Corinne Alarcon

This show would be worth watching if the writers new more than profanity. It makes the mistake Appletv writers are making. Pretty good shows, but if I have to hear Motherf*****, f***, bulls***, with 15 minutes it's not intelligent writing. Especially when it's coming from the mouth of a teenager to her parents and they say nothing, like it's an everyday occurrence. I mean come on. The principal of the school is talking to the priest and she drops MF like it's nothing. The concept of the show is interesting. Just written for junior high schoolers who think profanity is funny and entertaining.

Despite a cast that includes Mae Whitman, whom I always enjoy watching, Up Here doesn't work. I am a huge fan of musicals and am old enough to remember Cop Rock, which I believe was the first attempt at a musical TV series. After the first two episodes I couldn't put my finger on the reason it wasn't appealing to me. Maybe I was just in a funky mood. Then I read that there were songs from the writers of Frozen. That was it! The leads are good strong actors, but the music and lyrics are cartoonish, not sharp or particularly witty. The melodies and instrumentation don't lend themselves to adult themes. The choreography is weak and uninspired. The story has potential because we all succumb to the voices and tapes in our head, but the show would be much better as a dramedy. For me, it just doesn't live up to Crazy Ex-girlfriend, Apple's TV's Spirited, or Zoe's Extraordinary Playlist. My score C+.

Richard Dreyfus and Mira Sorvino are much too talented to be in this awful movie. Somebody must have owed the director and producer a huge favor. I started Fastforwarding through this movie after 20 minutes. All the while asking why was it made and were they really satisfied with the end product. Don't waste your time. It's hard to watch Dreyfus slog around like he's 200 years old and never made a movie before. I thought if I saw Mira cry one more time I'd barf. Unsympathetic characters, an unsuccessful script, and awful directing.