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489,728 | 33,913 | 182,576 | 8 | The Family Guy is a Good Sitcom ! | It took me a long while to get into the Family Guy but I like it now . I love Alex Borstein ( better known for her roles on Mad-TV ) as the voice of the mother and Mila Kunis as the voice of the daughter . I don't understand why Stewie has a British accent and acts older than he actually is on the show but it makes for... |
490,733 | 33,913 | 116,683 | 8 | A Great Film for Adult and Kids ! | I was a bit surprised that the film was not entirely animated . No , I did not read the book . The boy actor is fine here as is Joanna Lumley OBE and Miriam Margolyes OBE as his despicable aunts , Spiker and Sponge , who get custody of him as a child . They really are deliciously evil in their roles and they look like ... |
490,408 | 33,913 | 475,900 | 8 | Love him or hate him or both , he's great ! | Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations is a rare show that combines both traveling and restaurants which happen to be two of my favorite things . This travel channel show goes all over the map literally judging by the locations listed here . He was recently in Chicago . Since Bourdain is bred New Yorker but raised in urban... |
490,388 | 33,913 | 63,141 | 8 | One of Vanessa Redgrave's best performances ! | Vanessa Redgrave who should be awarded Dame Commander of the British Empire if it was up to me but she declined damehood in 1999 and even regrets accepting the C . B . E . in 1967 . She gives one of her best and memorable performances as the legendary dancer , Isadora Duncan . It is a long and memorable movie . THe bes... |
490,521 | 33,913 | 23,891 | 8 | Loved this movie ! | This was one collaboration that drew attention . Lesbian film director Dorothy Arzner and film actress Katharine Hepburn . For God sakes , both women wore pants in town when it was seen as scandalous . Anyway , the legendary Kate plays a female aviator much like Amelia Earhart who falls in love with a married man known... |
490,689 | 33,913 | 36,969 | 8 | Hollywood's Jane Eyre ! | The elder Jane Eyre is played by Oscar Winner , Joan Fontaine . She is quite brilliant as the governess who grew abused by relatives and later abused at Lowood Institution for Orphaned girls like herself . She was rebellion who would spend ten painful years under the dictatorship of Brocklehurst . She had wonderful tho... |
489,759 | 33,913 | 918,783 | 8 | A Christmas to Remember ! | When a relative sends something to remind Mama Harper about Christmases of the past , the Harpers weren't expecting an actual living goose as the Christmas meal named something . I know it was a male name . The problem is that the family grows attached to the pet goose except for Mama who must do the unthinkable and ju... |
490,211 | 33,913 | 323,332 | 8 | Dame Maggie Smith Rules this Film ! | Dame Maggie Smith plays a successful British author who travels on train with a group of unsuspecting passengers . She befriends a young girl named Aimee . I love Maggie Smith and her performance was one of her best roles in years . She plays a classy , elegant author who lives very well in Umbria . Tragedy occurs when... |
490,447 | 33,913 | 1,402,299 | 8 | Welcome back ! | In Plain Sight is now common among the new cable and even network . They have shortened their season from the usual 22 to 13 episodes . The down side is the longer the wait makes you want to look elsewhere . Mary Shannon and her partner , Marshall , are back in tow . They work well as a team . If Mary Shannon didn't lo... |
490,677 | 33,913 | 264,366 | 8 | And a must see | To those who have not followed the Anne Marie Fahey Murder case . You are missing out one of the saddest yet complicated murder of all . The murderer is popular Delaware attorney , Tom Capano and the victim is the Delaware Governor's Scheduling Secretary , Anne Marie Fahey . Their relationship was a well-kept secret un... |
490,643 | 33,913 | 207,915 | 8 | Not so Perfect ! | Okay , the premise is that Deputy Mayor Laura Fitzgerald played by the wonderful Gwen Taylor ( who should be honored by the Queen ) and the town mayor played by the wonderful Rudolph Walker OBE decide that Flatby should secede from the United Kingdom and form their own country . The plot sounds a ludicrous and silly bu... |
490,502 | 33,913 | 80,240 | 8 | Makes you want to pack up and move to Hawaii ? | Magnum P . I . is about the closest thing I have in connection with Hawaii . I recall a couple who left New Jersey in 1995 with a dream to live in Honolulu , Hawaii . I'm sure Hawaii is a paradise to visit but they have problems just like everywhere else . It is an expensive place to live so is where I live , New Jerse... |
