Kingsman: The Secret Service review

With a Kingsman prequel coming out in the future, I thought that in advance of seeing that movie, I would look back at the two movies in the franchise thus far and do posts on each of them. I own both of the movies now since I got them from my town’s video store before it closed. I have seen both of them before so that will play into some of what I write during this review. Now let’s get to the first of the movies in this franchise, if no longer the first chronologically.

 

Watch this as an alternative to reading this post: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A-tZvV589U

 

We begin in the Middle East in 1997 with a chopper attacking what appears to be terrorists and then is revealed to be more of a terrorist base in the background. Inside the base, a man sacrifices himself to save others. This man is dead now and another one talks to his widow and her child giving this child a medal. She doesn’t know what this person did for a living or how he died.

 

17 years later in Argentina, a man is either kidnapped or appears to be. This is when a man shows up and attacks this man with a gun. After taking out these men, this man seeks to free the victim, Professor Arnold, only to wind up slashed by a woman’s medal feet. She unties the bounds of the captive and welcomes a new man in the house. This is his kind of welcome. He doesn’t like violence and speaks with a lisp. He wants to be friends with this person.

 

At a special tailor shop, Harry shows up and talks about Lancelot, the dead agent, as people at a virtual meeting all drink for him. They need to find a new person to replace the now dead Lancelot and will each put up a candidate to replace this person. Merlin then walks in to explain something about some of what lead to Lancelot’s death. The professor is not missing as he reported to work as normal. This man is a climate change doomsday prophet. Lancelot sought to rescue this man alone. Harry Galahad is told to find someone better than the last candidate of 17 years ago.

 

A person named Eggsy talks to his mother about Dean and Eggsy is told to move out since there are too many people there. Eggsy is the same child from earlier. Talking to his friends at a bar, he gets into a confrontation with others, but leaves with this person’s car keys. It isn’t long that he’s in the stolen car that he gets into a chase with a policeman. His friends escape, but he gets arrested.

 

At the police station, he pulls out the medal and makes a phone call. He gets out of the station and he talks to Harry. They talk to each other at a bar that they go to. Harry criticizes some of Eggsy’s life choices while explaining that he owes him since his father had made a sacrifice that saved him and his team. The men who bullied Eggsy earlier complain to Harry and he looks like he’s about to leave. A complaint on his way out leads to him locking the door and it leads to the second best line of the film: “Manners maketh man.”

 

Harry then takes out these men singlehandedly in a fight using tools like his fists and an umbrella that protects him from bullets. He apologizes for the mess afterwards and talks to Eggsy some more. Eggsy is bugged when he returns home and Dean starts assaulting him over what had happened at the bar. Harry talks over the speaker about getting Dean locked up and tell Eggsy to go to the tailor that they talked about. Eggsy makes his escape.

 

At the tailor shop, Eggsy talks to Harry and knows that Harry is not a tailor. Harry wants Eggsy to be a Kingsman, which is like a spy. Most of these people are powerful men who lost their heirs to World War I. They became a spy organization of sorts as the new knights. They go down a secret place and make their way to the secret base. Eggsy joins the other recruits where Merlin talks to them. Only one of them will be the next Lancelot. They have a body bag that they are supposed to put their next of kin on. They have to be confidential about this. He meets Roxy and other recruits.

 

Valentine talks to a person about wanting to save the planet. He wants to fix climate change and he also talks about finding a solution to it. He wants someone to agree to all his terms. I think that someone is said to be the president of the United States and they have to agree to all his terms.

 

Back at the headquarters, the room that they are sleeping in fills up with water until they are all under it and needing to find air. Eggsy tries to open the door, but can’t do it. He swims to the mirror as the others all try to breathe underwater. Eggsy is able to break his way out of it through the mirror. Merlin says that they all failed as they forgot about teamwork and see that one of the recruits lays dead.

 

Harry talks to Professor Arnold, confronting the man. Arnold’s head explodes after not getting much information out of him. Valentine witnesses this and learns that a protocol works. He wants to figure out who the organization that is after him as there are many possibilities.

 

Merlin talks to his boss, Arthur, as Harry is treated at the hospital there. Each of the trainees get a dog that they will treat as a partner. The dog cause issues for Eggsy during training. Meanwhile, Valentine seeks to get his product ready. Charlie, a recruit, does a prank as they try to sleep.

 

Valentine talks to a prime minister and a princess about what they want he wants to do. She thinks that he is crazy and is taken away. The prime minister, a Republican, doesn’t really care if she is harmed or not. She witnesses violence.

 

A man is shown with a scar and there is a chip put it in. Eggsy is one of the final six candidates. He and the recovered Harry are shown someone’s head being blown up by a chip in the brain. Eggsy knows a lot about the genius known as Valentine and sees how there are chips in people’s head. Harry wants to go undercover as an alias worth kidnapping.

 

The recruits are then shown going on a jumping mission where they have to last a certain amount of time in the air and hit the target in the end. Merlin says that they have to do come under the radar and that one of them doesn’t have a parachute. Eggsy comes up with a plan to ensure that one of them will land safely in case they are the one without a parachute. Eggsy and Roxy land together on the target. Charlie is the only candidate besides them to land where they were supposed to. Eggsy wonders why he was the expendable person, only to learn that he had a parachute like everyone else.

 

Valentine talks to Harry after Harry was said to make a huge donation. They get a private meal and it turns out to be McDonalds. Harry thinks that they are past the point of no return with climate change and cannot go back. Valentine hints about spy movies and talks about how he can’t be a spy in the end. He talks about the proposal that Arthur had. There is a tracker gel in his wine. The South Glade Mission church, actually a hate group, is the only thing that Harry was able to get from the mission. They also learn that Princess Tildy is missing now along with other celebrities. Valentine is giving out lots of sim cards to the general public. She refuses to agree to his terms.

