Explore
 Lists  Reviews  Images  Update feed
Categories
MoviesTV ShowsMusicBooksGamesDVDs/Blu-RayPeopleArt & DesignPlacesWeb TV & PodcastsToys & CollectiblesComic Book SeriesBeautyAnimals   View more categories »
Listal logo
Avatar

tess24

Add tess24 as a friend


tess24 will be notified and will have to accept this friendship request, to view updates from tess24 and their ratings you must follow them.


Remove tess24 as a friend


Follow tess24

Follow content (Lists, pictures, videos, reviews & votes)

Track ratings in these areas:
Movies Music
TV shows Books
DVDs Games

Lists

Favorite Actors & Actresses (15 items)
Person list by tess24
Last updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Favorite books (4 items)
Book list by tess24
Last updated 6 years, 6 months ago
Favorite TV shows (3 items)
Tv list by tess24
Last updated 6 years, 6 months ago
Favorite movies (9 items)
Movie list by tess24
Last updated 6 years, 6 months ago
Favorite Authors (1 item)
Person list by tess24
Last updated 6 years, 6 months ago



Recent reviews

All reviews - Movies (6) - TV Shows (4) - Books (3)

Orphan Train: A Novel review

Posted : 6 years, 6 months ago on 28 September 2017 03:20 (A review of Orphan Train: A Novel)

Christina Baker Kline has done an exceptional job of presenting the story of Niamh Power, a fictional character, who represents many aspects of a child's life under this system. Her research and background work is stellar in securing historically accurate depictions of the time period. The experiential background of this child will certainly open your eyes to the sad fate of some of these individuals. The additional insights and interviews with the author at the end of the book provided such an extension to her story.


0 comments, Reply to this entry

The Cosby Show review

Posted : 6 years, 6 months ago on 28 September 2017 02:53 (A review of The Cosby Show)

You'd have to be crazy to think the Cosby Show wasn't the most dominant network show on television during the 80's. The Show focused on an upper class family living in Brooklyn. Bill Cosby as Cliff Huxtable creates an uncanny charm as a great father to his children but at the same time he himself is childish in behavior. Claire Huxtable portrayed by Phylicia Rashad is very assertive and has a dominant role despite the fact she is second to Bill Cosby. She gracefully commands a scene. Plus the kids of the Huxtables are all portrayed to perfection from Theo, Denise, Sondra, Rudy, etc......even the guests including Earle Hyman as Cliff's father are interesting and un-pretentious. Great 80's show and the finale was probably one of the best I've seen on television. Amazing.


0 comments, Reply to this entry

A Different World review

Posted : 6 years, 6 months ago on 28 September 2017 02:51 (A review of A Different World)

Watching "A Different World" was one of the biggest reasons I wanted to attend an HBCU. It was fascinating to watch what Debbie Allen and Bill Cosby did to improve the additional seasons of the show and take on everything from racism to Black Greek life to elitism to black history to relationships. There wasn't a topic that "A Different World" didn't touch, and this show made it cool to be college-educated, married and showed middle-class African Americans in a way that was not done with other shows. African-American singers, artists and even rappers were able to showcase their acting talent on this show, and I don't think there's been a show since that had this many strong, talented, African-American actresses and actors all in one spot (without being a token) since "A Different World" and "Bill Cosby." I think "Living Single" came close, but it just didn't have this massive group of topics. I really wish Universal Studios would release the additional seasons on DVD.


0 comments, Reply to this entry

Enemy of the State review

Posted : 6 years, 6 months ago on 28 September 2017 02:42 (A review of Enemy of the State)

This is the perfect thriller for a Saturday Night In.

Will Smith puts in a fine performance in a serious role as a lawyer who is being chased by the establishment and framed. He handles serious roles very well and portrays the frustration and confusion of the character with great skill. Jon Voigt is excellent as a Government Official and manages to keep that calm persona throughout.

It is Gene Hackman who steals the film though for me. Playing a mysterious character whose role and background are kept quiet until the end, he manages to portray a sense of urgency, secrecy, menace, dramatic irony and purpose. Yet he still keeps a vague sense of humour at the same time.

There are a couple of good subplots in this film.. One which was totally unnecessary to the plot and one which appeared to be until the clever ending.

I hope you enjoy this as much as I did.


0 comments, Reply to this entry

Edward Scissorhands review

Posted : 6 years, 6 months ago on 25 September 2017 04:52 (A review of Edward Scissorhands)

This movie impressed me to such an extent, that I had trouble sleeping for the first few nights after I saw it, not because he scared me. I just kept thinking about this guy who had scissors for hands, and was so unfamiliar with the world,

He had a wonderful talent for making things with his unique hands, but he was still confused about the way the world worked.

He finally wound up back where he began, which in a macabre sort of way was where he belonged, because his background just wouldn't let him fit into a so called normal world.

The ending was very sad.


0 comments, Reply to this entry

The Sixth Sense review

Posted : 6 years, 6 months ago on 18 September 2017 09:56 (A review of The Sixth Sense)

This movie is beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. It is a work of art, an wonderful, emotional experience and a true classic. There's really not much more to say...the acting is excellent, particularly from young Haley Joel Osment, who had a hard task in portraying the extremely deep character of Cole Sear. Bruce Willis, as well, gives an outstanding performance in the best role I've seen him in before or since. At once touching, suspenseful, joyous, sad, and shocking, The Sixth Sense is a movie everyone should see at least once. Don't let its categorization by some as a horror movie scare you away...it isn't a horror movie. It's a drama, and one of the greatest ones of all at that.


