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Submarine: Steel Boats, Iron Men (1989)
A view of life aboard the US Navy's biggest boomers.
One of the better documentaries about life aboard a Los Angeles-class nuclear submarine. It offers a unique view of life aboard one of the highest-pressure workplaces in the US military, one that's operational 24/7/365. The interviews contained within it are both topical and interesting, complete with the training that those in the Silent Service must go through to become certified to serve aboard submarines. The bits with Adm. Hyman Rickover, the "father of the nuclear navy" were interesting as well, and very appropriate since the ship being shown in this documentary is USS Hyman G. Rickover. All in all, this was one of the best I've seen to date.
Bloodshot (2020)
Great action film! Enjoyed it!
I'm not going to rehash the film, everyone else has done that for me. Suffice it to say that it was a perfect flick to watch while sitting at home during the pandemic. I found it tonight at Redbox. I had a free movie code that expires at 11:59'pm tonight so it was basically use it or lose it, and there really wasn't anything else there that I wanted to see. Then I discovered this gem. Diesel's name was in the description, and that was enough for me. I'm not disappointed by it, and truth be told, I've never been disappointed with anything he's been in, so it's all good. Better still that I didn't have to pay to rent it. Small favors!
Disasters Engineered: Kegworth and Concorde (2019)
Not bad but some censorship.
For a program that aims to tell history I found it noticeably absent that Continental Airlines was the owner of the plane that lost the piece of metal that started the whole ghastly affair.
Rocket Attack U.S.A. (1960)
The MST3K version is the only palatable one...
Bad, stunningly bad. Contrived is a compliment. The years of the Cold War formed my youth and I was stationed in West Berlin. There were no Soviet officials that I've ever met that were as pathetic as was written in this. This movie is great if you're suffering from insomnia. You'll watch for a while and when the pain gets bad enough, you can hit yourself over the head with a club. Problem solved.
The MST3K boys (and Gypsy) were perfect and the "game show moment" was the highlight of the film.
Breaking In (2018)
Yawwwwwnnnnn!
It's a half hearted attempt at a thriller, one that tries hard to pull it off. The protagonist, Union, did a good job but the script wasn't that great to begin with. I don't know how well this will hold up over time but since it's debut to mass audiences on HBO, I can say that it was worth spending an hour and a half watching it. It's no great plot twister but it was worth a lazy Saturday afternoon's viewing.
Love After Lockup (2018)
Mindless dreck for low-class idiots.
First let me say that I've only seen the previews of this program, so I can't give a play by play of every episode. That being said, the very idea that the American people are in some way served by this rolling train wreck of a show is the reason we are in the shape we're in as a country. I wouldn't want to watch a bunch of criminals and their love lives. It can't be that much of an improvement to what they had in prison and I sure don't want to see that either. 400+ cable channels and this is the lowest common denominator without a doubt. Cheap to produce because they don't have to pay actors, writers, etc., and it shows. To the producers: Ger a real job, there's no Emmy award for you with this schlock! What's next? Snuff films? This is one half a degree above that.
A Night at the Movies (1937)
People in the 1930s thought this was funny?
I found the film trite and really boring, there wasn't a single part of the movie that didn't feel like it was drawing on the same old tired Hollywood formulary to turn out a film. I'm still trying to wrap my head around who exactly it was that thought this was Oscar worthy? And can I get some of whatever it is that they're smoking?