 

On their next mission, the three remaining recruits are all told that they are going after the same woman and they all mention various things at once trying to get him. All of their drinks are drugged. Eggsy then wakes up tied to a train track. A train is coming after him as this man asks about Kingsman. He reveals nothing. Roxy had passed the test. Charlie fails the text by revealing Kingsman and saying that it is not worth dying for. There are no more safety nets going forward.

 

Eggsy talks to Harry about all the headlines that ran after he thwarted different threats that tons of people knew nothing about. Harry reveals that there are biometrics that he has to use in order to do his main task in the end, even though they hurt. The church is a test ground. Eggsy is shown a lot of what is there at the tailor shop as there are various tools being shown there. Valentine is shown to be there at the tailor shop as well. He says that his people will be getting in touch with Harry. They seem to have issues of some sort in a spat of words. Harry was able to bug him.

 

Eggsy talks to the boss in charge of Kingsman and is given a gun. He is then told to shoot the dog. We also see Roxy undergo the same test as well. Eggsy refuses to shoot JB, namely his dog. He is told that he failed the test. Roxy is sent in as she had more balls then he did. She is the new Lancelot. He is glad that his dog is okay. He returns to where his mother is and notices signs of abuse on her. He says that this will stop where it is now. He confronts Dean about what is going on only to be in a car that isn’t under his control. Harry drives it to where he is.

 

Walking into this place, Harry reveals that the gun was full of blanks. Eggsy had stolen the car. Harry listens to what Valentine is plotting and goes to where the church is since this is where the test is going on with what Valentine is doing. Harry is at the service and Valentine is ready to conduct the test. He is about to leave, when a woman stops him. This leads to the best line of the film.

 

“I’m a Catholic whore, currently enjoying congress out of wedlock with my black, Jewish boyfriend who works in a military abortion clinic. So hail Satan and have a lovely afternoon, madam.” As a devout Christian, I love that line.

 

As he is leaving, Valentine starts the test and hopes that enough people have sim cards. This leaves to an all out brawl in the church that Valentine can’t stomach himself to watch. One of the best scenes in the whole movie, there is a shootout with Free Bird in the background. Everyone was affected whether or not they had a sim card as they fight and kill each other. Could this wipe out Kingsman? Both Merlin and Eggsy are watching this in addition to the bad guys.

 

Harry realizes that he killed them and wanted to as he only came to his senses after Valentine turned this off. He talks to Valentine and Valentine hints about his real plan before he shoots Harry in the head. It will start the next day. Eggsy talks to Arthur, the leader of Kingsman, about the plan of what will happen next. Arthur says that Valentine will be caught and tried since all of the recordings would used as evidence. Eggsy notices a scar in this man’s neck, making him part of what Valentine is planning. He admits this to Eggsy who says that he would rather be with Harry. Eggsy uses sleight of hand in order to kill Arthur and learn of more of this plan.

 

Merlin, Roxy, and Eggsy get together and quickly launch a plan to take out a satellite in order to stop the plan and take down the system. Merlin learns that the sim cards are what caused people’s heads to explode and gives them immunity from the affects of Valentine’s plan. They drop Roxy off so she can shoot it out. Meanwhile, Eggsy is supposed to go undercover as Arthur, whose real name is Chester. Valentine does a speech for the people gathered where he is at.

 

In the meanwhile, Eggsy puts on his disguise as Roxy continues her ascent. Merlin is able to land in this place with Eggsy. They are able to fool the people and get inside. Eggsy blends in this place and seeks to sleuth his way in.

 

He gets caught by someone, possibly Charlie, but is able to quickly leave by electrocuting him, but not before the others are alerted to his presence there. Roxy has troubles taking out the satellite, but she is able to launch the missile before she falls. Eggsy winds up in a gunfight as the missile takes it out. Merlin learns that he can’t hack the biometrics. Eggsy will have to go right back out to where he was.

 

Learning of the system failure, Valentine gets someone else to move their satellite. Merlin notices this and Eggsy has to get back in the action with a new gun and tons of people after him. It seems that both of them are out of options. Eggsy wants Roxy to call his mother to keep her safe from others. He then remembers the implants that are then turned on before they either of them can die. Valentine is not able to stop this and they are all dead.

 

Eggsy learns of Princess Tildy who wants to be saved and will do more than just kiss him if she is freed from this. But Valentine is still able to start his plan. Many people start killing or otherwise attacking each other. Eggsy briefly stops this before the woman who might have a name uses her blades in order to fight Eggsy. They can’t seem to gain an advantage on the other one yet. But he is able to take her out in the end and he uses one of her legs to kill Valentine and prevent the mass murders from happening in the end. I don’t know how much damage was done.

 

Eggsy returns to where Princess Tildy with alcohol and they do it. We then go back to where Dean is with Eggsy’s mother, Michele. He has a new job and wants to walk away from this place, but after he is taunted like Harry was earlier, he decides to take out these people.

 

That’s pretty much all that there is for this film. It was awesome and I don’t know if my summary can do it justice in the end. I love this film or I wouldn’t have bought it. I’m just lucky that I saw it when I did or I might not have known that it was as good as it was. I still could have seen it or borrowed it from my brother as he has a copy of just the first one. I enjoyed this film and will look forward to it again.

