I admit it, I’m a sentimental old fart. I get choked up and maudlin very often, when I think of family and friends, a moment in time when I realized the tragedy life can bring to us, or the joy. I tear up at the movies regularly, or reading certain passages in books. But I never thought I would weep at the loss of a video system. If you read We Are Movie Geeks regularly you must be aware of the video revolution of the 1980s, when VHS players and recorders found a place in almost every home in America. I hope you recall the early days when VHS was neck and neck with Betamax, a technically better system. Remember the days of Mom and Pop video rental stores when almost anyone could open a store front, and with a collection of VHS tapes start making money? As one of the many,...
- 3/10/2016
- by Sam Moffitt
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
"The Good Mistress" spends roughly three-quarters of its two-hour run time being your standard made-for-tv-movie about a woman in peril. It's only in the last few minutes that audiences are treated to something different: A twist.
But is the twist too obvious? When did you realize who was the real bad guy in "The Good Mistress"?
The story, such as it is
After a requisite murder scene to establish that "The Good Mistress" is deadly serious and mysterious, we meet Sandy Cooper. She's a nice, lonely girl who, at some point in the vaguely defined past, hit a kid while driving drunk. Now, she's on probation and looking for a job in the beautiful small town of Shelter Hills filled with any number of unpleasant people.
There really are only two nice people -- Sandy's old babysitter Karen Waterford (now a lawyer) and Karen's husband, David. Actually, David might not be so nice,...
But is the twist too obvious? When did you realize who was the real bad guy in "The Good Mistress"?
The story, such as it is
After a requisite murder scene to establish that "The Good Mistress" is deadly serious and mysterious, we meet Sandy Cooper. She's a nice, lonely girl who, at some point in the vaguely defined past, hit a kid while driving drunk. Now, she's on probation and looking for a job in the beautiful small town of Shelter Hills filled with any number of unpleasant people.
There really are only two nice people -- Sandy's old babysitter Karen Waterford (now a lawyer) and Karen's husband, David. Actually, David might not be so nice,...
- 2/16/2014
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
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