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Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:

>Step Up Revolution (3D blu-ray) 2012 sequel which movies the action to 
>Miami.  This means lots of gratuitous shots of women in bikinis.

Dude! It's tuitous. There is no reason to watch without cheesecake.

>A Simple Favor (4K disc) 2018 mystery movie directed by Paul Feig and 
>starring Anna Kendrick as a single mom who befriends the mother (Blake 
>Lively) of her young son's friend.  Blake asks Anna for a simple favor, 
>watch her young son, and then lots of very spoilerly things happen. 
>Henry Golding also stars as Blake's husband.  This was mostly background 
>noise with the director's commentary.

Was this made for tv? I watched it when it was new and disliked it. I
can't believe they made a sequel.

>Watson - "My Life's Work Part 2" - Season 1 finale which has Moriarty 
>and Watson pretty much going head to head against each other.  This was 
>a surprisingly good finale, made possible by Watson, and I think his 
>entire team, being willing to throw away the Hippocratic Oath.  The only 
>weak link in this episode, and the series in general, was Randall Park 
>as Professor Moriarty.  I have liked Park in everything I've seen him in 
>except for this show.  Moriarty is clearly supposed to be evil, and Park 
>is just way too likeable to pull off evil.

Heh, yeah. I noted that in the pilot episode. Louis Huang cannot pull
off brilliant evil mastermind.