 

While that’s it for this blog post, I will be back with the sequel for this at some point in time. I hope that it is sooner rather than later. Surely theaters are open and back to normal by now, right? I want to see the prequel in theaters and don’t know what would happen if they are still closed by then. But what I do know is that I should see it at some point and look forward to it. Will it be as good as the other two? We’ll see. For now, this is Adam Decker, signing off.

Cast Update 4-1-2022

It is with great pleasure that I get to announce: her majesty, the queen. April fools. That’s not the best joke that I can think of, but is one that more or less works. I can’t think too much of what to add in this introduction. I might have to see if some movies that I have not yet seen in this and other blogs can be seen elsewhere. I know that three of them were in theaters that I wasn’t able to see then, but should be somewhere on DVD at some point in time like at a library potentially. We’ll see if I can see them later or not. But there still aren’t some in this post for this and other blogs yet.

 

Spin-off information- My review of the spin-off will follow later in this post. It will probably stay for as long as the show is still on. If the show leaves the air, then I’ll probably cut it. I did create a blog for it. I guess that I will just have to keep you updated on when it might be released in the future.

 

Link to blog about it: https://adamdeckerthegoodfighttvshow.blogspot.com/

 

Julianna Margulies: I don’t see what else she is doing right now at the moment, but hopefully will in future posts. I didn’t find anything relating to her from this update so there’s nothing to include here in this update here in the end right now. She has a recurring role right now on The Morning Show, an Apple TV drama. It might be more of a major role, but I don’t know how much yet.

 

Josh Charles: He will be in something new called We Own This City. It is nice to see him doing something worth covering in this blog again as we tend to lose a lot of his updates as they just aren’t worth covering anymore. But this one is for now.

 

We Own This City: This is about Freddie Gray. It is a planned miniseries on HBO. It does not have a trailer just yet. But it is an interesting idea for something that we will hopefully see presented in the best way possible to learn more about it. It currently has a release date of April 25, 2022.

 

Graham Phillips: We’ll see if we see more of him there in the future or not. Hopefully, he will be doing more than just that in the future. He is set to be in Keeper of the Cup. I hope that he does more over time, although what he has done, I haven’t been able to see.

 

Keeper of the Cup: This is about disappointed fans of the Toronto Maple Leafs. It has no release date or trailer just yet. I can’t tell that much about it just yet. But I do think that this could be a heist film, but that isn’t yet clear.

 

Archie Panjabi: This actress did a lot after leaving the show. She is doing Departure, mentioned more in the next part of this blog as usual. She is set to be in the third season of Snowpiercer. That’s all that I can think of putting in here for now.

 

Departure: This has been released. It is a Canadian show about the search for victims of a plane crash. It will air on the Global network that I don’t think that I’ll be able to see any time soon. But I’ll keep track of this as much as I’m able to. This is on the Peacock streaming service for those in America available now. A review now follows.

 

Departure: Show Description- A plane goes missing and people have to figure out what went on. Behind the Scenes- Archie Panjabi from The Good Wife and Blindspot is a character on this show. I think that she is the lead. My Thoughts- It seemed pretty good, although I’m not sure how there will be enough material for the show to last. I also have no idea how much beyond the first episode is available for free. Long Term Prospects- I don’t think that this will last, although it can. It is worth noting that since this is a Canadian show, the ratings here don’t matter. Where to Find- Available to stream on Peacock

 

Snowpiercer: This is a TNT TV show. I don’t know when it airs. It is about people on a train in a dystopian future. There is a lot of drama and classism. I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to see this series or not. But it will remain in the updates as long as Archie remains a part of this show in the future.

 

Christine Baranski: After rejecting various pilots and other projects in the hopes of getting a spin-off from the Good Wife, she got what was wanted and will be on a Good Wife spin-off. It will only be available on CBS All Access (and hopefully DVDs in the future). The spin-off is called The Good Fight. She’ll also be in a movie called Bad Moms’ Moms. We’ll see what becomes of that. Another thing she will be in is The Gilded Age. That might be it for now.

 

The Good Fight: It will be put on www.cbs.com and be available to watch on Paramount+ to those that want it. It is available now. Expect to see the same review over and over again for whichever people work on this from The Good Wife.

 

Review: Status- It is available online at Paramount+ and some is on DVD. Why I’ve seen it- If there is something in this blog that I can review, I will. Description- Diane continues her adventures starting from scratch after losing her retirement money and starting at a new firm. Pros- The show is about the same level of quality that you would expect from The Good Wife. Cons- Apparently, there is going to be a lot of nudity in it. Like the original, this show is a bit too confusing. Note to Parents- Your kids would have to pay to watch this online so if they are seeing it, then you hopefully were the ones who let that happen, although I’d lean towards not letting really young people watch this. Recommendation- Since this is only available online for money, I would actually steer clear of this unless you really like the show. I like it, but not enough to shell out too much money for it. Prediction- This could last a while if people keep using the subscription service to watch it. It will be hard to tell for sure as it goes along. Reception: critically acclaimed. Grade: B.

 

Bad Moms’ Moms: This has no trailer and no release date just yet. It doesn’t have a plot yet outside of being the third installment of the Bad Moms franchise. I imagine this would likely relate to the end of Bad Moms Christmas. Still, I hope that they come up with a better title for it. Is there something wrong with “Bad Grandmas” as a title?

 

The Gilded Age: This is a TV show. It is out now on HBO. You might have remembered me talk about this in my TV show blog where I put it with the cancelled shows since it was never made. Well, just like with Emerald City, this has found new life again and is set to air on HBO. It is airing there now. There is a teaser for this show now:

 

Teaser link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYBuU32B8PI

 

Thoughts on teaser: I wish that we could find out more about this, but I guess that we will have to wait until something else is known. It actually says more in the description of this video link than anything this teaser mentions. I hope that more can be known in the future with an official trailer and not just this one. If you don’t see one in the next post, then you might not see one at all. But this could be in the blog for a while regardless of if I’m able to see it.

