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490,504 | 33,913 | 108,889 | 7 | It was a decent show ! | I was at a phase where I was watching lots of shows filmed in Hawaii but I never got into lost because it supposed to represent another island or the jungle . Anyway , I liked Cheryl Ladd in this role and Richard Burgi who is better known to us as Carl , the former husband of Teri Hatcher's character Susan on Desperate... |
490,724 | 33,913 | 80,216 | 7 | We Loved Flo ! | Kiss my Grits ! was Flo's line to Mel on the Alice show . Let's face it , Flo was a much loved character who overshadowed the show's titled star . Yes , Linda Lavin was great as Alice but Polly Holliday as Flo was a scene stealer with the wise cracking chewing gum attitude and beehive hairstyle . Of course , the show w... |
489,801 | 33,913 | 99,314 | 7 | A Fictional Account of a Plane Crash ! | It's a television film with Cheryl Ladd as the pilot's wife . She is happily married but she and her husband want a child . Their only child died as an infant . In this film , her husband and airline pilot are carrying a load of passengers from Washington-Baltimore to Kansas City but something happens . Nobody knows qu... |
489,817 | 33,913 | 118,689 | 7 | Could have been a lot better ? | Dr . Bean comes to America . They think he's an art scholar and historian but he's only a watcher at the British Royal Art Gallery . They would like to fire him but somebody higher won't let them so they send him to America with a valuable painting of Whistler's Mother costing somebody 50 million dollars . Rowan Atkins... |
490,087 | 33,913 | 396,379 | 7 | You can't afford it ! Suze offers wisdom and solid advice ! | Okay , I'm the last person to discuss finances but Suze Orman whose college degree was in social work and not in finance goes to show that she is trying to make the world a better place by spitting out wisdom and advice in her books , radio , and television shows along with lectures , speeches , and guest appearances o... |
490,849 | 33,913 | 83,479 | 7 | A Cute Sitcom of the 1980s ! | This show was never meant to be a hit but it was with a stellar cast including a young Rick Shroeder as the spoiled but likable rich kid . Who could forget the train in the house ? His grandfather was played by legendary actor , John Houseman , and his father was well-played by Joel Grey . His stepmother and father's s... |
490,694 | 33,913 | 1,117,015 | 7 | As Creepy As It Gets ! | The female cop in a small police headquarters is to spend the night with two male police officers , Mattingly and Miller . Don't forget the serial killer and cannibal who has killed as many as 32 victims is held up in the holding cell upstairs being guarded by one of her male counterparts . Strange things start happeni... |
489,806 | 33,913 | 160,484 | 7 | Kaminski's attempt at film-making ! | Janusz Kaminski is better known as Steven Spielberg's cinematographer in films like Schindler's List . In this film which aired late last night , this story is about Ben Chaplin , a psychologist Peter Kelson , and Winona Ryder , a French Catholic School teacher named Mia Larkin . Mia arrives and asks him about true evi... |
490,428 | 33,913 | 640,622 | 7 | Don't Lose Your Temper ! | Since Fran's untimely death , Bubba moves into the room and posts a poster of his favorite rock band , Twisted Sister , much to the chagrin of his grandmother . Vint and Naomi are upset that they didn't get Fran's bedroom since it's across from Thelma's own room . Upon discovery , Fran left a will and information to co... |
490,302 | 33,913 | 640,618 | 7 | Like America's Most Wanted ! | There is a large reward out for catching one of the Tri-State area's most wanted criminals who looks like the newcomer , Leslie LeMoygne , played wonderfully by Robert Mandan in this episode as the director at the Pepperpot Playhouse in charming Raytown . While the Harpers especially Vint and Naomi and even Bubba are o... |
490,297 | 33,913 | 640,616 | 7 | Who really wants to be a Dame anyway ? | There are organizations in America that have women as Dames . Thelma desperately wants to join this snobbish organization maybe to make her snobby daughter , Ellen , jealous or green with envy . The three dames are expected to stop by Harper house and they are stunned to find out that Bubba is dressed as a woman for fr... |
490,452 | 33,913 | 640,613 | 7 | Stupid Inventions ! One slick con-man ! | Vinton and Iola both have inventions . Vinton has a lock family home with a mama lock , papa lock , and baby boy lock in a silly lock house . After all , Vinton is a professional and proud locksmith . When he tries to sell his idea , Mama puts him in his place until a potential investor claims that he can make money of... |
