Dear Renee,

Hope this reaches you and finds you well. I have a couple of questions that may well be impossible to answer, but will give you a shot anyway. The networks seem to be pretty good about putting a whole season of a series on dvd, but are terrible about putting out a mini series. I had two of these mini series on vhs, but have not found them anywhere on dvd. They are "Chiefs" which starred Charlton Heston among others and followed the lives of three police chiefs in a small southern town over about 50 years. The second was "Inside the Third Reich" which starred Rutger Hauer as Albert Speer who was the architect who was to attempt to rebuild Berlin under Hitler. As I said, both of these were released on vhs and I have them, but they will not transfer to dvd because of whatever theydo to them to keep you from doing that. Is there anywhere on Earth that I can contact someone about finding out if these will ever be released on dvd? My second question is probably strange. I am old enough to remember when "The Alamo" with John Wayne came out. I went to the old Pines drive in to see it. For years now I have noticed at the beginning of the film there is a song credited, but I have never seen or heard that segment until recently. One evening while watching either AMC or TCM I had the movie on and the lost song and scenes had been restored. I had not even seen this when it originally came out. I have copies of the movie on dvd without the scene, but wondered if there is a copy available with the scene back in? I figure if they are going to make a three hour movie they may as well leave everything in. A few minutes won't make that big a difference.

I hope these are easier to answer than I think. Thanks for your time.

James C. Watts Pine Bluff

Hey Renee! Have you seen In Bruges? Indigo and I loved it.

any new movie or sneak perview

Because I Said So. I didn't think it was possible for Diane Keaton to be this bad. If it weren't for Lindsey Lohan stunning performance in "I Know Who Killed My Career",Keaton would have won the Razzie. This is worst that getting three root canals in one sitting. Worst than that other annoying chick flick, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.

No Country for Old Men, was not what the Oscars made it out to be. I was so lost and confused. They did not do much on dailog and the plot, was there one. I could not finish the movie. I think it is time for the Oscars to start including comedies in there awards show. At least then we can get a good laugh.

Renee, I love to hear your comments on the Saturday morning show. The worst movie I have ever seen was "No Country for Old Men". I love Tommy Lee Jones and had never seen him in a bad movie, I can now say that has changed. My husband even said it was the sorriest movie ever made. On the flip side of that, I went and saw "College Road Trip", that was a great family movie, I would recommend it to anyone! Have a great day! Amy Fendley

Blues Daddy: Had a great time listening to the sounds of Donna Massey and Blue Eyed Soul!

Jimmy the Critic: Loved Hoffman in "Charlie Wilson's War" he was the film. but I definetly saw worse this year. Hope you didn't sit through the 3 hour debacle that was "The Assasination of Jessie James by the Coward Robert Ford" only thing longer than the title was the actual film. I was ready to shoot him and I didn't care about the reward. Whatever would make the movie end!

going to LA this weekend to see "Street Kings" and interview the cast, could be a good action flick I'm going with an open mind.

Renee, I was lucky enough to see many of the movies I wanted to see this year. Including NO Country twice. The worst movie of the year for me was Charlie WIlson's War. Suberb acting for Hoffman, but other wise a snoozefest.

Re: P. A. Tumbleweed Ball Event @ Chenal Country Club

Hey Renee,

It's your ole BlueDaddy just saying that the band "Donna Massey and Blue Eyed Soul" will be performing at the P.A. Tumbleweed Ball and look forward to seeing you there.

After a long night of entertaining, all of the band members like to get up early on Saturday mornings to catch your movie reviews. In fact, you've been voted by the band as the person we'd most like to share a bucket of popcorn with.

Anyway, we do hope you stick around long enough to hear "a few dance selections". Have a great day, Renee!

Blues Daddy, (just keepin' the groove alive)

DONNA MASSY AND BLUE EYED SOUL - "They're just do'in it for world peace!"

Carrie I am right there with you how could a Kate Hudson movie be bad? she is so cute and you know Matthew McConaghey will have his shirt off the entire time! They were so fun together in "How to Lose a guy in 10 days" but "Fools Gold " was a HUGE disappointment. Where are the good movies?? I really feel like we have hit a dry spell. went to see "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a day" again and I enjoyed it again.

Sadly, even though I love Kate Hudson I just thought "Fool's Gold" was bad. Maybe, not the worse, but the worse one I saw. I even got to see it for free which you think would make me less critical and I still thought it was bad.

Hi Stephanie thanks for the great feedback. I want you to know its okay with me if we disagree sometimes, I will still love you and your husband! On "Eastern Promises" I thought Viggo was dead on in this film and was blown away by his accent. I thought he nailed it. I could have done without the violence but the nude scene in the steam room was pivotal to the story. I believed that Naomi Watts character had gotten to him in some way, softened him even the slightest. I didn't get that he was proud of what he did for a living just merely trying to survive in that life which isn't easy or pleasant. All that said "Eastern Promises" did not make my top 10 list.

Renee, I enjoy your reviews and blog. My husband and I see a lot of movies a year, but manage to avoid the truly bad ones most of the time. We rely on people like you, Phillip Martin, and the folks at Rotten Tomatoes to warn us off the worst.

However, y'all steeered us wrong on "Eastern Promises." What a turkey. The filmmakers managed to dazzle an implausible plot, a heavy-handed performance by Viggo Mortenson, and an absolutely uinbelievable ending that came out of left fied with stylishe sets, a thick Russian accent, and a naked knife fight.

It's hard not to like a movie that has Naomi Watts, but she wasn't enough this time. Here we have a terrible villain who murders young girls and all sorts of other reprehensible stuff, and the viewer is supposed to buy that he can't bring himself to throw the baby in the river? Plus, our hero and heroine know exactly where to find him and get there at just the right moment. Roy Rogers and Dale Evans did this sort of thing more believably.

My husband and I were already put off by Mortenson's accent, which seemed to change for some reason throughout. We had to turn on Closed Captioning within his first few moments on screen. By the time the villain was crying and talking to the baby at the river, we were rolling with laughter. If you're laughing during a violent thriller, something is wrong with the movie. It's bad, that's what.

I know you like it. Perhaps you could tell me why. I do like what you do, so keep up the good work. By the way, I think you're right on about "Into the Wild." It's one of the best movies I saw all year with many stunning performances and great direction. Hollywood must hate Sean Penn.

Stephanie