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490,485 | 33,913 | 444,584 | 1 | Somebody call PETA ! | I caught glimpses of this show which feature a gay male couple and their dog , Liberace . First of all , they come across as the most stereotyped gay couple that I have seen and yet they are real . I couldn't watch them with their dog as they took this tiny lap dog ( I mean the dog weighed under 10 pounds and was not fully developed ) and pushed into these contests . I thought Showbiz Moms and Dads were ridiculous but this young gay couple are obviously immature and neglectful of Liberace . I understand that some people want to place their animals for show but don't put Liberace on for show like a doll . Liberace is a dog and a small one . I had a rabbit who weighed more than this dog and I wouldn't put it in contests . Liberace isn't even attractive . Look I know people love their animals , I still can't get over the loss of my rabbit but even I have a good sense about what she wanted . I don't think Liberace wants to be paraded around like show dog . He probably just wants to sleep and then when they started going on about his penal development , I just cringed and prayed for somebody like the PETA people to see this as animal abuse and cruelty . If they don't conclude that , I don't know what else is my opinion . Poor Liberace , he is the one suffering the most . As for his owners , if they want to parade dogs , they should get bigger sized dogs which show interest in performing . |
490,043 | 33,913 | 123,366 | 1 | Just Awful ! Mail Rosie a mussel to shut her big mouth ! | Believe it or not , I watched this show in the beginning in 1996 and I was a fan of it then . Not anymore , I grew to lose respect for all of the co-hosts at one time or another . Never did I think that Meredith Viera would announce to the world that she is not wearing underwear . Debbie Matenopoulos was far better than her replacements despite her sometimes idiotic comments . Until yesterday when Star Jones Reynolds announced her departure from the show did it hit me , I can't stand Rosie O'Donnell to begin with because she is a lying hypocrite of a human being and for her to succeed Viera's departure only supports my decision to have stopped watching . Who wants to see Rosie O'Donnell again as a talk show host anyway ? That was what was behind Star's departure was the Rosie's arrival . Not that Star is herself blameless , she has changed a lot since her surgery and her marriage but she managed to maintain some of my respect . After all , she is a lawyer and I don't think she's no dummy . Barbara Walters , what have you done to this show since it first aired 9 years ago . I could see why Meredith is leaving for better opportunities . I can't stand Joy Behar anymore who I used to enjoy watching as a comedian . I had respect for Star Jones until this show and watched it deplete over the years . Debbie's replacements have never had the same magic as the show once did when it premiered and even less when Rosie joins the show . With Star , I wish her and Meredith the best . But come on , Barbara , you can go outside and get somebody off the streets of New York City who doesn't talk English and do a better job then Rosie . They could be homeless , drunk , and wasted and I bet they would be funnier and more original than Rosie O'Donnell could ever be . I was reading that you were going to ask Marcia Cross about those lesbian rumors in front of her parents even though she was engaged to a man at the time but Marcia's quite a lady but you lost her respect . How many other people's respect are you going to lose now . Maybe Barbara should retire herself . Now if Barbara was smart , she would have gotten Kathie Lee Gifford to take over Meredith's spot . I plan on watching something less argumentative , maybe I'll switch over to Jerry Springer from now on . |
490,772 | 33,913 | 117,509 | 1 | It's not for me ! I just hated it ! | After only watching a few minutes of this adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet , I couldn't take much more of it . It was something that I could laugh at rather than take seriously . I tried after a few minutes more but it's hard to take Leonardo DiCaprio who I believe is a very talented actor and Clare Dane who is just as talented playing in modern times . We know nobody talks like that . If they had adapted Romeo and Juliet to more modern language , I think I would have bared the film in general . But the language and the modern day scenery do not mix well for me . I'm old fashioned I guess in general . I know the director wanted something different for Romeo and Juliet . Few films can beat the 1968 version with Olivia Hussey and this film would not be very welcome if I was teaching Romeo and Juliet . It's too far fetched and ridiculous . I know it's modernized for the audience . But I like my Shakespeare to be precise and old fashioned . I love Miriam Margolyes as the nurse and Christina Pickles as one of the mothers but it just doesn't feel right . Mercutio's supposed to be a drag queen which I felt was really something that made my stomach turn in general was out of this world . It's not for me and I accept that . If there are others happy with it , so be it but not for me . |
490,415 | 33,913 | 169,455 | 2 | Rosie O'Donnell , Barbara Walters , What has this show turned into ? | I'm sorry but Rosie O'Donnell talking about her mother's death and Barbara Walters ( who has never really acted ) on the actors studio . I have suggestions as to who should be on the Actors Studio in the future . What about your former wife , Nina Foch ? What about the following ? Kim Novak ( retired and very much alive in Oregon . I bet she can teach acting ) , Dame Elizabeth Taylor , Barbara Windsor , Susan Lucci , Erika Slezak ( she has 6 daytime Emmys ) , Jeanne Cooper , Emma Thompson , Susan Flannery , Helen Wagner ( she celebrates 50 years playing one role on AS the World Turns ) , don't forget your soap roots , John Lipton . You spent 10 years on daytime with some of the finest around . You could have some longtime actors and actresses on your show . I bet they have better stories and can teach about acting . I look forward to your Liza Minnelli interview which will be a deservedly 2 hours long . Don't forget the Redgraves as well , Lynn , Vanessa , and Corin ? What about Broadway stars like Cherry Jones , Zoe Caldwell , Angela Lansbury , John Lithgow , Oprah Winfrey , etc . There are plenty of wonderful actors and actresses out there waiting to be interviewed for your show . Kim Novak is a good example of somebody . She is a golden girl from the golden days of Hollywood . She would be worth watching as well . Come on , Lipton , you can do better than Rosie and Babs . |
490,180 | 33,913 | 1,191,056 | 2 | I thought the Kardashians were bad ! | Okay , the reality show premise is five housewives of New York City . Housewives do housework but they have maids and housekeepers to take care of that and nannies and Au pairs to look after their children . I know this is supposed to be the East Coast version of the Real Housewives of Orange County , California . Okay , these five women are pretty shallow , self-indulgent , vain , conceited , and totally in love with themselves . I forgive their husbands who pay the ultimate price of the marriage . They look like fools ! The wives don't really need a lot of the luxuries but they have so much money that they have to spend it endlessly on themselves . Of course , there is the charities and fund-raisers but they probably spend more money on the dresses to go to the functions to be seen and heard . I bet there were a thousand or hundreds of eligible housewives . They narrowed it down to those who look like they posed out of swimsuit issues . They are as deep as a shallow pool and are as nearly interesting . I find it incomprehendable when one of the wives makes a snide comment about living in the suburbs . I live in the New Jersey suburbs and I know that many people can't afford to live here neither . There are thousands or millions of us struggling to get by on small paychecks . Maybe Bravo can do a show on the real housewives of New Jersey . They don't have the time to socialize with each other when they are too busy working two or three jobs and chauffeuring their children from place to place . I was appalled by the cost of a purebred dog at $1800 . 00 . Where is PETA ? This is an outrage when are thousands of dogs and cats eligible for adoption . The show is just too shallow for me . It's like watching a train wreck . |
490,230 | 33,913 | 388,795 | 2 | Why Brokeback Lost the Oscar ? | Do you really want to know why it didn't win the Oscar ? Well maybe because prior to the Academy Awards , we were bombarded with how great this film was . It was considered groundbreaking , controversial , etc . and it widely praised . Did it ever occur to anybody that it would turn off the Oscar Voters ? Of course it didn't that would be too easy , you make a film and promote it so heavily that brokeback fever became brokeback annoyance . You just wanted to get away from all the hype . I hated seeing the signs on the London tubes and billboards everywhere . This film was not going to get to me as it did others . I'm too strong for that . Just like Titanic which I never saw , I got sick of hearing about how wonderful Brokeback is . I think Mad TV depicted a great sketch about it with two girls . When one said " I wish I could quit you but my husband won't let me ? " and the other replied " My husband drove me up here . " THe first replied " My husband is over there . " I have to say that I never laughed so hard because that was the depth of the film itself . So Crash beat Brokeback , finally a film inspired by life in Los ANgeles for a change , set in Hollywood and filmed there . Who are the Hollywood Oscar voters ? The people who work there that's who . THey didn't film Crash in Vancouver because they could for cheaper but anyway , who gets the last laugh . Now if only I bet on Crash in the first place . By the way since I wrote this interview , I got a very negative email about my comment . Funny , I have written over 400 reviews for this site and this one came back . I won't delete this review because I think I have something important to say about the film itself . I don't care about the homosexuality . I am a liberal lefty feminist who does support gay rights to marry , adopt children , divorce and equal rights to benefits . I am not homophobic in the least and if you think I am then I recommend reading some of my other reviews for Portrait of a Marriage and Paris Was a Woman . Just for the record , this is only a movie . |
489,825 | 33,913 | 257,295 | 2 | Orwell would have been shocked ! | I don't get Big Brother . I read George Orwell's novel 1984 where we are introduced to Big Brother , the watcher of all of us or at least in this case , these poor suckers who choose to live together under close watch by millions of poor Britons . This is the not the masterpiece theater exported around the world . This television show is all the rage in England on Channel 4 no less . They spend countless hours observing these young Britons and my sister loves it but I can't take it . I'm going to give the show a 2 because Imogen reacted when she was kicked out like I would have . I would have been begging the audience to get me off this sinking ship . I'm sorry but this is degrading to both sexes and the young . Who wants to be exploited for a hundred thousand pounds ? I wouldn't do it for less than a million and I don't think I would survive . Let me answer questions or do something with my mind . Nicki's screaming is unbearable and the gay Canadian is annoying . Is there a requirement that there must be one gay or lesbian person in the group . The couples won't last off the set . Sorry folks , don't let your children be watching this rubbish as they say and I agree . This show is appalling to watch and can be addictive . I'm glad that I'm in my thirties and not my twenties . |
490,100 | 33,913 | 1,086,761 | 2 | The Guide to Parenting Not ! | Remember Robert Kardashian , he was the attorney and best friend of O . J . Simpson ? Of course , you do . Everybody remembers the dream team of the Simpson trial . Bobby's first wife , Kris , married Bruce Jenner and had two more children , Kylie and Kendal . Kris and Bobby were married for twelve years and produced four children-Robert Jr . , Kourtney , Khloe , and Kim I believe . In this show which is produced by Ryan Seacrest , the blended family which includes Kris Jenner who is also producer of the show has quite a reality premise . When one of the girls discover that she's not pregnant , they rent a bus to take the family to Las Vegas where the Kardashian decides to marry her boyfriend . Of course , Kris has gone behind her husband's back to purchase a puppy and not to tell him while she's away with the girls . Their home life in Calabasas is quite luxurious because it's worth millions of dollars . There are touching moments like the tribute to their father , Robert Kardashian . Kris and Bruce have been married for 16 years . I think Kris should stop acting like a teenager and grow-up and wear more age-appropriate clothes . She must think that she's still a kid and has some immaturity . I don't think much of Jenner anymore . I used to have respect for him but it's deteriorating while watching this show . |
