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490,691 | 33,913 | 162,462 | 9 |
Cicely's brilliant !
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With an all star cast , Cicely Tyson deserved at least an Emmy nomination for her performance as Flora Henning Palmer . The other cast members is Mario Van Peebles as her son , William Palmer , Queen Latifah as her granddaughter who has a baby boy and is in need of trouble . What does Grandma Flora do but bring them to her home in Stockton , Tennessee from the big city of Baltimore . She begins to tell her story in flashbacks . There is young Flora played brilliantly by Erika Alexander . Young Flora falls in love with the plantation owner's son who hires Flora to care for his elderly grandmother played memorably by Della Reese . Young Flora realizes that nothing can happen between them and she ends the relationship and he ends her employment . She ends back home in her parents ' shack . She gives birth to a baby boy that is ripped from her and given by force to his father . She is forced to leave town or her family would lose their farm . Young Flora falls in love again in a new town in Stockton , Tennessee on the road to Memphis when a railroad conductor suggests she stops in this town along the way . She stays , works , and gets married to cotton picker , Booker Palmer . They have a son and she works for a white woman in town who has a baby . When her husband doesn't get enough for his cotton , he resorts to stealing and he gets murdered for it by a white man who gets away with it . Their son Willie drops out of school and Flora is raising her niece since her sister died . There are unforgettable scenes like the one where Flora tries to write since she was never taught in school or when she is honored by her church who kept her going . I know the film may be stereotypical at times but Cicely rises above the occasion like phoenix . She is a just one of America's brilliant actresses who can take on any role and make it her own completely .
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490,473 | 33,913 | 93,693 | 9 |
You'll go overboard for more laughs and a good time
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Overboard is the kind of a fun movie to watch anytime . I saw it the movie theater 14 years ago . Today , I still watch it on television or on the video tape . It is truly a comedic classic not to be disregarded at all . It is truly funny , entertaining , and enlightening . If haven't seen it , you must for a good time . Great cast of actors and characters , I miss Roddy McDowall . I wished that Roddy got knighthood while he was alive . Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn have been together what must be like an eternity in Hollywood or at least a few years . Edward Herrmann has a great supporting role as Joanna's husband and Katherine Helmond from " Who's the Boss ? " plays Joanna's snobbish New Yorker mother . The story begins with rich Joanna wanting a closet for her shoes so she hires a local carpenter , Kurt Russell , who does not meet her criteria . She insults and mistreats him like an animal and refuses to pay him . When she falls overboard accidentally , she loses her memory . When Kurt's character finds out , he decides to bring her home and make her pay him back . The predictable event happens so watch and see and don't watch the butchered television version either .
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490,671 | 33,913 | 74,174 | 9 |
Nearly Perfect Sports Film even if you don't like Baseball !
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I am not a sports fan . I remember watching this film growing up . I remember the great Walter Mathau as the grumpy coach and Tatum O'Neal as the female pitcher . I enjoyed the relationship he had with the team especially Amanda . I also loved the theme music in the movie . The movie was well-regarded for many reasons particularly it's smart writing , great acting , and direction . I enjoy classic and this one is certainly a classic to be remembered . It's funny yet realistic and touching as the former major league player becomes the most unlikely coach of a losing baseball team . Mathau was perfect for this role . O'Neal shows how she won an Academy Award and the cast is well memorable as well . The film would come up with a series that didn't last as long because the magic just wasn't there .
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490,229 | 33,913 | 100,944 | 9 |
A Great Film for people of all ages !
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I never read the book and I don't care too . I love Mai Zetterling's performance as the beloved Norwegian grandmother who smokes cigars and tells tales about witches . Angelica Huston might have top billing but don't underestimate Zetterling's role in the film . It is her grandson played wonderfully by Jasen Fisher who appeared in Parenthood . Brenda Blethyn OBE plays Bruno's mother in the film and Jane Horrocks plays the assistant to the grand high witch played by Huston . Rowan Atkinson does a superb supporting role as the hotel manager , Mr . Springer . Roberta Taylor has a small role and so does Anne Lambton who later appeared as a maid in Dan Ackroyd's sitcom . Anyway , they are there to attend the grand high witch's annual meeting . Angelica Huston does a delicious job in playing such a character . I love the music too . It has a great sound and I hope there is a soundtrack out for it . Anyway , they begin the film in Bergen , Norway where grandmother Helga lives , her son and daughter-in-law are visiting grandma with Luke . The son and daughter-in-law go out for the night and never come home . Luke's grandmother takes him in . They move to her house in England where Luke attends a prep school chosen by his parents . Grandma and Luke take a weekend at the seaside in Cornwall , England where the witches are gathering for their annual meeting . The film is always worth watching . I hate the television versions where they edit out scenes . It's a delightful movie all around . I just had some questions that is why I am giving it a nine because I think there was more they were not telling us like what happened to Helga when she pursued the grand high witch and whatever happened to Erica . Who was the assistant to the Grand High Witch played by Jane Horrocks ?
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490,511 | 33,913 | 97,499 | 9 |
A fine Shakespeare film !
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I have to give this film a 9 because watching Emma Thompson and Dame Geraldine McEwan O . B . E . ( She declined both Damehood in 2002 and an O . B . E . in 1986 ) speaking French was laughable . It was uncomfortable seeing such British actresses speaking French . I know Emma was married to Kenneth BRanagh C . B . E . ( Who turned down that honor down in 1996 ) at the time of this film but still I wished he picked somebody French . There are plenty of qualified French actresses . Other than that , I liked Sir Derek Jacobi C . B . E . as the chorus which gave the film a narrator . Paul Scofield C . B . E . , C . H . ( he turned down knighthood 3 times because he didn't want to be called Sir Paul ) played a small role as the King of France and Emma's father in the film . Dame Judi Dench O . B . E . , C . H . had a small but acted divine in this film even with such a minor part . Her husband Michael Williams was also in there . Richard Briers O . B . E . , C . B . E . , has a great role and is one of Branagh's favorite actors . Branagh's role as Henry V and as director is commendable which earned his nominations for the Oscars as both actor and director . He looked so young and gorgeous in this film . You can't help but fall in love with him . In the same year , that Lord Laurence Olivier died , Kenneth BRanagh proved to be an exceptional successor to Shakespearan roles . I wish Branagh stretched his acting and directing talents to other roles . But still this film is worthy of watching . THe Oscar winning costumes by Phyllis Dalton M . B . E . is also worth mentioning . It was their only Oscar that night . Christian Bale has a small role in the film as well and so does Brian Blessed , another of Kenneth's favorites .
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490,713 | 33,913 | 824,045 | 9 |
Thanksgiving to Remember !
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It's the family's favorite holiday , Thanksgiving Day , with Aunt Effie on her way , Bubba in the holiday parade , Naomi's centerpiece , Iola's fish , and Thelma in the kitchen making turkey . It's a family holiday but it's one of the worst days regarding weather . Mama says it doesn't rain on Thanksgiving . Effie has brought her rum balls and Mama's gravy boat isn't on the table . When a tornado blows through Raytown , the family go to the basement hungry and bored . They play cards , argue , and try to find a way out after they stuck down there . It would have been nice if a relative telephoned like Eunice , Ed , Ellen , Buzz , or Sonja or even have them visit for the day . Still , it's a memorable episode and one of my favorites .
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490,444 | 33,913 | 169,547 | 9 |
Just about a perfect film !
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I would give it a 10 but I still think it should have been another actor to win best actor that year . Yes , Kevin Spacey did a brilliant job in this role . He always gives his best in any role . He lives to act in my opinion . Contrary to other people's opinions . He puts 100 percent in the film and he will go down as one of the great American actors in history . Well anyway , I still think and believe that another actor like Richard Farnsworth should have won for his role in Straight Story because it was his last great role and he has spent a lifetime in the movie industry but that's my only complaint . I do have another complaint and that's the gay couple that lived next door . They just seemed almost functional in my opinion in a neighborhood where straight families are generally dysfunctional in the first place . I don't believe there is anything functional about any family regarding their sexual orientation - - straight or gay . Everybody's dysfunctional , it would have been nice to see some of it in the gay couple . They just seemed too happy if you know what I mean . Well anyway that's another little problem with the film but it's otherwise a great film overall . I think Annette Bening should have won Best Actress Oscar beating Hilary Swank who won for Boys ' Don't Cry that year . Again she was beaten for her role in Being Julia . Kind or ironic ? Annette is brilliant . Sam Mendes has a tough act to follow after winning his first Academy award for his first film . Anyway , I thought Mena Suvari and Thora Birch were pretty good in their roles . I didn't even recognize the great Allison Janney as the depressed wife next door . Maybe her son should give her his stuff to make her happy . She's almost zombie like . I love the scene at the drive-thru restaurant . That's American suburbia in my opinion . I loved Peter Gallagher in his small role . I did feel that the main characters did love each other despite their problems . It's heartbreaking at the end of the film . A great film like this makes you think about your life in suburbia or anywhere . Is anybody really happy ? Why do we take on roles like working at jobs we hate and pretend to be happy ? That's what American Beauty is really about , are we really happy in our lives ? Maybe not as much as we could be . I think everybody can be a great actor or actress-pretending to be happy in an unhappy world called the living . Not to sound depressing but when I saw Carolyn trying to sell a house . The scene of her breaking down and crying was the heartache of life in general . It didn't matter if it was the city , suburbia or rural . Maybe it's a film about materialism , Even the rich aren't really happy , neither is the poor .
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489,763 | 33,913 | 74,328 | 9 |
A Decent Columbo
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William Shatner is best known as Captain James T . Kirk from his Star Trek days . Now he is considered one of Canada and America's finest actors on television to date in his role as Denny Krane on the ABC hit drama , Boston Legal , with Emmy winners , Candice Bergen and James Spader . Anyway he plays an actor who kills his agent rather than be blackmailed by her . The best and most memorable moments in this episode are between Peter Falk and William Shatner's characters . Later , William Shatner guests again and of course as the prime suspect . But Columbo is always entertaining whether by meeting people in the entertainment industry or anywhere else , he always takes an interest in them and this episode is no different .
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490,051 | 33,913 | 58,805 | 9 |
A Very Smart Series !
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Get Smart was a popular series and no wonder it was created by the geniuses of Buck Henry and Mel Brooks . The show stars the late and beloved Don Adams as the bumbling Maxwell Smart , a government agent , with his female partner and love interest played by the wonderful Barbara Feldon . The show has been made into a movie like Bewitched and others . One of the reasons that Get Smart was a very smart show was that it didn't take itself too seriously and we enjoyed watching Smart and his fellow agent getting into all sorts of trouble during the cold war era . The show did not have a studio audience despite it was a comedy series . The show thrived in syndication where I watched it as a child . They don't offer us that anymore and I miss it terribly . The kids today don't know what it is like to wake up and watch Get Smart and the other comedies .
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490,054 | 33,913 | 78,703 | 9 |
Classic British Comedy !
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To the Manor Born is about how old money and new money don't necessarily mix very well . The show stars the wonderful Penelope Keith CBE OBE ( a comedy veteran ) who plays Audrey Fforbes Hamilton who represents old money and Peter Bowles as Richard Devere who represents new money . After Audrey's husband and lord of the manor has died much to Audrey's dismay , they didn't have a good marriage . She lets out a scream that she finally free to rule the Manor . Unfortunately , Audrey learns that she is in debt after his death . She must sell her beloved home to Richard Devere , a self-made millionaire entrepreneur who really is both Czech and Polish heritage . She sells but she moves close by and is still active in her community with her best friend played by a terrific actress whose name I can't remember . Daphne Heard plays the wonderful foreign born mother of Richard . The episodes are all classically funny and it is one of Britain's best exports . Penelope Keith is one of Britain's brilliant funny ladies up there with Patricia Routledge CBE OBE and Dame Judi Dench .
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490,785 | 33,913 | 91,778 | 9 |
Same Gang ! Same Story !
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The first Poltergeist was so popular that they were compelled by financial reasons to make a sequel . Well the Freeling family has moved in with Grandma played beautifully by the wonderfully missed Geraldine Fitzgerald . They have no television set for the obvious reasons . Of course , Dana Freeling played by Dominique Dunne was not recast . Maybe she went off to College but I think it was kind of them not to recast the role as Dominique's tragic death . Anyway , Julian Beck who was dying when he was filming this role plays an important part . His character follows the family and causes trouble . Heather O'Rourke is still as cute as ever in her role as Carol Ann and Oliver Robins plays her brother in the film again . Craig T . Nelson and Jobeth Williams reprise their roles as done Zelda Rubenstein , the psychic , and the guy who played the Indian has an important role in making the strange occurrences go away . There are some changes and the story is not as good as it could have been but if you are Poltgergeist die-hard fans out there .
