Snowden

Man, I was expecting so much more from this movie.  It was okay, but I was expecting so much more, and I think they could have exposed the NSA much further but ultimately decided they needed to mix in an unnecessarily complex love story for the ... you know ... ladies.  It's  a fine movie, but you can get about just as much info from Snowden's Wikipedia summary.  It's also unnecessarily long.  Pass.

Vacation

The Vacation reboot succeeds in providing laughs, that’s about all you know.  Some of the laughs are “post American-Pie” … what I mean is that American Pie introduced raunch-com, and it seems every movie since then tries to emulate it.  “Nothing is sacred” … but, there are plenty of other funny moments in this film if you can get by the dirty-bits.  Believe it or not, my favorite character is the car.  Watch it if you’re not overly sensitive to sex jokes.

Star Wars: Rogue One

Rogue one, I believe, is a Star Wars movie for Star Wars fans.  As someone who’s seen all of the films, but wouldn’t call themselves a fan as far as Star Wars fans go, this was an “alright” movie.  I can see someone with vast knowledge of the original trilogy, or even just the first movie (IV) really enjoying this one, but me, with limited knowledge of the universe, found myself somewhat confused trying to place characters and times.  One of the primary villains (the emperor?) is completely CGI, but I found it so off-putting, I couldn’t appreciate what they were trying to do with him. There were a few really great sequences and I chuckled more than I have at any previous Star Wars film, the robot protagonist K-2SO really saved this film, he’s the best character by far.  High recommend for Star Wars buffs, otherwise, you’ll probably okay missing this one.

Daddy Day Care

With summertime here and the kids staying up later and later, if I’m going to watch a movie, this is the variety I’m limited to.  Had you asked me if I’d seen it before, I’d say “yes” but upon watching it, I didn’t remember a whole lot about it.  This was the early stages of Eddie Murphy going “clean” and while it has a few memorable bits, at the same time I can completely understand why I’d forgotten it.  It’s fine as far as family movies go, but in general, you’re not missing much.  Pass.

Bloodline: Season 3

I need to stop watching shows I don't like.  It's become a problem.  Thankfully, this show has run it's course and this is the final season.  Season 1 of Bloodline was some compelling TV, I absolutely loved it.  I wish I would have stopped right there.  Some say the show was cancelled well into it's writing process and that's why it ends abruptly, there are other reports that the state of Florida eliminated their tax grants which made the show too costly to produce, I've read that the shows creators envisioned this show with 7 or more seasons in mind, so to wrap it up in 3 would be difficult ...  I don't know, all I know is season 3 is a mess, but is necessary viewing if you've seen season 2.  I'd honestly recommend skipping the show altogether, because if you're like me, you want to see a series through, and one great season at the beginning does not make up for 2 sub par ones with an unsatisfactory ending.  Pass.