George Clooney & Richard Kind were the Bennett Brothers, a failed 1987 sitcom that never made it past the pilot stage

The two remain close friends to this day.  Clooney was Kind’s best man at his wedding, and Kind was kind enough to attend Clooney’s wedding

Robin Thicke’s parents are Alan Thicke and Gloria Loring, and they (with Al Burton) wrote and sang the theme songs to ‘Facts of Life‘ and ‘Diff’rent Strokes‘!!!!!!

those two were so rockin’

Alan composed other themes – like one for ‘Wheel of Fortune‘, ‘Joker’s Wild‘, ‘Celebrity Sweepstakes‘ and for something called ‘The Wizard Of Odds‘.  dude is a wizard 4 sho

anywho, Loring was on some Hallmark channel talk show called ‘Home & Family’ to celebrate Mrs Garrett/Charlotte Rae turning 90 this year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  AND THE WHOLE LOVE FEST WAS THE MOST TOUCHING 2 HOURS I’VE SPENT IN AWHILE (that didn’t include touching my wife or myself)  

look at who swung by and skyped to say hello & we love you Mrs G!!!!

Tootie! Willis! Blair!!!!!!!!!!!!

purple haired-Cohn!!

Molly, pretty in black!!!

Jo via skype!!!!!

Blair’s cousin Geri!!!!!!!

GEORGE!!!!!!!!!!!!

it was the first time Gloria met the cast!!!!!!!!

With Charlotte Ray! #homeandfamilyshow #factsoflife #celebrity #friends

A photo posted by Gloria Loring (@glorialoring) on Feb 12, 2016 at 2:53pm PST

Mrs G has seen it all – the invention of TV, man walking on the moon, the rise of Alan Thicke’s theme song writing skills, and selfies (sorta)

long live Charlotte Rae (and the Eastland School for Young Women ladies)!!!!!!!!!!!

Hail, Caesar!
What The Hail???
Official Website | Trailers & Mo
PG-13 | 106 min

You sit there watching the Coen Bros‘ Hail, Caesar!, and you think to yourself – this is cool – they love old Hollywood, I love old Hollywood, they’re totally doing right by old Hollywood, and as the movie snappily moves along, you start to realize that nothing is really going on, and you’ve laughed MAYBE twice during this comedy, and by the time that Joel & Ethan’s name appear on screen to kick off the end credits, you start to question what in the film is there to actually hail?

It seems like the Coen Bros invested more time on casting, or OVER-casting (Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Alden Ehrenreich, Ralph Fiennes, Jonah Hill, Scarlett Johansson, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Channing Tatum, Alison Pill, Christopher Lambert, Fred Melamed, Patrick Fischler, David Krumholtz, Fisher Stevens, Alex Karpovsky, Clancy Brown, Robert Picardo, Dolph Lundgren and Michael Gambon‘s voice), than they did trying to construct a fluid movie.  They have ideas – WAY too many of them - and they’d maybe work if they were short films, but together as one long film – it’s juss a bunch of loving valentines with no heart

What I don’t REALLY understand, like I also didn’t REALLY understand with Inside Llewyn Davis, is if this stuff is based on real–life stuff, then why do the Coen Bros bother to fictionalize it into fluff?  They would be better off actually making a movie about the real players, instead of trying to impress us with their impressions.  It’s a waste of their talents, and a waste of our time

I mean, they obviously put a lot of thought into the movie, but I juss didn’t think too much of it.  Less is more.  They needed less of most of it, and more Alden Ehrenreich.  He gets a hail + the sets + Josh Brolin’s tuff gruff + the double dip of Tilda Swinton

Trumbo captured a similar time and themes in Hollywood, but it lacked the professional polish the Coen Bros gave Caesar.  Maybe the Coen Bros should have made Trumbo, instead of trying to make a movie that makes you feel like a sad trombone after watching it

Hail YEAH!!: it’s been awhile since we highlighted some movie hotties.  so here’s two that need hailing!!!

Natasha Bassett

&

Emily Beecham

Verdictgo: Sum Merit But No Stinkin Badgers

Caesar is a mixed salad today at a theater near jews

and until next thyme the balcony is clothed…

Tomorrowland
Tomorrow Comes Today
Official Website | Trailers & Mo
PG | 130 min

This new Disney movie be like…

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70s sci-fi art

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FLIGHT OF THE NAVIGATOR!!!!!!!!!

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Star Wars merchandising

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+ that girl from Under Duh Dome, showing all of her emotions

+ that ole cocky, annoying lothario

+ little girl robots!!

and what does it equal????????????

TOMORROWLAND!!!!!!!!!!!!

A movie that’s PG and one of the better live action PG movies that I’ve seen, and the amount of live action PG movies I’ve seen in the past 5 years is like none!!!  Probably not true, but if you like the idea of the future, in Walt Disney’s eyes, but with like the techmology of the actual future, and not the one Walt dreamed of in the 60s, but sorta like the one Walt dreamt up in the 60s, then you’ll probably like this movie, even though they could have spent more time in Tomorrowland, instead of in Todayland, but these complaints are from Yesterdayland

Verdictgo: Jeepers Worth A Peepers

Tomorrowland is in your land, today, at a theater near jews

and until next thyme the balcony is clothed…

The Monuments Men
Monumental Lameness 
Official Website | Trailers & Mo
PG-13 | 118 min

George Clooney! Matt Damon! Bill Murray! Cate Blanchett! John Goodman! Jean Dujardin! Hugh Bonneville! Bob Balaban!  All in one movie!!  Fighting the (real) good fight, to save plundered precious art from the Nazis, for generations to come!!!  Sounds like this movie can’t miss!!!!  Sadly, The Monuments Men is a total misfire.  The mission is important, and the movie tries to relay that thought, but it comes off as completely corny, udderly uninteresting, and as static and still as an actual monument.  It’s like Oceans 11 meet Saving Private Ryan minus everything.  I’d rather watch paint dry than watch them save these paintings.  I kinda wish the real people in reals lifes didn’t save these painting so this movie didn’t have to exist.  And honestly, that about all there needs to be said about this lame-fest. Good night, and good suck

Verdictgo: Slit Your Eyes Out Repoopulous

Men not at works, tomorrow at a theater near jews

and until next thyme the balcony is clothed…