490,176 | 33,913 | 367,188 | 8 | A Superior but Flawed ARtistic Film ! | Andy Garcia gives an award winning performance as Italian Jewish artist , Amedeo Modigliani , in this film about his tragic life . He was madly in love with a French Catholic woman , Jeanne , whose father made it impossible for them to be together . Regardless , Jeanne would sacrifice custody of their own daughter in o... |
489,761 | 33,913 | 75,864 | 8 | Odd Title but entertaining ! | I agree it's entertaining . Peter Falk as Columbo is always entertaining and even in this one . It's an odd title though from his others . Don't miss Jamie Lee Curtis as the uptight waitress and the great British actress , Samantha ( I forget her last name ) as the unhappy spending wife of the prime suspect . It takes ... |
490,754 | 33,913 | 75,865 | 8 | A genius of an episode ! | I guess Columbo episodes were getting harder to contrive . Again , this episode deals with food . Louis Jourdan has the prime suspect role as a popular chef of a cooking show . Peter Falk's real life wife Shera Danese plays Jourdan's girlfriend . Jonathan Demme is the director which I didn't know . Some of America's gr... |
490,081 | 33,913 | 83,530 | 8 | Good but not as good as the first ! | I loved the Airplane movie and am glad that there was sequel . While this film is not as good as the original , it still holds up to the similar cast of characters . Rather than flying to an airport , the flight is headed to the moon . In this instance , Hays and Hagerty are back again . Then there is a trial from the ... |
490,718 | 33,913 | 101,123 | 8 | The House of Eliot is simply irresistible ! | I remember when A & E aired this series on Sunday evenings . Oh how I envied being in London , anyway Stella Gonet and Louise Lombard are both stars of this series as two sisters who operate a fashion business in London , England . A terrific supporting cast like Victoria Alcock , Cathy Murphy , and others help support... |
489,943 | 33,913 | 808,435 | 8 | Still Worth Watching ! | Lorraine Hansberry's play is forever being produced whether on stage in it's original drama or in a musical . A Raisin in the Sun is a theatrical classic . It stars Sean Combs in the leading male role that Sidney Poitier immortalized in the film with Ruby Dee . In this version , Phylicia Rashad plays the family matriar... |
490,331 | 33,913 | 93,404 | 8 | An okay movie of the week ! | Linda Lavin gives an exceptional heartwarming performance in a typical television Holocaust film of the week . Her Lena is portrayed admirably by Ms . Lavin . The children were well-acted and performed also admirably . Since reading the book , I have gained a little knowledge more as to the conditions to postwar Poland... |
490,493 | 33,913 | 65,272 | 8 | All About Erica ! | According to TV Guide , the tribute to the great Ruth Warrick was set for May 13 , 2005 but I only got a lame will reading from this episode . I stopped watching All My Children years ago because it was really the Susan Lucci show . Nowadays , the show is going to the dogs literally . It focuses too much on the young p... |
489,863 | 33,913 | 83,470 | 8 | Steele steals the scenes ! | The casting of Pierce Brosnan as Remington Steele , private investigator , and Stephanie Zimbalist as Laura Holt , the private investigator who conjured up the name in order to get her business moving . After all , a woman private investigator did not fare well in the world . Remington Steele pops up and there is obvio... |
490,084 | 33,913 | 72,554 | 8 | One Day a Time ! | This show was a revolutionary in the women's movement . Bonnie Franklin played red head divorcée and mother of two teenage daughters who moves from Loganport , Indiana to the big city of Indianapolis . Her daughters are played by the wonderful , Valerie Bertinelli , and Mackenzie Phillips . They played Barbara and Juli... |
490,667 | 33,913 | 1,117,020 | 8 | Great Performances by Watros & Roberts ! | Eric Roberts ( yes , Julia's brother ) stars in this episode of Fear Itself with Emmy winner Cynthia Watros . They both give excellent performances as people haunted by their past and their connections to each other . Without spoiling the plot , Roberts plays Harry , a private investigator who is hired by Watros charac... |
490,625 | 33,913 | 1,117,023 | 8 | A Chilling Wedding Scenario ! | A young bride is getting married . She receives a note from the priest via a woman who entered the church before the ceremony . It reads that the person you may be marrying is a serial killer . Despite her doubts , she goes through with the wedding ceremony at the church . Her brother has yet to appear . Her husband's ... |
490,461 | 33,913 | 68,190 | 8 | A Classic Children's Story Brought to Life ! | Fiona Fullerton is better known for her role as Alice in this production of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland . She rises to the occasion but my only complaint is that we always see Alice as a blonde . The cast is first rate which Dame Flora Robson OBE , Peter Sellers CBE , Sir Ralph Richardson CBE , Dudley Moore CBE , ... |