490,337 | 33,913 | 157,246 | 2 | Just a Disgrace ! | I tried to like Will and Grace . Believe me I tried . But i always get the wrong impression watching this show . Even when they advertise for Will and Grace , he has his arms around her . Isn't he supposed to be gay ? I don't get the relationship between a straight woman and this metro homosexual played by Eric McCormack . There always seems to be unspoken attraction and desire for Will and Grace to get together . Now Will is gay so forget about it . But I think it provides the wrong impression that straight heterosexual women need the company of gay men for platonic friendship . Heterosexual women are very competitive and vicious about going after men and they probably feel comfortable with gay men as friends but it's still sending the wrong message of heartbreak and the lack of realism . I also find Megan Mullally's character as Karen annoying and Sean Hayes ' Jack equally annoying . These four characters are the most shallow , vain , characters on television . Why would anybody straight or gay want them ? Over the last 8 years , this show has been considered a breakthrough but I think it sets women back . I liked Debra Messing better on Ned and Stacey . DOn't get me wrong about gays and straights having friendship . I think it's possible and happens all the time but Will and Grace's relationship should have ended when Will got out of the closet in the first place . YOu shouldn't run back to your best female former girlfriend for love and support if you're a gay man . Thank God , these characters ' haven't reproduced . They're too vain and shallow for that in the first place . So don't get me wrong about gay rights ? I support gay equal rights and discrimination and even gay marriages or civil unions but I don't support this show because I'm a feminist and I don't think this will help women like Grace . |
490,338 | 33,913 | 461,721 | 2 | Sorry , this isn't it , Seth ? | I love Seth Green . His appearances on THat 70s ' Show is always worth watching but last night , I felt the show needed to overhauled . Four single young guys inherit a New York City apartment that most of us would die for . The grandmother must have been an heiress to have such space in the first place . So I felt the need for realism should have been brought out . Anyway the plot about four best friends getting this apartment was not believable . I would have been thrilled if they had to move in with one of their parents which would have provided great humor and dysfunctional about the show's set up . There did not seem to be much humor in it . I am only watching it because it falls before My Name is Earl on a winning Thursday night . I think they should go back , scrap this series , and start over . We need more family involved series . How about Seth and his friends move in with his wacky parents in the suburbs after a fire burns their place down . THey could have Dabney Coleman play the father and Christine Estabrook , play the mother and dysfunctional siblings . The list of possibilities with somebody like Seth Green are endless and the network is blowing it . |
490,474 | 33,913 | 95,687 | 3 | one of the worst movies ever made | My Stepmother is an Alien has to be one of the worst movies ever made in the eighties . Alyson Hannigan makes her film debut . Now she's a lesbian witch on Bffy : The Vampire Slaver , this movie is dreadful with a fine cast of actors like Saturday Night Live's Jon Lovitz , Dan Ackroyd , and the beautiful Kim Basinger as the title character . It is almost unbearable to watch it now . I have seen on TV and I thought it was much better than on video . I'm sorry I bought the videotape . Now , I want my money back because it's just horribly written maybe that was it's true intent but the film never really becomes worth watching even for the humorous moments . I'm glad that the cast has long moved away from this film's history . Basinger is now an Oscar winner and Golden Globe winner for her performance in L . A . Confidential . Hannigan has become a regular television actress in comedies now . Jon and Dan have gone on to do much more . |
490,276 | 33,913 | 44,298 | 3 | Four Hours of Today ! | I have to admit it that I don't watch the Today show . I prefer the Imus show on MSNBC because I feel like it's real , candid , and authentic with great guests . I have stopped watching morning shows like Today because I can't stand the pretentious and falseness . Everybody appears a little too happy for me especially in the morning if you are not a morning person like myself . I am happy for Meredith Viera because she probably felt like she was saving from the Titanic or the The View as it's called so she seems so much happier now . but for NBC to ditch daytime soaps like Passions and Another World is ridiculous . The Today Show is becoming more and more like cable television . We don't need four hours of the Today Show . We do need shows like Passions though . It's a well-known fact that NBC has wanted to ditch the soaps for a long time . The only problem now is Days of Our Lives which has a strong fan base that will do anything to keep it on the air . Anyway , NBC is going in the toilet faster than the View . remember when there was Saturday morning cartoons for kids and television programming for teens with shows like Saved by the Bell . Sorry , the Today Show for 2 hours is too much and four is just awful . |
490,570 | 33,913 | 430,836 | 3 | Why not expand Entertainment Tonight to an Hour Instead ? | The Insider and Entertainment Tonight are just two annoying television shows regarding the entertainment industry . I get more information from the TMZ show . Most of the time , they are just promoting stories and teasing the audience about it . When they get to the promoted story , they spend less time than you can imagine . I remember Lara Spencer who was a reporter for ABC in the New York City affiliate before coming to The Insider . She is promising reporter but she spends so much time on fluff stuff . Entertainment news shows are past it's prime with competition E ! , internet , and other shows . Entertainment Tonight was the first and probably the best until now . The Insider is just the expanded hour and promo into Entertainment Tonight anyway . Besides , they used to focus on all kinds of celebrities back in the day when you couldn't miss it . Today , the celebrities that are covered on these shows aren't worthy of the attention . I remember when they remembered celebrities who passed away . At the end of the show , they would roll clips and play music . I was hoping that with Estelle Getty that they would do the same thing by remembering her with clips from her career and interviews while playing the Golden Girls theme song . That was a missed opportunity . Instead , they talked about what's coming up next . They used to do that before the credits rolled . |
490,132 | 33,913 | 385,890 | 3 | A Big Fat Mess of Epic Portions ! | Okay , I wanted to like this movie because I love spoofs and satiric films but this movie was way over the top . It was a combination of Pulp Fiction , A Big Fat Greek Wedding , and other films but the script lacked sense and the cast of characters were nobody familiar . I applaud first time directors who try to be innovative but the film needs some type of structure and I hope that they keep trying to spoof films whether classic or sensational . You can spoof so much more like Titanic and other popular forms of film . There is so much but you can't do it all in one film . First , the casting should have been better . The location shooting was fine but like again the film kept shoving popular film spoofs in our face . Most of us haven't seen all the films that they are spoofing . |
489,961 | 33,913 | 366,034 | 3 | It's all stereotypes ! | If you want my opinion , this show is very negative stereotype of Bostonians especially the blue collar family of the O'Neils as typical Irish Catholic . Harriet Sansom Harris and Lenny Clarke could have a better show without the rest of the cast . They're both really the stars of the show and they are much more interesting together . So their son falls in love with a daughter of two gay men . I don't anything about her mother which makes the impression that she did not have a mother or who is actually her father . I only saw a couple episodes and was not impressed by the writing . The rest of the cast seem easily forgettable in their roles . The gay couple is wealthy , educated , and cultured stereotype of the gay community . One male owns or works in an art gallery . Another male is a teacher in an elementary school . It kind bothers me that the Irish catholic O'Neils owns a bar in Boston . It's just all stereotypes and I'm not crazy about watching stereotypes or being preached too . I think the daughter's mother or actual parentage should be addressed . |
490,171 | 33,913 | 83,661 | 4 | Waste of talent ! | James Earl Jones is poorly used in this terrible horror film that looks like from the seventies and not the eighties . Lila Kedrova and Jose Ferrer are also misused . The story is crazy about a Loch-Ness type of monster who is beneath a Greek island . The island has secrets but there are not that worthy to know about the sacrifices of virgins to the monster for whatever reason and I didn't care . The film is a poor thriller with a good cast including Lydia Cornell , Mary Weller , and Martin Cove . It starts off with a search for sister Madeline in Greece where she takes up with Jones ' character for whatever reason . Her brother played by Cove comes with his newlywed wife searching for her and discover the mystery of the island . The whole plot is far-fetched and not worth knowing . The special effects are amateurish at best . It's a forgettable film in all respects . |
489,953 | 33,913 | 367,279 | 4 | I'm not crazy about this one ! | You would think that Ron Howard , the veteran of Happy Days and Andy Griffith Show , would get why I am not crazy about this show . Unlike Happy Days and the Andy Griffith Show , Arrested Development lacks warmth in it's main family . One of the many reasons people watch family oriented sitcoms is because they like the family . As much as I tried to like this show , I couldn't get pass the characters . Except for Jason Bateman , the show never really catches my attention . Jeffrey Tambor is always wonderful but he is not enough . I found this show to be confusing and often bewildering . I wanted to like this show and I tried but I never caught on like the critics . One of the many reasons that we watch the same sitcoms over and over is for the laughs and because we like the family or the cast of characters . I found this group to be unlikable and shallow and I am sorry that I am not a critic . But I think if you look at all the popular sitcoms in history , you will find that the characters who became endearing to its audience won both critics and fans . Just look at them again . |
490,385 | 33,913 | 217,630 | 4 | Couldn't be a better title ! | I'm not much for movies nowadays about teens but this garbage was on in my hotel room . Loser is unrealistic but thoughtful love story between a commuter female college student sleeping with her professor and the boy who falls in love with her . It has its moments and charming scenes but overall it's lame just like most of the movies out there . Anyway the film could have been better because it seems to just move in a predictable direction rather than maintain some memorable moments in the film . The acting was mediocre along with the writing and I don't think they shot it in New York City but I can't be sure . Anyway , it's just another teen movie that grossly underestimates the college experience . |
490,293 | 33,913 | 190,524 | 4 | Interesting film about the end of the world | Left Behind is a hard film to swallow unless you are a believer . While I believe in the possibility of Armageddon , I find it hard to believe that children and people would disappear without their clothes everywhere off the world . They don't explain the cause of their disappearance or where they go too . I am glad for Kirk Cameron to have an opportunity . I always liked him since Growing Pains . He does his best work yet in this film with his wife , Chelsea Noble . But I loved Colin Fox and he was totally miscasted for the role as the Jewish doctor , Dr . Chaim Rosenzweig , with the formula to feed the world . While this story is hard to believe , its still watchable but don't panic about the end of the world yet . These books are partly fiction . |
490,089 | 33,913 | 1,243,939 | 5 | Wanted to enjoy it ! | I hope there will be another Kissel movie out there . I read two books about the Kissel Brothers . I felt that Robin Tunney gave the best performance as unhinged Nancy Kissel . You hated her one minute and felt sorry for her in the next minute . She felt like property than a wife . It is true that her father-in-law looked down upon his daughter-in-law from day one . The two hour film which is really only 90 minutes plus a few couldn't unfold the events that led to the downfalls of both Kissel brothers . Robert Kissel was the good brother who succeeded in the financial world and even landed a job in Hong Kong but was troubled by an unstable wife . Andrew Kissel played by John Stamos is the only other standout performance in the film . He is both troubled and devious in deceiving his investors of the actual losses . Their spouses aren't as memorable as Nancy and Andrew . Maybe they should have gotten together in the first place but it would be a deadly combination . Sadly , since it is based on the true Kissel story . I felt that there wasn't enough details but only hints of Nancy and Andrew's falls . The film comes across as disjointed with people like Hayley , Andrew's wife , and his driver giving a statements along with other Hong Kong wives who were expatriates whose husbands and never came home to the Parkview complex . Nancy's crimes were brought on by a combination of things and a culmination of despair and utter desperation . Nancy was tired of being Robert's wife . Robert tried to buy her happiness but nothing worked . She was miserable in Hong Kong and the only light was a cable guy in New England . The Kissels ' sister spoke about maybe if she didn't meet the cable guy or that there were too many maybes . The tragedy of the Kissel family is well-documented in books . I felt sorry for both Nancy and Andrew who longed for happiness , love , and acceptance . Nancy felt out of place with her in-laws easily . |
