Change Your Image
perrybw-3
Reviews
The Cape (2011)
What was NBC thinking??!!
This was the worst two hours of television I've watched in a long time, and given the state of television these days that's saying a lot. NBC will likely give it four or five weeks and then pull the plug. The acting was wooden,the effects look like they were done with 1980s CGI, but worse than that is the script. It's not just bad, it's EMBARRASSINGLY bad. There are holes in logic so big you could drive a planet through them. People in broadcast television programming have never understood Science Fiction or Fantasy, and this show proves they still don't. Sometimes genre fans will stick with a show, keep watching, and hope it gets better. This one won't get that advantage. It is not salvageable. Painful to watch.
Lost Horizon (1973)
Why isn't this movie on DVD?!
Much better than it is generally given credit for, this version of "Lost Horizon" not only had great music and beautiful scenery, but also some stunning mountain photography. A special edition laser disc was released some years ago which added more than 30 minutes of previously deleted material, extra music, and lots of bonus material. So why isn't this on DVD?! Hard to figure the studios out sometimes. Certainly the roles could have been given to people who could sing better than Peter Finch, Liv Ullman, George Kennedy and Sally Kellerman, but what do you want in a movie, good acting or melodious pipes? Song and dance man Bobby Van is great fun, Michael York is a suitably tragic villain, and seeing Sir John Gielgud decked out as Chang may sound silly but actually works very well on screen. Trust me, you need to check this movie out - if you can find it!