Movies Monthly - March

This is the third part of our Movies Monthly 2016 diary.
In March we decided to stop watching 'Vinyl'. Having seen a few episodes of the series, we lost interest in it. Why? It is simply too dark for two little children like us. :-)
If 'Vikings' continues to go in a weird direction, meaning less Viking stories, more opium stuff and sadist noble man scenes, we will not follow it either. Well, we shall see.

The best movies of the month were:

1. The Seventh Cross - 1944 (war, drama) - Director: Fred Zinnemann, main character played by Spencer Tracy
2. Angela's Ashes - 1999 (drama) - Director: Alan Parker
3. The Lovely Bones - 2009 (fantasy, drama) - Director: Peter Jackson
4. Shall We Dance - 2004 (drama) - Director: Peter Chelsom, stars: Richard Gere and Jennifer Lopez, Susan Sarandon

'Blow-Up' and 'Monty Python' are classics, that is why I do not list them as best movies of the month. Anyway, I was glad I came across 'Blow-Up' on one of the channels. I had searched the TV schedule for some time as I wanted to watch the film again. 'Monthy Python' hilarious as always..
Why we watch Diagnosis Murder and MacGyver - short and interesting enough to watch when there is no time to watch something longer/a proper movie. Besides, the main characters in both series always have a solution to everything.
Finally, 'Spy' - one of the more recent productions - a really good comedy and action movie as well.

Colors (related to movie genres) which I use in my diary notes:


Action
Adventure
Comedy
Documentary
Detective/Crime Story
Drama
Biography
Fantasy, SF
Family
History
Horror
Musical/Concert
Thriller
War 
Western
Family

Some of the films are marked with asterisks (if we really like them/do not care for them much). Most of the titles on the list are not marked at all - we simply generally enjoy watching them because of different reasons.

154. Natural Born Outlaws: John Dillinger - 2016 (history)
155. The Seventh Cross - 1944 (war, drama)****
156. Death in Paradise 4.8 - 2015 (detective story)
157. The Murdoch Mysteries: The Black Hand - 2011 (detective story)
158. Vikings: Mercy - 2016 (drama)
159. The Twilight Zone: Two - 1960 (science fiction) with very young Charles Bronson
160. Texas Country Reporter - 2016 (documentary)

161. The Murdoch Mysteries: Voices - 2011 (detective story)
162. Office Space - 1999 (comedy)
163. Midsomer Murders: Dead in the Water, part 1 - 2004 (detective story)
164. Midsomer Murders: Dead in the Water, part 2 - 2004 (detective story)
165. Texas Country Reporter - 2016 (documentary)
166. The Murdoch Mysteries: Blood Lust - 2011 (detective story)
167. Columbo: Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health - 1991 (detective story)
168. Angela's Ashes - 1999 (drama)****
169. Vinyl ep.4 - 2016 (drama)
170. Celtic Thunder legacy - 2016 (concert)

171. The Twilight Zone: In Praise of Pip - 1963 (science fiction)
172. Monty Python and the Holy Grail - 1975 (comedy)****
173. Evan Almighty - 2007 (comedy)
174. The Twilight Zone: Nightmare at 20,000 Feet - 1963 (science fiction)
175. Spy - 2015 (comedy)***
176. Diagnosis Murder: Baby Boom - 1998 (detective story)
177. Heatstroke - 2014 (drama, thriller)
178. Death Valley Days: Swamper Ike - 1953 (western)
179. Vikings:Yol - 2016 (drama)
180. Big Eyes - 2014 (biography, drama)

181. Crime and Punishment - 1935 (drama)
182. Heartbreak Ridge - 1986 (action, drama)
183. Ginger & Rosa - 2012 (drama)
184. Happy-Go-Lucky - 2008 (comedy)
185. Berkeley Square - 1933 (fantasy)
186. Vinyl ep.5 - 2016 (drama)
187. Mississippi Burning - 1988 (drama)
188. Texas Country Reporter - 2016 (documentary)
189. The Twilight Zone: On Thursday We Leave for Home - 1963 (science fiction)
190. Magic in the Moonlight - 2014 (comedy)

191. The Murdoch Mysteries: The Kissing Bandit - 2011 (detective story)
192. Max - 2015 (family)
193. No Country for Old Men - 2007 (crime story, drama)
194. Blow-Up - 1966 (drama)
195. Vikings: Promised - 2016 (drama)
196. The Avenging Angel - 1995 (western)
197. Dolphin Tale 2 - 2014 (family, drama)
198. The Twilight Zone: The New Exhibit - 1963 (science fiction)
199. Having Wonderful Crime - 1945 (comedy, detective story)
200. The Lovely Bones - 2009 (fantasy, drama)****

201. Swiney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - 2007 (musical)
202. Logan's Run - 1976 (science fiction) - an interesting story (with Michael York), some parts of the movie were filmed in Fort Worth
203. MacGyver: Thin Ice - 1988 (action/adventure)
204. 1916: The Irish Rebellion: Awakening - 2016 (documentary)
205. 1916: The Irish Rebellion: ep.2 - 2016 (documentary)
206. Nova: Secret's of Noah's Ark - 2015 (documentary)
207. Brokedown Palace -  1999 (drama)
208. Vikings: What Might Have Been - 2016 (drama)
209. Anatomy of a Murder - 1959 (crime story)
210. Lucy's Lost Episodes - 1989 (comedy)

211. The Lamb of God - 1992 (short, drama)
212. Midway - 1976 (war)
213. MacGyver: The Invisible Killer - 1988 (action/adventure)
214. Vacation - 2015 (comedy)
215. Muppets Most Wanted - 2014 (family, comedy)
216. Grantchester 2.1 - 2016 (detective story)
217. Tombstone - 1993 (western)
218. Are You Being Served: Top Hats and Tails - 1976 (comedy)
219. Blind Date - 1987 (comedy) - We have seen the movie before. I did not realize Bruce Willis played in it though - I did not recognize him!
220. Shall We Dance - 2004 (drama)

221. Live Free or Die Hard - 2007 (action)*
222. The Twilight Zone: Of Late I Think of Cliffordville - 1963 (science fiction)

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