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490,781 | 33,913 | 69,905 | 9 |
Lovely but Lethal is Classic !
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My biggest complaint is that we don't see much of Vera Miles anymore acting wise . She really holds this Columbo episode together . As the main character , Vivika Scott , she really brings her to life better than anybody else around . Sian Barbara Allen who plays the female spy with some suspicious tendencies toward Vivika . I do not know whether she is coming on to her or wants to be more like her . Her character is quite interesting . Vincent Price is exceptionally wonderful in his small supporting role as Vivika's main competitor . A young Martin Sheen is fabulous as the young chemist who wants more from the possible youth cream . There are some lighthearted moments like when Columbo visits Vivika's fat farm . The episode could have been longer too and that is one of my biggest complaints with it . It could have been a better two hour episode than ninety minutes on a Saturday afternoon . I always enjoy Columbo at that time . Vera Miles role as Vivika Scott is memorable for her fans . I only wish Vera Miles would act more even now .
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490,248 | 33,913 | 69,904 | 9 |
Simply worth watching !
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What a cast of actors and actresses in this Columbo episode , beside Peter Falk , you have Julie Newmar , Jeannette Nolan , Martin Landau as twins . Anyway , the old uncle dies mysteriously and it looks like a heart attack on the bicycle discovered by his fiancé , Julie Newmar , who plays the role so deliciously . Jeannette Nolan plays the other woman of the house , the housekeeper who prides herself on her talents and chides Columbo's sloppy and often typical behavior with his cigar . Martin Landau plays identical twins in this one . Each who accuse the other of murdering their uncle for money . Well , you'll just have to watch and see the outcome but I can assure you that it's always worth watching this one for the cast and the crew .
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490,275 | 33,913 | 58,796 | 9 |
Still Entertaining after 40 years !
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The Days of Our Lives may not be the best soap on the air but it is certainly one of the most entertaining hours of television . You can't take this show seriously because it's outrageous . My family and I have watched this show for 20 plus years for the sheer enjoyment and entertainment value . We knew John Aniston before he was Jennifer Aniston's father as Victor Kiriakis . We love Frances Reid as the beloved matriarch Alice Horton . Deirdre Hall still looks great in her 50s . You could dress her in rags and she'll still look great . The cast has featured long term actors and actresses in roles we love . We love these couples too . Of course , you can't take anything on this show seriously but that's because we already take life too seriously . The show has one of the strongest fan bases around . If you want to argue , just go look at the results of the Soap Opera Digest Awards . Days has swept those award ceremonies for years . Who cares if the story lines are ridiculous like Marlena's possession and that she was the secret killer of so many beloved characters on the show . Ironically , they all went to a secret island somewhere like Lost long before that show came on the air . I was just happy that they were alive somewhere that I didn't care about the logic of it . We wanted them to be alive living somewhere . The show will never be the classic like Young and the Restless has been over the years . If you want fun , you will watch Days of Our Lives because regardless of the show's story lines which are outrageous , the cast pulls it off better than any ensemble around . NBC , if you are reading , soaps are a part of the American culture and should be around forever .
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490,431 | 33,913 | 85,106 | 9 |
There here for all the wrong reasons !
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Aliens and their spaceships circle the major cities above the earth before they land . Of course , they have their real motives which are far more disastrous for us humans . They want our water and they need food but beneath their skins , lie an iguana and lizardlike complexion . Not only that , they talk funny like with a second tongue . In this mini-series , they first appear friendly but they are deadly . It takes Marc Singer and Fay Grant to see through their phony lies and pretense regarding the aliens desire to maintain their existence . How will they fight aliens who are far more super technological than we are ? With all the controversy regarding UFOs , it is no wonder why they are so afraid of turning up on earth and becoming lab experiments .
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489,893 | 33,913 | 181,201 | 9 |
I'll still watch it again
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I have seen this miniseries twice on American Women's Movie Network . I never even heard of Diana Dors and I am saddened to know about her too late and her difficult life . Diana Dors never even earned a British National Honour like a C . B . E . ( Commander of the British Empire ) which is sad enough and tragic too . She deserved it for being an actress , singer , and model . We watch her grow up from a young pretty girl to the British version of Marilyn Monroe . Diana married and was widowed before she met husband number two and had two sons with him . When she returns to England , she is paired up with a young actor , Alan Lake , and the two are truly soul mates despite his alcoholism . It is nice to see one celebrity marriage to last as long as they did .
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490,540 | 33,913 | 78,607 | 9 |
Sheer Entertainment !
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I remember growing up and watching the Dukes of Hazzard on Friday nights before Dallas and Falcon Crest . The Duke boys were southern rebels . Of course , I grew wishing to be Daisy Duke . I loved Uncle Jesse played by Denver Pyle . I loved Sorrell Brooke in his white clothes . Of course , Enos was lovable . Who could forget his dog ? He was a hush puppy . I remember the auto mechanic who was the friend to the Duke boys . I loved the theme song played I believe by Waylon Jennings , the country star . Who could forget those awesome car chase or the way the Duke boys slid in and out of cars ? They never opened the doors but slid in and out . I always wanted to do that myself . I always thought those Duke boys were the sexiest men on television . They made a cinema film but you can't imagine anybody else playing those roles .
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490,651 | 33,913 | 317,124 | 9 |
Almost a Canadian Masterpiece !
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The main reason that I am giving it a is because we never really know what happens to everybody else who survives . It would have been nice to know what happened to Tom and Vincent . I didn't know they were brothers until I read it here . The film opens with silver tongue blonde attractive man who flirts with the people from the wrong side of the tracks . We see another side of Canada , the New Brunswick province . I love Canada too ! This film is well-orchestrated with Peter Outerbridge as evil Everett . Elaine Cassidy is great as Carrie . I didn't know the year until the end of the film . I knew it was about the early 1980s judging from their cars . Madonna and Silver's sibling relationship is complicated and only furthered by Silver's involvement in a tragedy which I won't mention . Anyway , a drug deal sinks off the coast of Prince Edward Island and gone are thousands of possible dollars that the gang otherwise would never get their hands on . There is a lot going on in this sleepy town . I have to say that it was worth buying . I don't get to see much of Canadian cinema in New Jersey that I picked it up at a drug store for a dollar . It is truly one of the better movies I have seen in years .
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490,326 | 33,913 | 67,778 | 9 |
Moving , controversial but lovable film
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Louis Malle perhaps has directed his most controversial film about Laurent and his complicated relationship with his mother . Because he is the youngest of three boys , he is still a virgin and coddled like the family baby . The film seems to last forever but in a beautiful moving way . We watch as his beautiful Italian vivacious mother seems to attract admirers even her own son . Without discussing the film's oedipal issues , the film has some very pleasant scenes and some that are not so pleasant . Maybe Malle is trying to bring reality of a young body's sexuality . His two older brothers are not the sympathetic or kind older brothers to him especially . Laurent is truly the film's most important character but his mother is definitely the most important figure in his life . As he comes of age , she has to grasp with losing him to another woman , the inevitable outcome of any mother-son relationship . We learn a lot about Laurent's mother too in this film . While sexuality is another theme in this classic film , there are touching scenes between the Laurent and his mother . As he finds himself attracted to other women , he becomes daring , insulting and even unlikable . I won't give away the ending of this film . But it's worth watching even today more than 30 years later , I cannot believe it's older than me . It seems like it could have been done today and that's why it's a classic film .
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490,067 | 33,913 | 87,482 | 9 |
Way ahead of it's time !
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Drew Barrymore is probably one of the youngest actresses to receive a Golden Globe nomination for her performance in this film . This role came after her ET fame , remember her as little Gertie . Pity the other stars in that Spielberg film never became the household name that surprisingly that Drew has accomplished . She has got quite a pedigree with the Barrymore legacy . Despite her personal problems , Drew really is a solid actress with a lifetime behind her . Anyway , I never saw this film until Sunday . I remember it being out but I have to say when I was 11 years old , I wanted to be Drew Barrymore ( that was before I knew what happened to her ) . So I guess , I didn't watch it out of envy . I like the casting of Shelley Long who is probably one of the greatest female comediennes of our time who never gets enough work in my opinion to let her talents shine . She can do both drama and comedy equally well . She combines them both in this role as a desperate housewife turned writer . I like the way the film is set up with blame on both father and mother . Sharon Stone debuts in this film too . Ryan O'Neal is worth mentioning because I don't think he was acting in this film . It just hit too close to home . SO you want a good comedy from the eighties , this is pretty good . It's probably a classic compared to contemporary comedy that has become both vulgar and profane .
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490,811 | 33,913 | 215,111 | 9 |
a beautiful film
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I really loved this film . It is beautifully done with a stellar cast of actors and actresses . The countryside setting is beautiful and heavenly . A touching story of a rich family who becomes poor and loses their father to prison . Their relationship with Sir Richard Attenborough's character is charming , delightful , and wishful . The children seek escape from their problems at the railroad tracks . By a simple wave , they begin a wonderful relationship . Sir Richard is more like a Santa Claus character and he does his humanly best to help them . It doesn't matter by the end , that they still live poorly than before as long as they're still together . I would strongly recommend this film version and the Edith Nesbit book to teachers and their English classes . I think they would benefit it form it .
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490,182 | 33,913 | 340,855 | 9 |
A Depressing Story of Aileen Wuornos !
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I don't know why Aileen Wuornos , American female serial killer , gets more attention than others like Sante Kimes and Karla Homolka . She has a terrible childhood which included abuse of all kinds including sexual , physical , and psychological . Aileen is a tragic figure of society while Charlize Theron plays her quite brilliantly as a sad , tragic figure also a murderer . Most serial killers like Gacy and Bundy are remorseless and refuse to admit any wrong doing but not Aileen who finally confesses to murdering her johns but the motives are vague and unclear . She was probably threatened psychologically from childhood trauma . Unlike most serial killers , she was a detached killer who shot and robbed her victims who were mostly men . The film shows the men in a sympathetic light which is right in this case . The victims deserve sympathy while I feel sympathy for Aileen who I had trouble watching this film because she is so tragic and humanized by Theron's performance . In the end , she faces her fate while most killers sentenced to death fight all the way . Aileen stops the appeals because she wants to face her penalty . Even her relationship with SHelby whose named was changed shows that Aileen did have a conscience and the ability to love that few serial killers or sociopaths are capable of to do at all .
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490,602 | 33,913 | 85,050 | 9 |
Nobody does it like Mama !
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Of all the Carol Burnett show sketches , Mama's family was always my favorite with Eunice and Ed . When it came on television in NBC primetime , it stayed on for two seasons . It was worth watching a dysfunctional family like the Harpers for a change . No , the Harper's are not perfect but nobody else is . Perhaps the fact that the Harpers were really one of the first dysfunctional families in prime time television . I liked Rue McClanahan and Betty White as Aunt Franny and snobby Ellen on Mama's Family more than on the Golden Girls . I love watching the Harpers on TBS . After its prime time cancellation , they resurfaced in syndication and stayed on for a few more seasons . It is wonderful to have them again . I didn't care so much about the changes because they came back in syndication . Granted , I would have loved to see Eunice , Ed , Ellen , Buzz and Sonja again but it's better than not having anything . It shouldn't have been cancelled in the first place . So when they returned to They are Midwestern family , middle class , and highly dysfunctional but if they were functional than there would be no reason to watch this show but still it's worth to watch Mama and take a few lessons from the pro .
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490,505 | 33,913 | 140,379 | 9 |
A great classic Shakespeare film !
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I believe that this film version of William Shakespeare's classic , " A Midsummer's Night Dream " is better than the 1968 Royal Shakespeare film version . Now I am not saying that the acting is much better , it could fare better with this cast like Kevin Kline , Michael Tucci , Calista Flockhart , Michelle Pfeiffer , David Straitharn , and others to mention . The quality of this film is superior to the 1968 version starring Dame Judi Dench C . H . , Dame Diana Rigg C . B . E . , and Dame Helen Mirren . The quality is shown by the location , costumes , and the expense it took to make this film look first rate . It tries to be faithful to the text and I believe it is more than satisfactory . I hope this film version is shown in schools because I believe that if you are going teach Shakespeare that you should do both comedy and tragedy . His comedies like " Much Ado About Nothing " and " A Midsummer's Night Dream " shows Shakespeare's sense of humor and playfulness with the living as opposed to watching a tragedy . Most high schools are working on the tragedies like Romeo and Juliet , Hamlet , Macbeth , and Julius Caesar but I think they should also do one comedy for each tragedy than maybe students would not cringe with distaste over doing Shakespeare at all . I gave it a 9 because I think the acting could have been better or improved .
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489,856 | 33,913 | 56,869 | 9 |
When Birds go Wild ! ! !
