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524,398 | 4,445,210 | 114,369 | 8 | The Good & Bad Of ' Se7en ' | I am shocked that I watch , much less own , this movie , and as often as I do . It's so dark , so uncomfortable to watch in many spots and so profane ( although I use a TV Guardian ) that it's not a very likable story and film . . . . . but I find it fascinating . Let's continue on with the bad , and the good , of this... |
526,165 | 4,445,210 | 44,486 | 8 | Olivier Elevates This Solid Soaper Big-Time | This was a pretty powerful melodrama , thanks to the great performance of Sir Laurence Olivier . Olivier plays an unhappily-married older man who falls for the young and beautiful Jennifer Jones ( not hard to understand ! ) . . . . . and pays a huge price for his adultery . Olivier is near-mesmerizing in this film and ... |
525,978 | 4,445,210 | 86,465 | 8 | ' Trading ' Good & Bad News | Good news and bad news about this semi-famous comedy from the 1980s : BAD NEWS - Hollywood's liberal slant was all in here , in full force of its stereotypical characters it likes to present , such as ( 1 ) the hooker who is beautiful and has a kind loving heart ; ( 2 ) the black guy who , despite no training , all of ... |
522,457 | 4,445,210 | 120,903 | 8 | A Treat For The Eyes & Ears | Special-effects and terrific 5 . 1 surround sound are the highlights of this science fiction film . And what highlights they are - tremendous in both categories , at least for 2000 when this film and DVD came out . At the time , they were the best special-effects I had ever seen , but strides are being made so fast in ... |
522,795 | 4,445,210 | 166,896 | 8 | A Shockingly-Straight Story From David Lynch | A truly nice story with a moral about brotherly love describes this odd David Lynch film . This was especially " odd " because it wasn't the kind of film Lynch had been putting out in the last 15 - 20 years . Those were dark and shocking films ( Blue Velvet , Wild At Heart , Mulholland Drive ) and this is the opposit... |
524,658 | 4,445,210 | 120,915 | 8 | Generally Enjoyable , Highlighted By Pod Race ; A Tip - Use Subtitles | I believe George Lucas said he was inspired by the chariot race in the 1959 epic Ben-Hur , and thought of it often when he staged the big pod race scene in this movie . So , when I watched the film again the other day , the third or fourth time I've seen it , I kept looking for comparisons . Well , suffice to say nothi... |
522,661 | 4,445,210 | 36,706 | 8 | Very Good Noir Photography In Here | This movie has some of the best film noir photography I have seen in all the Charlie Chan entries . This is one I am still waiting to have issued on DVD , so I can enjoy those visuals . Storywise , it's a decent story with an interesting cast of suspects . My complaint is fairly minor : it is a little below-average in ... |
523,708 | 4,445,210 | 52,140 | 8 | Kind Of An Odd ( But Still Good ) Late-Entry Tom & Jerry | This is a Robin Hood story about Jerry and his pal Tuffy getting their famous pal ( Robin Hood ) out of a jam . The authorities had caught the famous bandit and were going to hang him , but the little mice are determined to save Robin . Two things you see and hear grab your attention right off the bat : the beautiful ,... |
526,459 | 4,445,210 | 95,050 | 8 | Heart-Wrenching Film | If you have any kind of heart and compassion for people , this is a tough movie to watch , at least in the second half of it . It's in that segment where we see nice little kid get beaten up and then a retarded ( mentally - challenged ) man go off the deep end after he witnesses this brutal act against the child . It's... |
526,877 | 4,445,210 | 52,149 | 8 | Familiar Storyline But With A Few New Wrinkles | Although this story takes place back in the old days of France , the storyline is one that was used many times in modern settings in Tom and Jerry cartoons : a threat by an adult to Tom to do something about " the mouse " or it was curtains for the cat . Usually , it meant being tossed out of the house but here , it's ... |
523,236 | 4,445,210 | 114,194 | 8 | Walken Makes This Preposterous Story Fun | This was a different kind of horror movie with bad angels as the main attraction . Actually , the main attraction is Christopher Walken in the role of " Gabriel . " He's extremely entertaining with his mixture of humor and evil . He admonishes people for profanity ! Of course , the theology in this movie is so preposte... |
526,974 | 4,445,210 | 44,313 | 8 | ' Great Horny Toadies ! ' | This is one of those Bugs Bunny versus Yosemite Sam cartoons except Sam , in this story , is called " Chilacott Sam . " However , it's the same loud-and-obnoxious two-gun sawed-off , red-haired and greedy " varmint . " In this cartoon , he's a " claim jumper , " a guy trying to steal other's gold discoveries up in Alas... |
