Kevin Kennedy Movies
- 2005
The archetypal English soap opera, Coronation Street debuted in the United Kingdom in 1960 and thereafter ran indefinitely - clocking in as a veritable household institution in Great Britain. From season to season, the program follows dramatic events from the lives of a number of working-class Manchester families. Coronation Street: Family Albums, released only to U.S. audiences, looks back over the first 45 years of the series, recapping pivotal events that have befallen three families on the program: The Baldwins, The Duckworths and The Battersbys. This release intercuts clips of the said events and interviews with the actors who performed in those episodes. Participants include: Liz Dawn, Bruce Jones, Johnny Briggs, Julie Goodyear, Jane Danson and many, many others. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Matthew Kelly, Liz Dawn, (more)
- 1998
This is the first of the series' "Spot The Mistakes" episodes, with 50 glaring on-screen errors liberally sprinkled throughout the proceedings. The plot gets under way when one of Mr. Wick's mean-spirited firing procedures literally backfires (with a crossbow!), leaving Drew (Drew Carey) in charge of the store. Magnanimously, Drew announces that he will not fire anyone for any reason during his reign--whereupon Larry (Ian Gomez) decides to take adavantage of Drew's generosity in a spectacular fashion! When this episode was originally networkcast on April Fools' Day of 1998, the viewers at home were invited to contact the network and list the various and sundry "mistakes", with a $25,000 prize awaiting the person who spotted the most boo-boos. (For the episode's subsequent ABC rerun on September 2, 1998, superimposed pop-ups appeared on screen to reveal the errors; it is this "augmented" version which currently runs in syndication). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
In the wacky satire When Nature Calls, an urban family moves to the country in order to get back to nature. Set as a film within a film, the movie mocks a number of film and television cliches with an exaggerated glee; it also features cameos from a number of celebrities. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- David Orange, Barbara Marineau, (more)
Pinocchio meets Nurtle the Twurtle after Gepetto changes the boy back into a puppet for insubordinate behavior in this animated sci-fi children's story. Nurtle and Pinocchio embark on a trip to Mars and battle the alien white whale Astro in hopes of saving the Earth from attack by the menacing space-mammal. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Arnold Stang, Conrad Jameson, (more)
