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The first and second editions of Complete Idiot's Guide to Bridge by H. Anthony Medley comprised the fastest selling beginning bridge book, going through more than 10 printings. This updated Third Edition includes a detailed Guide to Bids and Responses, along with the most detailed, 12-page Glossary ever published, as well as examples to make learning the game even easier. Click book to order. Available in all bookstores and on Kindle. | |
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Overboard (5/10) by Tony Medley Runtime 94 minutes PG-13 Remakes of originals that depended on the talents of unique actors and actresses like Goldie Hawn don’t work. How would you like a remake of Casablanca (1942) without Bogie, or Gone With the Wind (1939) without Gable? The original Overboard (1987) was a mediocre movie with a charismatic actress that made it work. It told the story of rich girl Hawn who falls off a yacht and is rescued by poor man Kurt Russell, who knows who she is but doesn't tell her. This is a mediocre movie that switches the genders of the original roles without the charismatic actress and it doesn’t work. This time the spoiled rich kid with amnesia is the man and the one who pulls the wool over his eyes is a woman. Directed by Rob Greenberg who also wrote the script with Bob Fisher from a story by Leslie Dixon, Anna Faris and Mexican superstar Eugenio Derbez do workmanlike jobs and it’s a feel-good ending. But it’s slow, boringly predictable, and greatly misses the magnetism Hawn provided. It might appeal to children and maybe to people too young to remember the original. But for those of us who remember Goldie and Kurt, this is a disappointment.
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