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This episode about a former madame reuniting with 3 girls who worked for her as prostitutes had an interesting premise ,Polly Bergen gave a very heartfelt and touching performance as the former Madame Esther Brandell who is getting married and wants her 3 favorite girls at her wedding. The reason behind it was that she loved these girls the most and wanted nothing more than to see them make it out there after they left her employ ,so she had encouraged them to be successful and 10 years later they are all doing well and she also doing well after leaving the business.

The various subplots of the girls relationships are the main things here, with one of them who has a control freak of a boyfriend ,another who has a TV producer as a husband and the 3rd girl who has a slime bag for a husband. All of them would rather not divulge what they used to do to their significant others. Of course this causes friction as secrets slowly come out and some nastiness.

Lauren Tewes plays a girl who ended up being a model and TV personality and is the one girl of the 3 who tries to tell her control freak boyfriend the truth ,he has been asking her incessantly to get married and she keeps telling him no ,at least not until she comes clean. I hated this particular plot because of the really bad miscasting of her boyfriend Gordon , the annoying Richard Gautier. he always overacts and is extremely annoying to watch.He's also more than 20 years older than Tewes and the obvious dye job to his hair is glaringly obvious. And the writers having him force his girlfriend to prove she used to be a hooker because he thinks shes just playing a joke on him for his antics as a way to get back at him was in such bad taste. Who the hell would want to be with this guy? , so when she agrees to call his bluff and go with the some random guy to have sex ,you figure well you got what you asked for ahole. But of course they have a happy ending after Mr Roarke does some off camera chat with Gordon and now they are engaged. B/S - There isn't a woman in her right mind who would have put up with this piece of crap , i mean the constant marriage proposals , his faking a heart attack , his forcing her to go with a stranger as a joke. I really hated that they ended up getting engaged.The writers should have been shot for that.

Shelley Smith plays Lynn who's husband is a creep and a schemer. She tries to keep her past a secret but eventually when it comes out ,he dumps her and calls her trash then blackmails Esther that he'll tell everyone about everything unless she pays him off. Ed Winter plays the scum bag husband perfectly , it's a shame he gets away with it as Esther does pay him off and he leaves the island ,one can only hope his scum bag character get his fictional comeuppance off camera. This plot was well acted and believable.

The 3rd girl played by former Chips' girl Randi Oakes has a TV producer for a husband played by Mark Shera. Colleen her character also tries to hide it but her husband unknowingly to her ,already knows about her past and had a plan to interview Ms Brandell for a TV show , during the interview he purposely insults Ms Brandell to force Colleen to admit her past on her own which she does and after fearing losing him , discovers that he knew about her past anyway and set it all up to get her to admit it to him and get it off her chest and finally be free. This was a bit heavy handed and somewhat unbelievable but not as bad as the plot with Tewes and Gautier.

Everything comes fill circle of course with all of the girls showing up for the wedding . Silly subplot of the former cop who used to bust them being the groom was really unnecessary . A really cheesy wedding scene with some random singer singing a corny love ballad seemed really out of place. Overall , an episode that could have been better if they had cast someone else besides Gautier and lightened up on the usual cheesiness of the show

I really didn't care much for this episode because it handled the whole subject as if it was one big joke just to give men something to applaud by having the woman be the aggressor. It just didn't make sense for Ann's character to do something that stupid and desperate. And her daughters immaturity about Ann hiring a man only for his looks really irritated me -I got really tired of Barbara and Julie playing the role of enablers and hypocrites. and that Ann started to agree with them some just puzzled me. Women of the time were always putting up with that kind of crap and to see a woman who could not stand that type of behavior become a hypocrite disappointed me.

All this time on ODAAT ,Ann was a strong driven woman with principles, to see her lowered to being a typical male type sleaze bucket was disappointing. The fact she made a veiled threat to her assistant regarding his job to get him to come over so she could try and seduce him seemed so out of character for her. Especially when she tried to justify her behavior to her boss who himself was a smarmy sleaze bucket that what she did was harmless looked so bad.