 

Matt Czuchry: All of this time that you’ve seen me doing updates for him in this blog, you only saw me mentioning the reboot of Gilmore Girls. Well, I can finally take that off the update list and report on something new he is finally doing. It is a TV show called The Resident.

 

The Resident: This is a show that is on at 8/7 Central on Tuesdays on FOX. I’m not sure if there’s a better way of putting it than calling it a medical drama, which is what it would be. The main thing that would make it different is it focusing more on medicine than other shows have, according to one description that I read of it. That description may be wrong upon seeing the trailer, although I’d have to see the show to know for sure. A review of the show now follows.

 

The Resident: Status- Currently on 8/7 Central on FOX on Tuesdays. Why I’ve seen it- I watched this for my Good Wife blog and to fulfill my promise to watch a midseason replacement on FOX this season. Description- This is a medical drama that features different doctors, some new, and there are various problems at the hospital at times. It seems a rather complicated plot that is hard to sum up easily. It should make more sense as it goes along. Notable People- This has Matt Czuchry who used to star in The Good Wife and Gilmore girls. Pros- It points out the flaws that can happen in a hospital, but does it in a good way. It can seem more humanizing than most medical dramas that I’ve seen in the past. Cons- It seems similar to House. The lead can be strange and arrogant. Note to Parents- It airs with a content adversary warning in some episodes so that’s all you really need to know about it. Recommendation- I’d say that this is good to stay into if you want to. My Viewing Habits- I plan to watch this until the very end. Whether I’ll be able to see every episode or not remains to be seen. Prediction- It is hard to tell for sure this early, but I think that it might last a bit for now. Reception: mixed. Grade: B.

 

Makenzie Vega: She has been working since The Good Wife ended. Sadly, she hasn’t been doing that much. I haven’t been able to find something that I could review just yet. I hope that she ends up doing something good soon. Otherwise, I guess this will be one less person to worry about. She will be in something called Growing up Gorman.

 

Growing up Gorman- The name of this movie is based on a character from the movie. It has no release date or trailer just yet. The person in this wants to win a battle of the bands competition. We’ll see if it avoids being cliché or not.

 

Alan Cumming: Here’s an actor who’s known for starring in Broadway plays and productions. Perhaps you have seen him on the Tony Awards that you always watch because you can’t afford to see Broadway any other way. It looks like he has a lot of future projects in the works. He is in Bright in a Hollow Sky. Yet another thing that he appears to be doing is a TV movie called Going Back. There’s also a new project called Run. That’s a lot of projects to keep track of. He will also be in Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter about Men. And another thing that he seems to be doing is called Schmigadoon! One last thing he’s in now is Marlowe.

 

News: https://www.tvinsider.com/1035783/the-good-fight-season-6-alan-cumming-eli-gold/

 

Bright in a Hollow Sky: This is a movie about people trying to find what they have lost by going on a road trip to do so. It doesn’t have a release date or trailer just yet. Hopefully it can do better than other projects where nothing seems to come from it.

 

Going Back- This does not have a release date or trailer just yet. It focuses on a man who creates a frenzy by pretending to be a teenager. It seems to be set in Scotland, so that might be where it might be released. Hopefully, it will be released here too. This is no longer on imdb.

 

Run: This has no release date, but it does have a trailer. The plot is about a man who seems to have lost something important and will try to live life in a different way from this point forward. I’m guessing that running in some way will factor into the plot. It might be out, but I can’t find much information about it right now. I don’t think that it is yet.

 

Trailer Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8900306/videoplayer/vi3245521689?ref_=tt_ov_vi

 

Thoughts on trailer: This looks very good and interesting, although I’m not sure that I can make anything out of the plot just yet. I’ll have to see what becomes of it in the future. Whatever it is, I hope to see it and want to watch it, not just out of an obligation to doing this blog in the future.

 

Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter about Men: This is possibly out now. Apparently in this movie, a mother tells her daughter about her sex life in hopes that her daughter will learn from this. There is a trailer for this now:

 

Trailer link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBpixut4sl4

 

Thoughts on trailer: This looks like a very different movie than what I originally thought that it would be. It looks kind of dark, but could be worth seeing despite how this could be emotional and quite a serious topic being discussed. I had no idea of Nathan Fillion’s involvement in this so now I’ll have to include this in both my facebook groups of Drive and Firefly: Where are They Now?

 

Schmigadoon!: This is available now. It is streaming online. It is about a backpacking couple who find a magical town of sorts. There is no trailer for this yet, as I would have to guess that they haven’t filmed this yet. We’ll have to see what happens with this over time. There is a trailer for this now:

 

Trailer link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBQmIoSJHOs

 

Thoughts on trailer: Well, I’m still not entirely sure what to make of this, but this could be fun in some ways, although I can’t tell if it looks interesting enough to me or not. It does seem strange, but what were you expecting from a musical? I guess that I’ll have to see what all might happen, but this is yet another streaming service that I don’t have and thus will probably not get to see this. Thus, I’d need a show or movie to be on them before I can put a review for it in this blog of mine.

 

Marlowe: This is named after the last name of the character in the movie that this is. There is no release date or trailer for this yet. It is about a PI tasked to find a woman’s ex lover and, as usual, there is a much bigger case that winds up going on as a result.

 

Zach Grenier: Well, he’s finally doing things, such as being in a movie called The Vizitant. He will be a fourth season regular on The Good Fight. We’ll see what else he does over the course of time while still working. There’s nothing else worth mentioning now.

