Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)

Sin City

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)

Director:

Frank Miller & Robert Rodriguez

Starring:

Mickey Rourke

Jessica Alba

Josh Brolin

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Plot:

Some of Sin City’s most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with a few of its more reviled inhabitants.

Review:

So Sin City has a lot of nostalgia attached to it. It was the movie my husband and I went to see on our first date. So we were both looking forward to a sequel, for the last nine years.

Personally I think they shouldn’t have waited so long to make a sequel. The actors were noticeable older and the fact that they didn’t/couldn’t get the original actors for a few parts sucked.

That being said I liked the look and feel of the movie. The action scenes were great and, even though Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s character was stupid, I liked his story line.

Men are weak in Sin City. They may be able to beat the shit out of people but the real power are the women.

Least favorite part of the movie was the Dame. In a movie filled with over dramatic characters she stood out and I didn’t like her.

My husband summed the movie up when he said it was a cautionary tale of men thinking with their penises.

3/5

Blind Salvage (Rylee Adamson #5) By: Shannon Mayer

Blind Salvage

Blind Salvage (Rylee Adamson #5) By: Shannon Mayer

Plot:

Crossing into Ogre country is dangerous when you’re a polite, respectful gal. Which means I already know I’m in for a wild ride, despite the backup I’ve brought along. Even when things start to go sideways, and enemies close on us from every side, I still believe we have the upper hand. How very blind can one person be when it comes to a salvage? I’m about to find out.

Review:

There was a serious body count in this book. Someone that Rylee loved was almost always in danger and the only way to save them was to make bad decisions. Since this is fiction I’m sure (it better) all work out in the end, but in real life Rylee would have to deal with even worse consequences. Like end of the world. Of course maybe that’s the direction Shannon Mayer is going in, I don’t know.

Even with all the loss of life and Rylee’s poor decision making I really liked this book. I am going to take a break before moving on, though, because I didn’t devour this one as quickly and I’m afraid I’m going to burn myself out. It’s difficult, though, because the cliff hanger was major.

 

4.5/5

 

I wish she’d go ahead and kill Faris already. Bastard needs to die.

A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)

A Million Ways to Die in the West

A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)

Director:

Seth MacFarlane

Starring:

Seth MacFarlane

Charlize Theron

Liam Neeson

Plot:

As a cowardly farmer begins to fall for the mysterious new woman in town, he must put his new-found courage to the test when her husband, a notorious gun-slinger, announces his arrival.

Review:

I thought they were trying too hard to be like Blazing Saddles, though, that could just be my imagination. They’re both comedy westerns and how many of those are there?

It was a funny movie and had some very funny parts, but that’s pretty much it. What else did you expect?

3/5

Shadowed Threads (Rylee Adamson #4) By: Shannon Mayer

Shadowed Threads

Shadowed Threads (Rylee Adamson #4) By: Shannon Mayer

Plot:

O’Shea is AWOL, and Tracking him is proving to be harder than I expected. Not to mention the small fact that I have the Beast of Bodmin Moor chasing me across Europe, in a race against the odds, and my life as the prize. But those things are minor compared to the secrets that finally come to light. Secrets I wish had stayed hidden in the darkness . . . .

Review:

Holy cow, some shit went down in this book. Pretty much every character that has been in the series so far was in this book. O’Shea, Faris, Doran, Milly, Berget, and almost everyone else.

Even with all those people to follow it never really got confusing. It was too exciting and fast paced to get confused.

So many twists and turns, I really hope Rylee stops trusting Faris. She seemed like she would by the end, but I hope she stays by that. He’s done too much to be forgiven or trusted.

She also seems to take oaths pretty easily. I wonder how or if it’s going to bite her in the ass?

5/5

Marvel’s Agent Carter (2015-2016)

Agent Carter

Marvel’s Agent Carter (2015-?)

Network:

ABC

Starring:

Hayley Atwell

Shea Whigham

Lyndsy Fonseca

Plot:

Peggy Carter becomes a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent during WW2 after her boyfriend, Steve Rogers (Captain America) is feared dead in a plane crash.

Review:

I watched this live but I waited to post my review because I was so excited after seeing it I would have barely been able to write more than, it was awesome! Even now, after I’ve given it time to sit, I still want to just say, it was awesome! I’ll try for more, though.

Agent Peggy Carter, Hayley Atwell, is such a great female role model. She’s gone from being one of the front runners during WWII to being treated like a glorified secretary. None of the men she fought with during the war are working with her, so no one seems to know her true potential. It’s the forties so they treat her like she should be serving coffee and filing the paperwork they don’t want to. She takes it all in stride, though, and uses the fact that they underestimate her to her advantage. She’s one step ahead of them the entire time and able to work to her own ends. I can see this coming back to bite her in the ass later.

Agent Carter is still trying to get over the loss of Captain America but she doesn’t moon over him like the men she works with seem to think. There are several flash backs to the Captain America movie, which I kind of thought they went a little over board with, but since you can’t assume everyone has seen the movie, it was understandable. I was also hoping that some of the men she’d fought with would be in the show, but they did not make an appearance in the first two episodes.

I liked the radio story they would go to every now and then. It was Captain America saving a nurse that was forever being captured by Nazis. It showed a great contrast between how women were perceived at the time and how Agent Carter acted.

There were questions asked, questions answered, and questions left to be figured out. Tons of ass was kicked by Agent Carter and male chauvinist pigs were out witted. I am still incredibly excited about this show, but hopefully that gives you some information other than, it was awesome!

5/5