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Danny moves to Boston to support his son (New Sean). He gets caught up in an investigation when a crime happens right in front of him. He teams up with a Boston cop, who happens to be the brother of his son's partner. At this point I am weary of Boston Blue. It gets worse. The two rookies, Sean and Jonah patrol together on their first shift. This does not happen in real life. The D. A. happens to be the mom of D anny's partner and mom of Sean's partner. The family dinners are Jewish instead of catholic, but the head of the family is a Baptist minister. This show is trying to be Blue Bloods with more diversity. That is fine except the acting and writing are not good. Every story intersects and the writers keep shoving Boston down our throats. I am from Boston. This show is not real. The producers should have made a Danny and Biaz spin-off. The actor that plays Sean is horrible! The writers waste Ernie Hudson, who is great in everything from Ghostbusters to HBO's Oz. 4 episodes in and I surrender.

I understand that the show has to cram all the characters and how they relate to each other in the first episode. The actors are good, even though they had to turn Sean into a hunk. The new Sean sucks. The family dinner is ridiculous. There is no way 2 rookie partners would be assigned the same unit without months of training from a training officer. Then they could search for a suspect on their second day instead of patrol. Not likely. Even if they catch the guy, their sergeant would ream their asses. Then to end with the group meeting on the Green Monster at Fenway? Those tickets are big bucks and sold way in advance. Dumbed down version of Blue Bloods. They should have spun-off Danny and Biaz to a Federal job. Splitting that team up is the worst idea. PS Ernie Hudson is a great actor, wasted on this crap.

I do not play videogames due to medical issues. I have never played the game or knew much about it. That being said, I watched this film late last night and really enjoyed it. Then today, I watched all the DVD extras. Then I planned on returning the DVD to the library, but decided to watch the beginning again. A mere 14-15 hours after watching the film, I rewatched the whole movie again. I do not know why there is so much hate for this film. Cate Blanchett is awesome as the bounty hunter, Lilith. Jack Black is very funny as Claptrap. Ariana Greenblatt almost steals the whole movie. Jamie Lee Curtis and Kevin Hart play against type very well. The bad guy was a little 2 dimensional, but otherwise a 1hour 40 minute movie that flies by. A mix of Bo-Katan from The Mandalorian with a bit of Uruk-hai from Lord of the Rings and a real 80's movies vibe.

A horrible HBO comedy special. I have seen Whitney many times in comedy roasts and on other shows. She appears to be funny. Unfortunately she is not stand-up comedy funny. Many comedians have the natural ability to joke on a subject on a talk show. Comedians such as Nikki Glaser or Amy Schumer have decent stand-up acts or are good in sketches. I do not understand why Whitney can be funny on a podcast but cannot have anything interesting to say onstage. I understand that you are thirty-something and you have money. I do not care that you can not find a relationship or have an orgasm. Very boring and unfunny.

I used to really enjoy Chicago P. D. Some episodes the police would save people who may be kidnapped or help people who are being abused. A lot of the time they are trying to bust drug dealers or catch a murderer. All kind of cases that an Intelligence Squad in a major city would work. The show had an interesting mix of characters that worked well together. As the seasons went on, the police officers in the unit would date one another. Two of the cops married and stayed in the same unit, which would not happen in any major metropolis police force. Another cop adopted a child and then had another cop from the same squad move in with her and the child as a family unit. This would also not happen in a major metropolis police force. Putting all that aside, most episodes in the later seasons end on a downer. The show has become very depressing. Blue Bloods, Swat, NYPD Blue, etc. Have highs and lows in their stories. Chicago P. D. seems to relish in the hopelessness of the job of being police, especially in the last two or three seasons. It seems even when these cops win, they lose part of their souls. To anyone who may watch this show someday, quit after seasons seven or eight. After next week's episode, I am done.

I was nervous about this film in the beginning. It looked low budget and the dialogue was not great. The two female characters were unimaginative and James Russo was playing to type. Tom Berenger could not save the beginning of this film. About 20 minutes into the film we are introduced to Michael and Angel. That is when the movie becomes interesting. Trace Adkins and Jeff Fahey play these roles low key. I truly enjoyed Jeff Fahey playing against type. The characters go on a journey and there is a twist. This movie is not a great western, but it is definitely better than most of the low rent, direct to DVD westerns. Watch with low expectations, get past the first 20 minutes, and enjoy.

