Okay I have been behind in my movie and TV reviewing so I’m going to plow through some stuff.

(TV) The 4400 Season 3. (USA Network, 2006) Grade: B

Thoughts: Third season started to lose focus on what the original theme of the show was; the abilities of the 4,400 and what happened to them. Instead they bring up a radical organization called the Nova Group who tries to protect the 4,400 at all cost and the war over the promicin drug. Overall, still a good show and I’ll stick around to see how they play out the rest of the series.

(TV) The Forsyte Saga. (Acorn Media, 2002) Grade: A

Thoughts: This mini series spans the life of the wealthy and snobby Forsyte family from 1874 to the 1920’s. Soames Forsyte (Damian Lewis) meets and falls in love with Irene Herron (Gina McKee), a poor woman. Unfortunately, she does not share the same feelings for him. They eventually marry only to have a disastrous and loveless marriage. When the two finally divorce, Irene marries Jolyon Forsyte (Rupert Graves), Soames’s cousin and Soames marries a young French woman named Annette (Beatriz Batarda). Irene has a son and Annette a daughter who many years later meet and fall in love only to have their hearts broken. The production of the whole series was wonderful and the acting was strong.

(TV) Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked. (Steve Kroopnick, 2003) Grade: B

Thoughts: This History channel documentary looks into the history of comic books from the early years of Superman to the more morally conflicted and violent heroes of current times. The documentary was filled with cameos from Stan Lee, Frank Miller, Kevin Smith and Neil Gaiman. It was pretty fascinating stuff and very historical.

(M) 1408. (Mikael Hafstrom, 2007) Grade: C

Thoughts: Based upon the short story by Stephen King, 1408 is about writer Mike Enslin (John Cusack), who is the author of successful books about the supernatural phenomena. To research his latest book, Mike decides to stay at the notorious 1408 room at the Dolphin hotel in New York City. However, hotel manager Mr. Olin (Samuel L. Jackson) has strong objectives to this occurring until there is nothing he can do to stop it. Once Mike checks into the room strange things begin to happen that never stop. It was an interesting movie but nothing special. The DVD I watched had two disc, the director’s cut and the theatre version. I watched the director’s, then the ending of the theatre and I have to say the director’s cut ending was much better.

(M) The Bourne Supremacy. (Paul Greengrass, 2004) Grade: C+

Thoughts: Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) is framed for a crime he did not commit and has to come out of hiding to figure out who did it. I don’t remember much of The Bourne Identity so I had to try to remember what the storyline was. Overall, it was an enjoyable action flick. I heard this one was not very good but I thought it was decent compared to other bad action movies I have seen.

Movie Count: 102