LUVJET Reviews

A Very Brady Christmas (1988 TV Movie)

Above average reunion

[23 November 2001]

This is a movie that is really only going to be tolerated by true "Brady" fans. We never really took them seriously as a family, but we loved watching them. The Brady's are, in deed, a non-existent family, but that makes them even more fun to watch- Escapism !!

And now, the whole family (minus the original Cindy) is back together again in a less-groovy, updated surroundings, for a Christmas gathering, in Brady fashion. The whole house is full of Brady's and more Brady's (they've multiplied). Alice doesn't live here anymore, but she's got problems of her own and shows up at just the right moment- to help with Christmas dinner.

A Very Brady Christmas is less than average t.v. fare if you were not a Brady fan. To those who watched faithfully every Friday night, you're gonna love seeing 'em in all their unbelievable camp, once again.

The Blue Veil (1951)

SAD, AND TRIUMPHANT

[7 November 1998]

I remember seeing this movie when I was ten years old. It was a winter day and I was home from school, sick. The movie came on and we didn't have remote control, and I was too weak to get out of bed, so I was really forced into watching it.

It turned out to be one of my favorite movies, even though I've only seen it once. It is a transforming story as we watch Jane Wyman go from family to family through many years, taking care of the children, and then being moved on when they become too old for a nanny, each time breaking the hearts of all involved.

the end is so moving, but if you haven't seen it, It wouldn't be fair for me to ruin it for you. See it, by all means. This is a rare movie that I have never seen on Video nor on TV since that time. If you run across it, I highly recommend that you tape or buy it, whatever the case may be.

Skyjacked (1972)

Well worth watching

[8/10 · 16 October 1998]

I first saw this film when it was released at the theatre in 1972, (I was 12yrs old), under the title "Sky Terror". Being an aviation buff, I was in my glory- This film had everything! Some of the best shots of a Boeing 707 in flight, (Most flight scenes today are computer generated and are extremely phony) and Yvette Mimieux, who has never looked more glamourous, as the first Stewardess. What more could an airline buff want. Charlton Heston reprises "Moses" in the cabin, as only he could. James Brolin is the resident bomb-carrying, psycopathic war vet, who's released on a 4F and wants to hijack everyone to Russia so he can be decorated. Mariette Hartley, is a believable "expectant-mother", who boards the flight as she's about to give birth. (How'd she slip past the gate agent?) Then there's Susan Dey, who was suspect immediately, as a Hippie traveling first class! There's a fairly good story here with the usual soap opera flair. (Mimieux's character has had an affair with the Captain and currently dating the 1st Officer). Geat interior and exterior scenes combined with above average acting and good dialogue, makes this all-star film, worth watching.

I give it a: * * 1/2 rating, they lose half a star for being an almost direct rip-off of "Airport".