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First Viewing Viewing Date: August 14th Via: Blu-ray Plot: A truck driver plays a cat-and-mouse game with a mysterious serial killer who uses a young female hitchhiker as bait to lure victims on a desolate Australian highway.

TV Shows Viewed in 2016 (45 tv items)

"I'm aware of Rick and Morty, it's on my Netflix list ;-)"

First Viewing Viewing Date: August 14th Via: Blu-ray Plot: The story of Eddie Edwards, the notoriously tenacious British underdog ski jumper who charmed the world at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Viewed: Season 1

Yeah, believe the hype on this one, folks. Here we have yet another Netflix Original that came out of nowhere to immense praise which deserves all the accolades that it receives. I love me some retro 1980s-style stuff, so Stranger Things is a godsend in my eyes - it's set in the 80s, and is clearly inspired by the films of John Carpenter and Steven Spielberg, with elements of Stephen King stories to boot. The score is beautiful synth, and it's extremely atmospheric and effective. The horror elements do work, but the story is grounded in terrific character drama which elevates the material, and it helps that it's possible to become so firmly invested in these goings-on and care about the characters. Stranger Things is quality television, and I'm most definitely interested in another season!

First Viewing Viewing Date: August 6th Via: Blu-ray Plot: Henry is resurrected from death with no memory, and he must save his wife from a telekinetic warlord with a plan to bio-engineer soldiers.

First Viewing Viewing Date: August 5th Via: Cinema Plot: A secret government agency recruits imprisoned supervillains to execute dangerous black ops missions in exchange for clemency.

First Viewing Viewing Date: August 1st Via: Cinema Plot: When her little brother, Martin, experiences the same events that once tested her sanity, Rebecca works to unlock the truth behind the terror, which brings her face to face with an entity that has an attachment to their mother, Sophie.

First Viewing Viewing Date: July 30th Via: Cinema Plot: The most dangerous former operative of the CIA is drawn out of hiding to uncover hidden truths about his past.

Powerful human drama

“"Don't be soft. Do you think America give a flying rats ass about you or me? America doesn't bail out the losers. America was built by bailing out winners. By rigging a nation of the winners, for the winners, by the winners."

In the same vein as writer-director Ramin Bahrani's previous mot” read more

TV Shows Viewed in 2016 (45 tv items)

"It certainly does. I would say it hits its stride in the second season, but it hooked me in from the first episode."

Viewed: Season 3

BoJack Horseman is still one of the best shows that you aren't watching. Netflix originals like Orange is the New Black and House of Cards are always such a huge deal, but me? I'm a BoJack Horseman guy. And Season 3 is another winner for this extremely adult-oriented cartoon series, which continues to be highly amusing (the sight gags are continually on-point) and extremely sad, as the show has a lot on its mind. Furthermore, Season 3 contains some decidedly experimental episodes - one almost wordless episode takes place under the ocean and relies on visual storytelling, while another sees BoJack communicating recent happenings to a newspaper executive whilst trying to cancel his subscription. It's this material which keeps the show feeling fresh, and it almost defiantly refuses to give the characters a happy ending. Hell, BoJack even watches an old episode of his show wistfully, and ponders how great life would be if it were like his sitcom, where big problems can be solved in 22 minutes. I'm down for Season 4.

First Viewing Viewing Date: July 24th Via: Cinema Plot: As Batman hunts for the escaped Joker, the Clown Prince of Crime attacks the Gordon family to prove a diabolical point mirroring his own fall into madness.

First Viewing Viewing Date: July 22nd Via: Cinema Plot: The USS Enterprise crew explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a new ruthless enemy who puts them and everything the Federation stands for to the test.