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12 Pups of Christmas
12 Pups of Christmas (2019)
4/10
Some actual filming in Manhattan
23 December 2019
Warning: Spoilers
This is first of these roughly 200 recent made for TV Christmas / holiday movies that I have actually watched start to finish. It was O.K., but not great. As others have correctly pointed out the title is a bit of a cheat, although dogs do appear throughout the film.

I was impressed that unlike many other low budget TV movies that use Vancouver or Toronto to stand in for New York, at least two scenes early in the film were clearly actually done in Manhattan. One is near the City Hall Park Fountain, and another was a few blocks from there at lower Broadway in the financial district.

Also a slight SPOILER ALERT - there are two climactic scenes near the end that could have been quite dramatic, but instead of us seeing those scenes, they happen offscreen with two characters talking to each other summarizing what happened in each of them. That seemed like kind of a cheat to me.

TWR
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My Winnipeg
My Winnipeg (2007)
8/10
In some ways great and haunting, but too much about hockey
30 May 2019
Warning: Spoilers
I have seen this three times now, and I describe it to people as a "surreal documentary". I do not want to "spoil" too much, but the mostly black and white imagery, and somewhat melancholy music, and some of the material had an effect on me, in part because I also lost a brother some years ago and grew up in northern Michigan with frequently cold weather. My only complaint, and it is kind of minor, is that I think the maybe ten minutes or so dealing with this history of hockey in Winnipeg is the weakest material in the film. Regardless, I am glad I stumbled across this unique film.
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Bracken's World
Bracken's World (1969–1970)
8/10
Surprisingly well done - any chance for home video?
2 October 2018
No plot spoilers...

Growing up in the late 1960's, I ended up watching a lot of movies on TV, and became a big Hollywood fan. Even though I was just a teenager, I enjoyed watching the series "Bracken's World" when I could to get a peek behind the scenes at that seemingly magical industry.

Jump ahead many years, and one day the old series just kind of popped into my head. I had hardly thought of it since I was in junior high school. With a little bit of effort I was able to find all 40 or so episodes on DVD, even though it has never been released in any form of home video.

I am about half way through, watching the episodes in order, and I am so glad I found this again. I now live in Los Angeles and know a little bit about movie making and the entertainment business, and even though it is coming up on almost 50 years old, the show is a little better and more realistic than I had imagined.

As a TV and movie buff I have enjoyed the various well-known guest stars (some who became much more famous after "Bracken's World") as well as the various performers who appear briefly as themselves. (I think both Tony Curtis and Raquel Welch make brief appearances in the very first episode.)

I know this was only on for two seasons and it was not a huge hit, but if anyone in the biz is reading this please consider this for home video, even if only streaming. '

Tom
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