524,399 | 4,445,210 | 114,214 | 8 | The Good & Bad Of ' The Quick And The Dead ' | Like the western " Wild Bill " that also came out around this time , this is a pretty wild , almost cartoon-like western . It has many pluses and minuses . GOOD - Great sound , interesting camera angles and very stylishly shot . The visuals and audio make it interesting alone . Add a simple but interesting story filled... |
526,051 | 4,445,210 | 95,082 | 8 | Despite Sayles ' Slants , It's A Good Baseball Story | This was a well-done account of the famous 1919 Black Sox scandal in Major League baseball many years ago . The movie features an excellent cast and does a nice job of re-creating the era . The music of period is effectively used here , too , as are the interior and exterior of the ballpark . The most memorable players... |
524,275 | 4,445,210 | 24,586 | 8 | Flip's Drug Store , Where The Celebrities Hang Out | Flip is the owner of a brand new drug store , and you'd think it was the Academy Awards night . There is a spotlight , a red carpet and a list of celebrities that all show up for this momentous occasion . We get the normal ones you'd see in a Flip The Frog cartoon , namely Laurel & Hardy , Jimmy Durante , Charlie Chapl... |
525,021 | 4,445,210 | 86,383 | 8 | Harry Meets The Worst Woman Since Ann Savage | The fourth in the " Dirty Harry " series , this film features one of the most despicable , ugliest , unlikable , profane , disgusting females I have ever seen on film : " Ray Perkins , " played by Audrie Neenan . She is the modern nasty low-life version of the 1945 " Detour " character , " Ann Savage . " Her foul mouth... |
523,850 | 4,445,210 | 1,154,361 | 8 | From Tasers To Eeels : Shocking Stuff ! | Things that literally shock us are the topic in this edition of " Marvel Marvels . " Topics include the Taser gun , lightning , power lines , the electric chair , electrified fences , the " third rail , " Etc / defibrillators and electric eels . " Thomas A . Swift's Electric Rifle " became TASER , a gun that was invent... |
524,537 | 4,445,210 | 24,601 | 8 | A Good Start To Check Out The Boys | There are a lot of funny scenes squeezed into one of the thinest " plots " you'll ever see in a story . Our heroes - Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy - simply want to go to the annual convention of their group - " The Sons Of The Desert " and want their wives ' approval to make the trip . As it turns out , they go anyway a... |
524,838 | 4,445,210 | 36,631 | 8 | Crazy Baseball A La Avery | Being a Tex Avery cartoon , I wasn't surprised this was clever and had some laughs . Tex was one of the best . This baseball story is played at " W . C . Field . " ( We then see a disclaimer stating " The guy who thought of this corny gag isn't with us any more . " ) The game pits " The Yankee Doodlers " versus " The D... |
524,175 | 4,445,210 | 44,404 | 8 | Underground Scene A Change Of Pace | This is more of the same thing that made this cartoon popular . . . . . but who's complaining ? It's always fun to see the poor coyote try various contraptions to get the Road Runner , and then get pulverized by every one of those inventions . The underground cave chase was different from the normal fare and was clever... |
524,219 | 4,445,210 | 44,413 | 8 | Stewart , Adams & Mann : A Good Combination | Now that this is out on DVD , I hope to be able to view this on a better format : widescreen and a clearer prettier transfer . As with many westerns , there is a lot to like visually . That includes Julia Adams , who plays one of the leads : " Laura Baile . " Adams was a decent actress and had a very pretty face . I wo... |
524,311 | 4,445,210 | 86,197 | 8 | Real Heroes , And An Era That Went By All Too Fast | An interesting insight into the United States ' space program , beginning with the exploits of fighter pilot Chuck Yeager ( Sam Shephard ) and concluding with the dramatic flights of the first astronauts . Those astronauts - the Mercury 7 pilots - are a varied group of aviators and they are all pretty interesting guys ... |
523,005 | 4,445,210 | 94,924 | 8 | A Very Emotional Story | This is an extremely-powerful based-on-a-true story film that can be infuriating to watch . I say that because how brutal a hounding press can be to people , in this case an innocent Australian couple charged with killing their baby . Meryl Streep received a lot of recognition for her performance when this film came ou... |
527,295 | 4,445,210 | 51,756 | 8 | ' Well , The Least You Can Do Is Get Me Liquored Up ' | With a title this corny , I was expecting a lot of laughs , a fun B-movie with Ed Wood-style film-making . Well , I got them , but that mostly in the beginning . The bulk of the film is quite serious and holds up pretty well , even today . The best lines , in the opening segments , come from " Marge " ( Gloria Talbott ... |
527,151 | 4,445,210 | 312,004 | 8 | Amusing , Inventive , Colorful & Predictable | This was very good , except for two things which I'll mention at the end . The animation is great , highlighted by Nick Park and company's trademark of exaggerated teeth and mouths of the characters , which make you laugh almost every time you see someone . The color was magnificent , too . The best part of the film , ... |