One thing I will say , In real life, Ann should have stopped her assistant from touching her and should have never allowed him to massage her. That is highly suggestive and totally unprofessional , unethical and just plain inappropriate. Again , this episode has Ann totally out of character and made her look like this desperate horny divorcée. And the rest of the family making wisecracks and low blows to her when she tells them what happened was in such poor taste. Especially her daughters and that bum of a son in law Max. They didn't seem to realize how serious what she did was , the end of the episode has her confront her assistant who accuses her of sexual harassment and he ends up quitting because he doesn't play that kind of game. Ann should have been fired and the company sued . it just was a badly written episode.

I hadn't even heard of this show until I was perusing PBS this past Sunday night and watched the entire first season back to back. Being a single gay man myself , I found it hilarious and the catty back and forth was so much fun between McKellen and Jacobi. I disagree with the haters saying it's dated and painfully unfunny or plays on bad stereotypes. The men are both in their mid 70's and being gay back when they met in the 60's was very different and they grew up much differently then someone like myself who grew up in the 80's for the most part. Men can be catty and witty especially in England as I've seen and heard and lets face it , McKellen and Jacobi are old funny queens in real life too. I love them both and would watch them read a phone book together they are so wonderful. The only character I really don't like is Ash, a bit out of place and seems like he wants to be the male equivalent of a fag hag to our main characters. I just cant see him being this hottie they drool over and he spends so much time with them. I mean I wouldn't be hanging around two old lesbians all the time. He seems to have a secret agenda. He doesn't seem to have any chemistry with any of the girls he dates either, in one episode he is making out with every girl he meets and then in another he's in love and wants to get married. It's just unbelievable because his acting doesn't match his feelings.

I can also only take so much of Violet, Sorry but the actress portraying her seems to only be a one note act, the drunk Mrs Roper of this show so to speak. The brother of McKellen's character and the empty headed Penelope are much more fun to watch. I hope they do another season. If not I'd love to catch either Sir Ian or Sir Derek in a theatre.

I did not remember whether or not I had seen this movie back when it premiered so Of course YouTube has it in parts. I've always loved Captain Avatar even had a crush on him. So you can imagine the joy of seeing him alive again. The action scenes deliver the goods but the storyline is rather weak and at points makes no sense. Especially the aliens reasons for wanting to flood Earth to live on it. As another reviewer mentioned if their planet was already flooded why not just stay there? And it's never really explained how or why they found and chose Earth. I liked seeing Desslok again too being a good guy who comes to their aid . I find the English version of their names so much better than the Japanese versions especially since the characters are obviously not Japanese in appearance. They look more like Americans. The ending is why I do not give it a higher rating then 7. If they destroyed the enemy forces how come the planet kept warping? And then of course the heartbreaking ending that I teared up too. Avatar sacrificing himself to save Earth. You almost think he's still alive when the command area resurfaces and he is still sitting behind the trigger of the wave motion gun , the room is flooded but his upper body is still above the water .His finger still on the trigger but his eyes stay closed , he shows no signs of injuries when the blast should have vaporized him , so the viewer is left to ponder how he died. and then the command area sinks under the waves for good. I could feel the tears welling up. I thought why did they bring this magnificent character back just to kill him off for good?. I would love to see them retcon him again and let him live. Till next time 7/10

The problem with this move is that it is nothing we haven't seen already in terms of originality. Jurassic Park introduced us to the exciting scary world of a dinsosaur amusement park gone wrong. Jurassic World does the same thing basically, the only difference is there is more money thrown into CGI and eye candy. The story is nothing new, the same dinsosaurs runnning amuck story and stupid ignorant kids in peril. I found it to be extremely stupid in a lot of scenes too. With people getting munched on by pteranodons in one scene , the main hero decides to kiss the heroine and the kids make smarmy faces, who cares that people are dying all around us , let's stand here and have a smooch . I hate tongue in cheek crap in movies aka SYFY made for TV crap.

