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Priest (2011)
Needed Waaay more care
Sad slip of a movie. Very disappointing to see Bettany (who delivered a respectful performance in 'Master and Commander' ) and Karl Urban (Eomer from 'Lord of the Rings') agree to appear in this factory-churning, bloated-Hollywood mess. The intro and first 15 minutes of the movie tells you all you needed to know - but only that it foreshadowed a sci-fi horror-pit of a project without developed characters; only tired cliches. Featured is Phil Collins' daughter Lily playing a one-note hostage that does not know she is the daughter of the Monsignor Bettany. The special effects are good but - again - cliche'd. Save the 85 minute running time for a better flick.
The Walking Dead: One More (2021)
T1000 brings some reCHARGE to the series
Kudos ,Robert Patrick !! But for the superfluous and pseudo classic ' The Fly ' type ending, this was an outstanding episode and ranks up there in the top 15 TWD explorations of the human condition. I still want the show-runners to show us Walkers to be somehow more horrifying and 'scarier than humans' but I am willing to be shown that at a later time if the quality demonstrated by this story can continue.
Gunsmoke: The Avengers (1965)
Memorable episode in the vein of episodic 1960s television
This episode has the feel of other episodic television of the era, in that the series regulars are given significant face-time and you feel the comraderie built upon many seasons. But as a stand alone-story it is also satisfying to sit in on; all the way through. This is due in large part to the acting of guest James Gregory (aka 1962's The Manchurian Candidate's Angela Lansbury's husband Senator John Iselin) and the tragically under-recognized Milburn Stone who plays Doc. It has an injured-Matt Dillon riding his horse within 24 hours of being shot in the upper thigh -- a nigh impossible feat -- and something I was willing to go along with as I was interested in how the story would unfold. While the outcome is never in doubt, the dialogue and acting of those two veterans, at least, certainly holds up today. In this episode you can easily understand how the show's production levels at the time shone above their competitors.
Gunsmoke: Seven Hours to Dawn (1965)
Not a keeper
You can understand why the producers may have wanted to begin Season 11 of Gunsmoke with a bang after the departure of Burt Reynolds from the cast. The story plot for this episode, however, is borderline weak and, over time does not ring true or hold up well. It seems that the hostage / hostage-taker plotline had only been portrayed well in a few movies before 1965 but given the fact it's been written in probably thousands of TV episodes and movies since, today the story merits not even a yawn. All screenwriters know an engaging villain deserves some sort of well-thought-out backstory but there's none here for gangman Mason Gore. The actions of Kitty, Doc and Festus seem to be less than believable too given some of the hackneyed writing. Season 11 was probably exciting in the year it aired but, in retrospect, Gunsmoke could have just as well been starting to show its age. A saving grace? Despite this episode probably being designed as a starring vehicle for Drew Barrymore's dad, his prescient dirty/hippie look in the pre-Vietnam turmoil era may have signaled the more realistic frontier portrayals (ie absence of barber-etiquette) in television and movies from the late 1960s onward..