JAG: Judge Advocate General- The Sixth Season

JAG: the series
JAG is one of the most factual and interesting shows on television! The characters are believeable as are the actors. I can't get enough of the series when I can find it on the tv (6am - 8am weekdays) and wish they would just put ALL of the 10 yrs. of shows out. I don't like waiting on them! I grew up in a Navy family and I just relate well to the show. The cast is supurb in their acting and the stories are interesting...bring 'em on!

J*A*G* -- One Helluva Series
When JAG first came out on television, producers and critics anticipated a hard-to-please audience. Even the military was skeptical about the show and didn't support or add to it for the entire first season. Once audiences, critics and military leaders caught a glimpse of the show, however, all that changed.

JAG is a pro-military, pro-American "courtroom" drama series with a few key elements: it portrays the American military in a positive light, which was very rare during the times of the first few seasons; it also sports a "courtroom" drama element, and I use courtroom in quotes for a reason.

JAG is wonderful at identifying with a population of military members, families, and pro-military civilians, but it also attracts the audiences as a action-pumped legal show without being bound to the courtroom. And with the introduction of Catherine Bell in the second series, helped to create a dynamic mold between the two main characters that perpetuated the show for...

This series rocks!
I had never heard of this series till a couple of months ago when I happened to catch an episode on USA. My reaction was WOW! This series has it all! There is action, romance, comedy, great character developement, courtroom drama and the incredible chemistry among the cast especially between the two leads Harm and Mac. Watching this series will make you feel glad you are American. It exudes patriotism, honor, character, and a sense of always doing the right thing no matter what the cost. I have the first 5 seasons and am anxiously awaiting season 6. I have just worked my way through season one, wonderful! This is an incredible season to supposedly be the worst of the 10! Admitedly it can be a bit far fetched at times but hey who cares? This is a feel good series!

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Remember the Daze

Entertaining
"Remember the Daze" is a 2007 direct-to-DVD release whose main claim to fame is an ensemble of the hottest young actresses ever assembled (at least in recent memory). For viewers looking for that sort of thing it starts with then unknowns Leighton Meester and Amber Heard; and doesn't really go downhill much from there with Marnette Patterson, etc.

This is one of those 24-hour important transitional day teen movies, which are produced every few years and key in on a day that marks the passing from one stage of life to another. In this case it is 1999 high school graduation party night (in North Carolina) as the seniors prepare to move on to life after high school. Think "Can't Hardly Wait" (1998), "Dazed and Confused" (1993), and "American Graffiti" (1973). Throw in some elements and cast members from "Sleepover" (2004) along with the lyrical qualities of "Empire Records" (1995) and maybe even a little of "Sixteen Candles" (1984).

The only thing really unique...

Great movie!
Fun movie, great cast...most of them have gone on to have great careers. Like Dawson's Creek, but a little darker/less wholesome.

This wasn't the 1999 I remember
Don't get me wrong I really enjoy coming of age teen comedies, but this one misses more than it hits. It was a good attempt but I'll never watch it again.

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ULTIMATE KNOCKOUTS 5

silva ko'íng leben
anderson silva demolishing chris leben and rich franklin are the only reasons to watch this dvd. elvis sinosic vs forest griffen was another notable bout. watch, don't buy

KO Street
I could watch this all day. I love the fact that the UFC puts out these volumes for our entertainment.

UFC Ultimate Knockouts 5
...This is the best UFC knockouts DVD so far. I thought 4 was good, but 5 is the UFC's best work to date. Some of the most memorable KO's are on here. 29 fights in all, with top names showcasing their incredible techniques. Lots of Knees!...lol! This DVD is a MUST for any MMA fan or collector. Worth every cent and then some.

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Great Literature On Film- Romantic Classics

Just Don't
Very poor movie quality. Every movie on this collection is bad, from the picture to the sound. I was very disappointed that they would actually sell an item as bad as this. The sound fades out to nothing, and when the sound returns, it is impossible to hear it, even with the volume up all the way. The picture is grainy........don't waste your money like I did.

Hemmingway, Tolstoy, et al
Several great literary classics combined in one set with plenty of star power to enjoy!

