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490,691 | 33,913 | 162,462 | 9 | Cicely's brilliant ! | With an all star cast , Cicely Tyson deserved at least an Emmy nomination for her performance as Flora Henning Palmer . The other cast members is Mario Van Peebles as her son , William Palmer , Queen Latifah as her granddaughter who has a baby boy and is in need of trouble . What does Grandma Flora do but bring them to... |
490,473 | 33,913 | 93,693 | 9 | You'll go overboard for more laughs and a good time | Overboard is the kind of a fun movie to watch anytime . I saw it the movie theater 14 years ago . Today , I still watch it on television or on the video tape . It is truly a comedic classic not to be disregarded at all . It is truly funny , entertaining , and enlightening . If haven't seen it , you must for a good time... |
490,671 | 33,913 | 74,174 | 9 | Nearly Perfect Sports Film even if you don't like Baseball ! | I am not a sports fan . I remember watching this film growing up . I remember the great Walter Mathau as the grumpy coach and Tatum O'Neal as the female pitcher . I enjoyed the relationship he had with the team especially Amanda . I also loved the theme music in the movie . The movie was well-regarded for many reasons ... |
490,229 | 33,913 | 100,944 | 9 | A Great Film for people of all ages ! | I never read the book and I don't care too . I love Mai Zetterling's performance as the beloved Norwegian grandmother who smokes cigars and tells tales about witches . Angelica Huston might have top billing but don't underestimate Zetterling's role in the film . It is her grandson played wonderfully by Jasen Fisher who... |
490,511 | 33,913 | 97,499 | 9 | A fine Shakespeare film ! | I have to give this film a 9 because watching Emma Thompson and Dame Geraldine McEwan O . B . E . ( She declined both Damehood in 2002 and an O . B . E . in 1986 ) speaking French was laughable . It was uncomfortable seeing such British actresses speaking French . I know Emma was married to Kenneth BRanagh C . B . E . ... |
490,713 | 33,913 | 824,045 | 9 | Thanksgiving to Remember ! | It's the family's favorite holiday , Thanksgiving Day , with Aunt Effie on her way , Bubba in the holiday parade , Naomi's centerpiece , Iola's fish , and Thelma in the kitchen making turkey . It's a family holiday but it's one of the worst days regarding weather . Mama says it doesn't rain on Thanksgiving . Effie has ... |
490,444 | 33,913 | 169,547 | 9 | Just about a perfect film ! | I would give it a 10 but I still think it should have been another actor to win best actor that year . Yes , Kevin Spacey did a brilliant job in this role . He always gives his best in any role . He lives to act in my opinion . Contrary to other people's opinions . He puts 100 percent in the film and he will go down as... |
489,763 | 33,913 | 74,328 | 9 | A Decent Columbo | William Shatner is best known as Captain James T . Kirk from his Star Trek days . Now he is considered one of Canada and America's finest actors on television to date in his role as Denny Krane on the ABC hit drama , Boston Legal , with Emmy winners , Candice Bergen and James Spader . Anyway he plays an actor who kills... |
490,051 | 33,913 | 58,805 | 9 | A Very Smart Series ! | Get Smart was a popular series and no wonder it was created by the geniuses of Buck Henry and Mel Brooks . The show stars the late and beloved Don Adams as the bumbling Maxwell Smart , a government agent , with his female partner and love interest played by the wonderful Barbara Feldon . The show has been made into a m... |
490,054 | 33,913 | 78,703 | 9 | Classic British Comedy ! | To the Manor Born is about how old money and new money don't necessarily mix very well . The show stars the wonderful Penelope Keith CBE OBE ( a comedy veteran ) who plays Audrey Fforbes Hamilton who represents old money and Peter Bowles as Richard Devere who represents new money . After Audrey's husband and lord of th... |
490,785 | 33,913 | 91,778 | 9 | Same Gang ! Same Story ! | The first Poltergeist was so popular that they were compelled by financial reasons to make a sequel . Well the Freeling family has moved in with Grandma played beautifully by the wonderfully missed Geraldine Fitzgerald . They have no television set for the obvious reasons . Of course , Dana Freeling played by Dominique... |
490,781 | 33,913 | 69,905 | 9 | Lovely but Lethal is Classic ! | My biggest complaint is that we don't see much of Vera Miles anymore acting wise . She really holds this Columbo episode together . As the main character , Vivika Scott , she really brings her to life better than anybody else around . Sian Barbara Allen who plays the female spy with some suspicious tendencies toward Vi... |
490,248 | 33,913 | 69,904 | 9 | Simply worth watching ! | What a cast of actors and actresses in this Columbo episode , beside Peter Falk , you have Julie Newmar , Jeannette Nolan , Martin Landau as twins . Anyway , the old uncle dies mysteriously and it looks like a heart attack on the bicycle discovered by his fiancé , Julie Newmar , who plays the role so deliciously . Jean... |
