Turner: The Late Seascapes (Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute)

May 28, 2008 | By Doug In William Turner |

Riddell full size San Diego Chargers new 2007 style helmet autographed in black marker by 34 members of the 2007 AFC West Champions team including superstar running back LaDainian Tomlinson, Pro Bowl quarterback Philip Rivers, Pro Bowl tight end Antonio Gates, Pro Bowl fullback Lorenzo Neal and super backup Michael Turner; starting cornerbacks Drayton Florence and Quentin Jammer; wide receivers Chris Chambers, Malcom Floyd, Vincent Jackson and Kassim Osgood; starting inside linebackers Stephen Cooper and Matt Wilhelm; starting defensive linemen Luis Castillo, Igor Olshansky and Jamal Williams; and starting offensive linemen Marcus McNeill, Kris Dielman and Nick Hardwick. NOTE: in addition to the 34 players on the regular season roster, there are 3 autographs from players who were cut before the season for a total of 37 signatures. ONLY ONE AVAILABLE FOR SALE.
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This sequel to 1984’s rip-snorting romantic-adventure, Romancing the Stone, is a moderately entertaining tale that pales by comparison to its predecessor. Romance novelist Kathleen Turner and retired soldier-of-fortune Michael Douglas return as a now-complacent couple. Bored with life on a yacht, they find excitement thrust upon them when she accepts a speaking engagement in the Middle East. Once there, she is abducted and finds herself involved with the “jewel” everyone is chasing. Douglas teams up once more with Danny DeVito to rescue his love. Less charming and more predictable than the original, this suffers for one simple reason: the characters have nowhere to go. In the original story we watched Turner blossom from timid storyteller to lusty adventuress. In this flick she is too much like all the other action adventure babes we’ve seen before. –Rochelle O’Gorman
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Customer Review: Joan, Jack, Ralph
I search of a jewel for a new book. They travel to many lands for it. And romance too.
Customer Review: Pathetic
This movie is mostly a waste of time except for the scene when the camel sits on Danny Devito’s face. That was entertaining!!!
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John Thaw stars in this touching adaptation of Michelle Magorian’s award-winning novel, Goodnight Mister Tom.

Tom Oakley (John Thaw) is a cantankerous old man who, at the start of World War II, finds his life irrevocably changed. Without warning, little Willie Beech (Nick Robinson) is evacuated from London and sent to live with Tom in a small village. Willie is a quiet, sad child with a disturbing past, but Tom patiently takes on the job of improving Willie’s reading and writing abilities and fosters his natural talent for drawing. Through Tom’s friendship and attention, Willie’s anxieties are smoothed away and a strong bond develops between this unlikely pair.

However, just as Willie celebrates his tenth birthday, his mother summons him back to the unexpected terrors of Blitz-torn London. Aware of the nightmare that awaits the boy, Tom is forced to act to save the child… and has to fight to keep him.
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Customer Review: Masterpiece Theatre DVD have been heavily cut but movie is still wonderful
‘Goodnight Mr Tom’, in my opinion is wonderful movie but… after watching Masterpiece Theatre DVD, I was bitterly disappointed because some parts of the movie have been cut out 3/5
Customer Review: Heart-rending, yet heart-warming masterpiece
This is one of the late John Thaw’s most poignant performances, as a man hardened by grief, whose apparent heartlessness is disproven by his tenacious, selfless and completely altruistic caring for a young boy evacuated from London during the bombings of World War Two — and how he grows from being “Mr. Tom” into being “Dad”. Excellent performances by the entire cast. Even the dog gives a heartwarming performance. I am so glad it was finally released on DVD for the USA market.
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