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Brief Encounter is not typical of my usual favorite films, and yet it is one of the best movies that I've ever seen. I've now watched it three times in the last few years and each time I've been blown away by how perfect a movie it is.

My favorite films tend to be screwball comedies from the 1930s and 1940s, film noir, and Alfred Hitchcock movies. I've watched many of them numerous times.

I had never heard of Brief Encounter until recently and just cannot praise it enough. The cinematography is fabulous as is the Rachmaninov soundtrack. The cast is excellent and the fact that it's comprised of ordinary looking actors and actresses adds to the overall impact.

Flawless perfection throughout!

Although I got a kick out of seeing "J. Peterman" as the author of the book based on Frasier's experiences, as well as evil "Helena Cassidine" as his former piano teacher, this episode felt creepy.

It probably would have been a good idea to have had Frasier be 18+ at the time of his piano lessons. Instead it felt more like Mary Kay Letourneau and her underage beau ...and she served prison time for it. Reverse the situation and had Frasier been an underage girl and her piano teacher a mature man he'd have wound up in the sex offender list after serving his sentence.

Not a good episode at all. The only bright spot was the piano teacher's mother.

From the very beginning, the movie and TV industry in Hollywood has romanticized the homeless. They are always, without fail, good honest people, with great teeth, down on their luck.

In old B & W movies, which I love, it's kind of understandable as many were made during the Depression. In the modern day, however, it's ludicrous.

First, a correction. Both the synopsis here and the dialogue from the show state that Patsy had eaten a "balanced" meal. Pasta, bread and vegetables is not balanced, there was no protein!

The story was fairly typical for Hollywood's version of the down and out, with Walter cleaning up beautifully after removing his wig and fake beard, and being drug free and articulate. For an actual picture of homelessness look at videos of Kensington in Philadelphia and see what drug and alcohol addiction, the main reasons for homelessness, do to people. The majority of people on the streets have mental health and/or addiction problems. A shower, shave, suit and tie don't solve them.

William Powell, Gail Patrick and Eugene Pallette make My Man Godfrey tolerable. Other than that this movie is an overrated hot mess

Let me start by saying that I love old movies, preferably black and white, post code, from the 1930s and 1940s. I consider anything after 1960 usually too modern. William Powell is my favorite actor and I love him in Love Crazy, I Love You Again, and of course the Thin Man Movies. I confess, he and Myrna Loy are my favorite couple, however I'll watch anything with Powell. I like Carole Lombard although she's a little too goofy at times. So I should have enjoyed this film, right?

Wrong! Lombard's character was an annoying basket case, not funny, and had no chemistry with William Powell (yes, I know they'd been married). I liked his interactions with Gail Patrick better ( and they're fun in Love Crazy.) Eugene Pallette was excellent, but Alice Brady, who was Oscar nominated, and who I'd never heard of, was as annoying and silly as Lombard. The Carlo character was totally unnecessary.

This is one I won't watch again!

In the mid-1980s i didn't watch much TV except for football and Inside the NFL. My free time after work was also spent at the gym and going out, because I was young and single. I love the 1980s and everything about it, except maybe shoulder pads. So I should enjoy Moonlighting, right?

Wrong! I am trying to enjoy this show. We watch a lot of detective shows on streaming and even though "light" detective shows like Barnaby Jones and Diagnosis Murder suspend belief, they're watchable. So we are trying Moonlighting once a week.

We're up to Season 2 and I still can't stand this show. Normally I love Cybil Shepherd. The Last Picture Show was one of my favorite movies. I like Bruce Willis and he looked great back then. The premise of the show is cute. But so far, Moonlighting is awful! The bickering, the outlandish cases, the supposedly witty repartee...it just falls flat. Maybe it will get better?

This was a silly idea for an episode and I don't think any guest stars should have made it better.

The synopsis here explains it and I was afraid at the outset that it would be like the vampire episode and not provide a logical explanation for an alien pregnancy. I figured out who the perpetrator was early on, which increased the boredom factor.

