JACK NICHOLSON PEAKS WITH SUSAN STRASBERG IN 'PSYCH-OUT'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVB-owo9AFIwj1DMoKoiNrPRNIhUvQaVeKMcMoFDoUb6uQXi1dO_QVaRZ8QGBFPiF5LQCN0JQjcAcqdKJ2eDfa5L0kU0EQxKtioWLKzjcY-IIoOL8D_6wrX5cI2SdWlxhxxnqfS3a1tt2vwgVujDDpMKygT0tSJEesYWuar3E9GNVosOQQ_33UzDQ7HWW0/s1549/1.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1021" data-original-width="1549" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVB-owo9AFIwj1DMoKoiNrPRNIhUvQaVeKMcMoFDoUb6uQXi1dO_QVaRZ8QGBFPiF5LQCN0JQjcAcqdKJ2eDfa5L0kU0EQxKtioWLKzjcY-IIoOL8D_6wrX5cI2SdWlxhxxnqfS3a1tt2vwgVujDDpMKygT0tSJEesYWuar3E9GNVosOQQ_33UzDQ7HWW0/s16000/1.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Jack Nicholson and Susan Strasberg in PSYCH-OUT Year: 1968 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>In 1968, Susan Strasberg, a passive deaf girl hiding out in San Fransisco, happens upon members of a hopeful rock band consisting of a completely miscast Jack Nicholson and Adam Roarke, looking more like blue collar roughnecks than guitar-slinging hippies, and Max Julien, far more aligned with the drugged-out, passive aesthetic...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Other young future-classic actors include Bruce Dern as Strasberg's troubled brother, the movie's McGuffin that little sister's seeking, fitfully named The Seeker, and Dean Stockwell as a "wise" hippie, reminding Jack, who wants his group to make it big, how shallow money and success are...</p><p><span></span></p>

adam roarke, bruce dern, dean stockwell, drug culture, garry marshall, gary kent, henry jaglom, jack nicholson, max julien, richard rush, sixties, susan strasberg

JACK NICHOLSON PEAKS WITH SUSAN STRASBERG IN 'PSYCH-OUT'

Jack Nicholson and Susan Strasberg in PSYCH-OUT Year: 1968 Rating: ***1/2 In 1968, Susan Strasberg, a passive deaf girl hiding out in San Fr...

MARSHALL MISDIRECTS THE ENSEMBLE MOTHER'S DAY

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitaqONlIpja0xJURIZtr1d26__rFL8ZKc0Qjp3WM_P7INsUqAPU6-r3HjxTC3gAOAGsawwMU523wW2TiZseSfiW2hT-ntm4UBdA39xyn3azVbuD4QiO8e9j7YeyCW8ft0FbwG0TEVgtbQ/s1600/Screen+Shot+2016-04-28+at+10.56.35+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitaqONlIpja0xJURIZtr1d26__rFL8ZKc0Qjp3WM_P7INsUqAPU6-r3HjxTC3gAOAGsawwMU523wW2TiZseSfiW2hT-ntm4UBdA39xyn3azVbuD4QiO8e9j7YeyCW8ft0FbwG0TEVgtbQ/s400/Screen+Shot+2016-04-28+at+10.56.35+PM.png" width="400"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Year Released: 2016</td></tr> </tbody></table> Before we begin and finish as quickly as possible, reviewing a movie that, following banal versions of Robert Altman style NASHVILLE, A WEDDING and SHORT CUTS ensemble pieces (but winding up closer to READY TO WEAR), it should be noted that Garry Marshall, the man who helped Generation X grow up with Fonzie, Lenny, Squiggy and... everyone from HAPPY DAYS and LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY... and entertained "The Greatest Generation" and their Baby Boomers with THE ODD COUPLE... As a television Executive Producer/Mogul, turned into an, at first, pretty good theatrical director: A great one, actually. Or perhaps THE FLAMINGO KID, starring Matt Dillon as a young Brooklyn card-shark spending the summer at a rich resort as a cabana boy, winding up boy-toy for Janet Jones and a wishbone for proud yet unapologetically stubborn blue collar plumber dad Hector Elizondo and crooked fancy car salesman Richard Crenna, was a great movie with a good director...<br>

comedy, ensemble, garry marshall, hector elizondo, julia roberts

MARSHALL MISDIRECTS THE ENSEMBLE MOTHER'S DAY

Year Released: 2016 Before we begin and finish as quickly as possible, reviewing a movie that, following banal versions of Robert Altman...

