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Mom
(2013)

MOM is addictive
Yep round 2. I watched MOM as ran out of things to watch wasnt sure about it at first.

BOY its addictive. I loved it from the beginning to the end. Everyone works in it, apart from. Violet who drove me insane. Ok she had a bad child hood, but you cant always blame your parents for your own mistakes, you lhave to learn and move on. I did find the story of her given up her baby heartbreaking but sadly it left her a bitter and twisted person. She was my only negative. ROSCOE never made it sadly he just didnt fit into the adult mayham this show was about, but now and then popped in for a bit of sanity.

From the get go it is full on. I can relate to some of it myself, and i am sure most of us can.

Hi I'm Christy and i'm an alcoholic will stay with me a long time. I am now watching it again, and its just as funny.

When CHRISTY left to follow here career my heart sunk but adding the fabulous and funny Tammy into the show made it for me she was like a breath of fresh air, i love the actress anyway Kristen Johnston (3rd rock from the son, and EXES). I didnt really notice christy had left.

I wont go on about it as you have to watch it so much stuff goes on in this show (i didnt even notice the laughter in the background). Its rude, lewd, crude, poignant, loving, vulnerable, sad, uplifting, so many things i am 72 and i enjoyed it.

WISH they would do a revival so we can see how they all ended up. Oh Jill she was great, and i had a huge soft spot for Wendy Harris the nurse who did settle down a bit she turned out to be the most intelligent for me in the end.

ADAM and BONNIE really worked well together. Baxter turned into a decent human being. Marjorie oh i loved her and the cats

MOM is great it makes you laugh, cry and get frustrated too, and can trigger memories of old times, watch it but do so with an open mind. I think it is way better then 2 and half men, which turned to the dark side when charlie left. But when Christy left this show season 8 i didnt really notice as i was on a rollar coaster ride with Tammy and crew.

Mike & Molly
(2010)

Like wine better when matured
I loved this all the characters were great. My only issue was stories were never fully explored. Just seemed rushed some how.

Molly a writer what happened to the second book about her mother in law?

Samual what a waste of a brilliant character. Would have been great to see his cafe really take off.

Vinch what happened to the Ostriches? We could have had more with his exploits.

The mother in law .... loved her and the dog but again, missed opportunities.

The ending was way too rushed. Very disappointed in it really. No reunion I suppose? Shame

BUT still loved it overall a nice easy watch.

Your Home Made Perfect
(2019)

BIT UNREALISTIC
OK i have worked with structural engineers typing copious amounts of reports. SOME of the designs for like 35,000 or 45,000 are totally unrealistic. They say there is no structural changes but there are. As soon as you remove a wall you can unearth all kinds of problems. The planning alone for some of the projects could take months even over a year. Planning is long winded. Several of the designs especially ROBERTS ALWAYS seem to the same to me. Take all the walls out and join rooms together oh and dont forget the seating all round the edge of the room, how boring. THE ONE WITH THE BED PODS was hysterically funny. As if anyone would live that way with young children confined in boxes with no place to play and just sleep I couldnt see that happening.

No i am sorry the designs for the money were just not real. 35,000 wouldnt get you much some of the windows would cost like thousands of pounds without moving staircases and walls and having to use supporting beams to stop walls collapsing.

I enjoyed the concept of the programme but it was bit long winded. I will continue watching it if there is another season as well it was entertaining if not actually 100% factual.

Motel Makeover
(2021)

something to watch on a rainy day
Ok yes voices were a tad annoying but then 3 other makeover shows i have watched with females in have been very similar from that side of the world. GET past the voices. I quite enjoyed it, and fair play to them both they did a brilliant job of renovating a tired and dead 40 year old motel. I didnt like all the designs, but their market was for females after all.

I quite felt sorry for them when the pandemic hit and caused a lot of delays and chaos.

2 ladies not multi millionaires have a vision and i thought they did a good job. They have a lovely website and seem to be doing ok. It was fine.

Four in a Bed
(2010)

tedious back biting nonsense.
Really this could have been a great idea for a show, but over the episodes it got more and more tedious.

OH MY god i have found a hair on my bed, or horrors a cobweb or a a hair in the bath/shower. I used to be a head housekeeper of a very posh hotel. After a room was done it was inspected. Just prior to people booking in i would check it again and guarantee a stray hair would have turned up.

Also what is all this about MUST HAVE A FRY UP for breakfast. Really i have been in hotels over my time all over the place never had a fry up yet.

Too much knick picking and ridiculous fallouts.

I only watched it for the scenary.