490,722 | 33,913 | 98,878 | 8 | Better without Rob Morrow ! | Rob Morrow as the typical uptight Jewish New York City doctor gets relocated to Cicely , Alaska . The show was filmed around Seattle , Washington . While I love the beauty of Alaska , Morrow's role was nauseating , neurotic , and stereotypical . He hates his assignment . It's too far from everywhere , Seattle is the ne... |
490,052 | 33,913 | 98,876 | 8 | Penelope Keith CBE OBE is the Queen of British Comedy ! | I don't know why the High Sheriff of Surrey Penelope Keith CBE OBE is not considered the reigning queen of British comedy . She has more British comedies to her credit than anybody else that I know . In this show , she plays a minister of parliament better known as MP Jean Price . She gets elected and must battle the o... |
490,468 | 33,913 | 110,955 | 8 | A Classic Dysfunctional Christmas Movie for any family | The Ref is truly a wonderful Christmas movie anyway . Sure , it could have better writing but not a better cast of actors like Glynis Johns , Judy Davis , Kevin Spacey , Christine Baranski , & Denis Leary . IF you want a dysfunctional Christmas movie , the Ref is pretty good entertainment . Denis'character gets stuck t... |
490,776 | 33,913 | 30,341 | 8 | Classic Hitchcock ! | Dame Mae Witty gives a memorable performance as the old woman who goes missing . The rest of the cast is great with Margaret Lockwood as the woman she befriends on the train . Sir Michael Redgrave also is wonderful as the obvious love interest of Lockwood . The film is truly filled with Hitchcock's stamp all over it . ... |
489,757 | 33,913 | 640,620 | 8 | Who spoiled the roses ? | Mama Harper would love to win the Crystal Thorn Rose Award given by the local horticultural society in town . The roses in this episode have names by dainty Bess and something else . Mama Harper gets help and advice from the dozen time winner of the Crystal Thorn Award , May June Beasley , who is banned from ever compe... |
490,514 | 33,913 | 74,071 | 8 | Hey Hey , What's Happening ? | I have to say that I grew up on these reruns . I was surprised to see and remember how much I enjoyed the show during the recent TV Land marathon . The show was still groundbreaking too . I never understood why Mabel King who played Mama so beautifully left . I still remember Rerun , Dwayne , Raj , Dee , and Shirley as... |
490,362 | 33,913 | 640,621 | 8 | Don't wreck the Harper house ! | Thelma Harper is trying to salvage her family home that has brought many memories , pleasant and unpleasant , as well . While Bubba is researching the town founder James L . Ray , the neighborhood is getting exciting about their selling their homes and purchasing a lovely new home in a new development for a nice amount... |
490,454 | 33,913 | 640,617 | 8 | Mama conquers homelessness ! | Mama Harper acts like the homeless choose their lifestyle in this episode where her grandson , Bubba , and his college friends are all going to protest for helping the homeless in Raytown . Mama Harper doesn't think it's her problem or anything she can do to help those who choose to live on the streets and in the shelt... |
490,624 | 33,913 | 640,614 | 8 | Don't Tell Fran ! | Mama is always complaining about Naomi's two previous divorces before she married into her family . Anyway , Naomi discusses that her first marriage didn't count because they were young and her second husband , Leonard Oates , runs off out of town . In this episode , Leonard Oates returns with two and half million doll... |
490,129 | 33,913 | 340,012 | 8 | A Superior but Flawed Film Version ! | I haven't read Somerset Maugham's novel entitled Theatre which the film was adapted into this film . While the film has a first rate cast , I kept thinking that the role of Julia Lambert could have been equally brilliantly played by Juliet Stevenson CBE who was playing Edie , Julia's long-time personal assistant . Miri... |
490,808 | 33,913 | 101,054 | 8 | the funniest British comedy of the 1990s | Brittas Empire is one of the funniest British comedies . My biggest regret is the relationship between Gordon and Laura , their unresolved feelings and mutual attraction . I would love for them to bring the show to America after Whitbury Leisure Center burns down . Gordon , Helen , Carol , and the children arrive in Lo... |
489,922 | 33,913 | 640,610 | 8 | Thanks a Heap ! | In this episode , there is the friendly burglar who cleans up after himself when he's done at the house . He always leaves a message written on the wall like " thanks a heap . " In this episode , Mama visits Vint at the store to get new keys made because of all the burglaries in town . When they get burgled themselves ... |
490,034 | 33,913 | 98,844 | 8 | It's time to pull the plug ! | At first , I was thrilled to have watched Law & Order with it's sharp , sophisticated writing and it's New York City backdrop . But it's been 18 years since it's preview , I think now is the time to end the show . I can see stories repeating themselves with a different cast and a different circumstance . Law & Order li... |
