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I've seen a lot of "empowered women" movies on Netflix (thank you very much Sigourney Weaver); but, this one is better than average. J-Lo does a fine job, acting-wise. There aren't huge lulls in the action but it isn't wall-to-wall mindless violence, either. Sometimes you just wanna see an action movie and this one fills the bill, nicely.

The Alaska portion of the film is beautifully filmed. As for plot-holes or scenes that "look fake", you'll find those in nearly every action movie. Just watch and enjoy and maybe you'll get your fill of blood-lust out of your system for a few days.

Oh, and J-Lo in a cocktail dress is a wonder to behold...

C'mon... this mini-series is not THAT bad. We all expected it to be on par with the Witcher series and it wasn't; but, for a Netflix-produced miniseries, it isn't too bad. Yes, all the male leads look like they were taken from the population of a Russian prison; and, some of the dialog is a little ridiculous. But, I'll watch Michelle Yeoh in basically anything. There's a crazy dwarf with a hammer and that is never a bad thing. Sophie Brown, as the Lark, has a tremendous voice. Not many other performances worth a mention, though. The fights are choreographed well. The special effects are inconsistent. I managed to get through all four episodes and that isn't easy. Normally, I'll watch a first episode and never watch the others because the quality of streaming entertainment is just... well... awful...

I'd recommend a watch... Not the worst thing on Netflix...

Most of the people on this show were also on other cooking shows. Alton Brown had a Blue's Clues type cooking show that was kind of fun; Andrew Zimmern had Bizarre Foods; Kristen Kish has her "Fast Foodies"... All of them are personable and fun to watch.

The cooking is shown at a higher level, not recipes but concepts. And, the competition never gets any more heated than "friendly". Yeah, it has its flaws but overall it is a fun watch.

But, I may be a bit prejudiced after seeing the great Danny Trejo as one of the guest judges...

Well, four episodes in and the series is sorting itself out. The humor is more honed in this one, be it the Hall of Mirrors sequence or the obscure allusion to the Six Million Dollar Man (yes, he fought Big Foot). The plot is starting to fall by the wayside. I'm no longer watching it for the plot, which might've been made up as they went along. It's a fun watch just seeing the forms Mike Meyer's humor might take.

I'd have to say that Donald Pleasence's character is what made this episode great. He was a nice mix of tics, nervous giggles and snobbery. He mixed well with Peter Falk. Being a sentimental old fluff who really like sixties television, seeing Vito Scotti is always enjoyable. He's my favorite bit-player on Columbo, playing parts from a homeless man to a wine steward.

I noticed this was a top-rated Columbo. I think it really deserves it.

I really enjoyed this one. It was a lot like Tampopo, the Noodle Western in taking a mundane career and turning it into a Zen-like success. The widow Hanako helps her childhood friend Goro turn his unpleasant store into a bastion of freshness and cleanliness. Hanako's acumen turns the store into real competition for the chain grocery nearby.

Hanako's enthusiasm is never-ending and contagious. Definitely a fun watch.

The Marx Brothers are like a Hanzo sword in Kill Bill: You cannot compare them with other comedy teams... only with every other movie, present or future that the Marx Brothers had made.

I watched the film again last night with my son. It was basically a comedy revue. There was crime, romance, puns, wisecracks and some of the most confusing dance numbers you'll ever see. The plot is of little consequence and most of the movie is linking one routine to the next; and, THAT is what makes it so enjoyable.

Plus, Zeppo is part of the team. He made a great straight man and barbershop quartet fourth. The romance and crime parts gave us some forgettable performances.

I laughed out loud when I saw Barton McLane (of Torchy Blaine fame) as a lifeguard. This is a fun movie. See it with a glass of ice water. If you don't have any, peel some onions... that'll make your eyes water...

I wanted to like this more; but, I expected to hate this more...

Having read about half of the Jack Reacher books, I really wanted a dramatic depiction of the character that was close to the book. Cruise did a great job of portraying an ex-investigator/loner whose name HAPPENED to be Jack Reacher. But, he wasn't Jack Reacher.

Alan Ritchson isn't Jack Reacher either. He might be closer physically to the character but he looks more like a frat boy and less like a career soldier. I think they need to keep looking but I'm sure they won't.

