[George Lyons]

Finally watched Ben Affleck's The Town and Money Never Sleeps the other night; ironic story lines somewhat mirroring real life for Michael Douglas...liked 'em both, the former more.

[Dean]

The 1977 World Series watching the Dodgers lose a melodramatic series starring Reggie Jackson, Howard Cosell & a burning South Bronx apartment building.

Putting in a cameo in games 3 through 5 were shots of Frank Sinatra in his regular spot behind the visitor's dugout at Dodger Stadium.

During game 3, ABC cameras panned to Frank when Howard Cosell mentioned the passing of Bing Crosby earlier that day.

During Game 4, a beautiful SoCal Oct. day, showed Frank wearing some of the wildest sunglasses I seen in a while.

And finally during the 5th game they showed Frank twice. Once in the 2nd inning whilst in the middle of pounding down a Dodger Dog with another waiting in front of him and Keith Jackson, ABC announcer, said that Frank had already had one on the way down to his seats. And again, at the 7th inning stretch, when showing Frank you could seen Tina lean across and say something to her father. Kinda fun, except for the Yankee winning part.

[Marty]

This evening a couple of surviving episodes from the 1960's British TV series Adam Adamant Lives!, an imaginative attempt by the BBC to break the hold commercial television (from both sides of the Atlantic) enjoyed over the ratings when it came to action adventure serials, although not wholly succesful given it lasted only two seasons between 1966 and 1967, it was a fun concept that blended the sensibilities of The Avengers and The Man From Uncle under a premise, that itself would prove highly influential to the Mike Myers' Austin Powers film franchise, where a straitlaced Edwardian gentleman adventurer is revived after 60 years of suspended animation into the mini skirted neon bright world of swinging sixties London.

Source: YouTube

Kathy Kirby sings the rather individual theme song

As much a victim of the BBC's purging of its videotape archives as better known shows such as Doctor Who or Sherlock Holmes, only 17 full shows from 29 remain, but the surviving episodes showcase the charm of the series' eponymous hero as played by the under-rated actor Gerald Harper as he manouvres his way through some very eccentric plots filled with all manner of the richly drawn characters associated with the best of British fantasy adventure storytelling.

[BrianFStevenson]

The Big Bang Theory, Season 2.

Sheldon kills me.

[Donna]

Despicable Me
(my autobiography )

[Marty]

The Black & White "B" movie goodness of The Phantom From 10,000 Leagues, small scale, yet effectively photographed film, with some very nice underwater sequences and a decent rubber monster which belie its budgetary shortcomings. A well paced creature feature from 1950's Drive In Schlockmeisters Dan & Jack Milner.

[gbdawg422]

"All Good Things" - A very creepy and sinister movie based on a true story. I'm not much of a Ryan Gosling fan, but I really liked Kirsten Dunst, Lilly Rabe, and Frank Langella in this film.

[sschweiger]

A dee-lux package with an entire dvd of 'extras.' I think I'll start with the extras. It's too bad that there isn't a DVD of "The Godfathers" in their chronological presentation. I have the videos of THAT version, but there's been no DVD. Will have to be content with the three separate films!

[Jodi]

I just got done watching the whole first season of Modern Family....oh my gosh!! Lots of laughs!!

[BrianFStevenson]

Just watched Inglorious Basterds on DVD, which I had never seen before. Christoph Walz stole the show from Brad Pitt - chilling and amusing at the same time.

[Gregory]

I'm watching Road to Morocco on DVD. I just love the chemistry of Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour.

[gbdawg422]

Watched two over the weekend - RED was a very entertaining action thriller. Bruce Willis was his usual sardonic self, although toned down quite a bit from his younger days. I very much enjoyed Mary-Louise Parker as Willis' bewildered love interest. Morgan Freeman was very good. Helen Mirren was wonderful, as was Brian Cox as her Russian lover. John Malkovich was a flat-out hoot! I also saw the Best Picture nominee The Social Network. I thought it was o.k, but it was a bit hard to follow. The computer language is confusing, and, although it's not vital to understand the plot, it probably makes it more enjoyable if you understand the lingo. Also, it was a bit hard for me to follow the constant back-and-forth between the scenes at Harvard, in California, and the two deposition hearings. I did find it interesting that the real Mark Zuckerberg and Jessie Eisenberg met each other Saturday night for the opening monologue of SNL.

