lor_
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Geroge Mathews, an instantly recognizable face from playing a tough guy in dozens of crime movies, gets the rare opportunity to have the leading role in this TV adaptation of a Cornell Woolrich story.
He's out to kill his girlfriend, who dumped him for another gangster, and arranges with shifty George E. Stone to set up a perfect alibi. Cast as the girlfriend is the great femme fatale of '50s B movies (including "Wicked Woman" and Hugo Haas' classics "Pickup" and "The Girl on the Bridge"), Beverly Michaels. She gives her all in just a single scene, outsmarting (not that difficult) Mathews.
The switcheroo ending is a bit obvious, but this compact story stills packs a satisfying punch.
He's out to kill his girlfriend, who dumped him for another gangster, and arranges with shifty George E. Stone to set up a perfect alibi. Cast as the girlfriend is the great femme fatale of '50s B movies (including "Wicked Woman" and Hugo Haas' classics "Pickup" and "The Girl on the Bridge"), Beverly Michaels. She gives her all in just a single scene, outsmarting (not that difficult) Mathews.
The switcheroo ending is a bit obvious, but this compact story stills packs a satisfying punch.
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Kayden Kross's sequel to "Rule 1" (the titles conjure up Mark Harmon' famous shtick in "NCIS") has waif Naomi Swann returning to her domme Mickey Mod after humping in the shower in Rule 1 with Markus Dupree. With her all tied up, the couple have anal sex, and that's the be-all and end-all of KK's gonzo scene.
You can either get into these BDSM exercises for KK's "Deeper" label or they can leave you cold, as the one-track mind aspect is wearying. It adds up to a testament to Gonzo (all-sex content) dominating storytelling in por.
You can either get into these BDSM exercises for KK's "Deeper" label or they can leave you cold, as the one-track mind aspect is wearying. It adds up to a testament to Gonzo (all-sex content) dominating storytelling in por.
Madeleine George's subpar screenplay makes for a worthless segment of the series. "Hello, Darkness" takes place during a Tri State blackout, and shooting it in dim light (I think plenty of pitch black/sound only scenes would have been far more effective) is dull, the sitcom dialogue is dull and attempts at sentimentality all fail.
Marv (played by Daniel Oreskes) narrates, giving a goofball superfan of the podcast's point-of-view that adds nothing to the story. Premise is that Steve Martin's daughter Lucy (played by Zoe Colletti) is in danger, and our stellar trio limp to the rescue searching the building's tunnels for her while a mysterious slasher is on her trail. George, a notable playwright, is so pedantic that when numerous references are made to Bunny's unknown killer, he is always referred to by the cast as "they" or "them", reference to those pesky modern pronouns that just sound stupid voiced by the actors.
Title reference to "The Sounds of Silence" culminates in a dumb sequence of everyone singing the Simon and "Garfield" (sic) hit while the "hip" 1990s dialogue name-drop of Suzanne Somers and her Thigh Master falls flat. Meanie Nina (played by Christine Ko) bonding with doorman Lester (played by Teddy Coluca) is completely false, and the nerdy gay potential romance subplot concerning cat-lover Howard Morris (played by Michael Creighton) is vaguely insulting.
Topping it all off, the fake "cliffhanger" ending when Michael Rapaport shows up out of nowhere is a cringeworthy ploy that would make any mystery fan barf.
Marv (played by Daniel Oreskes) narrates, giving a goofball superfan of the podcast's point-of-view that adds nothing to the story. Premise is that Steve Martin's daughter Lucy (played by Zoe Colletti) is in danger, and our stellar trio limp to the rescue searching the building's tunnels for her while a mysterious slasher is on her trail. George, a notable playwright, is so pedantic that when numerous references are made to Bunny's unknown killer, he is always referred to by the cast as "they" or "them", reference to those pesky modern pronouns that just sound stupid voiced by the actors.
Title reference to "The Sounds of Silence" culminates in a dumb sequence of everyone singing the Simon and "Garfield" (sic) hit while the "hip" 1990s dialogue name-drop of Suzanne Somers and her Thigh Master falls flat. Meanie Nina (played by Christine Ko) bonding with doorman Lester (played by Teddy Coluca) is completely false, and the nerdy gay potential romance subplot concerning cat-lover Howard Morris (played by Michael Creighton) is vaguely insulting.
Topping it all off, the fake "cliffhanger" ending when Michael Rapaport shows up out of nowhere is a cringeworthy ploy that would make any mystery fan barf.