527,026 | 4,445,210 | 870,904 | 8 | Pepe Might Have Stunk But He Had Spunk | A romantic womanizer of the ninth degree is the way critic Leonard Maltin describes the cartoon character " Pepe LePew , " a creation of writer Michael Maltese and director Chuck Jones . Maltin loves the character's fake French accent and language and the fact that the locales for many of the cartoons have such a Eur... |
526,736 | 4,445,210 | 901,241 | 8 | From The Famous Astin-Martin To The Rocket Belt To The Q-Boat & More | Instead of showing all of the wild James Bond gadgets throughout his long film series , this program concentrated on 5-7 items ( but did mention others ) . The writers decided to break it down into five major categories : 1 - cars ; 2 - boats ; 3 - guns ; 4 - flying machines and 5 - covert spy gadgets . The car segment... |
526,012 | 4,445,210 | 1,169,421 | 8 | Just Ask Joyce : No Justice Done In This Case | This is a tale of a woman being charged with masterminding a contract murder and spending three years in jail apparently for nothing . I say " apparently " because the case has never been solved but , as the narrator indicates , you'd have to be pretty dumb not to figure out the husband did it . He got away scot-free .... |
522,561 | 4,445,210 | 44,207 | 8 | For Its Genre , This Is Surprising How Good It Is - Nice Effort ! | First , this is a nice-looking film with a good DVD transfer . Seeing an early ' 50s sci-fi film Technicolor is nice . Also , having just watched - I'm not kidding - " Plan 9 From Outer Space " and " Invaders From Mars , " this George Pal film looked like multi-million dollar Oscar winner in comparison . Except for the... |
523,493 | 4,445,210 | 36,533 | 8 | Rags and Red Bring A Lot Of Laughs | If you like old-fashioned corny humor you'll love this . I'm hesitant to give a movie this silly , corny and stupid eight stars but I had to because overall it was fun to watch and provided a number of genuine laughs . In fact , some of the scenes were downright hilarious . A lot of it is innocent old-time slapstick an... |
527,226 | 4,445,210 | 51,825 | 8 | Solid Effort , But Was Academy Making Up For Lost Time ? | I agree with the reviewers here : this was good , but " the only Bugs Bunny cartoon to win an Academy Award ? " That is ridiculous . I can only surmise that it was similar to what has happened to many famous actors . They had never won an Academy Award so near the end of their careers , the Academy gives them them on O... |
522,988 | 4,445,210 | 86,250 | 8 | Being A Gangster - It's Not All Glamor ! | I found this to be an interesting character study of a Cuban who comes to Miami and becomes a big drug dealer , rising from little to become a big-shot and wealthy . . . . and then destroy himself . The movie got panned at the time of its release for its excesses in profanity and violence . . . . but now since we've al... |
524,262 | 4,445,210 | 350,258 | 8 | The Memorable Good & Bad Of Ray | Jamie Foxx does a fine job of impersonating the famous blues / soul / country singer Ray Charles . To the film's credit , it shows both the good and the bad regarding Charles ' character and the choices he made , both personally and professionally . This is a slick-looking film that provides you with a rich feel of the... |
522,390 | 4,445,210 | 390,123 | 8 | A Strange Documentary About An Even-Stranger Person | This is a very , very strange story and even a different kind of documentary . From what I could see here , scanning the reviews , most of them were not favorable toward this . Myself , I found it slow in the first but more and more fascinating as it went on . It's just so bizarre , it's hard to know what to think as y... |
525,364 | 4,445,210 | 70,666 | 8 | Serpico : A Name That Became Famous | There have so many crooked-cops-themed films in the past 30 years that this film has lost a lot of its shock-and-awe . The long hair , wild clothes , beads , etc . really date this film , too , it being so early ' 70s in looks . It's almost become a " period piece " as if it were the Roaring Twenties except its the Sle... |
524,066 | 4,445,210 | 167,404 | 9 | Still Very Good Even When You Know The Ending | This was hyped big-time when it came out and , if memory serves me , was a good conversation piece among those who saw it at the theater . I didn't see it for a few years afterward , on tape and now on DVD . It was very good but I didn't find it as " the greatest movie ever " as some did . It is an involving story , ho... |
524,909 | 4,445,210 | 1,181,038 | 9 | Retirement For A Good Cop | The neatest part about this show might have been the ending on the " Stolen Life " story , which takes place in Dallas . It was neat because it was different . The crime story had wrapped up and a veteran officer , a very cool guy named P . E . Jones , had just retired and they gave him a party . It was very touching .... |
