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The Nurse, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: The Nurse
Movie Count: 47
TV Ep Count: 8
Time Started: 3:30pm
Plot:
When her father kills himself and his family after being named in an embezzlement scandal, nurse Laura Harriman (Lisa Zane, Monkeybone) vows revenge on the man responsible. She soon gets her chance when his accuser (Michael Fairman, Dead Silence) suffers a stroke that leaves him paralyzed and mute - the perfect victim. After becoming his private nurse, the "angel of death" sets out on a psychotic killing spree that will complete her descent into madness and destroy an innocent family... one by one.

My Thoughts:
OK... this is different. According to the cover this movie is Rated R. But watching this movie... everything about it shouts TV Movie of the Week. Not saying that is a bad thing... I thought the story was pretty good. But the feel of the movie... the production value and the effects all screamed TV Movie. It even had the almost required TV Series actress in it. In this case Nancy Dussault (Muriel Rush on Too Close for Comfort)... who even though was starting to show her age looked much the same in this 1997 movie. If there wasn't for one case of cursing and one slit throat I would have been completely convinced it was a TV movie. But as I said... the story was pretty good. So I am not disappointed I got it. Is one I can enjoy again.



(From My Month Long Horror/Halloween Marathon: 2008 on October 12th, 2008)

Little Black Book, a review by addicted2dvd

Little Black Book (2004/United States) Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment Director: Nick Hurran Writing: Melissa Carter (Original Material By), Elisa Bell (Screenwriter) Length: 107 min. Rating: Rated PG-13 : Sexual Content/Humor and Language Video: Widescreen 2.40:1, Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.0, French: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround Subtitles: English, French

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Stars:
Brittany Murphy as Stacy
Holly Hunter as Barb
Kathy Bates (1948) as Kippie Kann
Ron Livingston as Derek
Julianne Nicholson as Joyce
Stephen Tobolowsky as Carl

Plot:Extras:

• Scene Access
• Bonus Trailers
• Featurettes
• Closed Captioned

I just finished watching this one. And I enjoyed it quite a bit. It is a romantic comedy so I went into it figuring how it would end... just had to watch the journey. But no... not this time. It actually throws a bit of a curve ball and goes with the unexpected. This movie stars Brittany Murphy... I have now seen a few of her movies and I must say.... I am starting to become a fan. It is a shame she passed away at such a young age. This one has an entertaining storyline. It seemed to go by rather quickly... always a good sign when watching a movie. I liked Kathy Bates as the Talk Show host. Holly Hunter was good too... though the voice she was using for this role was a little on the weird side. Definitely worth watching... glad I have it in my collection... thanks to a generous friend that gave it to me!




(From What Movies I Been Watching on January 20th, 2012)

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Complete Second Season marathon, a review by goodguy

2x06 The Tower Is Tall But the Fall Is Short
Synopsis: The weight of their missions takes a toll on the Connors when they infiltrate the office of a family therapist who also has ties to ZeiraCorp.
My Rating:

As I already briefly noted, this is another outstanding episode. It is a little more conventional than 2x04 both in its visual style and in its storytelling, but it is great nonetheless. Since I don't seem to be able to get a regular review of this down to an acceptable size, I just post some random comments on various aspects of the episode.

The corny intro is gone and Sarah's VO is back for a change. The small bits at the beginning and end fit well with the episode.

The writers have finally gotten a handle on the Weaver character that matches Shirley Manson's acting abilities. As a result, she is really great here. Also, the child actress playing Savannah is a real find.

Sadly, Ellison didn't have much to do, except wondering about the basement.

The AI stuff in the basement however was beautifully done, with another great piece of music by McCreary. I'm not entirely sure though if it is new or if it already had been used for the Turk in S1.

.... names they found on a wall (am I supposed to know who wrote them there? because I don't).

That was dying future guy in 2x02. Shown for your convenience in the previouslies.

(is that flashback something from season 1 or is it made up for the purpose of this episode?)

That was a flashback to the killing of Sarkissian at the beginning of 2x01. It was left ambigous who exactly killed him. Jon and Sarah never talked about it, but everyone assumed it was Sarah (as does Derek here again). Of course, as we learn now, it wasn't.

All of the sessions with Dr. Sherman were great, but especially those with John. Interestingly both T-Weaver and Cameron recognized that someone needed help, but Sarah didn't until she later listens to the surveillance tapes.

The suicide theme came a bit out of left field for me with regards to John. But I suppose it was introduced more for the benefit of Derek and the back-story with Jesse. Also, they picked it up nicely when Cameron looked at the self-destructed chip during the end montage.

Apropos Jesse. I wasn't suspicious at all during the first scene between Derek and Jesse, well at least not on first viewing. And despite knowing that she has some hidden agenda as evident by the photos, that scene still gets to me and I like to think that her battle fatigue is at least partially true. Stephanie Jacobson is truly amazing here.

All in all a very gripping and dramatic episode with a highly original terminator fight as bonus.



(From Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Complete Second Season marathon on February 4th, 2010)