 

The Vizitant: This has an unknown release date. Apparently, this movie is about a defeated politician who is given the power to change the world by a mysterious entity. Perhaps the Monitor is giving him the book of destiny. Whatever will happen, I hope to find out more when there is a trailer for this. I hope for a release date soon as well.

 

The Good Fight: It will be put on www.cbs.com and be available to watch on Paramount+ to those that want it. It is available now. Expect to see the same review over and over again for whichever people work on this from The Good Wife.

 

Review: Status- It is available online only at Paramount+. I’ll let you know if it is released on DVD. Why I’ve seen it- If there is something in this blog that I can review, I will. Description- Diane continues her adventures starting from scratch after losing her retirement money and starting at a new firm. Pros- The show is about the same level of quality that you would expect from The Good Wife. Cons- Apparently, there is going to be a lot of nudity in it. Like the original, this show is a bit too confusing. Note to Parents- Your kids would have to pay to watch this online so if they are seeing it, then you hopefully were the ones who let that happen, although I’d lean towards not letting really young people watch this. Recommendation- Since this is only available online for money, I would actually steer clear of this unless you really like the show. I like it, but not enough to shell out too much money for it. Prediction- This could last a while if people keep using the subscription service to watch it. It will be hard to tell for sure as it goes along. Reception: critically acclaimed. Grade: B.

 

Matthew Goode: He has been doing a lot of projects since leaving The Good Wife. I might as well get to mentioning all of them. A thing he appears to be doing is Medieval. Yet another movie he’ll be in is The King’s Man. We’ll see what happens with them. He will also be in The Offer.

 

Medieval: This is a movie with a release year of 2022. I don’t know if this is based on a true story or not. But it seems like it is about two people and how they seek to win against an army of people. They probably have people helping them with it.

 

The King’s Man: This looks like it will be a prequel to the Kingsman series of movies. I’ll probably post review of the other movies in the series at some point. That will at least give me an excuse to watch them again. It is currently on DVD.

 

Review: Movie Name- The King’s Man. Genre- Historical fiction. Action drama. Rating- R. Noteworthiness- This is part of the Kingsman franchise, a prequel detailing how the agency came to be. Description- On the cusps of World War I, people seek to fight some of the villains of the world with their own form of heroes. The Good Wife Alumni in it- Matthew Goode plays SPOILER the man revealed to be the main villain at some point that’s easy to miss in some ways. END SPOLIER. Pros- This has a lot of the action that you could come to expect and love from the franchise. The plot makes sense and works for the most part. Cons- This isn’t as much about Kingsman as one would like. It can be a bit hard to make sense of some of the villains in this. Note to Parents- There is a lot of violence in this. There is some swearing as well and other bad language. It shows a naked woman at one point, although you can’t really see anything in terms of nudity. There is a lot of killing in it as well. Recommendation- I think that it is well worth the watch. IMDB Ranking: 6.3. My Grade: A.

 

Catch up on Kingsman: The Secret Service by watching this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdOuglUpVrk

 

Counterpoint to the previous video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRNyAopfsdM

 

Counterpoint to the counterpoint video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrgXtfDQ13o (part starts at around 10:00)

 

A different counterpoint to CinemaSins’s video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJcT3qIuZvw

 

Catch up on Kingsman: The Golden Circle by watching this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWuYkyw-NMk

 

Counterpoint to the previous video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnTCx8wwXqk

 

The Offer: This is set to be released on Paramount+ on April 28, 2022. It is about the making of The Godfather. I haven’t seen The Godfather yet. Maybe I will some day. I wonder if one could enjoy this while not having seen The Godfather. There is a trailer for this now:

 

Trailer link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03Z9H9mG-SI

 

Thoughts on trailer: This seems far too vague a trailer for this to look any good at all. This might be good, but the trailer clearly isn’t. I won’t know what else to say about this except that I hope it can do justice to the iconic movie and actually be interesting. This show does not look that interesting based on the trailer. But while I think that the trailer is bad, I’m just not sure if the show would be.

 

Cush Jumbo: She will be appearing in a TV show called The Beast Must Die. I can’t tell much about this right now. But I will talk more about this in the next paragraph since that is what I do in this blog now. Another thing that she’s doing now is Balestra.

 

The Beast Must Die: I have no idea what it is about right now, but hopefully will be able be able to see it, but it might not be on American television. This is available now on British television. There is a trailer for this now:

 

Trailer link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAb0VPSKq_w

 

Thoughts on trailer: The trailer seems vague in some ways. It could be interesting, but just seems generic in some ways. What is there even to make sense of this? What all could I say? I’m just not sure that I care right now.

 

Balestra: It is hard to understand some of the plot. It has an unknown release date. It has no trailer at the moment. From what I understand, a disgraced athlete tries to do some new thing that allows her to extend her training hours but causes reality to blur.

 

Jeffrey Dean Morgan: He is now in the cast of The Walking Dead. He’ll also be in The Integrity of Joseph Chambers. I wonder what else he might do over time. He’s currently also in a project called Fall. I guess we’ll see if that’s it or not.

 

The Walking Dead: This is a popular gory cable zombie drama about humans trying to save themselves from what is known as The Walking Dead, or walkers, zombies who are often the bad guys. But who else are causing problems?