523,819 | 4,445,210 | 35,211 | 9 | Nice Movie About A Great Player and Genuinely-Nice Man | A lot of non-baseball fans still liked this movie a lot , and that's probably because it's more about a nice guy than it is about a ballplayer . New York Yankee great Lou Gehrig is the subject . Gehrig was often in the shadow of the great Babe Ruth , but was tremendous player in his own right and a far better human bei... |
522,397 | 4,445,210 | 650,650 | 9 | Good Christmas Episode | This was a nice - and funny - Christmas episode with some nice messages . It opens with a Christmas party at the police station . Capt . Stottlemeyer receives a bottle of port wine as his gift from his " secret Santa " but isn't interested in it . He can't find the gift he supposed to give to someone so he gives that i... |
523,942 | 4,445,210 | 737,807 | 9 | Llloyd Nolan Outstanding As ' Bugs Moran ' | Lloyd Nolan stars as George " Bugs " Moran , the number two man on the wanted list now that Al Capone was behind bars . The date is March , 1932 , and Moran is kidnapping people among other things . In this episode , he kidnaps a small boy about 12 . Elliott Ness , who has to go to Washington to give details of Capone'... |
522,864 | 4,445,210 | 737,840 | 9 | Best Episode Yet , Thanks To Bendix | William Bendix , before he became well-known as the lovable " Chester A . Riley " of TV's " The Life Of Riley , " was an actor who played a lot of brutal gangsters in movies . He once punched Alan Ladd in a movie and knocked him out cold . ( Bendix , apparently , wasn't acting ! ) . Anyway , he's back in this late ' 50... |
526,792 | 4,445,210 | 95,631 | 9 | Great Mix Of Comedy & Crime | Way too much objectionable language is the only fault of this otherwise extremely-entertaining film that is justifiably popular . Humor is what makes this " crime film " stand out as tough guys Robert De Niro , Joe Pantoliano , John Ashton , Dennis Farina and others provide a lot of laughs as not-so-tough guy Charles G... |
527,453 | 4,445,210 | 112,857 | 9 | A Different Shade Of Film Noir | This is the kind of film that can stay with you for awhile after you watch it : a haunting kind of film that isn't always pleasant or easy to understand but you remember it . It also helps to have a fondness for the 1940 film noir movies . It doesn't help that it appears racist in nature with people of one color all be... |
524,022 | 4,445,210 | 854,560 | 9 | Totally Implausible But A Fun ' Ride ' | The crime is the secondary story in this episode . The main story is Monk seeing his father for the first time in 39 years and how the two slowly re-establish ties Dan Hedaya , one of the better characters of our era , plays " Jack Monk , " a long-haired sleazy-looking 68-year-old truck driver . The murder case , which... |
523,716 | 4,445,210 | 910,613 | 9 | You Know You Are In For An Intense Episode When ' Clavo Cruz ' Shows Up | Two cops are bringing a truckload of confiscated weapons to be destroyed when they are rudely interrupted on the street as a semi-trailer suddenly impedes their progress . As the cops screech to a halt , something explodes beneath them and overturns their van . Now all the rifles are dumped out in the street and worse ... |
526,725 | 4,445,210 | 43,925 | 9 | Something Different From Early Disney | More frustration for poor Pluto , who thought he was in dog heaven after he and Mickey drive up to " Camp Utopia . " This place looks like it's in the middle of a redwood tree forest , and it's beautiful . ( The artwork in here , too , is fabulous - tremendous colors . ) Pluto has all the trees a dog would want and lot... |
522,909 | 4,445,210 | 35,318 | 9 | Fabulous Photography Elevates This Holmes ' WWII Tale | Here's another example of a film I first thought was so-so until I purchased the Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection that was carefully " restored " on DVD with a package of now-beautiful transfers of these famous films . Instead a poor - quality tape , which was the only thing available in the ' 90s , now every scene ... |
523,551 | 4,445,210 | 252,501 | 9 | Very Intriguing & Haunting Story | I don't care for " coming-of-age " movies but this is a mixture of that along with a suspenseful story of an older man trying to keep his anonymity . Anthony Hopkins plays the latter and is riveting , as always . His character , " Ted Brautigan " is not an easy guy to figure out , but he has to be mysterious in order t... |
524,298 | 4,445,210 | 43,879 | 9 | A Film Noir With A Heart | I liked this better than I thought I would . I read a number of reviews ( here , but mostly elsewhere ) before seeing it , so I knew the two main things to expect : a hard - hitting film noir in the first half and a melodramatic romance in the second . What I found was an interesting , fairly intense movie for all but ... |
522,876 | 4,445,210 | 8,899 | 9 | Still Clever After All These Years | I really loved the first 84 seconds on this four-minute silent cartoon . The cartoon is one year short of being 90 years old as I write this , but it's still clever . We see the artist draw the main figure , " Bobby Bumps " and his dog " Fido " and those two plus the scenery comes alive in a speed-ed-up fashion that is... |