490,275 | 33,913 | 58,796 | 9 | Still Entertaining after 40 years ! | The Days of Our Lives may not be the best soap on the air but it is certainly one of the most entertaining hours of television . You can't take this show seriously because it's outrageous . My family and I have watched this show for 20 plus years for the sheer enjoyment and entertainment value . We knew John Aniston be... |
490,431 | 33,913 | 85,106 | 9 | There here for all the wrong reasons ! | Aliens and their spaceships circle the major cities above the earth before they land . Of course , they have their real motives which are far more disastrous for us humans . They want our water and they need food but beneath their skins , lie an iguana and lizardlike complexion . Not only that , they talk funny like wi... |
489,893 | 33,913 | 181,201 | 9 | I'll still watch it again | I have seen this miniseries twice on American Women's Movie Network . I never even heard of Diana Dors and I am saddened to know about her too late and her difficult life . Diana Dors never even earned a British National Honour like a C . B . E . ( Commander of the British Empire ) which is sad enough and tragic too . ... |
490,540 | 33,913 | 78,607 | 9 | Sheer Entertainment ! | I remember growing up and watching the Dukes of Hazzard on Friday nights before Dallas and Falcon Crest . The Duke boys were southern rebels . Of course , I grew wishing to be Daisy Duke . I loved Uncle Jesse played by Denver Pyle . I loved Sorrell Brooke in his white clothes . Of course , Enos was lovable . Who could ... |
490,651 | 33,913 | 317,124 | 9 | Almost a Canadian Masterpiece ! | The main reason that I am giving it a is because we never really know what happens to everybody else who survives . It would have been nice to know what happened to Tom and Vincent . I didn't know they were brothers until I read it here . The film opens with silver tongue blonde attractive man who flirts with the peopl... |
490,326 | 33,913 | 67,778 | 9 | Moving , controversial but lovable film | Louis Malle perhaps has directed his most controversial film about Laurent and his complicated relationship with his mother . Because he is the youngest of three boys , he is still a virgin and coddled like the family baby . The film seems to last forever but in a beautiful moving way . We watch as his beautiful Italia... |
490,067 | 33,913 | 87,482 | 9 | Way ahead of it's time ! | Drew Barrymore is probably one of the youngest actresses to receive a Golden Globe nomination for her performance in this film . This role came after her ET fame , remember her as little Gertie . Pity the other stars in that Spielberg film never became the household name that surprisingly that Drew has accomplished . S... |
490,811 | 33,913 | 215,111 | 9 | a beautiful film | I really loved this film . It is beautifully done with a stellar cast of actors and actresses . The countryside setting is beautiful and heavenly . A touching story of a rich family who becomes poor and loses their father to prison . Their relationship with Sir Richard Attenborough's character is charming , delightful ... |
490,182 | 33,913 | 340,855 | 9 | A Depressing Story of Aileen Wuornos ! | I don't know why Aileen Wuornos , American female serial killer , gets more attention than others like Sante Kimes and Karla Homolka . She has a terrible childhood which included abuse of all kinds including sexual , physical , and psychological . Aileen is a tragic figure of society while Charlize Theron plays her qui... |
490,602 | 33,913 | 85,050 | 9 | Nobody does it like Mama ! | Of all the Carol Burnett show sketches , Mama's family was always my favorite with Eunice and Ed . When it came on television in NBC primetime , it stayed on for two seasons . It was worth watching a dysfunctional family like the Harpers for a change . No , the Harper's are not perfect but nobody else is . Perhaps the ... |
490,505 | 33,913 | 140,379 | 9 | A great classic Shakespeare film ! | I believe that this film version of William Shakespeare's classic , " A Midsummer's Night Dream " is better than the 1968 Royal Shakespeare film version . Now I am not saying that the acting is much better , it could fare better with this cast like Kevin Kline , Michael Tucci , Calista Flockhart , Michelle Pfeiffer , D... |
489,856 | 33,913 | 56,869 | 9 | When Birds go Wild ! ! ! | The Birds is a Hitchcock classic but I never understood why the birds attacked people in the first place . After all , they can go anywhere thanks to their flying capabilities . Tippi Hedren plays the female who travels to a small Northern California town from San Francisco to deliver love birds to a young girl played ... |