M*A*S*H
(1972)

2022 MASH IS STILL RELVANT NOW
Sadly the echoes of war and stupidity have followed this series from 1972. So many more young men have died in similar and useless battles. Now we have another one and 8,000 british troops are off to eastern europe to support Ukraine in time of more conflict.

I wonder how many of them will end up in a MASH unit.

M. A. S. H had to be humourous how could anyone possibly want to watch it if you took the humour out and showed the real fruitility of war or police actions? The awful and unnecessary deaths of young men 18 who had no clue as to why they were there, similar now with russian troops in ukraine, who are dying and laying in fields far away from their families. Never knowing why they were there.

When will war ever end. MASH actually I found was like being able to watch a bit of SERIOUS HISTORY without fear and anxiety. It showed the horror of war and what happens to humans when they are hit by missles and bombs and bullets. OVER TIME they introduce ALAN ALDA's real father Robert Alda as Doctor Anthony B. Borelli a handsome and charming civvy who comes to MASH to show them how to save legs.......with arterial transplants.

Even his brother Antony Alda had a part to play in an episode. Season 8 LEND A HAND, as corporal Jarvis. He berates Hawkeye and borelli for acting badly and aruging which was quite a great scene.

I have watched M. A. S. H now so many times from first to last seasons it is never tiresome and I still see parts I have forgotten, I can still chuckle and even cry over some scenes, the ones with Patrick Swayze there are a few actually, too many to mention, and I have also noticed so many errors and inconsidancies in script and a horse who went from a gelding to a mare like magic Sophie lol.

Who cares i didnt. Also if you look you will see an actor turn up more then once in different roles.

Actually one of my favorite characters was sidney freedman the pysch guy oh and colonel FLAGG or whoever he was pretending to be lol.

I hate Frank burns, what a horrible simpering nasty character. I was happy when he left. For me the true MASH started after blake and frank left. Hot lips turned into a normal human being who was sensitive, even her father who was dead in season 1 turned up alive later for a visit, and potter played General Steele in The General Flipped at Dawn, what a hoot lol.

ANYWAY no point really in going on, if you have never watched it I highly recommend it. ITS COMEDY but really based on the experiences of medics in MASH units in Korea, with added comedy and stories to make it more palatable. CLASSIC TIMELESS GOLD.

The Rookie
(2018)

Season 4 a winner
I have enjoyed all the SEASONS but yes season 3 was a bit woke, but so were all the other series i watched.

BUT SEASON 4 is brilliant, on Episode 13 and it has about 23 episodes and yeayyyyyyy there is a Season 5.

Stick with it Season 4 is a winner every story has had me hooked.

Nathan Fillion is really settling into the role, now he isnt a Rookie anymore, and the end of SEASON 3 was very sad too.

Bridgerton: Off to the Races
(2022)
Episode 2, Season 2

De Je Vue we have been here before?
I was so looking forward to Season 2. Stupidly I had thought we would be following on from end of Season 1, and have more of Daphne and the DUKE.

Nope it was all change and back to first script but with new characters and the same old chase for the DIAMOND by the queen. Who still looks like someone has swallowed a wasp.

I hated the first 3 epidodes was struggling to watch it. I am not sure what it was, something was so off. I suppose the new love interest of Anthony was plainly obvious, and we went through the same Lady whistldown conspirarcy and who would become the Queens Diamond.

Kate the new love interest of Anthony arrived riding full pelt on her horse showing amazing horsemanship. She must have been truly privilidged in India from whence she came to have had this opportunity to ride so well.

Then over time she was encouraged to get to know Anthony by her sister who kate was trying to get bethrothed to said Anthony even though she had the hots for him.

So she was pushed into his path. Then she went off hunting with all the men really and they all sauntered along the woods with guns fully loaded and I am cringing.............safety first. I always thought each person had a handler who walked behind them with their gun which was handed to them when a target was seen or am in the twighlight zone?

So this went on and off until episode 3/4. I would say 4 was when i finally go into it enough to actually watch an episode without filing or polishing my nails through boredom.

Oh dear it was just season 1 with new characters. The new Lord Featherington was obviously a con man as it transpired.

Eloise spent most of time trying to find out who Lady Whistldown was my goodness she had enough clues right in front of her. Lol. Still all will be revealed if you keep watching.

I did enjoy very much the scene with Charlotte when her husband George III turned up she showed the love for him she really had in the real story of CHARLOTTE and GEORGE III,, who had an amazing and loving marriage which spanned over 50 years. They had 15 children and 13 survived. Before the king got ill in 1788 he played a large role in this childrens lives. Non of this is evident in Bridgerton.