490,177 | 33,913 | 134,618 | 5 | Don't Insult Alaskans ! | Okay , the premise is that the great New York Rangers hockey team would play against an unknown Alaskan team in a small fictional town known as Mystery where they like to keep things as they are . They don't want Price World because it would mean local businesses would lose money and be forced to close . I love Alaska , it's our largest state . It has more resources than all of our states put together . It is a beautiful place to live and Alaskans have pride in living there despite the cold weather , endless amounts of snow , and difficult weather conditions . They still live in one of the most incredible places on earth . The plot is pointless and it wasn't even filmed in Alaska which makes it worse . |
490,401 | 33,913 | 640,557 | 5 | Sillier than most ! | When Vint gets an invitation to join the secret society of the snakes , he agrees to join and must learn the book which is considered sacred kept against women . So he spends his free time learning to get into the Cobra lodge ignoring his neglected wife , Naomi . He gets help from his nephew , Bubba , in learning all there is to know about the Cobra . It turns out that Iola's father is a member too . When Naomi and Mama decide to switch his cheating cards with recipe cards for his induction ceremony , they learn that it could be not only disastrous , humiliating , and ostracizing for Vint's life . So Mama sneaks into the men's lodge only under the Cobra robe to switch back the cards . Hopefully , Mama doesn't get caught and if she does , how embarrassing for Vint . |
490,120 | 33,913 | 266,489 | 5 | Funny but mean at times ! | I have to say that the premise of a young couple moving into a beautiful New York duplex especially if it's played by Drew Barrymore and Ben Stiller . There is definite chemistry there between them . The problem is that they have elderly female tenant who lives on the second floor . She is beautifully played by an British actress . It would have been interesting if they casted somebody else for this role . No offense to the actress who played Mrs . Connolly because she did a wonderful job . I would have suggested casting some other actress in the role but she did do an excellent job . Anyway , the casting includes Wallace Shawn as Drew's boss and Swoosie Kurtz as Ben's editor . Ben's character is a writer and a novelist . Harvey Fierstein plays the what else gay realtor in this role . Does he ever play straight ? Anyway , we find out at the end of the film the truth which might be both shocking and even cruel . |
490,491 | 33,913 | 56,758 | 5 | Butcher Jill Farren Phelps does it again ! | After Santa Barbara , Guiding Light , Another World , and One Life to Live , the Soap Butcher Jill Farren Phelps has placed her friends in high position often ruining such high quality shows . When I was watching Guiding Light , it was at its peak in 1991 . They fired the producer and replaced them with Butcher Phelps . She drove Beverlee McKinsey away by overworking her to death . She killed off beloved Ellen Parker's character Maureen . So Parker won an Emmy but the loss was much worse for the audience . On Another World , she killed off Alice Barrett Mitchell's beloved Mary Frances Frame Winthrop in a ridiculous storyline . On One Life to Live , I could only imagine what she did to that show which took years recover . Now she is ruining General Hospital by driving the great John Ingle away to Days Of Our Lives where he received a contract role . I feel sorry and sympathy for Jed Allan because he has a tough act to follow . The Quartermaines used to be the funnest family on television completely . She drove the great Dame Anna Lee away right before her death . Now Kristina Malandro Wagner refuses to return unless she gets a contract for playing Felicia Jones . Why aren't the veterans of this getting the short end of the stick ? I bet Gloria Monty is livid over the show getting Best Drama Emmy under Phelps . I know Monty's heart was always in the right place with this show and her last time around wasn't successful as the Luke & Laura days but still , I know Butcher Phelps track record with soaps . Nobody in the real workplace would allow somebody whose cost so much damage to so many people . I am glad that Robin Strasser is speaking against Phelps ' known favoritism for certain actors . I am going to single them out now on General Hospital because it would be unfair . But I know after 25 years of watching soaps , I could do a better job to satisfy both fans and the cast and crew . I am sorry but Phelps is just a Soap Opera Butcher to me . I know Guiding Light was great at the time but she made terrible decisions which cost fans . Now Guiding Light might be up for cancellation ! the cast and crew took a pay cut to keep the show afloat . Remember Another World ! Phelps was there before she jumped ship to One Life To Live . What goes on behind the scenes must be more fascinating than on screen . Guiding Light and Another World were creations of another daytime diva or queen Irna Phillips who would be turning over in her grave if she knew what this woman has done to her children . Now Phelps is killing off Alan Quartermaine who has been played faithfully by Stuart Damon for 30 years . I'm concerned that she is going to lose one of the show's best attributes , the Quartermaine Family . She and the network practically drove Anna Lee out over a contract dispute . Even with John Ingle's welcome return , the shadow over the show is still different . I don't blame cast members like Leslie Charleson and others for being so vocal about Damon's departure . It's as shocking as it comes . This is what you get when you have somebody like Phelps at the helm . |
490,650 | 33,913 | 116,138 | 5 | It's not that Awful ! | First , I love Canada and Vancouver , it's a gorgeous city often used for filming locations . Finally a film set in Vancouver but we don't see any sights . You can tell it's a Kevin Smith film whether he produced or financed it himself . I see him at the party with his buddy Jason Mawes who played Az . Jason Lee without his famous mustache is quite believable as Donner , the man who seeks to find Bigfoot in British Columbia but cons his friends into going with him on a camping trip until they straighten their messed up empty lives . In the beginning , all of the characters live off the Canadian government with no desire to get jobs or seek a respectable living . Once they are cut off from welfare , Donner convinces the gang to visit his uncle's cabin in the deep woods of British Columbia but Donner has other motives . There is too much cursing or swearing going on here in the film . We never get to know the real characters . While the directors of this film are new , I believe in time that they will rise to better directors . I am donating my DVD to entertain the troops overseas . I have to say that Vancouver is always worth visiting and the directors should spend more time setting and filming in that wonderful mecca . |
490,409 | 33,913 | 184,858 | 5 | a mixed bag of goods ! | This film is not one of the director's finest works despite it's all star cast with enough twists and turns for a roller coaster ride at an amusement park . Ben Affleck plays an ex-convict whose cell mate gets killed in a prison fight . Ben's character , Rudy , meets up with Ashley played by Charlize Theron . Just remember , nobody is truly what they appear to be in this film . Ashley's brother , Gabriel , is played by the under-rated Gary Sinise who is far more deadly than any of Rudy's prison pals . First , they think Rudy is truly Nick Cassidy , a former casino worker . The mixed-up identity allows Rudy to spend some quality time with Ashley . By the time of revelations , nobody is truly what they seem to be and relationships are revealed that are not always proper . I think Rudy / Nick learns the truth about Ashley's life . By the end of the film , you're actually cheering for Rudy because he turns out to be the hero but I won't say how he does it or what happens . I don't want to spoil the film's ending . |
490,165 | 33,913 | 1,376,649 | 5 | I am so sick of the countess bit ! | I am so sick of LuAnn needed to be called by her title . In this episode , there is a humorous moment when she calls to order pizza and says " countess De Lesseps . " Now I don't know if you order pizza in the real world but the pizza place doesn't care about names as much as getting the right address and paid with a tip . LuAnn seems so transparent as if she earned her title . She married for it . Just remember that the French aristocracy were decimated by the French peasants during the Revolution . Regardless of her husband's job , even people with titles don't flaunt it or demand it as much as LuAnn . If she was in England , it would be different because they are used to titled people but not in America . Even people with titles like dame or knighthood after they earned it , don't demand the recognition that Luann seems too . I was surprised to see her actually doing dishes because her housekeeper / nanny Rosie went to visit her family in the Philippines for a month . Still we don't see the housewives do housework . Even her book on manners and etiquette is coming out with her title of course as if it matters in this day and age . |
489,773 | 33,913 | 113,638 | 5 | A cute romantic film | Let it be Me is nothing more than a cute romantic film about couples who falls in love during dance lessons . I remember James Goodwin from his Another World days . It's nice to see Leslie Caron again as Patrick Stewart's love interest . The dancing could have been better though without being corny at times . Otherwise , it is well worth a watch to see couples fall in love . It's not Dirty Dancing but it's from the writer who created that phenomenon . Let It Be Me is about couples who get together during dance classes . The cast is first rate with Leslie Caron , Patrick Stewart , Jennifer Beals and Jamie Goodwin . It's not what you expect but it's okay and fare . |
490,194 | 33,913 | 441,774 | 5 | A mixture of truth and fiction ! | Okay if you know the true story about Martha Beck and Raymond Martinez Fernandez , you would know that Martha Beck was an overweight nurse , single mother of two children that she abandoned . The casting of Selma Hayek is fine but they make no attempt in allowing her to be Martha Beck . She is too glamorized in this role . I have no problem with Jared Leto in the role of Raymond . Of course , my biggest problem with the film is the concentration on the cops played by John Travolta and James Gandolfini . While the costume designs , acting , and directing are first rate , the writers and director does take artistic liberties . I actually felt bad for the characters of Beck and Fernandez even though their main motives was to profit from the dead of unsuspecting women like Janet Fay who was actually 66 years old but played by a much younger actress . I felt that the film is worth watching but it's painful to watch at times . |
490,815 | 33,913 | 794,911 | 5 | Naomi gets amnesia ! | A typical episode in which Naomi gets amnesia from her head being slammed in the door . By forgetting her identity , she forgets that she's married to Vint and Thelma's daughter-in-law . Naomi spends time with Thelma and Iola who mold her more into their image instead of who she was before the accident . It's a typical amnesia episode in which a character forgets who they are for the episode . Naomi has to find her way back to reality from her memory loss and the episode is predictable if not typical in sitcoms at all . Naomi's personality changes from her bubbly self to somebody more fitting for Iola and Thelma than her own husband who she doesn't know and won't fool around with him like they usually do . One of the charms of this show is the general affection between Vint and Naomi . |
490,278 | 33,913 | 327,162 | 5 | Give Me A Break ! | First of all , I know this was only filmed a couple of years ago . They progressed Stepford by having a white gay couple but you are telling me that the perfect world of Stepford is lily white . I mean if you can have a gay couple , you can't have an African American couple and Hispanic couple in Stepford . This is 2004 . As for the remake , this movie is a comedy . The first movie version at least had the effort to make it a thriller . I love Roger Bart as the gay husband / wife but it's redundant for him . After all , when he's cast as straight like George Williams on Desperate HOusewives , he becomes a homicidal maniac obsessed with Bree . Nicole Kidman is good in the role that Katharine Ross made famous . Bette Midler is always welcome although not on film sets because of her difficult behavior . I love the casting of JOn Lovitz as her husband , John Malkovich and Glenn Close as the all too perfect Stepford couple . The movie is entertaining but it's 30 years later , times have changed . I guess the message is that it's changed for gays but not for African Americans or Hispanics in this country . |
490,757 | 33,913 | 167,427 | 5 | Okay , it's silly but lots of fun ! | First of all , Glynis Johns should be made a Dame of the British Empire by now . She is in her 80s but she provides a service playing Mary Catherine Gallagher's loving grandmother . Molly Shannon is also incredibly funny if you enjoy her role as Mary Catherine Gallagher who sniffs her armpits when she's nervous and knocks over everything from pianos to tables . Will Ferrell is very funny as the guy she chases . There are lot of familiar faces from Saturday Night Live besides Will and Molly . Of course , I don't think this movie should have been in the cinemas . It would have fared better on Comedy Central just for laughs . Oh well , I have one question is that when the beloved Glynis Johns will be made Dame Glynis and that is the question . |
