Monthly Archives: April 2018

TV Quote # 67 – Private Eyes – Season 1, Episode 7: “Karaoke Confidential”

Posted on April 29, 2018 by cobblerjon

Nolan (Cle Bennett): Sometimes even good cops can go Ahab. Shade (Jason Priestley): So Tyrell’s his white whale. Nolan: Didn’t take you for a literary man. Shade: Yeah, I saw it on The Simpsons.

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Get Out (2017) – reviewed by George

Posted on April 27, 2018 by cobblerjon

My friend Janie recommended this movie, saying that it’s not a horror film, but it’s very creepy. She also thinks it should have won the Oscar for Best Picture rather than “The Shape of Water”. Well, she’s certainly on target … Continue reading →

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Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes and Edward Hardwicke as John Watson in “The Return of Sherlock Holmes” (1986) – reviewed by George

Posted on April 27, 2018 by cobblerjon

Anne Louise Lambert and Oliver Tobias as Lady Mary Brackenstall and Captain Croker in “The Abbey Grange” The Kent Constabulary responds in the middle of the night to a plea from the Abbey Grange. Inspector Hopkins (Paul Williamson) is led … Continue reading →

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The Man from U.N.C.L.E.: Season Two, Disc Eight (1966) – reviewed by George

Posted on April 27, 2018 by cobblerjon

Episode 22: The Foreign Legion Affair Illya (David McCallum) is in Sudan photographing some top secret Thrush papers – the Triad. He rushes to the airport and boards his plane, a speedy compact plane where he is the only passenger … Continue reading →

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Jessie Matthews in “The Good Companions” (1933) – reviewed by George

Posted on April 25, 2018 by cobblerjon

This movie starts out as an anthology tale, then as the characters come together, it transforms into a musical love story. Jess Oakroyd (Edmund Gwenn) has been very unfairly treated at work today. He was told to stand in a … Continue reading →

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Strangers on a Train (1951) – reviewed by George

Posted on April 24, 2018 by cobblerjon

This is a suspense gem from the mind of the superlative psychological-mystery writer Patricia Highsmith, author of “The Talented Mr. Ripley” and four sequels, “This Sweet Sickness”, and so on. Always preferring to watch rather than to read, I have … Continue reading →

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Barbarella (1968)-Reviewed by Anita **

Posted on April 23, 2018 by nita166

  If you are looking for a good time at a bad movie Barbarella is in the can.  Directed by Roger Vadim, starring Jane Fonda, this science fiction is a bomb.  That being said it is also a cult classic.  … Continue reading →

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Apple Dumpling Gang (1975)-Reviewed by Anita ***

Posted on April 23, 2018 by nita166

While on a Don Knotts theme, another fun family film is Disney’s Apple Dumpling Gang. This is a heart-warming western about three poor orphans, and a wayward gambler who fall together in becoming a family.  The bonus is the comedic … Continue reading →

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The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964)-Reviewed by Anita ***.5

Posted on April 23, 2018 by nita166

If you (as both George and I) enjoyed The Ghost & Mr. Chicken, staring Don Knotts then I have another suggestion I believe you will enjoy as well; The Incredible Mr. Limpet– ranks right up there.  It is a real family … Continue reading →

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Don Knotts in “The Reluctant Astronaut” (1967) – reviewed by George

Posted on April 21, 2018 by cobblerjon

This is a funny movie, but again there’s that frustration with a major character. Royal Fleming (Don Knotts) finds it absolutely impossible not to bury the lead. If he wants to say, “I’m not really an astronaut; I’m a janitor”, … Continue reading →

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