Post by Naj on Mar 20, 2005 17:16:51 GMT -5
In movie, sharks horn in on fun of spring break
Sunday, March 20, 2005
OK, so this isn't "Masterpiece Theatre."
Nor is it "Jaws," a modern movie classic, or even the much lesser "Jaws 2" or the lesser still "Jaws 3-D." Or "Jaws: The Revenge."
Well, OK, maybe it's at least that good.
Anyway, "Spring Break Shark Attack," the TV movie debuting at 8 tonight on CBS affiliates including Mobile's WKRG-TV5, does have its moments. One of them comes early, when the teleflick takes a stabbing poke at its competition elsewhere on the dial.
Four women -- we can assume they are "desperate" housewives -- float by on a raft, sipping @$#*tails as they pay homage to their friend Alice. Think of the female stars of the hit ABC Sunday night soap "Desperate Housewives," who so frequently toast their dead friend Mary Alice, and you'll understand the joke.
"Desperate Housewives" returns at the same hour over on ABC (WEAR-TV3), but the show delivers a rerun this evening. That may free up some of you to watch "Shark Attack," though I'm not in any way really recommending that you do so.
"Spring Break Shark Attack" (I just like typing out that ridiculous title for some reason) stars Kathy Baker ("Picket Fences"), Bryan Brown ("The Thorn Birds") and Shannon Lucio ("The O.C."). They appear in a story about the invasion of a group of killer sharks on the Florida coast as a beach full of swimsuit-clad college folks attempt to enjoy their spring break from school.
Lucio plays Danielle, who develops a crush on local hunk Shane (Riley Smith). It goes without saying he is the fellow with the best chance of saving her from becoming shark bait, so she had better stick close.
Of course, boys on spring break can be predators, too. The sharks have sharper teeth, however.
I don't know -- don't expect too much, and maybe you'll enjoy yourself.
The movie follows a new installment of "Cold Case" on the same network. Plenty of you aren't missing an episode, as this series is usually a Top 10 finisher -- last week managing 16.61 million viewers and No. 10 for the week.
I like "Cold Case" because I like Lilly Nash, the no-nonsense detective played by Kathryn Morris. This show is more character driven than other crime procedurals on TV these days. While shows like "CSI" revel in the science of modern-day crime solving, "Cold Case" leans just as much on intuition and other tools of detective work.
Tonight's story finds the ring of a long-dead Philadelphia woman on the finger of a recently dead junkie. You just know Lilly will solve the case.
Mobile Register
Sunday, March 20, 2005
OK, so this isn't "Masterpiece Theatre."
Nor is it "Jaws," a modern movie classic, or even the much lesser "Jaws 2" or the lesser still "Jaws 3-D." Or "Jaws: The Revenge."
Well, OK, maybe it's at least that good.
Anyway, "Spring Break Shark Attack," the TV movie debuting at 8 tonight on CBS affiliates including Mobile's WKRG-TV5, does have its moments. One of them comes early, when the teleflick takes a stabbing poke at its competition elsewhere on the dial.
Four women -- we can assume they are "desperate" housewives -- float by on a raft, sipping @$#*tails as they pay homage to their friend Alice. Think of the female stars of the hit ABC Sunday night soap "Desperate Housewives," who so frequently toast their dead friend Mary Alice, and you'll understand the joke.
"Desperate Housewives" returns at the same hour over on ABC (WEAR-TV3), but the show delivers a rerun this evening. That may free up some of you to watch "Shark Attack," though I'm not in any way really recommending that you do so.
"Spring Break Shark Attack" (I just like typing out that ridiculous title for some reason) stars Kathy Baker ("Picket Fences"), Bryan Brown ("The Thorn Birds") and Shannon Lucio ("The O.C."). They appear in a story about the invasion of a group of killer sharks on the Florida coast as a beach full of swimsuit-clad college folks attempt to enjoy their spring break from school.
Lucio plays Danielle, who develops a crush on local hunk Shane (Riley Smith). It goes without saying he is the fellow with the best chance of saving her from becoming shark bait, so she had better stick close.
Of course, boys on spring break can be predators, too. The sharks have sharper teeth, however.
I don't know -- don't expect too much, and maybe you'll enjoy yourself.
The movie follows a new installment of "Cold Case" on the same network. Plenty of you aren't missing an episode, as this series is usually a Top 10 finisher -- last week managing 16.61 million viewers and No. 10 for the week.
I like "Cold Case" because I like Lilly Nash, the no-nonsense detective played by Kathryn Morris. This show is more character driven than other crime procedurals on TV these days. While shows like "CSI" revel in the science of modern-day crime solving, "Cold Case" leans just as much on intuition and other tools of detective work.
Tonight's story finds the ring of a long-dead Philadelphia woman on the finger of a recently dead junkie. You just know Lilly will solve the case.
Mobile Register
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