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The Birds is a Hitchcock classic but I never understood why the birds attacked people in the first place . After all , they can go anywhere thanks to their flying capabilities . Tippi Hedren plays the female who travels to a small Northern California town from San Francisco to deliver love birds to a young girl played by Veronica Cartwright who becomes a great actress as an adult as she was a child . My biggest complaint is why the birds go mad in the first place . I admire Hitchcock for all his genius but I never get an answer and it's still an enjoyable movie . Maybe we just have to figure it out for ourselves or maybe we should stop abusing our habitat . The supporting cast includes Morgan Brittany , Darlene Conley , and Suzanne Pleshette as a school teacher .
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489,957 | 33,913 | 85,044 | 9 |
Worth Watching ! ! !
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I watched the Kennedy Miniseries last Saturday on the History Channel . Blair Brown made a perfect Jackie Kennedy in very way but voice . She recreated that presence . I also loved watching Ellen Parker , a New York Stage actress and Guiding Light Emmy Winner as Mrs . Bobby Kennedy . Geraldine Fitzgerald made the perfect choice to play Rose Kennedy in every way . She should have won an Emmy for it . Martin Sheen really perfected the Boston accent and was the perfect choice to play a President many years later on the West Wing . Even Kelsey Grammar had a bit part . I enjoyed Vincent Gardenia's performance as J . Edgar Hoover ( They should change the name of the FBI building because of him ) . I now really believe that he had something to do with the Kennedy assassinations . Overall , the seven hours flew by . Everything appeared near perfect . I am giving it a 9 because I think it could have used some editing but it is still worth watching any day . I also give it a 9 because I think they left out some scandalous activity in the Kennedy family . I think the world loves the Kennedys because they America's unofficial royal family . Now that they are so few of them , it makes us miss them ever more .
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490,739 | 33,913 | 96,018 | 9 |
Rest in peace , River , We still miss you
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Before the Riches on television , Judd Hirsch and Christine Lahti play Hippy refugees trying to raise their two sons on the run from the law while they can escape their past . River Phoenix is the older son and has to choose between running with his parents or pursuing a college career . Martha Plimpton , his real life love , plays his on screen love interest as well . This film earned River , his Oscar nomination . Unfortunately , River died of a drug overdose at an early age . In the few films including this one , River showed his range of talent and his ability to make you laugh and cry all at once . I could see why Martha considered him the love of her life as I'm sure he was to her . I still recall them in the teen magazines and tabloids . I only wished the two of them would have had a future together . This film will only remind of a great loss that was utterly senseless as well .
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490,844 | 33,913 | 642,374 | 9 |
16 years of wedded bliss !
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Al and Peggy Bundy celebrate their 16 year wedding anniversary . While trying to keep it low key , Peggy is encouraged by Marcy to have a celebration . She hires a caterer , a violinist , and invites friends to the event like Steve and Marcy and Luke Ventura , Al's co-worker . All is fine because Al is planning to buy a watch for his wife . The only problem is that his credit limit is maxed out and he doesn't know why until he comes home to a surprise anniversary party . There are some key moments in this episode especially the scene at the jewelry store and how the violinist used to work as a clown at children's parties . When Al comes home empty-handed , Peggy is rightfully upset because he doesn't have a present for her .
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489,839 | 33,913 | 329,824 | 9 |
Give this Man , his Emmy !
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Dr . Phil McGraw may not be one of my favorite talk show hosts but I do respect him as a serious psychologist who does his best to help his guests and his audience as well . Regardless of how you feel about his mentor , Oprah Winfrey , Dr . Phil has come into his own with this show . He tries to reason and help families dealing with relationships and issues about trust and boundaries . Sometimes , I don't think we set our boundaries or think about trusting our family members . We do relate because we have all had relative abuse our trust and cross the boundaries . Some of his shows have in-laws in battle which can seem fiercer than actual war battles . Dr . Phil spends an hour giving us the television therapy we need in our lives if we choose to watch him . If not , watch something else instead but please , he deserves an Emmy for always performing consistently .
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490,464 | 33,913 | 390,776 | 9 |
A Smart Television Show about Dumb Hollywood !
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This morning , the show displayed two of Hollywood's expert insiders on the business of movie-making , Peter Bart , and the other guy whose name escapes me . They were discussing about why the Oscars were so bad this year with low ratings . Of course , if you had Larry the Cable Guy , Jeff Foxworthy , Ron White , and Bill Engle as hosts of the Oscars or any awards show , maybe the ratings would have increased . The movies were not that great last year for starters . It was kind of a bad year in the film industry . As an outsider since I live and work outside of the industry but I have observed the entertainment industry since I was a kid . I do believe that most of us outside of Hollywood and New York City are somewhat disenfranchised and disenchanted with the industry itself . People like myself have other concerns . Of course , we go to the cinema to escape reality but we don't need to be preached too . I'm still puzzled why Sicko lost in the best documentary category . When you look at television programming in particular , there is this enormous focus on sexuality in almost every television show whether sitcom or drama . There is a recession going on right now . 50 million people by liberal estimates are uninsured . The gas prices are rising and there is two wars that America is fighting in . At home , there is a war between the elitist liberals and I include myself as a liberal lefty in that category but I have tried to understand where people are coming from . While the same disenfranchised hard-working people are struggling to survive , they are constantly reminded of issues that don't concern . They are being preached too like children . The audiences today are quite sophisticated with internet and computers anyway . I don't want to spend time and money on a film that will only depress me . I want to escape after all away from the sad reality that faces me outside the theater . Instead of trying to come up with bad movies , maybe Hollywood should swap lives with hard-working middle class people . That would be a great television show or movie I can watch .
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489,999 | 33,913 | 948,539 | 9 |
Has anybody seen the Australian version ? Give this show a chance !
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I liked Kath and Kim , the Australian version , and I have two DVD sets which I can't watch in America because of the regional difference in my DVD player . The show is about mother , Kathleen Day , played by Molly Shannon , and her daughter Kimberly , played by Selma Blair . Both are somewhat self-centered , vain , and totally into themselves . The pilot opens up where after 6 weeks of marriage , Kim and Craig have split up because she won't do anything like cook for him . Kim thinks of herself as the trophy wife who doesn't have to do anything but things are done for her . It's part of how her mother Kath have spoiled her . In the Australian version , there was Sharon , an overweight enthusiastic athletic woman , who is Kim's best friend and ally . The show tries to maintain the quality but it's more Americanized for audiences . Kath falls for the guy who runs the sandwich shop and Kim and Craig try to repair their marriage . Now there is a lot of silliness and quirkiness but I say give it time to let them grow on you . You might like this show .
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490,478 | 33,913 | 171,580 | 9 |
Go Nurse Betty !
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Rene Zellweger is truly a wonderful actress both comically and dramatically as well . In this bizarre scripted film , she witnesses her husband's murder by Morgan Freeman and his sidekick Chris Rock , a great pair of actors . Despite all the seriousness , this movie is also a comedy as well . Rene's character believes that she is truly Nurse Betty and goes to Los Angeles where her favorite soap is filmed . Greg Kinnear plays the man of supposed affection . Alison Janney has a supporting memorable role as the producer of the soap but she's also acted on Guiding Light as a Ginger , the tall lanky maid for Alexandra Spaulding ( Marj Dusay ) and butting heads with Roger Thorpe ( played by the late Michael Zaslow ) . Anyway , Janney and Kinnear manipulate the Nurse Betty situation . Her character settles into a new life and this belief that she will be part of this soap's life . Of course , the story is not perfect and Nurse Betty comes to her senses before it's too late . It's worth watching but mental illness isn't something to be used as running joke . Zellweger makes us care for a character who has experienced a trauma of witnessing her husband's murder .
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490,843 | 33,913 | 642,325 | 9 |
Steve and Marcy babysit Bud and Kelly !
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The Bundys would like to get away so Al can watch a boxing match but they don't have cable . The Rhoades suggest a motel in Wisconsin for the weekend . The only problem are the kids so the Rhoades volunteer to babysit and do the things that the book suggests they do in child-rearing . Bud , Kelly , and the dog Buck come over and Kelly says " it's like death here . " While the Rhoades try to play the role of parents , it's a lot more than they bargained for as Bud and Kelly are there . They are not interested in playing Trivial Pursuit with the Rhoades . Kelly asks if her friends can come over and they are a delightful group . Liane Curtis who was in Sixteen Candles plays one of her friends . They are the kind of bunch that could wreck a house . So when the Bundys announce that they are coming home early , the Rhoades allow Kelly to have a party so they wouldn't have to babysit them anymore .
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490,439 | 33,913 | 299,658 | 9 |
A Warning to Men : This could happen to you !
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I think men don't have any idea about women . We don't ask for much - - love , respect , honesty , truth , understanding , sympathy , and we don't get it . When you screw with women , this could happen to you . The characters of Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart are quite unique - - they are played beautifully by Oscar nominee Renee Zellwegger and Oscar winner , Catherine Zeta Jones Douglas . I have to say that Richard Gere was robbed again of an Oscar nomination for his performance as Billy Flynn . Bob Fosse would be proud of this film . It incorporates his dance style which is darkness , black , hats , and just similar to Cabaret , one of the greatest musical films of all time . New York City Columnist , Cindy Adams has named this film one of her all time favorites . The movie was long overdue in the first place . Yes , it's dark and morbid . I can't forget Oscar nominee Queen Latifah as the prison matron . She did a good job . I like the fact that the film was not that much different than the musical . I can't imagine the musical to be any better than the film . For men out there , treat your ladies or significant others right or this could happen to you .
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490,122 | 33,913 | 109,348 | 9 |
Great but not one of my favorites from Woody Allen !
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This film is typical of Woody Allen's brilliance . He creates the scene about 1920's New York theater scene with scene stealer Dianne Weist who wins her second academy award again with Woody Allen plays a theater dame with a grandiose presence who takes on John Cusack's character . Of course , the play has problems getting produced . They filmed it at the real Belasco Theater in New York where I saw Jackie with Margaret Colin in 1997 . Of course , that's what makes Woody Allen's films special is that he always films it in New York . I don't recall him as an actor in this film . He was wise enough to pass the role over to Cusack who does a superb job playing Woody's younger self . Anyway , Tilly does a terrific job playing an annoying and terrible actress but girlfriend of a mobster . What she wants is what she usually gets . First rate cast with Chaz Palminteri who was nominated along with Tilly for supporting acting Oscars . I hope Woody Allen will finally be recognized for his genius and get top honors like the National Medal of the Arts and honored by the Kennedy Center finally for his work . Nobody does New York like Woody Allen , of course , we all would like a bit of diversity in his films .
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490,414 | 33,913 | 109,340 | 9 |
Albert Finney Shines in this Film !
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The cast of the recently updated " The Browning Version " based on a play by the late Sir Terence Rattigan includes Albert Finney , Sir Michael Gambon , Greta Scacchi , and American actor , Matthew Modine . The film is first rate in art direction , costumes , and sets . The film's adaptation from the play is loosely based . Albert Finney deserved an Oscar nomination for playing Andrew Crocker Foster , a retiring Classics instructor at a private boys ' school in England . His wife , Laura , is unhappy and carrying on with Modine's character , a science instructor . The scenes with Finney and the boy playing Taplow are unforgettable and probably the finest . This film is a quiet gem and highly underrated . It should be considered a classic because it's well done without over-doing it with theatrics . The film's subtle and goes by pretty fast as well .
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489,755 | 33,913 | 642,348 | 9 |
Who's Afraid of Al Bundy ?
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The pilot episode of this show reminded me of the Edward Albee's play , " Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf ? , " but funny and worth watching . Al and Peg Bundy are a veteran married couple with two children in Chicago , Illinois . Al gets tickets to a basketball game thanks to his co-worker and single guy but Peggy has other plans including inviting their new neighbors , Steve and Marcy Rhoades , who happen to be newlyweds to their home for the evening . Peggy reminds Al , " The credit cards are in our name . The checkbook is in our name and the stores are still open . " Al already is upset that he can't go to the game . The newlyweds played by David Garrison and Amanda Bearse do an excellent and believable job . The kids , Kelly and Bud , aren't the most delightful around . This show was the beginning of the dysfunctional family sitcoms . It was the virtual opposite of the popular family sitcoms of the day . We don't have many family sitcoms any more . Maybe that's why I'm nostalgic for it .
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489,753 | 33,913 | 642,241 | 9 |
Bela after Lugosi , no Abzug !