The main problem was the lackluster casting. The lead female character was horrible and wore the worst of ugly 1990s fashion. The other cast members were similarly awful. Just a really bad idea for a plot!

I still need more words so here they are: I hope the next episode is better!

I attempted to watch this movie last night because I've always been a fan of Joan Fontaine, and I have just finished reading her rather strange autobiography.

I struggled through about 20 minutes of it. With an outstanding cast, The Constant Nymph should have been a good movie. Instead I found it one of the most abysmal films I've ever tried to watch. I could barely understand the actors in the first scene as their accents were so thick. The following scenes, supposedly set at a Swiss chalet, looked movie studio fake. Joan Fontaine's performance was grating and ridiculous, the dialogue sounded stilted and the whole effect was that of a high school play written by a student. Andy Hardy's play in Andy Gets Spring Fever was better!

Lastly, it wasn't the subject matter or Boyer's thick accent that bothered me because growing up Gigi was my favorite movie and I had a crush on Louis Jourdan. The Constant Nymph, however, seemed like a really bad play put on film.

....caused my 5 star rating. I would have probably given this movie a 6 or 7 had it not been for the role of Pat being played by Dorothy McGuire. Although she had a pleasant speaking voice she was totally wrong for the part. It stretched credibility that Guy Madison's character would be so obsessed with her. As another reviewer said, she looked old enough to be his mother and her hair and clothes didn't help. She was 30 at the time and Guy Madison was 24. Eleanor Parker, an excellent actress and a beautiful woman, 24 at the time, would have elevated this film.

Since it's been compared to The Best Years of Our Lives I have to add that it isn't even close. That's a 10 star movie that's flawless throughout, including the cast.

I can't believe that this episode was part of an otherwise funny comedy show. It was depressing and the weak attempts at humor fell flat.

The synopsis and other review are not correct; there was no Christmas party at the Hartleys. Bob, Emily and Jerry were on their way to the symphony on Christmas Eve.

I usually like Carol episodes but this one gets a *1* rating from me. One of the show's writers must have been in a Scrooge-like mood to come up with it.

If you enjoy the BNS for its witty and subtle comedy do yourself a favor and skip this one. Even the root beer egg nog was bad.

I still need 12 characters so here they are.

From a logical point of view this was a lame episode. I just knew that the shopping center bomber wouldn't be the obvious choice, since writers the world over just can't resist being PC, woke, leftist or what have you.

Des Callahan sure was lucky that on the exact day and time that he chose for his publicity stunt there happened to be a man of middle eastern descent in the shopping center. What are the odds?

The writers are writing Teri very out of character and she, Nelson and Von are becoming an echo chamber of left wing bias (unions and now terrorism).

The only storyline that's remotely interesting is Vincent's.

I would have given this show only one star but I really like Patrick Warburton. I only made it through 3 episodes before I deleted it.

I feel like I'd seen this show before, and better done. It was so similar to 'Til Death, another recent show, with the slightly older jaded couple and the younger newly together couple with the good looking, slightly sleazy wife. Unfortunately that show changed direction so many times it turned out to be bad.

I generally stay FAR away from American TV shows past 2005. The only decent sitcom (with a unique concept) was The Big Bang Theory. Everything else I've attempted to watch is filled with adolescent, excessively juvenile sexual humor (BBT sometimes did too). It's as if all Hollywood writers are 15 boys who fantasize about dating the popular girls but can't.

When I started watching Rules of Engagement I didn't realize that the completely unfunny David Spade was in it. As another reviewer mentioned his character has no redeeming qualities. I loved Warburton on Seinfeld (an outstanding sitcom) and News Radio (another good one until the tragic death of Phil Hartman), but Warburton isn't enough to carry this show. Skip it!

Since watching A Crime to Remember a few months ago I've read two true crime books about the murder of Franklin Bradshaw.

