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The group home attendant Mandy, is overwhelmed by the 3 young adults on the Autism Spectrum that she looks after. She really needs to "supervise" these ASD adults all day long, and she should never allow them to leave the group home without her. These 3 individuals regularly get into challenging situations because Mandy is not around to assist them. To make matters worse, most people outside of their home are not aware that they have serious challenges with interpersonal communication. Over all, "As We See" It is a great show, but I cringe every time I see one of these developmentally disabled adults get into a bind. They really need to be monitored 24/7, 365.

The lead character "Crystal" (Snowball) is a tough war veteran who hasn't lost any of her edge since returning home to her native Mississippi, where she works as a rental car agent. Being battle-hardened and stoic, makes Crystal a particularly challenging quarry for her captor Athena, an affluent, demented, Leftist fringe-radical. Crystal maintains a pouty expression throughout the film that is adorable and ominous at the same time. Betty Gilpin does a masterful job playing a fresh, unique character that audiences have never seen before.

The best part of this movie is the directing and the set. Now for the bad news. This movie 'seems' to be going in an exciting direction, but in spite of all the twists and turns, the audience never gets to an exciting conclusion. The film chock full of excessive reminders of 'racism & sexism' that still lingered in the early 1970s. I'm fed up with white men being demonized as sexist and racist. The film is also very long for a story that ends the way it does. If you like mysteries, then you might enjoy this film more the average viewer, but don't expect too much from 'Bad Times At The El Royale.

I noticed Justin Hartley's name in the credits, so the first 5 minutes of the film I thought I was seeing Hartley on the screen. Then when there was more light in the next scene, I thought this actor "can't be" Justin Hartley, and I wondered why does he look so similar?! The film's protagonist is actually Kent Moran, who's several years younger than Hartley and has a similar hair color, hairline, hair style, eye color, face shape, chin cleft, and body type as Justin Hartley. It was like watching Sylvester Stallone fight Frank Stallone in a Rocky movie. Other than the film's main characters looking so similar, the movie was decent. It depicts a black woman who adopted a white son, and that's something you don't see every day.

Anyone who "thoroughly enjoyed" the first Independence Day should check out ID4 Resurgence. The advancements in audio and visual special effects have improved so much over the last 20 years that the post-alien invasion world of 'Resurgence' truly appears the way it should in this film. I was impressed by even the simplest technological innovations like people's strong phone and internet connections between Earth and the Moon. The international moon base was also very well put together. I also enjoyed the returning cast of characters in this film that gave the story a sense of continuity that any good sequel needs to have.

I was 8-years-old when 'Howard the Duck' came out in theaters. To a child under 12 at that time, Howard the Duck was a fascinating, entertaining movie that captured a youngster's imagination. I wouldn't expect an adult in 1986 to have found the movie particularly captivating. I think that Howard the Duck is unfairly criticized because it was never intended to be a legendary movie like 'Star Wars' in spite of being a George Lucas film.

My friends and I liked the film and we still enjoy watching it to this day because it's nostalgic. It takes us back to the time of Garbage Pail Kids, and Howard the Duck closely resembles the G.P.K. character "Fowl Raoul."

G.I. Joe: The Invaders (1-50) originally aired on November 29, 1985. This episode contained dialogue that was disturbingly racist even for 1985. In one scene Dusty declares "Me and the camel jockey got a lot in common. He likes the desert as much as I do!" A short time after that, Gung Ho exclaims, "There's nothing' I hate more than a Ruski!" While I understand that the U.S. was at odds with Soviet Russia and the during the Cold War, the term Ruski was always offensive and it is even more inappropriate in the 21st century. This cartoon needs to be edited. Free speech does not include 'fighting words' and fighting words are all the more reprehensible in a children's cartoon. Kids imitate what they hear. The adults who wrote the dialogue in this episode should know better than to write that garbage.

This episode begins in a peculiar fashion with a group of kids playing in an outdoor New York City basketball court. Every basketball was completely white which was not typical for 1981 or any year since then. Soon after the basketball court scene, Spider-man is accused via newspaper and radio of committing a series of robberies. The viewer knows that Spider-man could not be guilty. The roller coaster scene with Aunt May, Betty Brant, and Peter is also very entertaining. I thought the artwork for the roller-coaster and its track was very detailed. The posters featured at the carnival are also amusing for Marvel Comics fans.

From the very beginning of the movie I could tell that this was a very different incarnation of any Superman I had ever seen. This Superman is extremely robotic. It seems like he has Asperger's Syndrome. His voice is very monotone and he totally lacks charisma. In addition he angers too quickly over very trivial matters. He even gets snippy with Lois and he also gets jealous when Lois ftalks to other other superheroes. This lack of confidence is so uncharacteristic of Superman.

This Superman is a brawny nerd and a jerk. He is also drawn very poorly. His body is too top heavy and his cape is way too short. The 's' on his chest is also drawn incorrectly. He does not look or act the way Superman should. I hope that the powers that be at DC Comics never bring back this version of Superman again. It seems like All-Star Superman was written by a warped individual who wanted audiences to see his distorted version of the man of steel. We all got enough of the 'bad Superman' in the movie Superman III. The last thing that Superman fans want to see is an odd-mannered, creepy, arrogant, pedantic Superman.