I find they have made the Queen black but they have portrayed her as quite a frivoulous fool she was never that, and yes I know its meant to be escapism, but if your going to throw us to the WOKE lions at least make the lions have some sense........................

Oh dear it was just so predicatable. I knew what was going to happen. It did too. I think they should quit now no season 3.

I am not sure I will bother to watch it.

Under the Tuscan Sun
(2003)

Oh how I wish i was under the Tuscan sun
Really whats not to like. This is just a gentle story about a women let down by her husband in the worse way adultery, and took everything. With the help of her friend she went off on an adventure and boy was it an adventure.

The scenary breathtaking, it had funny moments, loving moments and even a story of Romeo and Juliet young love.

The actors were just the best and Sandra Ho and Lindsay Duncan took great parts. I loved the quirky way LINDSAY DUNCAN played her character and aging british actress who showed Frances how to love again.

Some really funny moments with a snake, and also the start of the renovations when they literally nearly took the roof down.

It ended well really just a very enjoyable movie.

Made in Italy
(2020)

Scenary breathtaking
I just loved this film, i had no expectations from it at all, as not really had a lot of knowledge of it. I love Liam Neeson so watched it for him really and Italy being my mums place of birth.

It was just amazing. I loved every minute of it, i laughed especially at the problem with wildlife so funny, and cried too.

This had to be slow to evolve so we could learn what was behind the characters and how things had changed for the relationship between father and son, and why. It was so well acted and the timing was superb.

It wasnt soppy it was very emotionally charged. I thought the father and son the acting was brilliant just the right touches. I honestly cant think of one thing I didnt enjoy. There were sweet moments too with the daughter of the restaranteur and Jack.

I am glad it ended how it did, and kind of thought there could be a second movie perhaps.

The scenary, the music, the food just made me yearn for Italy and brought a ton of memories back to me from childhood.

Give it a watch you wont be disappointed.

Letters to Juliet
(2010)

Wherefore Art Thou?
I just loved this. It reminded me of my mothers love story. She met my father in the war in Italy. They fell in love instantly he was in the RAF and she was born there and doing laundry to help her family.

They fell in love and were married in Italy with permissions so her family could be there, then of course my father had to return to the UK without her, and sort out permissions and things for her to join him.

When she finally left her beloved Italy she had no idea where she was going and could not speak English. Their love lasted for sixty years. There is such a thing as true love, and a love that can stand the test of time and we can be drawn back to each other through fate.

I just loved it, the scenary the food the language brought back so many memories for me. I thought the actors were all well suited and played their parts well. Vanessa Redgrave is such an amazing actress and Franco Nero made my knees buckle I have to say. I just loved it, and Sophie was destined too to find her soul mate. SO many what ifs, which all led to her destiny too.

I cant say anything bad about it, and will watch it again. Its a true love story which stood the test of time, like many did back then.

The Switch
(2010)

How come I missed this?
2010 and I have never seen this movie where have I been. I just watched it and really what a wonderful 1hr 40minutes I spent quietly enjoying this movie unfolding.

So many lovely things, the part when Sebastian gives Will Mars (Jason bateman) the picture frame with a dad with a boy in it made me actually tear up.

Seeing the two of them sebastion and Willy side by side twins it was lovely. I can highly recommend this to anyone. What is not to like really. I love the role of Jeff Goldblum Leonard the confident he was perfect.

I think its one i will watch again.

SO glad it ended well.

Hats Off to Christmas!
(2013)

Its a Hallmark film hats off to them
Ok well really this is a typical Hallmark movie well acted by adults and children. It had a decent enough story. Yeh cheesy with the usual hallmark obligatory christmas music and themes. BUT i really enjoyed it. It whiled away a few hours and it didnt get bored with it at all.

I enjoy the story line with Nick and the boy. It is what it is. If you watched it on the T. V. you would probably enjoy it and just watch another one as its on Amazon which surprisingly the reviews are much better.

I love the idea of xmas 365 days a year why not.

I thought the title was ok, the store was called Hats Off to christmas...... MERRY XMAS EVERYONE.

Two Weeks Notice
(2002)

two great actors good script whats not to like
I really enjoyed this film. Simple and easy to watch. A nice easy on the eye comedy with romantic undertones.

I love Sandra Bullock dont think i have seen her in a film i havent enjoyed, and Hugh Grant what a combo.

It was pretty predictable but fun watching it all unravel. Some really funny bits not mushy or over the top either.

