FrankJ21
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My Week With MarilynMy Week With Marilyn, DVD
DVD - 2011DVD, 2011
FrankJ21's rating:
Added Mar 08, 2024
Blue HawaiiBlue Hawaii, DVD
DVD - 2007DVD, 2007
FrankJ21's rating:
Added Feb 12, 2024
Comment:
Delightful BRIEF interludes of
Hawaiin atmosphere melded with Elvis
Interlaced with one of the
STOOPIDEST Convoluted
pseudo- romance stories which I've ever seen
Incredibly Disappointing
An Absolutely Wasted Evening!
If you want to enjoy an Elvis movie see
GI BluesDelightful BRIEF interludes of
Hawaiin atmosphere melded with Elvis
Interlaced with one of the
STOOPIDEST Convoluted
pseudo- romance stories which I've ever seen
Incredibly Disappointing
An Absolutely Wasted Evening!
If you want to enjoy an Elvis…
Topsy-turvyTopsy-turvy, DVD
DVD - 2000DVD, 2000
Added Feb 03, 2024
Comment:
Sometimes one has to watch a movie twice to understand the story.
If I were to watch this 5 times, I would still not have a clue what's going on.
The Beverly HillbilliesThe Beverly Hillbillies, DVDThe Official Second Season
DVD - 2008DVD, 2008
FrankJ21's rating:
Added Jan 17, 2024
Comment:
A generous serving of silly fun in every episode
Zero angst. Zero Vulgarity. My Style!
VPL have only three seasons
The others are probably worn out
You can watch any season independently of the others
Each episode is sell-contained
Maybe I'll buy some more and give them to the libraryA generous serving of silly fun in every episode
Zero angst. Zero Vulgarity. My Style!
VPL have only three seasons
The others are probably worn out
You can watch any season independently of the others
Each episode is sell-contained
Maybe I'll buy…
The Beverly HillbilliesThe Beverly Hillbillies, DVDThe Official Fourth Season
DVD - 2013DVD, 2013
FrankJ21's rating:
Added Jan 17, 2024
Comment:
A generous serving of silly fun in every episode
Zero angst. Zero Vulgarity. My Style!
VPL have only three seasons
The others are probably worn out
You can watch any season independently of the others
Each episode is sell-contained
Maybe I'll buy some more and give them to the libraryA generous serving of silly fun in every episode
Zero angst. Zero Vulgarity. My Style!
VPL have only three seasons
The others are probably worn out
You can watch any season independently of the others
Each episode is sell-contained
Maybe I'll buy…
ElizabethElizabeth, DVD
DVD - 1999DVD, 1999
Added Jan 15, 2024
Comment:
Elizabeth was a tyrant in the extreme.
Determined to impose the Church of England on Catholic Ireland.
One Catholic bishop refused to bow to her.
He was imprisoned for two years.
Then hanged and quartered.
It is incredible that George VI would name his daughter Elizabeth.Elizabeth was a tyrant in the extreme.
Determined to impose the Church of England on Catholic Ireland.
One Catholic bishop refused to bow to her.
He was imprisoned for two years.
Then hanged and quartered.
It is incredible that George VI would name…
HacksHacks, DVDSeason One
DVD - 2022DVD, 2022
FrankJ21's rating:
Added Jan 11, 2024
Comment:
High Angst Factor
Vulgar Language from the opening bell
Maybe that's why it was on the shelf
Maybe nobody else wanted it either
Bill & Ted's Excellent AdventureBill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, DVD
DVD - 2001DVD, 2001
FrankJ21's rating:
Added Jan 11, 2024
Comment:
Had a frustrating day at work?
Then drove home in the evening peak with everybody honking at everybody.
Pour yourself a tall one
Enjoy this absurd sequence of unrelated events.
And forget that such things as work and traffic even exist
A Rainy Day in New YorkA Rainy Day in New York, DVD
DVD - 2020DVD, 2020
FrankJ21's rating:
Added Jan 11, 2024
Comment:
True Woody Allen.
A new story thread emerges constantly, sometimes only lasting 90 seconds.
Great break from anything serious
Monkey BusinessMonkey Business, DVD
DVD - 2002DVD, 2002
FrankJ21's rating:
Added Dec 29, 2023
Comment:
It's utter nonsense. Story makes no sense whatever.
Sure nonsense can be fun BUT
Why would Rogers, Monroe, Coburn, and Grant; even one of them, be cast in this role?
Any four people could have acted it, although Ginger was very convincing
The GoldbergsThe Goldbergs, DVDThe Complete First Season
DVD - 2014DVD, 2014
FrankJ21's rating:
Added Dec 29, 2023
BurlesqueBurlesque, DVD
DVD - 2011DVD, 2011
FrankJ21's rating:
Added Dec 29, 2023
The Durrells in CorfuThe Durrells in Corfu, DVDThe Complete Second Season
DVD - 2017DVD, 2017
FrankJ21's rating:
Added Dec 29, 2023
Charlie Wilson's WarCharlie Wilson's War, DVD
DVD - 2008DVD, 2008
Added Dec 25, 2023
Comment:
Historically I would have found this an interesting read.
Canadians were in Afghanistan
But "Strong Language, nudity sexual content, and drug use"
I suppose the story is as much about him as about Afghanistan
Ricki and the FlashRicki and the Flash, DVD
DVD - 2015DVD, 2015
FrankJ21's rating:
Added Oct 27, 2023
Comment:
Merryl Streep is singing with a small band.
Sounded like a fun thing.
Five minutes in she receives a phone call from her former husband.
Their daughter has split with her husband and come to live with the father.
She's “going to pieces” details follow.
Meryll asks whether the father's current wife can be of help.
She's gone out of town to spend some time with her father who has Altzheimers.
