Topic: DSig's Short List of what I'm Watching

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Now this is from my rememberances of the other two films ... (hmm guess i have to go back and watch them again .. oh thanks for that  )

Of the three, I think I like The Illusionist the best.  I would put The Prestige and Death Defying Acts close seconds.

"Death Defying Acts" is a little more of a 'romance' film than the other two .. if you know what I mean.  But if you like magic and a bit of history (well there was a man named Harry Houdini) then you should like this. 

I found it because I was looking for things with Saoirse Ronan.  But really liked Guy Pearce's performance in this.  And as I mentioned Zeta-Jones surprised me.

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What I am watching on 22Oct12 -

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The Simpsons: The Complete Second Season: Disc Two 020 - The Simpsons - S02E07 - Bart vs. Thanksgiving It's a Thanksgiving at the Simpson house — with Homer betting on football, and Marge's mother criticizing everything. Lisa has prepared a beautiful centerpiece, containing her feminist heroes, which a jealous Bart accidentally throws into the fire. Homer accuses Bart of ruining Thanksgiving, and Bart runs away from home. The Simpsons grow frantic with fear as Bart roams throughout town, stealing a pie from Mr. Burns. They finally spot their son on a news broadcast from a homeless shelter. Bart comes back home and finally apologizes to his sister late at night, on the roof of their house, prompting Homer to exclaim, "We're the great parents!" Complete Info 3.5  " ... Lord are we the most pathetic family in the Universe or what?" .. "Amen". 022 - The Simpsons - S02E09 - Itchy and Scratchy and Marge "Bart the Daredevil" is the eighth episode of The Simpsons' second season and aired on December 6, 1990. It was written by Jay Kogen and Wallace Wolodarsky and directed by Wes Archer. In the episode, the Simpsons go to a Monster truck rally that features famous daredevil Lance Murdock. Bart immediately becomes enamored and decides that he wants to become a daredevil as well. Bart's first stunt ends in injury, and despite the family and Dr. Hibbert's best efforts, he continues to attempt stunts. Bart decides to jump the Springfield gorge, but Homer learns about Bart's plan and makes him promise not to jump it. However, Bart breaks his promise and goes to jump the gorge. Before the act, though, Homer stops him just in time and gets Bart to swear that he will stop being a daredevil. Series creator Matt Groening said that the episode is his favorite of the series, and it is also considered among the series' best by television critics. Complete Info 3.5 Yes .. you should always wear your seat belts 022 - The Simpsons - S02E09 - Itchy and Scratchy and Marge "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge" is the ninth episode of The Simpsons' second season and first aired on December 20, 1990. In the episode, which is a satire of censorship issues, Maggie attacks Homer with a mallet and Marge blames The Itchy & Scratchy Show for Maggie's actions. It was written by John Swartzwelder and was the first episode to be directed by Jim Reardon. Alex Rocco makes his first of three guest appearances as Roger Meyers, Jr. Complete Info 3.5 Go Marge .. one person can make a change .. but is it lasting?

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Fat Man and Little Boy In the remote desert of New Mexico, "The Manhattan Project" is materializing – the World War II effort to build the atomic bomb. Oscar®-winner Paul Newman* (Hud, Nobody's Fool) stars as General Leslie Groves, the military man in charge of a massive project that will produce two weapons: "Fat Man" and "Little Boy." Dwight Schultz (The Temp, Star Trek: First Contact) is J. Robert Oppenheimer, the brilliant scientist attempting to bring the startling mission to fruition. And Bonnie Bedelia, John Cusack, Laura Dern and Natasha Richardson co-star in this "stunning ... profoundly moving" film (Michael Medved, Sneak Previews) that re-creates one of history's most compelling chapters ... one that resulted in the mushroom-shaped specter that changed the world forever. *Best Actor, The Color Of Money, 1986. Complete Info 3.0 Staring Paul Newman too many really to list so here are some of my favorites     The Hustler Who could fault a film with Newman and 'The Great one' Jackie Gleason Hombre Cool Hand Luke Sometimes a Great Notion Absence of Malice Dwight Schultz     The great character of Reginald Barclay in and Bonnie Bedelia     Die Hard Dire Hard 2 Needful Things Presumed Innocent John Cusack     John Cusack of the many ..  Grosse Pointe Blank, High Fidelity and Being John Malkovich Grosse Pointe Blank High Fidelity Being John Malkovich Pushing Tin The Contract The Ice Harvest Laura Dern     Blue Velvent Jurassic Park Citizen Ruth John C. McGinley     The Office The Animal Identity Wild Hogs Scrubs (TV) This is really a 'fair' film.  Although it deals with actual events in our (us) history, I think the script is slow and unfulfilling. I like most of the characters and with a few exceptions they are portrayed well.  It follows the history 'fairly accurately' with a few exceptions. But over all it is .. just another movie.  Don't think i will watch it again.

The Prestige Award-winning actors Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine and Scarlett Johansson star in The Prestige, the twisting, turning story that, like all great magic tricks, stays with you. Two young, passionate magicians, Robert Angier (Jackman), a charismatic showman, and Alfred Borden (Bale), a gifted illusionist, are friends and partners until one fateful night when their biggest trick goes terribly wrong. Now the bitterest of enemies, they will stop at nothing to learn each other's secrets. As their rivalry escalates into a total obsession full of deceit and sabotage, they risk everything to become the greatest magician of all time. But nothing is as it seems, so watch closely. And be prepared to watch it again and again. Complete Info 4.0 Staring Hugh Jackman        As the Wolverine in X-Men film series Kate and Leopold Swordfish Van Helsing Deception Real Steel     Christian Bale        American Psycho Shaft great in Reign of Fire the part of Batman in Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises Terminator Salvation (which was a better movie than many thought)     Michael Caine        Zulu Alfie The Original The Italian Job The Original Get Carter The Man Who WOuld Be King The little known film Deathtrap and so many more (that is only to the 80's     Scarlett Johansson        Just Cause Lost in Translation The Island The Black Dahlia Iron Man 2 The Avengers     Piper Perabo        The great Coyote Ugly Chearper by the Dozen and Cheaper by the Dozen 2 The Cave and staring in the great TV series Covert Affairs     As i have said some where else .. I love magicians and films about magic.  I really like "The Prestige" and think it is a great watch.  The characters are involved and carry off the complex script quite well. Hugh Jackman is very good in this film .. not too much 'Jackman'.  I really enjoy the complexity of the film. And any film with bits of Nikola Tesla is very OK by me. I just watched this film again because I was discussing this film in relation ship to the recently watched Death Defying Acts and the great The Illusionist.  My answer was .. I thought they rated as .. The Illusionist first and Death Defying Acts and this one, The Prestige being tied for second.  Having just re-watched "The Prestige" I still think that that rating holds.

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What I am watching on 23Oct12 -

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Family Guy: Volume One: Disc One: Season One: Episodes 1-7 001 - Family Guy - S01E01 - Death Has a Shadow "Death Has a Shadow" is the pilot episode of the animated series Family Guy. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States after Super Bowl XXXIII on January 31, 1999. The episode is based on series creator Seth MacFarlane's original pitch to Fox, The Life of Larry, and is a remake of the original Family Guy pilot. In the episode, Peter loses his job after drinking too much at a stag party and falls asleep at work. He then signs up for welfare to keep his wife Lois from finding out, but gets much more money than he expected. Lois finds out and Peter decides to dump the money from a blimp at the Super Bowl. He is then arrested, and must await his family's rescue. Complete Info 3.5 "The worst we have to deal with are Jemima Witnesses"  What a great opening line. 002 - Family Guy - S01E02 - I Never Met the Dead Man "I Never Met the Dead Man" is the second episode of the first season of the animated comedy series Family Guy, originally aired on Fox in the United States on April 11, 1999. The episode follows Peter Griffin as he teaches his daughter Meg how to drive. Due to his horrible advice they crash into a satellite dish, knocking out the city's cable. Peter begins to suffer from television withdrawal but finds new life in outdoor activities, driving his family to exhaustion. Meanwhile, Stewie plots to destroy the world's supply of broccoli with a weather control device so Lois cannot force him to eat the vegetable. Complete Info 3.0 Fun episode .. but just fun 003 - Family Guy - S01E03 - Chitty Chitty Death Bank "Chitty Chitty Death Bang" is the third episode of the first season of the animated comedy series Family Guy. The episode follows Peter after he tries to make amends for his son, Stewie's, first birthday party when he loses their reservation at a popular kids restaurant known as Cheesie Charlie's. Meanwhile, Meg becomes friends with an excitable girl named Jennifer, who leads her to join a death cult, in an attempt to fit in. Complete Info 3.5 Great episode. Cults reign supreme in this one.  And Stewie turns one .. 004 - Family Guy - S01E04 - Mind Over Murder "Mind Over Murder" is the fourth episode of the first season of the animated comedy series Family Guy. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on April 25, 1999.[2] The episode features Peter after he is placed under house arrest, and decides to open his own bar in the family's basement. The bar immediately becomes a success among Peter's male friends when his wife, Lois, begins to sing and dance in front of them while wearing revealing clothing. Meanwhile, Stewie attempts to create a time travel device in order to escape the pain of teething. Complete Info 3.5 Lois is HOT in this one .. much to Peter's displeasure. 005 - Family Guy - S01E05 - A Hero Sits Next Door "A Hero Sits Next Door" is the fifth episode of season one of Family Guy, originally aired on Fox on May 2, 1999. The episode features the introduction of Joe Swanson, who would become a main character in the series. Peter Griffin must find a replacement player for an upcoming softball game. Peter eventually convinces Joe to play for the team after learning that he played baseball in college. When Joe shows up the following morning, Peter realizes that Joe is in a wheelchair. Joe turns out to be a great player, and the team wins the game. Peter becomes jealous of Joe and tries to become a hero. In a subplot, Meg Griffin tries to get Joe's son Kevin to notice her. Complete Info 3.5 Great lead in where Stewie gets trapped into watching Teletubbies .. poor little guy.  Meeting Joe Swanson Bonnie (new neighbors) but Peter is jealous because Joe can do just about anything .. without the use of his legs. 006 - Family Guy - S01E06 - The Son Also Draws "The Son Also Draws" is the sixth episode of the first season of the animated comedy series Family Guy. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on May 9, 1999. The episode follows Chris as he is ejected from the Youth Scouts, and his father Peter drives the family to Scout headquarters to get him readmitted. During a rest stop at a Native American casino, Lois gambles away the family car, and Peter pretends to be a member of the tribe in an attempt to get it back. When he is sent on a vision quest to prove his heritage Chris accompanies him to explain that he does not like the Scouts, and prefers drawing. Delirious from hunger, Peter has a vision of his spiritual guide Fonzie and on his advice finally listens to Chris. Reconciled, the pair return to the casino and reclaim the car. Complete Info 3.5 "Oh good lord .. you saw them together didn't you" questions Brian "umm umm umm" nods Stewie shaking in fright and disgust "You know the tub where you take your little baths .. They've done it there too" smirks Brian "du uuu uuu" cries out Stewie 007 - Family Guy - S01E07 - Brian - Portrait of a Dog "Brian: Portrait of a Dog" is the seventh episode and the season finale of the first season of the animated comedy series Family Guy. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on May 16, 1999. The episode features anthropomorphic dog Brian after he swallows his pride, and joins a dog show, after much convincing, in order to win money for a new air conditioner. But after an argument over a trick gone bad, with his owner, Peter Griffin, Brian realizes he is a second-class citizen and runs away from home, landing him in the pound on death row. Desperate to save their dog, the Griffin family attempts to release Brian, and prevent him from being euthanized. Complete Info 3.0 Some great zingers .. but too much Brian.  Every dog has his day .. and this is Brian's.  Now he can use the water fountain in the park.

