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Moonlighting, a review by Tom

Moonlighting (1985/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia (Germany) Director: Robert Butler Writing: Glenn Gordon Caron (Writer) Length: 93 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: German: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, English: Dolby Digital 1 Subtitles:

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Stars:
Cybill Shepherd as Madelyn "Maddie" Hayes
Bruce Willis as David Addison
Allyce Beasley as Agnes DiPesto
Robert Ellenstein as Heinz
Jim MacKrell as Plastic Surgeon

Plot:Awards:
Won:

Golden Globe (1986)		Actor in a Leading Role - Musical or Comedy Series (Bruce Willis)
Golden Globe (1985)		Actress in a Leading Role - Musical or Comedy Series (Cybill Shepherd)
Golden Globe (1986)		Actress in a Leading Role - Musical or Comedy Series (Cybill Shepherd)

Nominated:

Golden Globe (1985)		Actor in a Leading Role - Musical or Comedy Series (Bruce Willis)
Golden Globe (1987)		Actor in a Leading Role - Musical or Comedy Series (Bruce Willis)
Golden Globe (1987)		Actress in a Leading Role - Musical or Comedy Series (Cybill Shepherd)
Golden Globe (1987)		Actress in a Supporting Role - Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie (Allyce Beasley)
Golden Globe (1985)		Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Golden Globe (1986)		Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Golden Globe (1987)		Television Series - Musical or Comedy

Extras:

• Production Notes
• Scene Access
• Trailers

I just stumbled across this one in my collection. I overlooked it because I had forgotten to tag this as a TV series. This is the pilot TV movie for the series "Moonlighting".
This is the only episode I have ever seen of this series. I enjoyed it. I am almost tempted to buy the series.

Rating:

(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on June 11th, 2012)

The Duke is Tops, a review by Danae Cassandra

The Duke is Tops
Year of Release: 1938
Directed By: William L. Nolte
Starring: Ralph Cooper, Lena Horne, Laurence Criner, Monte Hawley
Genre: Romance, Musical

Overview:
Lena Horne stars as Ethel Andrews, a young featured singer who is given the chance to work a Broadway show but things take a turn for the worse without her fiancee's behind-the-scenes support.

My Thoughts:
Notable for a leading performance from a young Lena Horne; otherwise forgettable.

Bechdel Test: Fail
Mako Mori Test: Fail

Overall: 2/5

(From July Movie Marathon: Musicals (Yes... You read right!) on July 22nd, 2016)

Pete's Pilots, a review by addicted2dvd

The Drew Carey Show
Drew Carey the character is a lot like you and me: a smarter-than-he-looks average guy with an underwhelming job, some unfulfilled dreams and the support of great friends. And it just so happens that he's played by the very funny Drew Carey, who's also the co-creator and occasional writer of The Drew Carey Show. This complete Season One DVD Set reminds us why we laughed along with Drew for nine smash-hit seasons. We meet Drew and his buddies Oswald, Lewis and Kate. Drew meets Mimi, the cosmetics-challenged co-worker from hell. And everybody meets jobs instead of careers, lumpy bods instead of supermodel sleek and Cleveland instead of Manhattan. It's like real life. Just a whole lot funnier.

Pilot
There's a new woman in Drew's life. She's large, she's loud...she's Mimi.

My Thoughts:
This is a fun show I always enjoyed. Though I must admit I stopped watching it towards the last 2 or 3 seasons in it's original run. I would like to see them if they would just release the rest of this series. But unfortunately we only got Season 1 and 1 best of release. I thought this pilot was a good introduction to the characters. A fun watch.

My Rating:

(From Pete's Pilots on December 29th, 2009)