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This film has talent and a great sense of humor and style. I don't plan to watch it again with friends like I might other movies, but I have watched it twice and enjoyed it more the second time. As the synopsis states, adult star character Vick Velour, whose real name is Andy, has a mental breakdown and needs a rest. His parents, the fabulous Barry Corbin and the irrepressible Beth Grant, take him to their retirement community to chill out. While recovering, he is befriended by two of the male residents and also meets Heather Burns. The cast of this movie contains a lot of talent and everyone is just right for their role, including Graham Greene. My selling point is Johnny Whitworth and Heather Burns. I think they have exceptional likeability and genuine chemistry. If you are into types, Johnny is totally a Dermot Mulroney type; laid back, understated, and looking to avoid being noticed. Andy is able to use his experience to help some of the community members, and starts being real with Heather's character Betsy. That's the kind of movie it is, the love interests' names are Andy and Betsy, and at one point they go square dancing together. No great dramatic scenes here, just an affirmation of honesty, accountability, and humility. I suggest you wach at least until Andy walks down the street in his green velour suit, hat, and glasses. His 2011 Ray Bans made me visit the company website.

I think that without assuming too much I can say that someone at GGW thought they could get some business off of men watching the superbowl by staging their own halftime PPV special. The selling point is that the GGW team brings a bunch of girls to some private location set up with different obstacles and "American Gladiator" type challenges and they form two teams which compete against each other. If you want to pad your review, you point out that instead of just filming random girls in New Orleans or spring break locations, GGW is investing time and resources in an effort to bring some Playboy channel-type structure to their oeuvre :) I don't think it's exactly a spoiler if I say that the girls are naked during most of the show. The DVD has an added feature in that one of the female hosts gives a topless interview while sitting at a pool with the male reporters, and she is certainly nice to look at.

This wonderful dance short mixes high quality live action dancing with excellently conceived and executed animation backgrounds. The basic story is that a ballerina collapses from fatigue/exhaustion and we follow her dream that follows. There are about four acts/sections which have their own flavor of dancing and music. I don't remember who the ballerina is anymore, she was well known and respected in her day. The score is lush and romantic, and fully supports and leads the motion on screen. I have never seen a better dance film, and will always treasure my memory of this one. I hope it shows up somewhere online or on DVD someday, I can't find it anywhere.