Mirkwood Reflections

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Nope, I'd never watched this. HERESY WARNING - I am not a Sean Connery fan. (Apologies to all of you who just gasped aloud.) And the print ads I'd seen didn't interest me. But someone mentioned to me the other day that the "extraordinary" in the title really refers to super-hero-type qualities. Oh really? Like the X-men? Kind of. OK, then, I'll give it a watch. 'Twasn't bad! IMDB Whiteout Chose it because I couldn't find anything else new at the library that I hadn't already watched. Premise - 1st murder in Antartica and female US Marshal has to investigate quickly or be left behind for 6 months of Antartic winter. I sort of stopped paying attention about halfway through. IMDB Castle Finished watching Season 1 and I liked the latter episodes better than the first ones. Sometimes a season needs some time to get going. I really like how involved of a dad Castle is, I like the fact he's an author, and I do...

Since I tend to watch quite a few movies, I thought it'd be productive to review them briefly here. My schedule doesn't often allow for long reviews as I have done in the past (though I adore writing them) but I can at least give you a quick reaction to each one. Hope you enjoy! Extract - Looked funny from the previews I saw on another DVD. Jason Bateman h as made sort of a comeback and I liked him in Juno. This one was heavy on the drugs and sexual situations and left sort of a bad aftertaste. Don't bother with it . www.imdb.com/title/tt1225822/ Duplicity - I don't normally like movies where the bad guys are the protagonists a n d this one had the added problem of me doing something else while I was "watch ing" it. So, I missed some key points I am sure, but I didn't really enjoy it. However, Clive O wen is nice. :-) www.imdb.com/title/tt1135487/ Star Trek - I am not a Trekker. Not by a long shot. But I was told I had to watch this, and it was very watc...