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Thursday, July 21, 2016

The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins (1984, TV Movie)













































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In his fifth TV-movie, Gary Collins is a UN diplomat's son who continually daydreams about various movie heroes, ranging from Dwight Cloudclimber (sort of a miniaturized Luke "Star Wars" Skywalker) and Alabama Smith (who is not unlike Indiana "Raiders of the Lost Ark" Jones) to a James Bond-type and General Patton, all of whom help this junior Walter Mitty keep a step or two ahead of secret agents trying to retrieve a packet of documents he inadvertently came to possess.

Monday, July 18, 2016

To Sir, With Love II (1996)




























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Storyline
In this sequel to the 1967 classic, Mr. Thackeray (Sidney Poitier, To Sir With Love, Buck & The Preacher) retires from teaching at a working-class London school and takes a job teaching at a too tough school in Chicago's notorious South Side. Once in Chicago, he confronts immense challenges as he deals with his new and unruly students and comes face-to-face with his former lover.