 

Review: Status- Currently on AMC at times. Why I’ve seen it- I borrowed this on DVD from a friend in order to review it for this blog. Noteworthiness- This is adapted from comic books of the same name. Description- A man wakes up from a coma to find that he now lives in a world with zombies, his old world gone. Notable People- Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who was in The Good Wife, is now on this show. Pros- It has a good premise that works for the most part. Cons- It can be too slow moving and seem longer than it needs to be. Note to Parents- I wouldn’t let your kids watch this. Teens might be safe, but I might steer clear of that too. Recommendation- Maybe this is worth watching if you like this sort of show. I’d put it at a toss-up myself as to whether or not to watch. My Viewing Habits- I plan to watch the whole first season on DVD. Whether or not I’ll see any more after that is unknown. Prediction- This is currently airing its final season. Reception: largely positive. Grade: B-.

 

SPOILER NEWS: https://tvline.com/2022/03/07/the-walking-dead-negan-maggie-spinoff-amc-isle-of-the-dead/

 

END SPOILER

 

The Integrity of Joseph Chambers: This is set for release sometime in 2023. I have no idea what the plot would relate to or if it relates to a true story like I think that it might, but just as easily might not. I’ll wait to see what this might be about.

 

Fall: This project has very little known about it thus far. I don’t know yet what type of project this is about or even what it is about. Its release date is July 7, 2022. Maybe I’ll find out more about this over time. Maybe I won’t.

 

Robert King: Here is where we switch to writing credits. He and his wife are helping with The Good Fight. He’s also doing a TV show called Evil. He’s working on another TV show called Girls with Guns. He’s also doing Would I Lie to You? Another thing that he is doing right now is Your Honor. And he’s doing Happy Face. That’s a lot of projects.

 

The Good Fight: It will be put on www.cbs.com and be available to watch on Paramount+ to those that want it. It is available now. Expect to see the same review over and over again for whichever people work on this from The Good Wife.

 

Review: Status- It is available online only at Paramount+. I’ll let you know if it is released on DVD. Why I’ve seen it- If there is something in this blog that I can review, I will. Description- Diane continues her adventures starting from scratch after losing her retirement money and starting at a new firm. Pros- The show is about the same level of quality that you would expect from The Good Wife. Cons- Apparently, there is going to be a lot of nudity in it. Like the original, this show is a bit too confusing. Note to Parents- Your kids would have to pay to watch this online so if they are seeing it, then you hopefully were the ones who let that happen, although I’d lean towards not letting really young people watch this. Recommendation- Since this is only available online for money, I would actually steer clear of this unless you really like the show. I like it, but not enough to shell out too much money for it. Prediction- This could last a while if people keep using the subscription service to watch it. It will be hard to tell for sure as it goes along. Reception: critically acclaimed. Grade: B.

 

Evil: This looks like it could be interesting. People investigate the supernatural in this show in the typical one woman, two men set up. This is currently streaming its second season now. We’ll see how long it might last beyond its current known run.

 

Evil: Status- Currently streaming its second season. Why I’ve seen it- I watched this to review it for a blog. Description- A woman and others have to deal with the idea of what makes one evil and if there are supernatural abilities behind it or not. Notable People- This is created by Robert and Michelle King who also did The Good Wife, The Good Fight, and BrainDead. It stars Michael Emerson from Person of Interest, Lost, and Arrow. Pros- It has a lot to offer in terms of understanding the human mind. Cons- It might be too mysterious at some points in the long term. I just hope they decide whether or not to include supernatural elements for sure at some point. Note to Parents- This is probably not something that you want your kids watching. Recommendation- I’d say that this is pretty good to watch. My Viewing Habits- I had planned to see as much of this as I can and have watched since the first episode aired. With it now on streaming, I doubt that I’ll be able to watch any new episodes of this again. Prediction- I might last if the good streaming numbers keep up. Otherwise, it will be toast pretty soon after that. Reception: positive. Grade: B-.

 

Girls with Guns: Not much is known about this right now. I don’t even see a plot of this mentioned right now. What I do know is that it might air on Paramount+. It is unknown when this is coming out. I could not find out more information upon further research as I doubt google would be helpful with this.

 

Would I Lie to You?: In this show, people are told stories and they have to tell reality and fiction apart. I hope that this is different from To Tell the Truth. This will start airing on April 9, 2022. It is set to air on the CW. But why would this be on Saturdays?

 

Your Honor: I forget if I mentioned this show before but got confused by it. But this is a show that is currently airing somewhere, even though it is on hiatus right now. It is a courtroom drama that is renewed for season 2.

 

Happy Face: This is a TV show. I have no idea what network this would air on. It has an unknown airdate right now. In this show, we learn that a child discovers that her father is a serial killer. This could be interesting, but it better avoid being anything like what Prodigal Son wound up being like.

 

Michelle King: Since she is married to the previous person, it would appear that she would probably have the same projects in the works as her husband. This section may be redundant since any similar projects that these people have would be the same thing and thus have the same information. She is working on The Good Fight. She’s also doing Evil and Girls with Guns. She will also be involved with Would I Lie to You? She’s doing Your Honor as well. Yet another thing she’s doing is Happy Face.

 

The Good Fight: It will be put on www.cbs.com and be available to watch on Paramount+ to those that want it. It is available now. Expect to see the same review over and over again for whichever people work on this from The Good Wife.

 

Review: Status- It is available online only at Paramount+. I’ll let you know if it is released on DVD. Why I’ve seen it- If there is something in this blog that I can review, I will. Description- Diane continues her adventures starting from scratch after losing her retirement money and starting at a new firm. Pros- The show is about the same level of quality that you would expect from The Good Wife. Cons- Apparently, there is going to be a lot of nudity in it. Like the original, this show is a bit too confusing. Note to Parents- Your kids would have to pay to watch this online so if they are seeing it, then you hopefully were the ones who let that happen, although I’d lean towards not letting really young people watch this. Recommendation- Since this is only available online for money, I would actually steer clear of this unless you really like the show. I like it, but not enough to shell out too much money for it. Prediction- This could last a while if people keep using the subscription service to watch it. It will be hard to tell for sure as it goes along. Reception: critically acclaimed. Grade: B.