490,824 | 33,913 | 108,775 | 8 | A Talented Cast of Strong Women ! | I don't know why some shows get canceled . This show related to one of my co-workers when I worked at the supermarket about an overbearing mother-in-law played by the Oscar winner Eileen Heckart . Her daughters-in-law were played by Broadway professional veterans like Judith Ivey and Harriet Sansom Harris as well as so... |
490,404 | 33,913 | 640,603 | 8 | Get in the Spirit | Mama Harper is upset because her husband's ornament went missing right before Christmas . Vint is scheduled to play Santa Claus at the Ray Mall on Christmas Eve . When he loses his voice , Mama has no other choice but take his role because she fits the costume . With her grandson , Bubba , taking pictures , Mama gets t... |
490,453 | 33,913 | 640,602 | 8 | Mama Tackles Lolly Purdue ! | Mama and Iola are tired of doing Lolly Purdue's administrated duties for the Church Ladies League . Lolly who was elected President is wonderfully and memorably played by Marge Redmond . Patrika Dabo is equally wonderful and memorable in her role as a fellow member of the church ladies league . When Mama and Iola decid... |
490,620 | 33,913 | 640,597 | 8 | See how Mama handles obscene ! | Naomi Harper is doing her best to win as most friendly checker at Food Circus where she works . She might be too friendly to receive such an award . Anyway with the good news , she receives obscene telephone calls asking for her . The family's happiness is short-lived with these interrupting phone calls . She doesn't k... |
490,295 | 33,913 | 640,598 | 8 | A funny episode ! | Mama's Family has turn in a charming episode where Bubba sticks Mama's head on a sexy body and puts it on a poster to place around town for a senior citizens gathering . When she gets there with Iola , the men are old , hot , and sweaty for her attention . They want to do more than just dance with her and the senior wo... |
490,851 | 33,913 | 110,912 | 8 | First Rate Cast but silly plot ! | I don't get this film and why it's so great according to Siskel and Ebert or other critics . Maybe it's the style of filming that is both experimental and groundbreaking , all I found was that there was so much cursing and swearing and a weak plot . I love the scene where John Travolta dances with Uma Thurman . It's si... |
490,663 | 33,913 | 87,803 | 8 | The only film version available ! | George Orwell may have been a literary genius or a raving lunatic or both . This film version is dreary but so is life in the world of 1984 where everybody is watched , reported , and kept to a standard based on what higher powers think we should be . Winston Smith is an unlikely hero . He hates rats . He is working at... |
490,020 | 33,913 | 640,589 | 8 | Mama has a boyfriend ! | When an old friend comes to the Harper house , it turns out that Mama Harper had a possible other suitor in her younger days . William Windom was cast perfectly as the other man . Mama is singing a new tune and gets dressed up for dinner leaving Aunt Fran , Vint and the kids at home . Naomi is not in this episode since... |
490,819 | 33,913 | 640,580 | 8 | Mama gets a Communist ! | Our American government is trying to make friends with the old tough Soviet Union . In this episode , the government officials request Thelma and her family to spend a day with a communist named Olga who herself is a housekeeper . Karen Hensel who plays Olga , the proud Soviet , does a memorable and fantastic job in he... |
490,712 | 33,913 | 640,583 | 8 | Dr . Joyce Brothers pays a visit to Raytown ! | Naomi is stressed over the fact that she and Vint's sexual life hasn't been as active as normal . When Dr . Joyce Brothers ' plane broke down and lands in Raytown , she gets to make an unexpected appearance on the Eddie Edwards ' local television show . She answers a phone call from Naomi who uses another name and she ... |
489,880 | 33,913 | 640,570 | 8 | Mama Wants to Be President ! | When Thelma has to give up being President of the Church Ladies League , she decides to run again with Iola's help . In fact , Anne Haney who returns as Alberta Meechum , one of Thelma's nemesis , convinces Iola to run for President against Thelma pinning two best friends against each other . They decide to have a deba... |
490,113 | 33,913 | 640,573 | 8 | Mama gets swindled ! | When Mama wants a car , she goes after it with her mad money of about $1 , 000 saved up . She decides to go to a used car dealer played brilliantly by Fred Williard as Willy , the dealer was also a childhood friend of Vint's . He shows Mama , Vint , and Naomi around his used car lot referring his cars as his wayward ch... |
