I went to see The Brothers Grimsby the other day, Sasha Baron Cohen's latest toilet-humor filled movie. It was alright.

When I got home, I watched The Incredible Two-Headed Transplant with RiffTrax. I had a lot more fun with that one, I have to say.

I also watched the new X-Files series last week. Didn't think much of it. I wish Carter would just let the franchise die, rather than keep resurrecting it with mediocre efforts such as this, or that 2008 movie.

He Never Died

Netflix puts it in the Science Fiction / Horror genre, I put it in the Fantastic genre but they do not have that one. Netflix also says it's a comedy which is not totally false if you like your humor as dry as a grain of sand on top of a desert dune at noon. What it really is, is a damn good movie. I do not think it is comic based but would not be surprised to learn that it was inspired by some very dark comics.

I have a feeling that as much footage ended up in the movie as on the cutting floor. There is a lot of blank space for the spectator to fill but it's not a bad thing in this case.

The movie is on Netflix Canada, I do not know about other countries.

I just watched Tom Noonan's "The Wife" -

PHEWWWWWWWWWW that was more than a little rough and now my brain hurts (not in a good way.) I wanted to see it because Wallace Shawn is in it, but, it was really kind of painful. Certainly not a dark comedy! Nothing funny about it at all, just awkward and off-putting. Tom Noonan has stories about Michael Mann liking him, I think he was just scared of him and didn't want to get psycho-killed by him.

Is there a good way for that?

Ohyes, definitely. Something that makes me think super hard, or face tough questions or think about uncomfortable situations, or just fucks with the head in a trippy sort of way.

This was painful in the watch-paint-dry sort of way, and then being asked to describe the difference in how the color looks wet vs. dry.

I just watched "Chuck Norris vs. Communism", a documentary about people watching bootlegged movies on videotape during the Ceausescu era in Romania. It implies that this phenomena is partly responsible for Romania's 1989 revolution.

I do not know how true to life the documentary is, for instance I can't help but think that films weren't the only things trafficked by the head guy and that the he used other "tool" to get his way than bribery. Maybe I'm getting too suspicious as I grow older and see what is under the pedestals that some peoples are put on.

In any case I highly recommend watching that movie, I just wished they had called it VHS vs Communism as the real title made me apprehensive of watching it. Chuck Norris, the real man, does not appear in the movie, we just see some scenes of some of his films and they could have well has chosen Sylvester Stallone for the title.

currently in the midst of a season:
- Louie (Season 5)
Weirdly great and greatly weird, as always. A little uneven, but usually pretty funny, and when it's good, it's really good.
- Alias (Season 1)
Rewatching it, as it's been about ten or twelve years since I last watched it (and I never got to watch beyond Season 1, since none of the local video rental places carried that one, and I sure as hell wasn't going to buy it to try it). Either my tastes have changed, or the show's aged poorly (probably a bit of both); I doubt I'll go on to Season 2.
- Love (Season 1)
New Judd Apatow-produced Netflix original that debuted in February. Pretty decent; unless the last three episodes shit the bed, I'd watch a second season.
- Grounded for Life (Season 1)
One of the better network sitcoms of the early '00s. Has held up reasonably well.
- The L Word (Season 2)
Made it through Season 1 last year during my time as a Hulu subscriber, so I threw it on my Netflix watch list when I subscribed late last summer...and, apart from watching a single episode every two or three months, there it's sat. It's not that it's bad...though the cringe-worthy opening credits sequence that was introduced at the beginning of the second season hasn't exactly made me want to watch it more...I just can't seem to bring myself to give much of a shit. Not sure if I'll go on with it or not.
- Firefly (THE Season)
Own it, but haven't seen it in a couple years or so. Watching it on Netflix is a bit more convenient, and saves my laptop's DVD drive. One more episode, then I can remove it from my watch list.
- Ken Burns Presents: The West (miniseries)
Pretty good Ken Burns-produced (though not -directed) documentary miniseries about the exploration and settlement of the North American West by (mostly) European-descended peoples, and about the effects this had on the peoples already living there. Doesn't seem to cover much new ground, but as far as I've seen so far, it does what it sets out to do fairly well.
- Blue Mountain State (Season 1)
Spike's dumb college party-'n'-sex comedy series. It's about on the level of Porky's or American Pie, only without any "real" nudity or swearing. If you're in the mood for this kind of thing, as I occasionally am, it's pretty good.
- House, M.D. (Season 2)
Been watching tons of episodes of this in the last two or three months, and I'm not quite sure why. Maybe it's the fact that it's a nice, cozy, formulaic show, but it's actually got a fairly biting sense of humor as well, and a sort of rakish self-awareness that allows me to not roll my eyes too hard when House & gang save yet another patient in the nick of time with a brilliant diagnosis.