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There have been burglaries in the neighborhood . While Al and Peggy are ready to get it on the couch , they are greeted the neighborhood watch . This time , it's the Rhoades house that gets burgled stealing their answering machine and Marcy replies " God knows who called . " Instead of getting a gun like the Bundys , the Rhoades get a big dog named Bela after Abzug , the feminist , but he won't wear her famous hat . Bela is impossible and complaints file from the neighbors because of the dog's constant barking . The Rhoades haven't had a burglary but Bela has a bigger problem . As Al says when the Rhoades ask for more dog food , " What's the matter , the cat wasn't enough for him ? " and Steve replies " that cat was taunting him . " Anyway , the Bundys use the gun when they hear a noise and it could be a burglary . There is a casualty and you guess who that was .
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490,055 | 33,913 | 83,413 | 9 |
Always funny and memorable to watch
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I get nostalgic about television shows like Family Ties . It was based around two parents who graduated University of California at Berkeley in the sixties . It was wise to have their eldest son , Alex P . , to be on the opposite fence of politics . ALex with his tie and pictures of Ronald Reagan and Nixon . His younger sister , Mallory , played well by Justine Bateman cares more about fashion than grades or Alex's politics . It's great watching these two in action . The younger sister , Jennifer , develops from a young girl to an independent adolescent . There were always two story lines going on in every episode . Marc Price's SKippy is priceless for a thankless job . Scott valentine plays Mallory's boyfriend , Nick , a painter who never finished high school . Some of the best moments in this series happens after Nick enters the Keatons lives and his relationship with them . The mixture of great characters with witty dialogue . You can't stop laughing when Mr . Keaton tries to apologize to Nick in a ladies ' shoe store . He comes across as a former gay lover than the father of Mallory but it's full of laughs . Despite the witty dialogues , this was a believable family who introduced Andrew , the youngest and fourth child . What do the children think when they find out . " I was talking about closet space " Mallory says to Alex . Oh , this is truly a family show for everybody . I can't say how I miss a family centered show on such a wonderful family like the Keatons .
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490,189 | 33,913 | 272,831 | 9 |
George Washington's Favorite Play !
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Okay , the Broadway Theater Archives were to American public television that Masterpiece Theater is and was to television . This classic comedy drama play about manners , classes , and the problems that arise can be both funny and tragic often at the same times has a first rate cast featuring Blair Brown as Lady Teazy , an unsatisfied married wife , whose husband deplores her youthful behavior . They travel to England and meet and socialize with the British gentry . Mind you that this play was written before or during the American Revolution . There is still that British type of humor and fun with an American cast such as Blair Brown and Larry Gates in roles . The costumes and art direction are first rate and the story and dialogue may be dated but it's worth watching . It's like being at the theater without all the troubles of being there .
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490,779 | 33,913 | 80,634 | 9 |
The Best of Bette !
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Bette Midler is truly a versatile performer . She can sing and act better than the rest of perrformers today . Her taped show is a great example of her abilities to truly dazzle the crowd . She still does that today 25 years after this concert has aired . Bette comes alive on stage more so than in film or television . In this taping , she really is at her best and peak despite her personal problems . I was hoping to see Katey Sagal as one of her Harlettes but she wasn't in this one . My best advice to Bette is to go back on tour . I never did understand the mermaid thing but Bette takes it to a new level . She has an amazing energy and can belt out " the Rose " and the songs before she returned in 1986 . This taping must have happened before her nervous breakdown . Bette has performed everywhere imaginable from gay bathhouses in Greenwich Village to Radio City Music Hall uptown . This taped version is quite an event without pushing the envelope even by today's standard . She is still pretty tame in comparison and she can teach the younger generation of performers that you don't have to bare it all to grab their attention . Bette knows that people have paid good money to be entertained by her and she does that . She always does that and that's why she is one of the best live performers of our generation . Sing on , Bette .
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489,836 | 33,913 | 68,049 | 9 |
Smart Comedies Don't Have to Be Dirty ! ! ! !
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Okay , the Bob Newhart Show wasn't for everybody . I never got a chance to watch it on television . Now on DVD , I am discovering it for the first time . The writing is smart and the acting is smarter than ever with Bob Newhart in the title role as a Chicago psychologist , Susan Pleshette as his wife and third grade school teacher . They are great couple on screen . Surprisingly , they don't have children in the show which is a big plus because the show works better without them . Marcia Wallace is wonderful as his secretary . The show is smart , funny , savvy , relevant , and most of all timeless . It's a classic sitcom that might be overlooked because it's not dirty or stupid like most sitcoms are today . The Bob Newhart Show and others of that era are classic and timeless and relevant to today's life . Too bad , shows like that aren't being developed for television today . It's our loss , isn't it ?
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490,125 | 33,913 | 64,886 | 9 |
One of the Most Surprising Comedic Films with a Western Flavor !
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I have to say that I was surprised about how much I liked the film . William Faulkner ( American Nobel Prizewinner ) wrote " The Reivers . " The story is about a boy , Lucius , and Boone played by Steve McQueen . They take the 1905 car that Boone promised not to take out for a joyride while his bosses were away at a family funeral . Boone , Lucius , and an African American co-worker who I forget his name but sneaks aboard the car on the way to Memphis to visit friends like Miss Corey played by Sharon Farrell and the brothel's matron , Miss Reba , played by the wonderfully talented Ruth White who died shortly after the film . The film is more of a mix of comedy and drama . There is the story of the 1905 yellow car and a horse and about horse-racing with Lucius in the saddle . There are some serious moments like Lucius discovering that he is staying at brothel and Miss Corey who he grows to bond with .
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490,840 | 33,913 | 642,215 | 9 |
Al spends a night out with Luke !
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I missed Luke Ventura , Al's single salesman at Gary's Shoes . He was let go but he was great . He was living Al's dream as the single guy with lots of women around . Now Luke lives in a building that is for airline stewardesses , guest stars Jerry Hall and Pamela Bowman play Terri and Sherry Cherry , the Cherry sisters . After Al gets into a fight with Peggy about going to a family wedding , he needs a place after work so he goes to Luke's apartment . In the meanwhile , Peggy is worried about Al not coming home . She calls his usual spots and he is not there . Anyway , the question and purpose of this episode is if Al would cheat on his wife with a woman who just wants somebody to spend the night .
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490,168 | 33,913 | 1,294,043 | 9 |
One of the Best Episodes in Recent Memory !
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Who would have thought that Neil Patrick Harris would deliver one of the best Saturday Night Live episodes ever ? Well , I didn't . I was watching a taped version of the repeat and he's hysterical . The first skit opens up with a Rachel Maddow show spoof with Governor Blagovich and Ronald Burris . Next , Neil remembers when he was passed over for Fred Savage 20 years ago for hosting . There is the sketch of Broadway actors and actresses in costume worried about the economic state of show business . They should be since tickets can cost a fortune but are worth it for some shows . One of my favorite and most memorable is the Frost / Nixon spoof with Frost played by Harris and his interviews with other seventies icons like Fred " Rerun " Berry , Paul Lynde , Paul Crosby , David Bowie , etc . This sketch still makes me laugh even without seeing the movie . I loved his grilling of the " What's happening ? " episode classic where Rerun and his friends attended the Doobie brothers concert and breaks down , " We couldn't get anybody else . " That was hilarious . I didn't care for the talk show bit but oh who can forget Liza Minnelli in a rare cameo as well . I miss the weekend update segments with a co-host . Meyers is fine but he needs somebody on there regularly .
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489,813 | 33,913 | 22,183 | 9 |
A Brilliant and Chilling German Classic !
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What's a girl to do when she is surrounded by women in a female boarding school ? She falls in love with her female teacher who shares some mutual feelings . This film is not so much about lesbianism as it is about Germany was striving to become so disciplined and unfeeling towards one another . Of course , lesbianism was bound to happen . There were no other options . You have a girl who wants to be loved and love just seems unthinkable in the German culture of the Nazi uprising . Even though this film was made in 1931 , the girls ' uniforms reminded me of the concentration camps uniforms . The school was trying to discourage close relationships between girls and among teachers and students . I don't think of it much as a lesbian film as a chilling portrait of how Germany was bounded for destruction during World War II . Maybe the film points as a good reminder of how relationships should be encouraged and feelings are human . This school was trying to restrict the girls ' humanity into an almost robotlike existence . That's how I always saw this film . I never thought of it as a lesbian film because the girls in the school had no other choice or option . They weren't allowed freedom and that's what the major theme of this movie is . Germany was beginning to restrict it's freedom on their citizens and forcing them to become less human in order to succeed but that's just my opinion .
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490,721 | 33,913 | 463,998 | 9 |
Try Being in her Shoes !
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Believe me , I'm there working as a student teacher in one of America's toughest cities . Of course as the Ccaucasian teacher , I understand , sympathize , empathize , and totally understand Erin Gruwell's experience . It's tough to be an English teacher when your students have a million other things on their mind . Of course , I admire Erin's determination and was recommended this film . From what I saw , I think it was amazing that they got Imelda Staunton in this film . Patrick Dempsey in a supporting role as Erin's boyfriend . Hillary Swank makes me believe and understand her as Erin Gruwell , the teacher who won't give up with her students . The administration is equally discouraging as is the faculty . The post-Rodney King integration is not working at Long Beach High School . The races are just divided . In order to understand them , she reads their personal journals which shows the horrors of their young lives . She gives them Anne Frank's diary to read . While I haven't read their book , I'm sure they can identify with Anne's plight . The line in the classroom was a good way to get them to come forward about their personal lives , the tragedies , the shootings , the drugs , the domestic violence , etc . Life is not easy but for children of inner cities where their neighborhoods are more war torn in mentality . As an aspiring English teacher , I hope to make a difference and get students involved . For instance , I'm working in Newark and the Bard of Newark is Philip Roth . Of course , most people don't know Roth or his works or that he writes about them . I went out and got books for them to read and write about . I'll find out tomorrow about how effective it is .
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490,567 | 33,913 | 793,142 | 9 |
An Unforgettable Wedding !
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I really have to say that Mama's Family was at it's finest moment when they got the cast together including the wonderful late Harvey Korman who played bungling Ed , Betty White as snobby Ellen , Carol Burnett as mess Eunice , Vicki Lawrence as Mama Harper , Rue McClanahan as Aunt Fran , Ken Berry as goofy Vint , Dorothy Lyman as Naomi , and DOrothy Van as Aunt Effie . This wedding is full of laughs . This was the first time as a child that I ever saw a family yell at each other on television . The wedding with Vinton and Naomi is sweet but it's the surprise for them in Arizona . Eunice gets upset when Mama gives her daddy's sapphire ring to Vint and Naomi as a wedding present . Eunice is all cheers when she finally convinces Naomi to let her sing , Oh Promise Me . Ellen is in good spirits as her husband has just bought her a new Cadillac Seville . We never see Bruce .
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490,568 | 33,913 | 793,141 | 9 |
One of the Show's finest moments !
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Vint and Naomi are getting married and moving to Arizona to run a trailer park there . Mama Harper reluctantly gives in to having the wedding at her home . The night before the wedding , the boys ( Vint and his son , Buzz ) go out with brother-in-law , Ed , to the Bigger Jigger for a boys ' night out while the girls stay home . Mama Harper and her sister , old Maid Aunt Fran , are busy setting up for the wedding the next day . The bride to be , Naomi Oates , has come in with cheap wine and stuff from her job at the Food Circus . Ellen ( Betty WHite ) is not too pleased with marriages and weddings . She suspects her husband , Bruce , is having an affair . Unfortunately , she's the last person to know that her husband is having an affair with his secretary . The final scene where there is a showdown between Ellen and her sister , Eunice , is quite unforgettable .
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489,886 | 33,913 | 200,074 | 9 |
Let's hear it for Dame Rosemary Harris ( She should become a Dame )
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I caught only the last hour of this play taped for PBS . This play is well written and somewhat outdated but it displays the enormous , beautiful talent of Dame Rosemary Harris ( She's not damed yet but she should be ) she's beautiful and very talented . She's one of the great divas of the theatre overall . Then there is Eva LaGallienne who is one of the great acting divas of all time . Eva and Rosemary should have earned Emmys for their roles as mother and daughter . They were totally into characters . It's worth $30 to order it now . It wasn't until I recently read more about Eva LaGallienne who should have had more roles in her lifetime that brought her fame and happiness . She was respected for her caliber in the theater but it never transferred to film or television because of her sexual orientation . She never denied who she was attracted too and she should be remembered that the true passion of her life was truly the stage . That's how I will remember Eva's legacy is that the stage is where she belonged most .
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490,083 | 33,913 | 165,581 | 9 |
Why we'll miss the King of Queens !