NEW YEAR'S EVE

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitRcbNn3nWMqTTFYIHtzzBfxIgMfeKSWCdq_qQP6HYoiPemhwP98NW10o8Zid7lhyDKrQWCsB-OFxNUr5iaDYTbfIP8CW1GDd32WiGMnbuYPfT55_5fhpbpBHK2jyZDJWAovLQV2MxdNtA/s1600/new-years-eve-zac-efron-michelle-pfeiffer2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692568081572840290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitRcbNn3nWMqTTFYIHtzzBfxIgMfeKSWCdq_qQP6HYoiPemhwP98NW10o8Zid7lhyDKrQWCsB-OFxNUr5iaDYTbfIP8CW1GDd32WiGMnbuYPfT55_5fhpbpBHK2jyZDJWAovLQV2MxdNtA/s320/new-years-eve-zac-efron-michelle-pfeiffer2.jpg" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 304px;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">title:</span> NEW YEARS EVE<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">year:</span> 2011<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">cast:</span> Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert DeNiro, Abigail Breslin<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">rating:</span> *<br /><br />What director Robert Altman perfected… an ensemble cast carrying an entire film through a weaving in-and-out of several stories, some connected more than others but all enveloped in one main theme… Garry Marshall has ruined, twice. First with VALENTINE’S DAY, which followed a group of lovestrucks leading up to the Hallmark holiday – and now we have NEW YEAR’S EVE where a group of eclectic idiots await the New Year countdown in New York City… And unlike its cheesy predecessor, it’s not even fun to bag on. The special guest stars are introduced like members of THE LOVE BOAT: these include Michelle Pfeiffer, sadly looking far past her prime, as a depressed <span style="font-style: italic;">working gal </span>who quits her job and with the help of flavor of the month Zac Efron, she’s given a tour of the city to accomplish her strange resolutions. Also on board is Hillary Swank as the person responsible for raising the New Year’s ball. Sara Jessica Parker as the mother of the now teenaged LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE actress Abigail Breslin, who longs to kiss her dreamboy at midnight. There’s Robert DeNiro in yet another “what’s he doing in this movie?” role as a dying man in a hospital; his last wish to go outside to make the countdown. Ashton Kutcher and “that girl from Glee” are stuck in an elevator, and wouldn’t you know it – she sings! Two couples race to have a baby on the New Year to win a contest. And Jon Bon Jovi plays himself – but with another name – as a rock star who’s ex girlfriend sulks around and… There’s really no use of setting up these stories since none of them amount to anything, and worst of all, they all begin with an assumption that we, as an audience, would care in the first place.

comedy, ensemble, garry marshall, michelle pheiffer, robert davi, tens

NEW YEAR'S EVE

title: NEW YEARS EVE year: 2011 cast: Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert DeNiro, Abigail Breslin rating: * What director Robert Altman perfected…...

YOUNG DOCTORS IN LOVE

<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggsFJryyA529b5EhOzEH4r5oLl9CYOHFHTLbXqeyP_3idNskuTFTqn01XYI4iO-KixTJkJdxpY3hZGQ6EFao5OVtnSotUmlZg3rCnSbmgBu8wd53Bbz2oQayT2MQlYUSccNJsVRofIaAc/s1600/YOUNGDOCTORS.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604790329176020034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggsFJryyA529b5EhOzEH4r5oLl9CYOHFHTLbXqeyP_3idNskuTFTqn01XYI4iO-KixTJkJdxpY3hZGQ6EFao5OVtnSotUmlZg3rCnSbmgBu8wd53Bbz2oQayT2MQlYUSccNJsVRofIaAc/s200/YOUNGDOCTORS.jpg" style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 178px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><strong>title:</strong> YOUNG DOCTORS IN LOVE<strong><br />year:</strong> 1982<br /><div><strong>cast:</strong> Michael McKean, Sean Young, Harry Dean Stanton<br /><strong>rating:</strong> ***<br /><br />Garry Marshall's hospital comedy, where an ensemble of interns strive for love and advancement, works and it doesn't. As a joke-after-joke "Airplane!" clone it isn't funny enough, but the characters are involving: like Michael McKean is an uptight intern with a troubled past who falls for gorgeous Sean Young, and vice versa. Other stories include Dabney Coleman, as the jerky chief of staff, going broke or a mob boss stalked by a zany hitman (Michael Richards), while the mobster's son (Hector Elizondo), in drag, is hit on by a love-lorn intern. Many other stories occur while Sean Young's dying of a rare disease - and only McKean, with a phobia to operate, can save her. Since you'll care about these people, the many missed jokes won't matter. </div></div>

comedy, dabney coleman, eighties, garry marshall, harry dean stanton, larry flash jenkins, michael mckean, michael richards, sean young

YOUNG DOCTORS IN LOVE

title: YOUNG DOCTORS IN LOVE year: 1982 cast: Michael McKean, Sean Young, Harry Dean Stanton rating: *** Garry Marshall's hospital c...