Whoops, forgot about a handful of shows I watch for free on Hulu:
- New Girl (Season 5)
The only current broadcast sitcom I still follow. Still pretty reliably decent -- I like the writing, and the male cast members are especially good in their quirky-funny roles (though Deschanel's good, too).
- Hollywood Game Night (Season 4)
This had the potential to be terrible and cringe-worthy, but -- probably due to Jane Lynch's presence and the fact that she's a producer of the show (not sure if she was from the beginning, though) -- it's actually pretty frequently hilarious. The fact that there are so many return celebrity guests, and that they also continue to get all sorts of celebrities that people have, y'know, actually heard of (and recently) would seem to indicate that many, if not most, of the participants have a genuinely good time on the show. It's certainly fun to watch, for those who enjoy seeing famous people willingly and happily make fools of themselves for entertainment.
- @midnight with Chris Hardwick (Season 3)
I generally only watch an episode when one or more guests I like are on it. I've never really liked Hardwick much before, though I think he's OK on Talking Dead (which I can't watch any more, as I no longer have cable), and is (usually) pretty good on this show; the problem is, he seems to be letting his popularity go to his head a bit, doing too much of his own schtick on @midnight, sometimes taking the spotlight off the guest comedians for an uncomfortably long time. I'm also not a fan of the seeming increase in political content on the show -- I don't watch @midnight for incisive political editorials (sometimes it seems Hardwick wants to be Jon Stewart), I watch it to see (mostly) funny people making fun of the Internet. Still, it's a pretty good show overall.

That's all for series I'm actively watching. Maybe I'll do another post soon about shows that I'm between seasons of, and possibly some recently-watched films.

I just watched "American Ultra".

Here is the Netflix description: They train him, wipe his memory, then try to kill him. But this stoner's got assassin skills that surprise even him.

It's not very original but it got 4 stars out of 5 so I decided to give it a chance. I liked it despite the very formulaic formula, can you say C.I.A. rogue operation? I do think it could have benefited with more women in strong roles, either in the good or bad guys (sic) roles.

In any case I have a crush on Connie Britton. I've only seen her in the first season of American Horror Story before this movie. I hope she does more action/genre movies/tv series.

I've just finished watching Transsexual Babysitters.

I rate this post.. one and half thumbs up.

5 episodes of Horace and Pete in a week... That's just... so good, that I know there's no way not to watch the last 5.
Louie CK was talking about it a bit in Conan, and he said there was no trailer and he didn't want to get into too many details what it's about.
I'm following this attitude, and can just say it's good ^__^ - in a indie dramedy sort of way.

WOAH! I had no idea about this! I love Louis CK! (Louie has it's ups and downs) Thanks so much!!!

Holy crap! Steve Buscemi! Steven Wright! Alan Alda! Jessica Lange! !!!! EXCITING!!! I just saw that Tom Noonan is in it too, that guy creeps me out! FuN!

We just started watching Lois & Clark episodes, with the intention of turning off if it sucked (I remembered enjoying it back when it was on the air, but you never know!) It's actually pretty good, nothing deep, but it's good, well-written fun!

haha... what an awesome reaction! :) and you're welcome :)

Hmm... might check out Lois & Clark too, if I find it somewhere, thanks.

I just watched "Edge of Tomorrow".

I was very reticent to watch this because Tom Cruise is the star (not a fan) and I felt it might be a Scientology (not a fan of that either) vehicle. I really liked it even if I wish Tom Cruise's character's had been done by someone else. It's kind of a SF version of "Groundhog's Day" but less funny.

It's a very good action SF movie and I gave it 4 stars out of 5 on Netflix, and for once I did not wish their rating system was based on more than 5 stars except that I might have gave it a few more than 80 stars out of 100.

Now I'm going to watch SAFE with Jason Statham.

Just watched and gave it 3/5 on Netflix's rating system.
It's a very average action movie, I think I would have loved it when I was younger but now I kept wondering how did the hero kept his reflexes/moves/strength up while living as a homeless. Now I'm questioning every action movies I've seen where the hero does not practice for a few years but is still a better fighter/shooter/tactician than mostly anyone else. The plot is also more complex than it needed to be. Jason Statham delivered as he always do but I did not really care about what happen to the little girl. Ok movie if you had a few drinks and there is nothing else to watch that do not require thinking too much.

Starting my summer watching tradition, which includes old tv shows like Miami Vice and Star Trek TNG.

Every time I begin a new TNG viewing, I become even more eager to find a time machine to go back and kick Data off the show. His character, along with Brent Spiner's ego, are a borderline hostile takeover of the show. The pinnochio story plays out endlessly and to little value. Data's character arc could have been summed up on in one season. As it was, it took 7. Then again, Troi sucked too. And Wesley Crusher. And Dr. Crusher... ah hell. Pretty much everyone but Worf, Riker and Ensign Ro.