Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-04-07 (Sunday)

On 4/8/2024 5:41 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

On 4/8/24 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
 

What did you watch?

 Grading, etc. yesterday, so not that much:
 Night Court (2023) (Peacock) - "A Crime of Fashion" (ep. #2.7). I don't think it's my imagination - I think this show is improving. I don't remember the specific gags, but again there were at least a couple of gags that "landed" will in this episode too. That's better than the earlier episodes which were pleasant, if not consistently funny.
    In this one, Kunal Nayyar (from TBBT) guest stars as a mercurial fashion designer (prev. episode took place during NYC Comic-Con; this one takes place during "Fashion Week") whom Abby falls for and has an affair with. Meanwhile, Dan defends an imperious fashionista (old hand Jenifer Lewis), who promises to teach Dan her ways of intimidating people if Dan gets her charges dropped. Olivia can't get a dry cleaner for her work clothes due to fashion week. Wyatt is disrupted by all of the fashionistas in the court, with Gergs looking on.
    As always, the stories were mostly "meh" (I liked Dan's plotline), but they got in at least a couple of good gags, including one with a peacock!
 

You may have liked this a bit more than I did.

golf - Well, that was a letdown...
    Denny McCarthy (a contemporary of Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas), who has not managed to win a PGA tourney yet, managed to surge on the last day, catching up to newbie Akshay Bhatia, whom I thought had an insurmountable lead from Day 3. McCarthy birdied the last hole, and forced a playoff!
    But, on the first hole of the playoff McCarthy hits into the water, which pretty much hands the win to Bhatia (who birdied the first playoff hole anyway). Quite the letdown of an outcome.
 soaps: GH - Fri's ep. They had been setting this up even before they deep-sixed Lexi Ainsworth off the show - but in this one, Josslyn and (Nu)Kristina really get into it after Joss trash-talks Sonny (deservedly). Even NuNuNuMolly and Carly(!) were kind of appalled by Josslyn's antics! Sonny continues to make-nice with Booby Vista (did they really just bring her on the show to put her together with Sonny?!), which Lois doesn't approve of (as she doesn't like Booby Vista's character). Later, Booby Vista has a meeting with Brook Lynn about Blaze's career, and Brook Lynn holds her ground against the "stage mother". Dante comes home to a welcome home celebration. Agent Jagger(/John) confronts NuDrew about Jason in front of Jordan, and Drew basically tells Jagger to shove it! In the best bit, Anna meets with former FSB-head John Brennan in the prison about Pikeman - Brennan probes Anna, and claims he was "framed" (we know this isn't true), but won't reveal any Pikeman intel to Anna.
 And that was it. Otherwise, I had Lifetime/LMN movie reruns on in the background while I did stuff. I recorded "A Model Murder", and another flick I had missed during my trip, for later viewing...
 What did you watch?
 

I watched:
Angel Heart (4K disc) 1987 horror movie starring Mickey Rourke as a 1950s detective hired by Robert De Niro (who turns out to be the devil) to track down a missing man.  Holds up well enough.  I think the movie probably works a lot better once you've watched it and know what to expect.
Prince of Darkness (4K disc) 1987 horror movie written and directed by John Carpenter about a group of physicist who are brought in by a Catholic priest to help fight the devil.  I finally got around to listening to the commentary which had John Carpenter and one of the actors.  I've always avoided the commentary because it mutes the audio. But I finally decided to give it a listen.  It wasn't very informative. Here's a sample of the actor asking Carpenter a question about the plot, "What are you asking me for?  I don't know."  And, "Is that Satan?  I'm not going to tell you.  You're not going to tell me?  Cause I don't know."  Someone should have reminded Carpenter that not only did he direct the movie, he wrote it too!  To be fair, there was the occasional nugget of interesting information.
The Devil's Advocate (blu-ray) 1997 movie starring Keanu Reeves as a hotshot lawyer from Florida who is hired by a New York City law firm run by Al Pacino (who turns out to be the devil) to run their new criminal law division.  Charlize Theron also stars as Keanu's wife.  Great movie.   I listed with a really good director's commentary.
Fallen (blu-ray) 1998 movie starring Denzel Washington as a detective investigating what he thinks is a copy cat serial killer but turns out to be an evil fallen angel that can posses people.  This is a great movie with a great cast including, John Goodman, Donald Sutherland, and James Gandolfini.  It is a must watch if you've never seen it before.
"Time is on my side.  Yes it is."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC-ykURLzSg
The Regime (HBO) - "Don't Yet Rejoice" - The series finale which picks up with the now deposed chancellor (Kate Winselt) and her henchman on the run and hiding out from rebels.  This was probably the best episode of the series.  They kept the nonsense down and focused on Winslet and her forced realization that she's not in charge any more.  Or is she?