6e4Peggy is cornered and more vulnerable than ever as Leviathan makes their move against her. As the SSR zeroes in on Howard Stark, they may pay the ultimate price as they find their true enemy is closer than they realized.

Viewing: Marvel's Agent Carter 1x06 "A Sin to Err"


4757358714Peggy discovers the shocking truth about Leviathan but doesn't realize that her true enemies are even closer than she imagined. Meanwhile, Souza is close to confirming the truth about Peggy and may just put her in the crosshairs of the SSR.

Viewing: Marvel's Agent Carter 1x05 "The Iron Ceiling"


0c974a8d9bPeggy is finally trusted with a mission and calls upon her trusted Howling Commandos squad for backup. But her cover could be at risk when SSR Chief Dooley also sends Agent Thompson with her.

Viewing: Marvel's Agent Carter 1x04 "The Blitzkrieg Button"


7119aaab60Peggy may be in more trouble than usual when fugitive Howard Stark suddenly returns for mysterious reasons. And Chief Dooley chases a new clue all the way to Europe that threatens to destroy Peggy's future at the SSR.

Viewing: Marvel's Agent Carter 1x03 "Time and Tide"


F98fe5c080As Agent Carter closes in on Howard Stark's stolen technology, Peggy's secret mission could unravel when the SSR arrests Jarvis and a secret is revealed.

Viewing: Marvel's Agent Carter 1x01 "Now Is Not the End"


C7ea9bfccfPeggy is contacted by old acquaintance Howard Stark when he is framed for unleashing his deadliest weapons and can trust no one else. To help Peggy clear Stark's name, he insists his butler, Edwin Jarvis, be at her beck and call--whether she likes it or not. But the risk is great: If caught, Agent Carter could be targeted as a traitor and spend the rest of her days in prison...or worse.