489,823 | 33,913 | 96,555 | 5 | British version of ER | I'm sorry but I am beginning to see a pattern of British dramas which I dare say is quite bland . The acting , the writing , and even the sets are just similar . Holby City and Casualty are two separate shows but I can't tell the difference . The actors and actresses look the same and I'm sure that the cast of characters of one show end up in the other at one point . Does it matter ? Is Casualty popular enough to have spin off series like Holby City ? I can't answer it because I don't live in the United Kingdom . It would be nice to see a familiar face among the cast . I watched Coronation Street and see the familiar faces of some cast members . EastEnders is popular simply because Wendy Richard who played Pauline Fowler for 21 years was the heart and soul and not to mention that she was a cast member of the popular comedy , Are you Being Served ? and Barbara Windsor who is better known for her roles in Carry On series . That's the problem , I think the shows are stepping stone . In America , we have actors and actresses who have stayed and that's important is the regularity . I'm not saying that British soaps are bad . No way , British soaps like Casualty and Emmerdale are an important factor of British culture . I encourage people especially tourists to watch them . British soaps can be both funny and sad , happy and entertaining as well as enlightening . Don't think that I don't appreciate the British contribution to soaps because I think Britons are quite appreciative of their existence where as in America for example , soaps are only the stepping stone to their careers and sometimes the highlight . |
490,289 | 33,913 | 259,153 | 5 | I'm fascinated but disappointed ! | I consider myself to have some paranormal ability like the those characters in the miniseries . I can't wait to see the rest of this miniseries . I can't wait to buy the book and read all about this beautiful , mysterious mansion in Washington . I hope they did not tear it down for condos . it's a historic landmark . IT is also haunted and so is the land . It should not surprise anybody that David Dukes died during the making of this film . It should only add to the mystery and allure of Rose Red . I thought it was just another Stephen King story until I saw a story on the news . Rose Red actually exists . There were some entertaining moments but I felt that the mini-series never explained the truth about the disappearances and other mysteries that occurred . It had a great cast featuring Nancy Travis and Judith Ivey . |
490,698 | 33,913 | 350,811 | 5 | Disappointed | I am disappointed because the film never explains the disappearances or the circumstances around Rose Red . I think it would have been better if they tried to convey the cause of the mysterious disappearance of April , Ellen , Sukeena , and anybody else who vanished for no reason . I wish Rose Red existed so we can visit but it's too far-fetched and it doesn't explain the paranormal around the house to the audience . I admired the actresses who played Ellen and Sukeena but I never did understand the relationship as a whole . I felt there were too many unanswered questions about the whole house in general . The house Rose Red mini-series should have answered what happened to the people trapped in the house whether by body or spirits . I was hoping for answers but I didn't get them . |
490,070 | 33,913 | 304,711 | 5 | So much promise only to be disappointed ! | I have to say that I was expecting more from this film . Heath Ledger is great as the devoted priest and Mark Addy has his fellow priest from the same order . The beginning of the film has questions that are never really answered at all . I was not surprised by the fact that they had to bring in a character , Mara Williams , for sexual scenes . Yes even though the film should be about priests and their quests for the cause of their beloved mentor's death . That's what it should have been about but it becomes something else completely . I spent 2 hours watching this on a cable station . I was intrigued by the beginning but then the priest played by Heath Ledger which began fine but he is sidetracked by his lust for Mara which I think ruins the character . These priests are member of a dying order , the Carolinians , and are involved in exorcism supposedly . But yet when Heath's character meets with the Sineater who wants him to take over his job of absolving sins . He is torn which becomes preposterous . I love Mark Addy and he is being wasted and the same for Heath Ledger . There was not much integrity into developing the story of this film . |
490,853 | 33,913 | 117,350 | 5 | Not that Bad ! | I gave it a try a second time . Years had passed since I first bought the tape , look , it's a spoof of Pulp Fiction , Reservoir Dogs , Forrest Gump , and other films . It's not supposed to be serious , it's supposed to stupid . I thought the nuns were funny trying to rob a bank . Sandra Bernhard plays the Amanda Plummer role from Pulp Fiction . Dan Castellanata plays the Forrest Gump character in this film . I love Julie Brown and I don't understand why she does not have a hit sitcom or is working as much as she is . Everybody remembers her from Just Say Julie show on MTV don't they , she's the funniest woman in Hollywood as we speak . Her role as Mimi Hungry is unforgettable . First , the movie is not meant to be taken seriously . It just wants to spoof Tarantino films and Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers . Okay , it's not masterpiece theater but you can watch it . |
490,496 | 33,913 | 758,737 | 5 | It's just annoying ! | Okay , you have a great cast like Sally Field , Tom Skerritt , Calista Flockhart , and others to make this large unnecessary ensemble . But after only watching a few minutes , I got really annoyed because the siblings were always calling each other on the phone . It got to much to me . First , we see Calista's character in New York City who is on her way home to Los Angeles to celebrate her birthday with her family . She calls her gay brother regarding her meal for her date . Of course , there has to be one gay character in every show on every network but no other minorities like Hispanic or African American characters . Anyway , I just got tired of the show right away . It was too annoying with all that cell phone nonsense . What gets me is that they killed of Tom Skerrit who could have been a core character rather just somebody in the first episode like Concetta Tomei was on Providence . They killed only they missed her enough to bring her back as a ghost or figment of Sydney's imagination . I didn't think that Tom's character would be the first one axed off . There was so much to be done with him that it's so cruel that they discarded him in the first place . |
490,638 | 33,913 | 112,002 | 5 | Never Made It Up High Enough ! | I was thrilled that Jean Smart and Mary McDonnell were going to do a sitcom probably inspired by the British comedy , Absolutely Fabulous , about two upper class spoiled New Yorkers . Faith Prince was terribly underused and under-rated . She was supposed to be huge after her triumphant performance in Guys and Dolls opposite Nathan Lane but Smart and McDonnell did what they could with a terrible script . I was hoping that the show would last longer than it did which was only a few episodes . Both actresses are accomplished veterans of the sitcom genre that they should have used their experiences to make this show better . Maybe the idea of two rich and spoiled divorced women are reminiscent of The First Wives Club . I didn't care for that much neither . |
489,804 | 33,913 | 1,222,814 | 5 | Great if You Want to See Hollywood's Finest Getting Smashed ! | I preferred last year's ceremony where the announcements of the nominations and the winners were declared without the fanfare . A year later after the Writers Strike , I was stunned to see the stars to be inebriated on stage . I would recommend that they don't serve liquor until after the awards are complete . In fact , Mickey Rourke's speech was memorable because he remembered to thank his dogs - - his canine pets alive and gone . I think Kate Winslet's double win wasn't right but it's long overdue since she was nominated before . It's kind of sad that there are not enough good female roles around in the movies . I was really happy about Slumdog Millionaire winning all four awards including Best Drama . Still , I felt like the awards also forgot to remember those who passed away over the last two years . They omitted that to the television audience . I don't care what people wear but I think people should be better behaved at these events like staying sober . Tina Fey's wins are no surprise since her show is the only one that seems to get critics approval . There were funny moments in the show and they avoided showing clips . Steven Spielberg's moment receiving the Cecil B . DeMille Award was probably the best of the night . It was good to see John Adams , the mini-series based on David McCulloch's amazing book , to win awards for Best Mini-Series , Actor Paul Giamati , Actress Laura Linney , and Supporting Actor Tom Wilkinson OBE who played Ben Franklin . He wasn't there to pick up his Emmy so it was finally nice to see him there . I was surprised to see Dame Eileen Atkins CBE there who was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for Cranford . She didn't win the award . I was surprised and embarrassed by Ricky Gervais ' comment that " if you do a Holocaust film , you get a GOlden Globe " regarding Kate's first win of the evening . I was happy for Bruce Springsteen winning for " The Wrestler . " In the time where our economy is suffering at a depression status , films like " The Wrestler " and " Slumdog Millionaire " are recommendations to avoid seeing the silliness , over-indulgence , and millions of wasted dollars in the industry . Those two movies are character based and can relate to most of us out here who are trying to survive . I believe Spielberg's Cecil B . De Mille Award was from last year and I don't understand why they didn't award a recipient for this year . But if the actors want to strike , they can go ahead because I wouldn't mind losing the Oscars . |
490,854 | 33,913 | 59,319 | 6 | Can't figure it out ! | I don't know about this film . I have watched it a couple of times and I don't get it . Maybe it's because I think the story is a little weak . I love Sir Michael Caine , Nigel Green , and Sue Lloyd in their roles but I think the story was slow-moving . Maybe the film was supposed to take off after the James Bond film hit when most of the films begin to copy each other . I love the scene in the supermarket . The espionage and secrecy during the Cold War is interesting but I will have to watch it again to get it . As for the film itself , the quality is good and the movie doesn't do too much or overdue the plot line . You have to watch for Caine's character and the Ipcress file to see what it is all about . It's a must for Caine fans and anybody of the British cinema . |
490,672 | 33,913 | 384,642 | 6 | Will Ferrell tries but the writing fails itself ! | I love Will Ferrell . I was watching this movie yesterday . He works well with the brilliant Robert Duvall who plays his champion father , Buck Weston , who would do nothing but win . Will's character marries Kate Walsh's character and they have a son , Sam , and so does Will's dad and his new wife have a son named Bucky Jr . Years later , Duvall's soccer team exchanges his own grandson to the losing team in the league . On top of that , their coach quits and Ferrell takes over . One of the younger players is a foreign adopted boy , Byong Chun , whose lesbian mothers offer a book about their son's shyness . I love seeing David Hermann play the referee , Greg Kinnear play the opposing coach , Laura Kightlinger as the lesbian mother , and of course Mike Ditka as Buck's neighbor and nemesis . The story is typical and predictable but still watchable and enjoyable . |
489,738 | 33,913 | 101,158 | 6 | Golden Girls Grandchild ! | If the Golden Girls gave birth to Empty Nest , then Empty Nest gave birth to Nurses , a sitcom , which featured the talented and underused Stephanie Hodge who left the show . Arnetia Walker was very good as one of the nurses as Ada Maris . The show also included Loni Anderson as a hospital administrator . The show was never as good as Empty Nest nor was it as brilliant as Golden Girls but sitcoms were abundant in it's day . Unfortunately those sitcoms haven't resurfaced or returned to the popularity it once had on the networks since the Golden Girls and Cosby Show days . Unfortunately , I think we need laughter that is not so based on sexuality like Will and Grace and annoyance like Friends . Good comedy does not have to be dirty or x-rated . The Nurses never became the huge hit nor was it supposed to be . It was there to fill a spot in Saturday's sitcom schedule . |