The training of the raptors was interesting to a point but even that plot element was wasted on an unbelievable turn of events at the climax of the movie. let's also not forget the scene where the heroine outruns a Tyrannosaurus Rex in heels when in Jurassic Park they had to go 60 mph in a jeep to outrun it. That and numerous other ridiculous scenes no doubt added to bring in more money . I am amazed at how much money this has made. It is a cash cow that's for sure. Seeing as how it's been several years since Jurassic Park 3 , one can only surmise a new generation is getting their parents to fork over that 15 a pop to see it again and again. amazing how good movies make less and are called crap while bad movies make tons of cash and are called amazing or special effects masterpieces. 1/10 and that's because I can't give it a zero

I don't remember reading the book to know if this adaptation was faithful but it wouldn't have mattered. I watched this on YouTube ,and quite honestly found it to be way too long and rather boring- did it really need to be a miniseries?. I mean the scenery was beautiful and I had actually visited the areas a few years before it was filmed but besides that it had little too offer. Noley Thornton as Heidi was cute and a decent actress but she just didn't move me into caring about her.She just seemed as if she was sleepwalking through her lines half the time. Lexi Randall as Klara was not my cup of tea much either, she came across a bit too whiny in her acting and dull.

Jane Seymour basically phones her role in, overacting badly and the kid who played Peter was awful - He looked as if he was bored and couldn't wait to finish his scenes so he could go play video games or something. Now my biggest disappointment is the way the grandfather's part was portrayed. I love Jason Robards and always found him handsome and wonderful to watch even in his twilight years however this was not one of those times. His grandfather is totally uninteresting and has nothing to offer, the synopsis says Heidi charms him too but she really doesn't. Most of the movie he is frowning or scowling at her and just plain mean ,she never charms him. If anything his guilt prevents that and his cowardice too,he even admits it. I was really disappointed as I think Robards should have had something more to work with instead of a one note script that basically had him scowling and walking away. The Shirley Temple version to me seemed much better and vastly different with the grandfather really loving her and going after her whereas Robards character didn't seem to care that she was leaving and even at the end he asks her why shed wanna live with him "she responds ,because i love you grandfather " and while he hugs her ,he doesn't say it back. I just cant see how she could love him when he never really acts as if he truly cares about her. 5/10 mostly for the scenery

Don't ever go by overpaid blowhard movie critics. A lot of movies get rave reviews by critics and yet are lousy while good movies get bad reviews from critics. You're talking about a handful of people out of millions rating a movie. Ted 2 is hilarious , there are gags galore in this movie and it is very funny. Ted trying to prove he is a person and not property is the main plot of the movie as well as subplots of the villain from the first movie trying to kidnap Ted again and sell him to Hasbro plus more hilarity from Patrick Warburton and Michael Dorn as gay lovers. Throw the hijinks of the San Diego Comicon into the mix and your sides will be aching at all the pop culture references . Definitely ignore reviews and judge it for yourself. i give it a 10/10 -better than the first.

The show was well past jumping the shark by now . And this dog kidnapping episode was even more G-rated nonsense. With 2 look alike dogs and a little boy involved. Schneider and Wopat look like they are doing their usual phoning in of their lines and the the rest of the cast the usual boring chew the scenery -the same dirt road chases ,bad fake closeups etc. One thing that I did notice is the strange dubbing of Danny Cooksey's voice - what was with that ? I know it was his first acting gig and he was just an 8 yo kid but what was the reason? It's obvious it's June Forays voice who also did a lot of voice overs for cartoons in the 60's notably Rocky the squirrel.

I've watched all the episodes and tweeted about it too. It simply is one long roller coaster ride of fun. Unlike TWD which is too soap opera formula, Z -Nation has fun. There are tense moments but also humorous ones. From the tough Warren to the lovable stoner Doc ,every character has an interesting way about them. The show does not let up in gore and scares either. There is a lot to love for all fans. What I like most is it doesn't try to bog you down with taking several episodes to get something done. Most shows drag out story lines forever just to keep the audience. I think what Z-Nation does best is add the tongue in cheek, sure it's a Zombie Apocalypse but lighten up, we have to survive and if we get too serious we may just lose it. That's why Doc is such a breath of fresh air with the best lines his character reels off. Murphy the so called savior is going to be something wild as at the end of Season 1 he shed his skin and who knows what he will look like now. Ugh I hate waiting for Season 2.

