Rob245

9.5/10.The best Star Trek movie after Wrath Of Khan.My favorite and a movie with a pretty good environmental message.I liked the idea of humpback whales needing to rescued to save earth of the future with their advanced technology being useless.Here it seems like the Star Trek crew learned the past can sometimes be helpful to the future in the most unlikely of ways.It had a good blend of the sci fi we've become accustomed to with this franchise with humor mixed in such as McCoy curing a kidney dialysis patient.I would say this is the movie they had the most fun working on because it doesn't seem to bear signs of pressure anywhere the way the first two did.I viewed them and could see signs they'd been under tremendous pressure.Here it's a fun sci fi romp with Catherine Hicks being one of the best love interests ever in the franchise for William Shatner.I would gladly post this on a list titled "100 best Science Fiction Movies Of All Time."

Rob245

2/10.A cheap disgusting insult to people from the South.It's utterly appalling what passed then and still does for entertainment on major networks.The people on this show had no dignity or problem insulting people from states they'd never meet.This was nothing more than a smear job by smarmy suit and tie jerks towards those of us who live down here.They view us as nothing but bad English speaking, Civil War re-enacting, hunting, tobacco chewing, NASCAR loving rednecks who deserve ridicule.I, as a native of Mississippi, with family from both here and Tennessee, others living in Texas and Louisiana say shame on them.They're all a bunch of sorry network snobs and actors who should be ashamed of themselves.Hollywood's still a cesspool.

Rob245

8th Sep 2020

Supergirl (2015)

6.3/10.The first three seasons were cheesy harmless fun.It seemed like they were copying the formula of tv's Charlie's Angels and Wonder Woman.Melissa Benoist, Helen Slater, Calista Flockhart turned in excellent performances, especially Helen who always has a nice quiet dignity and graceful charm about her.However things started changing in Season 3 with the plot line about Lena Luthor, Lex's mother, plotting to send all space aliens back into space.An annoying gripe about United States policy towards illegal aliens from Mexico is what it truly was.What made it worse was when the President, played by the annoying Lynda Carter, is revealed as a space alien herself.So it's okay she broke the law for the greater good.Then in Season 4 they bring in the first transgender superheroine, just really ramming their political beliefs down our throats.I worry for the kids who watch this show as their views are getting shaped by overpaid dolts.Say what you will about adult film stars but they don't push their political beliefs down our throats.Melissa herself seems to have gotten a swelled head like Lynda Carter whose guest appearance seemed appropriate.The only reason the show's still going even if the ratings are sagging is because they've got good lawyers who'll threaten the CW network if they dare cancel them.The show started out decently, too bad it got lost along the way and has become an unfixable, unwatchable mess.

Rob245

9.9/10.What can be said about Helen Slater? She's an actress who never got the big break that so many untalented ones like Julia Roberts, Pamela Anderson, and Mariska Hargitay.Sure there was Super Girl but it was unfairly trashed by snotty critics. Here as Billie Jean she plays a mix of Joan of Arc with James Deen's Rebel Without A Cause set in the 1980's.I would definitely say this a seriously underrated movie of the 80's alongside The Toxic Avenger, Super Girl, A Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, All The Marbles, Friday the 13th Part 2, Deadly Friend, and American Angels Baptism Of Blood.Helen Slater seems to have this abundance of charm in every movie she does.She may be one of the most underrated actresses ever.I wish Hollywood had wised up on and others like her.She as well as others like her deserve better.The movie itself plays out well for a teenagers vs adults movie, possibly the best one I've ever seen.It seems like it's doing social commentary on the lack of communication between the generations.The phrase "Fair is fair."seems like a battle cry for those of us who feel like we've been unfairly treated and beaten down in life.Everyone here works well with her, especially Christian Slater as he seems to have the best brought out in him.Helen Slater is and always will be one of my favorite actresses.