490,361 | 33,913 | 640,572 | 8 | Here's Your Dime , Spill It ? | Mama Thelma Harper has been accused of being forgetful while Naomi rescues a dog known as Old Lady from the parking lot at Food Circus . Since Mama doesn't care for dogs , Naomi , Vint , Iola , and Bubba pretend that the dog barking doesn't exist . So Mama thinks she's hearing things or going crazy by the sound the dog... |
490,707 | 33,913 | 640,563 | 8 | One of the better episodes ! | Bubba Higgins enters his grandmother into a beauty contests for Grandmothers with Naomi's picture . When they mistake Naomi for a grandmother at the beauty pageant , Mama speaks up and makes a poor claim that her elbow is in the picture . Most of the episode is centered around the pageant episode . There is a lot of ta... |
489,877 | 33,913 | 640,560 | 8 | Mama Gets into the 1980s ! | Mama Harper has a bank card which she has never really used . When Iola mistakenly takes her mail and delivers it after banking hours at the Harper house , Thelma has to go to the bank and deposit her pension check . The machine has a mind of it's own and Mama is losing patience with the machine itself . When the machi... |
489,797 | 33,913 | 541,977 | 8 | Good Night Beantown ! | Boston is a great city but an hour is too short to even show it's highlights . I love Boston but an hour is too short . The story follows the horrific murder of a pregnant wife , Mrs . Stuart . Her husband shot his very pregnant wife and made it look to appear as if it was an incident on the poor side of town . The cri... |
490,674 | 33,913 | 960,144 | 8 | Don't Mess with Sandler ! | I am a big Saturday Night Live . It should come as no surprise that I love Adam Sandler and the cast . The rest of the cast includes the zany Lainie Kazan , Rob Schneider , and John Turturro . The cast is first rate about a Mossad Israeli Agent Zohan who longs to bring silky and smooth hair to the world . He secretly k... |
490,565 | 33,913 | 640,558 | 8 | Thank God for Syndication ! | I was devastated when they canceled Mama's Family on network television . About two and half-years later , it resurfaces in Syndication . Of course , there are major changes since Betty White who played snobby Ellen Harper Jackson and Rue McClanahan played Aunt Fran Crowley are no longer with the show . That's because ... |
490,024 | 33,913 | 640,556 | 8 | Things You Wind Up ? How about Mama Harper ? | The Harper family gets an invitation thanks to Vinton to play on Family Feud with the original host Richard Dawson . Vinton carefully picks each family member for the show . Mama is resistant until it means that if her son wins , that they move out of her house . Vinton picks Mama , Naomi , Ellen , and his son Buzz to ... |
490,114 | 33,913 | 640,546 | 8 | Thelma Fights Back Steaming Mad ! | Naomi is taking a self-defense class and gets Aunt Fran and Sonja to join her there on the following night . When Thelma goes to bingo , she gets mugged at the bus stop . Traumatized , she returns home to Vint and Buzz who are making dinner . She calls the police but they are useless . Rather she goes to the self-defen... |
490,077 | 33,913 | 74,016 | 8 | A Lovable Show ! | Laverne and Shirley was one of my personal favorites growing up . Of course , we had reruns and repeats in those days . I loved Laverne and Shirley . They were the underdogs and perfectly suited as roommates and best friends . They were played brilliantly by Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams . Unfortunately , the show ... |
490,820 | 33,913 | 640,534 | 8 | Friends indeed ! | Finally Iola has a new friend , Arlene Madison , played wonderfully by Mary Pat Gleason in this episode . While Iola has overspent her welcome at the Harper home , Thelma and the gang are relieved that Iola has somebody else to bother for a change . Sadly , Arlene is overwhelmed by Iola's total dedication and devotion ... |
489,724 | 33,913 | 98,888 | 8 | For Teens of the 1990s ! | I still can't believe that I haven't seen this show since it's cancellation . Corin Nemec was known for his role as Steven Stayner in a made for television film about the Stayner abduction and life . Corin displays his acting ability here to show his range can be comedy . The show only lasted a couple of seasons on Fox... |
490,139 | 33,913 | 108,723 | 8 | Before there were the real Chefs ! | You have to say that Lenny Henry CBE was always worth watching in this series about egotistical British chef of Jamaican descent who is the head chef at Château Anglais which is translated into Château England . The cast of supporting characters don't really hold up to Gareth Blackstock . Henry just steals the show fro... |
489,816 | 33,913 | 108,724 | 8 | Better than ER at the time ! | ER was satisfactory but Chicago Hope was superior with mature cast of characters played by a stellar cast of actors and actresses . I loved the relationship between Mandy Patinkin and Adam Arkin . It appeared to be doing fine until Peter MacNichol who played the lawyer Alan Birch left the show and joined Ally MacBeal .... |
