Ollie's World of Movies

Decided to post what I've been watching via DVD, VHS, or in the theater.

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Sunday, November 30, 2008

Nightmares and Dreamscapes: Episodes: Autopsy Room Four and You Know They Got a Hell of a Band

Watched: 11/29/08
With: myself
Year: 2006
Reason for watching: Joey's Netflix
Opinion: How would you feel if you were alive and about to be autopsied? And where did all those famous musicians go when they died?
Watch again?: probably
Recommend?: probably

Friday, November 28, 2008

See No Evil

Watched: 11/28/08
With: Joey
Year: 2006
Reason for watching: Netflix
Opinion: WWE makes a horror film. Not a horrible film. Not a wonderful film. An average film.
Watch again?: no
Recommend?: maybe

Birdman of Alcatraz

Watched: 11/29/08
With: myself
Year: 1962
Reason for watching: Netflix
Opinion: A very good movie about a real life prisoner who became an expert on birds during his stay in prison.
Watch again?: probably
Recommend?: yes

Nightmares and Dreamscapes: Episode: Fifth Quarter

Watched: 11/27/08
With: myself
Year: 2006
Reason for watching: Joey's Netflix
Opinion: I really enjoy watching Jeremy Sisto. He did another great acting job in this story.
Watch again?: probably
Recommend?: probably

Nightmares and Dreamscapes: Episodes: The End of the Big Mess, The Road Virus Heads North

Watched: 11/26/08
With: Joey
Year: 2006
Reason for watching: Joey's Netflix
Opinion: Much better than the first few stories. More suspense.
Watch again?: probably
Recommend?: probably

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

A Haunting: Seasons 1 and 2 (Episode: Dark Forest)

Watched: 11/24/08
With: myself
Year: 2006
Reason for watching: Netflix
Opinion: A family whose woods are haunted.
Watch again?: yes
Recommend?: yes

Monday, November 24, 2008

Tae-bo Contact 1

Watched: 11/24/08
With: myself
Year: 2003
Reason for watching: exercise
Opinion: A lot of upper body exercises. Not as good as other Tae-bo dvds.
Watch again?: yes
Recommend?: maybe

A Haunting: Seasons 1 and 2 (Episodes: Where Demons Dwell, Ghost Soldier)

Watched: 11/23/08
With: myself
Year: 2006
Reason for watching: Netflix
Opinion: A family is haunted by a black figure from a well, a mother is haunted by a soldier in a picture.
Watch again?: yes
Recommend?: yes

A Haunting: Seasons 1 and 2 (Episode: Hungry Ghosts)

Watched: 11/22/08
With: myself
Year: 2006
Reason for watching: Netflix
Opinion: Ghosts hit an American family in Taiwan
Watch again?: yes
Recommend?: yes

Saturday, November 22, 2008

Nightmares and Dreamscapes: Crouch End, Umney's Last Case

Watched: 11/22/08
With: myself
Year: 2006
Reason for watching: Joey's Netflix
Opinion: Another haunted town in England and what happens when the writer takes the place of his character.
Watch again?: probably
Recommend?: probably

Nightmares and Dreamscapes: Battleground

Watched: 11/21/08
With: Joey
Year: 2006
Reason for watching: Joey's Netflix
Opinion: Little green Army men seek revenge for their maker's killer. I'm curious on William Hurt's thoughts when he first read the script.
Watch again?: maybe
Recommend?: probably

A Haunting: Seasons 1 and 2 (Episode: Sallie's House)

Watched: 11/21/08
With: Joey
Year: 2005
Reason for watching: Netflix
Opinion: A little girl and her mother take over a home.
Watch again?: yes
Recommend?: yes

Friday, November 21, 2008

A Haunting: Seasons 1 and 2 (Episodes: The Diabotical and Demon Child)

Watched: 11/20/08
With: myself
Year: 2005
Reason for watching: Netflix
Opinion: More interesting paranormal experiences and how people try to cope with them.
Watch again?: yes
Recommend?: yes

Thursday, November 20, 2008

A Haunting: Season 1 and 2 (Episodes: Echoes from the Grave, Darkness Below, Gateway to Hell)

Watched: 11/19/08
With: Joey
Year: 2005
Reason for watching: Netflix
Opinion: More interesting alleged paranormal hauntings.
Watch again?: yes
Recommend?: yes

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

The Firm: Power Yoga

Watched: 11/19/08
With: myself
Year: 2004
Reason for watching: exercise
Opinion: Not as good as other yoga dvds I've done but still a great workout.
Watch again?: yes
Recommend?: yes

A Haunting: Seasons 1 and 2 (Hell House, Cursed)