Rob245

5th Sep 2020

Alien from L.A. (1988)

7.4/10.Possibly the 2nd best movie Kathy Ireland did with her as the lead, the other being Miami Hustle.I completely understand why some people wouldn't like it.A model trying to look nerdy doing Jules Verne's Journey To The Center Of The Earth.Sure it's hokey with Kathy Ireland acting silly and Thom Mathews, of Friday the 13th Part 6:Jason Lives, matching her with hokey machismo.Yet I find something charming about this B movie that made me intrigued enough to buy it on DVD and watch.I can't explain it other than to say it has a cute, harmless charm about it.I would say it's not meant to be taken seriously, like other movies such as Santa With Muscles aren't. If you like serious science fiction like Predator or Alien that's fine.But if you like those as well as movies like Alien From L.A, that's fine too.It's all about personal opinion and taste.I would rather watch Alien From L.A. over some mindless artsy drivel like The Shape Of Water, far more entertaining.

Rob245

9.5/10.One of Mr. Leslie Nielsen's vastly underrated comedies.Sure not everything he did was genius.But his presence was always welcome.He comes across in every movie he did as a caring, good funny actor who cared about the product.He was from a generation who cared more about their craft than the pay.I would say this is perhaps one of his last funny movies with him as the lead.It's priceless with him and Kelly LeBrock. She's also pretty good here despite being the bad girl.Mr Leslie Nielsen I still miss since not too many actors can do comedy nowadays like he could.

Rob245

1st Sep 2020

Scary Movie (2000)

9.8/10.Flat out one of the funnier satire movies I've ever seen.Anna Faris does wonderful here.She just seems like this bundle of energy who makes it all work.Everybody from Regina Hall to the Wayan brothers to even Carmen Electra in her cameo are funny as all get out. I found this on equal footing with Student Bodies which was the first movie to satirize horror long before the overrated Scream franchise came along.Anna Faris as Cindy Campbell is a pure comedic genius.This comedy gold.Watch it and hopefully you'll enjoy it. I did.I would say this belongs on a list of 100 Comedies You Should See Before You Die.

Rob245

27th Aug 2020

Airplane (1980)

10/10.One of the most genius comedies ever made.The Zucker brothers and Abrams were brilliant here.I would call this one amazing movie because everyone keeps a straight face.Not an easy task considering all the funny as hell stuff being said or done throughout the movie.Leslie Nielsen delivers one of the best lines ever in comedy"I am serious, and don't call me Shirley." Robert Hayes, Julie Hagerty, Peter Graves, and Robert Stack are also great here."Billy you ever seen a grown man cry?"I also enjoyed many of the gags, three of the best being people in line waiting to wallop a hysterical passenger,"I gotta get outta here!I gotta get outta here." One passenger who said"It's all right stewardess, I speak jive." The last being the fighting girl scouts.One great running gag is where someone says "We need to get these people to a hospital."What is it?"It's a big building with patients."No doubt about it, Airplane was made for people who love comedy back when they did comedy right.

Rob245

10/10.One of the best crime noir movies ever made.I would say it easily belongs in the top 20. Tommy Lee Jones gives his best performance ever here, with enthusiasm.Javier Bardem's Anton Chigurth is easily one of the best movie villains ever.He displays the casual way of going about and killing people.It leads to the question of whether or not he truly likes doing it or sees it merely as a job.The unforgiving countryside of Texas makes for a perfect atmospshere as Josh Brolin flees with ill gotten gains.The scene that stuck out the most for me was him speaking with a gas station owner.The way he flips the coin while saying"Everything.You stand to win everything.You been putting it up your whole life, you just didn't know it."I found that chilling.If you like crime noir movies then you'll enjoy No Country For Old Men which shows the evolving ways of the criminal mind.

Rob245

10/10. I found this to be one of the best Bond movies ever made.George Lazenby was my favorite of the Bonds.He oozed charm and charisma with ease just as much as Connery.If they'd had faith in him he could've done more.Still it's a fun romp with him, Diana Riggs, and Telly Salvalas.I found Salvalas almost as good as Donald Pleasence in the role of Ernest Stavro Blofeld. The plot of germ warfare is actually good and considering bio weapons of now, this now becomes more relevant.Diana playing the only woman who ever won Bond's heart is great as was she.She was one of the best Bond women, showing a mix of independence, charm, wit, and toughness. The movie never sags at any point, it's tight and crisp not wishing we the audience to be bored.This is how Hollywood should still be, caring about their audience regarding the product instead of rushing things.If a list of the 10 best James Bond movies were made I'd put it in this order: 1. Dr No, 2. Goldfinger, 3. On Her Majesty's Secret Service 4.License To Kill 5. From Russia With Love 6. Man With The Golden Gun 7. Live And Let Die 8. Goldeneye 9. You Only Live Twice 10. SkyFall.