490,360 | 33,913 | 640,609 | 7 | The Big Wheel is all about the Lottery ! | When Thelma offers her children's birthdays for Iola's ticket for the lottery , she wins but there is a reason and Thelma believes that they should split the money . Regardless , huge amounts of money could wreck the friendship between Iola and Thelma . The silly lottery scheme aired on local television has the family ... |
490,112 | 33,913 | 640,605 | 7 | Mama Gets a Job at Food Circus besides Naomi ! | When Mama goes shopping at Food Circus , she annoys her daughter-in-law Naomi and she gives advice to the store manager . Anyway , he decides to hire Mama as Ask Thelma , somebody you can go to advice regarding products . Of course , Naomi is devastated to learn that her workplace is being invaded by her mother-in-law ... |
490,711 | 33,913 | 640,604 | 7 | One-way ticket to Bump ! | There is a bus stop called Bump at the Raytown Bus Station Terminal . Iola's pearls go missing after her jewelry box is repaired by Vint . She starts making accusations against Bubba who wants money for a drum set . He gets a drum set right after her pearls go missing . Mama defends Bubba and sends Iola home . After Io... |
489,918 | 33,913 | 640,607 | 7 | This time it's Mama as teacher's pet ! | We rarely see Mama go out on dates . Much like some widows , she was married once and probably doesn't want to do it again . In this episode , she is smitten with her teacher played by Joseph Campanella , another widower while Bubba is attracted to this nice girl , Amy . We watch Mama try to get his attention to ask he... |
490,300 | 33,913 | 640,601 | 7 | The Harpers are visited by a psychic ! | Mama Harper suspects the psychic played wonderfully by Liz Torres is not who she appears to be so she does a little investigating and comes up with answers of her own . When the psychic visits the Harper House one night , the psychic is in for shock when she gets a taste of her own medicine in part and thanks to Mama H... |
490,358 | 33,913 | 640,596 | 7 | Poor Sweet Iola ! | Valentine's Day is supposed to be the most romantic night of the year thanks to Hallmark and other stores . In this episode , Iola claims that she has a date rather than explain to Naomi that she doesn't have a date on the most romantic night of the year . So Iola lies to protect herself . While Thelma also admits that... |
489,878 | 33,913 | 640,593 | 7 | Presents Galore ! | It was either Mother's day or Mama Harper's birthday or something of that nature . Since they don't air the episodes on television anymore nor is it on DVD , it's one of those holidays that presents are expected by Mama . For Vint , his boss , Mr . Carstairs , played wonderfully by the late Graham Jarvis asks Vint to h... |
490,016 | 33,913 | 640,592 | 7 | Not bad but not great ! | Mama's silver is one of the most valuable items in their home . She is nervous when her own daughter , Ellen , borrows it for a dinner party and returns it home . In this episode , we get Aunt Fran and Ellen for a change together . Mama goes nuts when she discovers her silverware is missing . It turns out that her darl... |
489,742 | 33,913 | 120,824 | 7 | It's alright but it's not complete ! | Kevin Spacey gives a command performance as Quoyle , the man who fears the water . The movie is rather surprising with Cate Blanchett as almost unrecognizable as Petal , his former wife . Quoyle is rather a tragic and sad figure of a man . He loves his daughter and his former wife but he has his own demons to battle li... |
490,299 | 33,913 | 640,581 | 7 | Mama goes after Bernice ! | Mama Harper learns that her useless stock certificates may not be useless after all in thanks in part to her grandson Bubba's researching for his college class . At the same time , Vint learns that his locksmith shop might be sold to a company named Bernice who can turn it into a yogurt shop at the mall . Once Mama fig... |
490,022 | 33,913 | 640,576 | 7 | Mama Gets a Job ! | Mama Harper is upset because Aunt Effie has a job at the courthouse as a file clerk . Naomi suggests hobbies but then suggests that she gets a job herself . Thelma has not really had much of an education . She hasn't finished high school nor college experience . She has finished grade school which was not unusual in he... |
490,821 | 33,913 | 640,579 | 7 | Get ready to rumba ! | When Naomi recognizes one of the wrestlers from the ladies of wrestling on television as an old friend , she gets her friend to come to dinner . It turns out that she might have to forfeit because her wrestling partner had an injury . Naomi resist but decides to help her friend out by being her wrestling partner . Naom... |
490,264 | 33,913 | 367,594 | 7 | Another Burton & Depp Film ! | Tim Burton and Johnny Depp have worked together before in other films like Ed Wood and Edward Scissorhands . In this film , Depp plays the strange Willy Wonka who has perfect teeth and a strange personality . We learn in this film about his dentist father played by Christopher Lee CBE ( he should be Sir Christoper Lee ... |