 

Evil: This looks like it could be interesting. People investigate the supernatural in this show in the typical one woman, two men set up. This is currently streaming its second season now. We’ll see how long it might last beyond its current known run.

 

Evil: Status- Currently streaming its second season. Why I’ve seen it- I watched this to review it for a blog. Description- A woman and others have to deal with the idea of what makes one evil and if there are supernatural abilities behind it or not. Notable People- This is created by Robert and Michelle King who also did The Good Wife, The Good Fight, and BrainDead. It stars Michael Emerson from Person of Interest, Lost, and Arrow. Pros- It has a lot to offer in terms of understanding the human mind. Cons- It might be too mysterious at some points in the long term. I just hope they decide whether or not to include supernatural elements for sure at some point. Note to Parents- This is probably not something that you want your kids watching. Recommendation- I’d say that this is pretty good to watch. My Viewing Habits- I had planned to see as much of this as I can and have watched since the first episode aired. With it now on streaming, I doubt that I’ll be able to watch any new episodes of this again. Prediction- I might last if the good streaming numbers keep up. Otherwise, it will be toast pretty soon after that. Reception: positive. Grade: B-.

 

Girls with Guns: Not much is known about this right now. I don’t even see a plot of this mentioned right now. What I do know is that it might air on Paramount+. It is unknown when this is coming out. This will likely be about girls with guns. But more of a plot beyond that is unknown.

 

Would I Lie to You?: In this show, people are told stories and they have to tell reality and fiction apart. I hope that this is different from To Tell the Truth. This will start airing on April 9, 2022. It is set to air on the CW. I hope that it’s good.

 

Your Honor: I forget if I mentioned this show before but got confused by it. But this is a show that is currently airing somewhere, even though it is on hiatus right now. It is a courtroom drama that is renewed for season 2. This airs on Showtime.

 

Happy Face: This is a TV show. I have no idea what network this would air on. It has an unknown airdate right now. In this show, we learn that a child discovers that her father is a serial killer. This could be interesting, but it better avoid being anything like what Prodigal Son wound up being like.

 

Erica Tazel: This former Good Fight actress has projects in the works. I look forward to seeing what I can of her work in the future. She is in The Devil You Know. She will also be in Heart of a Lion. And the wings of a bat/ because it’s midnight!

 

The Devil You Know: In this movie, a man has to try to make things right for himself after spiraling one way and not going back to his dark ways of the past or something like that. It has no release date at this moment. Hopefully, one will happen. This might be on Tubi at some point, if it isn’t already at this point in time. It does not appear to be out yet.

 

Heart of a Lion: This is set for release on April 7, 2023. It is about George Foreman. That is all that I really know about it at this moment. There’s nothing else really to say and talk about. I just want this paragraph to be a certain length.

 

Poppy Montgomery: I don’t know if she acts less now than she used to. We’ll see what she does. She does not have any projects in the works as of this post. Maybe this will change by a future post. For now, there is nothing else new for this part.

 

Jaimie Alexander: This Blindspot actress will now be the first alumni from that show to be covered in this blog. I actually now have another one covered in a different blog. After not being in the third Thor movie, she will be returning for the fourth one, Thor: Love and Thunder. It’s about time that I can finally include parts of the MCU in this or any of my blogs. You might see me review every MCU film now at some point, or at least the ones relevant to Thor which will include the first three Thor movies and more than likely the first four Avengers movies. She’s also set to be in Chase. Another thing that she will be in is The Minute You Wake up Dead.

 

Thor: Love and Thunder: This is set for release on July 8, 2022. There isn’t much of a plot known to this yet. I have no idea what the conflict would be based on the title. But I look forward to the film and will now have to get a bunch of other MCU films on DVD and finally get caught up on what I haven’t seen of the franchise at some point.

 

Chase: This has no release date or trailer yet. It sounds interesting and follows a missing person plot that I find interesting for some reason. It does throw some twists at you with it being a man looking for the woman he is divorcing, potentially spoiling the end if it turns out to be a happy one for him and her. But I look forward to it in time.

 

The Minute You Wake up Dead: This doesn’t have a trailer yet. It also doesn’t have a release date. This is about a person who gets involved in scams that lead to murders. And that’s all that I can know about it at the moment.

 

Enrique Murciano: He is doing Father of the Bride. He’s also in The Night Agent. There isn’t too much else to say about him other than that so far as there aren’t any other projects that I see for him. Maybe there will be more in the future.

 

Father of the Bride: This has no trailer yet. It has a release date of June 16, 2022. It seems to be about a Cuban-American family dealing with his upcoming daughter’s wedding and a lot of other issues too, potentially. I guess it could be similar to some of what we’ve seen already, or maybe not.

 

The Night Agent: This is a planned Netflix series. It has no release date yet or trailer. But it does have a plot: a person low on the FBI totem pole suddenly is thrust into a conspiracy that leads all the way to the White House. That’s a better way of phrasing it than the grammatically incorrect way it is currently described on imdb, which might be a sentence fragment in the end.

 

Hugh Bonneville: This actor from Downton Abbey will be the first of any people from that show to be covered in this blog here. (That show is on my second list of things to watch from right now, but I have not yet been able to watch it.) Anyways, he has lots of things in the works right now. A thing that he’s doing is Bernie’s Gift. He’ll also be in The Amazing Maurice. Another thing he is set to be in is Downton Abbey: A New Era. And he’ll also be in I Came By. Something else he will be in is Banking on Mr. Toad.

