The War
A Michael Sheen 3-part drama for BBC1. There is babble about a young man falling into a vat of molten slag at the steelworks. There is weird music. This is apparently a dystopian drama about riots erupting in Port Talbot after the steelworks close. Last month, Tara Steel shut down the 2 blast furnaces in Port Talbot. A weird coincidence ( Read more... )

The Swimmer (1968)

Burt Lancaster shows up in swimtrunks and swims in various peoples swimming pools. He has his trunks, tanlines and not much else. As the movie passes, we learn the awful reality of Ned's (Lancaster) situation. Ned does happy talk as people treat him with bemused toelration and anger, Joan Rivers shows up.

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Harry And The Hendersons (1987)

An all-American family run over Bigfoot and take him home to surburbia. John Lithgow, Don Ameche, David Suchet, M. Emmet Walsh and Kevin Peter Hall star. Nobody notices Bigfoot strapped to their roof or wandering about their mcmansion. Bigfoot is obviously a man in a suit. The couple and their 3 spoilt children scream ( Read more... )

Young Guns (1988)

An alarmingly awful brat pack movie. People in the old west are in cahoots against others. This opens with the stars staring intently into the camera. This is loud, brash and full of macho posturing and violent gun battles. Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlie Sheen, Lou Diamond Phillips, Dermot Mulroney, Terence Stamp and ( Read more... )

Post Mortem

Is this a Norwegian take on 'izombie'? A presumed murder victim sits up in the autopsy suite. There is nudity and a hostile reception. She's a vampire now or something. Nothing is done in dramatic fashion. There was bad dubbing and I did not care.

Best Lines:

“Woke up on the dissecting table.”

“You looked very dead.”

“Very.”

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The Detective

There is no credible evidence to substantiate the claims made against Nick in the video amid all the scurrilous talk on the internet. There is a toxic regime at the cop station. Did Nick engage in abusive behaviour? It is a precarious time. This was a debacle. The cops have blase attiudes. What is a PIO?

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Chapter Eighty-eight Citizen Lodge

Why is Hiram's Riverdale's chief tormentor? Hiram is fanatical.This was haphazard and a despairing fug. It is an age of reckoning but Hiram's hasn't come yet. What caused Hiram's rise to infamy? We learn the answer in this unnecessary whole episode flashback. Hiram is reviled. Reggie and his father have issues. Why ( Read more... )

The Evil Awakens

Spooky woods, the creepy dwellers of said woods and various characters named Filip, Asen, Mia and Chanov run around the town of Smolyan. A body is found in this Bulgarian drama that is subtitled. There is pretty scenery. Mia is a tough cop with a daughter who looks older than her. Mia is the boring bullying big city cop.

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You Can't Bury The Past

Sofia betrayed Javier for Raul but now she is back with Javier. There are growing distress and distress. Luis is dead. I'm confused. There is distress and no safe haven. Javier was in hospital. 2 months have passed since season 1. There is no safety from danger just obvious dubbing. There are tensions and unbearbale stress.

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Sacrifice

Laurel is such a pick me girl. There are no emotional subjects or growing disquiet. Laurel acts as though she never met, remarked on or knew Tommy. There is no shock or distress. Why didn't Malcolm just shoot Oliver? Oliver lies. Tommy has yearning and anger. Malcolm sees the undertaking as a moral necessity. Oliver is a clench jawed jerk.

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