526,822 | 4,445,210 | 217,869 | 9 | Very Intriguing Film With Great Ending | This is a much better film than I ever thought it would be , and intrigues me every time I watch it . Samuel L . Jackson's role is what mainly inspires me to watch this multiple times . His character is amazing and just leaves me shaking my head . This is a pretty low-key movie with the other star , Bruce Willis , play... |
525,313 | 4,445,210 | 1,230,994 | 9 | A Popular Subject | Who doesn't like ice cream ? Most everyone loves it , I assume , unless they are allergic to it . This episode deals with this ultra-popular food , one in which nobody knows who invented it ! Historians do know where ice cream was " perfected , " though : Italy . That's where " Gelato , " is ; the name they used to cal... |
525,956 | 4,445,210 | 167,261 | 9 | A Second Look , With Subtitles In Parts , Made This Much Better | I didn't really appreciate this second installment of the LOTR trilogy until I watched this for the second time . The key was how I looked at the key character of this film : " Gollum " ( Andy Serkis . ) . Once I began to appreciate and marvel at this weasel-like character , my opinion of the film went from bad to good... |
524,509 | 4,445,210 | 43,857 | 9 | Are You A Cat Or A Mouse ? | Well , I have to give the writers credit for " originality " in this one , which plays better than it probably sounds in my review . When I read on the IMDb notes that Tom gets hit on the head and then thinks he's a mouse , it sounded kind of stupid . Maybe the premise was silly , but it turned out to be very funny . I... |
524,425 | 4,445,210 | 1,136,137 | 9 | Fighting At The Rink , Not On It - Another Indictment Of Youth Sports Parents | This must have been a tough case for the jurors ; at least I found it so . I couldn't make a decision just on what this program offered , I know that . City Confidential almost always takes sides . The more you watch this interesting program , the more you see their bias generally and on individual cases . However , I ... |
522,741 | 4,445,210 | 1,136,136 | 9 | ' I Got Bombed At Harvey's ' | Gee , talk about a poor loser ! ! A Hungarian refugee-made-good-in-America , John Birges became a high roller at Harvey's Wagon Wheel Casino in Lake Tahoe , Nev . , in the 1970s . As long as Birges was gambling ( and losing ) big bucks , the owner , naturally , treated him like royalty . That happens to a lot of big ga... |
522,788 | 4,445,210 | 312,660 | 9 | Vintage Clapton | Even though almost all the songs were very familiar by the time I acquired this tape , it's such solid rock ' n roll and offers enough variations on a few favorites that I still enjoy playing this . " Tearing Us Apart " with Clapton and Tina Turner is a highlight of this 62-minute concert , as is the venerable " Crossr... |
526,916 | 4,445,210 | 1,126,561 | 9 | Story Starts Off With A Bang , But Ends On A Sad Note | This starts off as a very bizarre story but ends with a tragic tale that devastates one of the CSI regulars , " Danny Messer . " ( Carmine Giovinazzo ) . Some obnoxious guy at the bar lights up an expensive cigar . It blows up in his face . This isn't some novelty-store item ; this stogie was constructed for a big , de... |
526,213 | 4,445,210 | 1,136,135 | 9 | Not Exactly ' Peace & Love ' At Berkeley Thanks , In Part , To A Liberal Judge | How ironic : the town was founded by two missionaries who wanted to get away from the ultra-liberal heathen lifestyles of nearby San Francisco . . . . . and wound up decades later making City By The Bay conservative in comparison ! Yup , as the narrator says here , Berkeley was the " hippie hotbed " by the late ' 60s .... |
522,295 | 4,445,210 | 112,691 | 9 | Unique Mouths Still Make Me Laugh | This was the third in a series of three short BBC programs featuring Wallace and his pet dog Gromit . I thought the three films got better and better as went along , this being the best of the three . There are some very clever and entertaining scenes in the 30-miunte movie . the color also was good - nice animation . ... |
525,665 | 4,445,210 | 650,617 | 9 | Good Mix Of Humor & Suspense | A pizza men is 40 minutes late delivering a pizza to Natalie , her daughter and Monk . Natalie notices the man left her a $50 bill by mistake , rushes out to tell him , but he had just driven away . She follows him and discovers him parked in the middle of the city , dead in his vehicle . . . . but he's not the guy who... |
522,341 | 4,445,210 | 141,031 | 9 | That's Why They Called Her Fat-ima ! | Trudging through the snow , Felix does not look happy , especially when he sees a big billboard advertising " See Egypt - Land Of Sunshine And Warmth . " " I'd give four of my lives to be there , " he tells us ( through comic-strip-type dialog since this is a silent movie ) . Felix then moves on , shivering before stop... |
