Last night we decided to rent a movie and eat frozen pizza while the snow came down outside. Earlier in the day I had went to Redbox and picked up Beyond a Reasonable Doubt. I vaguely remembered previews and thought it might be interesting.
I was standing outside at Redbox in the freezing cold trying to hurry and just quickly picked this movie. Later when I was telling hubby about it I told him that it had Harrison Ford in it. I figure most Harrison Ford movies are great. Except this movie does not have Harrison Ford!!
Michael Douglas - Harrison Ford, same difference right? LOL
The movie started off slow and I imagine it didn’t have a huge budget but once it got going it was quite interesting. I did enjoy it, not my favorite but it was interesting enough. Hubby on the other hand wasn’t impressed. He had it figured out at the very beginning and spoke his thoughts aloud. Sure enough, he was right!
The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry is a wonderful Christian movie featuring Gaving MacLeod (from the Love Boat), Robert Guillaume (from Benson) and Jansen Panettiere. It is a sweet story of a group of adolescent boys trying to find their way in life and the one man who helped make a change in them forever.
If you have seen Facing the Giants or Fireproof and loved them, then you will love this movie. We had the opportunity to go watch it last weekend and we loved it. Even our 11 and 14 yr old daughters loved it.
This movie will not be playing everywhere. You can find out about sponsporing it to a local theater near you on their website. That is what the local youth group here did.
If it does happen to play in your town, I highly recommend going to see it. It is wholesome and full of good Christian values. It is rated PG and safe for all audiences to watch.
So far I am enjoying this season of American Idol, I have been really impressed with some of the contestants. However I cannot wait until we get to Hollywood, it is much more interesting for me at that point. So I am wondering how you are all liking the guest judges?
I can’t say that I miss Paula because half the time it didn’t seem that she was actually there or had a clue what was going on. As for the guest judges it seems to me like they are all playing the good cop which was what Paula always did. I am wondering if this will be the case for all the guest judges.
Also I don’t know that I am super excited for Ellen to be the fourth judge starting Hollywood week. I think it will turn into a comedy skit for each performance and I don’t really think that fits wit the show. I guess I will just have to wait and see.
I stayed up late night before last to get caught up on the new season of the Biggest Loser. I wasn’t to surprised that once again this season has the a group of the largest people every with several right at 500! Wow, Bob and Jillian really have their work cut out for them.
This year we are back to couples. In the first episode to sets of couple we sent home directly after the cycling challenge. They will be competing at home to lose weight and will be brought back in 30 days (I think they said 30 days) and the team that has lost the most will get to stay on the show.
At the end of episode 1, James, one of the Brown Team twins had been eliminated.
Episode 2 they had a balance beam challenge that the White team did not complete. Maria had a fear of water and ended up falling and hurting herself and had to go to the hospital in an ambulance. Afterward Jillian worked with her on her fear of water and made some breakthroughs with her.
The Red team won immunity in that competition and decided it was time to start playing the game. Mellisa actually gained 1lb this week in order to better her chances next week.
The Purple team went below the yellow line and Patti sacrificed herself for her daughter and was eliminated.
As for episode 3 I haven’t watched it yet. I record Biggest Loser on Friday night on FLN instead of their Tuesday night slot becuase Tuesday is usually a big night for my DVR.
Tonight was the pilot episode of Human Target. The show is airing on Fox and it will move to it’s new time slot on Wednesday the 20th at 9pm.
The main character is a P.I./Bodyguard type who becomes a Human Target for customers who have had death threats. Hubby and I really enjoyed the first episode. It was full of action and intrigue, not to mention a little humor thrown in. The one thing that hubby didn’t like was the music for the opening of the show. He said it didn’t fit at all. Look forward to seeing the new episode on Wednesday.
I seriously cannot believe it has been almost 2 weeks since I have posted here. I am sooo behind on t.v. watching. Life has been crazy, we had a family emergency that took up several days of my existence last week. Also I have been participating in reading the Bible in 90 Days which is taking about an extra hour everyday. So what extra time I do have has been spent on my main blog and not here and not watching television.
I did get to zoom through the first 2 episodes of American idol and it looks like the season is going to be good. I will blog more in depth about Idol this week. I am also recording a new show, Human Target. Are any of you watching it?
So Paula is gone and Ellen Degeneres is sitting in her place. Kara DioGuardi is back for a second season. Randy Jackson is still going strong and Simon is in for his last season. After Simon leaves will American Idol even be watchable?
In only one week. January 12th, the Season 9 Premiere of American Idol will air on Fox. I am hoping for a good year. The winners for the past 3 seasons were my picks and I am hoping for that again.
We are serious fans of Good Eats around here. Even the girls love watching Alton Brown teach us how to cook. Tomorrow night, Jan. 4th, a new episode will air. Live and Let Diet premieres at 8pm ET/PT on Food Network.
Alton is going to explain how he lost 50lbs without dieting by eating from 4 food groups. I think I need to set my DVR for this one. I am wondering if what he is doing is at all similar to the Jillian Michaels plan I started. Eating real food. Guess I will have to watch and see.
The past couple weeks have been crazy busy! I am sure that I am not the only one in that boat. Hubby has been off work since the 23rd. He decided to vacation while the girls were home on Christmas Break. We have been very busy!
Out of town, out of state, out of town some more. Whew!! We had so much fun but now I am ready for a normal week again. Hubby goes back to work tomorrow and the girls go back to school on Tuesday. Me, I have a lot to get done around here. Time to start organizing this house. Also I am glad to see some new episodes on my DVR for this week. Reruns all the time do not make me so happy.
However we have been too busy to do much t.v. watching the past couple weeks. We did however watch Blood Diamond last week. I got it for hubby for Christmas. Wow! I hadn’t seen it before but that movie was a little rough for me to watch and as for the girls, they didn’t see it.
I know my blogging here has been few and far between for a few weeks now so I am going to pick up the pace.
I hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!
