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Woman on the Run (2017)
Flawed from Beginning to End
I lasted 19 minutes before my brain could not take anymore. First of all, does Jim Thorburn always play a snob? He had the same aloof personality in The Tree That Saved Christmas. Besides that, this is such an idiotic premise. Who wrote this?? When she goes to the police she says she knows no one and that she is a hermit. What about the neighbor she said bye to when they were leaving on the trip?? She was a published writer that even one of the bellboys knew, so she must have a publisher that she has seen face-to-face. Do these filmmakers think we are stupid? Between Johnson Production Group and Incendo, they are making a fortune out of making rubbish for the brainless. One final word....if you are determined to make garbage movies, at least hire people that can act.
The Net (1995)
Sloppy Seconds
I have always wondered how a major production with all the continuity checklists and executives they have dissecting every aspect of a movie, ends up filled with so many flaws. They either think the audience is not paying attention or maybe it is themselves that are the guilty party. I will give you just two of the questionable scenes I saw even though there are much more I could add. In an earlier scene, Sandra Bullock says that she is from La Junta but somehow when she is getting her fake visa it clearly says that her birthplace is Santa Monica. When she is taken to a Mexican hospital after her dingy crashed, the doctor comes to her bed smoking? I have never been to a Mexican hospital but I doubt even there that a doctor just casually smokes around patients like he is just shooing the breeze.
In the end, this is still and enjoyable movie but only because of Bullock, not because of the absentminded production.
You're Not Alone (2023)
This movie should be "lit" as in burned.
I resent that anyone put up funds to make this stinker. You need to look no further than the opening scene where they have an actress who is at least 10 years older than she is supposed to be portraying. She keeps answering her phone even though she knows it is a prank caller. It even showed on her phone that the incoming caller's phone number was blocked yet she still continues to answer it. Then she goes downstairs and unlocks the front door and goes outside. If she was frightened she would invite an intruder in by unlocking the front door. Stop pushing garbage, go back to film school and leave filmmaking to the pros.
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Customer No-Service
As a betting site they are ridiculous for many reasons. They offer no phone contact and when you message them expect not to hear back from them at a minimum of 30 minutes and sometimes not even the same day. I made two wagers in their site and won both of them but they refused to pay me half my winnings. DO NOT EVER deposit money on their site.
After seeing they were not going to pay me I closed my account for my own protection and this is the response I got when I sought payment:
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Draft Day (2014)
Paul Harvey's....now the rest of the story
Sports movies have a specific audience and some have called Draft Day a pseudo-sports movie and I agree, but there is more to sports than the game itself. How a team is carefully or not carefully assembled is this movie's focus. What I cannot understand is how it got torched at the box office. I would watch this movie over and over again. Not everything was perfect but you can say that about non-sports movies also. Writers and Directors must think we are idiots and do not see the flaws that they try to include in movies like for instance in Sleepless in Seattle when Tom Hanks comes home from "work"(although they never really did share where he worked when he moved to Seattle) and he calls out to his 8 year old son Jonah and finds him upstairs in his bedroom. What parent leaves their 8 year old child home alone???
In any case, I loved this movie and I would rather watch this pseudo-sports movie over any "real" sports movie any day.
Would I Lie to You? (2007)
Amber Alert
This could be a fun show but potty mouth Amber cannot even talk without being bleeped so I'm out. It is a sade commentary on our culture and tv in general that something that should be a family show cannot hire a celebrity who cannot last 20 minutes without swearing.
Out of the Heart (2016)
Potential Gone Wrong
Terrible Acting + Terrible Script = Terrible Film. The premise would have worked but everything else got in the way plus the needless amount of profanity seemed laughable.
Magnum P.I. (2018)
Selleck Who?
Sorry to see this show get cut because it was easily 5 times better than the original. First of all you have a Magnum that knew how to fight and didn't get beat up every episode. Second, John Hillerman was more annoying than interesting and Perdita was just plain fierce. I did not give it a ten because the script and action scenes were bordering on ridiculous. Justin Lin thought he was doing another Fast And Furious film. Added to that TC who owns a helicopter tour business was never at work and before Rick bought his own bar neither was he. I worked in the "business" for 3 decades and saw the frailty of the tv industry. I saw top rated shows being cancelled just because they were too expensive and other shows cancelled because of their poor time slot. I do not know if this show fell somewhere in between these categories, but it was the only scripted show I watched so on this Friday the 13th, I am very disappointed.
Lies and Deception (2005)
B+ Movie
This is obviously not a blockbuster but it is watchable despite some trite dialogue. The male main character is a private eye that somehow never carries a gun and does not know how to fight. The predictable affair with his client can be overlooked since they are two good looking humans. The tarot card aspect was not necessary and did not make the story complete. It has Lifetime written all over it.
Vega$ (1978)
Not Great, but......
It's still Vegas, and everyone loves Vegas. It was very sloppily produced which I figure is why it only lasted 3 years. How someone that portrays a private detective never learned how to fight is one of its downfalls. He didn't have to be Chuck Norris but it seemed like every episode he got beat up, and being a private detective you would think he might have a more secure place to live. People were always breaking into his place. They also really dumbed down the character Bea by giving her stupid lines, and Binzer was just a klutz. I personally would have preferred less comedy. It could have lasted longer but tv is tv.
Infidelity (2019)
Abysmal is too kind of a word
It took only 4 minutes into this dreadful waste of film before an F bomb made an appearance with plenty more to follow, but even worse was the acting. Why people invest in garbage like this I will never know.
Have You Seen My Son (1996)
Even Lisa Hartman Black Could Not Save This One
Although I would always want to see Lisa Hartman Black in any movie she is in because of her incredible skills as an actress, these tv movies hire THE worst screenwriters and directors. Case in point, the opening scene shows her early in the morning in her son's bedroom who is still sleeping. She then goes out for a jog. The clincher is her son at the time is only 6! She is a woman legally separated from her husband and she decides to leave her 6 year old son home alone while she goes out for a jog?
A little later she finds her ex steals her son so she goes to his house and conveniently he left a spare key to his home underneath a planter by the front door(how did she know where it was if she did not ever live there?). She enters and finds a note he left for her(again, how did he know she would be able to get in his house but let's forget that for now? Saying they are never coming back. She goes to the police and tells them her son has been kidnapped but never shows the letter to the police.
I could go on but this is a typical tv movie with too many holes in it.
Murder on the Cape (2017)
Don't forget the minor details
It is mostly dull but watchable. What I can't believe is how they spend thousands of dollars to make a film and space out on minor details. Elizabeth's character is supposed to be from NY. She calls Mike on his cell phone and it displays her number which is normal but the area code of her number is 323 which is an area code in Hollywood. Petty issue you might think but it is one that let me know how professional of a production this is.
Dangerous Calling (2008)
Cliche Catastrophe
Thrillers are my favorite movie genre and I work in a church so it seemingly would have been my dream movie to watch. It was not the worst faith-themed film I have ever seen, but they turned cliche into ridiculous at the end of the film. I will not ruin the ending if you decide to watch it but when a 30 something woman and man gets overpowered by a senior citizen then you know you just lost 90 minutes of your life for nothing.
Personal Shopper (2016)
Personal Shopper Review
I went to see the movie tonight and walked out halfway through it I was so bored. They at least chose a good actress for the lead, but the film was a downer from the beginning and progressively got worst until I had to leave. What might have been a good concept on paper failed on the screen. Kristen's portrayal of the character was uninteresting to me from the beginning and the cliché use of cigarettes and toothpicks were unnecessary. If I am checking Facebook in the middle of a movie it must be bad.