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	The Company THE COMPANY is "a completely new kind of film" raves Anna Kisselgoff of The New York Times, a fascinating look at the world of dance, with the cooperation of the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago. Legendary director and Oscar® nominee Robert Altman (2001 Best Director, Best Picture, Gosford Park; 1975 Best Director, Best Picture, Nashville), takes us into the world of the dancers whose professional and personal lives clash as they cope with the demands of a life in the ballet. Neve Campbell (Scream, TV's "Party of Five") plays a gifted but conflicted company member on the verge of becoming a principal dancer at a fictional Chicago troupe. Golden Globe® winner James Franco (Spider-Man, TV's "James Dean") co-stars as Campbell's boyfriend, a master chef who provides romance and refuge from the watchful eye of the pompous artistic director played by Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange). Complete Info 4.0 Staring Neve Campbell        Of course playing Sidney Prescott in all the Scream Film Series fun in The Canterville Ghost wildly sexy in Wild Things and sensitive in Panic and fairly clueless in Drowning Mona     Malcolm McDowell only up to 2002        Of course A Clockwork Orange Time After Time Caligula Cat People Blue Thunder Sunset The Player Milk Money Firestarter 2: Rekindled     James Franco        City by the Sea of course as Harry Osborn in Spider-Man,Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3 Rise of the Planet of the Apes     Robert Altman as usual creates a visual feast .. great cinematography, editing and direction.  Malcolm McDowell is a great task master.  And Neve Campbell .. one again she has captured my heart.  Having begun her career as a ballet dancer she is perfect for the role.  Though I can't really see her as a classical ballet dancer .. her body screams too much 'woman'.  But she is very good as a member of a dance company. I had forgotten this film but found it while filling in my Neve Campbell section.  So glad that i did.
	The Ladykillers Academy Award®-winning Tom Hanks* turns in a hilariously original performance in The Ladykillers, the laugh-out-loud comedy that explodes with outrageous wit and slapstick humor from the Coen Brothers (O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Fargo). Underneath Professor G.H. Dorr's (Hanks) silver-tongued southern gentleman persona is a devious criminal who's assembled a motley gang of thieves to commit the heist of the century by tunneling through his churchgoing landlady's root cellar to a casino's vault of riches. But these cons are far from pros. As their scheme begins blowing up in their faces, their landlady smells a rat. And when she threatens to call the police, they figure they'll just bump her off. After all, how hard can that be? Wickedly funny from start to finish, it would be a crime to miss The Ladykillers. *Best Actor, Forrest Gump, 1994; Philadelphia, 1993. Complete Info 3.5 Staring Tom Hanks       Just to name a few ...        Nothing in Common Philadelphia The Terminal Money Pit     Irma P. Hall        Collateral Bad Company Patch Adams Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil     Marlon Wayans        Of course .. Scary Movie and Scary Movie 2     J. K. Simmons        The Ref The Cider House Rulse For the Love of the Game The Gift and of course playing J Jonah Jameson in Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3 and lots of TV including Law & Order (45 episodes) and The Closer     Tzi Ma        Rush Hour Rush Hour 3     Ryan Hurst        The Postman Patch Adams Rules of Engagement Remember the Titans Taken Sons of Anarchy     First, I have been asked before if I ever saw the original The Ladykillers with the great cast of  Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, Danny Green, Jack Warner and Katie Johnson.  To this I have said .. yes.  And to me the original is the best.  But having said that .. there are those I know that do/would like the remake more than the original.  The original was a 1955 British black comedy and for that reason some of the 'humor' would be lost. Okay .. having said that this film has some very funny bits. Although Tom Hanks does a 'serviceable' job in this, but I don't really think is is the best role for him.  Sometimes during the film I wonder about his mannerisms etc. I do really like J. K. Simmons and Ryan Hurst in their roles .. and Irma P. Hall does a very funny job in her role. Like I said .. the original is the best .. but for those who have not seen it OR for a different take on the story this is a funny film.
	Princess of Thieves Sherwood Forest has a courageous new hero — Gwyn, the daughter of Robin Hood — in this thrilling new adventure packed with swashbuckling fun for the whole family. Possessing the cunning skills of her legendary father and the beauty and intelligence of her mother Marion, Gwyn (Keira Knightley, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace) is anxious to follow in Robin Hood's footsteps. But he'd rather see her remain safely behind under the watchful eye of Friar Tuck and her best friend Froderick. As King Richard nears death, Robin Hood and his Merry Men are summoned to help bring Richard's son Prince Philip to his rightful place on the throne before the evil Prince John can assume power. But when Robin Hood is captured by the Sheriff of Nottingham (Malcolm McDowell, My Life So Far) and sentenced to death, his life and the future of England lie in Gwyn's inexperienced hands. Complete Info 2.0 Staring Keira Knightley    Del Synnott Stephen Moyer Malcolm McDowell This is a horrible movie.  I couldn't get into it, has no relationship with any of the characters and .. oh my.  It was a movie simply to promote a female 'robin hood' and couldn't even be the slightest original.  For all the cast and crew .. this is to them what 'Labyrinth' is to Tom Cruise (well that is not exactly fair as that was probably Tom's best acting job) Don't waste your time even looking at the cover .. in fact this 'review' is the best you will get from this movie.

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What I am watching on 24Oct12 -

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Family Guy: Volume One: Disc Two: Season Two: Episodes 1-7 008 - Family Guy - S02E01 - Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater Complete Info "Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater" is the first episode of season two of Family Guy, a holdover from season 1, originally aired on Fox on September 23, 1999. It guest-stars Robin Leach as himself, and Fairuza Balk as Connie D'Amico. This episode's title is a reference to the nursery rhyme Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater. 3.5 This is a fun episode .. dealing with how Peter met Lois and the inheritence from her aunt Marguerite Pewterschmidt.  Peter as a 'blue blood' is an entirely new experience.  Also, i think this is the first episode with musical numbers. 009 - Family Guy - S02E02 - Holy Crap Holy Crap is the second episode from the second season, a holdover from season 1 of the FOX animated television series Family Guy. It originally aired on September 30, 1999. This episode features Peter's devoutly religious, recently retired father Francis comes to visit, though he is intolerant of the others and makes life miserable the rest of the Griffin family; nevertheless, Peter tries to bond with him, since he had always been neglectful of his son. When all else fails, Peter resorts to kidnapping the Pope by taking the place of his regular driver to settle their conflict. He then brings the Pope back to his house, where he attempts to mediate his problems. Afterwards, Peter reconciles with Francis, who is hired for the job of working as the Pope's security guard during his tour of the United States. Complete Info 3.0 Good episode but just isn't my favorite.  Don't like Peter's dad (which is probably the point).  There are some very good bits 010 - Family Guy - S02E03 - Da Boom "Da Boom" is the third episode and the mid-season finale of the second season of the animated comedy series Family Guy. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on December 26, 1999. The episode features the Griffin family after a nuclear holocaust occurs, due to Y2K on New Year's Eve. The family then travels in search of food, and eventually decide to establish a town around a Twinkie factory. Peter then takes over the town, establishing himself as mayor, but eventually becomes power hungry, and is overthrown. Complete Info 3.5 First episode with the Chicken.  Great one dealing with the Y2K apocalypse 011 - Family Guy - S02E04 - Brian in Love "Brian in Love" is the fourth episode and the mid-season premiere from the second season of the FOX, animated series Family Guy. It is the 11th episode of Family Guy to be aired. It guest stars Sam Waterston as Dr. Kaplan, and features a photograph of former CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather as a pun. Complete Info 3.5 A very funny bit on the Lindbergh baby .. 012 - Family Guy - S02E05 - Love Thy Trophy "Love Thy Trophy" is the fifth episode of the second season of the animated series Family Guy, a holdover from season 1. It originally aired in the United States on Fox on March 14, 2000. In the episode, Peter and his neighbors create an award-winning float at a local parade. The trophy in question quickly becomes the neighbors' obsession, and they begin fighting when it disappears. Meanwhile, Meg acquires a Prada purse with money from her job, where she falsely claims that baby Stewie is her neglected son, subsequently getting him placed in a foster home; the neighbors resolve their differences and re-obtain Stewie, losing Meg's Prada purse in the process. The end of the episode reveals that Brian buried the trophy due to his natural urge to bury shiny things Complete Info 3.0 Fun episode but average 013 - Family Guy - S02E06 - Death is a Bitch "Death Is a Bitch" is the sixth episode of the second season of the FOX animated series Family Guy. It is the 13th episode of Family Guy to be aired. It was produced for season one, but aired in season two. Due to this fact, Meg is voiced by Lacey Chabert instead of Mila Kunis. Norm Macdonald guest stars as Death. Complete Info 4.0 Great episode where Death first shows up.  Peter does lots of stupid bits because Death is laid up on his couch.  Poor Stewie can't kill Lois either.  Norm Macdonald is a funny death.