Yep a good one for watching when you just want to chill out and not think too much.

Like Father
(2018)

Sail away with me.......
I actually really enjoyed this. I love Kelsey Grammer and Kristen Bell anyway and i thought they worked well together.

Sadly absent parents happens quite often not through their own fault but circumstances. I thought the situation was handled very well and although serious was also given a light hearted slant too. The fact Rachel was left at the altar become clear and lessons were learnt about importance in things and sometimes stuff can wait.

I quite enjoyed the cruise and the couples all joining together and even a little love interest for Rachel. Some of the scenes were really funny especially the hike they took. Then the reveal by father Harry to his daughter towards the end actually made me cry a little. I cant really see why anyone would not enjoy this, it has a lot going for it. Is it oscar material no, but it does have messages and well these things happen. If you have nothing to do and want to kill time LIKE FATHER i would recommend.

The end of the cruise was good fun and i found myself singing along SAIL AWAY WITH ME lol.

I wanted more when it finished. Would love to see another film 2, showing what happened to their relationship and what happened to Rachel.

Office Christmas Party
(2016)

A Schizophrenic movie script on steroids
OK I dont mind crude, or sexual content, but this was only rated R, or 15UK. Yet American Pie 18. Now i knew what to expect with those movies. I only really watched this because of Jennifer Anniston and Jason Bateman why oh why did they bother.

It had the potential to be a really funny fun movie, but disintegrated into total mayhem and foul language and very explicit sexual content.

WHY? Really non of which added to the movie in anyway. You can still have a fun crazy office party with silliness going on without all of that. I found Jennifer Anniston let herself down appearing in this movie. I really wanted to like it. But for the first time in a long time i actually was happy when it finally ended. IF you cut out all the rubbish and rewrite it could be a great movie but the way it was presented to me it was like total madness and seemed to me no one really knew what or how to play their parts. I DID laugh a couple of times. BUT CRINGED more.

SUCH a waste of talent some great actors in it but are they that desperate to appear in any movie?

Like I said take out some of the vile rubbish, tweak the script a bit, get rid of the drug dealer had nothing to add to story. I had no idea who anyone was, or their role in the business. JUST all so confusing. Sorry i really wanted to enjoy it. I RARELY give bad ratings as i am easily pleased so for me to only give a 3, shows just how bad it was for me lol.

A definite thumbs down for me.

Like a Boss
(2020)

Friends and enemies
WELL ok i read some of the reviews. I still thought i would watch it. Why low ratings?

THE CAST was amazing so many great actors within this movie some i recognised from Netflix films but my favorite was Jennifer Coolidge, she always makes me laugh.

There were some very funny moments in this movie. I thought about it why low ratings, i wonder if it was the title. Like a boss. It was about 2 young women who had grown up together and had a great bond, but also were never totally honest with each other so things festered over the years. One was too scared to upset the other. But isnt that what strong friendship is about. Being open and honest and accepting each other for their faults.

SO the BOO HISS nasty owner of a cosmetic company was able to infiltrate these failings and split the two for only a short time.

The ending was BRILLIANT I loved it and the surprise guest at the end totally made it for me. It just all fit in place.

I think you have to just take it for what it is a chick flick a bit of fun nothing serious. No its not oscar worthy, but neither is it worth such awful ratings. I must admit i enjoyed it as much as other Paramount films i have seen lately.

If your going to watch it do so will little expectations. Some of the humour is quite risque lol. The best one was when mia was dragged back over the railings the comment she made had me in stitches lol.

Yeh it was all cool. Perhaps a little long but give it a go. Oh xmas came early when i saw Ryan Hanson one of my fave actors.

A Castle for Christmas
(2021)

Different set in Scotland not the states.....
Finally a nice christmas movie not set in the states. I actually enjoyed it as it was different. Yeh predictable but it was fun watching it as it evovled.

I loved Brooke Shields and Cary Elwes, actually he changed over the the time of watching, into a more kinder and happier person and it was reflected in his face. The dog was fabulous. The scenary was great.

It was quite a novelty to watch a christmas movie set in Scotland. I thought the accents were brilliant i have friends from Scotland who watched it and they said it was pretty much authentic.

You have to watch it right through including the end titles as some of what happens is revealed then by Drew.

Yeh it was ok, I think it could even have a season 2 for next year.

Anyway it really made me feel christasy for the first time.

The Wheel of Time
(2021)

confused to the time this is supposed to be set
I expected some sort of medieval series the beginning showed two men who looked from a fantasy period.

