The Pretender Season One

I loved this series when it was on TV. I'm sad that it never had a real ending. There are 4 seasons and then 2 movies. Haven't watched it in a while and needed something to put on the TV while I crochet.

Time Enough at Last-Twilight Zone

Has anyone seen this?! This is the first time I have ever seen this! Poor Henry Bemis! A wife that won't let him read at home. A boss that won't let him read on the job. All the poor guy wants is to be left alone with a book or newspaper. At one point he says he even resorted to reading the ingredients on the Ketchup bottle! I can relate with his desire to want to escape it all just to read. And then he gets his lucky break. The only man left in the world and he finds the library. I love as he walks by the piles of books he has stacked telling himself this one is for January, this one is for February, this stack is for March and so on. I would so do that! Heck I do that already! ha! And then the ultimate disaster happens...it truly isn't fair! Poor Henry Bemis!

The Hunger Games

My daughter and I went and saw The Hunger Games today. The first day out! Ack! I bought tickets online but had to stand in line to get them at the theater. By the time we got into the theater we ended up sitting in the 4th row. Not good! Both of us got sick because of all the camera movement in the movie. I loved the movie, but whew I did not like the motion sickness. And no, we didn't see it at an IMAX or in 3D. Just sat too close. Besides that, the movie was EXCELLENT! Great acting, great action, great emotions! Followed the book fairly well I would say. It was also pretty gory. Not for the faint of heart that's for sure! I would suggest you read the book first, then see the movie, but that is just me.

Psych Seasons 4 & 5

Ok, I am totally hooked on this series! Like seriously! I will be so disappointed when we are finished watching Season 5. I don't know when Season 6 will be out on DVD, but I will be getting it as soon as it does! The comedic dialog between Shawn and Gus continues to crack me up. The introduction in Season 3 of the Yin and Yang serial killer totally creeped me out! And even though Lassiter seems like a real stick in the mud he sure has a cute smile!

Psych Season 3

I totally love Psych! I have Season 4 on order right now. Season 3 was great! I'm always a sucker for a mystery, and then add humor to it and I'm totally onboard!

In My Mailbox Today

Yup, this was in my mailbox today and I'm so excited for my husband to go to work so I can sit down and watch it!!!

UPDATE: LOVED IT!!!

Sue Thomas F.B. Eye

This is another series I got hooked on. I had heard about it from our pastor a couple of years ago. Periodically I would look on Amazon to see if it was out on DVD yet. Recently all 3 seasons of it were released. I asked my parents for it for Christmas. We are almost finished watching it and I have to say it was GREAT! Sue Thomas is deaf and hired by the F.B.I. to read lips for them. Based on the true-life story of Sue Thomas. Each character makes me laugh. I wish it were more than just 3 seasons! And Levi the dog! Oh my, he is Sue's hearing dog. I love him! He reminds me of a golden lab that we had, they are so expressive and SMART! Great show, filled with faith, humor and where the bad-guys always get bested!

Psych

Thanks to Karin we are now hooked on this TV show! Hysterical! This guy has great observation skills and pretends to be psychic. He works with local law enforcement to help them solve crimes. Karin gave us the first season for Christmas. My husband and daughter gave me the second season for Christmas and now I have to go out and get the 3rd season. I'm addicted and must have it!

Christmas Movies Anyone?

We started watching Christmas movies the day after Thanksgiving. Our first group was The Santa Clause Movies:

 The first one is my favorite of course.

                                       

                                         The second one is even good.

But I'm not a fan of the 3rd one. I haven't heard or seen if there are any others. I think 3 is enough!












We then moved on to A Christmas Carol. I think we have just about every version of A Christmas Carol. My husband was in the mood for a musical so we watched this one with Kelsey Grammar:

Then I guess he was in the mood for something funny and irreverent so we popped in Scrooged with Bill Murray:

This has it's funny parts, but lots of naughty language...

My daughter and I then put in Home Alone. I have to confess though that shortly after we popped it in we both fell asleep! So we will probably watch this one again:

I don't know why, but I just love to watch this kid kick some burglar butts!

I have lots more movies to watch before Christmas so stay tuned!

THE ULTIMATE GIFT

Have you ever seen this movie? It is wonderful! James Garner plays the grandfather part. He has passed away and has left a video for his grandson Jason played by Drew Fuller. There are a series of tasks he must do in order to receive "The ultimate gift". One of the tasks is to find a best friend. He happens upon Emily(played by Abigail Breslin) and her mother in the park. A friendship blossoms and Jason eventually inherits the ultimate gift. Such a heart-warming, tear-jerker story! Loved it!

ACTION!

Last night my daughter and I were in the action movie frame of mind. Well, I was anyway, she'll watch whatever I put in! So these are the 2 we watched:

 Arnold should have kept his acting job instead of becoming the "governator". But that is just my opinion! I do enjoy his acting, even though his accent is sometimes hard to decipher. I have loved this movie for years.

The A-Team movie was really well done. I enjoyed the original series, and thought that they captured the old team quite well. I wonder if there will be another movie?

