TexasInMyHeart Reviews

Call the Midwife: Episode #12.5 (2023) Season 12, Episode 5

Haven't we been here before, part 2

[9/10 · 17 April 2023]

StudioAT was right regarding that review.

Another theme that is getting repetitive is people suffering from depression or mental illness. How many characters have been disposed of with this theme? These certainly are horrific ailments, but do we have to deal with them EVERY SINGLE EPISODE! Can't the writers come up with some other personal issue? Can't the midwives be happy, contented, and fulfilled from time to time?

It would be refreshing to bring some of the departed midwives back, even for only one episode. This would provide a lot of new material for the writers, and the audience would enjoy catching up with our favorites. Especially we want Chummy to come back - permanently!

Moonhaven (2022)

more "OMG we're all gonna die" on steroids

[1/10 · 15 September 2022]

The pilot sucked so much that it created a vortex vacuum strong enough to pull all the loose objects in the room into the TV. The plot makes no sense. The acting is stiff and abysmal. People seem to worship an enviro-god named IO. Artificial intelligence with the ability to learn is the stuff of nightmares. There is mention of the true God but only as an abstraction, and there is a brain-warped character who resembles how people would think of Jesus. IO has created a small area of garden-like beauty resembling the Garden of Eden, but why hasn't IO done this for the whole moon, or why didn't it fix the earth? How can people in this garden area look up through a BLUE sky to the earth above? How does the oxygen stay in the garden area but not extend past the fence? The moon has one-sixth gravity, but people walk around just like it is earth. How can the pelican soar in one-sixth gravity?

La Brea (2021–2024)

not another bang-bang-shoot-'em-up cop show

[8/10 · 24 November 2021]

I give it 8 stars because it is not another (yawn) crime drama, it does not take place in Chicago, it has nothing to do with NCIS, and the acting is no worse than anything else on TV. It reminds me of Otherworld (1985) where a family fell through a pyramid. Since there are other villages and sinkholes in La Brea, there are opportunities for other plots next season, or clear up some plot holes from this season (like how did that guy get electrocuted?). The show is filmed in Australia, and the scenery is worth the watch.

A Miracle on Christmas Lake (2016)

2 hours of Angry Teenager, 30 minutes Sappy Teenager

[1/10 · 9 December 2020]

The scenery was awesome, and that's all this movie has going for it. The teenager spent the first 2 hours scowling and accusing and demanding answers for the Big Mystery. Finally Mom reveals the answer to the Big Mystery. Yawn. Then he spends the last 30 minutes smiling sappily. Somehow he equates real estate development with the spirit of Christmas. What? I was rather hoping Angry Teenager would fall through the ice and end the movie early.

Run Wild, Run Free (1969)

animal cruelty is never justified

[1/10 · 13 December 2019]

Some of the animal scenes were shot with props, but many of the scenes using live animals were absolutely cruel. It is hard to understand whether the boy considered the animals as toy objects or as living beings. Is lack of empathy for animals part of autism? Clarifying this would perhaps make the movie less depressing. The scenery was great.

Mommy's Little Princess (2019 TV Movie)

Bad acting, bad plot

[2/10 · 17 October 2019]

The acting is dreadful. Lizzie almost kills two people, and her adoptive mother and stepsister cheer her up with chocolate lattes. Lizzie is so devious and cunning that I was wondering through the movie if she not only watched her biological mother die but caused it. Would a DNA test so clearly reveal lineage to a particular German family since she was separated by five generations from the last known titled person? The camp Lizzie went to was beautiful, but why would the management allow poison ivy to grow so closely to the grounds without putting up a fence to keep children out of it?

Figure in the Forest (2002)

Not a thriller

[5/10 · 2 September 2019]

The scenery was the best part, but the extended scenes made these parts watchable on fast forward. The characters were wooden, but keep in mind this is a low budget movie. The worst part was the sound mixing. There was so much background noise that you can barely hear the dialog. Fortunately, the dialog was usually delivered with slow deliberateness so you could make out most of it. There was no closed captioning.

Fishes 'n Loaves: Heaven Sent (2016)

Slow as molasses and just as sickly sweet

[4/10 · 1 April 2019]

The plot dragged on and on. The dialogue seems to be designed to insult the Southern drawl in addition to being shallow. Uncle Joey and wife in Los Angeles sounded like New Jersey transplants. The characters were stereotypes. There was some sexual tension between the half-naked blonde and any of the men, and her attire and behavior should have earned a PG-13 rating. Halfway through the movie and there was only one episode of Pastor Randy doing any ministering.

The Californians: A Hundred Barrels (1959) Season 2, Episode 27

Uncredited character

[9/10 · 3 April 2017]

There was a Chinese man in the marshal's office speaking with Matt, but the character is not listed among the credits. This man looked and sounded just like George Takai, but his IMDb page does not list this episode among his filmography.

This episode demonstrates the illegal trafficking of that period of history (1850's). The crew members were supposed to be Australian, but their accents were unbelievable. They used the term blimey. According to The Phrase Finder, the origin of the term is from England around 1889 and derived from "God bind me."