Falling Skies: Season Two 011 - Falling Skies - S02E01 - Worlds Apart "Worlds Apart" is the second season premiere episode of the American television drama series Falling Skies, and the 11th overall episode of the series. It originally aired on TNT in the United States on June 17, 2012 as a two-hour season premiere with the second episode of the season. Written by the first season showrunner Mark Verheiden and directed by Greg Beeman, "Worlds Apart" was the first original Falling Skies episode in 10 months. Remi Aubuchon was hired as the showrunner for the second season in May 2011 before the first season premiere. He replaced Verheiden, who is also the co-executive producer. Once Aubuchon entered the writer's room, he began speaking of the cliffhanger left over from the first season finale. He stated that creating the follow-up was a "fun challenge, which propelled a lot of the storytelling for the second season." Complete Info 3.5 Good opening episode to the second season. 012 - Falling Skies - S02E02 - Shall We Gather at the River "Shall We Gather at the River" is the second episode of the second season of the American television drama series Falling Skies, and the 12th overall episode of the series. It originally aired on TNT in the United States on June 17, 2012 as a two-hour season premiere with the first episode of the season. It was written by Bradley Thompson & David Weddle and directed by Greg Beeman. Complete Info 3.5 Tom is having nightmares and the question is .. is he still loyal to humans or turned to aliens. 013 - Falling Skies - S02E03 - Compass "Compass" is the third episode of the second season of the American television drama series Falling Skies, and the 13th overall episode of the series. It originally aired on TNT in the United States on June 24, 2012. It was written by Brian Oh and directed by Michael Katleman. Complete Info 3.5

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When Will I Be Loved Neve Campbell, Dominic Chianese and Fred Weller star in this smoldering erotic thriller about a femme fatale exploring the fierce and frightening reach of her sexual power - and the red-hot fusion of money, power and desire. Directed by James Toback, 'When Will I Be Loved' is an "illumination of sexual and identity politics" (Slant Magazine) that sizzles and seduces. Complete Info 3.5 Staring Neve Campbell        Of course playing Sidney Prescott in all the Scream Film Series fun in The Canterville Ghost wildly sexy in Wild Things and sensitive in Panic and fairly clueless in Drowning Mona The Company Blind Horizon     Frederick Weller        bit part in Armageddon great in the TV series In Plain Sight     Dominic Chianese Ashley Shelton James Toback I had never seen or heard of this film before and picked it up to fill in my Neve Campbell section .. A little naked (the worst shower scene ever) .. a little lesbo (slang here intended as incitement of this film only) action .. This film tries to be 'art' and even fails at being that.  I did watch it to the end, though i started to turn it off halfway.  It did get better about 3/4s of the way through the film.  The ending was interesting .. but .. This is the second film in a row that I have given 2.0 .. in fact I have never done that before .. i can usually justify something better but not here. RUN .. do not watch this film.

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What I am watching on 25Oct12 -

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Family Guy: Volume One: Disc Two: Season Two: Episodes 1-7 014 - Family Guy - S02E07 - The King is Dead "The King Is Dead" is the seventh episode of the second season of the FOX animated series Family Guy. It is the 14th episode of Family Guy to be aired. It was the last episode produced for season one but aired in season two. Lois is named director of the Quahog Players theater group production because the previous director died. She decides to produce The King and I. When Peter auditions poorly for the show with the theme song to Land of the Lost, Lois names him producer in the hopes of keeping him out of the way, but Peter gradually takes over, radically changing the play. He gets the play mentioned on the news by casting newscaster Diane Simmons as Anna, trying his best to make the play perfect for Lois and him. Wikipedia Episode Info 3.0 Some very funny bits and the usual Peter excesses

Family Guy: Volume One: Disc Three: Season Two: Episodes 8-14 015 - Family Guy - S02E08 - I Am Peter, Hear Me Roar "I Am Peter, Hear Me Roar" is the eighth episode from the second season of the FOX animated series Family Guy. It is the 15th episode of Family Guy to be aired. Candice Bergen guest starred, as Gloria Ironbox. This episode is included in the Freakin' Sweet Collection. The fact that this episode was first broadcast on March 28, 2000, the same day as the previous episode, "The King Is Dead", caused series creator Seth MacFarlane to be concerned the show was soon to be canceled. Peter and the neighbors receive an advertisement in the mail, indicating that they will receive free boats if they attend a timeshare sales pitch. However, during a high-pressure sales interview, Peter trades the boat for a mystery box, which turns out to contain tickets for a comedy club. At the club, Peter becomes drunk and attempts to tell jokes on stage. Before his brief performance, during which he mostly abuses the audience, he places his beer in his pocket upside-down, spilling it down his pants. The audience, amused that Peter looks like he wet himself, laughs hysterically, leading drunk Peter to believe they liked his jokes. Peter thus believes his humor to be a hit. Wikipedia Episode Info 3.0 Peter takes on femenism and loses. 016 - Family Guy - S02E09 - If I'm Dyin' I'm Lyin' "If I'm Dyin', I'm Lyin'" is the ninth episode of the second season of the FOX animated series Family Guy. It was the 16th episode of Family Guy to be aired. It was produced for season one but aired in season two. It guest-starred Martin Mull as Mr. Harris, and Fred Tatasciore as Chevy Chase. Chris has been failing school recently, and Lois forbids him from watching TV until his grades improve. Lois suggests to Peter that he help Chris with his study skills. This prompts Peter to lie to her about studying so that he and Chris can watch their favorite television show, Gumbel 2 Gumbel: Beach Justice, a crime drama starring brothers Bryant and Greg Gumbel. However, he is disappointed to discover that the show has been canceled. To get it back on the air, Peter decides to tell the Grant-a-Dream Foundation that Chris is suffering from a made-up terminal illness called "tumorsyphilisitisosis", the symptoms of which include growing extra nipples (actually pepperoni slices) across one's torso, and that being able to watch the show is his dying wish. Wikipedia Episode Info 3.5 Even God shows up on this one, though he isn't listed in the credits.  Nothing better than the 6 plagues 017 - Family Guy - S02E10 - Running Mates "Running Mates" is the tenth episode from the second season of the Fox animated series Family Guy. It is the 17th episode of Family Guy to be aired. The episode first aired on April 11, 2000. It was written by Garrett Donovan and Neil Goldman, and directed by John Holmquist. Lee Majors guest stars as himself. This episode is rated TV-14 LS. It was also the last episode of the first production season of Family Guy to have Lacey Chabert voice Meg Griffin. Lois' campaign for school board president is interrupted when Brian tells Lois that he got a call from the principal, saying that Chris got caught peeking into the girls' locker room. After Peter shows Chris pornographic magazines and Chris sells some of the porn to his friends, Lois finally holds a campaign for Head of the School Board of Education. Wikipedia Episode Info 3.5 Peter really doesn't want to be on the school board .. anything to stop Lois.  Some very funny bits. 018 - Family Guy - S02E11 - A Picture Is Worth 1,000 Bucks "A Picture Is Worth a 1,000 Bucks" is the 11th episode from the second season of the Fox animated series Family Guy. It is the 18th episode of Family Guy to be aired. It guest-starred Candice Bergen as Murphy Brown, Faith Ford as Corky Sherwood and Charles Kimbrough as Jim Dial. Mila Kunis permanently takes over the role of Meg from Lacey Chabert beginning with this episode. For his birthday, Peter drives his family to Bob's Funland and Putt Putt Golf. The attraction's owner, Bob Funland, soon asks them to leave, after Peter causes trouble for other customers. Peter grows unhappy over his lack of accomplishments when he remembers Bob Funland from school. Chris gives Peter an astonishingly good painting as a present, but Peter simply uses it to cover a hole in the window of his car. An art dealer named Antonio Monatti buys the painting for $5,000 and urges Peter to bring Chris to Manhattan, where he could become a famous artist. Wikipedia Episode Info 3.5 I really like the Bing Crosby bit dealing with beating the children.  The Griffins in New York is a very real problem.  Along with some great funny bits including rips on Kate Moss and other famous people. And Stewie is perfect for Calvin Cline ..

Falling Skies: Season Two 014 - Falling Skies - S02E04 - Young Bloods "Young Bloods" is the fourth episode of the second season of the American television drama series Falling Skies, and the 14th overall episode of the series. It originally aired on TNT in the United States on July 1, 2012. It was written by Heather V. Regnier and directed by Miguel Sapochnik. Wikipedia Episode Info 3.5 Weaver's daughter Jeanne is found along with a group of kids. 015 - Falling Skies - S02E05 - Love and Other Acts of Courage "Love and Other Acts of Courage" is the fifth episode of the second season of the American television drama series Falling Skies, and the 15th overall episode of the series. It originally aired on TNT in the United States on July 8, 2012. It was written by Joe Weisberg and directed by John Dahl. Wikipedia Episode Info 3.0 Good basic show .. no outstanding bits 016 - Falling Skies - S02E06 - Homecoming "Homecoming" is the sixth episode of the second season of the American television drama series Falling Skies, and the 16th overall episode of the series. It originally aired on TNT in the United States on July 15, 2012. It was written by Brian Oh and directed by Greg Beeman. Wikipedia Episode Info 3.5 Group of de-harnessed kids are found but only 1 is alive.  Weaver gets very sick from alien infection .. Tom needs to take control but .. 017 - Falling Skies - S02E07 - Molon Labe "Molon Labe" is the seventh episode of the second season of the American television drama series Falling Skies, and the 17th overall episode of the series. It originally aired on TNT in the United States on July 22, 2012. It was written by Bradley Thompson & David Weddle and directed by Holly Dale. Wikipedia Episode Info 3.5 The second part .. having captured a Master the other aliens are trying to negotiate with the rebels.  And Ben needs to leave the group.

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Elementary Elementary is an American take on the Sherlock Holmes story.  With Sherlock Holmes, played by Jonny Lee Miller, being an addict who has just been released from a rehabilitation center.  With the help of Joan Watson, portrayed by Lucy Liu, an ex-surgeon with demons of her own whose job it is to keep Holmes clean. Complete Info 3.5 Staring Jonny Lee Miller        .. yep .. he was the star in Hackers .. along with Angelina Jolie     Lucy Liu        of course the very rude and beautiful Ling Woo in the great comedy tv series plus the very bad and oh so sexie O-Ren Ishii (Cottonmouth) in Kill Bill Volume 1 Payback     Aidan Quinn        who was brilliant in Benny and Joon Legends of the Fall     Episodes Watched -- 003 - Elementary - S01E03 - Child Predator While trying to find out more about what led Watson to leave her old job, Holmes begins to suspect that there's something fishy about patients at the hospital supposedly dying of natural causes. TV.Com Episode Info 3.5 Great episode dealing with a horible subject .. and every parents worse nightmare. 004 - Elementary - S01E04 - The Rat Race Holmes and Watson take on a case that involves the death of a Wall Street executive overdosed on heroin, in spite of Holmes' dislike of bankers. Also, Watson tries to resume her dating. TV.Com Episode Info 3.5 When a Wall Stree executive is murdered only Holmes believes it is murder.  Many people would wonder why he would care with his hatred of bankers. This is the fourth episode of this great series.  I like the character played by Jonny Lee very much and Lucy Liu is great in her role. I believe that with these strong characters they didn't need to play the 'sherlock' card.  But that being what was done I still like this show.  Good stories and follow through.

