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Better than Chocolate, a review by Tom

Title: Better than Chocolate
Year: 1999
Director: Anne Wheeler
Rating: NR
Length: 102 Min.
Video: Widescreen 1.85
Audio: English: Dolby Digital Stereo, Commentary: Dolby Digital Stereo
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
Wendy Crewson
Karyn Dwyer
Christina Cox
Ann-Marie MacDonald
Marya Delver

Plot:
"BETTER THAN CHOCOLATE" is a sexy romp of love and lust with surprising results.

Maggie (Karyn Dwyer) meets the woman of her dreams, Kim (Christina Cox), just hours before her mother, Lila (Wendy Crewson), and brother, Paul (Kevin Mundy), move in with her. When the four end up sharing a loft. Maggie believes she must keep her affair a secret but it is Maggie's clandestine romance that inadvertently introduces her family to a host of new experiences, all of which are potentially better than chocolate.

Extras:
Commentary
Scene Access
Trailers



(From Lesbian Movie Marathon on June 10th, 2009)

The Ballad of Josie, a review by GSyren

Title	The Ballad of Josie
Year	1967
Director	Andrew V. McLaglen
Stars	Doris Day, Peter Graves, George Kennedy, Andy Devine, William Talman
Overview	HOLLYWOOD SWEETHEART DORIS DAY lights up the screen with her timeless sparkle in this light-hearted western.  Upon the death of her husband, feisty rancher Josie is determined to make a success of her sheep farm in smalltown Wyoming, much to the outrage of her male counterparts.  Determined to prove her equality and defend her land, she stirs up a woman's rights riots, and even a little romance along the way.
My thoughts	Apparently this is a film that Doris didn't want to make, but one which her husband Martin Melcher signed her up for. Despite this, Doris does a pretty good job, but it's just not a very good script. It seems that the scriptwriters couldn't decide if they were writing a comedy or a straight western, so the result is rather a mish-mash. Their recipe is something like this: Take the standard sheep farmer vs. cattle farmer controversy. Add a good portion of womens lib. Sprinkle with some silly comedy moments. Unfortunately it doesn't come out very well. Not even Peter Graves or George Kennedy can save it from being rather bland. And talk about unimaginative casting! They've got William Talman playing a district attorney. After being defeated time after time by Perry Mason for nine seasons, couldn't they have given mr. Talman something else for his final movie role? And how about Andy Devine as a judge? Seriously? This is also one of the few of Doris' movies where she doesn't sign at all. Well, ok, a couple of lines over the end credits, but that doesn't count. Still Doris is the saving grace for this movie. She is the only reason I rate it 3.5 / 5.
Rating

(From Reviews and ramblings by Gunnar on May 1st, 2013)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

Planet of the Apes: The Complete TV Series (1974/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (United States) Length: 695 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 1, French: Dolby Digital 1 Subtitles: English, Spanish

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Plot:
Based on the enormously popular and successful Planet of the ApesPlanet of the Apes
1.01 Escape From Tomorrow
Writer: Art Wallace (Writer), Pierre Boulle (Original Characters By)
Director: Don Weis
Cast: Roddy McDowall (Galen), Ron Harper (Alan Virdon), James Naughton (Peter Burke), Royal Dano (Farrow), Woodrow Parfrey (Veska), Mark Lenard (Urko), Booth Colman (Zaius), Biff Elliot (Ullman), Bobby Porter (Arno), Jerome Thor (Proto), William Beckley (Grundig), Alvin Hammer (Man)

A good first episode, even if it is rehashing the first movie. It sets up the series as a "The Fugitive" kind of story.

Rating:

(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on June 24th, 2012)