489,729 | 33,913 | 105,450 | 8 | Just in time ! | This movie was filmed around the time of the Rodney King riots that ripped South Central Los Angeles . Let's face it , the heart and soul of Los Angeles isn't Hollywood . It's the people like in this movie who try to make living , earnestly , honestly , and respectively . Sadly , this film is still realistic to the pli... |
490,254 | 33,913 | 68,401 | 8 | Revolutionary if you think about ! | Well , Columbo's case this time involves the wife , Cathy Goodland , who prefers other relationships to her lovesick husband . He takes up with a beautiful and attractive woman but only to talk about it . He and his rich uncle played by Ray Milland set up a kidnapping in order to get her attention . Even though there i... |
489,782 | 33,913 | 91,396 | 8 | Great cast despite plot shortfalls ! | Come on , you have to admit that this film has a good cast with Debra Winger , Robert Redford , Daryl Hannah , and others in supporting roles like Christine Baranski . I like the fact that it was shot in New York City and not on location somewhere . No offense , Toronto or Vancouver but the backdrop does a good job . R... |
490,263 | 33,913 | 860,418 | 8 | It Should Have Been Valerie's Oscar ! | If the film was done right , Valerie Harper would be an Academy Award Nominee and probably the favorite for her role as Golda Meir , Israel's Prime Minister . She had performed the play with the same title in the National Tour while Tovah Feldshuh played her on Broadway and in New York City . Sadly , this film adaptati... |
490,274 | 33,913 | 118,517 | 8 | It was Working until the second season ! | I remember watching the first season of Working on network television . The show was funny , satirical , well-written , and structured to become a success . What happened to it after the first season was a shame and an obvious disaster with cast members like Sarah Knowlton who was great as the Yale graduate working as ... |
490,559 | 33,913 | 68,398 | 8 | One of my personal favorites ! | This Columbo episode is one of the better and perhaps one of my personal favorites . The cast includes Rosemary's Baby John Cassavetes as the maestro , his wife played by Blythe Danner ( Gwyneth Paltrow's mom ) and his mother-in-law played by Myrna Loy ( one of America's greatest leading actresses in film of our time )... |
489,778 | 33,913 | 68,395 | 8 | A satisfactory Columbo ! | I can watch Columbo reruns all day . I find Peter Falk's portrayal as Columbo to be one of the best acts on television . There is a tremendous appeal to his character . He is fascinated by the littlest things and he knows who has done it . I wish all homicide detectives are like Columbo . In this one , a wealthy older ... |
489,948 | 33,913 | 424,609 | 8 | Give Hank a Title Credit Like all The Other Cast Members ! | I have to say I admire and love Ron Eldard's performance as Jim Dunbar , the homicide detective who goes blind in a deadly shooting match . He plays him beautifully with such depth and care . Ron Eldard is really an outstanding actor . He brings such charisma , heart , and love to this role . I was impressed with Maris... |
489,838 | 33,913 | 790,603 | 8 | Quite a Surprising Show ! It's good ! ! ! ! | Okay , Aliens in America is not the greatest show but it is the first show that features the average white American family who invites a foreign exchange student to come and stay with them in America . What they don't know is that he is a Pakistani Muslim . At first , there are some moments where the mother ( played by... |
490,572 | 33,913 | 89,841 | 8 | A Dark Comedy of Extremes ! | This film is one of John Huston's best works before his death . His daughter Angelica Huston was awarded Best Supporting Actress Academy Award defeating Oprah Winfrey and Margaret Avery for the Color Purple . Despite her father , Angelica gives a magnificent memorable performance as Maerose Prizzi , a lover of Charley ... |
490,111 | 33,913 | 918,786 | 8 | Honeymoon for Three ! | Vint and Naomi have never spent a honeymoon together or a night away . When Vint arranges for a night at a motel for both of them to celebrate their first anniversary , Thelma agrees to chaperone a sleepover for Sonja and her friends on the same night . Unfortunately plans changed when Aunt Effie calls in a panic askin... |
490,121 | 33,913 | 89,853 | 8 | Partially Shot in my Hometown ! | I remember when this film was being filmed in my hometown which seemed so long ago . Woody Allen and his crew came to my town for a couple of days and shot the diner scenes in South Amboy at this old fashioned diner . Unfortunately , the business was moved to New York but anyway I remember the newspaper that covered it... |