The story moved at a brisk pace, like one of Lee Child's novels. The director produced a final battle scene that so fit the book, I thought I'd seen the series before... which was impossible, of course. Some of it is formulaic... none of it is surprising. But, it makes for a tight action series and very watchable. I watched all the episodes in one day.

And, I'll probably do the same if they come out with a second series...

She's a great comic actor; but, I definitely wasn't sure how she'd fare outside a sitcom. She did great. It is kind of intense watching her fall apart continuously, but I guess you've gotta have some plot. There's a lot of Penny in her character... which is to say, there's probably a lot of Cuoco in her character. But, she has a maturity to her performance that was absent in her television series.

As for the direction and the other actors, all solid. The direction as a Guy Richie flair of sudden cuts to past events and an equally sudden snap back to the present. Rosie Perez is, as always, wonderful.

This series reminds me of the "Carry on" movies made in England in the sixties and seventies. Same cast but they play different types of characters. Considering the talent, you'd think it would be a slam-dunk; but, the second season bogged down about halfway through.

This season, with the trip along the Oregon Trail, feels like they finally got it perfect. Radcliffe as the eternally optimistic preacher and Buscemi as kind of a matter-of-fact outlaw anchor the show. The rest of the cast, including the townspeople, manage to keep the laughs coming. And, I LOVE the nameless bounty hunter...

I like funny videos programs; and, having stand up comics comment on them is the icing on the cake. There is usually some kind of NSA subplot involved and that gets pretty funny also. The humor is a little more intelligent than most shows, so I'd imagine a lot of people just don't "get it". I hope it manages a second season...

The television listing did not have Doris Day's name among the stars of this film, which is odd because she IS the star of this film. Yes, the movie showcases her already popular singing; but, this was the public's first chance to see her personality unleashed. She does not disappoint.

Jack Carson is his usual annoying self in this movie. He's definitely up to the role he's cast in. The rest of the cast does a wonderful job. Day sings "It's Magic" multiple times, once bringing tears to my eyes. Oddly enough, an hour later, at my computer, I found myself playing her song yet again before I went to bed.

I prefer the mature Doris Day of the sixties, but this debut movie is definitely one to watch...

I like samurai movies, especially those that delve into areas that the run-of-the mill samurai movie does not (Rashomon, Hari-Kiri for example); but, this movie was confusing and really just not that good. I think the director was trying to prove something but, for the life of me, I don't know what. The freeze-frames throughout were annoying after awhile and didn't have the impact he thought they would.

The ending was anti-climactic... a sad thing all around...

If you want to watch science, go elsewhere. If you want to watch a bunch of nuts ignore scientific evidence while offering none of their own, this is the show for you. I'm not exactly sure why this was even created. The conspiricists can't answer simple questions like "why"... why would Russia lie? Why would we lie? Why are you offering other conspiracies as proof of this conspiracy?

This should be avoided. It is moronic.

I'd never heard of this show until a few months ago. Since it was in Netflix, I started watching it, expecting to stop when it got trite or stupid. Well, it never got there. The quality was always good and the characters were compelling. I wasn't expecting the ending to live up to the rest of the series and I was wrong.

I'm not saying that the ending wasn't predictable... it was. But, the conversation with Harold Finch and the computer made the last episode something special. His life had gone full circle... from teaching the "machine" at the beginning to his back and forth with the machine at the end.

I'm not saying that the people who cancelled this show will burn in Hell for all eternity, but I am saying that they'd better do a lot of charity work to keep that from happening...

I've been waiting decades to see this movie, having seen the first three Hulot films and his Max Sennett-like mailman short. But, the Hulot character was different... less and explorer and more a background character.

But, the movie stayed with me for a while after I watched it. It occurred to me that the characters became less and less anxious about their destination as the movie progressed; and, as they did, they enjoyed where they were at a lot more.

There were some Tati visuals. Hulot walking with a gas can in one direction espying someone across the highway with a gas can walking in the other direction. The dance of the trunks and hoods of the cars in the show. The advance men stepping gingerly over lengths of string in a giant empty auditorium. And, the scene with the practical joke about the dog was hilarious.

It is definitely a movie worth seeing. Like pizza, when Jacques Tati movie isn't the best, it is still pretty good.

The writing in this show is so far above average that I would've expected the series to get cancelled in three weeks. The actors are great and Ted Danson hasn't lost a step. His critique of a man's three thousand page life's work cracked me up, utterly.

If you haven't seen this, think an even funnier version of "Defending Your Life"...