489,957 | 33,913 | 85,044 | 9 | Worth Watching ! ! ! | I watched the Kennedy Miniseries last Saturday on the History Channel . Blair Brown made a perfect Jackie Kennedy in very way but voice . She recreated that presence . I also loved watching Ellen Parker , a New York Stage actress and Guiding Light Emmy Winner as Mrs . Bobby Kennedy . Geraldine Fitzgerald made the perfe... |
490,739 | 33,913 | 96,018 | 9 | Rest in peace , River , We still miss you | Before the Riches on television , Judd Hirsch and Christine Lahti play Hippy refugees trying to raise their two sons on the run from the law while they can escape their past . River Phoenix is the older son and has to choose between running with his parents or pursuing a college career . Martha Plimpton , his real life... |
490,844 | 33,913 | 642,374 | 9 | 16 years of wedded bliss ! | Al and Peggy Bundy celebrate their 16 year wedding anniversary . While trying to keep it low key , Peggy is encouraged by Marcy to have a celebration . She hires a caterer , a violinist , and invites friends to the event like Steve and Marcy and Luke Ventura , Al's co-worker . All is fine because Al is planning to buy ... |
489,839 | 33,913 | 329,824 | 9 | Give this Man , his Emmy ! | Dr . Phil McGraw may not be one of my favorite talk show hosts but I do respect him as a serious psychologist who does his best to help his guests and his audience as well . Regardless of how you feel about his mentor , Oprah Winfrey , Dr . Phil has come into his own with this show . He tries to reason and help familie... |
490,464 | 33,913 | 390,776 | 9 | A Smart Television Show about Dumb Hollywood ! | This morning , the show displayed two of Hollywood's expert insiders on the business of movie-making , Peter Bart , and the other guy whose name escapes me . They were discussing about why the Oscars were so bad this year with low ratings . Of course , if you had Larry the Cable Guy , Jeff Foxworthy , Ron White , and B... |
489,999 | 33,913 | 948,539 | 9 | Has anybody seen the Australian version ? Give this show a chance ! | I liked Kath and Kim , the Australian version , and I have two DVD sets which I can't watch in America because of the regional difference in my DVD player . The show is about mother , Kathleen Day , played by Molly Shannon , and her daughter Kimberly , played by Selma Blair . Both are somewhat self-centered , vain , an... |
490,478 | 33,913 | 171,580 | 9 | Go Nurse Betty ! | Rene Zellweger is truly a wonderful actress both comically and dramatically as well . In this bizarre scripted film , she witnesses her husband's murder by Morgan Freeman and his sidekick Chris Rock , a great pair of actors . Despite all the seriousness , this movie is also a comedy as well . Rene's character believes ... |
490,843 | 33,913 | 642,325 | 9 | Steve and Marcy babysit Bud and Kelly ! | The Bundys would like to get away so Al can watch a boxing match but they don't have cable . The Rhoades suggest a motel in Wisconsin for the weekend . The only problem are the kids so the Rhoades volunteer to babysit and do the things that the book suggests they do in child-rearing . Bud , Kelly , and the dog Buck com... |
490,439 | 33,913 | 299,658 | 9 | A Warning to Men : This could happen to you ! | I think men don't have any idea about women . We don't ask for much - - love , respect , honesty , truth , understanding , sympathy , and we don't get it . When you screw with women , this could happen to you . The characters of Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart are quite unique - - they are played beautifully by Oscar nomine... |
490,122 | 33,913 | 109,348 | 9 | Great but not one of my favorites from Woody Allen ! | This film is typical of Woody Allen's brilliance . He creates the scene about 1920's New York theater scene with scene stealer Dianne Weist who wins her second academy award again with Woody Allen plays a theater dame with a grandiose presence who takes on John Cusack's character . Of course , the play has problems get... |
490,414 | 33,913 | 109,340 | 9 | Albert Finney Shines in this Film ! | The cast of the recently updated " The Browning Version " based on a play by the late Sir Terence Rattigan includes Albert Finney , Sir Michael Gambon , Greta Scacchi , and American actor , Matthew Modine . The film is first rate in art direction , costumes , and sets . The film's adaptation from the play is loosely ba... |
489,755 | 33,913 | 642,348 | 9 | Who's Afraid of Al Bundy ? | The pilot episode of this show reminded me of the Edward Albee's play , " Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf ? , " but funny and worth watching . Al and Peg Bundy are a veteran married couple with two children in Chicago , Illinois . Al gets tickets to a basketball game thanks to his co-worker and single guy but Peggy has ... |
489,753 | 33,913 | 642,241 | 9 | Bela after Lugosi , no Abzug ! | There have been burglaries in the neighborhood . While Al and Peggy are ready to get it on the couch , they are greeted the neighborhood watch . This time , it's the Rhoades house that gets burgled stealing their answering machine and Marcy replies " God knows who called . " Instead of getting a gun like the Bundys , t... |