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	Scre4m Directed by suspense master and director of the first trilogy, Wes Craven, Scream 4 is the newest installment in the acclaimed franchise that ushered in a new wave of horror in the 1990s. In Scream 4, Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), now the author of a self-help book, returns home to Woodsboro on the last stop of her book tour. There she reconnects with Sheriff Dewey (David Arquette) and Gale (Courteney Cox), who are now married, as well as her cousin Jill (Emma Roberts). Unfortunately Sidney's appearance also brings about the return of Ghost Face, putting Sidney, Gale, and Dewey, along with Jill, her friends (Hayden Panettiere, Rory Culkin, Adam Brody) and the whole town of Woodsboro in danger. Wikipedia Film Info 3.5 Staring David Arquette        Of course playing Dewey Riley in all the Scream Film Series Wild Bill Never Been Kissed 3000 Miles to Graceland     Neve Campbell        Of course playing Sidney Prescott in all the Scream Film Series fun in The Canterville Ghost wildly sexy in Wild Things and sensitive in Panic and fairly clueless in Drowning Mona The Company Blind Horizon When Will I Be Loved     Courteney Cox        Of course playing Gale Weathers in all the Scream Film Series Cocoon: The Return 3000 Miles to Graceland Zoom     Emma Roberts Hayden Panettiere        Of course playing Claire Bennet in the great TV series Heroes A Bug's Life (voice) Remember the Titans Joe Somebody Raising Helen     I gave this a 3.5 as I think it is just about as good as the original.  Storyline has some good bits and the dialog is not that bad.  Direction is smooth and consistent. Loved seeing Anna Paquin in a cameo similar to Drew Barrymore's cameo in the original Scream. If you like good slasher films .. then this is a good one.
	HBO Films: The Girl - 2012 IMDb Film Info A look at the relationship between filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock and actress Tippi Hedren. 3.5 Staring Sienna Miller        Layer Cake Factory Girl Stardust     Toby Jones        Orlando Ever After the character Dobby in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 The Mist City of Ember Captain America: The First Avenger     Penelope Wilton        Calendar Girls Shaun of the Dead of course as Harriet Jones in Doctor Who     Imelda Staunton        Of course as Professor Dolores Jane Umbridge in Harry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixHarry Potter and the Half Blood Prince and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 Much Ado About Nothing Citizen X Shakespeare in Love Chicken Run     Sean Cameron Michael     I don't know if this is 'true' or just another story about Alfred Hitchcock .. but this film is well done.  I enjoyed it very much. Great cast and performances .. storyline very good.
	Factory Girl In the 1960s, no star burned brighter than original "It" girl Edie Sedgwick. Starring Sienna Miller (Casanova) in a "captivating, compelling and absurdly sexy" performance (Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press), Factory Girl follows Edie's meteoric rise from art student to the top of New York's fashion scene. As the muse of pop artist Andy Warhol (Guy Pearce), Edie paid a steep price for fame. An intoxicating journey through pop-culture history, Factory Girl takes us inside Warhol's legendary studio, where the worlds of art, fashion and celebrity all collided. Wikipedia Film Info 3.5 Staring Sienna Miller        Layer Cake great in HBO Films The Girl Stardust     Guy Pearce        the wonderful The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Rules of Engagement Momento The Time Machine Prometheus     Hayden Christensen        although his first film is one of my favorites In the Mouth of Madness I can't really count that as I had no idea it was him (will have to watch that again to see) he was VERY GOOD in Life as a House Jumper and of course as Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader in  Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (but not counting his bit in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (2004 DVD release) because he wasn't in it originally .. another bastardization by George Lucas)     Jimmy Fallon        Almost Famous Fever Pitch     Mena Suvari        very beautiful in American Beauty in both American Pie and American Pie 2 Day of the Dead American Reunion     Shawn Hatosy        The Postman The Faculty John Q The Cooler 11:14 and lots of TV including Southland     I don't know how true this is .. read a few quick bio bits and seems straight. It is a mid-late 60's piece about New York and the Andy Warhol period.  It was totally different here on the U.S. West Coast.  Very different .. didn't really have the 'beautiful people'. Interesting story, like "Gia" about a persons fall from great heights by great demons.  With the help of takers like Warhol.  Someone should have shot him ..

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	Deception Leave your inhibitions at the door as Hugh Jackman (X-Men trilogy) and Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain) lure Ewan McGregor (Moulin Rouge!) into a tangled web of lust and lies in this scorching erotic thriller. Lonely, timid accountant Jonathan McQuarry (McGregor) lives only for his work – until a chance meeting with suave, charismatic, corporate lawyer Wyatt Bose (Jackman) introduces him to "The List." Suddenly, the right cell-phone number and the words, "are you free tonight," launch Jonathan on a decadent journey of sexual conquests and self-discovery amidst New York's power elite. But an affair with a ravishing and mysterious stranger (Williams) will expose him to yet another world he never imagined: one of betrayal, treachery and murder! Wikipedia Film Info 3.5 Staring Hugh Jackman        As the Wolverine in X-Men film series Kate and Leopold Swordfish Van Helsing The Prestige Real Steel     Ewan McGregor        Trainspotting Nightwatch A Life Less Ordinary Of course as Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith Big Fish The Island Andels & Demons The Men Who Stare at Goats     Michelle Williams        as the young Sil in Species Halloween H20: 20 Years Later Brokeback Mountain Shutter Island     Lisa Gay Hamilton        Halloween H20: 20 Years Later True Crime The Truth About Charlie the great TV show The Practice The Soloist     This is a well done thriller.  Ewan Mcgregor is great in this .. as usual.  I do for moments get tired of his sometimes wimpy character but then he does something good.  Hugh Jackman is very food in this one but I don't think he is really believable as a bad guy. I like the filming and direction.  The story line is good without giving much away. Over all i really like this one.  It is one that goes in my list as a re-watch.
	The Flock Erroll Babbage (Richard Gere) has spent his career tracking sex offenders, and his unorthodox methods are nearly as brutal as the criminals he monitors. When he links one of his deranged parolees to the disappearance of a local girl, he and his new partner (Claire Danes) must scour the S&M underground to find her before it's too late. Directed in blistering style by international sensation Andrew Lau ('Internal Affairs'), 'The Flock' is an intense, hi-octane thriller that dares to enter the frighteningly real world of sexual deviants and those who must stop them. Wikipedia Film Info 3.5 Staring Richard Gere        Looking for Mr. Goodbar Days of Heaven An Officer and a Gentleman The Cotton Club No Mercy Internal Affairs Pretty Woman Final Analysis And the Band Played On Intersection First Knight Primal Fear The Jackal Red Corner Runaway Bride Unfaithful The Mothamn Prophecies     Claire Danes        The great holiday movie [/Home for the Holidaysurl] To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday U Turn Fun as Julie Barnes in The Mod Squad Brokedown Palace The Hours Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines The Family Stone Stardust     KaDee Strickland     Avril Lavigne        Girl, Interrupted Something's Gotta Give The Grudge Fever Pitch     Ray Wise(Great character actor)        X-Men: First Class Good Night, and Good Luck Rising Sun Bob Roberts Twin Peaks Vice President Hal Gardner in 24 As the Devil in Reaper As Father Peter Westley in TV series Psych     At first I wasn't sure i was going to like the film.  The characters and what they were going through .. i didn't like it.  But as the film moved on I liked it more and more.  The characters became more human .. the situations more real. I never know if I am going to like Richard Gere's performance but in this one I think it was very very good.  And Clare Danes .. what can you say .. so talented and so beautiful. I really like this one over all .. a good watch .. and i would/will watch it again.
	The Fountain Yesterday, today, tomorrow. Past, present, future. Through time and space, one man embarks on a bold 1000-year odyssey to defeat humankind's most indomitable foe: Death. Hugh Jackman plays that man, devoted to one woman (Rachel Weisz) and determined to protect her from forces that threaten her existence. His quest leads him to a Tree of Life...and to an adventure into eternity. Darren Aronofsky (Pi, Requiem for a Dream) directs, continuing his string of imaginative, involving filmmaking with a tale alive with ideas and filled with astonishing vistas. "Not many films can blow your mind and break your heart at the same time, but this one will" (Drew McWeeny, Ain't It Cool News). Wikipedia Film Info 3.5 Staring Hugh Jackman        As the Wolverine in X-Men film series Kate and Leopold Swordfish Van Helsing Deception Real Steel     Rachel Weisz        Chain Reaction Stealing Beauty the first two 'new' Mummy movies The Mummy and The Mummy Returns Constantine plus a couple others     Ellen Burstyn        The Last Picture Show The Exorcist Alice Doesn't Leave Here Anymore Harry and Tonto the very funny Same Time, Next Year Resurrection The Cemetery Club How to Make an American Quilt Roommates The Spitfire Grill Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood The Wicker Man     Mark Margolis (lots of bit parts)        The Opening of Misty Beethoven Diner Tales from the Darkside: The Movie Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Mickey Blue Eyes End of Days Black Swan     This is a great visual feast from director Darren Aronofsky who brought us Pi and Black Swan among others. I really like this one and have to get it on Blu-Ray for the effects. Great film and everyone should watch it.  If you like The Cell or The Fall you will like this one.

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Psych: The Complete First Season: Disc 1 Wikipedia Film Info 3.5 Staring James Roday        Showtime Don't Come Knocking Skinwalkers     Dulé Hill        Whisper Holes Men of Honor     Timothy Omundson        Starship Troopers Swordfish Judging Amy     Maggie Lawson        Cybill Pleasantville Cleaner     Kirsten Nelson        War of the Worlds Everwood Ally McBeal Buffy the Vampire Slayer     Corbin Bernsen        L.A. Law Kiss Kiss Bang Bang L.A. Law: The Movie All of the Major League series Major League, Major League II,  and Major League: Back to the Minors     Episodes Watched 001 - Psych - S01E01 - Pilot When Shawn Spencer is arrested for calling in an accurate tip to the police because only the perpetrator would know the details, his only way out is pretending to be a psychic. It turns out Santa Barbara PD isn't done with him. They ask him to consult on a kidnapping case, and a business is born. Wikipedia Episode Info 3.5 Great first episode for a really great series.  Sharp funny dialog.

