Leaving Netflix February 2016

Here are the shows and movies leaving Netflix in February 2016. What do you need to watch before they're gone?

February 1

• “Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein”
• “Asylum”
• “Bad Santa”
• “Benny and Joon”
• “Big Fish”
• “Blue Crush”
• “Classic Doctor Who: Collections 1-18”
• “Crocodile Dundee 2”
• “The Dancer Upstairs”
• “Daylight”
• “Doctor Who,” Seasons 1-8
• “The Firm”
• “Fletch”
• “Gifted Hands”
• “Gothika”
• “The Hurt Locker”
• “The Naked Gun”
• “Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult”
• “Rain Man”
• “Ray”
• “Secrets and Lies,” Season 1
• “Sorority Row”
• “The Terminator”
• “Terms of Endearment”

February 2

• “Pokemon the Movie: BW Adventures in Unova and Beyonce”
• “Pokemon the Movie: Black: Victini and Reshiram”
• “Pokemon the Movie: Genesect and the Legend Awakened”
• “Pokemon the Movie: Kyurem vs. The Sword of Justice”
• “Pokemon the Movie: White: Victini and Zekrom”
• “Pokemon: Black & White,” Seasons 1 and 2
• “Pokemon: Indigo League,” Season 2

February 3

• “Bottle Shock”

February 7

• “Compliance”
• “Jack and Diane”

February 11

• “Bridezillas,” Season 10
• “Stephen King’s Bag of Bones”
• “United 93”
• “Were the World Mine”

February 13

• “The Fourth Kind”

February 15

• “Kitten Party”

February 16

• “The Pitch,” Season 2

February 17

• “Violet & Daisy”

February 19

• “North Sea Texas”
• “Problem Child: Leslie Jones”
• “Side by Side”

February 21

• “Jesus Camp”
• “Marriage Boot Camp: Bridezillas,” Season 1
• “Nobody Walks”
• “Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning”

February 24

• “Chicagoland,” Season 1
• “Death Row Stories,” Season 1

February 25

• “The Guild,” Season 1

February 27

• “Crooked Arrows”
• “Halloween: Resurrection

February 28

• “Sabrina: The Animated Series,” Seasons 1 and 2
• “The Sea Inside”
• “Sonic the Hedgehog: The Complete Series”

Coming to Netflix February 2016

For those of you who have Netflix or access to Netflix, these are the shows and movies coming out next month. What are you most excited about?

February 1

• “Armageddon”
• “Better Call Saul,” Season 1
• “Charlie’s Angels” (2000)
• “Collateral Damage”
• “Cruel Intentions”
• “A Faster Horse”
• “Full Metal Jacket”
• “Game Face”
• “Jennifer 8”
• “Johnny English”
• “The Little Engine That Could”
• “The Lizzie Borden Chronicles,” Season 1
• “Losing Isaiah”
• “Masha’s Tales,” Season 1
• “My Side of the Mountain”
• “Para Elisa”
• “A Picture of You”
• “Pokemon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction”
• “Pokemon XY,” Season 1
• “Scooby-Doo”
• “Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed”
• “Sin City”
• “Star Trek V: The Final Frontier”
• “Stardust”
• “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby”
• “Teen Witch”
• “Tin Man: Search for the Emerald”
• “The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom”

February 2

• “Land Before Time XIV: Journey of the Brave”

February 3

• “I Love You Phillip Morris”

February 4

• “Love”

February 5

• “Care Bears & Cousins,” Season 2
• “Hannibal Buress: Comedy Camisado”
• “Mad Men,” Season 7 part 2
• “Turbo: F.A.S.T.,” Season 3

February 6

• “Lila and Eve”

February 10

• “Dope”
• “The Girl in the Book”

February 13

• “The Face of Love”

February 15

• “Open Season”
• “XXY”

February 16

• “Asthma”
• “Atonement”

February 17

• “The Returned,” Season 2

February 19

• “Cooked,” Season 1
• “Love,” Season 1

February 22

• “3rd World Cops 2”

February 23

• “Bare”

February 24

• “Marvel Super Hero Adventures: Frost Fight!”

February 26

• “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny”
• “Fuller House,” Season 1
• “Theo Von”

February 28

• “Finding Vivian Maier”

February 29

• “Ashes and Embers”

Hitch (2005)

Hitch (2005) Starring Will Smith


Alex 'Hitch' Hitchens is "The Date Doctor". From getting his heart broken in college by the girl of his dreams, he decides to passion his knowledge to other men so the same thing won't happen to them.