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Kevin James is a very funny guy . He's the blue collar New York comedian . On screen , he and Leah Remini who plays his wife Carrie does a remarkable job in making us believe that they are couple . For the last decade and without children to jump the shark , Doug and Carrie are the example of today's couple . They are not rich but working class . Carrie is a paralegal in New York City and her husband works for a UPS . He has a friend , Deacon , who is African American . Of course , you can't forget Arthur , Carrie's dad , played by the under-rated and long overdue for Emmy Jerry Stiller . You can't forget Arthur no matter how hard you try . He lives with Carrie and Doug in their modest Queens home . I loved the addition of MAD TV's Nicole Sullivan to the mix as walking Arthur since she plays a professional dog walker . Despite other shows who cave in , not all couples want children to fulfill the marriage . These two have enough without kids in the mix but they sure have plenty of fun . I'll miss them but we'll catch up with them in syndication .
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490,669 | 33,913 | 414,324 | 9 |
Rockwell is turning over in his grave !
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Let's face it , Christopher Titus is a comic genius . He started his stand-up comedy career talking about his relationship with his girlfriends and cars but what made him more successful was his dysfunctional family life . His father was a drunk womanizer who knew how to play mind games or just be manipulative . If you think Chris would have been better off with dear old mom , think again , his mother was institutionalized for paranoid schizophrenia . Anyway , his girlfriend turned wife which he is now divorced , Erin , came from an equally dysfunctional family of a drunken mother , drug-addicted siblings , etc . Chris ' half-brother has been arrested for marijuana possession and his best friend is often perceived as gay by his effeminate nature and sensitivity . Anyway , Christopher Titus has brought mental illness out of the closet to the stage . He's funnier than he ever was or will be . He ends the show talking about how most families are dysfunctional and when the world comes to an end that who's watching the Lexus dealership . I can't understand why they canceled his show , it was the funniest show on television and the most relate to families today .
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489,995 | 33,913 | 47,437 | 9 |
Can't Stop Loving Audrey !
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So what if Audrey Hepburn's character , Sabrina Fairwood , has the worst Long Island or New York accent ! Audrey Hepburn won people over like fans , co-stars , and film directors . She was truly a classic and timeless beauty with a sense of style , class , and grace every time that she entered the room . Audrey Hepburn made you love her effortlessly just by being herself . Audrey's Sabrina becomes a woman with style after two years in Paris in a prestigious cooking school . When she returns as the chauffeur's daughter , David Larrabe ( played by William Holden ) finally take notice of her . Unfortunately , he has to marry a wealthy woman to maintain the family's wealth . His brother Linus Larrabe ( played by Humphrey Bogart ) has to steer Sabrina away from David or the wedding and plans for a merger are off . Hepburn steals the scenes out from Bogart and Holden hands down . The film is a classic because of her . Nobody else could have delivered Sabrina so well . I didn't realize that Ms . McArdle , Linus ' secretary , was played by Ellen Corby from the Waltons . Still It's a Wilder Classic . Maybe it should have been filmed in color .
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490,315 | 33,913 | 97,958 | 9 |
Still one of my favorites Christmas films ! Flaws and all !
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I love the Griswolds and have since I first saw their European Vacation film . I later saw the original film . Anyway , this film is great about Clark's ideal Christmas holiday with the family around . The only problem is that nothing ever goes right for him just like his vacations . Anyway , a great cast including Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo as the Griswolds . The kids are played by Juliette Lewis and Johnny Galecki . THe visiting family members are played by Doris Roberts , John Randolph , Diane Ladd , and E . G . Marshall . You can't forget Cousin Eddie played by Randy Quaid and his wife Kathryn played by Miriam Flynn . The film is always a treat around the Holiday season . It reminds us that no family is perfect and problems often arise . As John Randolph's character , Mr . Griswold replies " I had help from Jack Daniels . " Of course , I can't forget Julia Louis-Dreyfus playing the snobby yuppie neighbor . I also liked watching Bill Hickey and Mae Questal as the older family relatives who come on Christmas Eve . It's always worth the laughs .
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489,909 | 33,913 | 217,148 | 9 |
The Spirituals of Harlem Come Alive !
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There is no real story here but vignettes of monologues regarding African American history filled with songs , dance , and plenty of heart . The cast includes the wonderful Lynne Thigpen , Cleavon Derricks , and Reginald Veljohnson ( Family Matters ) and others . It was directed by Dirty Dancing director , Emile Ardolino . At times , it is a funeral scene or the disco in Harlem . The cast is first rate and the writing is somewhat disconnected . At times , it can be somber and at others as glim and hopeful and full of joy . This Broadway Theater Archives production like many often have that staged feeling because it's done on stage but we do hear an audience reaction which is positive . The ensemble cast never has one character but they have many and it's hard not to notice their costumes and hairstyles of the seventies but I still recommend it because it can appeal to the wide audiences regardless of race , gender , religion or sexual orientation .
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490,746 | 33,913 | 78,569 | 9 |
Coming to TV Land !
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I watched Benson before I saw any episodes of Soap so I never knew the connection . I remember watching an episode with the lovely Katherine Helmond guest starring reprising her soap role . Her character's date ends up dead and it could be scandalous . Her character turns to Benson for help . Of course , he helps out rather than let his beloved friend in trouble . His character's rise from governor's head housekeeper to Lieutenant Governor is a bit unrealistic but he makes it believable for the audience . I remember him winning an Emmy . I think it's a first for an African American actor to win for Best Actor in a Comedy Series . I remember cast of characters including an understated actress named Inga Swenson who played Olga . Peter Noble who played the widowed Governor very well . Rene Aubernois who played Benson's nemesis . I won't write enemies because they weren't . I remember them being at odds with each other . I loved Didi Conn who played secretary and the man who played her on screen husband . They left before the show ended after 7 seasons . I also remember Missy Gold , Tracey's Gold's older sister , who played the Governor's daughter . I'm kind of sad that it's been twenty years since it left our airways . Friday nights were never the same on the ABC network . Good shows like Benson are hard to come by nowadays .
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489,790 | 33,913 | 85,478 | 9 |
Another song to sing !
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I remember when I first saw this film many years ago on television . I always feel like I'm returning home to those memories after twenty years . I love Julie Walters as Rita / Susan in the film , a hairdresser who aspires to become an intellectual . At first , she is not your typical college student . She is older , married , and not ready to have children with her husband . She seeks better . I remember how she nearly gave up when he invites her to dinner because she thought that she brought an inappropriate bottle of wine or champagne to her teacher's house . Anyway , her performance sparkles with sheer delight and Rita / Susan becomes an endearing character who has not forgotten her roots or her future . Anyway , she leaves the party without even going in afraid of being laughed at by the snobbery bunch of college intellectuals . Anyway , she goes to the bar where her family is and they're singing this ridiculous song " I'm so happy that you're so happy " and she witnesses her own mother crying and saying that they're must be a better song to sing and she decides to come back to class not that she is not met with pleasure by her own husband . He seems content with a home , wife , and child rather than his wife going out and becoming smarter and alive . Julie does a fantastic job at bringing her to life that you just can't imagine another person in this role . Anyway , Sir Michael Caine plays the drunken lost college professor who learns from his student , Rita / Susan as well . Michael Williams also has a role but you might know him better as being the husband to Dame Judi Dench . Anyway , the relationship between student and teacher despite a small age difference could have gone further and I wished it had but the movie does have a satisfying ending which is why I am giving it a 9 and not a ten . Anyway , the chemistry is there . Watching pros like Walters and Caine engage in conversation is worth watching again and again . Rita / Susan becomes who she wanted to be and that is an independent woman .
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490,009 | 33,913 | 120,152 | 9 |
wonderful sense of feeling
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There is nothing like snow . And Smilla has a sense for it . This wonderful movie is captivating and divine . I just love Vanessa Redgrave's small part as a wannabe nun . Julia Ormond is simply divine in her search for the cause of a little boy's senseless death . Gabriel Byrne is wonderful as her lover and Robert Loggia is terrific as Smilla's father . This small film deserved more recognition . It was one of the best films of that stellar year . I love watching the final scenes on the ice but I found some of the story unbelievable . I still had questions to be answered about the plot and why a child was actually murdered . I don't want to reveal too much but this film is worth watching for any Vanessa Redgrave fan as well . The relationship between Julia Ormond's Smilla and Roberta Loggia as Smilla's father is believable . I hated her stepmother who is about the same age as Smilla .
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489,902 | 33,913 | 78,562 | 9 |
It was never the same as the original but still worth watching anyway !
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Carroll O'Connor's character Archie Bunker was so popular that the network could not let him go so easily . Jean Stapleton , Rob Reiner , and Sally Struthers were eager to move away from their television personalities . But let's face it , they were on one of the most popular sitcoms ever and for them , it is both a blessing and curse as well . Archie Bunker's Place had a girl , Danielle Brisebois as the Jewish girl from Edith's side of the family . I remember watching Anne Meara , Liz Torres , and others who try to recreate the magic that was All in the Family but the show is still superior to anything on television today so I'm being a little more liberal because the character of ARchie Bunker became an American icon and part of the fabric of American culture that we would miss him too much . THis show allowed us to slowly move on . We love Archie Bunker and the actor who played him , Carroll O'Connor . For most of us , we'll always think of him as Archie .
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490,387 | 33,913 | 104,816 | 9 |
A quiet film with meaning
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I ordered The Perfect Husband for research purposes only especially on the late Victorian era . It was set in 1900 Prague so I bought the tape to observe the wardrobe , art direction , and style of that period . The most interesting moment is in the beginning about a man who fights with an old lady and a dog . She throws his cigar out the train window . He takes and throws the dog out to fetch it . It's a pretty sick moment in the film with a happy ending . There is much more to this story about marriages , infidelity , and a child's illness . It is done quietly and with subtleness . It is worth watching again but I would fast forward the scene about the dog because it makes me uncomfortable to think about it even . I'm sure nothing happened to that dog in real life .
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490,228 | 33,913 | 89,218 | 9 |
It was a Movie for the 1980s !
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I was watching the Goonies again . I wanted to be a Goonie in real life and live in Astoria , Oregon . The film is quirky about a bunch of kids who may be spending the last time together before their homes are torn down and made into a golf course for the country club of Astoria . It had a great cast especially young Sean Astin who really changed from being Mikey to the Frodo's pal in Lord of the Rings Trilogy 15 years later . Who would have thought that Josh Brolin who plays his older brother , Brand , would turn out to be Barbra Streisand's stepson ? Martha Plimpton still acts as well . I don't know what happened to Kerri Green who played her friend . Corey Feldman had a difficult adolescence , his estranged relationship with Michael Jackson , his drug problems , and family problems as well . Jeff Cohen went on to college and I don't know what happened to the kid who played Data . Anne Ramsay has a great role as Mama Fratelli with her two sons , one who just escaped prison , and the other as his accomplice . She has a third son , Sloth , but he is locked up downstairs . The beginning sequence is always worth watching over and over again . The film shows lovely sequences of Astoria , Oregon which I have yet to visit but plan too sometime in my life . Anyway , the film was dedicated to Mama Fratelli and the actress who played her . By the end of Ramsay's life , this film and Throw Momma From the Train finally gave her recognition . Ramsay was battling throat cancer . She had tongue removed between films and she was a beloved character actress . I love this movie . It reminds me of my childhood and I wished that children would have that kind of childhood today and that's why I'm glad that I don't have children because I can't imagine them being in today's environment .
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490,318 | 33,913 | 98,554 | 9 |
One of my favorite John Hughes films of all time !
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My biggest upset with this film is that I think it's too short . They should have had more in it but it's a great comedy . John Candy stars as the Uncle Buck who comes to the rescue of his brother and his sister-in-law when they have to travel to Indiana for a family emergency . Elaine Bromka is brilliant as the mother . Jean Louisa Kelly from " Yes , Dear " plays the oldest daughter , Tia , with a chip on her shoulder . She doesn't like the move to Chicago and misses her life in Indiana . Laurie Metcalf plays the neighbor who sets her sights on the not so quite bachelor Uncle Buck . I can't forget Amy Madigan as the girl who steals Uncle Buck's heart . Their relationship is no less entangled by Tia's tricks . I think this is one of John Hughes ' best films . Macauley Culkin before Home Alone fame plays the younger brother in the film . Anyway , the cast is always great and the writing is more believable . The film was so successful that they turned it into a failed sitcom . But without John Candy as Uncle Buck , it wouldn't have worked out anyway . He is the heart and soul of the film . John , we miss you down here .
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490,354 | 33,913 | 897,919 | 9 |
Poor Reefer !
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Reefer is the homeless guy played beautifully by Charles Haid I believe . Anyway it's a small role but he does a very good job in making us like this drunk homeless guy who lives across the street from the practice . Anyway , Sean hasn't recovered from his loss . He is devastated when his daughter Annie can't come to Miami for Christmas and begins drinking . He performs surgery intoxicated allowing a woman to experience an orgasm at the drop of a hat . Anyway , Christian's life is getting better with a new home , his son Wilbur , and his new fiancé Michelle . Of course , Michelle has yet to inform him of James ' true profession . You thought prostitution was bad , unfortunately , James befriends Reefer and you can figure out the rest if you know what's going on . There are humorous scenes like Sean playing Santa Claus and depressing the children who sit on his lap . Of course , don't forget his scene with the female dwarf .