I just watched this episode again, and while the gist of the crime was portrayed adequately there are several things that could have been improved upon.

It was helpful to have Jonathan Coleman, the author of one of the books, as well as Marilyn Reagan, the eldest Bradshaw daughter, on to comment.

What could have made the episode better were several things:

1) The actor playing the murder victim had a good resemblance to Bradshaw, however he had a New York accent.

2) The victim's widow, Berenice, was a petite, beautiful woman throughout her life. She lived to 92! They used a frumpy, overweight actress with a Baltimore accent. Both Franklin and Berenice were born and raised in the west.

3) Although Frances, one of the murderers, was a heavy smoker (and died from COPD at age 65) I don't think anyone else in the family smoked. And to portray the majority Mormon police as well as Doug Steele as smokers was ridiculous.

4) Frances was not nearly as attractive as the actress they cast.

5) When all the real names are a matter of public record I'm not sure why they changed some of the names. The son who took flying lessons, was locked out for years (not once) and attacked his college roommate was Larry Schreuder (now Larry Bradshaw), the son (who was blond and chubby) who murdered Franklin was Marc Schreuder, and the daughter from the second marriage was Lavinia Schreuder.

I tend to watch old movies over 2 or 3 nights and with some I wind up only watching half. My ratings are never as technical as some of the others here; I rate them on whether or not they hold my interest, as well as whether the actors and actresses are well cast.

I'm perplexed at the overall low rating for this film. I'm familiar with Virginia Mayo from The Best Years of Our Lives, and Jimmy Stewart lookalike Robert Hutton from the Janie movies, but I wasn't familiar with the rest of the cast. Bruce Bennett was really good, great to look at, and was a former Olympic athlete who lived to 100!

Smart Girls Don't Talk held my interest and had a few twists and turns. I could find no flaws and enjoyed the music and the noir atmosphere. 10 stars from me!

We watched this episode of Barnaby Jones last night and I'm still thinking about how truly weird it was.

Several other reviews covered my impression of it but what the heck, I'll review it anyway. Another reviewer had me laughing out loud when they said that Marjoe Gortner looked like the son of the dentist on Newhart! Great comparison. I've never liked Gortner and he stayed true to form with his overacting. He's a really bad singer as well.

The most bizarre aspect of this episode was the use of Jethro Tull's best song, Wind Up. We had to mute Gortner's butchering of it. Buddy Ebsen actually sang a better acoustic version.

All in all a poor show which could have been better with a different actor playing the murdering musician.

Recently we started watching TGG and gave it up in Season 2. Although the concept was great and I appreciated a sitcom about four mature women, the show became way too predictable. I enjoyed it more in the 1980s when it first aired.

Sophia was by far the funniest, with Dorothy a close second. Rose was cute and could be funny, but her dumb as a box of rocks St Olaf routine got very old.

The worst, or should I saw "wuuust" character was Blanche. Had Rue M or any of the writers EVER been to the south? Her southern accent was horrible. I've been a southerner my entire life and no one talks like that. There are great variations between the states and even regions of the states themselves, but her fake accent was very bad. Her character was ridiculous and some of her stories bordered on perversion (making cheerleader because she wore no underwear under her uniform; she was a minor!). Overly sexualized sitcom characters like Blanch or Dan Fielding on Night Court aren't funny, they're just stupid.

Lastly, the writers have probably never been to south Florida in their lives. The girls wore more layers than anyone would ever wear in Miami, and they even had an episode where the heat went out and they were freezing. Seriously? Get out of California once in awhile.

So very disappointed in the show, rewatching it wasn't up to my expectations.

Long ago, back in 1981 when Body Heat was released, and I still went to the movie theater, I had never heard of film noir. Although I was then and always have been a fan of old movies, I still rate this film as noir perfection.

These days I never go watch current movies and am totally into old films, particularly pre-1960. I'm not a fan of explicit sex or even excessive foul language, but for Body Heat I make an exception.

