In anticipation of reviewing the recent DVD release of the cult 70s TV courtroom mystery, Petrocelli, starring Vanishing Point’s Barry Newman, we thought we’d first look at the two movies that directly led to the creation of that fondly-remembered NBC series, beginning with director Sidney J. Furie’s big-screen The Lawyer, from 1970.
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‘The Love Boat’ (Season 3): Everything that’s great & terrible about escapist TV
Anchors aweigh and get another bottle of bleach: they don’t call it “The Love Boat” for nothing!
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‘Two-Minute Warning’ (1976): Disaster film fumbles its way to TV
Strange, cold, perverse thriller from the golden age of disaster movies.
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‘Falcon Crest’ (Season 1): Intrigue, drunk on wine
We like our 80s prime time soaps here at Drunk TV. Oh yes we do.
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‘The Love Boat’ (Season 2): Where A-to-Z listers flock to undock
Oh, it’s the same alright. Nothing’s changed on The Love Boat this sophomore season except the guest passenger list and the ever-morphing rationalizations for the rampant sexual harassment plaguing the Pacific Princess. And ain’t you glad they left it alone?
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‘The Love Boat’ (Season 1): TV for the true TV lover
It’s Love, American Style on water! Or, Nine Years of Constant Nautical Fornicating and Not One Sexual Harassment Law Suit!
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TNT divas set their ‘Claws’ in new farce
So you do nails professionally. Maybe hair too. But you’re bored. What do you do now? Continue reading TNT divas set their ‘Claws’ in new farce
‘Shots Fired’: FOX hits hard with political drama
After an unarmed white man is shot by an African-American policeman, the Justice Department opens an investigation. Uh oh. Continue reading ‘Shots Fired’: FOX hits hard with political drama
‘Californication’ (Season 1): Adults fail at adulting
A guilty pleasure that leaves you wanting more than the less-than-30-minute run time of the episodes. Then again, that could be what makes it work.
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