490,055 | 33,913 | 83,413 | 9 | Always funny and memorable to watch | I get nostalgic about television shows like Family Ties . It was based around two parents who graduated University of California at Berkeley in the sixties . It was wise to have their eldest son , Alex P . , to be on the opposite fence of politics . ALex with his tie and pictures of Ronald Reagan and Nixon . His younge... |
490,189 | 33,913 | 272,831 | 9 | George Washington's Favorite Play ! | Okay , the Broadway Theater Archives were to American public television that Masterpiece Theater is and was to television . This classic comedy drama play about manners , classes , and the problems that arise can be both funny and tragic often at the same times has a first rate cast featuring Blair Brown as Lady Teazy ... |
490,779 | 33,913 | 80,634 | 9 | The Best of Bette ! | Bette Midler is truly a versatile performer . She can sing and act better than the rest of perrformers today . Her taped show is a great example of her abilities to truly dazzle the crowd . She still does that today 25 years after this concert has aired . Bette comes alive on stage more so than in film or television . ... |
489,836 | 33,913 | 68,049 | 9 | Smart Comedies Don't Have to Be Dirty ! ! ! ! | Okay , the Bob Newhart Show wasn't for everybody . I never got a chance to watch it on television . Now on DVD , I am discovering it for the first time . The writing is smart and the acting is smarter than ever with Bob Newhart in the title role as a Chicago psychologist , Susan Pleshette as his wife and third grade sc... |
490,125 | 33,913 | 64,886 | 9 | One of the Most Surprising Comedic Films with a Western Flavor ! | I have to say that I was surprised about how much I liked the film . William Faulkner ( American Nobel Prizewinner ) wrote " The Reivers . " The story is about a boy , Lucius , and Boone played by Steve McQueen . They take the 1905 car that Boone promised not to take out for a joyride while his bosses were away at a fa... |
490,840 | 33,913 | 642,215 | 9 | Al spends a night out with Luke ! | I missed Luke Ventura , Al's single salesman at Gary's Shoes . He was let go but he was great . He was living Al's dream as the single guy with lots of women around . Now Luke lives in a building that is for airline stewardesses , guest stars Jerry Hall and Pamela Bowman play Terri and Sherry Cherry , the Cherry sister... |
490,168 | 33,913 | 1,294,043 | 9 | One of the Best Episodes in Recent Memory ! | Who would have thought that Neil Patrick Harris would deliver one of the best Saturday Night Live episodes ever ? Well , I didn't . I was watching a taped version of the repeat and he's hysterical . The first skit opens up with a Rachel Maddow show spoof with Governor Blagovich and Ronald Burris . Next , Neil remembers... |
489,813 | 33,913 | 22,183 | 9 | A Brilliant and Chilling German Classic ! | What's a girl to do when she is surrounded by women in a female boarding school ? She falls in love with her female teacher who shares some mutual feelings . This film is not so much about lesbianism as it is about Germany was striving to become so disciplined and unfeeling towards one another . Of course , lesbianism ... |
490,721 | 33,913 | 463,998 | 9 | Try Being in her Shoes ! | Believe me , I'm there working as a student teacher in one of America's toughest cities . Of course as the Ccaucasian teacher , I understand , sympathize , empathize , and totally understand Erin Gruwell's experience . It's tough to be an English teacher when your students have a million other things on their mind . Of... |
490,567 | 33,913 | 793,142 | 9 | An Unforgettable Wedding ! | I really have to say that Mama's Family was at it's finest moment when they got the cast together including the wonderful late Harvey Korman who played bungling Ed , Betty White as snobby Ellen , Carol Burnett as mess Eunice , Vicki Lawrence as Mama Harper , Rue McClanahan as Aunt Fran , Ken Berry as goofy Vint , Dorot... |
490,568 | 33,913 | 793,141 | 9 | One of the Show's finest moments ! | Vint and Naomi are getting married and moving to Arizona to run a trailer park there . Mama Harper reluctantly gives in to having the wedding at her home . The night before the wedding , the boys ( Vint and his son , Buzz ) go out with brother-in-law , Ed , to the Bigger Jigger for a boys ' night out while the girls st... |
489,886 | 33,913 | 200,074 | 9 | Let's hear it for Dame Rosemary Harris ( She should become a Dame ) | I caught only the last hour of this play taped for PBS . This play is well written and somewhat outdated but it displays the enormous , beautiful talent of Dame Rosemary Harris ( She's not damed yet but she should be ) she's beautiful and very talented . She's one of the great divas of the theatre overall . Then there ... |
