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TV Recap
Iben
Akerlie in
Haesjtaegg (s1e1)
(A
new Norwegian show that
debuted yesterday. Since
I left Norway more than
20 years ago, I'm not
sure about Norwegian
terms that have been
recently coined, but I
guess from the
pronunciation that it
must mean "Hashtag" )
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i-Lived
(2015)
Johnny's
comments:
i-Lived is a thriller
about Josh (Jeremiah
Watkins), a man who is
going through a bad patch
with no job, no money and
avoiding his landlord and
also recently broke up
with his cheating
girlfriend. He spends his
time reviewing apps to no
one and then he happens on
an app called i-Lived,
which attempts to improve
your life in a
goal-oriented fashion. One
night, Josh goes out to a
club with his friend Bobby
(Chris Mena) who has a
girl lined up for him, but
that falls through. But
then the i-Lived app
starts messaging him and
suggests that he pick up a
girl from the bar. He
decides on Greta (Sarah
Power) and manages to hit
it off with her. From
there, Josh follows the
advice of the app and
attempts to improve
himself, leading to more
time with Greta, a job
offer and remarkably his
mother's cancer going into
remission. Things are
going extremely well for
Josh until he decides to
unsubscribe from the app
and very quickly
everything goes to shit.
He loses Greta, his mother
takes a turn for the worse
and the job offer seems to
have never existed. Back
to where he was pre-app,
Josh desperately re-signs
to get his mother healthy
again, but the app begins
to make darker demands of
Josh including kidnapping
someone. And after reading
the terms of agreement, he
begins to think he's sold
his soul to the Devil.
When Josh kidnaps his
landlord, things start
looking up again, but is
it all worth it? Ah, the
old Faustian pact gets
another run in a movie,
always goes the same way
and never seems to end
well. Nothing new here,
well maybe that the Devil
comes in the form of a
phone app, but apart from
that you know the story.
Gets by fine and Sarah
Power is decidedly hot,
but there's really nothing
much more to recommend it.
Sadly, the source was
especially dark during the
sex scenes, so tough to
see all the good stuff
even after a significant
brightening of the source.
Thankfully, Sarah has a
great nude scene from her
appearance on
Californication if you
would like a better look.
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