Nerdy Hitch

Albert Brennaman is totally in love with the celebrity, Allegra Cole and goes to Hitch for help in getting her.
One night, Hitch meets gossip columnist Sara Melas in a bar and leaves her speechless.
Next day, he meets with a guy who hires him to help him get into the pants of one of Sara's friends. This leads Sara to write an expose on the Date Doctor's real identity.

Hitch asks Sara out on a date by sending a messenger with a walkie talkie (since she didn't give him her number.) Their first date is jet skiing on the Hudson River and visiting Ellis Island and looking for her relatives that migrated over.

Second Date Horrors

After Sara publishes the Date Doctor story, they break up. Alex goes to Allegra and finds out that none of the things Hitch taught Albert were what she liked about him. She actually liked Albert's dorkiness and awkwardness.
Hitch runs to Sara's apartment to declare his love only to find another man. He does it anyway and she reciprocates.
The movie ends with Allegra and Albert's wedding.

Snow White Week: Grimms Fairy Tale

Snow White or Schneewittchen in German was first published in 1812 in the Grimms' Fairy Tales collection. Not to be confused with Snow White and Rose Red.

Here's a short summary of the story:
 One day, a queen pricks her finger and three drops of blood lands in the snow. She wishes for a child with skin as white as snow, lips as red as blood, and hair as black as ebony. Her wish comes true and gives birth to Snow White but she dies during childbirth. The child's father remarries a vain woman. The new wife has a magic mirror that she asks every day "who is the fairest in the land?" The mirror always said her until Snow White turned 7. The new queen hires a huntsman to take Snow White into the forest and kill her. As proof, she asked for Snow's lungs and liver. The huntsman is unable to and brings back the innards of a wild boar instead.
The queen asks the mirror again and finds out Snow is still alive in the dwarfs' cottage. The dwarfs found Snow in their bed after seeing she ate and drank their food. They let her say if she keeps house for them. The queen disguises herself and gives Snow White a bodice. She laces it so tight that Snow can't breathe and she faints. The dwarfs return in time to revive her. Next time, the queen gives her a poisoned comb. The dwarfs save her again. The third time, she gives Snow an apple dipped half in poison. She takes a bite of the other half to prove it's safe. Snow takes it and dies.
The dwarfs don't know how to save her and put her in a glass box. A prince sees Snow White and asks the dwarfs for the coffin. As they are carrying her away, they jostle the box and the apple falls out of her throat. The prince proposes to her.
They invite everyone to the wedding including the evil queen. The queen goes to the wedding and is shocked to see Snow there.

For her attempted murders, she is given hot iron shoes and forced to dance until she dies.






Like all Grimm fairy tales, there is a dark ending.
In other adaptations (a 1912 play), the dwarfs are given names.
Influences: Karlheinz Bartels published an analysis suggesting that Snow White was based on the life of Maria Sophia Margaretha Catherina von Erthal. She was described as an angel, her step mother abused her, her father worked for the Prince, the stepmother cared more for her own children, and was given a mirror as a wedding gift. The stepmother gave her an apple half submerged in belladonna juice. Unfortunately, she had no prince to save her from her death.

Snow White Week: 7 Dwarfs and Animals

Today on Snow White Week, we will be talking about the 7 dwarfs and Snow White's animal friends

 Snow has always had a knack for attracting animals. They find her singing voice alluring; and since she is always singing, she is always surrounded by animals. From doves in the palace garden to critters that clean in the forest.

Animals

Snow also find great companionship in the dwarfs. They protect her and allow her to stay with them because of her heart-warming personality and her ability to cook. The active part of the movie spans about two days but the dwarfs learn to love her in that short amount of time. Even Grumpy shows a range of emotion when it comes to Snow White.

Dwarfs (sans Dopey)

Snow White's voice and personality has truly helped her in life. She really is pure as snow.

Snow White Week: The Prince

Today on Snow White Week we are talking about The Prince.
Unfortunately, Snow White's prince never got a name. But the names Florian, Frederick, and Ferdinand have all be used (Florian being the most popular). Of course, he's always titled as "The Prince" on all his merchandise.

Over the Wall

To the Rescue

Line up of Disney Princes

The Prince with her princess. He doesn't really get a lot of merchandise

In TV, he's played by Josh Dallas and is nicknamed "Prince Charming" (Cinderella's prince)

27 Dresses (2008)

27 Dresses (2008)

Starring Katherine Heigl as Jane Nichols, a woman who discovered her calling as an assistant to brides at age 8. And Kevin Doyle, played by James Marsden, as her love interest.

