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Daphne's Cartoon Castle (1967)
One of the best children's shows
This was one of the best and most creative children's shows of the 1960's and 1970's. Note the person who portrayed Baby Daphne was Patricia Blake, not Patricia Blair as is mistakenly written above. Patricia Blake not only starred in the one woman show live Monday through Friday on KTTV-TV in Los Angeles but also later on KHJ-TV in Los Angeles. She also wrote the show's scripts and much more to make the show the success it was.
Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
It's a classic!
Napoleon Dynamite is a fun film and I highly recommend it. Of course it is no Citizen Kane or Gone with the Wind but is a cult classic in it's own right. Jon Heder and Jon Gries are perfect in their roles..it is a good family film that our family has enjoyed since it first came out. It really gets better each time we watch it.
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House (2016)
Very artistic and genuinely scary
This film is not your generic horror film. It is actually a work of art..it moves slowly and that makes it more interesting and suspenseful. I am surprised there are so many negative reviews when our family found this film thought provoking and beautifully made. I would guess the negative reviews come from those who expected a slasher or boring run of the mill ghost story which this film is not. There were some scenes that sent chills up my spine. My only complaint is that Paula Prentiss did not have more to do in the film. Other than that, I highly recommend this artistic piece of cinema.
Sunshine (1973)
Only saw this film once and never forgot it
I only saw this film one time on television in the 1970's. I had just had my son and I was so inspired by this story that I immediately began a journal to him and over the years I had three more children and weekly would add more and more to the journal. A few years ago as a Christmas gift to them, I made copies of my journal about them and gave the journal to each of them so they could read what I had written when they were growing up. But enough about me...this film has stayed with me all these years, it is one of the most beautiful and touching stories and I wish it was available to view now. If you find it offered somewhere, I highly recommend it.
Ozark (2017)
Excellent
Two more episodes to go and I am enjoying this series so much. What with Jason Bateman and Laura Linney.. a wonderful story line, great writers, good directing and lovely cinematography..what more could we ask for? I hope we get a second season as the characters are very compelling to say the least. Happy to see a really good series make it's appearance on Netflix after "Gypsy" which I was not able to finish watching because all the characters had no depth and I didn't care about them. Ozark is different and congrats to Netflix for giving us a winner.
The President Show (2017)
Highly recommend this hilarious show!
My family and I look forward to this very funny show each Thursday. Anthony Atamanuik is very talented and has President Trump's mannerisms and voice down perfectly. It is really funny when he has a guest and they converse. The guests talk with Atamanuik as though he is really Trump and the conversations get quite funny with wonderful ad-libs by Aramanuik. I saw Anthony Atamanuik interviewed recently as himself and was really struck by how talented he is playing Trump as Atamaniuk looks nothing in real life like the character he is playing. Highly recommend this funny and topical show.
Gypsy (2017)
Too boring to continue watching
I was really looking forward to Gypsy. So far I have watched the first two episodes and honestly have no interest whatsoever in watching the rest of the episodes. Gypsy is pretentious, boring, silly and sadly the characters have no substance and I couldn't care less what happens to them. Was looking forward to Gypsy because of Naomi Watts and Billy Crudup, but just not worth my time.
Bloodline (2015)
Too bad the last season was awful
The first two seasons were very good but by the time they got to the third season it felt like they ran out of ideas and money. For example, there was only one tourist shown for a couple of seconds staying at the Inn in season 3. Sissy Spacek's character's blouse and hairstyle were the same no matter when in time the scene was supposed to have taken place. It felt like they filmed all her scenes in the same day. Very distracting. Also, too many holes in season 3. What happened to Meg? Kevin says he is going to Cuba because he can't be extradited from Cuba, next scene the feds go to Cuba and are bringing him back. So many holes it is really hard to remember them all. The last two episodes were totally worthless. The first two seasons I would recommend but don't waste your time with Season 3. I do like the actors, just wish they would have been given a better script and direction for Season 3.