Movies

For some reason, I thought I would list the movies I'm watching - as long as I have the energy to write them down! Most recent first...

• OK I'm behind on my movie list but what I can remember is: The Avengers in 3D (great!), MIB3 (love it!), Dark Shadows (also enjoyed), Bernie (good, don't expect a Jack Black comedy), plus episodes of my faves: 30 Rock (s6), Peep Show (s5), Doctor Who (s5).
• The Help. Very moving subject, enjoyed it, but shmaltzy in parts. Seemed very white in a certain way. 
• Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer. Very sad movie that gives a very different perspective on the Hollywood version. 
• 21 Jump Street. In an actual movie theater!
• Louie. FX series by Louis C.K. Recommend episode 5 in which he explains to airport security about the lube he has in his carryon. 
• Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (2010). Love it. 
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011).
• Bored to Death. All three seasons. Jason Schwartzman, Zach Galifianakis, Ted Danson. So sorry that it was canceled!
• In Time (2011).
• One more disk to go of season 3, Nurse Jackie. 
• I Am A Cyborg, And That's OK! (Korea, 2006) A dark comedy about a woman in a mental institution who thinks she's a robot. I thought it was very funny. You might not! 
• 50/50 (2011). About a 27 year old with cancer in his spine. It was good. 
• Air Heads. Had quite a few famous people in it - Judd Nelson, Steve Buscemi, Adam Sandler, Chris Farley, guy who played Lenny on Laverne and Shirley, guy who played George of the Jungle - Brendan Frasier, guy who played Kramer on Seinfeld...And I'm just starting to find my movie selections a bit embarrassing. 
• Started Season 3 of Nurse Jackie. 
• The Life of Birds with Richard Attenborough.
• Return of the Jedi. 
• The Odd Couple. Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon, 1968. Really enjoyed this. 
• What's Eating Gilbert Grape?
• The Empire Strikes Back. 
• Dressed to Kill. Eddie Izzard. 
• Castaway. Pretty cheeseball but I was in the mood for being trapped on a deserted island.
• The Invention of Lying. First half was good! 
• Starting Season 2 of Nurse Jackie, great!
• Bridesmaids. Love this movie. Extras are excellent as well. 
• Ides of March (2011), wasn't so into it, not actually sure why. And an episode of Misfits. 
• Salt (2010) with Angelina Jolie. Great thriller!
• An episode of Mod Squad (1968) with guest Louis Gossett Jr. Was much better than I thought it would be. They used the term 'solid' - didn't think it was that old!
• Star Wars (1977). Enjoyed it, even with no Yoda. 
• The Guard with Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle. Good!
• Started watching season 1 of Nurse Jackie, like it. 
• Crazy, Sexy Cancer. A documentary made by a young actress in New York diagnosed with Stage IV liver cancer. I liked it. 
• Hilarious - Louis C.K. Really, rather hilarious, not for the faint of heart. (Stream it if you have Netflix)
• Sidney Poitier #5 - A Patch of Blue. Sidney Poitier thought of this as his most flawless acting. 
• Harold and Kumar Go To Newcastle - This was a recommendation at some point from my 18 year old nephew Torrey. I thought it was funny (very male humor, like Step Bros, but younger!)
• Step Brothers - I'm not sure if I thought it was funny because I was watching it with Morgan. But it was pretty funny. (Will Farrell, John C Riley, Mary Steenburgen with some weird looking cosmetic surgery, plus the guy who played the dead dad on Six Feet Under.) 
• The Artist - In general a very well done and original film (though I confess to getting a bit bored in the middle.) 
• More Sidney Poitier - Pressure Point (1962). A slightly Twilight Zone but interesting look at psychology...and American Nazis in the 1930's. Love Sidney Poitier! Especially in the 60's. 
• TV shows in no special order: Gossip Girl (thanks Morgan!)(wouldn't necessarily watch this on my own!), Homeland, The Misfits, Doctor Who, Scrubs, 30 Rock, South Park, Peep Show...
• The Incredible Shrinking Woman - with Lilly Tomlin - great!
• The Amazing Screw On Head - animation short, fun. 
• The Exorcist - what else would you want to do at midnight New Year's eve? I couldn't stay up for the whole thing but I do find this one a classic - and still scary. 
• Mission Impossible 4, Ghost Protocol - fun!
• Young Adult - w Charlize Theron...interesting, dark...for me, more stressful than funny but had it's moments.
• Blackboard Jungle, and To Sir, with Love - two Sidney Poitier movies, made 12 years apart, with very similar plots, but he plays opposite characters...great! Want to see The Defiant Ones, A Patch of Blue, Lilies of the Field, and In the Heat of the Night.  
• Powers of 10 - short film made in 1968, loved it!
• They Call Me Mister Tibbs - sequel to In the Heat of the Night, set in San Francisco.