490,833 | 33,913 | 250,720 | 8 | A Great Film for Kids ! | Okay , See Spot Run is not an Oscar winning film nor Golden Globe awards . Okay , it's a fine film for kids really and that's the audience out there with parents and grandparents who take their kids and grandkids to the movie theater . See Spot Run is about a guy who gets a dog and kid played fantastically by Angus T .... |
489,991 | 33,913 | 243,155 | 8 | It's cute and sometimes a little much at times ! | How would BRidget JOnes write this in her diary about her life ? This film is a cute , comedic unrealistic commentary on women in their thirties like Bridget JOnes played beautifully by Texas American Renee Zellwegger . A role that could have been done by any British actress striving for her big break has been done by ... |
490,011 | 33,913 | 110,997 | 8 | It's a must for Streep fans ! | It may be one of Meryl Streep's most daring performances as a river rider . With Kevin Bacon as a sleazy robber and murderer . He is awfully good at being bad . Overall , the movie is a good thrill ride . It lacks swearing and the violence is minimal too . It's just so predictable but not unbearable . This is a Curtis ... |
490,027 | 33,913 | 120,633 | 8 | An Excellent and Entertaining Civil Action ! | Okay , I wasn't too keen on courtroom dramas . I only happened to come across this one by accident . I was really impressed but of course , I always get the end of the drama . The cast is first rate with Oscar nominee John Travolta , Emmy Winner Tony Shaloub as his colleague , Oscar nominee William H . Macy as his fina... |
489,827 | 33,913 | 437,800 | 8 | A Family Film ! A Film of Inspiration ! | I am giving this film an 8 because there were some parts that I didn't like especially how Akeelah made it to the top ten in the regional spelling bee and I won't ruin that for people who haven't seen it . First , there is a terrific cast . Keke Palmer plays Akeelah excellently with a power of older mature actors . Her... |
490,627 | 33,913 | 208,192 | 8 | A Faithful Television Adaptation ! | Guests of the Nation is about the British soldiers in Ireland . Frank Converse , a gifted actor , does a superb job in the leading role as Barney Callahan , an Irishman torn between love of country and duty towards it . Oscar Winner Estelle Parsons is almost unrecognizable with a near perfect Irish accent as Kate O'Don... |
489,811 | 33,913 | 818,663 | 8 | An Inside in Baltimore's World ! | I have never been to Baltimore but I have done extensive research on the city itself . Anyway , this independent film is named after Baltimore's nickname , Charm City . The reason I picked up this film at Blockbuster because I was curious to see Baltimore as the backdrop . Anyway , the film is about three male characte... |
490,632 | 33,913 | 85,060 | 8 | Mr . Wizard's World was a Nick gem ! | It's too bad that Nickelodeon doesn't show as much Canadian programming as it did in its origins . While Don Herbert was not a native Canadian , he was a science teacher turned television star . This show allowed science to be fun without being intimidating or turned off by boredom of science . Let's face it , I'm not ... |
490,306 | 33,913 | 87,538 | 8 | The Kid from the Wrong Side of the Tracks Makes It ! | Ralph Macchio became a teen idol from this film . He portrays a New Jersey teen who moves with his mom played by Randee Heller to Los Angeles , California for the sun , the beaches , and a new life . Anyway , he is the outsider who falls in love with Elisabeth Shue's character who comes from the right side of the track... |
490,664 | 33,913 | 320,970 | 8 | Why it's still standing ? | Simple , it can be a very entertaining show . Mark Addy who is British plays Chicago Bill Miller . Mark is better known for his performances in The Fully Monty and the British comedy classic , The Thin Blue Line . Mark does a first rate job at making Bill Miller into a blue collar American every man . His co-star Jami ... |
490,321 | 33,913 | 93,748 | 8 | Typical John Hughes ' Fare ! | The comic pairing of JOhn Candy and Steve Martin could have been better . They get stuck together during their return trip to CHicago from New York . Their moments together shows their comic genius . The scene in the bed where they end up is quite classically funny without overdoing it like today's comedies . The bondi... |
490,425 | 33,913 | 824,047 | 8 | Naomi dreams of flying ! | Naomi Harper is an unhappy woman with her life especially her career . She has married the love of her life in clueless locksmith , Vinton Harper , and still lives with her mother-in-law and her wayward nephew , Bubba . She decides to take classes to become a flight attendant or flying waitress as Mama Harper calls it ... |
489,848 | 33,913 | 85,088 | 8 | Not Charlie's Angel Anymore ! | I remember watching this show on CBS Monday nights before Kate and Allie and Newhart . I thought the show was great with Charlie's Angel , Kate Jackson , playing single mother , Amanda King , in the Washington D . C . area . Somehow , she manages to mingle with Bruce Boxleitner's character . He plays a Washington spy /... |
