'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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So I saw One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest last night. I thought it was kind of boring, and there seemed to be very little narrative drive. And I didn't think Nurse Ratched was all that bad; she just seemed to be doing her job most of the time, not abusing her power or anything like that. It was interesting to see several famous actors so young, though. Hardly recognized them!
I guess I've seen so many TV/movie mental institutions made since then that the Big One seems sort of blah in comparison.
I went to see My Bloody Valentine last night. Ah, the Stupid burns! Apparently, in this movie's setting, a copycat serial killer can run wild in a town that previously had a 22-victim massacre and instead of state police and feds swooping in, the investigation is left in the hands of its Mayberry-esque 3-person police department headed by an angry frat boy. There's no curfew, no street patrols or checkpoints, no common-sense evacuation of town residents from the ongoing murder spree zone, and a woman who's escaped an attack by the clairvoyant teleporting attacker is just fine leaving her kid at home with the maid/nanny (that her career as a grocery store manager allows her to hire how, exactly?) without even calling to check on him.
Throughout all the above, my mantra was that this flick earned its right to exist by giving Jensen Ackles the opportunity to clock Kerr Smith in the head with a pickaxe.
I thought it was rather fun - cheesey but fun. Of course, it could have been better in so many ways. I hope JA gets some actual good movie roles eventually.
What, besides Dawson's Creek, could I have seen Kerr Smith in? He looked so familiar and I never watched DC.
He was on Charmed for a while, and in Final Destination.
Of course, if you've seen Julian McMahon in anything that might also explain why he looks familiar.
I must not have been watching Charmed when he was in it. . . or at least I don't think I was - I stopped before Shannon Doherty left. Well, watching regularly - I may have watched sporadically after that.
he was in A LOT of Charmed in Shannon's last season.
Wow. I really don't remember Charmed at all. Perhaps I've blocked it. .. wait - I think I had stopped watching it before then.
Whew. (Because I've never seen her last episode and I just remembered that.)
No, it was McMahon that was on Charmed in Doherty's last season. Smith didn't join the cast until its last season (7th?).
PS: Sumi, "All Hell Breaks Loose" is probably the best episode ever of that series. Might be worth a look-see.
I know - that's why I was sad to miss it.
Also, I believe that I saw Kerr Smith on CSI NY - he was on several episodes of that show last year.
sorry, I thought you were talking about McMahon. Forgive me!
I agree with Matt's PS. Doherty directed that ep.