490,296 | 33,913 | 640,571 | 7 | Mama Goes to La Maze ! | Can you imagine Mama Harper at La Maze class with her daughter-in-law , Naomi , when she rather be playing bingo with Iola at a big tournament in town ? It can be funny at times especially when Mama scares the class about the realities of birth and having children . She only goes to fill in for her son , Vint , who was... |
490,010 | 33,913 | 98,936 | 7 | If only it did exist | I loved Twin Peaks . There has never been a show like it since or before . It's just so unique and bizarre . I loved all the characters even the minor ones . Twin Peaks is for the paranormal audience who can appreciate its dynamic creation . I long for Twin Peaks again . I would love to move somewhere like Twin Peaks ,... |
490,397 | 33,913 | 640,569 | 7 | Finally Luann Fayette ! | Naomi's best friend , Luann Fayette , and co-worker from Food Circus had just gotten through a divorce . She lives in a trailer park in Raytown . Luann has been spending so much time at the Harpers since her divorce that she has become a guest at dinner by Naomi's invitation . Jennifer Richards who plays Luann Fayette ... |
489,921 | 33,913 | 640,562 | 7 | Want a VCR ! You have to earn it ? | The Harpers want a VCR ( Video Cassette Recorder ) which was before DVD players and records but they don't have the money . They decide to hold a yard or garage sale and tries to unload some of Iola's handmade awful stuff off while she goes away to a wedding with her parents of town . When she returns unexpectedly earl... |
490,451 | 33,913 | 640,566 | 7 | Romeo & Juliet of Raytown ! | The Harpers and their neighbors , the Gebhardts , have never gotten along when Carl Harper and Mrs . Gebhardt were alive so why should things be different after their deaths . Mama Harper and Mr . Gebhardt argue and bicker as old neighbors with a grudge between them . When Mama orders her grandson , Bubba , to clean up... |
490,402 | 33,913 | 640,545 | 7 | A Mother's Day Affair ! | When the Harper house gets a letter from a woman seeking her son about Vint's age , Vint begins to inquire about his actual birth . Thelma assures him that he was born on a farm and the birth certificate is actually wrong . He was born without red hair while both Eunice and Ellen were naturally red-headed . All this ha... |
489,923 | 33,913 | 640,536 | 7 | They've Had Enough ! | Iola helps the family in a difficult situation . She suggests that Vint and Naomi switch rooms with Bubba . Being outvoted , Mama doesn't think it's a good idea but they go through with it anyway . We meet Bubba's friends , Dwayne , and T-Boy in this episode . Boys will be boys since they want to have a band of their o... |
490,018 | 33,913 | 640,538 | 7 | Out of Order Completely ! | This episode was aired after Vint and Naomi's wedding . Regardless , Vint is divorced , broke , and living with Mama Harper and his old maid , Aunt Fran , and his two kids in the basement of their home . Vint's friend , Claude Cainmaker , hatches a plan . He's also the same man that helped get Vint lose his home and mo... |
490,313 | 33,913 | 171,433 | 7 | Not Keeping the Faith ! | Okay , the premise of this whole is about two men in love with the same woman . The only problem is that one man is a Catholic priest and the other is a Jewish Rabbi . I liked some moments in the film when Brian tries to explain why he is a priest and the whole celibacy vow that you have to take to become a Catholic Pr... |
490,522 | 33,913 | 32,376 | 7 | Silly Film but what a cast ! | Film director , Dorothy Arzner , was perhaps one of the first women directors in male Hollywood . Maybe her lesbianism helped in others forgetting that she was a female . Anyway this cast included Maureen O'Hara , Lucille Ball , Ralph Bellamy , and others who would have fabulous careers in Hollywood at the time . Dance... |
490,301 | 33,913 | 640,533 | 7 | Mama Goes to Her Class Reunion ! | Mama Harper would surprise many people about the truth about her past . When Vint and Naomi get a catering job for her school reunion , she is mortified and tells a humiliating story to Iola , her confidante and best friend that she was known as Hot Pants . Anyway , Thelma gets the courage to attend her high school reu... |
490,336 | 33,913 | 460,666 | 7 | Not so Bad ! | Okay , this show is not so bad . When you have Stockard Channing , Henry Winkler , and Jennifer Tilly in the cast , you have to like it , I guess . It grows on you . I didn't care much for the three adult children-two male doctors and a lesbian which seems to be more of running joke but they do handle that carefully as... |
489,793 | 33,913 | 780,442 | 7 | Give This Show a Chance Please ! | I saw last night's episode . While I have to admit , I was hoping for more . I just love John Lithgow and Jeffrey Tambor . I can't believe they never worked before . I am hoping that NBC will allow this show to evolve because I think it has a lot of promise especially with first rate cast . I believe that Tambor and Li... |