Psych: The Complete First Season: Disc 2 002 - Psych - S01E02 - Spellingg Bee Gus believes he's reached his personal nirvana when he and Shawn are asked to help investigate the disappearance of an inhaler at the Regional Spelling Bee, but things turn deadly with the murder of the bee's spellmaster and only Gus' encyclopedic knowledge of the event can help Shawn solve the case. TV.COM Episode Info 3.5 Fun episode and starting the "Shawn did this to Gus" bits.  Witty dialog and good storyline.  Great bits between Shawn and his Dad. 003 - Psych - S01E03 - Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Piece Banned by Lassister from participating in a high-profile engagement ring robbery investigation, Shawn and Gus finagle a wedding invitation and a place in the case – unbeknown to Lassiter – just as it turns from theft to murder with the discovery of a security guard's body. TV.Com Episode Info 3.5 Another fun episode with excellent dialog. 004 - Psych - S01E04 - Woman Seeking Dead Husband Smokers Only, No Pets Shawn and Gus land their first non-SBPD case when a widow hires them to find some cash that her husband stole from a bank. TV.Com Episode Info 3.5 Fun episode with some good twists. 005 - Psych - S01E05 - 9 Lives Shawn claims a psychic connection with a cat so he can continue his investigation into a what he believes is a murder, but that the police have labeled a suicide, and the link he finds to a hotline may involve one of SBPD's own officers. TV.Com Episode Info 3.5 Another fun episode.  James Roday (Shawn Spencer) shows a very good range of comedy in this one.  006 - Psych - S01E06 - Weekend Warriors Shawn and Gus attend a Civil War reenactment rehearsal for the sheer pleasure of watching Lassiter have a nervous breakdown as he runs it, but when a scripted death turns real they end up donning uniforms themselves in order to find the murderer and perhaps prevent another TV.Com Episode Info 3.5 Funny episode dealing with reenactment .. in Santa Barbara, CA.  More great dialog and bits

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The Langoliers Something bizarre has happened aboard flight #29...a nightmare so chilling, so frightening, so unrelenting it could only come from the mind of Stephen King. Now the master storyteller of our time gives terror a new name in THE LANGOLIERS. A jet leaves on a red-eye flight from Los Angeles to Boston. But early in the flight, ten passengers awaken to a startling realization: All of the other passengers have vanished – and the ground below is only...ground. But once they manage to land the plane, the situation doesn't improve. No one is there...the air is still...the clocks have stopped...and a dread, evil presence bent on their destruction is headed straight for them. Based on the novella from the best-selling anthology Four Past Midnight, Patricia Wettig (City Slickers II), Bronson Pincho (Beverly Hills Cop), Dean Stockwell (The Player) and David Morse (The Getaway) stare into the jaws of oblivion in this nightmare from the mind of Stephen King. Wikipedia Film Info 3.5 Staring Patricia Wettig        The great series Thirtysomething Alias Brothers & Sisters City Slickers and City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold     Dean Stockwell        as Cylon John Cavil in Battlestar Galactica Dune Blue Velvet Quantum Leap     David Morse        Desperate Hours The Good Son 12 Monkeys The Rock Extreme Measures The Long Kiss Goodnight Contact The Green Mile The Negotiator 16 Blocks Hounddog     Mark Lindsay Chapman lots of TV including        Max Headroom     Frankie Faison        Manhunter The Money Pit Maximum Overdrive and as Barney in The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal and Red Dragon     Baxter Harris Kimber Riddle Christopher Collet        Firstborn The Manhattan Project     Kate Maberly        The Secret Garden Finding Neverland     Bronson Pinchot        Perfect Strangers TV Series Second Sight Beverly Hills Cop and Beverly Hills Cop III First Wives Club     I don't know why I like this film (tv miniseries) but I do (sigh).  It is not particularly the implementation of Stephen King's short story (from Four Past Midnight.  And the filming and acting is not the greatest, although some of the performances are not that bad. There is just something about it.  Maybe it is the character of of Craig Toomey.  The complete breakdown.  Bronson Pinchot did a great job of this. But there you have it .. if you haven't seen it then do at your own risk.  If you have seen it then you know.

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Psych: The Complete First Season: Disc 2 007 - Psych - S01E07 - Who Ya Gonna Call Shawn reluctantly settles for a private client who claims a ghost has it in for him after Lassiter kicks Gus and him off the much more interesting case of a murdered psychologist, but the two investigations seem to be running parallel and Shawn may still end up solving the police's case TV.Com Episode Info 3.0 First one of the series that lets me down a little.  Not the snappiest dialog nor story.  Still good but just average.

The Simpsons: The Complete Second Season: Disc Two 023 - The Simpsons - S02E10 - Bart Gets Hit by a Car "Bart Gets Hit by a Car" is the tenth episode of The Simpsons' second season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on January 10, 1991. At the start of the episode, Bart is hit by Mr. Burns' car. Prompted by ambulance chasing lawyer Lionel Hutz and quack doctor Dr. Nick Riviera, the Simpsons sue Mr. Burns, seeking extensive damages for Bart's injuries. Hutz and Dr. Nick exaggerate Bart's injuries so they can gain sympathy at the trial. Marge is against the lawsuit, and she grows concerned with Homer's behavior and the fact that he is asking Bart to lie. "Bart Gets Hit by a Car" was written by John Swartzwelder and directed by Mark Kirkland. The episode's plot was based on Billy Wilder's 1966 film The Fortune Cookie. Much of the ending of the show was pitched by executive producer James L. Brooks, who felt the episode needed a more emotional ending. The episode includes the debuts of three recurring characters, Lionel Hutz, Dr. Nick and the Blue-Haired Lawyer. The devil is also shown for the first time. Recurring guest star Phil Hartman makes his first appearance as Hutz. The show's then-script supervisor Doris Grau also voices a character in the show for the first time. Wikipedia Episode Info - List of Opening Couch Gags - Homer squeezes everyone off the couch one by one until he has the couch all to himself. 3.5 Bart goes to Hell .. probably not for the first OR last time.  Phil Hartman (great talent lost) stars as ambulance chacer Lionel Hutz. 024 - The Simpsons - S02E11 - One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish "One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish" is the eleventh episode of The Simpsons' second season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on January 24, 1991. In the episode, Homer consumes a poisonous fugu fish at a sushi restaurant, and is told that he has only twenty-two hours left to live. He accepts his fate and makes a list of all the things he wants to do before he dies. The episode was written by Nell Scovell and directed by Wes Archer. It features guest appearances from Larry King, George Takei, Sab Shimono, Joey Miyashima, and Diane Tanaka. The episode was selected for release in a video collection of selected episodes, titled The Last Temptation Of Homer, that was released November 9, 1998. The episode features cultural references to songs such as “Theme from Shaft”, “Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves”, and "When the Saints Go Marching In". Since airing, the episode has received mostly positive reviews from television critics. It acquired a Nielsen rating of 14.1, and was the highest-rated show on the Fox network the week it aired. Wikipedia Episode Info - List of Opening Gags - 3.5 Guest Stars Larry King, George Takei, Sab Shimono and Joey Miyashima. Great episode with rips on sushi and Japanese cusine with major plays on every stereo type known.  Not even Blow-Fish can stop Homer. 025 - The Simpsons - S02E12 - The Way We Was "The Way We Was" is the twelfth episode of The Simpsons' second season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on January 31, 1991. In the episode, Marge tells the story of how she and Homer first met and fell in love. Flashing back to 1974, we see how Homer falls in love with Marge in high school and tries to get close to her by enlisting her as his French tutor. After several hours of verb conjugation, Marge falls for Homer too, only to become enraged when he admits that he is not a French student. Marge rejects Homer's invitation to the prom and goes with Artie Ziff. Artie turns out to be a terrible date and Marge realizes that it is Homer she really wants. The episode was written by Al Jean, Mike Reiss, and Sam Simon, and directed by David Silverman. It was the first flashback episode of The Simpsons. Jon Lovitz guest starred in it as Artie Ziff. The episode features cultural references to songs such as "The Joker" and "(They Long to Be) Close to You", and the television series Siskel & Ebert & the Movies. Since airing, the episode has received mostly positive reviews from television critics. It acquired a Nielsen rating of 15.6, and was the highest-rated show on the Fox network the week it aired. Wikipedia Episode Info - List Opening Couch Gags - The family sits on the couch and it falls through the floor. 3.0 Fun episode Stars Jon Lovitz.  Favorite family loses tv and Homer, Bart and Lisa go nuts.  Marge calms them down by telling about how they were when they got together.  Simpsons version of Breakfast Club .. well partially.  Though during the ending credits Homer does sing The Joker.

Ally McBeal: The Complete First Season: Disc 1 Wikipedia Film Info 4.0 Staring in Season 1 Calista Flockhart        Quizz Show The Bird Cage A Midsummer Night's Dream Fragile Brothers & Sisters     Greg Germann        Down to Earth Ned & Stacy Joe Somebody     Jane Krakowski        Mrs. Winterbourne The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas Open Season and Open Season 2 Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant 30 Rock     Peter MacNicol        Dragonslayer Ghostbusters II House Sitter Addams Family Values Chicago Hope Numb3rs 24     Lisa Nicole Carson     Gil Bellows        The Shawshank Redemption Blind Horizon The Weather Man The Cleaner     Courtney Thorne-Smith        Lucas Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise Melrose Place According to Jim Two and a Half Men     Vonda Shepard     Episodes Watched 001 - Ally McBeal - S01E01 - Pilot Ally McBeal, 28, and a recent graduate of Harvard Law School, is harassed on the job by a senior associate. When she confronts the partners, it backfires and she loses her job. On the street, she literally bumps into an old classmate, Richard Fish, who offers her a position working for his new firm. She accepts, despite her misgivings about his ethical standards. While being introduced to her new fellow associates, she receives the shock of her career TV.Com Episode Info 4.0 Great pilot episode for one of the quirkiest series ever on TV.  Great dialog and great characters/actors makes this a series to watch 002 - Ally McBeal - S01E02 - Compromising Positions Fish's partner, John Cage faces fines, jail, and public humiliation. To her dismay, Ally is assigned to be a litigator. Fish invites Ally along to dinner with a very wealthy potential client, Ronald Cheanie. Unbeknownst to Ally, the dinner is really a double date with Fish and his girlfriend, Whipper. Ally is furious, but Cheanie turns out to be handsome and intelligent. TV.Com Episode Info 4.0 Another great episode bringing more highlight to  the characters.  With the addition of 'The Biscuit', Whipper and Vonda Shepard the cast is pretty settled for the first season.