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489,938 | 33,913 | 62,794 | 9 |
A Poignant Film !
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Cliff Robertson earned an Academy Award for playing the title role based on the novel by Daniel Keyes entitled " Flowers for Algernon . " His portrayal is heartbreaking and you can't help but feel for the character who is the butt of so many jokes by his so-called colleagues and friends at his workplace , a bakery . Seinfeld's Barney Martin and Dick Van Patten play his co-workers . The divine Claire Bloom ( who should be made a Dame ) is the sympathetic attractive teacher . Ruth White plays the landlady in one of the last film roles before her death in 1969 from cancer . The setting is filmed on location in Boston , Massachusetts .
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490,075 | 33,913 | 476,811 | 9 |
Behind the Making of History !
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In this mini-documentary that accompanied the DVD versions , we meet the inspiration for Don Cheadle's Oscar nominated performance as Paul , the Rwandan Hutu , who saves over a thousand refugees during the Rwandan genocide in 1994 . I thought it was ironic that the genocide came upon the heels of Spielberg's Schindler's List winning Best Picture . Anyway , the Belfast born director does provide an insight into the story behind the movie as does the screenwriter who discovers a survivor by calling the Rwandan Embassy in Washington D . C . and listening to her story . The story itself is worth seeing and telling because Paul was truly heroic by risking his life to save others at the posh Belgian-owned hotel . Too bad , we didn't see the other actors and actresses in the cast like Nick Nolte , Joaquin Phoenix , and Sophie ( who played his wife ) .
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489,929 | 33,913 | 441,007 | 9 |
Everybody Should See Gracie !
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Gracie is a great , family film . Gracie is played beautifully by Carly Shroeder as a girl surround by three soccer-playing brothers , Johnny , Mike , and Dan . The film opens as her brother has her kick a soccer ball barefoot to hit an empty bottle on top of the car . This film is set in South Orange , New Jersey in 1978 and is inspired by the events of the Shue family . Elisabeth Shue plays the mom and school nurse at Columbia High School in South Orange which does exist and whose alumni includes the Shues and Zach Braff . South Orange is also an upscale suburb of New York City and Newark , New Jersey . At the time of the movie set in 1978 , an average dual income working class couple with four children could live comfortably there . South Orange has become an upscale white collar community ever since 1978 to feature celebrity residents like Kelly Bishop and Andre Braugher . Also , South Orange is home to Seton Hall University . The film was filmed on location around New Jersey including Maplewood where we see Gracie running on a downtown street . It was a family affair in the filming process including Elisabeth Shue not only as an actress but as an executive producer along with her husband and director , Davis Guggenheim . Her brother Andrew Shue plays an assistant soccer coach and history teacher . In real life , Andrew played soccer too . Dermot Mulroney is terrific as the father , coach , and moving man in his profession . At first , the family has a star , Johnny Bowen , but tragedy strikes the family . We see Gracie rebelling against her parents who are already heartbroken with despair over their loss as well . The two younger brothers seem unaffected at least in the movie . Gracie has one best female friend who is afraid of being labeled a lesbian because of her association with Grace . She decides one night to take her brother's spot on the team much to her father's laugh . She is serious but rather than prepare and strive . She rebels , dates a boy , fails history , and plays hooky at Asbury Park with a college boy . Until her father decides that he will coach her to get on the team , there are difficulties since she is a girl but she is determined and the film is not entirely predictable . It is a family oriented . It's just in time for Father's Day ! The film is somewhat believable and realistic at times . They do their best to maintain the authenticity of the time and playing Bruce Springsteen songs as well . I admire the Shues for their determination in making the film entirely on location in New Jersey keeping with their roots . Stay until the end of the credits , you will be interested to see what it has to say . I like this film overall and it's message is that a girl can do it too .
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489,973 | 33,913 | 300,051 | 9 |
I too prefer the Highlands to New York City , Gertie !
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Okay , I have seen Clerks and Dogma . Since his film debut in 1994 with Clerks , Kevin Smith's direction has taken a different step with Jersey Girl . Yes , it's a bit sweet and there is no Silent Bob or Jay who are just annoying anyway . In this film , Ben Affleck who I love is a star publicist married to Jennifer Lopez who played Gertrude , his wife and the mother of their only child , Gertrude or Gertie . Raquel Castro does a very good job in this role where she is up against Affleck , George Carlin who plays Pop or the girl's paternal grandfather , Stephen Root and Mike Starr are cast along as Pop's working class friends . Before any of you pack your bags and move to the Highlands , you should be aware that the Highlands is located with a terrific view of New York City . Nearby is the Sandy Hook National Park where they have my favorite beaches . Before September 11 , 2001 , you could have seen the whole New York City skyline on a clear day . Sadly , it's not the same anymore . Anyway , Kevin Smith allows Oliver played by Affleck to lose his wife , his job , and his New York City life . He moves in with his father who is working on the streets in the Highlands with Root and Starr . Aside from getting porn movies , Liv Tyler plays a psychology student and a video rental clerk who shows interest in Oliver . I don't know why they didn't have Oliver take the ferry to Manhattan since there is a ferry that goes directly to the Highlands regularly . The Highlands can be quite a commute but it's worth it . With the views and access to the beach and city life , a house can cost a lot . I know Kevin Smith is from the Highlands himself and this movie is really a great Father's Day film . Sadly , one of Smith's major flaws in film-making is the approach to his female characters . Now , I understand that guys and girls as as different as Mars and Venus respectively . I think girls care more about sexuality , pregnancy , and the husband aspect . It might be from the cultural belief that a woman who has a man is one of the lucky ones . I wished that Smith would take on more challenging projects . Yes , you can have your fun with the silliness but try more films with relationships . Jersey Girl is not a bad film but it's not for the cinema . I could see it on cable or network television but of course , you can't get stars like Affleck , Lopez , Matt Damon and Will Smith with small parts . I love the Highlands locations because I was just today and I got a little burnt but it's a great place to visit too .
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490,740 | 33,913 | 1,152,778 | 9 |
An Excellent Look at the Life of Hoarder !
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Eugenia Lester was not just any hoarder . She is a mother of Cynthia Lester , the film-maker , and her sons , Andy , Brian , and Jack . Twice divorced , Eugenia Lester's background is far more complicated . She was born in Poland after World War II and abandoned by both her parents . She was raised by her aunt who survived Auschwitz . At first , Eugenia shows her home which is piles of filth that she believes are her treasures . Her home is so filled with junk that you have to climb through a window . The last straw came when Eugenia's neighbors in her Los Angeles neighborhood petitioned for an eviction . Her children including Cynthia and her brothers have stepped in to help her troubled mother . At first , Eugenia is resistant to their help seeing herself as being treated as a child . Her family sends Cynthia and Eugenia to Cynthia's apartment in New York for a while her sons clean up the house . Eugenia seems to get better , wears make-up , dresses up , and is more outgoing . When a fight occurs , she returns home to Los Angeles to discover her home has been utterly gutted out by her children . Feeling robbed , violated , and alone , she stumbles into a deep depression . I felt that this first hand account of Eugenia's circumstances helped me feel sympathetic to her .
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490,178 | 33,913 | 488,887 | 9 |
Brilliant , Suspenseful , and Unforgettable !
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First , I saw this film in Venice , Italy last August but I didn't see all of it . We went sightseeing . Finally last night , it emerged on late night television and I made a point to watch it . The two actresses who play Beth and Diana are brilliant in their performances . Their characters are far more alike than different . Beth is a struggling single mother of a wheelchair bound son , Benji , who she loves more than anything . She is having a rough day would be an understatement . Nothing appears to go right . Benji's father bought a house an hour away and wants to file for custody of him with his wife . Beth loses her job as a result of incompetence or lack of compassion . She doesn't have enough money in her bank account to buy her son a telescope so she pawns her necklace . She gets into a road rage incident which is equally her fault but then nobody appears to stop her . Diana is a married mother of two children with another on the way . She is equally having a bad day . Her husband is unemployed and they are on the verge of losing their home . Her son was caught bringing a gun to an expensive prep school and was expelled . Her daughter's needs are never quite answered . She needs a promotion to save her family and she needs to reassure her status in the business world . I didn't like the ending . The plot was suspenseful and kept moving along but I won't spoil it for others . You have to see it to believe it .
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490,200 | 33,913 | 271,894 | 9 |
Not the Movie !
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I was watching 48 Hours on Saturday nights because they focus on murder cases like Katherine Woods case and others on a weekly basis . They go into detail of a case , talk with suspects , witnesses , friends , relatives , and others about the case as well as the prosecutors , policemen , and defense attorneys . They also help us understand the community and environment where these crimes happen . Of course , they talk about injustices , legal talk , and the case at hand . Trials can be both boring and exciting at the same time . The show has changed from being investigative to focusing on one subject to help us understand the story which is always reality . It's always frightening how potent the truth can be . How people who look like you and me could be involved in such horrendous crimes ? Especially when the victim is close member of the family , spouse , friend , etc . Recently , they had done the Napa murders and are going to do an hour on the Atlantic City Murders which has not been solved . They also follow up on cases like the Katherine Woods case too .
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489,914 | 33,913 | 181,618 | 9 |
Classic Independent Film !
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This film has a first rate cast including some famous faces like the wonderful and missed Madeline Kahn , the brilliant and subtle Barbara Barrie , the under-appreciated Julie Kavner , and Emmy Winner Edie Falco in the title role as an aspiring actress from Long Island . The suburbia has become the new it thing . Of course , suburbia is not as boring as we like to make it out to be on screen . There are some brilliant moments and casting of Barrie and Falco as mother and daughter is perfect casting . Kahn plays the bored housewife and loving mother who needs assurance from her husband played by Bob Dishy who is a school principal where Berlin's mother Sue works as a teacher . Kavner plays a cafeteria lady while Anne Meare plays his secretary . It's shot in black and white which is a departure from the normal color . The shots are quite first rate and the film has a slow but steady peace . The characters are realistic at least to my lifelong suburban eyes . I can identify with almost all of them .
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490,227 | 33,913 | 216,787 | 9 |
A Classic French film !
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I bought this film on VHS years ago to help me with my French . I guess England has the theater and the French and Italians have the cinema . I love the story between the English teacher / actress and the rich businessman Mr . Castella who tries desperately to fit in to her world . How could she not fall in love with him ? HE is more than willing and able to love her back . Anyway , there are other stories that go on here . I love French films or cinema because they focus a lot more on character developments , relationships , and beauty as well . The beauty of France cannot be overlooked . I still miss if after 10 years and long to return home again . This film looks at the loneliness of people even the married ones or involved ones . It always appears like everybody is in their own little world of loneliness . Well , the writing is good but then again I was reading subtitles and trying to remember my French lesson plans as well . If you pay attention , you notice the differences in the written language from the spoken but that's with ever subtitled film . If only French film directors can teach American film directors that you don't need violence , sex , or special effects to make a good movie . You just need a good story and flawed characters .
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490,430 | 33,913 | 86,823 | 9 |
They're back and they're fighting mad !
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I don't know why these aliens with lizard like skin and speak in double tongues return to disturb us humans who had enough of them before . They want our water and food which is humans . In this series , there is a birth of twins between humans and lizards . The boy born has lizard skin and human insides while the girl born and named Elizabeth has lizard insides and human outsides . The humans have found something to repel the lizard aliens out of earth for once and for all until the series . I remember this series quite well as a child and it was quite extraordinary seeing humans of all walks of life unite to save their earth and their mere existence . It would be nice to have that unity in today's world . Of course , Jane Badler's Diana is the most memorable character as the female leader ( rare in television ) of the alien home ship headquartered in Los Angeles . Her performance is not only sensual but terrifying as well .
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490,209 | 33,913 | 157,218 | 9 |
Britain's Answer to Blue Collar Humor !