Rob245

19th Aug 2020

Wild Things (1998)

7.6/10.A pretty good movie.Possibly the only good one Denise Richards has done, as well as Kevin Bacon's best since Friday the 13th (1980). The real stars here are Bill Murray and Neve Campbell.I found their chemistry great especially in the courtroom. Neve showed her acting chops here that she can go beyond Scream with the right scripts yet she hasn't done that much.Still this makes for a pretty good thriller that's vastly underrated.You need to watch it to get it like I did.

Rob245

19th Aug 2020

Halloween (2018)

2.5/10.One of the flat most unnecessary sequels/reboots ever.I flat out think they were out of their minds when they made it.I figured the only reason they did it was because of John Carpenter's vanity and Jamie Lee Curtis' desperation for work.Just seeing this character old and like Rambo was laughable.I also found it disrespectful to the previous movies, especially taking the brother sister thing out.Michael's reason for going after Laurie was intriguing and hadn't been done in horror until Halloween 2 (1981). Now they disregard that like trash.Everyone involved should be ashamed of themselves.This was absolutely and positively one of the stupidest movies of 2018.If this hasn't killed off the Halloween mythos then the supposed 2 sequels to this mess will.They shouldn't do them as they've already made one mistake don't do more.Nuts to both John Carpenter and Jamie Lee Curtis, shame on them.

Rob245

19th Aug 2020

Scream 4 (2011)

6.6/10.Possibly the most unnecessary sequel ever made alongside Halloween:2018.I would say the only reason they made it was simply for the sake of the money. Wes Craven still has the touch just not like he once did.Here the main 3 characters of Sidney, Dewey, and Gale seem weary.The actors seem like they're tired of doing this franchise, only returning for the money.I grew weary of hearing "Reboots suck."It was unnecessary and preachy.It's not a bad movie, better than Scream 3 but seems like they did this sequel only for the money. Wes should've left it well alone and not done another Scream movie.

Rob245

8.8/10.A well done B movie. Elvira shines bright in her film debut with the same sassiness that she showed on her TV show. I would call it outrageous in a good sense.The movie's never dull as Elvira goes across the country with her usual spunk and sassy mouth.Sure the movie's a little hokey, her almost burned at the stake, wanting to be a Las Vegas show girl? However that's part of its charm, its outrageous and thin bare plot with her one lines carrying it.If you're a fan of late night horror movie hosts particularly her then you'll love this movie.She's definitely fun and quite sexy.

Rob245

5th Aug 2020

Wonder Woman (1976)

5.1/10. Possibly a good reason why there haven't been too many good superhero shows.Lynda Carter was the epitome of blandness mixed with T&A. She seemed more like somebody trying play Wonder Woman than convince people she was Wonder Woman. Adam West, Lou Ferrigno, they definitely convinced you they were Bat Man and The Hulk due to their charisma.Lynda lacked that, she had potential but never really tried hard.I also heard of her being petty, getting Debra Winger fired from her role as Drusilla/Wonder Girl, her sister. She apparently didn't want competition, felt threatened.I thought this could've been great, a female dynamic duo equivalent of Bat Man and Robin in their 60's TV show. This show really took what Bat Man had done and abandoned things like good characters, logic, and good stories. When you lack all that you're not gonna last too long. Bat Man at least had some decent villains even if their stories were hokey. Wonder Woman was sold more on the lead's looks than anything. Since her 15 minutes of fame ended in '79, she's hung around like a pest.Carter has tried anything including that disastrous TV show "Partners In Danger" with tv's first bimbo of a big cast Loni Anderson.When she guest starred on Super Girl I found it appropriate. Here you had a has been working with another soon to be has been on a show that went from harmless cheesy fun to political B.S. All that was lacking was a shared monologue about how awful men can be. Lyle Waggoner was a true gentleman who must have been a saint for putting up with her. If you looked beyond the obvious: good looking woman running around in tight spandex there's nothing there. Wonder Woman suffered from the same things Charlie's Angels suffered from. A lack of good plots, focusing too much on lead's T&A, and repeating the same one note plot they could've copied one script on a copier and not bother writing another one. It amazes me how this can still be highly regarded when there's nothing much there.I confess to having the whole show on dvd but only for watching Lynda running in spandex no other reason otherwise. The taste some people have in TV can utterly amaze and puzzle me at the same time.

