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Cracking Up, a review by GSyren

Title	Cracking Up (883316-248751)
Director	Jerry Lewis
Actors	Jerry Lewis, Milton Berle, Herb Edelman, Foster Brooks, Zane Busby
Produced	1983 in United States
Runtime	90 minutes
Audio	English Dolby Digital Mono
Subtitles	None
Overview
My thoughts	I have two theories regarding Jerry Lewis: - Jerry Lewis is an aquired taste - You have to be in the right mood when watching one of his movies (well, maybe you don't, but I do) After watching Cracking Up my conclusion is that I haven't aquired enough of a taste for Jerry Lewis, or I wasn't as much in the mood as I thought. I just didn't find Cracking Up all that funny. Yes, it does have some funny bits, but in typical JL fashion he often milks them far too long. The film doesn't really have much of a story, it's basically a number of skits tied together with a flimsy frame story. I guess this film was an attempt to re-ignite a career that was going downhill. Cracking Up was preceded by duds like Which Way to the Front, Hardly Working and Slapstick (Of Another Kind), not to mention The Day the Clown Cried, which apparently was so bad that Lewis refused to release it, and doesn't even want to talk about it. Well, I guess that Cracking Up is a step up from those films, but not a huge step.
My rating	A weak 3 out of 5

(From Reviews and ramblings by Gunnar on July 22nd, 2013)

Blast from the Past, a review by Tom

Title: Blast from the Past
Year: 1999
Director: Hugh Wilson
Rating: PG-13
Length: 112 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35, Pan & Scan 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, English: Dolby Digital 3
Subtitles: English

Stars:
Brendan Fraser
Alicia Silverstone
Christopher Walken
Sissy Spacek
Dave Foley

Plot:
Meet Adam Webber (Brendan Fraser, The Mummy, George of the Jungle), born and raised in a bomb shelter with his mad scientist father (Christopher Walken, Pulp Fiction) and his sherry swilling mother (Sissy Spacek, JFK). Adam's simple childhood has been filled with Perry Como records, The Honeymooners re-runs and good old-fashioned family values. Now, 35 years later, Adam is about to emerge into a bewildering modern world in search of supplies and a simple girl from Pasadena. Instead, Adam meets Eve (Alicia Silverstone, Clueless) a modern LA woman, jaded about life and burned by love. The result is "an engaging romantic comedy that's charming, funny and hip!"

Awards:

Saturn

1999

Nominated

Best Supporting Actress

Sissy Spacek

Extras:
Closed Captioned
DVD-ROM Content
Interactive Game
Production Notes
Scene Access
Trailers

I know it's a little stretch to include this in my time-travel marathon, but for me this has a little time-travel movie feeling to it. The fallout shelter is the "time-travel" device. And we have people out of their time in a fish-out-of-the-water scenario.
I always loved this movie. I think it is too bad that Alica Silverstone didn't make more romantic comedies.
This was also the movie that I really took notice of Christopher Walken the first time. He is just fun to watch as Adam's dad.

Rating:

(From Tom's Time-Travel Movie Reviews on May 18th, 2010)

That '70s Show: Season One, a review by addicted2dvd

That '70s Show: Season One (1998/United States) Flash back to a time when platform shoes and puka shells were all the rage in this hilarious retro-sitcom. For Eric, Kelso, Jackie, Hyde, Donna and Fez, a group of high school teens who spend most of their time hanging out in Eric's basement, live in the 70's isn't always so groovy. But between trying to figure out the meaning of life, avoiding their parents, and dealing out-of-control hormones, they've learned one thing for sure: they'll Episodes: 1. That '70s Pilot 2. Eric's Birthday 3. Streaking 4. Battle of the Sexists 5. Eric's Burger Job 6. The Keg 7. That Disco Episode 8. Drive-In 9. Thanksgiving 10. Sunday, Bloody Sunday 11. Eric's Buddy 12. The Best Christmas Ever 13. Ski Trip 14. Stolen Car 15. That Wrestling Show 16. The First Date 17. The Pill 18. The Career Day 19. Prom Night 20. A New Hope 21. Water Tower 22. Punk Chick 23. Grandma's Dead 24. Hyde Moves In 25. The Good Son

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Stars:
Topher Grace as Eric Forman
Mila Kunis as Jackie Burkhart
Ashton Kutcher as Michael Kelso
Danny Masterson as Steven Hyde
Laura Prepon as Donna Pinciotti
Wilmer Valderrama as Fez
Debra Jo Rupp as Kitty Forman

Extras:

• Featurettes

Before getting this set I have seen a good handful of episode and always thought it was a pretty good series. But now that I have gotten to see it from the very beginning I am enjoying it much more. Finding it to be a very funny series. My favorite character in the series has to be Donna... as I have always had a thing for redheads... and always liked a strong and independent woman. The character actually reminds me quite a bit of my wife when we were teens back in the '80s. In this case I don't think I could pick out a favorite episode as I really enjoyed them all so much. Definitely a series worth checking out if you haven't done so yet. I am looking forward to watching season 2 now.




(From Addicted2dvd's Random TV Series Watched on January 22nd, 2012)