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2014: The Year In Movies

Movie_Reel_222014 was a bit of an improvement over recent years in movie watching for me.  I managed to watch 78 movies last year, 16 more than 2012 and 2013 and my highest total since 2011, although it was my third consecutive year under 100.  Again, many things contributed to this, chiefly the insane amount of TV I’ve been watching and the awful amount of time I spend either at work or getting to and from work.

Here’s a look back at the first 50 movies I did manage to watch last year and what recollection, if any, I have of them. The films are listed in the order I saw them.

Repeaters (2010)
If Groundhog Day took place in a rehab and affected 3 people more messed up than Bill Murray.

Smashed (2012)
I have very little recollection of this film.

Your Sister’s Sister (2012)
2 messed up sisters and a mourning man share tequila and secrets.

Lovelace (2013)
Amanda Seyfried portrays the first lady of porn, Linda Lovelace.

Columbus Circle (2012)
A thriller about a shut-in who witnesses a murder and needs to leave her comfort zone.

A Good Day To Die Hard (2013)
The latest installment brings Bruce Willis to Russia.

The Five-Year Engagement (2012)
Jason Segel and Emily Blunt are engaged forever as life keeps getting in the way of them actually getting married.

Hell Baby (2013)
A comedy about a possessed woman who is about to give birth to Satan’s spawn.

Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World (2012)
2 lost souls find each other as the world is literally coming to an end.

Would You Rather (2012)
A sadistic host tortures his dinner guests for his own pleasure.

The World’s End (2013)
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Book 24 (of 52) – Kiss The Girls

Kiss The Girls - James Patterson

Kiss The Girls – James Patterson

I saw the movie years ago, but had thankfully forgotten most, if not all of the details before diving in to this book, which had been sitting in the “to-read” drawer for quite some time.  Unfortunately, thanks to a perusal of Wikipedia, I managed to spoil myself on the final twist: the identity of Casanova, the man who was kidnapping smart, attractive girls throughout the campuses of North Carolina.

Kiss The Girls was the second of what is now 19 Alex Cross novels produced by James Patterson.  Cross, a Washington DC detective, gets involved in the Casanova case when his niece goes missing from Duke.  In North Carolina, Cross finds himself at odds with the local police, but finds help from the FBI and an escaped victim of Casanova.

My mom and my sister have been plowing through the James Patterson collection over the past couple of years, but this was my first experience with his work, movie adaptations notwithstanding.  Despite my spoiling myself on the ending, I did enjoy the book and would certainly be interested in giving more of his work a try, assuming some of my mom’s old books are still laying around somewhere.