More movies and a TV show

My husband is home during the days now so we watch what he wants...this is what he wanted! ha! Shrek is pretty funny!

This is part of our suspense/horror movie viewing. I hate abusive movies, but at least in the end the enemy gets his!

This reminds me a bit of The Sixth Sense. The ending is so unexpected. The book was pretty good too. Another one that was part of our suspense/horror viewing.

The 7th season of Bones started and I am so excited! Although I thought the first episode was a bit of a letdown, I'm hoping that the old camaraderie will pick up as the season continues. 

Catching Up

We've been watching movies for the last couple of days but I haven't been keeping up on the blog. Whoops!

Here is the first one that we watched:

I originally went to the theater and saw this. I also read the book. I have to say that I like Billy Burke as Bella's dad in Twilight better than the dad in this movie! But it was an entertaining movie.

Our next movie was:

So I think this is the last of the Jaws movies. In this installment Jaws is out to get the Brody family for revenge. Revenge against what I have no clue. I don't believe it ever made clear if the shark was a relative of the others or what. It was still entertaining.

Next we watched:

I'm pretty much a fan of Johnny Depp in anything he acts in. This was pretty good and had a bit of a twist that was very entertaining.

Today our Horror movie was:

Stephen King is definitely the king of horror! I have to say I did like the book better. But this was suspenseful enough to keep our hearts pitter pattering and our hands covering our eyes at the gross parts!

Currently I have popped in a favorite series of mine:

I had an extreme crush on Pierce Brosnon when I was a kid and watched this show. He still is kinda handsome to me, but his singing in Mama Mia left a lot to be desired!

What are you watching?

Pride and Prejudice

This is the first version of Pride and Prejudice that I ever saw. I love it! It was presented on PBS over a 5 week period. I remember one time we went camping and I was going to miss an episode. I took my black and white TV and plugged it into an outlet at the restroom and watched my episode! It was great! David Rintoul plays Darcy and Elizabeth Garvie plays Elizabeth. I tend to watch this version when I am in a melancholy mood.

BURN NOTICE

I love BURN NOTICE. My Aunt Pete in Alabama is the first person to tell me about it. When I was there for Thanksgiving last year we watched a few of the episodes.  Once I got back home I caught up on all the ones I could on DVD. 


For those of you who aren't familiar with the show, here is a little synopsis.  Michael Westen is a burned spy.  He found himself in Miami without any knowledge of why he was burned.  All of his assets were frozen so he has no money.  His ex-girlfriend Fiona is with him and his mother (Sharon Gless) also lives in the area.  The overarching storyline that flows from episode to episode is Michael trying to figure out why he was burned and to get back into the spy game. At the same time, Michael helps people with their problems as a way to make some money. Each episode provides a new case. Fiona (a tough gal that is an expert in weapons and explosives) helps out as well as his old friend from the spy days, Sam Axe.


This show is full of action and humor. It is kind of live an updated version of MacGyver. 

Michael can make anything in a pinch. He uses cell phones for things all the time.  In an episode I watched just recently, he turned a Pringles can into an antenna.  


Give it a try if you haven't already. There are several seasons available on DVD and the new season is about to start in a couple of days. It is on USA.

JAWS II

Yup, we got em all! Tonight's movie was Jaws 2. Of course not as good as the first Jaws, but at least it still had the same characters...except for Quint who of course got eaten in the original Jaws. Chief Brody was up to his usual crying wolf(which he gets fired for) until he is actually proven right. Such a sad fate for a couple of people. He saves the day and his youngest son in the end! How many more of these beasties are out there waiting to take revenge on humans? Well we have 2 more Jaws movies to go!

Signs and Jaws

Continuing on with our horror/suspense theme for the month my daughter and I first watched SIGNS tonight.

Mel Gibson plays a minister who has lost his faith in God at the death of his wife. When crop circles show up in his corn field he thinks it is the prank of local teens. What it is really are aliens come to earth to take over. This is one of my favorite scenes from the movie:

I really had to laugh out loud when this came on! They are protecting their brains from the aliens being able to read their thoughts. Too funny! While this is not a horror film, it does have elements of suspense.

The next movie we put in was JAWS:

Jaws is a classic! I saw it for the first time when I was around 10 or 12. Let me tell you, I had no desire to EVER go back into the water! Not just ocean water, but lake water as well! If I can't see the bottom, there is no way I want to be in it! My favorite line of the whole movie is "Your gonna need a bigger boat"(said by Roy Schreider who played Chief Brody) it makes me laugh every time, and it is used frequently around my house when things look a little overwhelming. I hated it when Quint(played by Robert Shaw) got eaten. I loved his crusty character. He was a hoot!

You may ask why we watch so many movies around my house. We do not get cable or dish or any TV enhancing equipment. We have poor reception with only rabbit ears to tune in order to get a TV station. So instead of going through all of that and get frustrated, we watch A LOT of movies. Plus at this time of year I am glued to my chair working on crochet projects for Christmas and watching a movie helps the time pass quicker and it helps my fingers move faster. So there are my excuses for being lazy and sitting in front of the tube!

Tune in later for what's up next!