490,083 | 33,913 | 165,581 | 9 | Why we'll miss the King of Queens ! | Kevin James is a very funny guy . He's the blue collar New York comedian . On screen , he and Leah Remini who plays his wife Carrie does a remarkable job in making us believe that they are couple . For the last decade and without children to jump the shark , Doug and Carrie are the example of today's couple . They are ... |
490,669 | 33,913 | 414,324 | 9 | Rockwell is turning over in his grave ! | Let's face it , Christopher Titus is a comic genius . He started his stand-up comedy career talking about his relationship with his girlfriends and cars but what made him more successful was his dysfunctional family life . His father was a drunk womanizer who knew how to play mind games or just be manipulative . If you... |
489,995 | 33,913 | 47,437 | 9 | Can't Stop Loving Audrey ! | So what if Audrey Hepburn's character , Sabrina Fairwood , has the worst Long Island or New York accent ! Audrey Hepburn won people over like fans , co-stars , and film directors . She was truly a classic and timeless beauty with a sense of style , class , and grace every time that she entered the room . Audrey Hepburn... |
490,315 | 33,913 | 97,958 | 9 | Still one of my favorites Christmas films ! Flaws and all ! | I love the Griswolds and have since I first saw their European Vacation film . I later saw the original film . Anyway , this film is great about Clark's ideal Christmas holiday with the family around . The only problem is that nothing ever goes right for him just like his vacations . Anyway , a great cast including Che... |
489,909 | 33,913 | 217,148 | 9 | The Spirituals of Harlem Come Alive ! | There is no real story here but vignettes of monologues regarding African American history filled with songs , dance , and plenty of heart . The cast includes the wonderful Lynne Thigpen , Cleavon Derricks , and Reginald Veljohnson ( Family Matters ) and others . It was directed by Dirty Dancing director , Emile Ardoli... |
490,746 | 33,913 | 78,569 | 9 | Coming to TV Land ! | I watched Benson before I saw any episodes of Soap so I never knew the connection . I remember watching an episode with the lovely Katherine Helmond guest starring reprising her soap role . Her character's date ends up dead and it could be scandalous . Her character turns to Benson for help . Of course , he helps out r... |
489,790 | 33,913 | 85,478 | 9 | Another song to sing ! | I remember when I first saw this film many years ago on television . I always feel like I'm returning home to those memories after twenty years . I love Julie Walters as Rita / Susan in the film , a hairdresser who aspires to become an intellectual . At first , she is not your typical college student . She is older , m... |
490,009 | 33,913 | 120,152 | 9 | wonderful sense of feeling | There is nothing like snow . And Smilla has a sense for it . This wonderful movie is captivating and divine . I just love Vanessa Redgrave's small part as a wannabe nun . Julia Ormond is simply divine in her search for the cause of a little boy's senseless death . Gabriel Byrne is wonderful as her lover and Robert Logg... |
489,902 | 33,913 | 78,562 | 9 | It was never the same as the original but still worth watching anyway ! | Carroll O'Connor's character Archie Bunker was so popular that the network could not let him go so easily . Jean Stapleton , Rob Reiner , and Sally Struthers were eager to move away from their television personalities . But let's face it , they were on one of the most popular sitcoms ever and for them , it is both a bl... |
490,387 | 33,913 | 104,816 | 9 | A quiet film with meaning | I ordered The Perfect Husband for research purposes only especially on the late Victorian era . It was set in 1900 Prague so I bought the tape to observe the wardrobe , art direction , and style of that period . The most interesting moment is in the beginning about a man who fights with an old lady and a dog . She thro... |
490,228 | 33,913 | 89,218 | 9 | It was a Movie for the 1980s ! | I was watching the Goonies again . I wanted to be a Goonie in real life and live in Astoria , Oregon . The film is quirky about a bunch of kids who may be spending the last time together before their homes are torn down and made into a golf course for the country club of Astoria . It had a great cast especially young S... |
490,318 | 33,913 | 98,554 | 9 | One of my favorite John Hughes films of all time ! | My biggest upset with this film is that I think it's too short . They should have had more in it but it's a great comedy . John Candy stars as the Uncle Buck who comes to the rescue of his brother and his sister-in-law when they have to travel to Indiana for a family emergency . Elaine Bromka is brilliant as the mother... |
490,354 | 33,913 | 897,919 | 9 | Poor Reefer ! | Reefer is the homeless guy played beautifully by Charles Haid I believe . Anyway it's a small role but he does a very good job in making us like this drunk homeless guy who lives across the street from the practice . Anyway , Sean hasn't recovered from his loss . He is devastated when his daughter Annie can't come to M... |