Watched: 11/18/08
With: myself
Year: 2005
Reason for watching: Netflix
Opinion: I had seen Hell House on The Discovery Channel and that was the episode that had gotten me interested in the series. Interesting alleged paranormal experiences.
Watch again?: yes
Recommend?: yes

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

The Walk Diet: 1 mile walk

Watched: 11/18/08
With: myself
Year: 2004
Reason for watching: exercise
Opinion: A thorough workout
Watch again?: yes
Recommend?: yes

A Haunting: Seasons 1 and 2 (The Lake Club Horror, The Haunting of Summerwind)

Watched: 11/17/08
With: myself
Year: 2005
Reason for watching: Netflix
Opinion: Nicely developed scary shows about allegedly real-life hauntings.
Watch again?: yes
Recommend?: yes

Sunday, November 16, 2008

There Will Be Blood

Watched: 11/15/08, 11/16/08
With: Joey
Year: 2007
Reason for watching: Joey's Netflix
Opinion: Daniel Day-Lewis plays a character who only cares about money, not even his own son. A harsh story.
Watch again?: maybe
Recommend?: maybe

The Haunting

Watched: 11/15/08
With: myself
Year: 1999
Reason for watching: Netflix
Opinion: An interest take on the story by Shirley Jackson. Catherine Zeta-Jones' character becoming quickly annoying to me. I overall enjoyed it.
Watch again?: probably
Recommend?: probably

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Walking for Weight Loss

Watched: 11/13/08
With: myself
Year: 2006
Reason for watching: Netflix and exercise
Opinion: A solid workout that combines cardio and strengh training. It's not greatly cued by the instructor and her being "my coach" got annoying after a while.
Watch again?: probably
Recommend?: probably

Northern Exposure: Seasons 1 and 2 (Episode 15)

Watched: 11/12/08
With: myself
Year: 1991
Reason for watching: Netflix
Opinion: Another one bites the dust.
Watch again?: probably
Recommend?: probably

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Northern Exposure: Seasons 1 and 2 (Episode 14)

Watched: 11/11/08
With: myself
Year: 1991
Reason for watching: Netflix
Opinion: The Russian invasion
Watch again?: probably
Recommend?: yes

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Advanced Jog 1 Mile

Watched: 11/11/08
With: myself
Year: 2006
Reason for watching: exercise
Opinion: It's basically a mile jog-no stretches. Also includes a toning segment.
Watch again?: yes
Recommend?: probably

Northern Exposure: Seasons 1 and 2 (Episode 13)

Watched: 11/10/08
With: myself
Year: 1991
Reason for watching: Netflix
Opinion: Spring is in the air and everyone is going nuts.
Watch again?: probably
Recommend?: probably

Sunday, November 09, 2008

Cloverfield

Watched: 11/9/08
With: Joey
Year: 2008
Reason for watching: Joey's Netflix
Opinion: I couldn't even watch it, it affected my vertigo that badly. Great premise though.
Watch again?: no
Recommend?: probably not

Northern Exposure: Seasons 1 and 2 (Episodes 9-12)

Watched: 11/8/08
With: myself
Year: 1990/1991
Reason for watching: Netflix
Opinion: TV anyone?, Doc's replacement, Ed trying to find his father, and Chris trying to find his voice.
Watch again?: probably
Recommend?: probably

Saturday, November 08, 2008

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Watched: 11/7/08
With: Joey
Year: 1969
Reason for watching: Netflix
Opinion: Some funny bits between Paul Newman and Robert Redford. This is one of my mother's favorite movies and I can see why she enjoys it.
Watch again?: probably
Recommend?: probably

Tuesday, November 04, 2008

Alien vs Predator: Requiem

Watched: 11/3/08
With: myself
Year: 2007
Reason for watching: Joey's Netflix
Opinion: Not as good as the first one. I got really annoyed by the quick cuts, black screen, and then the next scene.
Watch again?: no
Recommend?: maybe

Sunday, November 02, 2008

Salem's Lot

Watched: 11/01/08
With: Joey (partly)
Year: 2004
Reason for watching: Joey's Netflix
Opinion: It's a long movie and is similar to other movies based on Stephen King. Classic good vs. evil epic.
Watch again?: yes
Recommend?: probably

Saturday, November 01, 2008

An American Haunting

Watched: 10/31/08
With: Joey
Year: 2006
Reason for watching: Netflix, plus it's Halloween
Opinion: Not a bad little movie about a real-life alleged haunting in the 1800's. Wasn't crazy about the ending but the overall story was entertaining.
Watch again?: probably
Recommend?: probably