JERRY SPRINGER: FIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION * * * *
This revealing documentary delves into the personal and professional life of the late Jerry Springer, the former Cincinnati mayor who brought …
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This revealing documentary delves into the personal and professional life of the late Jerry Springer, the former Cincinnati mayor who brought shocking programs to daytime TV.
We learn how the shows were constructed, the participants influenced and what happened to some of them after revealing their innermost secrets.
Springer beat out Oprah in the ratings with his violent, sexy shlock.
The show that was banned, about a man who marries his donkey, is highlighted.
If you, like us, never watched the show, you will be shocked. If you were a fan, you’ll learn some shocking (there’s that word again) behind-the-scenes revelations.
Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz star as spies in this sloppy, violent, senseless attempt at comedy/action adventure.
The movie opens with the CIA agents getting blown out of an airplane, escaping with a shared parachute and landing in the snow-covered mountains.
Switch to15 years later. The pair quit spying, had two kids and somehow ended up living in an upper-middle-class neighborhood with a nice car. No explanation as to how all this happened.
Matt (Foxx) has stolen a valuable key that the bad guys need to control the world. Don’t ask how, but 15 years later they are found and chased from the USA to London by both the police and the bad guys.
They end up with the kids at her wealthy mother’s estate (Glenn Close). The kids never figured out that they were spies.
Emily (Diaz) hates her former-agent mother and Emily’s daughter hates her. Can they all resolve their differences as they fight for their lives?
Mayhem occurs. Lots of chasing, car wrecks, han- to-hand combat.
Will our heroes come out of it unscathed?
What do you think?
If you are a movie buff, you just have to watch Turner Classic Movies, the 24-hour TV station that presents commercial-free classic films from the early silent-movie days to the occasional modern films. Here are two great films coming up this weekend:
Friday, January 24 at 8:00 p.m. one of the greatest musicals ever, “Oklahoma,” starring Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones will be featured. Filmed in 1955, and made into a hit Broadway musical, it has the most memorable score of any musical.
Sunday, January 26 at 8:00 p.m. you can watch Paul Newman as a tough prisoner from a southern chain gang in “Cool Hand Luke.” Remember the classic line: “What we’ve got here is failure to communicate.”
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