Jersey Boys is the story of The Four Seasons. 4 kids from New Jersey who started out singing arcapella under the street light and grew into one of the biggest names in the music business today. Tommy DeVito (Vincent Piazza), Frankie Valli (John Lloyd Young), Nick Massi (Michael Lomenda), Bob Gaudio (Erich Bergen) are the members of this successful group. Their story is directed by Clint Eastwood and ranges from the 1950s to the present. While Jersey Boys opened to mixed feelings, I thought it was basically a very good movie. The Jersey Boys’ story was well told and entertaining. The music was fantastic and the cast was spot on. Christopher Walken played Gyp De Carlo, who was a mafia figure, appeared to tremendously smooth the mafia connection. The group went through many trails and tribulations including $150,000 owed to a loan shark for a gambling debt incurred by…
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The Slap has an impressive cast but doesn’t appear to have the potential for a long story line. In fact, it’s an American mini series, based on an Australian adaptation of the same name. So far, only the pilot has aired so there’s not a whole lot to report on, regarding the quality of the series. I found some parts of this story quite repulsive. An unruly 5 year old brat at a family, birthday barbeque is pulling up the hostess’s garden, destroying classic vinyl records, refusing to acknowledge he’s been called out after the 3rd strike in a softball game and the worst of all, being breast fed by his mom Rosie (Melissa George) every time he gets out of order. Hugo’s father, Gary (Thomas Sadoski) observes but does nothing. The slap was caused when Hugo repeatedly kicked an adult, Harry (Zachary Quinto) in the shins because Harry was…
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There are several series out that deal with national and international affairs but there are none that deal on the level of Allegiance. A couple, Katya (Hope Davis) and Mark O’Connor (Scott Cohen) are retired Russian spies or as the pilot suggest, current sleeper cells. The O’Connor’s have 3 children, Natalie (Margarita Levieva), Alex (Gavin Stenhouse) and Sarah (Alexandra Peters). Sarah is also a Russian Sleeper Cell but her brother, Alex is a gifted CIA analyst who is assigned to a joint FBI/CIA investigation into a SVR plot to destroy critical infrastructure within the United States. Their younger sister, Sarah, has no clue as to the whole spy endeavor. Alex also has no clue about his sister, Natalie, or his parents true lifestyle. In fact Katya is the only family member originally from Russia. She recruited her husband and daughter. Katya and her husband have no desire to spy…
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