490,448 | 33,913 | 1,411,598 | 6 | A Sour Disappointment ! | I have to say that after watching the housewives of Atlanta and New York City , I had high expectations for the housewives of New Jersey but I felt left with a sour taste in my mouth just after watching the preview . Five of the housewives live in the posh , elegant Franklin Lakes area which used to have residents like Kelly Ripa and her husband before her hectic schedule moved her to New York City . Three of the housewives are related . Caroline is the elder sister in a family of 11 , a large Italian Catholic family from Northern Jersey . She is married to Albert Manzo who owns and operates the Brownstone in Paterson , New Jersey which regularly hosts wedding receptions and other gatherings in it's lovely ballrooms . Carol and Al have three children . Chris and Lauren work at the Brownstone while one son is going to law school . Her youngest sibling , Dina , is divorced and remarried to Caroline's brother-in-law . Dina has a teenage daughter and is an event planner at the Brownstone where she works with her husband and brother-in-law and other relatives . The third wife is the sister-in-law and comes from Las Vegas , Nevada . The fourth and fifth wives are the only ones who aren't related to the family but stir up trouble . Teresa has three daughters and is married to a man who runs a construction company in New Jersey . She dresses her three girls ( despite different ages ) identical and wants one of her girls to become a star . The other wife is a divorced woman and mother of two girls who is seeking a man to take care of her , her daughters , and her lavish lifestyle . I do look forward to the upcoming episodes but still I would have liked a little diversity . I feel like the producers are aiming to maintain the Soprano stereotype about New Jersey . |
490,395 | 33,913 | 640,624 | 6 | Mama's Addiction ! | After Iola gets some jewelry by home shopping on local television , she gets Thelma hooked beyond the extremes . She is so addicted that her credit card bill is long enough and the bill just got out of control . Of course , there is a funny moment when Mama is asked what she prefers her family or the jewelry and she pauses for a brief hilarious moment . Thelma has bought out the store much less lost her ability to function . The family and Iola perform an intervention in trying to get Thelma back to normal whatever that means . They return about everything to the station and have to help Thelma get back to normal without shopping on television . |
490,708 | 33,913 | 640,611 | 6 | Silly Love Letter ! | After Vint gets in a fight with Naomi , he gets his nephew Bubba to write a letter to make up for the fight . Unfortunately , it gets in a lot of hands like Naomi who thinks Bubba is in love with her , Mama who thinks the repair guy wrote it , Iola who thinks Vint is finally coming around to her . Anyway , the whole mess is a silly love letter and the consequences can be quite enjoyable but I have seen it too many times in repeats . Iola wears her best dress which remains to be seen and she has the best lines ever . Mama is bothered that the old guy has heard that she is easy from other repair guys in town . Regardless , it's silly fun and Mama style humor . |
490,410 | 33,913 | 483,726 | 6 | A Disappointing Film with an All Star Cast and Crew ! | When Barry Levinson wrote and directed this film , I had high expectations and now I'm needlessly watching the DVD so I can give it away . Oscar Winner Robin Williams is perfect as is Oscar nominee Laura Linney . Lewis Black comes across as himself in his role and Christopher Walken does a decent job but the script just doesn't work on this idea that a computer error elected a Jerry Springer type talk show personality into the White House . Linney plays the employee who could blow the whistle on her company's malfunctions and error to the whole world . Jeff Goldblum plays the boss and her character has to be brought down by reputation . The film has a lot of cameos like Chris Matthews and other political pundits but it just doesn't get off the ground and that is where the script is at fault because I like Williams and Linney together on screen but the script just fails the movie and it becomes a silly film that was supposed to be both serious and funny but it isn't either . I guess this is Hollywood's jab at the former president . |
490,304 | 33,913 | 640,595 | 6 | Iola dates a jerk ! | Let's face it , life hasn't been too good to Iola Lucille Boylen , the forever old maid spinster who knits and creates while caring for her never seen elderly shut-in parents over the years . You just want her to get her due some day . Finally , she thinks that she's met the man who could whisk her away but he's totally wrong for her and everybody at the Harper house knows it too except Iola . Is she so desperate to want be loved by a man ? Sadly , her role is yes . There are not too many middle aged men who want the sweet , creative , and wholesome nature of Iola who has dedicated her adult life to caring for her mother especially . When Mr . Wrong says the wrong thing about his plans for him and Iola , it hits the roof and out the door . |
490,398 | 33,913 | 640,587 | 6 | Get Mama in Shape ! | When Mama Harper enters an arm wrestling contest as the Bigger Jigger , she wins against a biker-type tattooed man . She wins the contest after tricking him and gaining his sympathy . The next contest is when she has to go arm wrestle somebody of her age and weight for fairness . The family and Iola does their best to get her in shape for the event which is far the funniest part of the episode . When the biker man brings his equally tough Mama played by Kathleen Freeman who does a fantastic job in the role , Mama goes arm to arm until she learns that her son and daughter-in-law have bet their life savings over the contest which means they will have to stay forever with Mama Harper . |
489,758 | 33,913 | 640,582 | 6 | Mama Sues ! | Mama Harper decides to sue the bank after they refuse to loan her money to fix a household appliance and after she falls on a roll of pennies . The family gets together to make it seem that Mama Harper was worse off than previously thought . All know about the plan except neighbor and best friend , Iola , who sees a lot of her shut-in , ill-stricken mother in Thelma after the fall even though she witnessed it . So the family hires a sleazy lawyer and the bank sends over Miss Small to make a deal with Mama Harper . Of course , things never go according to plan at all . This episode was fine and pointed out that suing a bank or anyone doesn't really go as planned . But nothing in Mama Harper's life has ever gone as planned no matter how hard she tries . |
489,875 | 33,913 | 640,561 | 6 | Mama tries to sell Vint as one of the boys ! | For once , Vint has invited three guys to spend a poker night at the Harper house while his mother , Iola , and wife Naomi go to the theater to see Medea , the Greek tragedy about a woman killing her two sons for revenge . When Mama learns the actress is the usual actress who plays the role all the time , she bows out and one of the players doesn't show up . Rather than forfeit the poker game , Vint asks Mama to sit in and play with the guys . There , she begins talking about Vint as the ultimate Mama's boy . Then he begs her to stop talking about him like a wimp and talking about him like a man , Mama does what he wants but nothing ever really goes according to plan . |
490,403 | 33,913 | 640,553 | 6 | Poor Iola ! | Iola Lucille Boylan is a dedicated adult devoted to her elderly , sick parents . We hear about her mother and father often in the series but we never see them . Iola spends so much time the Harpers that she is an honorary one but not always welcome . In this episode , Naomi suggests to Mama Harper that they put an advertisement in the newspaper . They get slim pickings for Iola who is at first furious but later decides to try it out with Ralph . When Ralph enters Harper house which is the designated location for the first meeting , Iola is terrified about the prospect of being alone with a man that she convinces Thelma to stay with her but Ralph has other things on his mind concerning who he ends up with . |
490,816 | 33,913 | 640,547 | 6 | Why do they do this ? | I don't know why they didn't do the senior prom episode before Bubba's graduation . Regardless , this show seems to have some episodes that go out of order and this is one of them . Iola's niece , Vernette , is visiting Raytown for the week and their painting the town red . Bubba tries talking to her but he gets mostly silence . Vernette has a crush on Bubba and it's obvious . When his original prom date cancels out on him , Bubba is in a fine mess . Thelma and Iola get an idea of having Vernette be Bubba's date for the prom . They get her dressed and treat her like Cinderella . Then when Bubba's date decides to go with him , he has a problem with two dates . Vernette who is pleasant , nice , shy , and attractive in her way while Bubba's date is utterly sexual but undesirable as she cares for nobody but herself . |
490,399 | 33,913 | 640,549 | 6 | Bubba Joining the Army Not Without Mama ! | Bubba Higgins is upset because Melanie Noble , the girl he was going out with , told her parents that Bubba was in juvenile hall and her father prohibited her from going out with him . Meanwhile Vint welcomes his old friend from the army in town . They go out celebrating one night and suddenly Bubba agrees to join the army without Mama's permission . Of course , Mama has to find a way to get her grandson out of another fine mess . She does by going out of her way to the army recruiting headquarters and revealing the truth about Bubba's past to the officer . It's not a great episode but they pull it off as best as they can with the writing . |
490,445 | 33,913 | 640,539 | 6 | Vint having an affair ! | Mama Harper gets the impression that her son , Vinton Harper , is having an affair with the new co-worker at his locksmith job especially since the co-worker is played by Teresa Ganzel . Vinton doesn't want to worry pregnant Naomi and the family gets suspicious with Vinton going on emergencies and spending a lot of time at Kwik Keys shop with the new employee . Mama Harper doesn't want a divorce in the family especially between Vint and Naomi or trouble . So she and Iola are set to find out about Vint's new co-worker Heather Fayette and what it's all about . It's the usual misunderstanding sitcom episode with the usual results . It's a harmless episode . |
490,450 | 33,913 | 640,540 | 6 | Mama and the Baby ! | Vint and Naomi dream of having a baby of their own but when it doesn't happen . They consider adoption which is where Mama Harper comes in as the primary caretaker . That's all Mama wants another face to wash and clean and feed in her house . The adoption agency wants to interview Mothe Harper with a psychiatrist which does not go considerably well at all for Vint and Naomi but still it's funny and humorous to watch Mama Harper with a psychiatrist being so defensive for the way that she raised all her children including Vint . I would have liked her to talk about her other daughters , Ellen , and Eunice but that's okay . Mama can make fur fly in the room with her sassy humor and sharp-tongued wit . I'll never understand why Vicki Lawrence didn't get an Emmy for this role and I never will . |
490,094 | 33,913 | 43,651 | 6 | Worthwhile role for Marilyn ! But there is so much more ! | The Home Town Story didn't win Oscars or probably rave reviews . With the exception of Marilyn Monroe playing a receptionist / secretary at a small town newspaper , the film might as well have been forgotten . The story is about an unelected state senator who returns home to run the family newspaper with help and friendship from Slim ( played by Alan Hale Jr . who played the Skipper on Gilligan's Island ) . Blake Washburn is the main character who comes home to his mother and his 10 year old little sister , Katie , and his fiancé , her school-teacher . Blake writes harsh columns about criticizing big businesses especially McFarland whose son beat him in the election . Blake writes harshly about the industry . It isn't until a crisis that he realizes his wrongs . The film is little over an hour . You only see Marilyn a couple of times . It's not about Marilyn but you see where she starts off . |
490,556 | 33,913 | 68,399 | 6 | Columbo in Waiting . | Another Columbo episode featuring Webster actress Susan Clark as the woman who wants to lead her life without her overbearing brother's interference over the decision of her life . After his murder or accidental death , we miss Marcia Wallace , the lady at the inquest . I saw this episode on television so I don't know if it was edited out of the original episode . I like watching Leslie Nielson play the man who loves Susan Clark's character . You wonder what happens to the woman who has murdered her brother . Tired of domination , she has had enough and had planned the murder so carefully but not carefully enough until Columbo steps in asking questions . This family is definitely one of a dysfunction . Like most of the families here , they are wealthy and prominent so their lives are not as easy as we think they are because they have money . Sometimes money can cause problems as well . If her character was given independence in the first place to make her mistakes and live her life in the first place , maybe she would have faired better . Anyway , I recommend feminist critics watch Columbo episodes featuring women killers because I think there is a lot there . |
490,096 | 33,913 | 103,396 | 6 | It's not as good as other shows ! | Lately , Dateline has become a poor copy of , Sixty Minutes , and 48 Hours with hours spent on covering crime such as murders and scams . Much like A & E's American Justice , Investigative Reports , and other series . Dateline covering the Suitcase Murders was kind of inferior to other shows that focused on the same crime . There is plenty of true crime out there but you should pick and choose one that will engage the audience and expand on understanding it . They aired the Suitcase Murders after the verdict and before sentencing Melanie McGuire to life in prison for murdering and dismembering her husband , William McGuire . Even though there was no evidence connecting her to the crime but circumstantial coincidences . THe fact that Court TV was airing the trial made it easier for NBC Dateline to obtain access to the proceedings . |