[Bob in Boston]

Originally Posted by gbdawg422

Also, it was a bit hard for me to follow the constant back-and-forth between the scenes at Harvard, in California, and the two deposition hearings.

My daughter informs me that the scenes of the Harvard campus were actually filmed at her alma mater, Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.

[nicki17]

The Golden Girls.

[Marty]

Jekyll before he updated Sherlock Holmes for the BBC, writer producer Steven Moffat approached Robert Louis Stevenson's gothic tale of twin personalities in a very 21st century fashion with this mini series from a year or two back.

Though interesting in its premise and filled with a plethora of the eccentric characters for which Moffat is known, this tale fails to impress as completely as his other re-inventions given it doesn't quite know what it wants to be, a straight forward horror tale, a black comedy (supporting roles from Meera Syal and Fenella Woolgar as the lesbian detectives hired to spy on Jekyll form priceless vignettes) or an action oriented detective story, and by trying to jack all the trades it sadly fails to live up to the mastery of just one despite able performances from all concerned, topped of course by James Nesbitt as the main character, a stable family man of a research chemist who seems to have inherited the questionable ability of becoming an extremely violent, if somewhat charmingly attractive alter ego Hyde figure. Nesbitt's performance as Jekyll is almost perfect in its tortured nuances, and at first his, Disney movie loving, Hyde presents the macabre humour of the situation with just the right amount of ham, but unfortunately, whether the fault of the writing or the performance, I can't really decide, the actor descends quite quickly into a cartoony naughty schoolboy homage to Hannibal Lecter when in the Hyde role at around the serial's mid point.

All said, not bad.

[Greg Wayne]

Who's Afraid Of Virginia Wolf? I am really a classic movie buff and actually never saw this one until last week. I found the movie so enthralling and was very impressed with the performances. No special effects were needed to keep the audience captivated. However, I don't think I would want to watch it again, it's too emotionally draining.

[Marty]

Shadows, when John Cassavetes picked up a camera for the first time and improvised in grainy monochrome a form of visual "jazz style" storytelling, he not only pre-empted a generation of iconoclastic film-makers who would mark the birth of true independant cinema in the US, he also gave the world a glimpse into a true degree of film-making genius that although, would find full flower later on in films such as "A Woman Under The Influence" and "The Killing Of A Chinese Bookie" would also leave us with a feeling of what might have been had he not died so young.

[Bren]

Originally Posted by Marty

Shadows, when John Cassavetes picked up a camera for the first time and improvised in grainy monochrome a form of visual "jazz style" storytelling, he not only pre-empted a generation of iconoclastic film-makers who would mark the birth of true independant cinema in the US, he also gave the world a glimpse into a true degree of film-making genius that although, would find full flower later on in films such as "A Woman Under The Influence" and "The Killing Of A Chinese Bookie" would also leave us with a feeling of what might have been had he not died so young.

Loved John Cassavetes, used to watch Johnny Staccato every week

[Marty]

Vertigo for the umpteenth time, despite an implausible, almost nonsensical story with plot holes you'd have to span with the Golden Gate Bridge, Vertigo is still one of the finest experiences of Western mainstream movies, both visually and audibly breathtaking, it's a film that encompasses all Hitchcock's own theories of what should form total cinema, just gorgeous.

[BrianFStevenson]

Tru Calling, with the delightful Eliza Dushku. Silly concept - bodies in morgue ask the attendant, Tru (Eliza), to help them escape their fate and she goes back in time for a day to try to prevent their demises, not always with success. Why she can 'rewind' is never fully explained: nor is the reason why she seems compelled to wear lip gloss to work in the mortuary every day, and never ties up her hair or wears rubber gloves, surely a good precaution while dealing with the departed. Tru's layabout of a brother seems to be able to wander in and out of the morgue at will, too. But the show is great fun, and there are lots of interesting twists before Tru (usually) gets to save the day.