490,555 | 33,913 | 68,400 | 7 | It should have been Sir Roddy McDowall ! | It should have been Sir Roddy McDowall in my opinion . Why he never got knighted for his contributions to acting and drama , I will never know . This episode also feature Ida Lupino , another legendary actress , writer and director herself . Sir Roddy as I will call him plays a genius character who wants too much from ... |
489,937 | 33,913 | 97,443 | 7 | Silly but necessary sequel ! | Ever since the Gods must be crazy premiered ten years earlier , there was a need for a sequel because the film generated a buzz not seen in years . With a native bushman in a starring role in the original , he returns . This time , his two sons go missing or on an adventurous journey through Africa . The cast also incl... |
490,253 | 33,913 | 68,402 | 7 | COuld have had a better title ? | Robert Culp has appeared in several Columbo episodes . This time , he is again at it as the chief suspect in an unusual murder . Watching Columbo catch him is always fun . Dean Stockwell plays the victim who is a married cad . The woman who plays his wife is best known for her role on Dallas as one of the wives . Anywa... |
489,949 | 33,913 | 120,655 | 7 | Don't Take this Film Too Seriously ! Don't recast Bethany ! | I give this movie and 7 because it's a little out there and unrealistic about Catholicism and religion in general . I am entertained by this film and have seen it repeatedly . This film is not for the religious at all , so don't take it seriously . I also gave it an 7 because I think Kevin Smith could have done a bette... |
490,536 | 33,913 | 424,627 | 7 | It May Be Set in Paradise ! But It's not Paradise ! | Watching Dog is quite interesting . I have to admit that I don't find him attractive in the least . Maybe it's the tattoos and the hair , he does act more like a professional wrestler . His wife and partner , Beth Smith , is his perfect match . His sons also help in bringing runaway bail breakers to justice . If these ... |
489,795 | 33,913 | 460,692 | 7 | Not so Bad , not so Great but worth watching ! | I have to say that I watched some episodes of this show . I grew to like it . I didn't at the beginning . The family seem pretty ordinary and a bit dysfunctional but what family isn't . It is interesting that the parents have an interfaith marriage but religion does not seem utilized unless they have a special episode ... |
490,271 | 33,913 | 68,397 | 7 | One of the duller episodes ! | I am sad to say that I disagree with other people on this Columbo episode . Death Lends a Hand is frankly kind of a boring Columbo to me . After a few times , I get bored and changed the channel . I still love Robert Culp and Patricia Crowley and Ray Milland in their roles but the story was weaker in this episode than ... |
490,662 | 33,913 | 245,046 | 7 | Meant Well but still kind of disappointing ! | Cate Blanchett is becoming one of Australia's best known actresses worldwide and with good reason . She has the class , style , and appearance of a female movie star from the golden era of Hollywood . She is still a classic beauty but conveys intelligence , wit , and seriousness about her roles as a work of art . In th... |
490,622 | 33,913 | 918,785 | 7 | A Stork Pays A Visit to Harper House ! | Naomi Oates Harper is not feeling well lately . She has all the symptoms of being pregnant and of course , she and Vint have been practicing but there are not ready to have a baby since they live with Vint's mother and Aunt Fran and his two teenage kids , Buzz and Sonja . In this episode , Naomi thinks she's pregnant a... |
490,433 | 33,913 | 918,787 | 7 | Odd Placement of Episode ! | In this episode , we don't know what has happened to Fran , Ellen , Buzz , or Sonja , you have to see the next episode regarding their situations ? Anyway Bubba Higgins played by Alan Kayser , Ed and Eunice's son , is spending a typical Saturday at Harper house with his Aunt Naomi and Uncle Vint . Mama Harper and her b... |
490,573 | 33,913 | 645,116 | 7 | You don't have to spend so much money to have a memorable episode ! | I haven't been a fan of MacMillan & Wife . I prefer Columbo anyday but the local station airs a weekly episode of Mac and wife , Sally . Of course , movie star Rock Hudson takes the role as San Francisco Police Commissioner who is married to young Sally played by Susan Saint James , a model turned actress . In this epi... |
489,735 | 33,913 | 200,550 | 7 | From a True South Amboy Girl ! | I was born in Amboy , Perth Amboy , right across the river from South Amboy where the girl , Violet Sanford , was supposed to be from . I was there the day that the film came to town to shoot the opening scene . They all ordered pizza from the pizzeria , Delios , right across the street whose owners are truly Sicilian ... |