525,492 | 4,445,210 | 780,571 | 9 | Very Strange And Extremely Entertaining | Wow ! This has to be one of the more unusual movies I've ever seen , one that is leaves you shaking your head in amazement . I am hesitant to say too much for fear of ruining this for anyone who hasn't seen it . There is so much one could write , pro and con , about the material in here . Suffice to say if you like mod... |
526,358 | 4,445,210 | 650,613 | 9 | Monk Fits In . . . . . For Awhile | A man is crouched down besides a parked car in an indoor garage next to a big office building . The attendant spots him , goes over to see what he's doing , knows he's up to something and starts to call the police . The intruder shoots and kills him . A minute later , an office executive walks to his car . The intruder... |
526,239 | 4,445,210 | 650,612 | 9 | Monk : ' Marathon Man ' | There are two stories-in-one here , at least at the beginning . It turns out , of course , there is a connection . Overall , it's a very good episode , a fun one for the most part . We have the normal dramatic opening . Here , a robbery of an armored truck , and the armored guys killed ( we don't see that ) . After the... |
525,666 | 4,445,210 | 650,602 | 9 | Shalhoub & Turturro Make For Fascinating Brothers | A little mousy-looking guy comes out of a small grocery store and follows a cop to the latter's Brinx-type vehicle , asks him for a light and then shoots and kills him . That's the opening scene . It turns out the man never looked in the truck so robbery wasn't the motive . We then switch to the next " story " being th... |
523,697 | 4,445,210 | 141,040 | 9 | Wow , This Is Amazing Considering When It Was Made | This was my first-ever look at a cartoon that was made during the Silent Film Era . Boy , it was different . Dated ? Sure , but there were some cool aspects to this film , made 85 years ago . If you think mixing live shots with animation is something that came along with " Who Framed Roger Rabbit , " I have news for yo... |
522,389 | 4,445,210 | 650,606 | 9 | Monk Helps Out A Different Kind Of Inspector | I love the opening to this . Monk is buying a shirt , his normal , customary shirt . Monk looks for " Dennis , " his normal salesman but it seems Dennis has quit because some unknown customer was driving him nuts . Hmm . Anyway , Monk wants the same size , the same print - and - won't accept the shirt unless the little... |
524,027 | 4,445,210 | 396,705 | 9 | A Diverse Offering Of Blues Talent ; Don't Overlook The Extra Songs | Overall , this recent concert was good and offered a wonderful group of diverse artists . I had never heard of about a half dozen of these performers and really liked a lot of the " new " faces ( to me ) . They ranged from a few old-time gentlemen to a couple of young women . Macy Gray blew me away with her rendition o... |
526,511 | 4,445,210 | 141,080 | 9 | Lot Of Fun & Imaginative | This ancient Felix cartoon just about skips the opening credits . Obviously those couldn't be salvaged . Anyway , we first see Felix in the cemetery where he soon meets up with some ghosts . Felix and the ghosts throw stones at each other , and then Felix follows one to a barn . We see the ghost terrorize a donkey . He... |
523,180 | 4,445,210 | 26,553 | 9 | Judge Betty Doles Out Justice | Wow , Betty is having a bad day . It starts off well , with our girl singing her usual uplifting song en route to the bus stop on her way to work . However , some idiot keeps saying hello and slapping her too hard on the back . Then she gets on the bus and two busybodies have their noses in her newspaper . Then some sl... |
522,310 | 4,445,210 | 113,133 | 9 | Fascinating Quirky Film | Here is one more somewhat-unknown film I wish got more notice , although I'm not sure how many would like it because it's so different . It's a bizarre combination of humor and tragedy , of supernatural and straight drama . It's just an odd mix , but I find it very , very interesting and I've seen it three times , equa... |
523,035 | 4,445,210 | 60,934 | 9 | Strong Epic Film Which Got Shafted At Oscar Night | What a powerful story ! It's hard to believe this epic movie - three hours in length - was nominated for eight Academy Awards and came away with nothing . It seems unjust . Well , not everything is " just " in this dramatic story , either . Good people die , bad people live . Incredible joy and sorrow are but a few min... |
525,338 | 4,445,210 | 26,503 | 9 | Popeye Can " Stands No More " | That's all I can stand ' cause I can't stands no more ! " That'a line Popeye would use many times over in the hundreds of cartoons after this one , but it's first used here as he watches a hypnotist on stage make a fool out of Olive . Miss Oyl is made to imitate a chicken by the hypnotist , our old buddy Bluto , who is... |
523,807 | 4,445,210 | 105,391 | 9 | A Beautiful Look At The ' 40s During WWII | I acquired this mainly because it is a beautifully-filmed period piece centered around World War II . There are several train station scenes that I think about when recalling this film . They are a couple of the highlights of the fine cinematography and set designs in here . Overall , the movie had nice 1940s feel to i... |
