Just a heads up.............this starts Saturday May 20th

Thanks homoe for posting about the latest new HBO movie series offering: The Wizard of Lies (starring Robert DeNiro and Michelle Pfeiffer as Bernie Maddoff and his wife Ruth).

I came across a news story about it, authored by Courtney Cox on Today. There was an priceless statement by Robert DeNiro at the very end of the story, but no one would ever know that editors deleted DeNiro's priceless statement about 45....I'm guessing they edited it within a couple of hours after it rippled across the news wires. I called my bff (C) to have her dvr the HBO movie so I can see it next week.

Link to edited by-line story in Today:

http://www.today.com/home/wizard-lie...photos-t111657

The Keepers Netflix........... A seven-part docuseries about the unsolved murder of a nun Sister Cathy Cesnik and the horrific secrets and pain that linger nearly five decades after her death.

WOW I'm speechless just speechless!

Here's an link to an superbly written article, from the Washington Post:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.42308790eab4

As an sexual assault survivor, I know what it feels like to be silenced, not believed, doubted. I hope the docuseries proves useful in helping others to understand how terrible it is for those of us who know first hand how this feels.

Thanks for the heads up, homoe.

Love Connection hosted by Andy Cohen Thursday nights Fox network

I taped and watched this basically to see how it compares to the very classy "First Date" produced by Ellen!

I am only expressing MY opinion here":

They've made a few changes to the original Love Connection hosted by Chuck Woolery. Scoring someone's attractiveness by first impressions, and offering a 10 thousand dollar "prize" if the contestant discards their choice for the second date and goes with the audiences pick.

This first episode went fairly well, but I can see this soon deteriorating into a real bloodbath purely for either shock value or ratings! By comparison, it falters greatly IMHO:scarytv:

Starts June 5th on HBO...........

The Day It Snowed In Miami............
 

PBS is re-ruining this again (2014) and it's a look back of the LGBT-rights movement in Florida's Miami-Dade County

It focuses on when gay rights activists and conservative singer Anita Bryant fought over the passage of the human rights ordinance, which prevented discrimination based on sexual orientation. The documentary shows how it galvanized the gay rights movement in Florida and beyond. Bryant lead a hateful campaign to get it appealed and won! It took more than 20 years for the law to get passed again.

Independent Lens PBS...........
 

Real Boy

Real Boy is an story of a family in transition. As 19-year-old Bennett Wallace navigates early sobriety, late adolescence, and the evolution of his gender identity, his mother makes her own transformation from resistance to acceptance of her trans son. Along the way, both mother and son find support in their communities, reminding us that families are not only given, but chosen.

This aired last night but hopefully they'll run it again during the summer in re-runs.

Sunday June 25th .....
 

Just a heads up that PBS will be running the prequel to Prime Suspect with Stefanie Martini in the iconic role immortalized by Helen Mirren. Prime Suspect: Tennison airs in three riveting 90-minute episodes airing on MASTERPIECE Mystery!

June 28th.....
 

Just another heads up that..........

Broadchurch Season 3 Premieres June 28 on the BBC

Gypsy Netflix........

Started watching this and for some reason it minds me of a cross between Nurse Jackie and Big Little Lies. Very interesting premises I have to say, haven't seen much like it before as I recall. I'm enjoying it so far, check it out and see what you think

HBO....
 

Tour de Pharmacy, staring :Adam Sandler


A mockumentary on doping at the Tour de France. Many more unexpected people turn up in Tour de Pharmacy, from Mike Tyson to J.J. Abrams to Phylicia Rashad, but the real ace in the hole is Lance Armstrong, who appears in poorly shrouded silhouette.

Netflix.........Ozark..............:hangloose:

Nobody Speak: Hulk Hogan, Gawker And Trials Of A Free Press (2017) NetFlix

The trial between Hulk Hogan and Gawker Media pitted privacy rights against freedom of the press, and raised important questions about how big money can silence media

Is anyone else watching Discovery Channel dramatization of the case of the Unabomber? I caught the first episode and liked it very much!

Oh, that looks like a good documentary to watch homoe!
I'm very interested in watching something like that. Will look it up on Netflix, shortly. *I found it* :)

:hangloose:

I think the Discovery Channel is also airing or will soon be airing one about Son of Sam as well! I will more than likely not watch that! Was there ever any reason given why he shot all those folks?

I probably would not view it either. But I seem to remember that this event received tons of news coverage in the media
both on TV and in publications of newspapers or magazines.

*LOL* I might be jealous, but only in a good way. I'm adding your show to the list!! :)

George Lopez: The Wall, Live from Washington D.C.

A Lifetime Of Comedy And Jokes About Trump.


IMHO this is some funny stuff!!!

I tend to agree with you about George Lopez...... I've watched him on HBO and his brand of satire is similar to that of Stephen Colbert. Lopez breaks it down, the racially motivated prejudice wielded by those of white privilege. And Colbert satirizes straight up hateful prejudice aimed at gay men....particularly at gay men who are not in line with being "politically correct."

At least, that's my take on both brands of satire. Satire is not easily understood though, especially satire that goes against the grain of what most people typically think satire is. I think it takes open-mindedness and a particular willingness to understand the subject being mocked.

But.... I totally appreciate comedians who command this type of performative genre. Colbert and Lopez, imo, rank side by side with other comedians such as Richard Pryor (whom I thought was outstanding), George Carlin and Dave Chapelle.

Of course, not all comedians are able to pull off political satire.

But, I guess anything could be polysemous.... including comedy, right??? :balloon:

HBO's 'Brillo Box,' the true story of how a $1,000 purchase became a $3-million Warhol work of art.

Monday's At Racine (2012)


Every third Monday of the month, two bold, brassy sisters open the doors of their Long Island hair salon to women diagnosed with cancer. As locks of hair fall to the floor, women gossip, giggle, weep, face their fears, and discover unexpected beauty.

Certain Women Stars: Michelle Williams, Kristen Stewart, Laura Dern


The lives of three women intersect in small-town America, where each is imperfectly blazing a trail.

The Intern Stars: Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway, Rene Russo



70-year-old widower Ben Whittaker has discovered that retirement isn't all it's cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin.

Oh, forget The Intern that can wait. Instead catch....


Whitney: Can I Be Me Showtime 2017


Treat yourself to this! It's wonderful IMHO :hangloose:

Nothing today..... BUT.... I'm thinking about going to a movie over the holiday.

I'm a huge Huge H U G E fan of Planet of the Apes !

Gotta love a good sci-fi movie about ape's, right??? :cheer:

http://www.planetoftheapes.com/s3/ne...-Wallpaper.jpg

Oh Dear........................

I couldn't find the Movie Obsessions thread, so I guess I will post it here.

White Palace. ..... Susan Sarandon works as a waitress at a burger joint when this really fussy dude, Max (James Spader), picks up his order for burgers for the stag party he's at. He gets back to the stag party to find out he didn't get everything he ordered, just empty boxes. Sarandon is irritated that he came back to get his money back, but that's how they met each other....and fell in love ....

SO obsessed with White Palace! :blush:

Miss Katz, did you know this was based on the novel by Glenn Savan? I read the book years ago and the movie stay pretty true to the book except for just one or two things.

Far From Heaven........Stars: Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert


In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife faces a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in the outside world.

Servicing In Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story 1995 Stars: Glenn Close, Judy Davis, Jan Rubes 1995


The true story of a decorated officer's legal challenge to her involuntary discharge when she admitted she was homosexual.


Sidebar: Obviously this was before gays could serve openly in our military, but with things going they way they are, who knows!

PBS is running the new Ken Burns movie Vietnam