I watch every episode of Jeopardy. I love that show! This celebrity version is not that show. This celebrity version is an insult to Jeopardy fans everywhere. The regular Jeopardy has 61 questions over a1/2 hour. The celeb version has 3 rounds with a total of 91 questions over 1 hour. The questions are dumbed down, even in the third round. In the second episode the celebs made stupid comments between every question/answer. They were attempting to be funny. They were not. This show has no respect for the game. Mayim acts like she is hosting a party game in her living room. Of the first 6 celebs, only two could compete on the celebrity episodes that were hosted by Alex Trebek. This trash would not be on television if Alex were still with us. No season 2.

A very important film. Sometimes it is hard to watch. I would recommend " Escape From Sobibor " as a better film, but this film is relevant. It captures the Nazi's evil. The ending has less detail than Escape From Sobibor.

Long film. The story is broken into 3 chapters. The first chapter does not work due to the miscasting of Matt Damon. A very fine actor, but not for this film. I understand he was very important in making the film, but he seems wrong for the role. Chapters 2 and 3 focus on Adam's and Jodie's characters. These chapters are far more interesting. The last duel at the movie's end is exciting, but I almost wanted to fast forward. P. S. I am not a Ben Affleck fan, yet he stole every seen he was in. Overall an okay film to look at, but Ridley Scott has made many better films.

This show started off slowly. I stuck with it anyway because it was advertised as a limited series. About half way thru the season I really started to care about the characters. I also believed after episode 6 that there may be a conclusion. I was wrong. I warn viewers to not get attached. I am disappointed again.

The final season was as strong as the first. Without giving any spoilers, I was surprised by a few of the twists in the last episode. I was so satisfied, I re-watched the finale a week later to see if the episode was as good as I thought. It was. Thank you Queen of the South for wrapping up the story !!!

Fear The Walking Dead has been far superior than the original Walking Dead, simply because the characters. The original relies way too much on Carol and Daryl, who are great secondary characters, but as leads are quite boring. Morgan is fantastic. John and June are really great in 608 & 609. It is nice to see all the characters showing up in the same episode.

After watching the fantastic penultimate episode, I was worried the series finale could not be as good. Thankfully I was wrong. This finale is a prime example of how to give the fans what they want and more. Without giving anything away, this may be the best episode yet.

Two of the least interesting characters left on the show split up and face boring dilemmas. One must find a rat, while the other looks to replace a broken fuel line. The moment where Carol talks with Jerry and the rat runs away thru the open door is television at it's most moronic. Four of the five episodes since the Whisperer War ended have been fair at best and disconnected from one another. Hopefully Negan's backstory should be an episode the writer's can not mess up. It would have to be better than this episode.

The first two or three episodes were good, then the episode twists at the end of each episode got goofy. Would have been better as a shorter series. There is a reason movies don't go six hours. This show needed an editor. HBO probably wanted 6 episodes. Good story, not great. P.S. the acting was exceptional. All props to Kidman, Grant, et al.

This movie is 2 hours long as the final credits begin to roll. It felt like 3 hours+. The action scenes and special effects are boring. The opening scene was good, Mackenzie Davis was not bad, and Arnold had a fairly interesting minor storyline as a T-800 trying to make a life after fulfilling his mission. The real surprise for me is how great Lina Hamilton was. I totally bought she was the same character from T2. Overall the film is long, boring and totally predictable. Please no more Terminator movies !!!

I watched the first episode and was very disturbed by how much these people were turned on by true crime. Michelle McNamara says early on in episode 1 how true crime is her thing that she is obsessed with. Many other people are more concerned with her solving the case than how it affected people who suffered. Just because these events happened decades ago, it does not make these events entertainment. I feel sadness for the victims who are brave enough to tell their stories. This documentary should be about them and NOT the true crime junkies.

The characters were true to the original. the flashbacks as refresher to story points were outstanding. the main death was heartbreaking, but also a call back to a similar death in season three. also many minor characters got sufficient screen time. overall much more than expected, and I expected a lot. well done !!!