WHICH LIBRARIAN CHOSE TO BUY SUCH ANGST?Merryl Streep is singing with a small band.
Sounded like a fun thing.
Five minutes in she receives a phone call from her former husband.
Their daughter has split with her husband and come to live with the father.
She's “going to pieces” details…
Isn't She GreatIsn't She Great, DVD
DVD - 2000DVD, 2000
FrankJ21's rating:
Added Apr 02, 2022
Comment:
Oooops! I should have read the ratings 0.5. Mine the same.
Supposedly a true life?
She has a retarded child.
Then 30's gets cancer
I quit at that point.
Significant vulgarity.
WKRP in CincinnatiWKRP in Cincinnati, DVDSeason Two
DVDDVD
FrankJ21's rating:
Added Jul 22, 2021
Comment:
"WKRP celebrated 4 amazing seasons".
What is amazing is that it survived beyond the 3rd week.
I enjoy nonsense sitcoms: Syd Abbot in "Bless This House", "Man about the house", "Three's Company", "Brush Strokes", "The Nanny".
Binge watching these has been a dominant part of my enduring Hibernation for 16 months. As a Senior-Senior I was too terrified of C19 to even go to a store for groceries, had them all delivered. I know multi of the punch lines a sentence or 2 in advance because I've watched them so many times.
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But WKRP, No! I watched 2 episodes of season 2, then took it back.
It was painful to watch.
VPL allow ratings on a scale of 0.5 to 4.5.
Maybe the scale should be -5 to +5."WKRP celebrated 4 amazing seasons".
What is amazing is that it survived beyond the 3rd week.
I enjoy nonsense sitcoms: Syd Abbot in "Bless This House", "Man about the house", "Three's Company", "Brush Strokes", "The Nanny".
Binge watching…
The NannyThe Nanny, DVDSeason Five
DVD - 2015DVD, 2015
FrankJ21's rating:
Added May 07, 2021
Comment:
Skip the last double episode, the wedding. Just plain stoopid. Why?
Also the future mother-in-law is eating even more.
Except for those 2, the usual quick witted script writers excel with twists and turns.
It's a shame that 5 seasons of un-subtle laughs ended with such Yuk!
By the way. They did get married and Maxwell told everyone else in sight, if you don't like it, that's your problem, not ours.Skip the last double episode, the wedding. Just plain stoopid. Why?
Also the future mother-in-law is eating even more.
Except for those 2, the usual quick witted script writers excel with twists and turns.
It's a shame that 5 seasons of un-subtle…
Absolutely FabulousAbsolutely Fabulous, DVDSeries 1 to 3
DVD - 2001DVD, 2001
Added Mar 13, 2021
Comment:
STOOPID!
Incredible that such crud could have run multi seasons on TV.
The laugh line is constantly on.
FrankJ21's rating:
Added Feb 17, 2021
Comment:
Cute. Romantic. Is less konfoozing if a person has watched the previous dvd "Best Exotic Marigold Hotel"
The Irish R.MThe Irish R.M, DVDSeries 3
DVD - 2005DVD, 2005
Added Feb 11, 2021
Comment:
The house bears no resemblance to "Ramshackle". It is a smallish manor house suitable for a well-to-do individual. It includes a stable with 3 horses (I think 3), a stable boy, a live in cook/ and a housekeeper.
A fun series. I lived on the west side of Ireland for 3 years. What this series presents seems plausible. The travelling horse races yes. Some pubs were serving local untaxed potato vodka.
Series 3 leaves us hanging in the air.
Will Major Yates leave as he has stated, leaving the village at the mercy of a new Kernel as resident magistrate (actually a vintage friend playing a trick on the Irish)?
The writer obviously intended series 4, but IMDB.com says there were only 3 series. Ah Well!The house bears no resemblance to "Ramshackle". It is a smallish manor house suitable for a well-to-do individual. It includes a stable with 3 horses (I think 3), a stable boy, a live in cook/ and a housekeeper.
A fun series. I lived on the…
Added Jan 16, 2021
Comment:
This book is printed 20 characters to the inch.
When I was learning to type in high school, typewriter spacing was either 10 or 12 per inch.
Unfortunately my eye-sight has not improved in the intervening years.
It seems that cooking books are more commonly read by adults than by teenagers.This book is printed 20 characters to the inch.
When I was learning to type in high school, typewriter spacing was either 10 or 12 per inch.
Unfortunately my eye-sight has not improved in the intervening years.
It seems that cooking books are…
An American in ParisAn American in Paris, DVD
DVD - 2008DVD, 2008
FrankJ21's rating:
Added Nov 01, 2020
D-dayD-day, DVDNormandy 1944
DVD - 2019DVD, 2019
Added Sep 05, 2020
Comment:
", this region became the most important location in the world."
From time to time I Zoom with people living in what was the USSR.
I ask them what D-Day means.
Only perhaps 1 in 5 knows.
The write-up on this film ignores everything which was happening on the Eastern Front.", this region became the most important location in the world."
From time to time I Zoom with people living in what was the USSR.
I ask them what D-Day means.
Only perhaps 1 in 5 knows.
The write-up on this film ignores everything which was…
FrankJ21's rating:
Added May 10, 2018
Comment:
This book is absolutely not for beginners
Eamples
p. 11 "If you are already using a host for other websites"
p. 33 "If you already have wordpress running on your website"
p. 40 Says that as Admnistrator you can assign various roles to other users.
"Editor, Author, Contributor, Subscriber".
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Somehow none of this sounds very Beginner to me.
This might be a good book. But it certainly doesn't have the right title.This book is absolutely not for beginners
Eamples
p. 11 "If you are already using a host for other websites"
p. 33 "If you already have wordpress running on your website"
p. 40 Says that as Admnistrator you can assign various roles to…
Comment: