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The Arrival (1996)
9/10
Wonderful character driven movie...
2 May 2013
No spoilers...ever...

It's a really fun movie with a cast that did a fine job of making it feel right. Is that the acting of the directing? Who freaking cares, it's fun.

While there are a handful of what could be 'action' scenes it is the characters and plot itself which made this a fun watch to me. I won't do the spoiler thing but if you want a bit more thinking and less blowing stuff up then you'll enjoy this. Some action, interesting characters, nice plot twists plus who doesn't like a good conspiracy theory type of flick? My reviews are usually short since it's how I felt a movie rather than dissecting the minutiae. For me movies work or they don't sometimes it's action but almost always it's about the story for me, So that's where my reviews come from...
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10/10
Simply put Teddy Rist, the man we all wanted to grow up and be...
3 July 2009
Warning: Spoilers
No spoilers or much really just that as campy as the series might be on the surface, there is something about the way the characters are written and the show is directed and acted that draws me into the plots enough to care, even after a single episode. After watching the second there is little doubt I find this to be one of the best written, directed & acted shows in the past decade. I won't miss a single episode. Of course this means, and that is the irony of ironies, the show will be canceled in favor of a less challenging more profitable "real life reality" show all in the name of funding the AmeriCorp machine.
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Kyle XY (2006–2009)
6/10
Dawson's Creek for clones
9 August 2007
Just watched the first season and I really tried to like this show but really there is no substance to it at all. While the acting is not awful, the writing is for a 4th grader. And that whiny sound track is enough to make a person run up to a tall building and jump.

It would be nice to have some science in the science fiction. But at best this is mind candy designed to present no challenge to the viewer. Maybe best called Dawson's creek meets Wonder Years minus a belly button.

Might be worth watching if there are infomercials on the other 40000 channels and nothing on talk radio...yeah, it's that bad. Of course there are times when the mind numbing effects of pablum TV are needed...but ABC you can do MUCH better then this drivel.
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