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I've never seen the series, but I think this was enough to give me a good idea about it. It’s the old familiar world of Hanna-Barbera, this time in the future. A dressed-up clone of the very successful The Flintstones in pale blue. It’s too much of a product of its time nowadays, but so are all similar American families. Whether it's cartoons or live-action humor, it all works on the same basis and it's up to us to ride on the same wave. The next thing I want to see is definitely a movie where the Jetsons meet the Flintstones - that would be a bigger hit. :)

Interesting. I saw this in the movie theater back when I couldn't read the subtitles fast enough. :) This year I recalled the maximum of the good old Hanna-Barbera features and, surprisingly, I found this film to stand the test of time very well. Moreover, in the context of the original series from the 1960s, it looks even better and is (even by today's standards) well-cast. John Goodman is the king, Elizabeth Taylor couldn't have made a better choice towards the end of her career, and Halle Berry? She was still pleasantly new back then.

After watching at least five unscheduled reruns, I still didn't get tired of Swept Away. The story of the money-spoiled Madonna, aka Amber, through the lens of her then-husband Guy Ritchie, is now also another closed chapter in the endless series about the life of the controversial icon. So what's next? A new marriage and another movie that will be hated on principle alone? Hopefully, Madonna will continue to have the energy to make more feature films, although such programmatic nonsensical hate would annoy anyone.

The first time I saw the film, I thought: "Okay, finally a film that just tells a story but doesn't give you advice on how to solve it." That was very new then. In fact, it still is. And Madonna has absolutely nothing to be ashamed of.

Not Evita, but rather A League of Their Own - that's the absolute BEST movie with Madonna. At the same time, A League of Their Own is one of the absolute best films with a sports theme and one dealing with civilian life during World War II. The story of women's professional league baseball is a wonderful art adventure composed by the collaboration of director and producer Penny Mashall, cinematographer Miroslav Ondříček, composer Hans Zimmer, and a host of outstanding actors - led by Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, and Lori Petty, and ending with Madonna and Rosie O'Donnell. Madonna's hit "This Used To Be My Playground," which plays in the closing credits, is just the definitive underlining of a superb experience that doesn't lose its freshness, wit, or poignancy with each rerun.

A very good retro adventure story set in the period from 1937 to 1938 that reflects on the then-married couple of Madonna and Sean Penn. From today's point of view, the raspberry-anti-appreciation of the time is quite ridiculous. Also, considering the fact that this is Madonna's first major serious film, it makes the entire thing even better. Although it may not have looked the best at the beginning, during the first half the necessary amount of the main characters acting in concert was present, the plot became more dramatic, the jokes had more spark, and there was also some imaginative eroticism. I thus have no problem ranking Shanghai Surprise among the pleasant contemporaries of its genre. It is worth noting that Madonna did not let herself be discouraged and literally found herself in retro films and thus became one of the most prominent personalities drawing from the glamour era. Other good to excellent films attest to this: Bloodhounds of Broadway, Dick Tracy, A League of Their Own, Shadows and Fog, Evita, and W. E. Those who know Madonna's musical career take this trait of hers for granted. Others can only be pleasantly surprised. And who co-produced the film, made a cameo, and is responsible for the music? George Harrison.

On August 3, 1934, the first and last original colorized cartoon with Betty Boop was first introduced. It was a prestigious affair, the runtime was generously extended, and everything was just wonderful. What more could you ask for in the first volume of the new Color Classics series, which ran until 1941? As was the case that year with Betty In Blunderland (in Betty Boop Cartoon), this also built on the success of adaptations of classic fairy tale themes featuring Betty Boop, in which she had begun appearing in 1931. This version of Cinderella was a wonderful little musical, reminiscent of the big-budget feature films of its day. There’s nothing to fault the film for. You have to see it for yourself. :)

A brisk and entertaining sequel that doesn't let the recasting of Evelyn Carnahan O'Connell ruin the main charm of the first films. Maria Bello is very different, but still a very likable and suitable heroine, ideally suited to stand alongside Brendan Fraser.

I liked this a lot. It’s beautifully naive, like those teen horror series of books. R.L. Stine also sometimes worked on it. The most memorable episode was The Tale of the Midnight Madness, about how an old movie theater was saved by a Nosferatu-style horror film - but with an ending in which the vampire won... and then it left the silver screen. It’s got excellent ideas, clever twists, and a real genre gem here and there.

When I used to watch TV after school, among all the cartoons, there was also one really good live-action series called Ready or Not. Much like the Nickelodeon features we later came to love on SuperMax, this classic Showtime series was exactly what everyone who grew up in the '90s needed. Laura Bertram later made it big in Andromeda, but I never heard from Lani Billard again. Back then, the pair in Heavenly Creatures looked similar.