 

Bernie’s Gift: This has no release date or trailer right now. The plot sounds complicated from what I understand of it online. This relates to a man recruiting two people in order to go on an adventure of sorts relating to food and other things.

 

The Amazing Maurice: This is set for release on January 6, 2023. This seems to be a take on the pied piper story from a previously unseen cat’s perspective. I hope that they can improve on this fucked up story that kids are told for no good reason. There is not yet a trailer for this as it is still filming at the moment of the writing of this paragraph.

 

Downton Abbey: A New Era: This is set for release on May 20, 2022. It is a follow up movie to the first movie set after the TV series in general. I wouldn’t know for sure what all this might cover, but I look forward to seeing it. There is a trailer for this now:

 

Trailer link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN0Spmq610Q

 

Thoughts on trailer: There seems to be a whole lot going on in this. I just hope that the plot doesn’t become too overloaded with too much stuff. I have no idea yet if this villa in the south of France will be the start of something else like a spin-off show or something like that at all. I hope that there isn’t too much going on in the end.

 

I Came By: This has no trailer yet. It is set for release in 2022. The plot is about someone who does graffiti that discovers a secret that could harm him and others. It does not sound too original, but could be interesting. I might never know.

 

Banking on Mr. Toad: This doesn’t have a trailer yet. It is set to be out sometime in 2022. This seems like Finding Neverland, but with a different work of fiction: Wind in the Willows. We will learn how this book came to be while delving into the personal life of the writer of it and his family.

 

Sullivan Stapleton: He has two different projects in the works. You’ll recognize one of them as it is Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter about Men. I wonder if there should be a shorter title for it. Another thing he is set to do is After the Verdict.

 

Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter about Men: This is possibly out now. Apparently in this movie, a mother tells her daughter about her sex life in hopes that her daughter will learn from this. There is a trailer for this now:

 

Trailer link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBpixut4sl4

 

Thoughts on trailer: This looks like a very different movie than what I originally thought that it would be. It looks kind of dark, but could be worth seeing despite how this could be emotional and quite a serious topic being discussed. I had no idea of Nathan Fillion’s involvement in this so now I’ll have to include this in both my facebook groups of Drive and Firefly: Where are They Now?

 

After the Verdict: This is set to air sometime in 2022. It is about four people and their lives relating to a high profile murder trial. I don’t yet know where this is airing or streaming, but I do plan to watch if I can as it could be interesting.

 

Hank Steinberg: He has no projects known in the works right now. I hope to see more from him in the future. We’ll see if more happens or not. He might appear at some point in time in something, but this has not happened yet.

 

Jessica Brown Findlay: She’s in a lot of projects. One is called Whatever After. A second is Life after Life. A third thing is The Hanging Sun. A fourth thing that she is in is Iris Warriors. A fifth thing is Flatshare.

 

Iris Warriors: This is out now. In this movie, two warriors have to fight against their evil mother to try to bring color back to the universe. They have to bring light and beauty into the world. You’d think that they’d win, but I guess that we’ll see. All I know is that this is out and I don’t know if I’ll be able to see this so I’m removing it from the updates.

 

Whatever After: This has no release date yet. It also has no plot. It is a miniseries of some sort. What else is there for me to say about it? I’m unsure. Hopefully more about this will be known over time. One can only hope that it will.

 

The Hanging Sun: This has no release date at the moment. In it, a hitman who is on the run seeks refuge in a village, but there are other things going on as well. I don’t want to just copy and paste what imbd says as I don’t think that I can.

 

Life after Life: Based on a book, this TV show is about a woman who keeps dying and being reborn over and over again, living out different lives in the end. It has no release date yet and I’m unsure what network or streaming service it might be on or if it will be in the American places or if it will be foreign. It is hard to know what goes on with projects sometimes.

 

Flatshare: This has no plot mentioned yet on imdb. If I had to guess, it would involve there being something like a place where people live and some story there. But would it be a drama, comedy, or something else entirely? It has no release date or trailer yet.

 

Schedule

 

Currently on TV- The Walking Dead (on AMC), Your Honor (unknown time on unknown network), The Resident (on FOX at 8/7 Central on Tuesdays), Snowpiercer (on TNT), The Beast Must Die

 

Currently streaming- Departure (on Peacock), Evil (on Paramount+), The Good Fight (on Paramount+), The Gilded Age (on HBO Max), Schmigadoon!

 

Possibly out somehow- Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter about Men, Iris Warriors

 

On DVD- The King’s Man

 

April 9, 2022 (Saturday)- Would I Lie to You? (series premiere, 8:30/7:30 Central on Saturdays on the CW)

 

April 25, 2022- We Own This City

 

April 28, 2022- The Offer

 

May 20, 2022- Downton Abbey: A New Era

 

June 16, 2022- Father of the Bride

 

July 7, 2022- Fall

 

July 8, 2022- Thor: Love and Thunder

 

Unknown 2022- I Came By, After the Verdict, Medieval

 

January 6, 2023- The Amazing Maurice

 

April 7, 2023- Heart of a Lion

 

Unknown 2023- The Integrity of Joseph Chambers

 

Unknown year- Bright in a Hollow Sky, Going Back, Girls with Guns, Bad Moms’ Moms, Run, The Summer People, Growing up Gorman, The Vizitant, Chase, Whatever After, The Hanging Sun, Life after Life, The Devil You Know, Keeper of the Cup, Marlowe, The Night Agent, Balestra, The Minute You Wake up Dead, Flatshare