490,726 | 33,913 | 116,240 | 7 | If you are really into Terms of Endearment ! | I was kind of disappointed . I was expected the same from the sequel with the role of Aurora Greenway played by Academy Award Winner Shirley Maclaine again . Of course , Jack Nicholson won his second Oscar for his role as her lover . In this film , Aurora deals with troubled grandchildren who she helped raise because t... |
490,371 | 33,913 | 147,792 | 7 | This Show was a Turkey ! | Turkey Television was a spin-off of the hugely popular " You Can't Do That on Television , " another Canadian show from Ottawa , Ontario , Canada . Turkey Television or Turkey TV didn't last as long as it could have been . They would take skits , cartoons , and sketches that featured popular Christine McGlade and other... |
490,634 | 33,913 | 368,891 | 7 | Good Movie for Popcorn Eating ! | Oscar winner Nicholas Cage is the leading role about a descendant of one of Ben Franklin's closest friends . Cage's character , Gates , is seeking the treasure that his family has been searching for . The movie begins with the wonderful Christopher Plummer ( one of today's finest actors on stage , film or television ) ... |
489,940 | 33,913 | 103,415 | 7 | Never Given a Chance to Shine ! | Before she was doing movies , Tea Leoni was coming alive in situation comedies . In this comedy , she plays Alicia which is quite artistic and lives in the artistic section of New York City . Corey Parker plays her boyfriend who I remember having a crush at the time . He comes from the suburbs and falls head in heels i... |
490,805 | 33,913 | 105,316 | 7 | A must see movie | I believe Sarafina is a tremendous effort of Whoopi Goldberg . Besides her , there are no other stars in the film and her role is smaller than the title character , Sarafina . Since I work in a high school with urban children , I think this is an important film to show South African history of apartheid . Sarafina is a... |
490,080 | 33,913 | 78,679 | 7 | Could Have Been a Bigger Hit ! | I don't know why ABC wanted the Ropers spun off into their own sitcom . They were crucial to the success of Three's Company . They were succeeded by the amazing Don Knott as Mr . Furley . Anyway , this show wasn't the greatest or the worst television that I ever saw but I did enjoy watching the Ropers try to settle and... |
490,760 | 33,913 | 100,747 | 7 | The French Notes of a Scandal ! | I have to say that I don't like this film . I love French films because I think they are more in depth , thought-provoking , and spend more time developing relationships between the characters . Unfortunately , Tatie Danielle is cruel and mean . She criticizes everybody but herself . She makes everybody else's life wor... |
490,742 | 33,913 | 1,196,946 | 7 | Another Crime Drama with a Twist ! | Okay , there are just way too many crime dramas on television these days . I prefer sitcoms . I think the partnership of Simon Baker and Robin Tunney is interesting . They have a lot of chemistry on screen . Apart from the actual crime solving on the shows , Simon's character is a mentalist or a fake psychic or fraud c... |
490,714 | 33,913 | 824,046 | 7 | What happened to the kittens ? | Iola's beloved cat , Midnight , is sick . Naomi describes him as the meanest cat ever . He is so mean that Midnight attacks the postman . When Iola's cat dies , she gets him freeze-dried or preserved . The family decides to bet on one of the abandoned trunks at an auction sale . When Midnight is on the porch freeze-dri... |
490,368 | 33,913 | 58,815 | 7 | A Solid Funny Show ! | To tell you the truth , I was never a fan of " I Dream of Jeannie " but I did see the reruns as a child when they showed reruns on local stations . I love Barbara Eden as Jeannie and Larry Hagman as her master . Although now several years later , I felt the show degrades Jeannie in the power of a man . I don't think it... |
489,768 | 33,913 | 74,327 | 7 | Where ever he goes , murder follows should be his motto ! | Columbo is on vacation in Mexico and he is a stranger to this country . Guest stars Ricardo Montalban stars as a celebrity matador who kills the man who knows his deepest secret . A . Martinez from L . A . Law , Santa Barbara , and General Hospital has a memorable role as the son of the victim . Anyway , it's typical C... |
490,247 | 33,913 | 69,903 | 7 | Double Exposed ! | Columbo has to match wits with Robert Culp again in this episode . I don't know offhand how many episodes that featured Robert Culp but I remember this one . He is a scientist who specializes in mental manipulation . I couldn't think of another way to explain it . Anyway , Columbo has met his match in this episode . Ro... |
490,250 | 33,913 | 69,900 | 7 | An interesting twist in crime ! | A Stitch in Crime is a typical Columbo episode with it's usual twists . We know who did it from the every beginning . Leonard Nimoy is superb as the unlikable surgeon who is very vain and conceited in my opinion but I love Leonard Nimoy as an actor anyway . The story is better written than most . They don't spend that ... |
