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Saving Mr. Banks, a review by Antares

Saving Mr. Banks (2013) 60/100 - My wife really enjoyed this, as I heard her whimpering on a few occasions, but for me, this was like watching an over extended volley in a rather ho hum tennis match. Exposition of childhood in Australia ---> Bitchy British broad in Los Angeles ---> Australia ---> Los Angeles ---> Australia ---> Los Angeles ---> Australia ---> Los Angeles, etc., etc., etc., ad nauseum. Every time it went back to her childhood, I moaned, as these scenes were the worst parts of the film. Almost as bad, was the corporate Disney propaganda that laced most of the modern day sequences so subliminally, it would have impressed Joseph Goebbels. The only real enjoyment I got from this film, were the scenes of the Sherman brothers writing the great songs that make Mary Poppins such a great children's movie. I would have been better off watching that film instead.

Teal = Masterpiece
Dark Green = Classic or someday will be
Lime Green = A good, entertaining film
Orange = Average
Red = Cinemuck
Brown = The color of crap, which this film is

(From Antares' Short Summations on May 29th, 2014)

The Longest Yard, a review by addicted2dvd

The Longest Yard: Lockdown Edition (1974/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | Paramount Home Entertainment (United States) Director: Robert Aldrich Writing: Tracy Keenan Wynn (Screenwriter), Albert S. Ruddy (Original Material By) Length: 121 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Mono, French: Dolby Digital: Mono, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo Subtitles: English

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Stars:
Burt Reynolds as Paul Crewe
Eddie Albert as Warden Hazen
Ed Lauter as Captain Knauer
Michael Conrad as Nate Scarboro
James Hampton as Caretaker

Plot:Extras:

• Scene Access
• Audio Commentary
• Feature Trailers
• Bonus Trailers
• Featurettes
• Closed Captioned

Scavenger Hunt 101
Task #11.

Watch a movie that takes place in Florida I enjoyed this one. It was a lot a fun and had a few familar faces in it as well. Had some real characters for players and of course a real asshole of a warden. One thing I never could stand is a man that don't know how to keep his word. Film has plenty of laughs in it. Well worth the time put in to watch it.


(From August Marathon: Letterboxd Scavangerhunt on August 2nd, 2023)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

Cheers: Season One (1982/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Paramount Home Entertainment (United States) Length: 539 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles:

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Plot:
It's the cozy Boston bar where everybody knows your name ... welcome to Cheers -Cheers: The Complete First Season, you'll find all 22 complete, uncut episodes of the show's premiere season and see how this milestone TV comedy series began. Former pro baseball player Sam "Mayday" Malone (Ted Danson) enjoys a playboy lifestyle as the proprietor of the neighborhood hangout, assisted by his befuddled bartender, Coach (Nicholas Colasanto), and his surly waitress, Carla (Rhea Perlman). Cheers also has Norm (George Wendt) and Cliff (John Ratzenberger) - two of the funniest barflies you'll ever encounter. And completing the show's ensemble cast is Shelley Long as Diane Chambers, a teaching assistant who suddenly finds herself jilted, jobless - and hired as Sam's newest waitress! A hearty round of laughs is served up in each episode of TV's classic comedy hit...Cheers!

Cheers
1.01 Give Me a Ring Sometime (Pilot)
Writer: Glen Charles (Created By), Les Charles (Created By), James Burrows (Created By), Glen Charles (Writer), Les Charles (Writer)
Director: James Burrows
Cast: Ted Danson (Sam 'Mayday' Malone), Shelley Long (Diane Chambers), Nicholas Colasanto (Ernie 'Coach' Pantusso), Rhea Perlman (Carla Tortelli), George Wendt (Norman 'Norm' Peterson), Michael McGuire), John P. Navin Jr.), Erik Holland), Ron Frazier), John Ratzenberger (Cliff)

I always enjoyed Cheers. It ran on German TV around 1996 weekdays at half past midnight and I made a point to record it every night to watch it after school.
My favourite characters are Norm and Cliff.

Rating:

(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on March 31st, 2011)