NOTHING IN COMMON

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ0jxsmblPcxb2dtCbSgWr_sJV0opvKOipsBJTjfY2ZT6Vd4dDzl8gur5djfYyVkp9-ZmUPc4qDDiLBBzb-OrWHJ58zb0aQ_uQM2YMgRjv0MBtzY_sYlv2MA81MQo9jJ_Fh7QzkgObSx8/s1600/nothing_in_common.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600455428243404466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ0jxsmblPcxb2dtCbSgWr_sJV0opvKOipsBJTjfY2ZT6Vd4dDzl8gur5djfYyVkp9-ZmUPc4qDDiLBBzb-OrWHJ58zb0aQ_uQM2YMgRjv0MBtzY_sYlv2MA81MQo9jJ_Fh7QzkgObSx8/s200/nothing_in_common.jpg" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 172px; height: 200px;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">title:</span> NOTHING IN COMMON<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">year: </span>1988<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">cast: </span>Tom Hanks, Jackie Gleason, Eva Marie Saint, Hector Elizondo<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">rating:</span> **<br /><br />With a title like NOTHING IN COMMON, and the casting of Tom Hanks as the son of Jackie Gleason, you'll expect a different, and a lot better, film than this. Instead of centering on a mismatched relationship between father and son, sharing equally with both talents, it's all about Hank's charming flake, seeming more like a Burt Reynolds character from the seventies: he gets all the women, all the time. Meanwhile, his salesman dad and put-upon mother (Eva Marie Saint) are newly divorced, and dad loses his job. It's at the very end - after centering too much on Tom's tomfoolery around an advertising firm... all seeming like a pointless Romantic Comedy without enough of either - that, after pop falls ill, father and son bond. Then it's done, and we're left with either a really misleading film, or title, or both.

bess armstrong, comedy, eighties, eva marie saint, garry marshall, jackie gleason, tom hanks

NOTHING IN COMMON

title: NOTHING IN COMMON year: 1988 cast: Tom Hanks, Jackie Gleason, Eva Marie Saint, Hector Elizondo rating: ** With a title like NOTHING...

ACTRESS DEY YOUNG IS ALSO A 'PRETTY WOMAN'

<br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha2vyIZkswHXJYZ3MYTxqxG-_3suE83_8MSW9YzvAKX4Mj2pjxwFyNzt-ZRPsmVnpMYpWOnYe8VXwDUmrZ-Ez7hZRhFg4l4MYMPRT3wN662JzKbieSWIdg-m7cZ8q67-CszXJiXxk4Mu6_8SKDqkI1DuFHghAitN5tVBxNrIbV0ytLjvAbAHQlp0oqqhK7/s1526/Screen%20Shot%202024-11-05%20at%2012.38.18%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="772" data-original-width="1526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha2vyIZkswHXJYZ3MYTxqxG-_3suE83_8MSW9YzvAKX4Mj2pjxwFyNzt-ZRPsmVnpMYpWOnYe8VXwDUmrZ-Ez7hZRhFg4l4MYMPRT3wN662JzKbieSWIdg-m7cZ8q67-CszXJiXxk4Mu6_8SKDqkI1DuFHghAitN5tVBxNrIbV0ytLjvAbAHQlp0oqqhK7/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-11-05%20at%2012.38.18%20AM.png"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Dey Young's commission working conceited boutique princess looking down on Julia</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>There's more than one Pretty Woman in PRETTY WOMAN... There are several, actually, but let's take a look at one pretty woman in particular...   </p><p>As ROCK N' ROLL HIGH SCHOOL actress DEY YOUNG played the infamously condescending boutique worker who throws a rude wrench into Julia Robert's shopping spree, providing the streetwalker turned Cinderella her first wake up call: until Julia's Vivian Ward gets her own revenge later on, BIG time. </p><span></span>

actress, blockbuster, comedy, dey young, garry marshall, julia roberts, nineties, scenecap

ACTRESS DEY YOUNG IS ALSO A 'PRETTY WOMAN'

Dey Young's commission working conceited boutique princess looking down on Julia There's more than one Pretty Woman in PRETTY WOMAN....