It's wonderfully atmospheric, filmed on location (so nice not to see the brown California mountains), and the soundtrack is amazing. The casting is spot on and every performance is perfect. It's a tradition that I watch Body Heat every summer, so I've seen it numerous times, and I always find some new detail.

Another reviewer mentioned lack of air conditioning. As a lifelong resident of the southeast I'm sure it was just inadequate air conditioning to keep up with the heat wave.

If you're a fan of Double Indemnity, Out of the Past, or other classic film noirs then don't miss Body Heat. 10 stars!

I agree with the other reviewer from 2015 who called their review "episode error". Have the California based writers ever actually been to Miami or South Florida? Seriously, there would never be a cold snap so extreme for the ladies huddled together in bed, an electric blanket, and Blanche's fur lined parka. And how could Rose have accidentally made the AC come on? Wouldn't that be controlled on a thermostat?

And yes, the Christmas Eve snow in another episode was ridiculous. My husband and I just laugh and say the show is set in Miami, California. Even the exterior shot of their house is in California; note the tall skinny palm tree in the back. I'm surprised they haven't slipped and shown us those Florida mountains, LOL.

Finally, Blanche's southern accent is horrible. I've lived in the South my whole life and never met anyone who spoke like that.

A Crime to Remember was a very watchable show which did an excellent job in recreating the time period of when the crime took place. It fell short a bit with the 1930s and 1950s. I watch so many old movies and was born in the mid-1950s that I have a pretty good feel for the styles of a particular decade. In the 1930s most women wore short wavy hair and tweezed their eyebrows very thin. In the 1950s most women wore that dreadful short, permed Italian cut (which aged most 20 years), had thicker brows and red lipstick. They really nailed the 1960s and 1970s. The show also did a good job with props.

I was only familiar with a few of the crimes and some of the ones I hadn't read about prompted me to buy books about them. I could have done without the social commentary which veered into woke territory, or the unnecessary song at the end.

My biggest criticism is the constant smoking. It may come as a shock to people born after 1965 but not everyone in the past smoked, not even close. Some episodes showed smoking in the courtroom! And the last episode showed Mormons smoking.

On balance I would recommend the show.

I'm very surprised by all of the glowing reviews. We made it through 4 episodes before ditching this show. It's sad because overall I prefer Aussie shows to modern American shows as well as most British ones.

I like Nadine Garner a lot and enjoyed her in City Homicide. I'm not familiar with the actor who played Dr Blake but found him wooden and boring. I can think of numerous other Australian actors who would have done a far better job; Erik Thompson, Ian Stenlake, Colin Friels, David Field or Shane Bourne, to name a few. As it was cast the show was incredibly boring.

My other issue with it was setting it in 1959. Why have it take place over 50 years ago if woke themes like adultery, capital punishment and homosexuality were all presented with a leftist viewpoint?

Overall Dr Blake Mysteries was a huge disappointment. Don't waste your time.

I'm often critical of some of the episodes of The Commish but this one got 10 stars from me.

First of all, Stan's death was totally unexpected in part one of this two part season finale. I'm sorry that his character left the show, since he'd been there from the beginning.

Part two, The Iceman Cometh, was the most frightening episode of the series to date. Often the show is light, which is fine, but Tony has gotten annoying at times. In this episode I can't fault him at all, except maybe he and Cyd should have seen a picture of the FBI agent coming to assist them.

What made the show scary for me was seeing mild mannered Uncle Bill from Family Affair play a stone cold assassin! I still don't get how the computer salesman figured into the show but overall it was a creepy and excellent episode!

....between Wendell Corey and Barbara Stanwyck. It's a shame because with a few changes this could have been a good film noir.

As it is I kept falling asleep and it took 3 nights for me to finish. I'm usually a fan of Stanwyck and think she's about the best actress from the golden age. My problem with her is that she's wearing that horrible late 1940s-early 1950s matronly helmet head hair. It ages any woman 20 years. This is a time period that I love but that hairdo was horrible!