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America had Hee Haw and the Blue Collar Comedy Tour while the Brits had Benny Hill and Carry On movies . Sure , they also had wonderful stars like Sid James , Joan Sims , Bernard Bresslaw , Kenneth Connor , Barbara Windsor , Hattie Jacques , and others to make us laugh and ease living a little . I could see why Babsy is so popular because she is so much fun . Sadly , Sid James died in 1976 and he was the king of the Carry On playing the dirty old man most of the time . The lovely Dame of British comedy , Joan Sims , never got to be a dame , a CBE , An OBE , or an MBE during her lifetime but I hope somebody out there would consider an award named after her for women who provide lifetime achievement in comedy . Even though , most of us known Joan from As Time Goes By as Madgie . She was truly a gifted comedic actress worthy of such honors that was never properly bestowed upon her and it is pity . Maybe it's because Carry On stars like Barbara Windsor and Kenneth Connor were finally awarded MBEs but it was something . Maybe the honors committee don't consider the Carry Ons to be anything to be proud so they knight and Dame those Shakespearan actors and actresses instead but I bet that they don't have as much fun as the Carry On Gang does here . Carry On isn't classless but a teaser of a show for everybody involved . They appear to have a lot of fun making it without getting awards . Maybe that's why they don't matter as much .
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490,187 | 33,913 | 107,943 | 9 |
Almost Perfect !
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I have to say that Sir Anthony Hopkins CBE gives a perfect performance of the ultimate butler and the anti-Hannibal Lector image is long gone . In this film , he is the ultimate repressed butler who serves his employers for a lifetime much like his father who was also a servant . In this film based on the novel , he re-teams with Emma Thompson who plays the housekeeper and the woman who he loves but can't bear to mention . Emma gives a brilliant performance as the housekeeper who seeks marriage and family life . Their characters reunite many years later only to break my heart and cause me tears . The film is nothing less than spectacular . Christopher Reeve is in one of his last major film roles as the younger owner of the estate . Sadly , Reeve will become paralyzed in real life . The cast also includes James Fox as the previous owner and Hugh Grant as well . The war wrecks havoc on the estate so far away from the drama on the fields and in the camps .
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490,686 | 33,913 | 694,432 | 9 |
God Bless George !
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This show was the first of hundreds which was hosted by none other than George Carlin . The sketches were done with the not for ready prime time players . George never appeared in them but he was there to introduce the two musical performers , Billy Preston and Janis Ian who each performed twice themselves . Despite the initial premise , George performed his baseball-football comparisons to the laughter of an audience who should be so lucky to have attended the first night of many on live television . The show was never at outlandish as it is now . The humor was from within . It was nice to see the original players who all became stars on their own . The show evolved and changed . Janis Ian , an American folk singer , sang beautifully and poetically the second time around while Billy Preston was legendary in his performance . It showed that the show took chances in bringing the popular and unpopular performers who should be famous .
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490,008 | 33,913 | 187,623 | 9 |
The best laughs of the night
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Long ISland's WLIW aired a British battle for the best British comedy to fill an upcoming empty spot in their Friday night lineup . The other choices were Father Ted , A Fine Romance , Murder Most Horrid , and Barbara . My vote goes to this innovative recent British import . Gwen Taylor is marvelous and the cast is surprisingly good . I wanted it to win but Father Ted won the vote . Maybe next time , Barbara who is played beautifully by Gwen Taylor from another British comedy , Screaming , and her husband is played by the veteran comedian Sam Kelly . Her sister is played by Sherry and the woman who plays her best friend are both Coronation Street veterans . I like the fact that Barbara is a strong woman , a mother , a wife , a sister , and a friend and not perfect in any of them . I love Jean Alexander , another Coronation Street veteran , playing her mother-in-law too . There are great episodes too like her grandson's christening , her sister's wedding , and whatever you could imagine happens . Mark Benton is memorable as her celebrity son-in-law .
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489,934 | 33,913 | 333,766 | 9 |
A New Jersey State of Mind !
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Garden State is the state motto . Zach Braff was born , raised , and lived in South Orange , New Jersey which is home to celebrities like Kelly Bishop and Andre Braugher . South Orange is an upscale suburb of New York City and neighboring Newark , New Jersey . Zach Braff is perfect as the director , writer , and leading actor in this film which I heard about when he hosted Saturday Night Live . His loving homage to his home state makes you wonder what really goes on in New Jersey . There are multiple sides to life in New Jersey . I just couldn't believe that he got the wonderful Sir Ian Holm to play his father . Natalie Portman is truly believable as the girl of his dreams . Jean Smart is unforgettable as Carol , one of his friend's unconventional mothers . Life in New Jersey varies from the very rich to the very poor , rural , suburban , and urban . His story begins with a phone call from his father informing him that his invalid mother drowned in the bathtub . He returns home to New Jersey for the funeral and reunites with old friends . His character is an aspiring Hollywood heterosexual actor who works as a waiter in a Vietnamese restaurant until he gets another acting job . In Hollywood , he's one of thousands aspiring actors out there . I love how he compares Natalie's family to his own .
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490,046 | 33,913 | 296,385 | 9 |
An Owl , a Hippo , and the Frog !
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The cast and crew of this children's show was first rate in my opinion . In fact , I sometimes catch it occasionally . It was one of the funniest and best shows of that time . I remember watching it when I was a child . I loved Henrietta Hippo and Freddy the Frog and the smart Owl . They were joined by human counterparts like Emmy Jo and the guy and Fran Ryan as Ms . Goodbody . The show was never that much of a hit but among kids like myself who watched it years later . I always enjoyed the silly costumes , the seventies hair and make-up , costumes , and set design . It wasn't anything like it is today as it is with technology but the place was friendly and warm and a memorable part of my childhood .
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490,774 | 33,913 | 92,325 | 9 |
One of the most entertaining half-hours on television today ?
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I don't care much for negative reviews . I have watched soaps most of my life and Bold and the Beatufiul is one of the best soaps on the air . I love Susan Flannery as matriarch , Stephanie Forrester . Of course , the cast is first rate with actors and actresses like Ronn Moss , Darlene Conley , Colleen Dion , etc . This show was Bill and Lee Phillip Bell's second soap and it's one of the most popular soaps on the air today . The style is very similar to it's sister show , THe YOung and the Restless . Sometimes , I don't care for the story lines but I do find the show's history enduring . It came on in 1987 and there is always that rumor that it will be extended to an hour . They never have or intend too in my opinion . The show has a steady cast of players that have been on since day one which is a good sign . The fact that they set it in a major city like Los Angeles and it has succeeded immeasurably shows that major cities can be daytime drama settings . Some have failed like Ryan's Hope which was set in NEw York City . I wish there were more soaps out there in the waiting . I don't want to see American soaps become an endangered species .
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490,127 | 33,913 | 96,657 | 9 |
Almost Brilliant Comedy !
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Rowan Atkinson delivers an unforgettable performance as the clueless Mr . Bean who never goes far without his Teddy Bear . The appeal of Mr . Bean is largely his childish behavior and innocence . We don't know if he came from the sky or another planet . He is the kind of strange character that you can't make up quite easily . He is often alone and used to it . He has a hard time communicating through speech which might be why we only hear his grunts at times . There are other characters who speak to him and he responds . The character of Mr . Bean is a mystery and still is . He lives alone and does the unthinkable when he can do the sensible thing . Mr . Bean is rather an odd man out who does not mind it much . He rather live a simple life with his yellow car and teddy bear and hopes to get to work on time .
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490,188 | 33,913 | 92,336 | 9 |
Deserved to be a Hit !
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I remember this show fondly because it was filmed in New York City on location without a laugh track or studio audience which was quite a departure for a sitcom about a single woman in the thirties played by the wonderful Blair Brown as Molly Dodd . She must deal with her mother played by the equally wonderful Allyn Ann McLerie . I don't remember ever seeing Molly's brother and sister twins , Mamie and Dwight Dodds who lived in the suburbs . Molly's single life is far from the Sex in the City girls . It was more realistic and believable about Molly trying to find the right man and job . I remember it first on network later on lifetime before it ceased completely from television . The cast and crew were first rate and the writing was simply wonderful just like Molly's life .
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490,476 | 33,913 | 224,478 | 9 |
Not the movie ticket place !
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I remember Fandango when it aired on then The Nashville Network back in the eighties . It was followed by a comedy show set in Nashville as well . I remember this game show but I never did master it because you needed to know the names of songs especially country songs . Gone are those days when country music was actual country music . I don't know much about the new country music today because I think it's like our pop music . THe sound is a little different but it's not that much different . Fandango was truly the jeopardy for country music fans . My sister made me watch this show instead of anything else on television at the time . I think Country Music Television should have something like this back on the air but I don't have COuntry Music Television and the Nashville Network has become The National Television Network and most recently Spike television , the lifetime channel for men . But during the TNN days , this show was quite entertaining even if you were a kid who had seen all the reruns of other shows .
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490,477 | 33,913 | 106,435 | 9 |
An Excellent Mini-Series !
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I have to say that Mimi Rogers gives probably the performance of a lifetime playing Melody Woodman , a rich and wealthy Jewish housewife in Los Angeles , California . Her husband Stewart Woodman is played by Elliot Gould who really shows his acting ability playing this despicable son , father , brother , and husband . The Woodman murders is really a crime that should not be forgotten . It's about greed , jealousy , and a hunger for wealth and power . The Woodmans became one of the wealthiest and prominent families but their three sons were at war over the family fortune . Kim Hunter plays the matriarch Mrs . Woodman , a loving and kind grandmother , whose marriage to Mr . Woodman is not what it appears to be . She is a good , loyal , and dedicated wife . Their marriage would have been better if they were poor because money doesn't buy you happiness . The elder Woodmans are murdered after ending their fast on Yom Kippur . The relatives suspect the couple's own sons involved in this hideous crime . Nicole Thom from The Nanny has a memorable role as Stewart and Melody's daughter . Emmy winner Bonnie Bartlett plays Melody's very understanding mother . I miss these mini-series about real crime because they really go into detail .
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490,471 | 33,913 | 86,659 | 9 |
Now Read Very Carefully , I shall say it only once .
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Allo Allo may not be offensive as it sounds . I even watched this show in Poland . A sitcom about WWII , Germans , French , British , in a small French town at a small cafe , Renee's . He owns it with his idiot wife , Edith , who helps her ailing , bedridden mother , and hides 2 British airman in her wardrobe / closet . Renee has enough on his plate with his constant infidelity relationships to his servant girls . He always comes up with an excuse to have them in his arms at one time or another . The French resistance and the French communist resistance only complicates Renee's already complicated life . Despite the fact , that the leader of the communist resistance is also in love with Renee too . Michele of the French resistance always says " Now listen very carefully , I shall say this only once . " There's plenty of laughs to watch and enjoy on this show . Don't miss it .
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490,041 | 33,913 | 86,718 | 9 |
An Awful Title but a Quality Show !
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Anton Rodgers is better known to me for his role on the other British comedy , " May to December . " On this show , he plays alongside the amazing Julia McKenzie , a well known British musical actress . The pairing of them as a couple with an empty nest syndrome . Rodgers plays William , the beloved husband to Hester played very well by Julia McKenzie . The other cast members include Hester's mother who lives just across the driveway and her friend Sonia played by Ann Beach . Anyway , I only caught glimpses of this show the first time around but NJN has brought Fresh Fields which is also the name of a supermarket chain and a legal firm on Fleet Street in London , England . With the kids grown and gone , Hester is left to fend for herself and keeps busy by jogging , joining the local community center and pottery classes , and cooking French food . Anyway , I recommend Fresh Fields because it is a well done show for mature audiences who love British comedy . Somebody compared Julia to Lucille Ball and I couldn't agree more . She has a wonderful singing voice as well and a good comedic voice too .
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490,386 | 33,913 | 46,911 | 9 |
Just in time for Halloween
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Diabolique is an excellent film . It has terrific actors like Simone Signoret . What makes it terrific is the suspense and horror that goes with it . From beginning to end , it is a film in time for Halloween . It will make you shiver with suspense . That the truth is stranger than fiction . It is a twisted version of the Children's Hour . The Black and white version is better than any colorized version . I watched a dubbed English version . To see it is to believe the " diabolique . " I would have loved to have seen the French version without subtitles to improve my French but this tape was worth the price and it's frighteningly good beyond belief . The ending is worth watching again and again . The film is well-written and acted .
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490,530 | 33,913 | 114,057 | 9 |
A Great Modern Version of Shakespeare's Classic
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My college professor says that Othello may be Shakespeare's finest drama . I don't know if I agree with him yet . I bought this video version of the film . First I love Kenneth BRanagh as Iago , he was perfectly complicated and worked very well in this adaptation . SUrprisingly , he didn't direct it but played a role . Lawrence Fishburne shows that American actors can play Shakespeare just as well as British actors can do . not that there was a British vs . American issue about it . In fact , if we all work together then Shakespeare can reach the masses which it richly deserves to do . Apart from other Shakespeare tragedies , this is dealt with the issue of race . Something that has existed since the beginning of time . The relationship between Iago and Emilia could have been better and shown the complicatedness of their union together . While Othello loves Desdemona with all his heart , he is weak for jealousy and fears losing her to a non-Moorish man like Cassio . It's quite a great scene at the end of the film but I won't reveal the ending . IT's just worth watching . I think they edited much of the lines to 2 hours but they always edit Shakespeare .
