Reviews

I have been so excited for this show! Seeing Jack McCoy again is like a long lost friend. I definitely would have liked to see Benjamin Bratt and it would have been cool if they were in the "Leonard Briscoe Memorial Police Station"... just saying. Anyway ii's well done with a storyline for modern times. I hope it sticks around.

Couldn't wait to see more Princess Diana after the end of CNN's recent series. When it popped up on my "On Demand" I didn't hesitate to commit the $20 rental fee. Bad idea. Perhaps it is too close to the CNN bio in time to switch gears to a wacky, surreal version of what Diana endured? Let's just say that's the issue. It is very well acted and filmed. The supporting cast is strong. Yes, Stewart will win awards for her portrayal of Diana. The costuming is especially noteworthy as every outfit evokes a memory of having seen it before on the real Diana - although each is not a perfect replica. I'd like to watch "Spencer" again in a year and in 5 years to see if I like it better. I think I will as the memory of the real Diana fades.

Watching Wagon Train will ruin you for modern tv. Almost every 1 hour episode is like a movie. The effort they put into plot and character development and just telling an interesting and unpredictable story far surpasses most of what we get nowadays. "The Will Santee Story" is a fine example of Wagon Train's excellence. Take a talented actor with an outstanding future career ahead of him in Dean Stockwell and combine him with the seasoned, more experienced cast around him and you get lightening in a bottle. (which Wagon Train seems to strike repeatedly.) Watch at your own risk. Too many episodes of Wagon Train and you too will be yelling "BORING!" at most of the modern fare on your TV as well.

I'm really liking this show. It's pretty smart. Well cast. Entertaining and different. Comparing it to Law & Order SVU the 2 main characters remind me of Iced Tea and Munch - arguably, 2 of the most interesting characters on SVU. The women talk to each other like real people and both define and defend their quirkiness without coming across as fake. I'll be marathoning it.

Wagon Train has very few poorly done episodes and in a crowded field of excellent storytelling this episode stands out. My favorite Wagon Trains are the ones who pack a full movie's worth of stpry into a 1 hour episode and The Sam Elder story does that very well.

Fantastic! Rarely does such a smart show last long but here's hoping it will. This show is very well written with just the right amount of comedy and a perfect fit for the current True Crime Podcast trend. The two Martins work well together and Ms Gomez is perfect in her role. Can't wait to see more!

Until our cable service offered one of the channels that shows mid-century Westerns regularly, I couldn't tell the difference between "Rawhide" and "Wagon Train". I thought they both shared the same catchy theme song. Several months in and I have become a total fan of the genre. "Wagon Train" stands out as one of the best story telling, most talent packed shows of the bunch. "The Colter Craven Story" is among the best of the best. Directed by John Ford, this episode is as multi faceted and complicated as any 2 hour movie. Play "spot the guest stars" and "Festus" Ken Curtis appears in the first 10 minutes. The episode's title character is played by Carleton Young, a John Carradine-esque actor until the real Carradine shows up later. John Wayne appears in the last 10. A brilliant episode from start to finish. I can see why it's a fan favorite and it will always be one of mine. Edit: I am honestly shocked that this episode's writer Tony Paulson doesn't have more credits to his name. Such a talented story teller must have done more.

This show is fantastic! Riveting from the first moment. Quirky. Twists and turns that are unimaginable. Thinking. Intelligent. Dark AF. Women taking back their power all over it. I hope they do more.

This show is excellent! I've been looking for a replacement for Supernatural and this seems to be it! As a lifelong horror fan it has been a long time since a tv show or movie actually creeped me out and Evil has done that at least once in every episode. So far, there seem to be rational explanations for the events the team investigates but all-knowing bad guys and a ride-or-die attitude from the good guys makes this a pretty emotionally involving show for viewers. Can't wait to see where it's going and hoping it gets a few seasons.

I have given bad reviews to too many crime shows of recent days but I am genuinely pleased that this isn't one of them. TMYS doesn't borrow from any one! It's a rivitiing examination of human good and evil and leaves plenty of gray areas. I highly recommend it!

Supernatural was the product of a talented cast and production staff that all REALLY loved what they did. The relationships off-screen were authentic and they created and served a devoted fan base. I never attended a Supernatural Con but the videos look like they are a blast! Unlike some of the other reviewers, I fell in love with the series AFTER Season 4. Once the Castiel angel character was added the show developed a whole new level. It became tied to universal religious beliefs in ways that I never anticipated and, honestly, it totally sucked me in. I started telling people that I viewed it as a philosophy not just a tv series. This show may have started out being about urban legends but it became an epic saga about family, fate, right and wrong, and religious myth. I would love to see another one like it but have my doubts that it ever could come together in the same way. That said, the series finale was abysmmal and it should have ended with the previous episode. I did not need to see my heroes turned into plain old humans. We have lost so much this past year I really wish Supernatural was not one of them.

This film is contrived but it does what it is supposed to do. Had me on the edge of my seat from start to finish. Malek still looks like Freddy Mercury to me but he puts in a good performance as a gullible police detective.