Went into this thinking it could be funny or cute. It was neither. Basically like watching a Saturday morning episode of some anime cartoon. Characters you don't care about and a plot that is pretty dumb even by kiddie standards. Anyone over the age of 7 will get bored quickly and want to leave. There is nothing amusing about the stay puff marshmallow man robot- i couldn't understand why a grown man in the audience was laughing when the robot was using scotch tape to patch holes in its body. It was stupid. And the whole superhero team of kids was annoying . The one guy who dressed up as a dragon i wanted to see die. Thats how bad it was for me.

You cant even get camp out of this one . Basically going to the well over and over again with the most ridiculous types of creatures the producers at SYFY can think of and the worst part is people are buying into it like SHARKNADO's incredibly insane popularity . At least we don't have the shameful cameos of has been TV sitcom stars and daytime wakeup TV, can anyone groan at al roker and matt lauers cameos in sharknado.

So we have the same tired creature vs creature and lets combine a pterodactyl with a barracuda and bring back the really awful CGI sharktopus creature too. Throw in the same tired B actors and scenes of stupid people screaming instead of running as they are devoured. The ending of course is one of the oldest clichés in the book with the supposedly dead monster/antagonist still alive , in this case sharktopus tentacles wrap around the rails of our heroes boat and jumps right at the camera , mercifully killing the last two bad actors in this movie.

I did not see this at the movies during it's run as I had heard it was awful and to not bother by some friends. I saw it years later on DVD. And they were right. Of course different director and crew and they ruined the story. A basic slap in the face after Aliens. from roller coaster to stopped at the gates. Bumping off Hicks, Newt and for the most part Bishop just to have Ripley deal with things by herself was such a copout and i cant even go into plot holes. The dull grainy setting of a prison planet and having Weaver shave her head just brings this movie even further down. There are no genuine scares , it basically is like a version of The Thing with boring scenes of dialog and bad acting. They really needed to toss the script in the garbage and start over. They didn't need to bump off Hicks or Newt. Total waste of their characters. Of course Carrie Henn was too old but another young actress could have played her. Lousy as was Alien Resurrection. If they do another sequel they need a better story and director. Weaver said shed do it if they would do a good script. Otherwise , after that mess Prometheus they need to leave the franchise alone for awhile until someone who knows what they are doing can make a good movie

I loved the visuals ,even the CGI. Some beautiful shots of Maleficent flying and the magic of the moors. We have fantastic creatures and magical looking castles too. It is a visually beautiful film. Now for the down sides , besides Jolie who steals most of her scenes, the other actors basically phone in their roles, Elle Fanning is a bit too irritatingly sweet in a rather bland portrayal and Sharlto Copley is no more than a grunting bore. The trivia indicates that actors were hired based on the fact they looked like their characters ,Really? Seriously . I didn't think anyone looked like their characters except Jolie and maybe Fanning but that's so stupid , how about seeing if any of these so called lookalikes could act first? That's why God created makeup artists so you could hire actual actors who can act and then change them to look like their characters,

And let's not forgot the major changes to the story and the fact some characters names are changed too like the three fairies. Supposedly based on Maleficents point of view , the story goes off on it's own and basically throws out almost everything from the 1950's Sleeping Beauty story. Sure she eventually turns bad , the best scene of course is the curse scene but that is even changed and the end result is not at all what you'd expect. Maleficent loses her cruel evil tones and becomes a somewhat nanny to Aurora and then I was like what in the world are they doing ? That's where it ruins the story, as it is like saying Sleeping Beauty was not the true story , this one is so ignore what you know . The narrator at the end of the movie ends up being Aurora whom I have to suspect sat down with Maleficent one day to pen her autobiography since she wasn't even born when the first half of the story takes place. A shame they had to do that do a classic , Jolie could have really owned this role if they had stuck to what Maleficent was about truly. Instead we are left with disappointment at what could have been,