523,715 | 4,445,210 | 933,428 | 9 | Liked The Dialog Between ' Clavo ' And ' H ' | Eric Delko ( Adam Rodriguez ) fights for his life as the second part of this two-part story begins . The writers always dramatize things to the hilt so they make it appear Eric is next to dead , before reviving him . The next task is the find the shooter and to get Clavo Cruz , who is still on the loose and with a ho... |
526,418 | 4,445,210 | 43,685 | 9 | ' Muscles ' Bowls ' Em Over | A mouse named " Muscles ? " Yup , he's here and just hearing that name makes you figure this is going to be a funny Tom and Jerry episode . . . and it is . " Muscles " is a relative of Jerry's and gets the call when Tom is being unusually nasty to the mouse we all know . Muscles , a tough guy with a bowler hat , lives ... |
526,759 | 4,445,210 | 43,684 | 9 | Jerry Is Definitely The Hero In This One | Many times I question who the real good guy is in these Tom and Jerry cartoons because sometimes Jerry is violent to the point of being sadistic . . . . but there's no doubt that he's the " good guy " in this story . Jerry is trying to save a little goldfish from being part of a meal for Tom . Tom had been listening to... |
525,517 | 4,445,210 | 43,687 | 9 | Interesting Story Of An Amazing Athlete | This was an enjoyable , interesting biography and another instance of Burt Lancaster giving an intense acting performance . Sure , this is revisionist history here but it did show both the good and bad sides of Thorpe , one of America's all-time greatest athletes who excelled almost a century ago . Some still think he ... |
523,960 | 4,445,210 | 342,258 | 9 | A Brutal-Yet-Touching Film | For a martial arts picture , " Unleashed " was above average because it had some heart and soul to it . . . . . not just people beating the crap out of one another for two straight hours . However , be wary of those who claim this isn't an action film . That's not true : there is a lot of action , quite a bit of brutal... |
525,246 | 4,445,210 | 26,601 | 9 | Betty's Show , Whole Cartoon - Very Entertaining | This is primarily one song-and-dance routine by Betty , but I really enjoyed the prelude , so to speak , in which she finished one act and flew in her own plane all the way over to Japan for the big number . The airplane made me laugh out loud several times , sprouting legs and running down the runway , getting ahead o... |
522,859 | 4,445,210 | 396,752 | 9 | Extremely Colorful , A Fun Film Enchanced By Emma's Title Role | This was a pleasant surprise , much better than I anticipated . I figured Emma Thompson would be good in the title role because you can usually count on her to be entertaining in form or another , cerebrally , emotionally or comically . What I didn't figure on was the fun , extremely colorful story , overall . This was... |
527,256 | 4,445,210 | 61,109 | 9 | The Inspector Is No Match For ' Moose ' | The famous criminal , " Toulouse La Moose . " has escaped to Cherbourg after jumping bail He is apprehended there and the Inspector is given the assignment to bring him back to Paris . Our hero handcuffs the big crook , thinking that will stop him from getting loose again . Wrong . After a mishap on " The Orient Expres... |
522,878 | 4,445,210 | 892,932 | 9 | ' Shane ' And ' Messer ' Make It Memorable | At first I thought , " What's the big deal ? " Usually , the opener is a bit shocking , but this nothing seemed out of the ordinary . . . . . until the criminal they just caught was one of the CSI guys : " Sheldon Hawkes " ( Hill Harper ) . Well , you know they've got the wrong guy . He just happened to be wearing the ... |
523,054 | 4,445,210 | 105,226 | 9 | Leaves You Shaking Your Head ! | This is an excellent modern-day film noir . . . . " excellent " in that it's interesting , start-to-finish . There are some holes in here and some goofy parts that make you shake your head in disbelief . . . . . but I haven't found anyone who didn't get caught up in this story . The movie has the right amount of action... |
522,423 | 4,445,210 | 34,874 | 9 | Slow Start , But Once The Game Is Played It's Hilarious | The first half of this is explaining , through some somewhat-amusing examples , the basics of baseball : hitting , pitching , the different kinds of pitches , etc . The really funny part begins when they show the bottom of the ninth inning of the last game in the World Series . It's The Gray Sox versus the Blue Sox . O... |
526,944 | 4,445,210 | 396,555 | 9 | Funny , Cute , Touching and Overall Very Entertaining Disney Effort For much of this film , even though I was being entertained by it , I thought it was geared mostly for kids . . . . . and that's fine . That's what I always thought the target audience was in animated films . I just got spoiled with so many good ones ... | null |