I watch a lot of the European crime mini series genre and I think it's ruining me for American tv. Much like last season's "Prodigal Son" I was eager to watch the premier of this new serial killer hunt show and, just like "Prodigal Son" I was very disappointed. So many of these shows attempt to be all things to all people and take their design from 10 other shows all combined and repackaged as a "new" show. I'm not going to go into a plot synopsis as I think it's been covered here and in the book and film, so I will get straight to my impressions of the show. First of all - too much cast. It's hard work keeping track of all of them. Way too many background players, "team" members in various roles assisting the bed-bound Lincoln Rhyme. Other shows do these various roles with one person per job - this has at least 2 per. The exception being Rhyme's hovering nurse who spends her time pursing her lips and shaking her head while she takes Rhyme's vital signs. (Prediction, she will either end up needing to be being rescued or will surprise us all with her previously unforeseen toughness.) Next, the show foreshadows way too heavily and loudly. If you are introduced to a new character who is emotionally connected to main cast, odds are really good that they will need to be saved within the next 15 minutes. The use of "emotional flaws" to humanize main characters is also telegraphed loudly and comes into use as a plot device within the next 15 minutes also. Lastly, and I have seen this mentioned in other online reviews, this show is crazily unbelievable. There is no reality to their portrayal of the NYC police and it seems to exist in some alternative dimension. It actually has the feel of a super hero/comic book movie with the rapid fire clue, chase, find, repeat activity that occurs. I'd also like to mention that the over-use of CGI to illustrate Lincoln Rhyme's thought processes is boring and uninteresting. Taking a page from "The Alienist" Rhyme has pre-1900's New York City maps, geology and history in a giant library inside his head so every clue must be sketched out to demonstrate it's source. If there was any explanation as to why the main protagonist The Bone Collector uses these points of reference and is thus so clearly matched with nemesis Rhyme I missed it. I know I will watch a few more episodes to see if it improves and I hope it does. If it does I will edit this, but like "Prodigal Son" I do not hold out great hope.

I'm not sure that I can add much to the other reviews here but the good ones are all brilliant. This is a film for grown ups with a pretty complex story line and I believe it holds up well. There's a Coen Bros vibe that I really savor. It's got a great ensemble cast of actors at the top of their profession. I adore Jeff Goldblum and have never seen him as edgy and sexy as he was in this film (in his prime?) His scenes with Barkin are incredibly hot. Dreyfus is not one of my usual faves but I respect his talent and appreciate the way he handles his role in this film. Lane, Byrne and Maclachlan were all great casting choices, as well. Great to see Henry Silva, Billy Idol, Burt Reynolds and Rob Reiner in cameos. This film just might be due for a remake.

Stumbled upon "Legend" by accident and was immediately captivated by the opening scene. As a period piece the look and feel of post-war London is done perfectly. Tom Hardy as both twin brothers does a fantastic job and it is hard to decide which performance is more compelling but, I have to admit, Reg is the more fascinating brother, with his darkness and quirks.As a fan of the American films "Goodfellas" and "The Departed" I have to sat this film completes my "must see" triad of gangster films.

I was very excited for the premier of "Prodigal Son" and ended up disappointed. Not only is it a ripoff of "Hannibal"/"Silence of the Lambs" it also has a black muscle car a la "Supernatural", a quirky ME like "CSI", rich family angst "Sherlock", I could go on and on. It seems to have taken one element from a variety of successful shows, thrown them into a hat and then drawn and copied them. Lead Tom Payne is very good looking but SO reminiscent of Spencer from "Criminal Minds". It felt like they should have just given Spencer a spin-off. Also Payne's acting is over the top and uneven swinging wildly from detachment to screaming and crying emotion and back again. I feel like on the pilot he should have underplayed it to make me more interested in figuring him out. As for other cast I did not love Lou Diamond Philips or the father, played by Michael Sheen, unlike other reviews, and the main character's mother and sister are just misplaced soap opera characters-almost like they are secretly performing in a different show. The editing is strange, too, and I found it confusing. They seemed to be trying for a "CSI Miami" vibe with their scene edits but I was left feeling like every return from commercial had cut off about a minute of the show and I had missed something key to the plot. Might try a rewatch to see if it improves. Will watch ep 2 also but can't promise more if it doesn't improve.

I started watching Room 104 by accident and decided to try marathoning it as I have always enjoyed Twilight Zone type series. Episodes 1-5 were all intriguing, vaguely scary...then i got to Ep 6 of Season 1... Mind Blown! You can say it's not scary but then you might not be an aging female person. As one, I found this episode very moving and emotional. Such loss and pain... regret. It was performance art and the interpretive dance sequence was beautifully done. Kudos to the Producers!

Having recently seen both John Wick films I was in a Keanu Reeves fan mood when I came across this movie on HBO. The premise sounded interesting. OK. So Keanu's character is supposed to be a young father with an adoring wife and kids and a great career. The film starts with an awkward seduction attempt by his wife that is interrupted by the overly-zealous kids showing up at the bedroom door. Keanu wants to continue later but is shot down even though "it's been threeee weeks!" Uh, oh. I hope no willing women show up at his door. Conveniently. the wife and kids are leaving town for the weekend and Keanu is left home alone. (It's ok to picture him with his hands on his cheeks here because it's kinda like that) This is when 2 young women show up at his door during a storm, wet and giggling. "oh, no one else is around." "oh, they don't know their own telephone numbers." OOPSIE! I can see where this is going. This film has more 1-star reviews then any I've ever looked up.Between that and the terrible, horrible, no-good acting from Mr Reeves I decide it's best to just turn this thing off and end it now. I know the ending from the other reviews and also know that MANY people share my disappointment with Keanu's acting as well as the abysmal Direction by Eli Roth. I always felt his "Hostel" films were way too sick for me and even though this movie has little of the gore it has the same psycho-sexual sickness and I'm just better off without it. I hope you are too. Avoid this movie.