The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie

directed by Martin Scorsese

180 minutes

Stockbroker Jordan Belfort (Leonardi DiCaprio) makes it big on Wall Street, starts a company that grows from nothing into something big. He hires a guys who know nothing about the stock market and turns them into the core of his operation. Belfort's ambitions know no bounds. He, his company, and his employees break all kinds of laws in doing business. The FBI and the SEC eventually investigate him and his company. He stays ahead of them for a while but he continues to conduct business in the same manner despite knowing that he's taking big risks.

My Royal Nemesis 1.05

Forbidden Fruit

Cha Se-gye confesses to Shin Seo-ri that he feels something for her. She does not reciprocate the feeling and asks him to leave. He walks out angrily. He is in a nasty mood the next day and takes it out on his employees including Son Jae-han. Cha Dai-su learns a little bit about Shin Seo-ri from Son Jae-han. Mun-do learns that Cha Dai-su has decided to name Cha Se-gye as his heir. Kang Dan-sim meets with the fortune teller and tells her of how she was sold to pay off her father's gambling debts.

Cha Se-gye chooses to fight fire with fire after someone posts a video online that make casts him and Biojei in a bad light. He takes some advice from Son Jae-han when it comes to dating and uses it to try to impress Shin Seo-ri. He reveals what he did and why he did it but she is not impressed. It gets her heart beating faster than normal but she doesn't want to reveal that fact to Se-gye.

Bleach 44 / 3.03

Ishida, The Utmost Limits of Power!

Uryū Ishida's battle with Mayuri Kurotsuchi continues. Uryū is till outmatched and decides to do something that his grandfather warned him against, he removes the Sanrei Glove. He is imbued with great power. Kurotsuchi senses the amount of power that Uryū now possesses and releases the second level of his Zanpakutō. Even that proves to be insufficient to stop Uryū but Kurotsuchi poisons Uryū before transforming himself into green goo and slithering away.

Nemu Kurotsuchi, Mayuri's lieutenant who is still partially paralyzed, offers Uryū the antidote. He graciously accepts it but even after drinking it he is still in bad shape. He limps towards the Seireitei only to encounter 9th Division Captain Kaname Tōsen.

Beetlejuice (1988)

Beetlejuice (1988)

starring Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Winona Ryder, Geoffrey Jones, Catherine O'Hara

directed by Tim Burton

92 minutes

Adam (Alec Baldwin) and Barbara Maitland (Geena Davis) die in a vehicle accident. Charles (Jeffrey Jones) and Delia Deetz (Catherine O'Hara) buy the home that used belong to the Maitlands, unaware that the two former residents are still there. Lydia (Winona Ryder), Charles daughter by a previous relationship, is the only one who can see Adam and Barbara. The two ghosts try haunting the house but Charles and Delia either ignore them or think that what the Adam and Barbara are doing is wonderful.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1.24

The Perfect Murder

starring Hurd Hatfield, Mildred Natwick

written by Victor Wolfson, Stacy Aumonier

directed by Robert Stevens

Brothers Paul (Hurd Hatfield) and Henri make plans to murder their Aunt Rosalie (Mildred Natwick) after she inherits a tidy sum of money. Paul is much more proactive than Henri but both of them contribute to the murder attempt. Paul's eagerness to do away with his aunt causes him to be a bit too over confident and costs him dearly.

Thoughts

This was fun although I don't think it had enough of a twist for me to call it a favorite. I very much enjoyed the performances by the two lead actors. I'm not sure if everyone would agree with me. 

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 2.17

Playing God

Arjin, a Trill host candidate, comes to Deep Space Nine to be mentored and evaluated by Jadzia Dax. Chief O'Brien deals with an infestation of voles aboard the space station. Jake admits to his father that he's in love with a Dabo girl.

Jadzia's initial evaluation of Arjin is that he isn't a good candidate to be a host. He seems to just be telling her what he thinks she wants to hear. Together they go into the wormhole, aboard the Mekong and pick up something on the outer hull of the runabout that Jadzia describes as space seaweed.

Jadzia studies the thing attached to the Mekong once they get back. It seems to be a proto-universe. It is expanding and threatens to destroy Deep Space Nine. There is some debate over what to do about it. Ultimately, despite not knowing what will happen, Sisko decides that it needs to be returned to the Gamma Quadrant.

Amazing Stories (1985) 1.08

Mr. Magic

starring Sid Caesar

written by Joshua Brand, John Falsey

directed by Donald Petrie

The career of stage magician Lou Bundles (Sid Caeser) is spiraling downward, after years of success, when he finds a deck of magic cards. They briefly revive his career but then he decides that it is time to retire.

Thoughts

There isn't much to this episode. The central conflict is internal as Lou struggles with aging and accepting that he is no longer the stage magician that he once was. The special effects probably looked very impressive in 1985 when this episode first aired but 41 years later they don't look all that special.