526,050 | 4,445,210 | 217,624 | 9 | SRV Makes For A Great Workout ! | It took me a couple of viewings to fully appreciate this concert . It sounded like too much of the same thing over and over but , man , it gets better and better with each viewing . . . . and the louder you play it the better it sounds , too ! Vaughan and his boys are seen and heard at the El Mocambo nightclub in Toron... |
524,501 | 4,445,210 | 112,966 | 9 | Simply Nice Feel-Good Film | This was a very pleasant surprise , a nice movie with one of the simplest " plots " you'll ever see yet one that was fun to watch develop . There are no nasty characters . They aren't all goody-goodies , either , but they're all interesting people to watch . The story is simply about a pair of cartographers ( map maker... |
525,508 | 4,445,210 | 26,374 | 9 | Fighting Over A Veiled Girl | Before I get into the story , I have to comment about the artwork in here . It was fantastic ; the best I've seen so far in these black-and-white episodes . The detail work alone was astounding and must have taken a lot of effort . Popeye is getting tired of the life of a bachelor . The last straw was burning the dinne... |
522,309 | 4,445,210 | 112,896 | 9 | Brooks ' Farce Provides Lots To Like | This was another entertaining Mel Brooks farce , a la Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles . If you liked those , you'd like this . Peter MacNichol almost steals the show in this film as " Renfield . " He just drives me buggy . Leslie Nielsen , who revived his career later in life playing goofy roles , also is very g... |
526,457 | 4,445,210 | 910,504 | 9 | Two Intense Stories , And A History Lesson | There are two stories here and the unusual thing is that the domestic one is the main story , over the " action " segment . Perhaps that's because it has to do with Jonas Blane's family , so that usually gets top priority on this show . It's a bit of a soap opera and a preaching effort from the racial standpoint as see... |
523,137 | 4,445,210 | 43,480 | 9 | It's Enough To Drive An Irish Dog To Drink | This is different in that we get two Droopy dogs : he and his twin brother " Drippy . " In this story , Droopy is working for a butler in a big mansion and the butler is going to be away for a few days . He needs a replacement and Droopy gets Drippy to handle the chores . Drippy sounds like Droopy but is a lot more phy... |
522,251 | 4,445,210 | 956,034 | 9 | This Show Had Several Very Interesting Aspects | Stories involving the dismantling of a bomb with lives in danger are always riveting . I have yet to see one that wasn't , and this episode is no exception . It was neat to see how " Hector " traded places with a guy who couldn't move a muscle or he would set the bomb . ( I am not giving anything away because now poor ... |
524,388 | 4,445,210 | 25,783 | 9 | Battle Of The Blacksmiths | Here's something unusual : a blacksmith shop run by a woman . It's the " Ye Blacksmith Shoppe , Olive Oyl , Proprietress . " She may be thin as a rail , but Olive is tough as she shows in the opening scene when she gets mad at Wimpy . After she boots him out for his incompetence , she puts a sign on the wall , " Blacks... |
526,793 | 4,445,210 | 96,180 | 9 | A ' Sleeper ' Of A Modern-Day Noir | This is one of those sleeper films , a good one that is not very well - known . . . . . but should be . I really liked this modern-day film noir when I first saw it over a decade ago and the three additional times since . The movie has all the features of a good noir , most of all a feeling of impending doom throughout... |
527,088 | 4,445,210 | 53,083 | 9 | One Of The Most Unique Cartoons Ever | Wow , this was a shock - the real voices of Jack Benny and his TV stars : " Jack , " " Rochester , " " Mary " and " Don . " Mel Blanc voices " The Maxwell . " Anyway , it's strange to hear the real Jack Benny voice himself in this cartoon as we see him playing his violin early on and comparing himself ( favorably ) to ... |
526,686 | 4,445,210 | 43,400 | 9 | The Mice And The Cat Turn ' Mental | It's nighttime at the Hunka Cheese Factory and Hubie and Berite have eaten all they can eat . Their stomachs are dragging on the ground , and they're almost gagging . Hubie points out , " The avenge mouse eats 12 pounds of cheese in a lifetime . I figured tonight , we've lived 2 , 000 years . " In their twisted way of ... |
526,018 | 4,445,210 | 1,025,935 | 9 | How Do They Do It ? Only God Knows | In this program , which is more like a nature one than the usual " Modern Marvels , " we see how some amazing homes built by beavers , bees , birds , termites , ants and spiders . How these creatures know how to do everything they do by instinct baffles the writers of the show . I guess they don't believe in the powers... |
523,790 | 4,445,210 | 496,704 | 9 | You , Too , Can Visit ' Field Of Dreams ' | This is cool - a tour of the house and the field used in Field Of Dreams . The people who own and live in the house give tours of the place in Dyersville , Iowa . Actually , two families own the entire property but the Lansings own most of it and are featured in this " tour " that is part of the Anniversary Edition DVD... |
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