the thing about the lost language of cranes is that at the time of the late eighties early nineties it was quite common to see lots of men married to women living in the closet. nowadays there are still married gay and bi men its just not as shocking as it was during this films time period. owen and frank being two of many. in franks case he was fully comfortable with it ,while owen was going through his sexual identity crisis as a result of his sons coming out. it was probably the best thing to happen to him that he met frank who was in a similar situation.

i did feel sympathy for owen , most people would react in a way that he was selfish or disgusting. what people don't realize is that when owen was a young man people got married out of pressure. if you were gay you'd get disowned shunned or beaten.. so you did it because it was what you did. you forced yourself and the poor woman or man you married was never truly your sexual mate ,just a loving close friend . rose felt betrayed and of course who wouldn't be in her situation. her marriage a sham , but owen also sacrificed a lot too. her bitter attack of owen while he tries to calmly explain his situation is somewhat painful to watch even though its quite expected and we can all feel what she is going through however her justifying her affair just to spite his behavior is somewhat unfair. she had already suspected her husband was gay ,there were lots of signs that she even admitted to denying. so instead of confronting her husband she has an affair , saying she made sure to protect their relationship by keeping her affair separate. i didn't like that explanation,it was as if she was already choosing to cheat on him not knowing for sure

Imo Roses character should have confronted her husband rather than just go to someone elses arms . in the end of course he leaves and she to deal with being alone although im sure not for long since she was still seeing the other man . the sons situation was handled a bit more sterile in the fact that after his coming out ,his mother and father kind of ignore him and the only interaction with them later on in the film is when his dad literally pimps out his son to attract a handsome student in his fathers class whom his son thinks is for him not knowing his fathers true agenda. the wife knows of course and in her attack on owen at the end of the movie she lets him have it and how pathetic he looked,drooling over the young male student. the ending scene has the father going to stay at his sons apt after hes told his son hes gay. as the son and his bf leave and go down the street,the father watches them through the apt window ,i could only hope that he managed to get on with his life and also go together with frank again and maybe had some type of relationship even though frank was married. frank imo was one of those married guys who wanted a lover as evidenced by the scene of him and owen in the gay bar and then later after they've made love,he gives owen his work number and asks him to call sometime. hes even concerned about when owen leaves to go home saying rose will be worried, frank replies what will you tell her? as if saying i know where you're coming from owen and i want to help you through it. excellent performances...

Why can't people leave things alone ? . I just don't get the playwright who based it on his own experiences within his own family wanting to redo it again using a black cast? . This movie is terrible on so many levels , from the painful awful acting , the ruining of classic scenes and lines ,the bad background music , the sets . I could go on and on.

I don't get why people feel the need to redo wonderful movies with TV movie of the week crap featuring terrible awful actors. Most of the people in this movie couldn't act if their lives depended on it . Watching Condola Rashad was beyond painful , she cannot act worth a sh** and I'm sorry but her mom is equally as awful and of course that explains why her daughter is in this , I hate it when actors put their kids in front of the camera simply because they can when their kids cant act and i stress cant. She ruins the character of Shelby and makes me sick , This movie is just so bad , so bad ,so bad. I wish it had never been made . I'd give it a minus -100 //

The Goodbye Girl was a classic from the 70's starring Richard Dreyfuss,Marsha Mason and an excellent performance by a young Quinn Cummings. Dreyfuss won an academy award for his portrayal of Elliott Garfield a struggling actor trying to make it ,Mason as a jilted single mom and the delightful Cummings as her precocious daughter Lucy.For starters,why would you need to remake it in the first place and then disgrace it with a run of the mill TV movie of the week?.