489,982 | 33,913 | 62,595 | 8 | You can love it or hate it but Erika Slezak is one of America's finest acting treasures ! | Erika Slezak has won 6 Emmy awards for playing the same role . She beat Susan Lucci most of the those times . I don't think people understand her acting ability which I consider to be on par with the finest actors and actresses today like Dame Judi Dench , Vanessa Redgrave , and Julie Harris . She has played a multiple... |
490,316 | 33,913 | 91,790 | 8 | It will leave you tickled pink ! | Poor Alexa Kenin who played Annie's best friend in the film . She was killed in real life and it's dedicated to her memory . Anyway , I love this film . Of course , it's by John Hughes ( master of teen angst comedies and dramas . ) Again , he picks a great cast like Jon Cryer to play Duckie , James Spader to play the c... |
489,855 | 33,913 | 212,985 | 8 | Disappointing Follow-Up | What is the relationship between sadistic cannibal serial killer Dr . Hannibal Lector and dedicated FBI agent , Clarice Starling . The change in actresses from Oscar Winner Jodi Foster to Oscar Nominee Julianne Moore was not that difficult to accept . Julianne is fantastic and more attractive than Foster in this role .... |
489,958 | 33,913 | 404,666 | 8 | They're not so bad parents ! | As somebody who always wanted to become an actress , I am now glad that my parents were never show business . I feel sorry for most of these families . I can see Jordan Moseley can become a child star herself . She is talented and cute enough . She seems to enjoy the business whether it's a guest appearance and makes t... |
489,785 | 33,913 | 91,877 | 8 | God , I miss the 1980s ! | I love the 1980s . It was a great decade . This movie is clearly a great comedy with an all star cast featuring Divine Bette Midler as the kidnapped heiress Barbara Stone who we hate at first because she is one of the nastiest people alive at first down in the basement . She thinks her husband played by the multi-talen... |
490,838 | 33,913 | 642,433 | 8 | AL quits his job or meets his boss ! | Al's boss , Gary , dies in a plane crash or somewhere where he turns up alive after all . Anyway , Al sent $300 worth of flowers to his boss ' family . Thinking that he would get so much as a thank you card , Gary's family sends all the flowers and baskets to a hospital . So Al is out of $300 and decides that if the bo... |
490,790 | 33,913 | 78,610 | 8 | We Could Always Use the Facts of Life ! | The Facts of Life was an unusual comedy series on NBC because it lasted so long and in different environments . First , Charlotte Rae became so famous for playing Mrs . Edna Garrett on Different Strokes that she earned her own show . The first season was set with a large cast of characters including one girl who had a ... |
490,607 | 33,913 | 100,808 | 8 | A decent portrayal but lacks some emotion ! | As somebody who takes interest in PAn Am 103's tragedy , I find this film plays around the publicly known events . If I had any say , I would have tried to focus on the human emotions of those who lost their relatives and friends in this crash . The film chronicles the events preceding the tragedy . I wished they would... |
490,059 | 33,913 | 109,458 | 8 | A great match for Shatner and Falk again | For Columbo fans , William Shatner plays the controlling Fielding Chase who kills a man who can separate him from his adoptive daughter played wonderfully by Molly Hagen . The key to solving the case is as fascinating as the actual murder . Columbo figures out who done it but how does he catch him . As in any Columbo f... |
490,581 | 33,913 | 78,638 | 8 | You can't disturb God , he watching Knots Landing ! | That's what somebody said when they wanted to talk to God . Anyway , Knots Landing had a lot more than Dallas did in the way of great characters . The cast was first rate starring Michele Lee , Joan Van Arks , Donna Mills , Julie Harris , Constance McCashin , William Devane , Nicolette Sheridan , etc . Who could forget... |
490,092 | 33,913 | 1,313,684 | 8 | Similar to the Australian Version ! | I remember the episode of the Australian show , Kath and Kim , which this is based upon . Sandy Freckle is the same guy . He visits his best friend , Phil Knight , as he approaches his upcoming wedding but Sandy has eyes for Kath and loves to ridicule Phil's past as an overweight man . Kim is too busy driving her husba... |
490,015 | 33,913 | 781,238 | 8 | Not that Flaming Forties ! | Buzz and Sonja need a gimmick or theme for their upcoming dance . Mama suggest the 1940s since the gymnasium was used as a USO Canteen and she was charge of the donut patrol . Anyway , the materials that have been collecting dust in the attic is slated to be sold at a rummage sale at the school . When the school dance ... |
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