489,938 | 33,913 | 62,794 | 9 | A Poignant Film ! | Cliff Robertson earned an Academy Award for playing the title role based on the novel by Daniel Keyes entitled " Flowers for Algernon . " His portrayal is heartbreaking and you can't help but feel for the character who is the butt of so many jokes by his so-called colleagues and friends at his workplace , a bakery . Se... |
490,075 | 33,913 | 476,811 | 9 | Behind the Making of History ! | In this mini-documentary that accompanied the DVD versions , we meet the inspiration for Don Cheadle's Oscar nominated performance as Paul , the Rwandan Hutu , who saves over a thousand refugees during the Rwandan genocide in 1994 . I thought it was ironic that the genocide came upon the heels of Spielberg's Schindler'... |
489,929 | 33,913 | 441,007 | 9 | Everybody Should See Gracie ! | Gracie is a great , family film . Gracie is played beautifully by Carly Shroeder as a girl surround by three soccer-playing brothers , Johnny , Mike , and Dan . The film opens as her brother has her kick a soccer ball barefoot to hit an empty bottle on top of the car . This film is set in South Orange , New Jersey in 1... |
489,973 | 33,913 | 300,051 | 9 | I too prefer the Highlands to New York City , Gertie ! | Okay , I have seen Clerks and Dogma . Since his film debut in 1994 with Clerks , Kevin Smith's direction has taken a different step with Jersey Girl . Yes , it's a bit sweet and there is no Silent Bob or Jay who are just annoying anyway . In this film , Ben Affleck who I love is a star publicist married to Jennifer Lop... |
490,740 | 33,913 | 1,152,778 | 9 | An Excellent Look at the Life of Hoarder ! | Eugenia Lester was not just any hoarder . She is a mother of Cynthia Lester , the film-maker , and her sons , Andy , Brian , and Jack . Twice divorced , Eugenia Lester's background is far more complicated . She was born in Poland after World War II and abandoned by both her parents . She was raised by her aunt who surv... |
490,178 | 33,913 | 488,887 | 9 | Brilliant , Suspenseful , and Unforgettable ! | First , I saw this film in Venice , Italy last August but I didn't see all of it . We went sightseeing . Finally last night , it emerged on late night television and I made a point to watch it . The two actresses who play Beth and Diana are brilliant in their performances . Their characters are far more alike than diff... |
490,200 | 33,913 | 271,894 | 9 | Not the Movie ! | I was watching 48 Hours on Saturday nights because they focus on murder cases like Katherine Woods case and others on a weekly basis . They go into detail of a case , talk with suspects , witnesses , friends , relatives , and others about the case as well as the prosecutors , policemen , and defense attorneys . They al... |
489,914 | 33,913 | 181,618 | 9 | Classic Independent Film ! | This film has a first rate cast including some famous faces like the wonderful and missed Madeline Kahn , the brilliant and subtle Barbara Barrie , the under-appreciated Julie Kavner , and Emmy Winner Edie Falco in the title role as an aspiring actress from Long Island . The suburbia has become the new it thing . Of co... |
490,227 | 33,913 | 216,787 | 9 | A Classic French film ! | I bought this film on VHS years ago to help me with my French . I guess England has the theater and the French and Italians have the cinema . I love the story between the English teacher / actress and the rich businessman Mr . Castella who tries desperately to fit in to her world . How could she not fall in love with h... |
490,430 | 33,913 | 86,823 | 9 | They're back and they're fighting mad ! | I don't know why these aliens with lizard like skin and speak in double tongues return to disturb us humans who had enough of them before . They want our water and food which is humans . In this series , there is a birth of twins between humans and lizards . The boy born has lizard skin and human insides while the girl... |
490,209 | 33,913 | 157,218 | 9 | Britain's Answer to Blue Collar Humor ! | America had Hee Haw and the Blue Collar Comedy Tour while the Brits had Benny Hill and Carry On movies . Sure , they also had wonderful stars like Sid James , Joan Sims , Bernard Bresslaw , Kenneth Connor , Barbara Windsor , Hattie Jacques , and others to make us laugh and ease living a little . I could see why Babsy i... |
490,187 | 33,913 | 107,943 | 9 | Almost Perfect ! | I have to say that Sir Anthony Hopkins CBE gives a perfect performance of the ultimate butler and the anti-Hannibal Lector image is long gone . In this film , he is the ultimate repressed butler who serves his employers for a lifetime much like his father who was also a servant . In this film based on the novel , he re... |