490,249 | 33,913 | 69,906 | 7 | Could have been better ! | Columbo's Most Dangerous Match is about chess . An unlikely subject or motive for murder in my opinion . The star is Manchurian Candidate's Lawrence Harvey who plays a deaf chess champion . He is terrified of losing and will do anything to maintain his status as world chess champion . His competitor is a Russian chess ... |
490,244 | 33,913 | 435,528 | 7 | Updated Version of a Classic Thriller ! | The cast is largely unknown at least to me but they do a superb and unforgettable job bringing this story to life about a kidnapping that goes horribly wrong from the first instant . The three kidnappers , two men and a woman who are somewhat a love triangle , kidnap an eight year old boy named David SAnborn but not ju... |
490,836 | 33,913 | 74,292 | 7 | Great Cast ! Great Ride ! | I happened to catch this film today on a cable channel . It was worth watching again . Unlike other disaster films , this film was an original set on a train with a plague ridden passenger . Aboard this Paris bound train , it's changed to a place in Poland which was a concentration camp to quarantine the passengers . W... |
489,935 | 33,913 | 119,978 | 7 | An Enjoyable Grisham Flick ! | Matt Damon plays a young , inexperienced lawyer in the South . It's a typical Grisham story of a young male lawyer who seeks to win his case . His case involves a young man who dies awaiting a bone marrow transplant . He is fighting the insurance company , Great Benefits . It must be fictitious but this book and story ... |
489,879 | 33,913 | 799,211 | 7 | It's called sexual harassment , Naomi ! | Mama's Family did take on some serious issues like homelessness , pornography , ageism , sexism , and sexual harassment in this episode . Naomi gets a new boss at Food Circus , the local supermarket , where she has worked her bones from bagger to checker to the express lane . Finally , she could get a management positi... |
490,827 | 33,913 | 98,119 | 7 | An Unforgettable Crime in a Forgettable Movie ! | Okay , the film was not that great but the story of the preppy murderer , Robert Chambers , played by William Baldwin in a chilling performance . Lara Flynn Boyle plays Jennifer Levin , the victim of the crime . Chambers was the son of a New York City nanny / housekeeper of prominent East Side families who wanted her s... |
490,759 | 33,913 | 118,073 | 7 | Groovy and Out of Sight ! | Okay , I'm glad that they made a sequel to the original film . In this film , Carol's first husband , Roy Martin , supposedly returns to reunite with his beautiful wife and three blonde daughters . Unfortunately , he's not who or what he appears to be . He seems trapped in Brady's world where cable television is far to... |
490,633 | 33,913 | 294,150 | 7 | Too bad , Mr . Wizard is gone ! | The real Mr . Wizard is gone now but during his years on Canadian Broadcasting Company , he was really the science guy of my generation . Episodes of the show were aired frequently and on Nickelodeon in it's hey day or when I was growing up . Nickelodon looked to the North for children's programming . Since they stoppe... |
490,731 | 33,913 | 252,028 | 7 | You can't buy what you wish for ! | You can survive Surviving Christmas . I thought the television version was a bit edited way down . I like Ben Afleck . He plays Drew Johnson , a family-less adult , who is willing to pay complete strangers . The Valcos starring James Gandolfini and Catherine O'Hara as the parents and Christina Applegate as Lisa Valco ,... |
490,324 | 33,913 | 85,049 | 7 | It had Agnes Nixon all over it ! | When Loving first premiered , it was big on television . After all , this was the child of two great and creative geniuses , Agnes Nixon and Douglas Marland . It had great potential and lasted for as long as it could . It never recovered from Ryan's Hope as a lead in show . I remember the cast . The actors and actresse... |
490,241 | 33,913 | 87,401 | 7 | Not so much a Miracle as a Sequel ! | I barely remember Blythe Danner playing the Annie Sullivan role . It's Mare Winningham's performance as the legendary blind-deaf Helen Keller that I remember most because of how she approached the role . Winningham's performance as Keller is unforgettable and only a slight indication of her talent as an actress . I'll ... |
489,913 | 33,913 | 871,426 | 7 | It does have a happy ending ! | Okay , Baby Mama won't be a front-runner for next year's Oscars . It is not why I wanted to see it . I love Tina Fey and Amy Poehler from Saturday Night Live . Fey plays 37 year old successful single childless woman who realizes her time clock is running out . She tries infertility treatments and adoption before she tu... |