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Disc #1 -- Great Literature on Film: Romantic Classics
1. Quirk of Fate [16:51]
2. Lost Generation [11:47]
3. A Writer's Business [16:57]
4. Fracas in Damascus [15:13]
5. Holy Grail [10:45]
6. Casualty of War [14:48]
7. The Riddle [12:37]
8. Hyena Dreams [14:06]
1. The Oldest Art [10:35]
2. Lost Innocence [13:35]
3. Line of Duty [9:43]
4. A Foolish Notion [8:37]
5. Time's Wingèd Chariot [12:27]
6. Death in the Rain [11:49]
7. Desperate Measures [10:48]
8. Armistice [11:16]
1. Club Foot [11:20]
2. First Date [8:52]
3. Midyear Examination [10:46]
4. Surprise Engagement [12:13]
5. Mildred's New Dress [7:00]
6. A Lady's Curse [10:31]
7. Farewell [9:18]
8. Interesting Case [12:25]

Disc #2 -- Great Literature on Film: Romantic Classics
1. Lowood Institution [14:46]
2. Unjust Punishment [10:38]
3. Pretty Things...

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Penn & Teller - Bullsh*t! - The Complete Fifth Season

Still Crazy After All These Years!
I have been a long-time fan of Bullsh^t for all five (now six) years and, as a long-time fan, I am rather ambivalent about this latest season. I agree with the positive reviewers that Penn & Teller's show is still capable of packing a mighty wallop against insane ideas like exorcism and toxicity cleansing. On the other hand, I sympathize with the negative reviewers who note that the show has gone down hill, and what used to be an intellectual show with humor has turned into a humorous show with smatterings of intellectual argument.

I will start off with the better episodes: the episodes rebuking Americans with Disabilities Act, anti-immigration policies, and anti-Walmart stances were phenomenal! While some episodes in this season are intellectually "light weight," these two were of "first season quality." The shows did a great job refuting the key arguments of the opposition, and showing the superiority of P&T's more libertarian approaches (capitalism is generally more...

Outstanding! Thank you!
Penn & Teller have done it again. Okay, they love knocking down the occasional straw man to make it funny, but it's still good, libertarian skepticism. Well worth the time, and the money!

Still a great show
Some reviewers have complained that the quality of this season is markedly lower than its predecessors, so I ordered it under advisement. Thankfully, I found most of their complaints to be unwarranted---or at least exaggerated.

True, in a couple of episodes, the strength of their argument seemed to be sacrificed to some extent to sheer entertainment value, such as the lesbian road trip in the hybrid car episode. But most of the episodes did a good job making their point, while also making fun of their opponents---something the show has always done. The Wal-Mart episode, the immigration episode, the ADA episode, and the nuclear power episode were all very well done. (Also, loved the gratuitous Ayn Rand plug in the anger management episode.)

And the exorcism episode was hilarious.

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Get Smart: The Complete Series

The 7-episode 1995 Fox Series - NOT the original series
If you think you're getting the complete, original (1965) Get Smart series, make no mistake. The original series is still available only directly from Time-Life, and is still $199.95. (Update 10/08: Now scheduled for 11/4/08 availability from Amazon at discounted price!)

This is the brief (7 episode) Get Smart revival series which aired on Fox in 1995. The series brings back Don Adams (now chief of CONTROL), Barbara Feldon (now a congresswoman), and David Ketchum (Agent 13), but the main characters are now Max and 99's son Zack (Andy Dick) and his partner, Agent 66 (Elaine Hendrix).

I was pleasantly surprised that this series managed to maintain some of the character and humor of the original series -- especially the episode which brought back Bernie Kopell as Siegfried.

And I'm also pleasantly surpised to see this short-lived gem available on DVD.

But if you order it thinking you're getting the original series for under $20, you may be...

Thank you thank you thank you!!!
Okay, the year was 1995. FOX broadcasting wanted to bring in a mid-season replacement, as they are known to do. Their decision? Dig up "Get Smart".