490,686 | 33,913 | 694,432 | 9 | God Bless George ! | This show was the first of hundreds which was hosted by none other than George Carlin . The sketches were done with the not for ready prime time players . George never appeared in them but he was there to introduce the two musical performers , Billy Preston and Janis Ian who each performed twice themselves . Despite th... |
490,008 | 33,913 | 187,623 | 9 | The best laughs of the night | Long ISland's WLIW aired a British battle for the best British comedy to fill an upcoming empty spot in their Friday night lineup . The other choices were Father Ted , A Fine Romance , Murder Most Horrid , and Barbara . My vote goes to this innovative recent British import . Gwen Taylor is marvelous and the cast is sur... |
489,934 | 33,913 | 333,766 | 9 | A New Jersey State of Mind ! | Garden State is the state motto . Zach Braff was born , raised , and lived in South Orange , New Jersey which is home to celebrities like Kelly Bishop and Andre Braugher . South Orange is an upscale suburb of New York City and neighboring Newark , New Jersey . Zach Braff is perfect as the director , writer , and leadin... |
490,046 | 33,913 | 296,385 | 9 | An Owl , a Hippo , and the Frog ! | The cast and crew of this children's show was first rate in my opinion . In fact , I sometimes catch it occasionally . It was one of the funniest and best shows of that time . I remember watching it when I was a child . I loved Henrietta Hippo and Freddy the Frog and the smart Owl . They were joined by human counterpar... |
490,774 | 33,913 | 92,325 | 9 | One of the most entertaining half-hours on television today ? | I don't care much for negative reviews . I have watched soaps most of my life and Bold and the Beatufiul is one of the best soaps on the air . I love Susan Flannery as matriarch , Stephanie Forrester . Of course , the cast is first rate with actors and actresses like Ronn Moss , Darlene Conley , Colleen Dion , etc . Th... |
490,127 | 33,913 | 96,657 | 9 | Almost Brilliant Comedy ! | Rowan Atkinson delivers an unforgettable performance as the clueless Mr . Bean who never goes far without his Teddy Bear . The appeal of Mr . Bean is largely his childish behavior and innocence . We don't know if he came from the sky or another planet . He is the kind of strange character that you can't make up quite e... |
490,188 | 33,913 | 92,336 | 9 | Deserved to be a Hit ! | I remember this show fondly because it was filmed in New York City on location without a laugh track or studio audience which was quite a departure for a sitcom about a single woman in the thirties played by the wonderful Blair Brown as Molly Dodd . She must deal with her mother played by the equally wonderful Allyn An... |
490,476 | 33,913 | 224,478 | 9 | Not the movie ticket place ! | I remember Fandango when it aired on then The Nashville Network back in the eighties . It was followed by a comedy show set in Nashville as well . I remember this game show but I never did master it because you needed to know the names of songs especially country songs . Gone are those days when country music was actua... |
490,477 | 33,913 | 106,435 | 9 | An Excellent Mini-Series ! | I have to say that Mimi Rogers gives probably the performance of a lifetime playing Melody Woodman , a rich and wealthy Jewish housewife in Los Angeles , California . Her husband Stewart Woodman is played by Elliot Gould who really shows his acting ability playing this despicable son , father , brother , and husband . ... |
490,471 | 33,913 | 86,659 | 9 | Now Read Very Carefully , I shall say it only once . | Allo Allo may not be offensive as it sounds . I even watched this show in Poland . A sitcom about WWII , Germans , French , British , in a small French town at a small cafe , Renee's . He owns it with his idiot wife , Edith , who helps her ailing , bedridden mother , and hides 2 British airman in her wardrobe / closet ... |
490,041 | 33,913 | 86,718 | 9 | An Awful Title but a Quality Show ! | Anton Rodgers is better known to me for his role on the other British comedy , " May to December . " On this show , he plays alongside the amazing Julia McKenzie , a well known British musical actress . The pairing of them as a couple with an empty nest syndrome . Rodgers plays William , the beloved husband to Hester p... |
490,386 | 33,913 | 46,911 | 9 | Just in time for Halloween | Diabolique is an excellent film . It has terrific actors like Simone Signoret . What makes it terrific is the suspense and horror that goes with it . From beginning to end , it is a film in time for Halloween . It will make you shiver with suspense . That the truth is stranger than fiction . It is a twisted version of ... |
490,530 | 33,913 | 114,057 | 9 | A Great Modern Version of Shakespeare's Classic | My college professor says that Othello may be Shakespeare's finest drama . I don't know if I agree with him yet . I bought this video version of the film . First I love Kenneth BRanagh as Iago , he was perfectly complicated and worked very well in this adaptation . SUrprisingly , he didn't direct it but played a role .... |