490,835 | 33,913 | 175,407 | 7 | A Polish Story ! | My Polish is not very good . I picked up this tape at a thrift store . There were no subtitles so it was difficult for me . The story is set in two parts . In 1874 , Krakow which wasn't Poland at the time , the series centered around upper class single women trying to get married and live happily ever after . The begin... |
490,668 | 33,913 | 315,327 | 7 | A Crack at Taking God's Job ! | Bruce Nolan was an aspiring journalist who wanted nothing more than the local anchorman job in Buffalo , New York instead of doing funny bits of news like the introduction where he is at Polish bakery celebrating the city's largest chocolate chip cookie . It starts off smart but it wears thin overall . Bruce is played ... |
490,013 | 33,913 | 116,059 | 7 | One of the best Christmas movies in recent years ! | I just love this movie . It is funny and heartwarming . It has a happy ending . Laurie Metcalf is unforgettable along with a stellar cast . It may not be the best movie but it is fun to watch and enjoy . Tim Conway is unbelievable as a burned out postman . Laurie Metcalf as a burned out lawyer . Greg Kinnear who joins ... |
490,842 | 33,913 | 642,411 | 7 | Al Leads Steve Astray ! | Al invites Steve to a poker game with him and his male buddies . Garrett Morris plays one of them and the same guys usually appear later on in other episodes . In this episode , Steve thinks he's got the game down so he joins when one of the guys has to leave to take his wife to the ballet . Then the armpit noises come... |
489,799 | 33,913 | 80,661 | 7 | A Decent Thriller ! | My favorite scene is Angie Dickinson's character in the film being murdered . It was strange maybe that is why I liked it not to sound morbid or bizarre but it was one of the most interesting and unforgettable scenes . They have stellar cast including Sir Michael Caine , Keith Gordon , Nancy Allen who was married to di... |
489,774 | 33,913 | 98,260 | 7 | Nothing's been proved | Scandal is not the best film of the eighties . It is rather a risqué raunchy and daring way to tell a sex scandal story in the sixties British politics . John Hurt is terrific as always and surprisingly Bridget Fonda does a great job as a British scandalous singer / actress . The best part of the film is during the cre... |
490,007 | 33,913 | 109,370 | 7 | At war with Canada , sounds like a bad joke ! | Can you just imagine the U . S . at war with the nicest country in the world ? Yes , I can . It would be outrageously fun and it is fun watching this comedy with a great cast . There are light moments and Rhea Perlman shines as Hostage Honey . There are plenty of hilarious scenes when Honey builds a version of CN tower... |
490,240 | 33,913 | 113,158 | 7 | A True Tear-Jerker ! | While I love Mare Winningham and Jennifer Jason Leigh , I felt terrible for the lead character of Sadie Flood who longs for the same success as her older married , conventional sister Georgia . The film earned nominations for Winningham who plays the role with understanding and grace like most of her performances . I j... |
490,091 | 33,913 | 1,252,370 | 7 | You wonder why were in a recession ! | I have to say that watching the Housewives of Atlanta can be both entertaining at times and quite sad too . For five very different housewives and I use that term loosely , the series opens up with newly divorced Sheree Whitfield . She is planning a lavish birthday party with bouncers , 100 invited guests , a cake shap... |
490,103 | 33,913 | 93,936 | 7 | It's Vera Prescott who steals the show ! | Okay , Michael J . Fox stars as a Midwestern college graduate who moves to New York City to conquer the business world . He is completely unprepared as Brantley Foster . He is so desperate that he contacts a distant cousin , Richard Prescott , for help breaking in to the business world of New York City . Along the way ... |
490,741 | 33,913 | 1,376,650 | 7 | Back from the Hamptons ! | While the gang of New York housewives split their time between New York City and the Hamptons , we get to know more of the gang . My favorite moment was when I saw Alex and Simon in one of those inflatable swimming pools that you can get anywhere in their backyard lounging around . They are not Hamptonites and don't wa... |
490,798 | 33,913 | 83,416 | 7 | A Fine Show ! | When I first watched this show , I was little disappointed but after watching it again . I could see this is a fine show about two real life actors like Dame Judi Dench and Michael Williams ( who did receive a papal knighthood ) playing two odd characters like a linguist and a landscaper . Judi plays Laura , the intell... |
490,700 | 33,913 | 360,033 | 7 | Somewhat decent but not as good as the book ! | Ann Rules ' books including the Stranger Beside Me offers a detailed complex and complicated version of the events around Ted Bundy . Who would have thought that even a seasoned policewoman turned writer would be sitting next to a serial killer on Tuesdays nights for a Suicide hotline . There is no wonder that Ted Bund... |