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489,906 | 33,913 | 49,096 | 9 |
I could see it on Broadway !
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The Court Jester's film version has dancing and music as well as a storyline about the court jester played by the wonderful Danny Kaye . The great ( not dame yet ) Angela Lansbury CBE plays the beautiful Gwendolyn who doesn't want to marry Griswold . The great ( not dame yet or honored at all ) Glynis Johns plays maid Jean . She fits right in with the boys of Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest . The film version is colorful with great costumes , art direction , and scenery to recreate the Arturian times . The cast is first rate that includes Sir Basil Rathbone along others as well . The film is smart enough not to be corny and to poke fun at itself . Like the scene with the baby who holds the mark , Kaye's character suggests that a woman should hold the baby . Gwendolyn states " if you love him ( Griswold ) so much , then you marry him " to her own father , the King and ruler of Camelot . It could be adapted to a Broadway musical since most of Broadway musicals are now being adapted from films anyway .
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490,529 | 33,913 | 265,666 | 9 |
Funny , tragic , sad , and yet very watchable !
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How many fans out there can say they have a more dysfunctonal family than Royal Tenenbaum ? You can raise your hands . Every family even the the geniuses are dysfunctional . I was impressed with the writing although I thought it was set in another decade . The car and wardrobe seem to indicate an earlier time period . I thought this was a New York City story but I think it happens in the Bronx . Maybe it is set there but it's not the Bronx that we as fans imagined it to be . The Bronx representation of this film is one where even elite intellectuals like the Tenenbuams can live and have pride in . Even though , the film never says New York City at all which is a great puzzler to me . I thought Gene Hackman gave an Oscar nominated worthy performance as the father of this dysfunctional family . Angelica Huston who I usually see as strong was shown as vulnerable in this role and yet strong as well as Etheline . I liked Ben Stiller who shows that yes he can act besides do comedy . I was surprised by Gwyneth Paltrow's performance as the depressing , private , closet smoker Margot . I don't understand why she is adopted by this family in the first place . They have two sons . Ben's character is afraid after his wife's death in a plane crash . Owen Wilson's character is the brother , a tennis player burnout . I don't know if Dudley is his son or that would make sense . I did like Danny Glover as the man who loved Etheline . It's nice to see interracial romances portrayed as normal as you can get with this film . By the end , you become sad for these characters .
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489,887 | 33,913 | 86,742 | 9 |
A good quality show with a great cast !
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Kate & Allie was one of my favorite shows when I grew up . It was also one of the few NYC based sitcoms filmed in New York City . Jane Curtin and Susan St . James play divorced best friends who live together after their divorces with their children in a Greenwich Village apartment . Of course , the apartment is unrealistically huge and is only affordable for the millionaires . The writing is genuinely funny and worth while to watch . It was one of the best comedies in the eighties . I remember when CBS's Monday Night was the place to be with shows like this on the air . Those days are long gone now . As for the rumors that they were supposed to be a couple , maybe that would be on television today . Sadly , it's not uncommon for sisters with their children to live together . I always assumed that Kate and Allie were more like sisters rather than best friends . Back in 1984 , two divorced women living together with their children would not have sparked the controversy . They went to high school together and they dated men as well . Their arrangement was platonic but they were family without anything offensive . Maybe they should have written them as sisters to avoid the controversy . The network insisted the show ending with them going to separate beds at the end of each episode to avoid that speculation .
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489,727 | 33,913 | 86,730 | 9 |
Highway to Heaven with Two Angels !
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Okay , Highway to Heaven was one of those feel-good dramas with a heart and soul . Of course , Michael Landson's last show brought us one of his finest acting performances as angel sent to earth to help the mortals make amends with their loved ones , relatives , friends , and themselves . All the episodes had a heart and soul kind of feeling that made you want to reach out and grab a handkerchief . This show was one of the better shows of the 1980s . Sadly , Michael Landon and Victor French died shortly later . They both acted wonderfully as friends , travelling companions and nothing more on a journey that took them all over the country . We don't have shows like Highway to Heaven anymore and I hope they will bring it to DVD soon .
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489,925 | 33,913 | 317,705 | 9 |
A Superior Animated Film !
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Okay , Pixar and animation has a lot more going for it . Besides only needing human voices to make animated movies and television series , the top and first class animated figures are done by computers now than hand-done but it takes a village to make a great animated film . The Incredibles is about a superhero couple who retire to have a normal life as they can . Of course , Craig T . Nelson is wonderful and recognizable as the voice of the father and superhero who can't give up his former profession . His wife is the voice of norm here who wants a normal life for their family . I could see why this film and others have attracted audiences whether young and old , parents , grandparents , and children . Most audiences can relate to the situation and enjoy the Disney film and appreciate how technology has come along way .
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490,507 | 33,913 | 107,616 | 9 |
Silly , gay ( no not in that way ) but it a light-hearted pleasing sense !
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I don't know why talented actors like Kenneth Branagh revel in William Shakespeare's works . I am sure there are other writers out there like Ibsen , Chekhov , Pinter , and many others . This film adaptation is a splendid example of bringing American actors like Denzel Washington , Keanu Reeves , Michael Keaton , and Robert Sean Leonard to doing Shakespeare with Kenneth BRanagh , Richard Briers , Emma Thompson and her mother Phyllida Law , KAte Beckinsale , Brian Blessed . This film adaptation is quite lovely to look at in the first place . Everybody is happy and alive in FLorence , Italy . Phyllida and Emma looked tanned and quite happy there . At the time of the film , Emma and Kenneth were married and supposed to be the heirs to Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier . Sadly like them , they both split up after the movie . I suppose it has to do with Ken and Emma's egos or whatever . At that time , I guess we all wanted them to be madly in love . Two attractive and cerebral people like Ken and Emma get together . It was not meant to be I guess in real life . The film is worthy to watch because it's William Shakespeare being silly , witty , and comical rather than tragic and sad . I have to say Emma's mother , Phyllida Law , has become one of the busiest actresses of her age since the 1990s . She works more than her two daughters combined . I look at her and I can see her own talent . She comes quite alive and happy in this film version . Maybe Phyllida will get an O . B . E . someday before Emma . I hope so .
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490,341 | 33,913 | 413,015 | 9 |
A Superior British classic film with Dame Judi Dench giving a great role .
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I saw this film aboard a Virgin Atlantic flight from New York to London . I like the film overall but I wouldn't call it a great film . It is a superior , old fashioned classic film set during wartime . I love Thelma Barlow of Coronation Street playing Mrs . Henderson's friend . Thelma is long overdue for a British honor herself like an M . B . E . ( Member of the Order of the British Empire ) . She does very well with Dame Judi Dench's grand dame performance as wealthy Mrs . Henderson . The film moves smoothly and it is based on a true story . I love watching Bob Hoskins play the real Vivian Van Dam , the theater manager . Hoskins is long overdue for an Oscar and a British honor himself perhaps a C . B . E . ( Commander of the Order of the British Empire ) . While this film is okay , it's not the kind of quality for a best picture that the academy looks for . Dame Judi Dench may get another nomination for Best Actress in this film and if she wins , great but it has been a disappointing year overall in films for the actresses . When she should have won for Mrs . Brown , she lost to Helen Hunt and won the following year which she should not have had to playing 8 minutes of Queen Elizabeth I in " Shakespeare in Love . " When will the academy award the right actresses and actors like Dame Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins at the appropriate times . I would be thrilled to see Thelma Barlow on that list for supporting actress though .
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490,800 | 33,913 | 106,400 | 9 |
I only wish there was more of it !
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I liked this film version of the television show because it makes me laugh on a rainy day or when I am having a bad day . The casting is excellent . I feel that Jim Varney plays an excellent Jed Clampett . I wish there was a sequel when he was still alive . Sadly , he's gone . I think we saw him apart from his Ernest character a lot more in Jed . He seem to feel right at home in this character . Cloris Leachman is a hoot as Granny and I really felt that she enjoyed the role . Erika Leniak does an actually good job as Elly May Clampett . She seems to fit at right home with the role . I liked Diedrich Bader as both Jethro and his twin sister Jethrine . Bader is really an excellent comedic actor . I thought Lily Tomlin played Ms . Jane Hathaway in her own updated style . I felt this Jane had more gusto than Nancy Culp did in the series . Dabney Coleman is always fun to see and in this one as Drysdale . I liked him and Tomlin together . I liked Penny Fuller as Mrs . Drysdale and Kevin O'Connell who plays their son , Morgan . I felt Morgan and Elly could have gotten together . I liked Linda Carlson as Jethro's mother . I wished she was on more . Rob Schneider and Lea Thompson really do a good job as con-artists after the Clampetts . But I really enjoyed watching this film to see the stars like Zsa Zsa Gabor , Miguel Ferrer , Buddy Ebsen as Rockford , Dolly Parton , etc . Their cameos made it worth while to see them . It's nice to see Zsa Zsa poke fun at herself on screen in anything .
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489,842 | 33,913 | 379,623 | 9 |
Stop Being Serious and Start Having Fun !
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Ellen DeGeneres is one of the best known lesbian talk show hostesses around . That's because she does not use her show to preach or force people to accept her lifestyle . Her show has fans that range from conservative Christians to left wing liberals like myself who do appreciate that Ellen uses her show for good rather than protesting . I think that's why she went away . She allowed her sexual orientation to define her rather than having her own identity . I think she's better than that because she does admit to it upfront . Audiences do want honesty and truthfulness . They don't care about it but they don't want to be deceived or lied too . It's better to be clean and upfront about her personal life especially if you are doing a television show like this . While I think she's secured a niche in daytime television , she uses her comedic humor to poke fun as life in general . I think she's best when she's non-political because we already have enough politics for the next year with this 2008 election . I don't understand why she's winning Emmys because even though she's great most of the time . The show's momentum has passed . It can be silly , serious , and straightforward at times . She dances in the beginning because we don't get enough of it . Ellen might be a great role model for lots of confused teens out there but she is seen as a great role model for all of us because we don't have to grow up and stop having fun . I think that's what the message of her show is about , stop being serious and having fun .
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490,466 | 33,913 | 112,056 | 9 |
Sometimes better than SNL
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I always loved MadTV since it's debut . How did they get their cast ? They went out in a truck and recruited a couple of prostitutes , pimp , a suicidal woman , a homeless veteran , and an overweight crossing guard . They are some fabulous skits like " That's my White Mama ! " with Artie Lange as fat white man who has the soul of a black woman . Ms . Vancome is always vocal about her bigoted opinions . Ms . Swan is a priceless character of sheer irritation . They spoof the President Bush and Clintons needlessly . They even did a good spoof of ER where everybody in the show is getting ready to leave . I thought that made a strong criticism of the show . Finally , sometimes they do things that SNL won't do or forget to do . I love SNL and MadTV . I just wish MadTv would start at 10 : 30pm than 11pm . so I don't have to debate which to tape . I hope MadTv last as long as SNL .
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489,899 | 33,913 | 71,315 | 9 |
Except for the Ending , this is a classic film !
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This film follows Roman Polanski's mindset . By the time , he directed Chinatown , Polanski had survived the Holocaust in Poland and survived the Manson trial . I know Polanski is guilty of molesting a young girl and fled the country . Those events occurred after this film . For the record , Jack Nicholson is brilliant as Jake , a man with a conscious . Fay Dunaway is brilliant as Mrs . Mulray and the legendary John Huston acting as her father is bone-chilling . The film is the story about life in Los Angeles during the great depression when it was nothing at the time before all the development . It's hard to believe that Los Angeles was once a small town that prospered into the entertainment capital of the world . It has become one of the world's priciest places to live in or around . The story is well-known especially about the relationship between Mrs . Mulray and her father , Mr . Cross . But in 1974 , they never would have revealed such truths . After all , Huston plays a powerful wealthy businessman and investor . I am giving it a nine because I dislike the ending . It's chilling for me to see the wrong person to be killed and another character on the way to be victimized .
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490,053 | 33,913 | 112,096 | 9 |
Penelope Keith runs this show !
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Penelope Keith CBE OBE is better remembered for her roles as Audrey Fforbes-Hamilton in " To the Manor Born " and " The Good Life " as Marjery Ledbetter . In this series which was prematurely shortened , she and William Gaunt plays parents and grandparents who must raise their three orphaned grandchildren after their son and daughter-in-law have died in a car accident . The children are now orphaned and now must be raised by their grandparents who are not normally affectionate towards children even their own son . The news and circumstances that they must endure but the writers do a splendid job in bringing the unlikely pair of grandparents who probably would prefer traveling the world rather than raising their own grandchildren . This show could have been a hit if it was allowed too .
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