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Scream The smash hit that transformed the horror genre into a phenomenon, Scream also launched the careers of some of today's brightest stars! After a series of mysterious deaths, an offbeat group of friends get caught up in a lively mix of thrills and chills! With hot stars Drew Barrymore (Ever After), Courteney Cox (TV's Friends), Neve Campbell (54), Skeet Ulrich (As Good As It Gets) and David Arquette (Beautiful Girls). Now you can experience this edge-of-your-seat thriller like never before with the Dimension Collector's Series on DVD. Wikipedia Film Info 4.0 Staring David Arquette        Of course playing Dewey Riley in all the Scream Film Series including              Scream Scream 2 Scream 3 Scream 4           Wild Bill Never Been Kissed 3000 Miles to Graceland     Neve Campbell        Of course playing Sidney Prescott in all the Scream Film Series including              Scream Scream 2 Scream 3 Scream 4           fun in The Canterville Ghost The Craft wildly sexy in Wild Things Panic Drowning Mona     Courteney Cox        Of course playing Gale Weathers in all the Scream Film Series including              Scream Scream 2 Scream 3 Scream 4           Cocoon: The Return 3000 Miles to Graceland Zoom     Matthew Lillard        Mad Love Hackers She's All That Thirteen Ghosts Whithout a Puddle Scooby-Doo     Rose McGowan        The Doom Generation Phantoms Monekygone The Black Dahlia Grindhouse – Planet Terror Charmed     Skeet Ulrich        Craft Boys As Good as It Gets Chill Factor Ride with the Devil     Drew Barrymore        E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Firestarter Irreconcilable Differences Cat's Eye Poison Ivy The Amy Fisher story Wayne's World 2 Bad Girls Boys on the Side Mad Love Batman Forever Scream The Wedding Singer Ever After Never Been Kissed Charlie's Anges and Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle Duplex 50 First Dates Fever Pitch Music and Lyrics     I love this film .. it is Best of Breed.  A strong recommend to everyone who likes thrillers.  For a slasher film the characters are all believable.  Situations are good.

Scream 2 Here's the incredible follow-up to the smash hit phenomenon Scream!  Away at college, Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell – Scream, TV's Party Of Five) thought she'd finally put the shocking murders that shattered her life behind her...until a copycat killer begins acting out a real-life sequel!  Now, as history eerily repeats itself, ambitious reporter Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox – Scream, Scream 3), deputy Dewey (David Arquette – Scream, Scream 3) and other Scream survivors find themselves trapped in a terrifyingly clever plotline where no one is safe – or beyond suspicion!  Director Wes Craven (Scream) and hit-making writer Kevin Williamson (Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer) team up once again and deliver the big screen's hippest, coolest, edgiest thrill-ride ever! 3.5 Staring David Arquette        Of course playing Dewey Riley in all the Scream Film Series including              Scream Scream 2 Scream 3 Scream 4           Wild Bill Never Been Kissed 3000 Miles to Graceland     Neve Campbell        Of course playing Sidney Prescott in all the Scream Film Series including              Scream Scream 2 Scream 3 Scream 4           fun in The Canterville Ghost The Craft wildly sexy in Wild Things Panic Drowning Mona     Courteney Cox        Of course playing Gale Weathers in all the Scream Film Series including              Scream Scream 2 Scream 3 Scream 4           Cocoon: The Return 3000 Miles to Graceland Zoom     Sarah Michelle Gellar        Of course as Buffy Summers in the great series Buffy the Vampire Slayer I Know What You Did Last Summer Small Soldiers (voice) Simply Irresistible Cruel Intentions Scooby-Doo The Grudge The Grudge 2 Suburban Girl     Jamie Kennedy        Of course playing Randy Meeks in 3 of the 4 Scream Film Series including              Scream Scream 2 Scream 3           Clockwathers As Good as It Gets Enemy of the State Three Kings     Jerry O'Connell        Great as Quinn Mallory in Sliders Crossing Jordon Stand By Me Calendar Girl Jerry Maguire Mission to Mars Kangaroo Jack Yours, Mine and Ours     Jada Pinkett .. sorry don't like her acting at all        Jason's Lyric Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight The Nutty Professor Ali As Niobe in The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions Collateral Reign Over Me     Liev Schreiber        Mad Love The Daytrippers Of course as Cotton Weary in Scream, Scream 2 and Scream 3 Ransom Phantoms Sphere A Walk on the Moon The Hurricane Kate and Leopold The Sum of All Fears The Manchurian Candidate The Omen X-Men Origins: Wolverine Taking Woodstock Salt     Laurie Metcalf        Of course as Jackie Harris in the great Roseanne Uncle Buck Internal Affairs Pacific Heights JFK Leaving Las Vegas U Turn Bulworth Runaway Bride Fun with Dick and Jane Meet the Robinsons Georgia Rule     Timothy Olyphant        The First Wives Club Gone in 60 Seconds Rock Star Dreamcatcher A Man Apart The Girl Next Door Live Free or Die Hard Hitman Meet Bill A Perfect Getaway     I had forgotten that Sarah Michelle Gellar was in this one.  I always love watching her .. it was fun to see here in this.  Hated to see her sliced and diced. Of course the only thing worse in this film that Pinkett (luckily she is in it only a few minutes) are the bits with Tory Spelling .. groan.  Must be another bit of the film making fun of itself.  I just don't get it. I really like this, the second in the film series.  Although you always tend to know what is going on the script, direction and music/sound do a great job of continuing to build suspense.  And the ending is great.  Lots of bits to throw suspicion here and there but in the end ... This is almost as good as the original.   Another stong recommendation for this one.

[Tom]

Of course the only thing worse in this film that Pinkett (luckily she is in it only a few minutes) are the bits with Tory Spelling .. groan.  Must be another bit of the film making fun of itself.  I just don't get it.

Didn't Sidney joke in the first movie, that with her luck, someone like Tori Spelling would be playing her, if her life gets made into a movie. At least this is how I remember it. So yes, this is another bit of the film making fun of itself.

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Yep .. ".. just my luck ..".  Great memory Tom.

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What I am watching on 01Nov12 -

TV Shows Being Watched --

Psych: The Complete First Season: Disc 3 008 - Psych - S01E08 - Shawn VS the Red Phantom Gus is ecstatic when it turns out the only real clue in his and Shawn's missing-person case is TriCon, the comic book and science fiction convention currently running in Santa Barbara. As bodies start turning up, they must balance their newly-scammed and increasingly onerous duties as George Takei's assistants with finding the killer and saving the teenager. Meanwhile, Detective Lassiter is involuntarily enlisted to help Chief Vick with a time-sensitive incident of her own. TV.Com Episode Info 3.5 Another fun episode 009 - Psych - S01E09 - Forget Me Not Henry's old captain believes he's solved a murder, but his Alzheimer's has caused him to forget the most important details: the crime, and who committed it. Henry calls in Shawn and Gus who find themselves investigating a murder that happened decades ago – or was it just the other day? – and only the faulty memory of the retired officer gives them any hope of closing the case. TV.Com Episode Info 3.5 Another fun episode

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Scream 3 Stars Neve Campbell, David Arquette and Courteney Cox Arquette are back for more in the chilling final chapter of this phenomenally popular and frightfully entertaining trilogy!  While Sidney Prescott (Campbell) lives in safely guarded seclusion, bodies begin dropping around the Hollywood set of Stab 3, the latest movie sequel based on the gruesome Woodsboro killings!  And when the escalating terror finally brings her out of hiding, Sidney and other Woodsboro survivors are once again drawn into an insidious game of horror movie mayhem!  But just when they thought they knew how to play by the rules, they discover that all the rules have been broken!  Featuring hot newcomers Parker Posey (The House Of Yes) and Jenny McCarthy (Diamonds) in another stellar ensemble cast, Scream 3 offers an unmatched mix of thrills, laughter and suspense that brings this spine-tingling saga to an unforgettable conclusion! Wikipedia Film Info 3.5 Staring David Arquette        Of course playing Dewey Riley in all the Scream Film Series including              Scream Scream 2 Scream 3 Scream 4           Wild Bill Never Been Kissed 3000 Miles to Graceland     Neve Campbell        Of course playing Sidney Prescott in all the Scream Film Series including              Scream Scream 2 Scream 3 Scream 4           fun in The Canterville Ghost The Craft wildly sexy in Wild Things Panic Drowning Mona     Courteney Cox        Of course playing Gale Weathers in all the Scream Film Series including              Scream Scream 2 Scream 3 Scream 4           Cocoon: The Return 3000 Miles to Graceland Zoom     Patrick Dempsey        Can't Buy Me Love In the Mood Loverboy Outbreak Sweet Home Alabama The Emperor's Club Enchanted Transformers: Dark of the Moon     Jenny McCarthy        Scary Movie 3 Two and a Half Men Tripping the Rift (voice)     Parker Posey        Coneheads Mixed Nuts The Doom Generation Waiting for Guffman You've Got Mail Best In Show A Mighty Wind Blade: Trinity Superman Returns The Eye     Deon Richmond     Jamie Kennedy        Of course playing Randy Meeks in 3 of the 4 Scream Film Series including              Scream Scream 2 Scream 3           Clockwathers As Good as It Gets Enemy of the State Three Kings     Lance Henriksen        Of course as Frank Black in the great TV series Millennium Network Close Encounters of the Third Kind    Damien: Omen II The Right Stuff Terminator Jagged Edge Aliens Jenifer 8 Alien 3 Hard Target No Escape Color of Night The Quick and the Dead Powder Alien vs Predator Jennifer's Body The Genesis Code     Fun to see Jay and Silent Bob and Carrie Fisher in a cameos. This film has more comedy bits in it that the first two do AND less actual violence.  Having said that I like this one almost as much as the first.  Fun script, dealing with the actors of "Stab 3" being killed in the same order as they are in the movie.  This is a great parody of the entire film series. I still like the characters (even the new ones) and enjoy the jobs done by the actors very much. Although not as scarey as the first two, this is a very good who-dun-it film.