490,021 | 33,913 | 772,542 | 6 | Sonja's Older than Buzz ! | In this episode , we learn that Vint and his first wife , Mitzi , had Sonya or Sonja first followed by Vinton " Buzz " Jr . We also learned that Sonja was named after a family member , an aunt who was a school-teacher who went nuts and set fire to the gymnasium . In this episode , Sonja and Buzz go the Homecoming Dance with dates . We meet Michael Skinner who returns in a later episode as Sonya's date . Vint gives an extra hour to younger Buzz because he's a boy . Sonja gets furious and storms out with her date . She is leaving a girl and returning home a woman according to her . Anyway , Mama , Vint , and Naomi spend the evening playing go fish cards in the living room . Aunt Fran is not in this episode unfortunately . For Sonya , it's all about a double standard when her younger brother gets to stay later than she does on an important night . |
489,788 | 33,913 | 221,768 | 6 | Not so Perfect Movie ! | I read the book and of course there must be a movie and in fact there was a mini-series for this book . I watched it and was a bit disappointed with it . I mean because we don't have a viable suspect even with John Mark Karr proclaiming his guilt and not being in the same state . He probably never met JonBenet Ramsey or knew about her existence until the tragic murder . I never thought the Ramseys were involve and they were finally clear after this film was made in 2003 . So it's not the couple and I always knew they were innocent of such a horrendous crime . Anyway it's Lou Smith who brings common sense when a bunch of silly police detectives pointing the wrong finger when they messed up the crime scene in the first place . Yes , the Ramseys are rich and hired attorneys to protect them . Of course , the beauty pageants was what Patsy and JonBenet loved to do together and I'm sure JonBenet would have been a beauty queen now if she was not gone . Anyway , the movie does try to be objective if possible . It's a shame that we don't know the truth even after almost 10 years , it's another dead end in the case with so many questions and few answers . We know that the Ramseys are innocent . |
490,166 | 33,913 | 1,376,648 | 6 | They Don't Need Another Housewife ! | Well , the sixth housewife is actually a divorced mother of two children with a social column . Her name is Kelly and she's fond of riding horses . In the Hamptons , riding or abusing horses is an unnecessary sport in my opinion . Of course , the Countess is fond of riding as is her daughter , Victoria , who has wildly decided to attend boarding school somewhere in the country . I think they have enough material with five housewives so why bring in another one to the table . Well like the other housewives show , the producers like to see friction to keep the audience in tuned . I think Ramona is the weakest link and most volatile of the wives because she's not all together there in the first place . She dislikes Alex and Simon so much that she leaves Jill's party without saying goodbye or making a scene . From what I have seen of Alex and Simon , they are not really worried about Ramona as much as she is about them . Why does their presence unsettle her ? Maybe because Alex and Simon are always together even at girl parties . While Jill might complain , she's got a gay husband , Brad , along with her Bobby so I find that troubling . Bethenny isn't married and has broke up with Jason , the divorced father . She's spending the summer at Jill's place . Of course , I envy them for having such lavish estates in the Hamptons . |
490,644 | 33,913 | 87,313 | 6 | Great Cast but Weak Script ! | The story of a dying woman's last request is to meet her favorite film actress . It wouldn't be problem but the actress is Greta Garbo who has remained in seclusion for years since her retirement from the film industry . Anne Bancroft plays the dying mother and Ron Silver plays her son . The rest of the cast includes Harvey Fierstein as what else a gay New Yorker , Liz Smith , Denny Dillon , Steven Hill , and others that are well-known in New York City . Anne Bancroft's performance is really something to watch in this film . You want what she wants . In a way , the film is more about her than her son who wants to please his dying mother and grant her one wish even if it's almost impossible . Greta Garbo's legacy and her reclusion in New York City life reads like a great fiction novel but it's true . Garbo who was one of the most famous of her generation didn't hide but didn't promote herself shamelessly and she didn't even make the movie . But it must be a compliment that so many of her fans still remember her fondly . |
490,145 | 33,913 | 358,135 | 6 | Dirty Dancing for the Mature Folk ! | It has a great cast with Susan Sarandon and Richard Gere as a married couple in Chicago . Jennifer Lopez has a supporting role as one of the dance instructors and Stanley Tucci who is always fabulous plays one of Gere's colleagues and dance enthusiast . Anyway , the plot about the husband going to dancing lessons and the wife suspecting that he's having an affair is a bit far-fetched but the cast works well together even if the storyline is weak . They filmed some of it in Chicago , a great city to visit . Anyway , the film is somewhat corny and predictable about the dance contest . Still it can be worth watching anyway with a great cast and crew . I forget who played Bobbie , the star dancer , she is familiar to me . |
490,492 | 33,913 | 192,917 | 6 | Dame Juliet rules this show ! | I have been a found of Juliet Mills since I was a child . Little did I know that she would marry the gorgeous and 18 year old her junior , Maxwell Caulfield , from Grease 2 . Not only that , they have been almost 25 years too . Besides , Juliet Mills ' Tabitha would delight her departed godfather Lord Laurence Oliver and her godmother Vivien Leigh . Her acting father , Sir John Mills , should have guested once on this show . He died recently at 97 years old . While I am crazy about Juliet too , the show has improved since it's debut in 1999 . I really wish Juliet won the Emmy Award last night . Without her , this show would have bite the dust like All My Children without Susan Lucci . I hope we can honor Juliet by getting her something else like an M . B . E . ( Member of the British Empire ) . The last British born actress in daytime to receive this honor was Anna Lee in 1982 from Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace . I know an M . B . E . is a lower honor than an O . B . E . ( Officer of the British Empire ) , a C . B . E . ( Commander of the British Empire ) or Dame Commander of the British Empire but Juliet should be rewarded with something . Since nobody at All My Children appears not to care about Eileen Herlie who has played Myrtle Fargate since the seventies , maybe the Passions fans would be more willing to do something . It only costs postage ! There is nothing much more than that . There is no $15 , 000 to upkeep a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame which Juliet deserves too . Anybody who knows anything about an M . B . E . knows that it goes to ordinary people who do extraordinary things or for years of service . But for soaps even in England , the M . B . E . has been bestowed upon British actors on Coronation Street and EastEnders . Please help me do something to honor this special lady . |
489,744 | 33,913 | 98,394 | 6 | It's disappointing ! | Strapless is written by one of British theater's finest playwrights , David Hare . Strapless stars Blair Brown and Bridget Fonda as American expatriates in London . Blair and Bridget play sisters who are completely opposite of each other . While Blair's character is stable and a doctor , Bridget is unstable and unpredictable . The story gets bizarre with a stranger who courts Blair's character . His role gets bizarre during the film and it is never really explained away to me . Without spoiling a surprise , I don't think this film really lifts itself up from obscurity . They could have at least shown more of London , England . |
490,012 | 33,913 | 115,836 | 6 | I wish I was in a Carpool ! | Tom Arnold and David Paymer are a terrific team together . The movie is silly and enjoyable with them and Rhea Perlman as a meter maid . The film is family oriented and fun to watch . It's no Oscar contender but it's just great for laughs . Maybe Paymer and Arnold should do a sitcom together . Alright it's not the greatest comedy of all time but it's one of those silly comedies where two people from different backgrounds get together and strike an unlikely friendship during unfortunate circumstances . Perlman is outrageous as the meter maid . Paymer does great to keep a straight face and Arnold is really a good performer as the guy holding up hostages . Whatever the flaws and there are some , it's still kind of fun to watch them again . |
490,735 | 33,913 | 839,178 | 6 | It's April Fools ! | Unfortunately , Mama's Family has been on cable or on much in syndication anymore which is a shame because it can be a funny show at times . What I love and miss about it is the sense of humor which is an acquired taste . It's first two seasons of the show had guest stars like Betty White , Harvey Korman , Carol Burnett , and Rue McClanahan who appeared regularly . In this episode of the series , everybody seems to be in on the joke including Mama Harper against her family and best friend and neighbor Iola . If you love Mama Harper played by the under-appreciated Vicki Lawrence Schultz , you'll love her here . Ken Berry is her dim-witted son Vinton and daytime Emmy winner Dorothy Lyman is his equally dim wife , Naomi Oates Harper . There is of course the grandson and nephew , Bubba Higgins , who is the offspring of Eunice and Ed , Mama's daughter and son-in-law who moved to Florida but didn't bother to tell him . |
490,195 | 33,913 | 96,635 | 6 | Too Cute for Me ! | Life Goes On reminds me of those movies of the week but made for a television series . It's one of those feel-good dramas starring the wonderful Patti LuPone who plays mother to Becca played by the annoying Kellie Martin , ( sorry but I avoid her whenever possible ! ) She's just too perky for me , and Corky played by the wonderful Christopher Burke who really has a down syndrome . The first episode has him getting ready for his first day at the same high school as Becca . She falls for Tyler , the cute good-looking guy who treats Corky like another student . Also Becca has a relationship with Chad Lowe's character who has AIDS . I guess it was groundbreaking at the time and he won an Emmy for it . It's one of those dramas and there is comedy too . Of course , Patti plays the second wife and is stepmother to an older daughter who we never see . |
490,317 | 33,913 | 90,305 | 6 | Not that bad ! | This was not one of John Hughes ' greatest successes . Supposedly , the film critics trashed this film . But you know what , it's worth watching . Kelly LeBrock plays the model that Anthony Michael Hall's character and his friend create from a computer . They live in suburban Chicago of course which is one of John Hughes ' trademarks is to set most of his films in his beloved city . Anyway , his friends ' parents go away for the weekend . Once Kelly's role is created , they want to get girls and be popular rather than be humiliated by the lights of Robert Downey Jr . who is also in this film as one of the popular dudes from their high school . The film could have been better but it could have been a lot worse by today's standards too . The film works because you can watch the silliness and chuckle at some of the scenes in it . It's not award-winning stuff , it's kids ' stuff . LEt the kids today watch and judge for themselves . I'm not saying that adults can't enjoy it . I do to this day . So if you want to escape from depressing reality , watch this John Hughes ' film . It will at least make you smile . |
490,262 | 33,913 | 243,931 | 6 | Not so great ! Not so bad ! That's my good advice ! | Charlie Sheen does best at playing playboy Charlie Sheen . In this film , he plays an investment broker ( Remember him from Wall Street ) , well , he gets fired and needs money to pay the rent . His girlfriend played by Denise Richards , dumps him and goes to Brazil . She leaves her job as advice columnist hanging for the Chelsea Journal . What's Charlie to do but take her job and lie about Cindy Styne's reasons for not going to the office . His boss is played well by Angie Harmon who is uptight and single and available . He falls in love but has to keep up the pretension . A great supporting player is played by Seinfeld's Estelle Harris as the secretary who works for fun . It's set in New York City and filmed on location . Another supporting roles are filled by JOn Lovitz and Rosanna ARquette as a couple of Charlie's friends . |
490,307 | 33,913 | 96,579 | 6 | No Cosby Clone ! | Let's face it , Jaleel White's unforgettable role and performance as Urkel was the show's saving grace . After all the show had a stellar cast including the wonderful Rosetta LeNoire who played the grandmother , JoMarie Payton-France as the show's matriarch whose character was spun off from Perfect Strangers , Reginald Veljohnson who plays the husband , Darius McCary who played the oldest teenage son , Telma Hopkins who played the widowed aunt who lived with the family . The show might have been ABC's answer to the Cosby Show but it had quite a life of it's own especially when Urkel , the lovable geek next door , entered the scene . You couldn't forget him and that is why the show lasted as long as it did . I'm sure ABC realized Urkel's contributions to the show . Even though his character overshadowed the other characters , it kept the show floating for 8 years and it separated itself from being a Cosby Clone . |
