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LAX (2004)
Great show. Pay no attention to the detractors. Should have gone to season two.
Pilots commenting on the value of an airport drama are like Doctors critiquing medical dramas. Okay, we know you know your particular field, but TV dramas are not reality. Seriously, this show was terrific, especially the Thanksgiving episode. Very touching. Well acted, well produced and engaging. I heard that there was a lot of internal politics over at NBC at the time and that is what derailed the show. They never got behind it or promoted it. Watch it, it's great.
The Alec Baldwin Show (2018)
Ouch. Ego and anger makes for bad TV.
My goodness how awful. I was curious to watch a new interview show since my retirement from late night viewing, after Leno and Letterman split. I thought that maybe I'd find humor or at least the intimacy of a clever interview. Sorry, not here.
Mama's Boy (2007)
What did I just (half) watch?
Was I supposed to laugh? I didn't. Was I supposed to feel something for any character? I didn't. Was I supposed to be watching a movie? It can't be! Wow. Only got half the way through, but I couldn't take anymore. This kind of dreck is driving down the price of big screen TVs, because people don't want to blow an evening and money going to the theater for something this bad.
Day of Reckoning (1933)
Una Merkel shines in her 13th film of 1933
Una Merkel shines in her 13th film of 1933
A terrific film. At times it is even a beautiful film, with touches of special effects (slo-mo, and super-impositions) towards the end. The "natural" quality of Una Merkel shines above her casting as the maid, and brings a real human touch to a film about infidelity, jail and murder. She holds it's "B" plot together and adds real warmth and charm, especially in the scenes with the children. (The boy is none other than Spanky McFarland!)
There are scenes where the younger child, around 1 year old, is really fidgeting and squirming. Miss Merkel uses the interruption and pushes forward in the scene in the most natural way. Purely charming. Check out her credits, she did a staggering amount of work in the 30's and should get more recognition.
Director Charles Brabin shines in this unusually inventive film, (especially for the year 1933, when most other films were all sound stage stiff pot-boilers). This little gem has many location shots, (including a very realistic rooftop fight scene high above downtown Los Angeles) and features a broad range of emotion from subtle comedy to raw violence.
Check it out, you won't be sorry.
Windtalkers (2002)
WIND PASSER! ie: it stinks.
Mr. Cage is his usual muggy overacting worst, and the film is a cartoon.
Saving Private Ryan it ain't, and quite frankly, it's not even worth a rental.
Save your money, and read a book, or better yet - rent Saving Private Ryan again.
Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
MASTERPIECE!
What can you say about one of the greatest movies ever made? Woody is in his prime as a filmaker in this incredibly funny and ultimately touching master-work.
The film is a comic poem from end to end, extremely well written, and brilliantly acted. It contains more classic scenes than any movie I know, and has given me more joy than I can say.
Thank you Mr. Allen for this gem.
The Cat in the Hat (2003)
Meeeee-ouch! This Cat needs to be neutered so it will bear no offspring.
A cat-tastrophic atempt at a child's picture. Sexual references, product placement and tons of make-up don't make for a great kid's movie. Alas, it is not much of an adult film either.
Not looking for purrr-fection here, just expected something kids can actually watch without their parents squirming in their seats.
Whoever let this cat out of the bag... should put it back in.
Chicago (2002)
Let's shake the camera some more! Terrible picture.
Awful bloody film. I was so bored. Renee Z only has one face and one emotion, and that prune face look can't carry a film. If this chick flick wins the Oscar it will follow in the footsteps of other horrible winners like Shakespeare in Love and Titanic.
The Majestic (2001)
One of the worst movies I've seen in a long time
Jim Carrey is a very funny guy, though he should never ever again
do drama. With no comedy in sight, I openly laughed at the
ridiculousness of this movie and his awful performance. I was
waiting for him to bust out laughing himself at the contrived mess
of this production and his helplessness to pull it off.
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
"RUSSELL WAIT A MINUTE! I GOTTA ASK YOU SOMETHING ABOUT MOMMA!!"
Whether you are a first time novice viewer, or can instantly recognize the above line and are a hard-core line-by-line reciting lunatic, this movie is an absolute hoot from beginning to end. I won't bore you with meager descriptions of some of the antics. What I wanted to say is that all that unbelievable comedy by so many people was done without a single curse. I know it sounds puritan and old-fashioned, but regardless - it is amazing. Some have said this movie couldn't be made again because of budget. (Too many stars wanting too much money.) That might be true, however I believe it truly could never be made again because we don't have that abundance of talent around any more. --- See you at the "Big W".