490,357 | 33,913 | 107,091 | 7 | Sweet Sentimental and a Lesson to Be Learned for the Living ! | In this film , you have four very different characters including a single African American mother , Penny Washington , played by the fabulous Alfre Woodard , a country girl , Julia , who comes to the city to find herself and has to choose a life between being with her beloved boyfriend and his 75 acres in the country p... |
490,834 | 33,913 | 157,996 | 7 | Another Holocaust Movie ! | Another Holocaust Movie starring Law & Order Sam Waterston ( yes , he can do more ) and Mia Farrow as a Danish couple who help and assist Danish Jews to flee the country to Sweden . Of course , everybody knows the history of the holocaust and those few who assisted . In this story , the Christian Kosters help aid the D... |
489,818 | 33,913 | 250,323 | 7 | A Good Thriller ! | The film really should have earned Tilda Swinton , an Oscar nomination for Best Actress , as Margaret Hall , mother of three whose military husband is away at sea . Her gay musician adolescent son gets mixed up with this guy , Darby . He ends up dead and his body is dumped in the deep end of Lake Tahoe . I have to say ... |
489,752 | 33,913 | 793,146 | 7 | The Room with a View ! | The Rhoades decide either to spend their tax refund on a trip to Paris where Al reminds them that the French hate Americans . The Rhoades had considered a new room extension to the house but they would need the Bundys permission for the extension . Peggy persuades Marcy to build an exercise room instead of bumming off ... |
490,822 | 33,913 | 793,140 | 7 | Mama's Inheritance ! | Mama Harper may get another chance at being rich from a dead relative . This time , it's her Uncle who played pirate and ran a boating business on the Ray River . He was quite in his prime in his nineties who was active right until his death . When the family returns from the funeral , Mama Harper is scheduled to go to... |
489,876 | 33,913 | 798,753 | 7 | Vicki is both Mama and Grandma in this episode ! | Mama finds her beloved mother's jewelry piece which could be worth a lot of money but she is suddenly haunted by her mother's presence in her life . Her mother criticizes her like the way Mama Harper criticizes Eunice . Mama Crowley was never very nice and death hasn't changed her one bit . Mama sees her dead mother's ... |
490,086 | 33,913 | 317,198 | 7 | Not as Good as the First ! | First , I thought the lesbian twist towards the end was a bit much and I didn't see it coming because it wasn't so important . Anyway , why is Bridget Jones who is every woman in my opinion torn between two men played by Hugh Grant and Colin Firth . Both men are well-known and respected talented British actors with sta... |
490,004 | 33,913 | 959,601 | 7 | A Great Promise with great cast and crew ! | Most Britons prefer to spend their summer vacations in Spain , Florida , or elsewhere . In this series , a mixed group of families spend time at an unusual resort in Alicante , Spain . I only caught one episode on a flight so I don't have the luxury of seeing the other episodes . It appears to be the second season open... |
489,861 | 33,913 | 80,472 | 7 | Bronco Beverlee ! ! ! | The only reason that I got this film was to see Beverlee McKinsey as the rich New York society lady and stepmother to Sondra Locke's character . She is a wealthy heiress who runs away to join the circus . Clint Eastwood can do wrong and is probably America's best loved director . In this small comedic film , he has a s... |
490,676 | 33,913 | 76,625 | 7 | fascinatingly bizarre | I watched this movie about five years ago in Women and Film class at Rutgers . Disappointed with the class itself and the lecturer . I was not disappointed by the wide array of films including the Riddles by Laura Mulvey . THe film is bizarre to describe . But I still am drawn to it somehow . I wish it was on video . I... |
489,819 | 33,913 | 98,519 | 7 | Shelley Long is Underrated ! | Some actresses are truly under-rated and under-appreciated and Shelley Long is one of them . She is truly a gifted comedic actress who can make you cry at one moment and make you laugh in the next . She didn't leave Cheers because she wanted a film career . She wanted to have a normal family life . Rather she was subje... |
490,389 | 33,913 | 107,141 | 7 | It's well worth my five dollars ! | I bought the video for less than five bucks at a liquidators store . I wanted the video for one of my favorite actors , Rolf Saxon . HE has a minor part and only two scenes . But in between them , the film is filled with solid performances by Kathy Bates , Natasha Richardson , Ciaran Hinds , Colin Firth , and Harry Dea... |
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