490,793 | 33,913 | 77,003 | 6 | Makes me Wish I didn't know the truth ! | Watching the true Hollywood story on E ! about the cast of Different Strokes was heartbreaking , after all , two of the three cast members had substance abuse problems and the star , Gary Coleman , had problems with his parents that he sued them . It's sad to watch the show , I wish I didn't know Dana Plato's problems because now I see how much she wanted her life to be like Kimberly Drummond . Conrad Bain was great as the father figure of the show . Of course , he was supposed to only be acting but I think he became a paternal figure to those youngsters . We went Mrs . Edna Garrett played by the wonderful Charlotte Rae who got her own show without all the drama of Different Strokes . She escaped it . I never approved of them dissing Dixie Carter for Mary Ann Mobley . I like them both in the role as the second Mrs . Drummond . Of course , there was the guest appearances of First Lady Nancy Reagan preaching against drugs . How little did we know the truth ? Gary Coleman never escaped the image of the chubby cute kid on Different Strokes . Dana Plato who is gone to a better place never did get to experience the life of Kimberly Drummond except when she was on the set . I only wish Todd and Gary best for their future . I only wished that the off-screen drama was cut down for their sakes . I feel guilty getting laughs knowing that they went home and cried or faced abuse . |
490,846 | 33,913 | 77,008 | 6 | Be Careful What You Wish For ! | I don't know why I liked this show so much as a child . Maybe it was the fantasy island bit where people's dreams and fantasies come true only it was never an ideal . This show was a spin-off of Love Boat again with celebrity guest stars from other shows and a cast that included the wonderful Ricardo Montalban and Herve Villechaise who said the " Plane , the plane " in the beginning sequence of the show . Sadly , Herve killed himself . The show was never the same without him . I think the show provided lots of jobs to actors who probably needed the job outside their own shows . Of course , I remember the episode with Barbi Benton as a mermaid . It was pure fantasy but remember to be careful what you wish for because it might come true and it may not be all that you wanted in the first place . Also I liked the fact that they filmed in Hawaii too . |
490,693 | 33,913 | 1,084,587 | 6 | He's different from the rest ! | Steve Wilkos spent years on the Jerry Springer Show as one of the show's bodyguards . Besides that , he has a police background and military experience . By given his own show from Springer's producer , Steve is a lot more serious about his topics and show itself . He holds nothing back when he goes head to head against a mother who is in prison for pimping her own seven year old daughter to a undercover police detective . Steve recalls how the mother appeared clueless and delusional regarding her actions . She blames the police for interfering . Steve also talks with the police detectives on the case who were so troubled by this sexual abuse that one of the guys had to get up and take a walk . These police detectives probably Chicago were horrified by this mother's actions towards her own daughter . She thinks God will release her in 9 years but it's too late for her daughter . The damage has been done . Her daughter is probably in foster care and getting proper treatment . The mother seems troubled by being blamed and lacks no conscience for pimping her daughter . She also reveals that she allowed her five year old daughter to perform oral sex on one of the customers . The idea of this is sickening but Steve lets her have it in the same way that we want her to have it . |
490,673 | 33,913 | 387,514 | 6 | The Prime of Your Life ! | Uma Thurman and Meryl Streep make this film come alive . The story about Rafaela , a 37 year old career divorcée , starts dating a younger Jewish guy , David Bloomberg . It turns out that her Jewish psychotherapist is his mother played by Waspy Meryl Streep . Okay , she's not Jewish and she's older . She details specific of their sexual relationship to his mother . There are some moments but really it's Streep's movie . Uma does her best in scenes with her . I don't get the religious because they are not really a religious family . The scene where David reveals when he introduced his African American girlfriend to his very Jewish grandmother , Bubbe , was quite memorable . There are moments about New York City life . David lives with his maternal grandparents on the Jewish Lower East Side . His maternal grandmother is played by a wonderful New York actress , Doris Belack . Apart from the story , the movie lacks steam and I didn't like the ending . |
490,130 | 33,913 | 206,926 | 6 | Maybe , Just Okay ! | Long before Hugh Laurie OBE and Joely Richardson became known for their roles on American dramas like House and Nip / Tuck , they were already established and well-known in their native Britain as top professional performers . In this film , Ben Elton directs them with a first rate cast but the script needs some work and it has an ending that I was not too crazy about it . Of course , the setting is in London and the supporting cast is first rate with friends like Rowan Atkinson , Joanna Lumley OBE , Dawn French , Adrian Lester , and of course Emma Thompson . This film is a great comedy and drama at the same time but it is also quite believable too . I love the London locations and miss going there . |
490,101 | 33,913 | 196,229 | 6 | Spoofing the Model World ! | Ben Stiller takes the crack at spoofing the model world in this film version where he plays Derek Zoolander , one of the top male models . Owen Wilson also plays his rival . Derek's not bright at all and it should come as no surprise . Will Ferrell has a supporting role as the man who is set to kill the prime minister of Malaysia using a brainwashed Zoolander . Anyway , it's reminiscent of the Manchurian Candidate . Christine Taylor from the Brady Bunch films and Wedding Singer , plays a reporter . She really is quite identical to Maureen McCormick and could be her daughter . Ben's dad , Jerry Stiller , is also in the film as manager Holstein and his mother , Anne Meara , has a cameo . It's quite hilarious at times and downright silly . Jon Voigt plays Derek's hard-working blue collar father who is ashamed of his son's chosen career . |
490,737 | 33,913 | 1,400,974 | 6 | Let's All Just Get Along ! | Kelly probably has never heard that saying before . Bethenny makes a sly comment about Kelly's behavior at a charity fund-raising for Jill's charity about juvenile arthritis . Kelly has Bethenny meet up with her at the Brass Monkey bar downtown in New York for a heated confrontation . Neither need each other , Bethenny is still spurned by Kelly flirting with her then boyfriend two years ago and has never recovered from it . Kelly comes across as too aggressive . Maybe that's what the producers want , a little action and little peace in the show . I didn't care for it personally . I thought the confrontation was hyped up for effect . I still would like everybody to get along . Is that so wrong or so bad in this world ? |
490,133 | 33,913 | 115,369 | 6 | Don't Know What the Fuss was all about ! | I never really liked this perhaps because I felt Michael Boatman's performance as the homosexual character was kind of a token gay character . The show first revolved around Michael J . Fox as Mike Flaherty who works for New York City mayor played by Barry Bostwick . The supporting cast included Alan Ruck , Richard Kind , and others . Fox left the show because of his health and Heather Locklear and Charlie Sheen took over becoming a different show . I think they were more interesting than when Fox was on because it was more about Alex P . Keaton grown up . I felt the show revolved around Fox for the first few years until he left allowing Charlie Sheen to become a sitcom star on his own merit . |
490,097 | 33,913 | 94,419 | 6 | The Baby Boom of Television | Maybe it was the writers ' strike in 1988 that helped bring in the television recession of bad comedies and dramas , despite being based on the film of the same name and the same adorable identical twins playing Baby Elizabeth . The show could have worked if the network allowed it too . Kate Jackson replaced Diane Keaton as J . C . Wiatt and Jackson is a worthy television replacement for such a role . But the story was changed when they moved J . C . back to New York City with Baby Elizabeth . I liked it better in Vermont and thought that the move could be disastrous . The show became another series in itself with the same child but different mother . Regardless , I think they could bring this series out on DVD with the movie . |
489,845 | 33,913 | 86,696 | 6 | I wanted to have an identical twin so much ! | I don't know . I think there is something incredible about identical twins . Since twins don't run in my family , I doubt that I will ever have twins myself . The Sagal twins ( Liz and Jean ) are also sisters to Katey Sagal . The first season had them together in the Midwest . The second season moved them to New York City to live with an aunt played by the wonderful Barbara Barrie . Now remember that the show has not been seen in about 20 years so I'm going by memory , I remember it aired briefly on NBC and then it got cancelled . Back then , sitcoms had the time to develop . It might have surfaced in syndication but it never did . I think it would have prospered and remain popular . |
490,546 | 33,913 | 90,543 | 6 | Could have been better ! Could have been worse ! | What a Country was shown on syndication rather than network . It was one of those shows that was never going to succeed there . It was not that bad . Yakov proved his comedic talents about himself as a Russian immigrant trying to learn English in class with other immigrants . The appeal was there but it never launched into madcap humor or anything to be unforgettable . Yakov was a regular face on comedy shows at the time and he deserved a chance like so many comics to have his own show . Clearly , this show only lasted a season probably 20 more episodes than they would on network . That was the difference between syndication and network was that syndication was a place more for independent comedies like What a Country and Mama's Family . No , they weren't big budget but they were on a half-hour every Saturday . Now those half-hours are replaced by info-mercials . I wouldn't mind sitcoms ( good or bad ) because at least , they try to entertain us instead of infomercials with the exception of the Dean Martin Roasts and Carol Burnett Shows . The infomercials should get cancelled because they put me to sleep . So if I had a choice between a syndicated comedy like What A Country or an infomercial , you can probably guess that I wouldn't mind watching What A Country . As for the infomercial , I just change the channel or shut it off . |
490,173 | 33,913 | 75,145 | 6 | First Rate Cast can't help weak script ! | I love James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson as a couple . They live in the ghetto or slums of Los Angeles , California in the 1970s . The rest of the cast includes the under-used Hilda Haynes and Louis Gosset Jr . The story of Johnny Williams as a poet and his ill wife played by Tyson is not so bad and their surroundings are undesirable as they battle crime , gangs , violence , and living in a tough part of the city . Jones and Tyson are a formidable pair and strong together on screen and they are worth watching the film alone even if it's not that great on paper . JOnes's performance elevates the role into a complex character of JOhnny Williams and there are familiar actors and actresses also in this film . The River Niger might not be that great but it's not that bad and Tyson and Jones are so strong together that you can see them at odds as well . Johnny loves his wife , Mattie , and strives as a poet but the scene where he reads to Mattie is heartbreaking , emotional , and worth watching . I didn't care for the other scenes involving the gangs , violence , and crime . I just loved watching Tyson and JOnes as a couple . |
490,284 | 33,913 | 935,327 | 6 | Show has jumped the shark ! | I thought I was watching bloopers from Rosemary's Baby on Sunday night when I saw Mother Hodge and Alma set Orson up . It was ridiculous . If you watch soaps , they could have sent Bree to visit her ailing father in Rhode Island rather than causing more trouble . Anyway , Lynette quits her office job to work for her husband's restaurant . I will miss Currie Graham who played her boss Ed . Of course , Jane dies letting Ian free to be with Susan . Mike is free but Paul is in jail for a murder that he didn't commit but committed another . I don't know why they brought back Paul Young's character to have him fall in love with Gaby . It's ridiculous and silly to watch the show now . I never thought of it as a dark comedy . I thought it was a melodrama and still think it is . An hour is too long for a comedy . I hope Marc Cherry reads these reviews , maybe he could do something . I wish Marcia the best with her new arrivals . After all , Marcia didn't have to be in the scene . Orson could have just announced Bree went to visit her sick father and everybody would think otherwise or have Alma on the loose . |
