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  • Movies Watched During 2018

    Movies Watched During 2018

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    Jake’s Cosmos Aller’s Movies Watched During 2018.

    Like my book list, I have been keeping a list of movies and TV shows watched during the year. Here is my list of movies watched during 2018.

    I saw 76 movies/TV shows during the year. Many of them I saw while flying to and from Asia four times this year – I almost always watch five movies enroute as I can’t sleep very well on planes.

    re TV shows, I enjoyed “Better Call Saul”, “Enterprise”, “Discovery”, “Once Upon a Time”, “Mr. Sunshine”,
    “the Expanse” and “Travelers”.

    the worst movie of the year for me was “Rage”, the best was “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “Manchurian Candidate,” the original movie.

    The best series was “Once Upon a Time” and “Mr. Sunshine”.

    Would love to see what my friends have watched. For the first time I tried to grade the movie/show. I have been binge watching a lot of shows as well as movies of course. Most were English movies, but I did see some Korean movies as well.

    For 2019 I hope to see a lot more movies as a megabox theater opened about one mile from my house. It has a great shabu shabu restaurant, will soon have a sauna and a bowling ally. I can see spending a lot of time there! saw Bohemian Rhapsody there on Christmas day.

    hope to hear from you regarding your own favorite movies of the year.

    Jake Cosmos Aller

    here’s the list of Movies Watched During 2018

    1. Once Upon a Time ABC mini-series a
    2. Taken Earth c
    3. Alice Through the Looking Glass b
    4. The Vault c too scary a movie
    5. GORA Turkish SF comedy c
    6. Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Men Tell No Tales b
    7. Cowboys Vs Dinosaurs b
    8. Enterprise complete season b
    9. Frequency series b
    10. Coverdale Paradox d

    On plane

    11. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (on plane) b
    12. Kong Island of Skulls (on plane) c
    13. GeoStorm (on plane) c

    Korea

    14. Lost and Found
    15. Beatriz at Dinner
    16. The Expanse Netflix Original b
    17. Discovery Netflix b
    18. Drone Wars c
    19. Prometheus Trap c
    20. Backway c
    21. The Mermaid b
    22. The Great Wall c
    23. Gold c
    24. King Arthur c
    25. The Legend of Zoro c
    26. Jumper c

    On Plane

    27. The Kingsman Golden Circle b
    28. King Arthur 2016 b
    29. The Black Panther a
    30. The Death Cure b

    In Korea

    31. Guardian of the Tomb 2018 Netflix c
    32. Timeless Series three seasons Netflix b

    On Plane

    33. Atomic Blond c
    34. Central Intelligence Agency b
    35. All the Money in the World b
    36. Molly’s Game b

    DC

    37. Erased b
    38. Bad Lieutenant c
    39. Bangkok Dangerous c
    40. Bodies of Lies b
    41. Princess Diary b
    42. Phenomenon a
    43. Do Over c

    On Plane

    44. Going Out in Style b
    45. Nice Guys b

    In Oregon

    46. Extinction b
    47. Beyond Skyline c
    48. Secret City one episode is enough
    49. Ripped c
    50. A Series of Unfortunate Events b
    51. Hamlet OSF A
    52. Revolutionary Road b
    53. The experimenter b
    54. Rage c
    55. Wild Oats c
    56. Jurassic Park Fallen Kingdom Eastern Market Cinema b
    57. Stasis b

    On Plane

    58. Han Solo b
    59. Rampage c
    60. Wrinkle in Time b
    61. Manchurian Candidate A

    Back in Korea

    62. Better Call Saul A
    63. Tau b
    64. Earth’s Final Hour c
    65. Get Out A
    66. Prometheus Trap b
    67. The Postman b
    68. Doc Holliday’s Revenge b
    69. The Horseman b
    70. Young Gun b
    71. Ballade of Buster Scruggs b
    72. Mr. Sunshine Korean TV mini-series A
    73. Travelers all three seasons b
    75. Bohemian Rhapsody Theater A
    76. The Happening 2008 movie b

    rotten tomatoes best movies of 2018

  • books read during 2018

    Jake Cosmos Aller 2018 Reading List

    I read a lot this year, completed 85 books, and started book reviews on Good Reads. As usual a very eclectic reading list. My goal for 2019 is 100 books including a lot more poetry, and short stories as I continue my publication quest, and I’d like to read a couple of books in Spanish and at least one in Korean. Would love to see what other people have read this year. One of my highlights was reading the entire “Oz” series, and re-reading Wind in the Willows.” The Oz stories have a hidden agenda, as the Land of oz is depicted almost like a communist paradise. I wonder why these books were not condemned at the time as being dangerously subversive?

    Drop me a line and lets chat about favorite books read.