The Breakfast Club They were five teenage students with nothing in common, faced with spending a Saturday detention together in their high school library.  At seven a.m., they had nothing to say, but by four p.m., they had bared their souls to each other and become good friends. John Hughes, creator of the critically acclaimed Sixteen Candles, wrote, directed and produced this hilarious and often touching comedy starring Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, and Ally Sheedy.  To the outside world they were simply the Jock, the Brain, the Criminal, the Princess, and the Kook, but to each other, they would always be The Breakfast Club. Wikipedia Film Info 4.0 Staring Emilio Estevez        The Outsiders Repo Man The Breakfast Club St. Elmo's Fire Maximum Overdrive (I like this more than it deserves) Stakeout Young Guns Young Guns II Men at Work Freejack The Mighty Ducks Another Stakeout Judgment Night (loved this one) D3: The Mighty Ducks (this one sucked) Rated X     Molly Ringwald        Sixteen Candles The Breakfast Club Pretty In Pink Fresh Horses Teaching Mrs. Tingle The Stand     Judd Nelson        The Breakfast Club St. Elmo's Fire Fandango Relentless New Jack City Airheads Suddenly Susan Cain byt the Lake Nevermore     Anthony Michael Hall        Of course as Johnny Smith in the TV series The Dead Zone National Lampoon's Vacation Sixteen Candles The Breakfast Club Weird Science Johnny Be Good Edward Scissorhands Six Degrees of Separation Trojan War *61 The Dark Knight Warehouse 13 3 eps     Ally Sheedy        WarGames Bad Boys Oxford Blues The Breakfast Club St. Elmo's Fire Maid to Order Short Circuit Short Circuit 2 Only the Lonely Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Parallel Lives As the character Mr. Yang in the TV seriesPsych     Paul Gleason        Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze though lame this was fun film The Great Santini Arthur Trading Places... gets it in the end The Breakfast Club Die Hard Money Talks     One of the Brat Pack films of the 80's, this IS John Hughes best 'teen' film. Great characters and fine actors playing the roles.  Lots of Teen Angst.  I give this a great 4.0 because of the period and the bits of teenage life.

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What I am watching on 03-04Nov12 -

TV Shows Being Watched --

Psych: The Complete First Season: Disc 3 010 - Psych - S01E10 - From the Earth to the Starbucks Unable to bear a morose Lassiter who doesn't rise to the bait, Shawn sets out to prove that Lassiter's theory of murder is correct: that an astronomer did not die of natural causes. TV.Com Episode Info 3.0 Good episode but not one of the best. 011 - Psych - S01E11 - He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not, He Loves Me, Oops He's Dead The duo's latest case, a gag from Lassiter, turns from an alien abduction investigation to a murder case with the discovery of naked body. Between tanning salons, speed dating and Henry disagreeing with their prime suspects, it's possible Lassiter will solve the case before Shawn and Gus can. TV.Com Episode Info 3.5 This is a fun episode with lots of making Lassiter feel better.  Good dialog .. fun mystery.

Psych: The Complete First Season: Disc 4 012 - Psych - S01E12 - Cloudy .. Chance of Murder A local weatherman is found dead the morning after a tryst; the man's lover is charged with the murder despite her claims of innocence. Shawn is intrigued and becomes a defense consultant in order to gain access to the case. TV.Com Episode Info 3.0 Fun episode though ending a bit wonky 013 - Psych - S01E13 - Game, Set .. Muuurder Lonely and bored, Shawn convinces Juliet to give him a shot with a case involving a missing tennis star, but first he has to spring an unwilling Gus from a corporate retreat. TV.Com Episode Info 3.5 Good episode .. very fun dialog and story line 014 - Psych - S01E14 - Poker  I Barely Know Her Henry's friend refuses to report his son, Brandon, missing after the son steals $30,000. Shawn agrees to help locate the son, and finds out that Brandon has been involved in some underground poker. Meanwhile, O'Hara tries to surprise Lassiter on his birthday. TV.Com Episode Info 3.5 Good episode .. great dialog.  Fun ending bit 015 - Psych - S01E15 - Scary Sherry Bianca's Toast Juliet asks Shawn and Gus for assistance on her undercover assignment. They're only too glad to help, since it involves sorority sisters. Unfortunately, what's supposed to be an easy case turns out to have ties to their past and may endanger Juliet. Meanwhile, Lassiter locks horns with the oldest rookie the departments has ever trained. TV.Com Episode Info 3.5 Yes Juliet would have been a great sorority sister .. ummm

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What I am watching on 05Nov12 -

Movies Being Watched --

	Tales from the Crypt Presents: Deadly Duo: Demon Knight & Bordello of Blood The hardest-working stiff in show biz, the Cryptkeeper, presents a deadly double feature packed with horror, humor, sex appeal and go-for-the-jugular special effects that'll chill you to the funny bone. Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight stars Billy Zane as the seductively evil Collector. When he conjures up a gruesome cadre of cadavers to bedevil the inhabitants of a run-down hotel, who will make it to the "mourning light"? William Sadler and gorgeous Jada Pinkett-Smith also star. Wikipedia Film Info 3.5 Staring Billy Zane        Dead Calm Character of Match in both Back to the Future and Back to the Future II Sniper Tombstone Demon Knight The Phantom Titanic Zoolander Silent Warnings BloodRaynes Surviving Evil     William Sadler    Jada Pinkett Smith .. sorry don't like her acting at all        Jason's Lyric Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight The Nutty Professor Ali As Niobe in The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions Collateral Reign Over Me     Thomas Haden Church        Tombstone Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight George of the Jungle 3000 Miles to Graceland Monkeybone Lone Star State of Mind (great film under appreciated) Sideways Over the Hedge (voice) of course as the Sandman in Spider-Man 3 (another under appreciated film) Smart People We Bought a Zoo for 5 years playing Lowell Mather in TV series Wings Ned and Stacy TV series Great in Broken Trail     CCH Pounder        For 6 years as Claudette Wyms in TV series The Shield All That Jazz Prizzi's Honor Postcards from the Edge Psycho IV: The Beginning The Importance of Being Earnest Benny & Joon Sliver RoboCop 3 Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight Face/Off End of Days Orphan Avatar The (hopefully) Great upcoming film The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones 2 years on TV series Millennium Warehouse 13     John Kassir as voice of The Crypt Keeper     First, though she looks so hot in the end .. i still don't like Jada Pinkett Smith.  If i was going to like her it would be in this one. Okay .. that is out of the way .. again .. I like this film.  There are some great bits in it and it follows in the tradition of Tales from the Crypt TV series.  It looks and feels like a TV show .. but I think the point was to have the same type of imagry.  The script, characters and actors perform very well .. If you like Tales from the Crypt comics or Tales from the Crypt TV series the this is for you.  Spooky thriller with a touch of black humor.
	Tales from the Crypt Presents: Deadly Duo: Demon Knight & Bordello of Blood The hardest-working stiff in show biz, the Cryptkeeper, presents a deadly double feature packed with horror, humor, sex appeal and go-for-the-jugular special effects that'll chill you to the funny bone. Tales from the Crypt Presents: Bordello of Blood stars Dennis Miller, supermodel Angie Everhart, Erika Eleniak and Chris Sarandon in a fiendish frightmare about a house of "kill" repute where luscious ladies of the evening don't just take money for services rendered — they bleed you dry! Wikipedia Film Info 3.5 Staring Dennis Miller        Madhouse Disclosure Bordello of Blood Murder at 1600 Joe Dirt What Happens in Vegas     Erika Eleniak        The Blob Under Siege The Beverly Hillbillies Chasers Bordello of Blood     Angie Everhart        Last Action Hero Bordellow of Blood     Chris Sarandon        Dog Day Afternoon Lipstick The Sentinel The Osterman Weekend Protocol Fright Night Great as Prince Humperdinck in the GREAT The Princess Bride Child's Play and as Jack Skillington in the equally GREAT The Nightmare Before Christmas Just Cause Bordello of Blood American Perfekt Perfume     Corey Feldman        Time After Time The Fox and the Hound (voice only) Friday the 13th: A New Beginning Gremlins Friday the 13th: A New Beginning The Goonies Stand By Me The Lost Boys Bordello of Blood License to Drive The Burbs Dream a Little Dream Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (voice of Donatello) Blown Away National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 Maverick Dream a Little Dream 2 Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star     Aubrey Morris        A Clockwork Orange Love and Death Bordello of Blood Lisztomania The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother     Phil Fondacaro        Under the Rainbow Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (one of the Ewok's Ghoulies II Willow Phantasm II Addams Family Reunion Land of the Dead Bordello of Blood Polar Express And of course as the Green Man in the great series Northern Exposure     John Kassir as voice of The Crypt Keeper     I remember seeing this one on the big screen when it first came out.  I liked it then and I still like it.  This is more humorous than creepy/thrilling and the black humor really comes through. If i changed anything it might be someone other than Dennis Miller.  But that is just a personal thing.  I really do like the ending ..
	The Day Open war against humanity rages. Five survivors, lost and on the run. The pursuit is relentless, the bullets are dwindling and the battle is everywhere. This is a 24hr look into their lives. Fight or die. Wikipedia Film Info 3.5 Staring Shannyn Sossamon        A Knights Tale 40 Days and 40 Nights Undiscovered Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Wristcutters: A Love Story The Holiday Catacombs The Day     Dominic Monaghan        The Day The character Meriadoc Brandybuck in all of the The Lord of the Rings film series The character of Chris Bradley / Bold[/url in the film [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Men_Origins:_Wolverine]X-Men Origins: Wolverine The character of Charlie Pace in the TV series Lost     Shawn Ashmore        The Day The character Bobby Drake / Iceman in X-Men, X2 and X-Men: The Last Stand The Quiet The Ruins     Ashley Bell        The Day The Last Exorcism     Cory Hardrict        Never Been Kissed Crazy/Beautiful Contract Grand Torino He's Just Not That Into You Battle: Los Angeles The Day     Michael Eklund        The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus The Day Shattered TV series Intelligence TV series     Pretty bleak apocalyptic view after an attack by 'something'.  Good script, characters and direction.  Actors all do a very good job. This is a very good film.  Well worth the watch (and owning).
	Mixed Nuts 'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, the only creatures stirring were a transvestite, a homicidal Santa, a serial killer, the staff of a suicide hot line and a very crazy pregnant woman. Wikipedia Film Info 3.5 Staring Steve Martin        The Muppet Movie The Jerk Pennies from Heaven Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid Man with Two Brains All of Me Three Amigos Little Shop of Horrors Roxanne The Great Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Parenthood My Blue Heaven L.A. Story Father of the Bride and Father of the Bride II Grand Canyon HouseSitter Leap of Faith A Simple Twist of Fate Mixed Nuts Sgt. Bilko The Spanish Prisoner The Out-of-Towners (no where near as good as the original) Bowfinger Bringing Down the House Cheaper by the Dozen and Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (horrible second installment) It's complicated     the wonderful and beautiful Madeline Kahn        the GREAT What's Up Doc Blazing Saddles Young Frankensein The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother High Anxiety The Cheap Detective The Muppet Movie Wholly Moses! Simon History of the World, Part 1 City Heat Clue An American Tail Mixed Nuts A Bug's Life (voice)     Robert Klein        The Owl and the Pussycat Primary Colors Radioland Murders One Fine Day Two Weeks Notice How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days Reign Over Me several episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Dwight Stannich Sisters (25 episodes) Tales from the Darkside: The Movie Tales from the Darkside: The Movie     Anthony LaPaglia        He Said, She Said One Good Cop So I Married an Axe Murderer Hillarious as Barry 'The Blade' MuldanoThe Client Mixed Nuts Empire Records Phoenix Summer of Sam Dead Heat The Guys Analyze That Happy Feet (voice) As Simon Moon in Frasier Murder One TV Series Without a Trace TV series     Juliette Lewis        My Stepmother Is an Alien National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Cape Fear What's Eating Gilbert Grape Romeo Is Bleeding Mixed Nuts Natural Born Killers Strange Days From Dusk till Dawn The Other Sister Enough Cold Creek Manor Old School Grilled     Rob Reiner        As Michael StvicAll in the Family Where's Papa The Jerk This is Spinal Tap The Sure Thing (director only) Stand By Me (director only) Mixed Nuts The Princess Bride (director only) Throw Mama From the Train When Harry Met Sally... (director only) Postcards from the Edge Misery (director only) A Few Good Men (director only) Sleepless in Seattle North Bullets Over Broadway The American President (director only) Bye Bye Love Ghosts of Mississippi (director) First Wives Club Primary Colors EDtv The Story of Us The Bucket List     Adam Sandler        Coneheads Mixed Nuts Billy Madison Happy Gilmore Bulletproof The Wedding Singer The Waterboy Big Daddy Little Nicky Mr. Deeds Punch-Drunk Love Eight Crazy Nights Anger Management 50 First Dates Spanglish The Longest Yard Click Reign Over Me I now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry You Don't Mess with the Zohan Bedtime Stories Funny People Grown Ups Just Go with It     Liev Schreiber        Mad Love The Daytrippers Of course as Cotton Weary in Scream, Scream 2 and Scream 3 Mixed Nuts Ransom Phantoms Sphere A Walk on the Moon The Hurricane Kate and Leopold The Sum of All Fears The Manchurian Candidate The Omen X-Men Origins: Wolverine Taking Woodstock Salt     Garry Shandling        Mixed Nuts It's Garry Shandling's Show The Larry Sanders Show Over the Hedge Iron Man 2     Rita Wilson        Volunteers The Bonfire of the Vanities Sleepless in Seattle Mixed Nuts Now and Then That Thing You Do! Jingle All the Way Psycho Runaway Bride The Story of Us Perfume The Glass House Old Dogs It's Complicated Larry Crowne     Parker Posey        Coneheads Mixed Nuts Party Girl The Doom Generation Waiting for Guffman Cockwatchers You've Got Mail Best in Show Scream 3 Josie and the Pussycats A Mighty Wind Blade: Trinity Superman Returns The Eye     Jon Stewart        Of Course The Daily Show and The Jon Stewart Show Mixed Nuts The First Wives Club NewsRadio (18 episodes) The Faculty Big Daddy Death to Smoochy     Joely Fisher        The Mask Mixed Nuts Inspector Gadget Ellen TV series 'Til Death TV series     A very funny film, dry humor and sometimes to near dark comedy. Great performances with outstanding bits by Gary Shandling as the horrible landlord, Madeline Kahn as the wonderful Mrs. Munchnik, Liev Schreiber as a transvestite, and Juliette Lewis .. With great supporting bits.  This really has a great cast.  And bits with Jon Stewart You can really tell that this is the beginning of Adam Sandler's career.  Next film is "Billy Madison" and he seems to be just practicing for that role. Steve Martin is at his best (and furthest from Pink Panther horror fest). This is a strong watch .. if you like dry comedy with not so suttle grownup bits .. then this is the film for you.