489,906 | 33,913 | 49,096 | 9 | I could see it on Broadway ! | The Court Jester's film version has dancing and music as well as a storyline about the court jester played by the wonderful Danny Kaye . The great ( not dame yet ) Angela Lansbury CBE plays the beautiful Gwendolyn who doesn't want to marry Griswold . The great ( not dame yet or honored at all ) Glynis Johns plays maid ... |
490,529 | 33,913 | 265,666 | 9 | Funny , tragic , sad , and yet very watchable ! | How many fans out there can say they have a more dysfunctonal family than Royal Tenenbaum ? You can raise your hands . Every family even the the geniuses are dysfunctional . I was impressed with the writing although I thought it was set in another decade . The car and wardrobe seem to indicate an earlier time period . ... |
489,887 | 33,913 | 86,742 | 9 | A good quality show with a great cast ! | Kate & Allie was one of my favorite shows when I grew up . It was also one of the few NYC based sitcoms filmed in New York City . Jane Curtin and Susan St . James play divorced best friends who live together after their divorces with their children in a Greenwich Village apartment . Of course , the apartment is unreali... |
489,727 | 33,913 | 86,730 | 9 | Highway to Heaven with Two Angels ! | Okay , Highway to Heaven was one of those feel-good dramas with a heart and soul . Of course , Michael Landson's last show brought us one of his finest acting performances as angel sent to earth to help the mortals make amends with their loved ones , relatives , friends , and themselves . All the episodes had a heart a... |
489,925 | 33,913 | 317,705 | 9 | A Superior Animated Film ! | Okay , Pixar and animation has a lot more going for it . Besides only needing human voices to make animated movies and television series , the top and first class animated figures are done by computers now than hand-done but it takes a village to make a great animated film . The Incredibles is about a superhero couple ... |
490,507 | 33,913 | 107,616 | 9 | Silly , gay ( no not in that way ) but it a light-hearted pleasing sense ! | I don't know why talented actors like Kenneth Branagh revel in William Shakespeare's works . I am sure there are other writers out there like Ibsen , Chekhov , Pinter , and many others . This film adaptation is a splendid example of bringing American actors like Denzel Washington , Keanu Reeves , Michael Keaton , and R... |
490,341 | 33,913 | 413,015 | 9 | A Superior British classic film with Dame Judi Dench giving a great role . | I saw this film aboard a Virgin Atlantic flight from New York to London . I like the film overall but I wouldn't call it a great film . It is a superior , old fashioned classic film set during wartime . I love Thelma Barlow of Coronation Street playing Mrs . Henderson's friend . Thelma is long overdue for a British hon... |
490,800 | 33,913 | 106,400 | 9 | I only wish there was more of it ! | I liked this film version of the television show because it makes me laugh on a rainy day or when I am having a bad day . The casting is excellent . I feel that Jim Varney plays an excellent Jed Clampett . I wish there was a sequel when he was still alive . Sadly , he's gone . I think we saw him apart from his Ernest c... |
489,842 | 33,913 | 379,623 | 9 | Stop Being Serious and Start Having Fun ! | Ellen DeGeneres is one of the best known lesbian talk show hostesses around . That's because she does not use her show to preach or force people to accept her lifestyle . Her show has fans that range from conservative Christians to left wing liberals like myself who do appreciate that Ellen uses her show for good rathe... |
490,466 | 33,913 | 112,056 | 9 | Sometimes better than SNL | I always loved MadTV since it's debut . How did they get their cast ? They went out in a truck and recruited a couple of prostitutes , pimp , a suicidal woman , a homeless veteran , and an overweight crossing guard . They are some fabulous skits like " That's my White Mama ! " with Artie Lange as fat white man who has ... |
489,899 | 33,913 | 71,315 | 9 | Except for the Ending , this is a classic film ! | This film follows Roman Polanski's mindset . By the time , he directed Chinatown , Polanski had survived the Holocaust in Poland and survived the Manson trial . I know Polanski is guilty of molesting a young girl and fled the country . Those events occurred after this film . For the record , Jack Nicholson is brilliant... |
490,053 | 33,913 | 112,096 | 9 | Penelope Keith runs this show ! | Penelope Keith CBE OBE is better remembered for her roles as Audrey Fforbes-Hamilton in " To the Manor Born " and " The Good Life " as Marjery Ledbetter . In this series which was prematurely shortened , she and William Gaunt plays parents and grandparents who must raise their three orphaned grandchildren after their s... |
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