Well, Jessica Jones is no Daredevil. But I mean that in the best possible way. As much as I wanted to like Daredevil, I enjoyed Netflix's stab at Marvel's Jessica Jones even more. And this time I wasn't wishing, hoping and praying that the best friend wasn't going to get it in the end. Sorry, Foggy.
The Premise
Jessica Jones is a hard drinking, hot-tempered, ill-mannered private eye who has more than a few personal demons to face. When one of those demons, who was thought to be long dead, comes back to Hell's Kitchen to begin another reign of terror, it quickly becomes clear that Jessica is the only one that can stop him. But can she stop him for good this time? Or will he get the best of this former super hero?
My Take
From the very first episode I was hooked and I watched the entire series in two days. Hey, I was on vacation. I am admittedly not up on my comic book lore, but I know good entertainment when I have found it. With Jessica Jones, Netflix was able to capture a woman who has been beaten down and gotten back up only to have to face her tormentor once more.
Jessica (Krysten Ritter) has been working as a private detective. I guess a former super hero can't escape helping the downtrodden for long. A couple comes in seeking help finding their missing daughter, Hope (Erin Moriarty). The trail leads Jessica down a familiar path; one that leads directly back to a man she thought she had killed.
With the help of her best friend Trish Walker (Rachael Taylor), her sometimes boyfriend Luke Cage (Mike Colter) and sneaky lawyer Jeri Hogarth (Carrie-Anne Moss), Jessica hunts down the mysterious, mind controlling Kilgrave. Meanwhile, Kilgrave's (David Tennant) only goal in life is to get back the one he lost - Jessica.
Dealing with a villain who can control people's minds is obviously not an easy job. Throughout the season, Jessica and her band of misfits go after the slippery Kilgrave only to be thwarted again and again. And to make matters worse, they never know who can be trusted and who is under his control.
The Verdict
Jessica Jones was exciting, smart and funny. It brought a female hero to light in a positive way. Sure she was sexual, but she wasn't overly sexualized. Krysten Ritter was an excellent choice to play the role of Jessica and I am so thankful that her best friend was a good actress, too. Thank you, Rachael Taylor. Stay tuned for a familiar face towards the end. Jessica Jones gets my two very strong thumbs up.
Wednesday, January 13, 2016
Monday, January 4, 2016
Slow Learners (2015)
Finding love is hard. Being lucky in love is even harder. Especially if you are slow to realize who is right and who is wrong for you, even when they are standing right in front of you. Written by Matt Serword, Peter C. Swords and Heather Maidat, Slow Learners is a movie about love, friendship, losing your dignity and putting it all back together again.
The Premise
Jeff and Anne are best friends and co-workers who have a lot in common, including still being single in their thirties. They decide to take their summer break to look for love. By experimenting with different styles and lots of sex and alcohol, these friends find themselves (and love) after nearly losing each other.
My Take
Slow Learners is a love story in which the formula is near perfect. Boy and girl already know each other, lose each other and then have to find each other again. But of course, we are talking about slow learners so there are quite a few mistakes made along the way, much to the audience's delight.
Starring Adam Pally as Jeff and Sarah Burns as Anne, the movie starts off on a comedic note with a really bad date. Jeff and Anne decide to change themselves for the summer and see if what has been wrong with their love lives all this time has actually been them.
Over the course of the summer, high school guidance counselor, Jeff, gets in a bar fight, changes his style, gets drunk, has lots of sex and alienates himself from friends, Dan and Lenny (Gil Ozeri and Bobby Moynihan, respectively). Anne, who is either a librarian or an English teacher, gets a complete makeover, has numerous one-night-stands, many drunken nights and pushes away her best friend, Julia (Catherine Reitman).
In short, they both become the assholes they were idolizing.
So, what's a body to do when your friends hate you, you're hung over and you no longer know who you are? You go back to the beginning.
The Verdict
Slow Learners was an excellent film directed by Don Argott and Sheena M. Joyce. I think that it was the casting that made it so good, however. The principal players, Pally and Burns, were impeccable. They each had small nuances that made their characters totally believable. The supporting was amazing as well. From their cast of friends, Ozeri, Moynihan and Reitman, to their love interests for the summer, Reid Scott and Mary Grill, the casting was superb. I would tell you how many stars or whatever I give this film, but being slow learners, you probably wouldn't get it anyway.
The Premise
Jeff and Anne are best friends and co-workers who have a lot in common, including still being single in their thirties. They decide to take their summer break to look for love. By experimenting with different styles and lots of sex and alcohol, these friends find themselves (and love) after nearly losing each other.
My Take
Slow Learners is a love story in which the formula is near perfect. Boy and girl already know each other, lose each other and then have to find each other again. But of course, we are talking about slow learners so there are quite a few mistakes made along the way, much to the audience's delight.
Starring Adam Pally as Jeff and Sarah Burns as Anne, the movie starts off on a comedic note with a really bad date. Jeff and Anne decide to change themselves for the summer and see if what has been wrong with their love lives all this time has actually been them.
Over the course of the summer, high school guidance counselor, Jeff, gets in a bar fight, changes his style, gets drunk, has lots of sex and alienates himself from friends, Dan and Lenny (Gil Ozeri and Bobby Moynihan, respectively). Anne, who is either a librarian or an English teacher, gets a complete makeover, has numerous one-night-stands, many drunken nights and pushes away her best friend, Julia (Catherine Reitman).
In short, they both become the assholes they were idolizing.
So, what's a body to do when your friends hate you, you're hung over and you no longer know who you are? You go back to the beginning.
The Verdict
Slow Learners was an excellent film directed by Don Argott and Sheena M. Joyce. I think that it was the casting that made it so good, however. The principal players, Pally and Burns, were impeccable. They each had small nuances that made their characters totally believable. The supporting was amazing as well. From their cast of friends, Ozeri, Moynihan and Reitman, to their love interests for the summer, Reid Scott and Mary Grill, the casting was superb. I would tell you how many stars or whatever I give this film, but being slow learners, you probably wouldn't get it anyway.
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