Rob245

6.6./10. It was something. You had 6 gorgeous women on there at one time or another doing private eye work, glamour and glitz were abound. But look beyond that after awhile and what's there?Nothing, absolutely nothing.Charlie's Angels was flat out blatant T&A for the sake of T&A.You can only present a show on this for so long before people catch on.I used to think feminists were responsible for killing off Charlie's Angels.Now though I realize they killed themselves off. The plots were either nonsensical or rather weak.They constantly wore tight stuff usually doing women oriented jobs like stewardesses. The whole thing was a joke with only one of them realizing it.I would describe each actress as follows: Shelley Hack: Best one of them who got messed over by the producers and Cheryl Ladd as it was said she wanted to be the only blond, also felt threatened by her height.Shelley was the most believable one and deserved better treatment. Tanya Roberts: A little bland but she never tried to hog the spotlight, one who didn't fit in with the dynamics but chosen because of her looks, seemed nice. Farrah Fawcett: The worst of them acting wise who couldn't cut it outside of this T&A show.She was smart enough though to see it for what it was and leave. Jaclyn Smith: Plays every character the same with hardly any difference.She seemed content to sit on her butt and let the feud of Ladd vs Jackson, Ladd bullying Hack happen.She cared only about herself, sneaky really sneaky type here. Kate Jackson:Why they brought in this schoolmarm looking type I don't know.If the show was supposed to be about glamour and glitz she fit in as much as a cat does in a dog pound. She too, like Ladd and Fawcett, suffered from a swollen head and big ego.Now finally Cheryl Ladd: She may have seemed friendly but wasn't Underneath that smiling exterior lurked a bitter type who resented being referred to as Farrah's replacement.She fought with Jackson, one reason for her to quit also bullied Hack over what I've listed. This woman had issues, has tried a singing gig like Lynda Carter and, like her, can't carry a tune.I finish saying Aaron Spelling was one of the most devious minded men ever in television.He ranks up there with Dick Wolf and Gene Roddenberry as some of the worst to ever get any show on air.

Rob245

10/10. Positively one of the best Muppet movies ever made. I grew up on this and Follow That Bird. It's wonderful from start to finish with stellar performances from the Muppet people to the guest stars. Charles Durning, Madeline Kahn, Telly Salvalas, Steve Martin, and Richard Pryor are genius here. Kermit and friends are priceless here, showing Jim Henson's genius. He was a brilliant kind man who worked hard on great stuff like this for the sake of entertaining people. Nobody has come as close to being like Jim Henson.I loved "The Rainbow Connection" and "Moving Right Along", great songs. If anyone were to ask me what I consider one of the best family oriented movies ever made I'd answer "The Muppet Movie."

Rob245

7.6/10. A pretty decent movie of seduction. It's Susan Lucci's presence that makes it work as usual. I hoped though that the guy was set up by his wife and Susan, with them being lovers and no son, This would've been a great twist instead of the cliched ending we got.Still it's a decent watch mostly due to Ms. Lucci's performance.

Rob245

24th Jul 2020

Peppermint (2018)

8.9/10. Pretty good. The best movie Jennifer Garner's done ever. It's a mix of Death Wish, The Punisher, and The Brave One. I honestly found it a good watch and relevant to today. After all, for some, there's no justice. What about people who've lost loved ones to illegal alien criminals? Where was justice for them? This movie seems to comment on how the system can be broken for things like that or in other cases like Simpson and Anthony. Garner brings a sense of vulnerability, grief, and cold determination to life. I would say we'll never get another movie like this any time soon, The reason is because Hollywood's filled with cowards who're anti gun as they stay snug and safe in their gated communities. This is a must watch as she does her best tough character since Alias.

Rob245

13th Jul 2020

Magnum Force (1973)

10/10. The best, and my favorite, of the Dirty Harry series. The chilling theme for the corrupt motorcycle cops is a haunting and brilliant melody. Clint Eastwood is one of the best as a badass in American cinema. I think this should be looked at a sequel that matches up to its predecessor quite well. If anything, Clint Eastwood will always be Detective "Dirty" Harry Callahan.

Rob245

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