    1. William Oday Darwin Protocol
    2. Steve Richer – the Kennedy Secret
    3. Steve Doucette The Space Ship Next Door
    4. Richard Dawkins the God Delusion
    5. David Baldacci End Game
    6. Blake Crouch Dark Matter
    7. Joe Hill Snap Shot
    8. Joe Hill Loaded
    9. Joe Hill Aloft
    10. Joe Hill Rain
    11. John Le Carre A legacy of Spies
    12. James Patterson Humans Bow Down
    13. Preston and Childs The Cabinet of Curiosities
    14. JL Bourne Tomorrow War YS too right wing a point of view but still decent
    15. Milton Collected Poems
    16. Nathan Van Coop In Times Like These
    17. Austin Dragon Liquid Cool
    18. Kim Stanley Robinson New York 2140
    19. William Johnstone The Doomsday Bunker
    20. David Cay Johnson Its Even Worst Than You Think What the Trump Administration is Doing to America
    21. Chris Fleur Little Blue
    22. Steven Vincent the Foundation
    23. Dinsel Noell White Rabbit
    24. Brad Taylor Ring of Fire
    25. Stephen Coots Liberty Last Stand
    26. Harry Turtledove Armistices The Hot War
    27. Seoul Survivor 2017-2018
    28. Brendan Dubois Resurrection Day
    29. Rachael Lee Crimson Code
    30. Graham the Wind in the Willows
    31. Stuart Woods Unbound
    32. John Grisham Sycamore Row
    33. John Grisham The Whistler
    34. Mike Bose Hidden Agenda
    35. Austin Dragon After Eden
    36. Alex Lukeman the Solomon Scroll
    37. Al Li Not a Memory Exactly
    38. Mt McGuire Few Are Chosen
    39. Mt McGuire The Wrong Stuff
    40. Nick Thacker The Jefferson Legacy
    41. Nick Thacker Relics
    42. Austin Dragon Blood Hollow
    43. Austin Dragon Through these Streets Darkly prequel to Liquid Cool
    44. Ernie Howard Midnight Portals – Short Stories
    45. Lost Templar Tom Harper
    46. James Becker Lost Treasures of the Templars
    47. Lincoln Cole Everett Exorcism
    48. Johann David Wyss Swiss Family Robinson
    49. Tom Harper Lost Temple
    50. James Becker Lost Treasure of the Templars
    51. William Shakespeare King Henry V – also saw at OSF
    52. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
    53. The Marvelous Land of Oz
    54. Ozma of Oz
    55. Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz
    56. The Road to Oz
    57. The Emerald City of Oz
    58. The Patchwork Girl of Oz
    59. Tik-Tok of Oz
    60. The Scarecrow of Oz
    61. Rintitink in Oz
    62. The Lost Princess of Oz
    63. The Tin Woodman of Oz
    64. The Magic of Oz
    65. Glinda of Oz
    66. Stuart Woods Unbound
    67. Stuart Woods The Money Shot
    68. David Baldacci The Fallen
    69. Randy Wayne white Caribbean rim
    70. Stephen King Full dark no stars
    71. Nick Jones the Unexpected Gift of Time
    72. Austin Dragon Tek Fail
    73. Ernest Dempsey Earnest Templar
    74. Lonely Planet guide Korea
    75. Lonely Planet Guide Seoul
    76. Howard Pyle Adventures of Robin Hood
    77. Brandon Ellis Atlantis
    78. Stephen Hawking Brief Answers to Big Questions
    79. Randy Wayne White Mangrove Lightning
    80. James Patterson Never Never
    81. Victor Cha the Impossible State
    82. Rick Wilson Everything Trump Touches Dies
    83. Steve Berry The Bishop’s Pawn
    84. AC Fuller The Anonymous Source
    85. Matthew Mather Darknet


    Reviews – Partial list

    Jake Aller’s Reviews > Tik-Tok of Oz

    Tik-Tok of Oz (Oz, #8)
    by
    L. Frank Baum
    Recommended for: fans of the oz books

    always loved the Oz Books. This is the sixth of the 24 I have read. I think I will go ahead and binge read the rest of the series. This particular book was a fun quick read and introduces the Tik Tok man the Shaggy Man, Cap Bill and Trot It also has a veiled satirical look at the society of the early 20th century. Oz is depicted almost as communist utopian society! Ruled by a benevolent dictator.
    Update: finished reading the rest of the series. The social criticism is there, buried here and there. I am surprised that the Oz stories were not banned by social conservatives!!!!

    The Solomon Scroll (The Project, #10)
    by
    Alex Lukeman (Goodreads Author)

    not too bad a thriller. In the genre of Don Brown’s thriller with a nice twist, involving an ancient religion, and some supernatural elements as well. An interesting nexus between Catholic conspiracies and Islamic terrorist organizations. The love scenes could have been drawn out a bit more. but overall I’d give it a solid B and would read more from this author in the future.

    Jake Aller’s Reviews > The Wind in the Willows

    The Wind in the Willows
    by
    Kenneth Grahame
    I first read this when I was 6 years old. Re-read it at age 62. Still fresh and lively and full of great language and vivid images. Strong characters especially Toad, Rat, Badger and the Mole. My favorite is probably the Rat. I can identify with him. There were several tangents that would have made a great sequel particularly the sea rat’s offer to Rat to join him on a voyage to the Southern seas.

    I also like the basic story line that humans and animals all lived together in relative harmony and understanding. That was a nice story line in and of itself. All in all, I can see why this story has remained a classic story.