I'm not a big Jeff Daniels fan but even he deserves better ,he should have turned down the role- He is no Dreyfuss and watching him deliver the same lines is painful. Patricia Heaton(another irritating actress)is basically reprising her Everybody Loves Raymond's Debra character which isn't saying much(Why did she get nominated for a SAG award in the Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries category?,she was horrible- just goes to show you that SAG voters have bad taste). The little brat who plays Lucy is none other then Hallie Kate Eisenberg - if you don't remember her your excused.She was another sickeningly sweet little girl who did Pepsi commericals when Pepsi was trying to reinvent itself(snore).According to IMDb ,she is just adored by fans and is a regular guest on Leno. I don't watch Leno and could care less. Dakota Fanning could act circles around Eisenberg who has all the cuteness of a wet sponge.

The first 2 die hards were good. I skipped the 3rd as I'd heard it was lousy and yrs later after watching it on cable I agreed. i also skipped the 4th one too which again was lousy after I saw it on cable. I decided to throw caution to the wind hoping they would return to the tongue in cheek Bruce Willis formula that worked so well in the first two but nope no such luck. There is no charisma , he is just a much more cynical older version of himself. And then the plot hole of having a grown son who was non existent up until this 5th go around. The dialog between the two is mostly the son calling his Dad by his first name and treating him like crap whereas Willis's character just basically stands around looking for something to say. It's never fully explained why the hate and where was this son in the other movies? We also have a plot twist with guess the true villain which is not really that much of a stretch since it's hinted at rather obviously who is playing games with who here. The villains demise is another typical bells and whistles cliché of making his death gruesome as if to have the audience gasp.

The movie is more concerned with stunts and special effects than decent acting or directing. Filling up the screen ala Mission Impossible style may seem slick to some but it does not equal good. Busy is still boring. They needed to stick a fork in this franchise after number 2. They seem to be doing what MI is doing , milk it because fanboys don't care if the movie sucks as long as their boy is in it. 2/10

I mean this movie has so much to see and take in, Every detail , the creatures from orcs and goblins to trolls and monsters that are literally made out of the mountains - this movie is a wonderful orgasm for the eyes. The amazing scenery beautiful landscapes will make you forget you're in a movie theater.All of the actors hit the mark especially Ian McKellen as a bad ass Gandalf , he fights and fights and fights and is brutal with his staff and blade . We also have the Dwarfs and elves who look amazing. The fight in the goblin caves is tremendous as is the fight towards the end of the movie with the orcs. This movie is to be savored , at about 3 hrs it went surprisingly fast . I may see it again - wonderful movie magic here. 10/10 . I fell in love with Gandalf all over again

I hadn't played SH3 in years but knew the storyline enough to follow along. The actress playing Heather looks very much like her video counterpart and carries her role well. The creepy effects deliver some nice shocks and feelings of uneasy creepy unknown. The darkness transformation is always cool and the addition of some new monsters fits right in with the theme. Silent Hill looks great and the creepy hallways and spooky sound effects make it suspenseful. That being said ,it's far too short which is one of the drawbacks, not exploring the characters enough especially Alessa who is barely in the movie even though she is central to the games plot. We also have Claudia and Leonard , played by Carrie Ann Moss and Malcolm McDowell, game actors but their parts are terribly small and underwritten. While McDowell does get to ham it up as a psycho locked in an asylum, Moss basically has 10 minutes of screen time and has nothing to work with here.

The ending of the movie is also weak .Not only is it abrupt but it changes everything about the way the game ended including the final fight. It turns into a battle between Pyramid Head and Claudia in her dark form , where as in the game Heather swallows a substance within a pendant that her father had given her, Heather vomits out the deity in fetus form. Claudia swallows the fetus and dies after birthing the deity; Heather then fights and defeats the god. I don't know why they changed the ending and cut short the film. One can only imagine what was left on the cutting room floor and of course the final scene is a hint to Silent Hill:Downpour with police cars and a prison transport vehicle heading into Silent Hill as the ash starts falling again when it had previously stopped with the death of Alessa and Claudia. If they do make a sequel they need to make it longer and really write it better.