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What I am watching on 06Nov12 -

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Arrow Arrow is an American action-adventure television series developed by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, and Andrew Kreisberg. It is based on the fictional character Green Arrow, a costumed crime-fighter who appears in comic books published by DC Comics. It premiered in North America on The CW on October 10, 2012, with international broadcasting to take place in late 2012. The series follows billionaire playboy Oliver Queen, portrayed by Stephen Amell, who, after five years of being stranded on a deserted island, returns home to fight crime and corruption as a secret vigilante whose weapon of choice is a bow and arrows. Arrow will also feature appearances by other DC Comics characters. To assist in promotion, a preview comic book was released to tie into the television series. On October 22, 2012, Arrow was picked up by The CW for a full season. Wikipedia Film Info Main Cast Staring Stephen Amell        Arrow     Katie Cassidy        When a Stranger Calls Click Taken Supernatural 6 series episodes Arrow     Colin Donnell        Arrow     David Ramsey        Murder One The Nutty Professor Con Air Pay It Forward The Guardian Ghost Whisperer TV series Dexter TV series Arrow     Willa Holland        Legion Arrow     Susanna Thompson        When a Man Loves a Woman Little Giants Alien Nation: Dark Horizon Ghosts of Mississippi Random Hearts Dragonfly Arrow     Paul Blackthorne        24 10 episodes The Dresden Files title character .. TV series Arrow     Jamie Sheridan recurring role as Robert Queen        As Randall Flagg in The Stand Cradle Will Rock Life as a House as Capt. James Deakins in TV series Homeland Game Change Trauma TV series Wild America Chicago Hope A Stranger Among Us Shannon's Deal TV series Arrow     Episodes Watched -- 001 - Arrow - S01E01 - Pilot After a shipwreck that claims the life of his father, billionaire playboy Oliver Queen is missing and presumed dead for five years before being discovered alive on a remote island in the Pacific. When he returns home to Starling City, his mother Moira, his younger sister Thea, and best friend Tommy welcome him home but sense Oliver has been changed by his ordeal on the island. While Oliver hides the truth about the man he has become, he tries to reconcile with his former girlfriend, Laurel, for cheating on her with her sister, who also died in the shipwreck. As Oliver reconnects with those closest to him, he secretly masquerades as a hooded vigilante archer by night, attempting to right the wrongs of his family, fight the ills of society, and restore Starling City to its former glory as his late father had entrusted him to do before his death. Oliver's first personal task is to take down corrupt millionaire Adam Hunt, who has scammed millions from various people in Starling City. Laurel's father, police detective Quentin Lance, is determined to arrest the vigilante. Meanwhile, Oliver's mother is revealed to have an agenda against her son, having orchestrated a kidnapping to determine what his father told him after the shipwreck. TV.Com Episode Info 3.5 Good opening episode.  It moves quickly with minimal character development but it is standard superhero faire .. something happens to rich spoiled guy .. he turns good .. saves the world. The characters are good and there appears to be good actors in the roles. Look forward to this series. 002 - Arrow - S01E02 - Honor Thy Father Laurel brings a civil suit against millionaire Martin Somers, who is also one of Oliver's targets, for the taking part in drug trades with the Chinese Triads that ultimately led to the death of a young woman's father. As the hooded vigilante, Oliver threatens Somers to make him confess to the murder as penance for all of the wrongs he has done to the city. Instead, Somers contacts the Triad, who sends their assassin, China White, to kill Laurel. Oliver saves Laurel from China; he also captures and delivers Somers’ confession on tape to the police. Meanwhile, Oliver’s mother and Walter push Oliver to take a position at the company. Oliver intentionally embarrasses the family at the opening of the company's new applied sciences division to get out of it, knowing that he cannot honor his father’s request to fight for the city and be the man his mother wants him to be at the same time. A flashback to Oliver's time on the island shows him being attacked by an unknown hooded figure wielding a bow and arrow. TV.Com Episode Info 3.5 Mother's machinations and flashbacks start the episode.  Deals with Oliver being pushed to take a position at the the company.  Some hints on how he took up the Bow and Arrow with flashbacks to the island. This episode guest stars Kelly Hu as assassin China White. Good episode .. still growing characters and figuring out what is going on. 003 - Arrow - S01E03 - Lone Gunmen Oliver tracks down another millionaire from his list, but before he can get the answers he wants the man is killed by an assassin known as Deadshot. Initially, the police suspect that the vigilante, whom they refer to as "The Hood", is responsible for the murder, but the evidence begins to prove that he did not kill anyone. Oliver decides to build a new dance club above his hideout to explain where he goes at night. While comparing the competition, Oliver finds Thea, who reveals that Laurel and Tommy had been sleeping together during Oliver's abscence. Laurel becomes suspicious when Oliver does not react to the news. Meanwhile, Oliver uses the assassin's M.O. to learn his true identity, and enlists the help of Detective Lance to stop Deadshot from assassinating more of the wealthy. Oliver manages to stop Deadshot, killing him in the process, but his bodyguard Diggle is shot during the assassination attempt. Oliver is forced to reveal his true identity to Diggle in order to save Diggle's life. In another flashback, it is revealed that the archer who attacked Oliver was actually trying to help him. Oliver misunderstands and escapes, but is pursued by an unknown group of armed professionals. TV.Com Episode Info 3.0 Another good episode.   004 - Arrow - S01E04 - An Innocent Man Diggle awakens in Oliver's hideout, where Oliver offers Diggle a chance to fight at his side and help the city. Diggle turns him down, calling him a murderer. Later, while watching the news, Oliver discovers a connection between Declan, a deathrow inmate, and Jason Brodeur, one of the men on his list. In his vigilante persona, he enlists the help of Laurel to prove the man innocent before he is executed. Working together, the pair uncover the truth, but Jason Brodeur has his bodyguard stage a prison break so that he can have Laurel and the inmate killed before the truth is revealed. Oliver sneaks into the prison dressed as a guard, with a ski mask to hide his face, and saves Laurel and Declan. The bodyguard ultimately confesses to Declan's innocence. Diggle meets with Oliver and agrees to work with him so that he can both protect the city and protect Oliver from losing his humanity. Detective Lance arrests Oliver on suspicion of being the vigilante after seeing footage of him changing into his disguise before the last Deadshot confrontation. Meanwhile, Walter discovers that Moira has been keeping the salvaged and sabotaged family yacht hidden in a warehouse. TV.Com Episode Info 3.5 Another good episode .. but I am wondering if this is starting to get a little wierd.  Too many machinations .. or ..