However, the scene in the pub totally turned me off. There sat a young man with a clearly modern haircut and totally clean shaven like he had been to the beauty parlour.

Sorry i gave it one episode that was enough for me. There are far better things to watch then this. All the costumes looked brand new and tailored too.

Father Christmas Is Back
(2021)

CARRY ON CHRISTMAS - GREAT BRITISH ROM COM
OK low rating why? This is a typical carry on/rom com with silliness, and also an evolving story from the past which is revealed over time.

The actors were brilliant. I loved the fact the family was called CHRISTMAS lol. Yes it was over acted and had some really funny moments hidden. I laughed at loud at several of them. Perhaps you have to be older british to get this film I am not sure, but really some magic moments and just the right amount of rudeness lol. Loved the scene in the barn, and the references to animals round things lol.

The mickey take of vegan just get caroline to cook you a bit of wood you will be fine and. Jackie the american thought it was a great idea having no idea that the reference was cooking just that WOOD lol.

A mature take on christmas with the christmas family. LOVED IT i gave it higher rating only to boost its poor ratings up. I think the minimum it deserves is six.

OH my so funny when Jackie all excited plugs in the lights lol.........

Worth watching just to see all the brilliant actors again, and John Cleese well he never changes, Kelsey Grammar fab, caroline quentin what a hoot, so many of them. If you like silly british humour like a carry on film with a bit of adult theme and drama you will love this.

The Perfect Date
(2019)

The Pefect film
................for a lazy afternoon with no expectations. This widowed 70 year old really enjoyed it. It helped while awhile an afternoon and I found it amusing and enjoyable, maybe a bit predictable but really who cares. I didnt take any of it seriously.

The actors were all good and I think we will see more of the two leads.

For me it was different which I like. Brooke is needed his services in a way as a lot of young people feel pressure to be perfect. Who needs to be perfect no one. Just be yourselves and enjoy the life you have have been given.

I agree with the dont nitpick by another reviewer this is just what it is a nice sweet romance story. No stress.

Holidate
(2020)

DIFFERENT and enjoyable
Really I wasnt sure what to expect but I really enjoyed this. I am 70 and have seen a lot of christmas movies. This was different and I must admit it did make me laugh in places.

ALSO I found myself looking at actors who were my favorites in other things, like. Kristin Chenoweth, Jessica Capshaw(greys), Manish. Dayal(The resident), Frances Fisher (a ton of films and Becker),Dan Lauria (wonder years), yikes the list is endless.

I cant honestly understand why anyone would not enjoy this. It was well acted, was different and actually really hit true for a lot of people at holidays and familys expectations.

I just enjoyed it didnt take it too seriously. What wasnt to like really.

Love Hard
(2021)

Finding true love mixed with christmas
Well i loved this. I wasnt sure but it hooked me in minutes. Totally different xmas movie. It was about finding love the real love not make believe. People hiding behind false identies because they dont think they are worthy of anything else. Just be yourself is the morale of the story.

Only thing i struggled with was the male lead I thought he couldnt be more then 18 lol. Anyway it was funny, had its moments, no smut just a good honest clean family movie for christmas. It covered different things including sibling jealousy, falling in love out of your ethnic group, learning about families and tradition.

Yep it made me laugh in places. The movie didnt take itself too seriously.

All the actors were good. I was sad when it ended, i would love to see a part 2.

I loved the ending.

You Are My Home
(2020)

Sweet emotional movie
I wasnt sure what to expect to be honest. But i loved it. A young girl who is dragged away from her mother. A women who looses her husband and son in an accident. They are brought together and the story begins.

This was gentle but had emotional scenes. If anyone reading this has lost familiy before christmas each one is hard to deal with, and a lot of us just hide away and hope it will just disappear.

This lady Chloe was forced to deal with her demons by the child alexandra arriving needing her care. Both of them learnt together that love can come around again. I really enjoyed it. Not silly, or over acted, but a true story in that it is happening now where families are torn apart that does sadly happen and it shows how people deal with loss on this special holiday.

I think I will watch it again. It was so touching.

A Wish for Christmas
(2016)

Feel good christmas movie
I enjoyed this very much. It had all sorts of things in the story, but mainly about a young web designer who everyone took for granted. This sadly is so common place now in the workplace. Also the fact that employees are just expected to work over the christmas season with little rewards.

Anyway I dont want to get into the plot too deeply it was just a gentle storyline good acting, nice script, lots of christmas and all the cooking baking made me hungry.

Yes nothing wrong with this and it even had a happy ending. Perfect.

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