Change Your Image
bradleybes
Reviews
Smash (2012)
Poor Catherine McPhee
I've binged this show over a week and kept thinking how sad it is for Catherine McPhee. In what could not be a more obvious attempt to showcase her, the powers-that-be made the mistake of surrounding her with people whose talents exceed hers by so much that they have achieved the opposite of their desired outcome. Beside Debra Messing, Angelica Huston and Uma Thurman it becomes painfully obvious that her acting talent is barely over community theater level. She has a voice suited to a Disney network teen comedy and is forced to stand embarrassingly beside Megan Hilty, Leslie Odom Jr and Jennifer Hudson has their voices soar. And maybe worst of all? They have this flat chested, dull as paint drying, sexless gal trying to play the most iconically sexy woman in American cinema. If you want to make someone look talented, folks, in the future surround them with people less talented than they are, although finding an entire cast of people more boring than McPhee would be challenging. Maybe try an accountants convention.
Candy Land (2020)
Aarti is horrible
This show has a unique premise and the host and set are perfect for Candyland make it fun to watch. But having Aarti as a judge is like having Mrs Trunchbull from Matilda on there. She hates everything as has a hateful attitude towards the contestants. Get rid of her and let the show be fun.
The Chase (2021)
Dumbed down for Episode 5
I could not believe the level of questions for this episode! They were not worthy of the Jeopardy Goats. The competitors stayed in front of Ken Jennings the whole show because the questions were A) not intellectual, just pop culture and common knowledge
and b) tailored to the contestants.
Everyone knows that contestants for these types of shows fill out lengthy questionnaires about their hobbies, education and profession.
The first contestant, in her first round of questions, missed every one that wasn't pop culture. The second contestant, during his chase period, had two questions that were specific to his profession and hobby. And the third contestant had a question about a famous person who attended the same school he did. And, in the final chase, when it looked like Ken was going to catch up, he was set back by a question about girl coders when one of the contestants was, you guessed it, a girl coder. That is far more than coincidence. That is staged to favor the contestants.
The show runners aren't going to much trouble to find worthy contestants for the Jeopardy champs. Instead they are asking questions that are geared to people who have spent the last decade watching TV and have never read a book. Here's a thought. There are decades worth of former Jeopardy contestants who would probably love to match wits with these guys, and we know at least once they had to pass a contestant test that wasn't based on knowledge from People magazine and TMZ.
After Darkness (2014)
Oh Tim! Oh, Kyra! Oh no!
How do you know when an actress is desperately fighting the end of her career? When she executive produces horrible movies so she can star in them! The premise of this movie was supposed to be a nightmare for all humanity, but if the sun going dark meant no one ever had to be exposed to this nightmare again it would be worth it.
There were swiss cheese level plot holes and countless unanswered questions, but none more compelling then why did Kyra Sedgewick's character suddenly start speaking French while delivering a baby?
And why did she drag poor Tim Daly into this thing? Does she hate him?
We were drawn in by the names Kyra Sedgewick and Tim Daly. I'll never make that mistake again. You shouldn't either.
The Closer (2005)
Will Pope
The most disappointing thing about this show is that Will Pope never gets his comeuppance for being a cowardly, spineless, backstabbing jerk.
There was a not a person in his life he didn't use. The audience deserved to see him suffer, not get rewarded.