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📺 Washington vs. Ohio State – January 1, 2019 | ESPN

Watched Washington vs. Ohio State - January 1, 2019 from ESPN

Ohio State tops Washington 28-23 in Meyer's Rose Bowl finale

PASADENA, Calif. -- Urban Meyer says he decided to end his remarkable coaching career at Ohio State partly because of the stress inherent in this high-intensity job.

After his Buckeyes blew most of a 25-point lead in the fourth quarter and had to recover a last-minute onside kick to win the Rose Bowl, anybody could understand why this 54-year-old coach can't wait to retire.

But the stress is over. Meyer is going out at the top of his profession. And for the first time, he is a Rose Bowl champion.

What a great attempt at a comeback by Washington. Without the interception in the last minute things may have been quite different.

📺 “Chopped Junior” Why So Blue? | Food Network

Watched "Chopped Junior" Why So Blue? from Food Network
Directed by Michael Pearlman. With Ted Allen, Chris Santos, Ruben Studdard. A fun twist on a classic comfort food and pricey truffles in the appetizer round; large blue squash in the entrée round; out-of-this-world lollipops and green fruit in the dessert round; journalist Michelle Park, chef Chris Santos and Ruben Studdard are the judges.
They keep saying broccoli rabe and I’m hung up on thinking about The Office. It took me a minute, but then I remembered they did have a tangential character named Broccoli Rob.

📺 “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan” End of Honor | Amazon Prime

Watched "Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan" End of Honor from Amazon Prime
Directed by Patricia Riggen. With John Krasinski, Wendell Pierce, Abbie Cornish, Ali Suliman. After the horrific Paris church attack, Jack and Greer discover a deeper strategy behind Suleiman's actions, forcing Jack to suggest an unusual trap for him. Hanin faces new challenges in her quest for freedom.

📺 “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan” The Wolf | Amazon Prime

Watched "Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan" The Wolf from Amazon Prime
Directed by Daniel Sackheim. With John Krasinski, Wendell Pierce, Abbie Cornish, Ali Suliman. As Jack and Cathy grow closer, Jack's double-life is put to the test. A show of force from Suleiman adds to his ranks and brings him one step closer to his next attack.

📺 “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan” Black 22 | Amazon Prime

Watched "Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan" Black 22 from Amazon Prime
Directed by Patricia Riggen. With John Krasinski, Wendell Pierce, Abbie Cornish, Ali Suliman. Drone pilot Victor struggles with the immense responsibility attached to his job. Jack and Greer join French Intelligence officers on a mission to track down Suleiman's brother. Hanin is forced to make a dangerous decision for the sake of their children.

📺 “Jack Ryan” French Connection | Amazon Prime

Watched "Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan" French Connection from Amazon Prime
Directed by Daniel Sackheim. With John Krasinski, Wendell Pierce, Abbie Cornish, Ali Suliman. Jack and Greer decode a fresh piece of intel that takes them to Paris and one step closer to the elusive Suleiman. Hanin's husband returns home with a renewed fervor for his secretive mission, leaving her unsure of their family's future.

📺 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001) | Warner Bros.

Watched Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) from Warner Bros.
Directed by Chris Columbus. With Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Richard Harris, Maggie Smith. An orphaned boy enrolls in a school of wizardry, where he learns the truth about himself, his family and the terrible evil that haunts the magical world.

📺 Love Actually (2003) Universal

Watched Love Actually (2003) from Universal
Directed by Richard Curtis. With Hugh Grant, Martine McCutcheon, Liam Neeson, Laura Linney. Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.
This is always such a depressing sort of movie aside from one or two little bright spots, but who can resist watching it in the background while doing other things?

📺 “The Great British Bake Off” Final | Netflix

Watched "The Great British Baking Show" Final from Netflix
Spoiler alert:

I can’t believe that Rahul pulled it out after seeming to fall so far behind in the past week or so (at least based on the editing). His flavors and past performance seemed to have pulled him through though. I’ve been kind of irked at how they seem to only judge people on their current week’s performance without taking into account any of their past performance. Perhaps this episode marks a slight change?

🎞️ Mary Poppins Returns (2018) | Walt Disney Pictures

Watched Mary Poppins Returns (2018) from Walt Disney Pictures
Directed by Rob Marshall. With Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer. Decades after her original visit, the magical nanny returns to help the Banks siblings and Michael's children through a difficult time in their lives.

AMC Santa Anita 16, Westfield Santa Anita, 400 S Baldwin Ave., Arcadia, CA 91007

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Seat: Row TK, Seat TK

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Much more darkly lit and dingy-looking than the original, some good songs (though none as great as the original), but tremendously still bright and uplifting. How can you not have some hope after watching this?

Dick Van Dyke stole the show at the end. Miranda’s accent was for crap, but he had a generally nice turn; I also liked the magic of the lamplighters in place of the chimney sweeps. Blunt didn’t seem to have the cute whimsy of Andrews’ Mary Poppins.

Opening image of Marry Poppins Returns - the flame from a gas lamp
Opening image of Marry Poppins Returns: the flame from a gas lamp

📺 "The Great British Baking Show" Semi-Final: Patisserie Week | Netflix

Watched "The Great British Baking Show" Semi-Final: Patisserie Week from Netflix
It kills me that Rahul seems to have absolutely no confidence and it’s starting to kill him. He’s going to blow the whole thing after having had one of the better showings of any of the past several seasons.

📺 “The Great British Bake Off” Danish Week | Netflix

Watched "The Great British Baking Show" Danish Week from Netflix
Velkommen to Danish Week in the latest episode of The Great British Bake Off. The bakers face unfamiliar recipes as they battle to impress Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood. There's a bread challenge Signature where they must demonstrate style as well substance. Paul sets a spherical Technical - and with a place in the Bake Off Semi-final at stake, everyone is out to impress. And for their final ...

📺 “The Great British Bake Off” Vegan Week | Netflix

Watched "The Great British Baking Show" Vegan Week from Netflix
For the very first time on Bake Off, it's Vegan week. Prue and Paul have set three very different challenges to test the remaining bakers. A savoury pastry Signature, with no butter involved. A cracking Technical, with a very unusual ingredient. And finally, a spectacular Showstopper that, in the heat of the tent, threatens to lead to catastrophe. Who will keep their cool and win star baker? And ...