490,233 | 33,913 | 310,460 | 6 | Forget George Lopez ! Give Belita her own show ! | Now George Lopez Show is not a bad . It is worth watching a few times . But what I think is the best part of the show is Belita Moreno who plays Bennie , the mother of George Lopez . Belita Moreno is certainly worth watching out for ever since she played a secretary in the television film , Death Benefit . I am glad that she is getting recognition in her own right but I think she should get her own show when the George Lopez Show is over . There is something talented and brilliant in Belita's underrated performance . She really has the comedic perfect timing as the gambling , fun-seeking grandmother , mother , and mother-in-law . Bennie is not your typical granny making cookins in the kitchen . She works , gambles , drinks , and likes to have a good time with her friend , Gina , played by the wonderful Elmarie Wendel . She and George are great together with their exchanges . Belita is one to watch for in this series . It's why I watched her in the first place . As Bennie , she is always entertaining and delivers her lines as naturally and wonderfully to George's straight face . I didn't care for the opening segment . I think it's silly with everybody jumping up and down . I think with better writing , it could be a better improved show . We'll just have to wait for the upcoming season . |
490,626 | 33,913 | 374,275 | 6 | A Warm Family Holiday Film NOt ! | I liked this film with Bryan Cranston as the Hippy poor cousin Woodrow Snider , town outcast , and Judge Reinhold as the straight-laced Los Angeles doctor . Both men have two wives one played by the fabulous under-rated Penelope Ann Miller and the other by Hallie Todd who does a great job as being the straight woman . Mitch wants a family and get together with long lost relatives in Idaho for Thanksgiving , the traditional American holiday . They get invited and are unaware of the Sniders in a small Idaho town . Cranston and Miller have great chemistry as Pauline and Woody versus the doctor and his suburban wife . There are great moments in the film like when they realize that their Idaho relatives are nuts and crazy than eating last year's fruitcake . In their case , they learn a lot about each other from each other . It's kind of a silly , comedic television movie so there is no swearing or inappropriate kinky behavior . I love the actor who plays Uncle Phil . I'm surprised this film didn't get a welcome reception or isn't shown repeatedly on television around Thanksgiving . It's a nice film . |
490,148 | 33,913 | 866,230 | 6 | Poor Liz ! | Dr . Cruz has had quite a difficult season . First , she picks up a woman at a lesbian bar with Christian Troy . They go back to her place and she wakes up with one less kidney . That's another story . Now , she is dating another doctor , Poppy , played by Alanis Morrisette . The only problem with Poppy is that she is self-centered and very critical of Liz's physical appearances . I think the scene with Liz's surgery proves that Poppy's not all that she seems to be . Poppy's true side showed during Liz's surgery when she tried to do more than Liz's asked her to do . Anyway , you can tell the disapproval on nurse Linda's face and the doctors during the surgery . Poor Liz , she hasn't seen this side where Poppy compares her new girlfriend to a raccoon in the morning . |
490,751 | 33,913 | 77,354 | 6 | A disappointing end to the series ! | I am kind of surprised that this episode would be the last one for a brilliant series like Columbo . The Conspirators is about Irishmen , I . R . A . , boats , wine , and books . Jeannette Nolan better remembered as the housekeeper in another episode also appears . Clive Revill is memorable as the prime suspect but it's Columbo who I remember the most . The Conspirators has a great script , memorable and forgettable casting , and an ending to remember . I always know it by heart after seeing it many times and I still enjoy the episodes . Columbo's run was never too long maybe just too short in the 1970s . It returned with a vengeance in the 1990s and there is sometimes another Columbo episode in the works on a yearly basis . I like Columbo because he's no dummy and he doesn't treat the prime suspects like criminals . He rather engages them and understand them . He never shows malice towards them . He always takes a delight in learning something new . I love Columbo and always will . |
490,005 | 33,913 | 247,150 | 6 | it's absolutely hell | While Dame Judi Dench is magnificent as always , this play is dreadfully depressing about the lives of London life after WWII . But my biggest problem with it is the more than average homosexuality in the drama . While Dame Judi plays the tragic lonely heroine who would plead for the companionship of a homosexual . The play is rather a grim and depressing too watch . Surprisingly , I did watch most of it . But I have to say that Doris is the only one sane reasonable character . Granted , she is a sexually repressed character who uses sports as an escape . She is the only one who makes the proper observation about the barflys or members as escaping into alcoholism and sex . |
490,309 | 33,913 | 88,492 | 6 | Wasn't All That Bad ! | I remember when CBS and ABC had to have their answer to the huge success of the Cosby Show . CBS brought Flip Wilson and Gladys Knight as a middle class African American show living in an apartment with children played by Jaleel White who became better known as super nerd , Urkel on Family Matters and Kristoff St . John who is on Young and the Restless as Neil Winters . The show also included the wonderful Della Reese . The cast was first rate but the writing was forgettable at best . I don't recall much except that the network was trying to cash in on Cosby's success . Either way , the first rate cast moved on to better themselves . |
490,701 | 33,913 | 86,374 | 6 | A kind of silly movie but worth watching ! | I never saw Strange Invaders until yesterday but I found it immensely pleasurable to watch . Diana Scarwid , Nancy Allen , Louise Fletcher , and the cast was pretty interesting to watch with their material about alien beings playing humans for 25 years . While it probably took off from E . T . in the previous year , Strange Invaders is worth watching for the fans of science fiction and fantasy . I enjoyed it immensely maybe because I think Diana Scarwid deserved better in terms of scripts and she should have been a household name ever since her performance as the older Christina Crawford in Mommy Dearest . Oscar Winner Louise Fletcher also deserved more than roles that were secondary , supporting or featuring . Nevertheless , Strange Invaders is strange but fun to watch for kids , adults , or anybody who doesn't take themselves too seriously . |
490,847 | 33,913 | 75,529 | 6 | Sugar and Sweet and Everything Nice ! | Let's face it , it was not the best of shows but not the worst either . It had lots of wonderful guest stars who livened up the show . When I finally took a cruise to Alaska , I was expecting a love boat scenario but that's not what I got . Love Boat is indeed fantasy with a great theme song sung by Dionne Warwick and a decent cast that included Gavin McLeod , Jill Whelan , Lauren Tewes , Fred Grady , Bernie Kopell , and Isaac ( what is his real name ? ) . Anyway the scenario was usual about a three day cruise to Mexico and back to Los Angeles with guest stars that included several of Hollywood top stars and the ones that were not on top . For a while , I think the Love Boat provided a great service of keeping the B-list guest stars working . I won't name names but we know who they were and we don't care . Love Boat is a comedy mixed with a little bit of drama . They never did anything serious or offensive . Of course , it was a Spelling show which meant that it was eye candy , sugar and sweet , and everything nice . |
490,611 | 33,913 | 340,256 | 7 | Prematurely Canceled ! | My Big Fat Greek Life could have worked if they allowed it too evolve on its own in time . Sadly canceled by CBS due to poor ratings ! It was aired on Sunday nights and not the Monday nights during the comedy lineup . When will networks learn to give comedies a chance like in the past , I could name several shows like All in the Family , Married with Children , Cheers , just to name a few that did not have great ratings in the beginning but they become decent funny shows . Unlike dramas , comedies are a lot harder to gain a solid audience . I remember the good old days of CBS ' Monday nights with shows like Kate & Allie , and Newhart . Maybe , syndication is where comedies can thrive without the network pressure . I remember watching sitcoms like Mama's Family and Charles in Charge in syndication after their network years . |
490,191 | 33,913 | 350,111 | 7 | A Television Adaptation of an Irish play ! | Sean O'Casey , the Irish playwright , was known for his plays set in his beloved Ireland . This play is not much different . It is set in a tenement in Dublin during the 1920s where there were problems among the classes . In this drama , Frank Converse is dynamic as a leading role as an aspiring Irish poet who is caught with a sense of conscience and duty to his country and to his fellow Irishmen and women . The supporting cast is joined by Richard Dreyfuss without his famous mustache before he won me over in Jaws . There is a lot of monologues and verbal interaction between the characters but that is no different than any other Broadway theater archives except this drama was filmed for public television in Southern California . Broadway Theater Archives can now be only obtained on DVDs and VHS . It's a shame that there is no other way to show dramas and comedies from the stage to the masses . |
490,809 | 33,913 | 171,259 | 7 | A cute fun movie | I bought Earthly Possessions because they filmed some scenes in New Jersey's Ocean Grove which is doubled as Perth , South Carolina . I really liked the chemistry between Sarandon and Dorff to surprise me . It is such a surprise delight and worth a viewing . It is well written with a somewhat believable story . It has solid acting performances by Stephen Dorff and Oscar winner , Susan Sarandon . Anyway , the film begins with a hostage played by Sarandon who is an unhappy housewife trying to get away from her life and marriage . Dorff's character is desperate for some money . The leads provide an entertaining interaction between two very different characters . |
490,363 | 33,913 | 799,668 | 7 | Bubba is studying hard ! | Bubba is now a college student and studying regularly with Toni Malone who is not a boy but a fellow female college student from Raytown Junior Community College . Mama has been trying to find out who is been sleeping in Bubba's bed when she finds a black bra while making the bed with Iola . The truth might be shocking than the assumption . Mama tries to get the truth out of Bubba . All the time , Naomi and Vint are trying to get pregnant as well and using a book to guide them along and somehow I believe it reads that you shouldn't have sex to have a baby which is news for Thelma . While Vint and Naomi are trying to get pregnant , Iola and Thelma are trying to play detectives in determining who is sleeping in Bubba's bed or not ? |
490,617 | 33,913 | 918,782 | 7 | Lose a Promotion and Gain a Dream ! | When Vint loses a job promotion , the family takes him out to the Bigger Jigger Bar and Restaurant where it is Amateur Night . To lift his spirits , Mama , Naomi , and Fran all suggest for him to go on stage with his Fred Astaire number and sing " Puttin on the Ritz " with Fran on the piano like he did at a recent family reunion . By the way , I believe Ken Berry began his career in vaudeville or tap-dancing into show business . Regardless , he knows how to tap-dance . When he wins the prize of $100 . 00 and is going to perform for an upcoming night . He decides to change his name to Johnny something , give up the hat and cane , and Fran on the piano . Of course , Mama realizes that the contest has turned him into a monster which makes Naomi the bride of Frankenstein . |
490,184 | 33,913 | 80,269 | 7 | Not as Good as the original show ! | Redd Foxx was the star of Sanford and Son . Here he reprises his role as Fred Sanford without his son , Lamont . He has a new partner played by Dennis Burkley . His character is white , overweight sidekick but he's quite funny at times . The other characters include a wealthy widow , Evelyn Lewis , played by Marguerite Ray who does a great job . Lawanda Page comes back to torment her brother-in-law as Aunt Esther . The show was your typical sitcom from the early 1980s . Sadly , sitcoms are no longer in abundance nor are they packaged to be funny anymore . Redd Foxx was enormously funny and outrageous at times without being offensive to the audience regardless of your skin color . I was pleasantly surprised to see this show which must have been under my radar back when it first aired on television . BET has brought it back to new audiences who will rediscover Redd Foxx's wit and comedic genius . |
490,290 | 33,913 | 120,481 | 7 | not disappointing | This is not a disappointing film with a great cast including Dame Maggie Smith , Jennifer Jason Leigh , and Sir Albert Finney ( although he refused knighthood ) . Jennifer's shy awkward character is changed forever by a relationship with a poor distant man . The love story is quite romantic and tragic without giving the ending . It is truly a sad story and typical Henry James . The film was directed by Polish ex-patriat to Paris Agnieska Holland who directed Europa , Europa . The film is very visual with period costumes and outdoor architecture depicting the true Washington Square . Ironically , the author Henry James was an expatriate who travelled and wrote extensively about rich Americans whether in Europe or at home in America . |
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@article{seroussi2014authorship,
title={Authorship attribution with topic models},
author={Seroussi, Yanir and Zukerman, Ingrid and Bohnert, Fabian},
journal={Computational Linguistics},
volume={40},
number={2},
pages={269--310},
year={2014},
publisher={MIT Press One Rogers Street, Cambridge, MA 02142-1209, USA journals-info~…}
}
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