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Interesting series
on April 14, 2017
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Starts out as a very good character piece, but then the 2nd half goes a little off the deep end. Still solid overall.
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Very good standalone
on April 14, 2017
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An excellent war movie, of all things. It has a few things that don't work (Forrest Whitaker's character, not enough time for optimal character development for some). That last Vader scene is great, among the best scenes of Star Wars. Vader hasn't been given that kind of weight and forcefulness since perhaps A New Hope, and it was greatly needed after the prequel trilogy. I'm glad Felicity Jones was given this opportunity as I've thought she was a star in the making for years now. She doesn't disappoint, and along with Daisy Ridley, Star Wars has now given us two very good main female characters with the two new films. While the movie doesn't give us any Jedi battles, the space and planet battle that takes up the final third of the movie is the best battle spectacle Star Wars has given us. The Battle of Hoth will always be a landmark, but Rogue One gives us pretty much everything we could want as fans to see battle-wise. Being a more mature, more violent film, it was a very good idea to not give us more cutesy droids, but an actual battle droid that does some of its own killing, cracking wise along the way. What keeps Rogue One a step down from The Force Awakens is that while I think most of the characters work well, I'm not as invested in any of them as much as Rey, Finn, and Kylo Ren. Considering their outcomes, I suppose that works out for me. Considering we will be getting at least one Star Wars film a year for infinity, we are for sure now living in a spoiled age.
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The MCU expands its horizens
on March 13, 2017
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I didn't have any major problems with this one, but it never reached my peak level of interest as some other Marvel movies. Some pretty good stuff. What a waste of Rachel McAdams, though.
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Disney keeps up a great streak
on March 13, 2017
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What a good year for mainstream animation. Moana is right up there with the best of the year. It definitely has the best music, the best songs from Disney in awhile (and better than the overrated Frozen music). Good story, if not the most rich in depth (Zootopia and Kubo surpass it). I hope Disney hires Lin-Manuel Miranda to be involved with all of their animated movies for at least the next ten years. Auli'i Cravalho has a great voice for the character, and she breathes some real life into the character of Moana, one of Disney's best of late as well. The rest of the voice cast is great as well, it just feels like there were high levels of talent working on this movie all around. It's also great to see Ron Clements and John Musker return to their former levels during the Disney Renaissance (although Treasure Planet and Princess and the Frog are generally underrated). A great sign for the future direction of Disney animation.
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Relive all the bureaucratic hijinks and memorable moments of the hit NBC sitcom series Parks & Recreation. The series, detailing the misadventures of overzealous city employee Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) and her coworkers, had a prolific six season run and helped boost the careers of costars Aziz Ansari, Aubrey Plaza, Nick Offerman, Adam Scott, and Rashida Jones. Every episode of Parks & Recreation is included in the special set, coupled with deleted scenes and commentary from the show's creators and stars.
 
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Great comedy series
on February 16, 2017
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It's so hard for a comedy series to not be at all cynical and still be hilarious, but Parks & Rec maintained a high level of comedy gold throughout (after figuring itself out in season 1).
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Great zombie movie
on January 27, 2017
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One of the best zombie films in awhile. Great staging of the action, really good characterization for this type of movie - it also uses character types, but mostly does a decent job of it. The father/daughter relationship was believable as well, and more grounded than the other big Korean horror movie - The Host. It keeps away (mostly) from the Korean tendency to sometimes overact a scene and become too histrionic. For this reason it translates very well for a foreign audience.
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The complete saga of Harry Potter, The Boy Who Lived in one 16-disc set. Includes the films Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Princeand Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Parts 1 and 2. Extras include behind-the-scenes featurettes and more.
 
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Beautiful set
on January 26, 2017
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The movies are a little hit and miss, with #3 being the best of the series to me. The steelbooks look great.
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Solid, underrated Christmas movie
on January 26, 2017
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Barbara Stanwyck is always really good, perhaps the best classical actress.
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Although it undoubtedly goes without saying at this late date, the original Star Trek is the most popular and influential science fiction series ever seen on American network television--and as far as many people are concerned, it remains absolutely the best TV series of any kind. The weekly, hour-long Star Trek was conceived as "Wagon Train in outer space" by its creator, Gene Roddenberry, who had long labored in the TV-western mills before his pet project made its NBC debut on September 8, 1966. Describing space as "the final frontier" in the opening narration, Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner), commander of the starship U.S.S. Enterprise, informed the viewer that his vessel's five-year mission was to "seek out new life forms and new civilizations", and "to boldly go where no man has gone before." The series was set in the 23rd century, a time in which most of the various intergalactic civilizations (with the notable exception of the warlike Klingons!) had forged a lasting peace and formed the United Federation of Planets, for whom the Enterprise was the flagship. While the heroic, self-sacrificing Kirk was the leading character and primary plot motivator, the series' most famous character was the Enterprise's pointy-eared first officer/science officer Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy). Born on the planet Vulcan and the product of a Vulcanian father and human mother, Mr. Spock was cool, unflappable, unemotional, meticulously logical--and to thousands upon thousands of female Star Trek enthusiasts, irresistible. Other members of the multiethnic crew included Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy (DeForest Kelley), the ship's short-tempered chief medical officer ("Dammit, Jim, I'm a doctor, not a mind-reader!"); chief engineer Montgomery "Scotty" Scott (James Doohan); Lt. Uhura (Nichelle Nichols), the African American communications officer; Lt. Sulu (George Takei), the Asian helmsman; nurse Christine Chapel (played by Majel Barrett, later Mrs. Gene Roddenberry); and, beginning in the second season, Russian-born ensign Pavel Chekov (Walter Koenig). Another principal character, Yeoman Janice Rand (Grace Lee Whitney), appeared sporadically during the first two seasons. Unlike so many other sci-fi/fantasy programs, Star Trek favored strong characterizations and solid story values over gadgetry and monsters: indeed, it was originally touted as "TV's first adult science fiction series." As such, the program attracted the best writers of the genre, among them Richard Matheson, Theodore Sturgeon, Robert Bloch, David Gerrold and Harlan Ellison, and the series' prolific story consultant, D.C. Fontana). Even so, there were still plenty of special photographic effects, which may seem a bit primitive when seen today but were sufficiently impressive to earn an Emmy award. The most memorable special effect was utilized whenever Kirk and his officers were "disintegrated" in order to be transported from the deck of the Enterprise to the surface of the planet of the week, and back again--inspiring the series' most famous catchphrase, "Beam me up, Scotty". While NBC has come in for its share of criticism for dictating budget cuts and production-staff changes that gradually eroded the series' quality (especially during its much-maligned third season), the network deserves credit for keeping Star Trek alive for three seasons and 79 episodes, despite mediocre ratings. It was only after its cancellation on September 2, 1969 and its move into off-network syndication that Star Trek began steadily building a huge audience above and beyond its core fan base of "Trekkers" (or "Trekkies", depending upon the fan's age and extent of enthusiasm). By the time the first Star Trek convention was held in 1972, the series' place in the Valhalla of TV classics was assured.
 
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Great Set
on January 26, 2017
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Classic show, with some that haven't aged well, but with quite a few ground breaking scifi episodes.
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Kind of fun, still not great
on January 2, 2017
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McClellan makes it fun, otherwise not a great thriller.
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