This was a surprisingly good documentary. I think that the main premise was to try to make philosophical sense out of Bill Murray, the man. It doesn't start out that way. The beginning makes you feel as if the shows premise is the phenomena of Bill Murry stories. There are some heartwarming footage of Murray at various venues having just popped up randomly. Interspersed are some movie clips; and, the theme switches there to philosophy.

If you love Bill Murray, you'll love this movie. If you don't, after watching this movie, you'll love Bill Murry... then, after you've watched the movie a second time, you'll love this movie.

Whose idea was it to remake Angie Tribeca with only cameos by the title character? As far as comedic talent went, Jones and Deon Cole were the pillars of the show and one is completely gone and the other might just as well be. There were some good gags, but I'd really like an explanation of why they are trying to destroy the series...

Way more action in this one. It's hard to believe they got all of the action subplots in. In between all the action, you've got Washington, acting up a storm. It's kind of a fantasy for all of us: A man who rights wrongs kind of randomly. He may have to travel overseas for it or he may have to accept a quarter for a cab fare. But, he's trying to make up for a past that he only hints at.

If you liked the first movie, you'll like this one.

I've seen two of the Philo Vance movies and I've been disappointed with both. It isn't the actors involved. Warren William will always be the best Perry Mason, in my opinion; and, William Powell is one of my favorite leading men. The acting in this movie was great; it was the writing that failed, however.

Movies were still in their infancy, so I can understand a whodunnit set up like a stage play. But, Philo Vance had literally no personality. It was as if George Lucas had directed it. "Whatever you do, DON'T draw attention to yourself".

On the plus side, the underwater parts were excellent and the insane aunt set a higher bar for movie lunatics, I can tell you.

Saw this featured on Netflix. Most cooking shows lately have been very disappointing. I was expecting this to be the same. I was all kinds of wrong.

To start with, this show doesn't try to dazzle, it just shows. The narrator doesn't look like an achorwoman or model... just a woman who likes to cook and wants to understand food. The people she visits are cooking Jedis who work through smell and sight... cooks who've made the dishes shown many many times in their lives.

I've only seen the first of the series but, if the rest is even a bit comparable, it should be a great watch.

I so wanted Mark Hamill to be good in this. Turns out, he WAS. You could even hear a little of the Joker in that demented voice of his. This episode starts explaining the murder of the Flash's mother in earnest; but, still leaves us ignorant of what exactly is going on. Is Wells bad or good? What is his connection to the "Reverse Flash"? Did he kill the reporter or will that turn out to be someone else?

And, if anyone ever does develop super speed like that, I hope it's a nurse because those shots looked like they hurt...

Well, I'm shocked. I was prepared for another documentary that assumed a viewer IQ of about seventy and got someone quite interesting and enjoyable. The host of the show doesn't talk down to the viewer and seems to not only know about the subject but to actually be interested in it. Math is shown... not differential equations or anything that advanced but taking the time to do the arithmetic on red shift was a nice look into how an astrophysicist might scratch something out on a scrap of paper while discussing something with a colleague. They show us the bumps on a spectrograph and spend some time on it. It's an important piece of equipment in so many fields. But, what I liked best was I actually learned a thing or two; and, if piqued my interest.

If you like the older Cosmos series, with Carl Sagan, this is kind of comparable.

Anyone who keeps up with things like this knows that THIS is the best Frank Castle, so far. Unlike the other Punishers, this one LOOKS like a PTSD war veteran suffering from a deep-seated depression. And, he dreams about his dead wife every night... EVERY NIGHT... and she has the same dopey expression on her face... EVERY NIGHT. We get it: She's dead and you loved her... Why show the same dream every episode? Is there excessive violence in this series? I'll say! If the Punisher isn't actively killing a room full of bad guys, at least once a show, they will flashback to a time in Castle's life when he WAS actively killing a room full of bad guys.

Okay, you've got a real mix of moods in this series. Sometimes it is as patriotic as a Chevy commercial even with country music blasting over the cruise past the Statue of Liberty. Other times, you have corrupt American officers and an Iranian-American good guy... and an alt-right scum-bag who convinces a fellow vet to buy a gun despite his PTSD....

But, the acting is sincere and the action is pretty great, although some of it seems to rely on darkened rooms for effect. If you like the Punisher, this will not disappoint... unless it does.

If so, you are welcome to Dolph Lundgren...