The movie shows Jane as an adult participating in two weddings as a bridesmaid in both. She hits her head and gets "saved" by Kevin, a writer who finds Jane's pocketbook after sharing a cab together. Her sister Tess comes back to visit the same night there's an office party and Jane's boss George immediately falls in love with Tess.
After George and Tess get engaged, Jane has to help plan the wedding even though she's actually in love with George. Kevin shows up to interview them as "Malcom Doyle," the writer for wedding announcements in the commitments page of the newspaper. Jane and Kevin get to know each other and he starts to fall for her just as she realizes that she is in love with George.
Jane and Kevin get stranded in the rain on the way to pick up some linens for the wedding. They end up sleeping together in the car. Next day without either of their knowledge, the bridesmaid article is printed with pictures of all her dresses.
Tess blows up about the article asking how Jane let this happen, "They called me bridezilla!!" Jane exacts revenge by putting pictures of Tess doing all the things she said she wasn't into the rehearsal dinner slideshow. Kevin apologies and gives her a pda phone to replace her day planner.
The wedding is called off, Tess and Jane eventually make up, and Jane quits her job when she comes to a realization that the only reason she's still in the job is because she loves George. They kiss and she feels nothing. She quits her job.
She rushes to find Kevin on a boat and declares her love. One year later, she is getting married in the "28th dress" and all the past brides are bridesmaids at her wedding.

Snow White Week: Villain: The Evil Queen

Today's spotlight of Snow White Week is The Evil Queen.

The Evil Queen just wants to be forever beautiful and in comes a pretty young thing that takes the spotlight. This film talks about the horrors of aging.

The Queen in merchandising:
There's a Disney Villains line and she seems to be the central figure in a lot of the villain lines.

This is the designer set that came out a few years ago. A lot of people were outraged at Ursula's thinness and wanted her to have curves.

Here is an Evil Queen Pop Funko, very cute.

The merchandise of the queen not in her original form all make her look not evil. In reality, she's just a vain woman.


The Queen in modern pop culture:

Regina from Once Upon a Time

Regina is fabulous and has a different story than the one from the animated movie. In this, she was betrayed by Snow White which resulted in the love of her life being killed by her mother. This hatred later led her to Rumpelstiltskin who in turn taught her dark magic. She is after Snow in this series because of the loss of her love.
She also adopts Snow's grandchild (but no one knew about that until late into season 1.)
Poor Regina, will she never get her way?

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Hey All! It's Snow White week(s)!! For the next few months, I plan to watch all 53 Walt Disney Animation movies and review them, talking about the movie, the villains, the merchandise, other adaptions of the story, the inspiration, the music, the prince (if there is one), and the pets/sidekicks/friends of the titular character! I have finished watching the Snow White movie and will spend a few days talking about the above things. (I will also link the posts to the specific words once the posts are published). Not sure how long Snow White Week will span for but let's start off with a summary of the story, with pictures!

Intro Book

 We start off with the book and a message of appreciation from Walt and the credits. That way, you won't leave at the end and the people who put the hard work in won't get recognized. Nowadays, they just put the scene in the end credits so that we have to stay and watch.

The introduction:

 See, Snow White was a princess to begin with. She didn't really need a prince to make her a princess

 Q: slave in the magic mirror, come from the farthest space, through wind and darkness i summon thee. speak, let me see thy face
M: what wouldst thou know, my queen?
Q: Magic Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of them all?
M: Famed is thy beauty majesty, but oh a lovely maid i see. rags cannot hide her gentle grace. alas, she is more fair than thee.

Our favorite scullery maid:

We are standing by a wishing well
She wishes to find someone to love. Women of those days tend to do that.

Oh look, an eavesdropping prince

Breaking and entering into her home.

I LOVE YOU, BE MINE!

Have I frightened you? (Me: Uh duh)

Very Romeo, singing to her on a balcony. At least she doesn't pretend to not hear him.