My next issue was Wendell Corey. To me he's always the bland and boring Carl in Holiday Affair. There's no sizzle between him and Stanwyck. Robert Mitchum would have been much better in the part. The flimsy reason his character had for cheating on his gorgeous wife didn't work.

Finally, although I'm in the minority (probably all alone in this), I don't mind the Production Code. It forced the majority of movies to be much better quality than the dreck that's been coming out of Hollywood for years. That said, the ending was silly and as others have said, Thelma (terrible femme fatale name) had not a hair out of place or a smudge in her makeup after a car wreck! Only worth 5 stars.

My husband is originally from Baltimore and I'm from northern Virginia, so I thought that I would enjoy watching The Wire. We watch a lot of detective and police shows, plus my husband had watched it when it aired and thought he'd like to see it again.

I think he enjoyed the first episode but I thought it was horrible. It was slow moving and boring, I couldn't follow the story or distinguish one character from another, and the script sounded like it was written by 12 year old boys. Why do writers of modern shows think that every other word needs to be f___?. That type of dialogue is poor writing at its laziest.

If anyone wants to watch a good US crime drama watch Third Watch, or an older show like Hunter. Australian crime shows are even better, especially Water Rats and City Homicide.

A rating of only 1 from me!

Let me start out by saying that I generally love this show. I had given it a 10 star rating overall even though I'm only up to Season 5. I've dropped it to 9 after last night. Over the last few episodes I've noticed that the writing has gotten worse and some characters are being written inconsistently.

The downfall began with Mitch's drug treatment clinic. The drug addict storyline is taking too much away from Ward 17. Meanwhile Jared has become a different person. He looks disheveled, and acts horribly. His assault was a disgusting turn of events and a result of him handing out needles and ignoring Mitch. Another problem about the clinic is the psychologist who is an awful character.

Terry not using birth control and laughing it off to Von is inconsistent with her character as a still religious former nun. Becoming pregnant out of wedlock while Mitch is still married to Rose doesn't fit with how she'd been previously written, as a cautious and responsible person with morals.

Bron cheating on Ben is another example of poor writing. And if she had to cheat on him why on earth did she give Andy her cell phone, work phone and landline phone numbers?

Finally, this episode, portraying pro-life people as nuts, the rape of Jared in the underground, the trans "woman", and the new doctor being HIV positive from a 3 way with another man was the most convoluted and offensive piece of writing of this show I've seen. I certainly hope it was a one off because if it becomes another woke show I'll have to give it up.

My husband and I like to watch an older comedy at night before we go to sleep. We just finished Night Court, which I had suggested. I remember liking it in the 1980s when it was on, and had only seen a few seasons.

Like many shows, particularly sitcoms, the show went downhill. Characters became more outrageous in the later seasons. The only ones I cared for were Roz (the best one), Mac, Quan Lee, and sometimes Christine. Bull got too outlandish, Harry was irritating and Dan?? Dan Fielding was the most repulsive character in the history of TV. He had not one single redeeming feature. He was never funny, and everything he said was disgusting. In later years the writers made him into an outright pervert. There's a way to make a ladies man funny, an example being Sam Malone on Cheers. Dan Fielding was cringe worthy with only Michael on The Office coming close.

I'm giving the show 2 stars, and that's for the early years and Roz. Night Court isn't in the same league as great 1980s-1990s sitcoms like Everybody Loves Raymond, Frasier or Wings.

The writers of The Commish must have really hated preppy, athletic men. This episode is yet another story of a preppy high school boy who turns out to be a rapist. It's not only typical for this show but of Hollywood writers in general. The minute I saw the clean cut actor who played the quarterback appear I knew how the episode would go. Very disappointing to see The Commish use this tired old trope about athletes being evil and rapists. The quality of the writing has really declined.

I really don't have much more to add but the required 600 characters for a review was letting me know that I needed to add more.