In this new series, Max is now the Chief of Control and 99, still his wife, is in Congress. His son, Zack, is a spy and teams up with Agent 66. (No mention is made of their other offspring, however.)

7 episodes were made.

Some of the benefits accorded the new series:
* Agent 0 -- played by a different actor each week, you never know when 0 appears.
* Most of the humor remains in the same spirit as the original
* Sharply written plots
* Good acting

Some of the downsides to this new series:
* Overtly sexual in many episodes; even the pilot has more innuendo than many of the subsequent episodes combined.
* "Casino Evil", a great story, is a rewrite of an original series plot. (I don't care much for rewrites, but this one did work.)
* Stopped after 7...

Missed it by that much!
Fox had a brilliant idea in bringing back this classic series. I was so excited that Get Smart was being brought back years later in an updated version. First, start with the surviving cast (Don Adams, Barbara Feldon -still gorgeous, David Ketchum, and even a guest shot by Bernie Kopell as the evil Sigfreid.) They also added the stunning (and funny) Elaine Hendrix as another CONTROL agent.
Their one fatal mistake was adding Andy "the unfunniest , most annoying man on Earth and appropriately named" Dick as 86 and 99's son Zack. In the original series Max and 99 had twins. So it could have been worse, with the aforementioned Mr. Dick playing a dual role. But had they cast someone more likeable, the series would have went on much longer. I even remember reading an interview with Andy Dick where he trashed the show when it first came out because he also had a role on Newsradio and wanted out of his contract.
So in what could have been a great reboot of the series, CONTROL was...

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The Possession of Joel Delaney

Not for the weak minded
As a fan of horror, I figured I would give this movie a viewing. As you guessed it, the movie concerns possession, but also goes into the 70s culture and seems to pass judgment on the rich. How's that for a horror film?

Shirley MacLaine plays a New York socialite who raises her two children and looks after her brother. Both come from a rich background. Her brother, Joel Delaney, tries to attack his landlord and is taken away raving like a madman. MacLaine, not understanding, proceeds to the psychiatric hospital and starts throwing her ex-husband's name around. After pulling some strings, the brother is released. The rest of the movie brings the gruesome murders for which her brother is now a suspect. He also begins speaking dreadful things in Spanish, but no one remembers him learning fluent Spanish.

The movie is set in the 70s, and the movie tries to show the collision between the Puerto Rican culture and the rich socialite culture. The possession happens when a...

a red rose in Spanish Harlem
Predating "The Exorcist", "Joel Delaney" is the story of wealthy, grating Manhattan socialite Norah Benson (Shirley MacLaine), whose relationship with her brither Joel Delaney (Perry King) is a mite too close. When not busy treating her maid like the furniture and attending the sort of party where someone exclaims that her butler was simply appalled she had taken the bus, Norah start to notice that Joel is acting strangely. Soon after, heads start to roll.

MacLaine is brilliant in this, forcing the audience to care for what is in essence a very unlikeable heroine: Norah is an inveterate snob, an egomaniac (she seems to think that everyone from her ex-husband to her ex-maid should drop everything to come to her aid immediately) and has a relationship with her brother that borders on incestuous. Shirley still draws you in, showing the basic goodness and humanity in Norah. A very young Perry King is also very good here, flitting from sweetness to madness in a blink...

AN UNUSUAL HORROR TALE.....
Shirley MacLaine plays Nora, an aloof, privileged, divorced mother of two living in Manhattan. She's kept herself emotionally and socially distant from people and things she considers beneath her status. But when her beloved younger brother Joel (Perry King) begins having a severe and frightening personality change after moving into an apartment previously inhabited by a now deceased young serial killer, she's forced to confront realities she's hardly prepared to deal with. Then murders similar to the serial killer's occur. Racial undertones (the killer was Puerto Rican) and the occult blend somewhat uneasily in the film, but this is balanced by the truly creepy atmosphere, the acting and some disturbing sequences that made my skin crawl. The final sequence at the beach house is shocking. This is a horror film that is not for all tastes. For instance, there's a hint or two that Nora's feelings for Joel may go beyond just brother & sister. Also Nora's character is not your usual horror...

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