Why doesn't The Queen just let Snow go? That way Snow's beauty won't get in the way anymore

Old school way of sending a kiss. I wonder if doves can really blush

 Giving the order to take her far away

Not as hot as the huntsman from Once Upon a Time

She wears a nice dress when shes goes out but has to wear rags when inside the castle walls

He's got them crazy eyes

A terrified child with an overactive imagination in a dark forest
Down the rabbit alligator hole

When you're scared, you sing a song

'Sup

 "Oh it's adorable, just like a doll's house!" -Snow White

As snow talks about the seven children and how disappointed their mother would be by the mess, she realizes they don't have a mother. Very much like the Lost Boys from Peter Pan!
She tells the animals to wash the dishes, tidy the rooms, and clean the fireplace and she will "move the broom"

Very Chip and Dale-esque squirrels.

Guest starring Jerry:

Bambi decides to lick the plates clean

Special appearance by Mickey's trousers:

They like to dig dig dig dig, dig dig dig to get rich quick

Dopey throws the hollow sounding gems into the water. They break like glass

Getting off work at 5

Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it's home from work we go

She only needs 3 beds to lay across. I always remembered it as all 7.
The animals abandon her as they hear the dwarfs coming

"The lit's light! The light's lit!"
(Doc has a speech impediment. Does not live up to his name)

"Jimney Crickets!!"

They all have pretty large irises except for Grumpy and Sleepy

This is how seven men sneaks in on their intruder

Ahh a noise!

Someone broke in and cleaned our house!!

Sneezy's hay fever acts up

They send Dopey up to investigate all by himself

We'll be right behind you

They do not fight fair

Dopey looks a lot like Snow White in this scene. Blue eyes, blush in cheeks.

"Off with its head!"

Preparing to srike

Let's kill her anyway! (Note: He did not say that)
But he did say that females are full of wicked wiles

Why, you're little men!

Don't be scared

Wait, don't tell me. Let me guess your names

Dwarfs:

Doc

Bashful

Sleepy

Sneezy

Happy

That's Dopey

Grumpy

Oh please don't send me away! (Me: please don't slam the door)

I can wash, sew, clean, and cook

Oh let me fluff my hair while I run down the stairs

What is this "wash" she speaks of?

Do you know?

Show me your hands!

Courage men, courage.
It's wet! And cold!

Doc doesn't have to wash

This is how normal people wash their face

Poor bashful

Planning to get Grumpy

Act natural

Nothing going on

They are all evil laughing

Return of the Magic Mirror
"Over the seven jeweled hills, beyond the seventh fall, in the cottage of the seven dwarfs, where Snow White, fairest of all"

The heart of Bambi's heart is in here (do you guys remember the story as having a deer's heart? Just me?)
It's actually a pig's heart

Maleficent's pet bird

Coolest books ever

Recipe

Mummy dust - to make me old

The black of night - to shroud my clothes

The old hag's crackle - to age my voice
(it sounds a lot like Ursula)

The scream of fright - to whiten my hair

A blast of wind - to fan my hate

A thunderbolt - to mix it well

It looks delicious, this is the drink they should have had at the 24 hour event

Coolest piano ever

Animals

Great glute workout

Whose coat is that?

Singing Some Day My Prince Will Come

They let Snow White sleep in their beds while they sleep downstairs
Dopey got the pillow first

This fly has been bugging him all day

 Apple recipe

Famous skull!

Want a bite?

Because it would be wrong of them to not have an antidote
It says "love's first kiss" does that mean a second kiss won't work?

Doc: watch out for the queen, she has magic
A huge, obvious foreshadowing

Dopey may be the youngest, but he sure has experienced hormones

Grumpy preening before getting his kiss

GRUMPY SMILES!!

You'll die! You'll die!
Did those birds just tell us we're going to die?
(From Oz the Great and Powerful)

 Birds on a pie, cannot be sanitary
FDA not approved!
Meanwhile, Snow White sings about wedding bells

One red apple out of all green and yellow ones
Not suspicious at all

Apple falls on ground, eats anyway

Animal instincts: knew something bad was going to happen before it did

Off to work they go

Run! The hunter is coming! (Bambi reference)

She's trying to "Indiana Jones" them

Poor queen had to die as an ugly hag. And the boulder ended up crushing her when she fell

Stupid vultures. Silent but deadly omens

Laying her down to rest

Even the candle is crying

The animals are out in the rain

I wonder how long the "eternal" vigil is

Look the stalker is back

They look so happy!!!

My prince has come!

The Prince lifts them up one at a time

Somehow, he is able to lift these three at the same time

Grumpy is so happy

They ascend into the castle floating in the sky

Or so we think...

The upcoming days, will be going over the following things:
-Villain: Evil Queen
-The Prince
-Sidekicks/friends: 7 dwarfs and animals
-Original story: Grimm fairy tale