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Thursday, March 20, 2014

HOUSE OF CARDS; Second Season (2014) A-

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I just finished the last of the 13 episodes of the second season of the TV series HOUSE OF CARDS produced by NETFLIX.

In the first season Congressman Francis Underwood embarks on a ruthless path to gain political power by manipulating a young reporter and other assorted colleagues. His wife Claire, (particularly unattractive from a personality standpoint), is a willing accomplice.

In this second season, the Underwoods continue their ruthless rise to power. New alliances form while old ones fall by the wayside due to the Underwoods' acts of deception and underhandedness. In this season Francis and Claire battle new threats to avoid losing everything.

The episodes of the second season were somewhat repetitive but watchable. The ruthlessness gets a little tedious at times (and I was going to rate it B) but the last episode of the season ended on a high note . . . depending on your viewpoint, and I gave it an A-

I expect there will be more episodes in the future because some of Underwoods dirty dealings have yet to be resolved and the ratings were probably very good.

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Warren is retired and lives in Florida where he runs a foreign movie program for adults. He subscribes to NETFLIX and uses Rotten Tomatoes as one of the sources for selecting movies to review.

Started watching movies at about eight years old and was strongly influenced by "Fantasia" for it's combination of music and fantasy. He was profoundly impacted in his early teen years by the social content in "I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG".

As a kid he used to enter the movie house in the middle of a double feature and leave when the movie reached the part where he came in. Loved serials and was able to see most double features for ten or twenty-five cents.

A graduate of Columbia University and City College of New York (CCNY), he strongly believes that good movies . . . with mature content . . . are a significant supplement to education and insight into the world around us. No egghead, he also believes that "It's A Wonderful Life", "Young Frankenstein", "The Producers", West Side Story", and "Seven Brides For Seven Brothers" are great films.