0 comments, Reply to this entry

Forrest Gump review

Posted : 6 years, 6 months ago on 18 September 2017 09:52 (A review of Forrest Gump)

Forest Gump is a movie about a below average man who achieves much than anyone would expect and while being in this journey he entertains us. He is declared below average at school, has got braces in his legs during childhood, has a friend jenny who he loves, has a mother who guides him through thick and thin. After school he joins as rugby player excels at it. After rugby he joins army excels at it. He makes great friends with sergeant and a Bubba. After that he excels at ping pong. Sets a shrimp business, becomes rich, runs for a record distance continuously, gets back home. Gets out to search for jenny, who has been in trouble a lot lately. Gets to know about his kid with jenny, and helps him grow.

The movie is simple, emotional, family drama where Tom Hanks is excellent. Great job by director and film makers to create such a movie.

I recommend to watch this movie with family.


0 comments, Reply to this entry

Pay It Forward review

Posted : 6 years, 6 months ago on 18 September 2017 09:49 (A review of Pay It Forward)

The concept of the story is brilliant. It's become such a saying now to 'pay it forward' but I'm not sure if it even originated from this movie. The concept was told in a terrific way and really captured the ripple effect. Some viewers might not like this (being cynics), but I love it.

Here we have a kid who was is doing his best to change the world while the adults who initially encouraged him to are ultimately the ones holding him back. I cried the first time I watched it, and though I didn't cry during the second time, I could really feel the emotions emitting from the screen. I was actually suppressing my laughter during the climactic scene because I was waiting to see if my guy friend would cry (he didn't), but the bubble of laughter died away really quickly and gave way to sadness. The family dynamics as well as the interactions with his teacher was so well executed and detailed that it just brought the whole film together.

To me this film is near flawless because I love it so much.


0 comments, Reply to this entry

The Power review

Posted : 6 years, 6 months ago on 18 September 2017 09:43 (A review of The Power)

This book doesn't just flip gender roles. It delves into complicated discussions around systemic oppression, power, rape culture, gender, and religion. The book is an unflinching dystopian yet also a mirror of our world today. It forces you to ask hard questions about your beliefs. It's also a ridiculously gripping story that had me sucked in and invested in every character.


0 comments, Reply to this entry

My Mad, Fat Diary review

Posted : 6 years, 6 months ago on 12 September 2017 10:58 (A review of My Mad, Fat Diary)

My Mad Fat Diary is one of the funniest, most touching, realistic, well written and brilliant shows I have ever seen. Pretty much my favorite show of all time and I think that viewers of all age groups and social groups could relate to it in someway. 10/10! The characters are well formed, interesting, lovable, relatable and very realistic. This show touches on some very heavy subjects of youth and young life, but does so with the utmost respect and understanding of complexity. The actress that plays Rae is so perfect for the role, and the actor that plays her love interest Finn is fantastic and absolutely gorgeous to look at!


0 comments, Reply to this entry


« Prev12 Next »


Movies

Favorite - View all
My movies page

Rated 13 movies

TV

Favorite - View all
My tv page

Rated 6 tv

Music

Favorite - View all
My music page

Rated 1 music

Books

Favorite - View all
My books page

Rated 4 books
Favorite Authors

My feed

tess24 added 2 items to their collection
Madeline Sullivan

10/10


6 years, 5 months ago
tess24 posted a review of Orphan Train: A Novel

“Christina Baker Kline has done an exceptional job of presenting the story of Niamh Power, a fictional character, who represents many aspects of a child's life under this system. Her research and background work is stellar in securing historically accurate depictions of the time period. The experient” read more

6 years, 6 months ago
tess24 posted a image

6 years, 6 months ago
tess24 posted a review of The Cosby Show

“You'd have to be crazy to think the Cosby Show wasn't the most dominant network show on television during the 80's. The Show focused on an upper class family living in Brooklyn. Bill Cosby as Cliff Huxtable creates an uncanny charm as a great father to his children but at the same time he himself is” read more

6 years, 6 months ago
tess24 posted a review of A Different World

“Watching "A Different World" was one of the biggest reasons I wanted to attend an HBCU. It was fascinating to watch what Debbie Allen and Bill Cosby did to improve the additional seasons of the show and take on everything from racism to Black Greek life to elitism to black history to relationships. ” read more

6 years, 6 months ago
tess24 posted a review of Enemy of the State

“This is the perfect thriller for a Saturday Night In.

Will Smith puts in a fine performance in a serious role as a lawyer who is being chased by the establishment and framed. He handles serious roles very well and portrays the frustration and confusion of the character with great skill. Jo” read more

6 years, 6 months ago
tess24 added 8 items to their collection
Orphan Train

10/10

Orphan Train: A Novel

10/10

Christina Baker Kline

10/10

Phylicia Rashad

10/10

The Cosby Show

have watched

10/10


6 years, 6 months ago
tess24 posted a review of Edward Scissorhands

“This movie impressed me to such an extent, that I had trouble sleeping for the first few nights after I saw it, not because he scared me. I just kept thinking about this guy who had scissors for hands, and was so unfamiliar with the world,

He had a wonderful talent for making things with h” read more

6 years, 6 months ago
tess24 added 2 items to their collection
Edward Scissorhands

have watched

10/10

Johnny Depp

10/10


6 years, 6 months ago
tess24 posted a review of The Sixth Sense

“This movie is beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. It is a work of art, an wonderful, emotional experience and a true classic. There's really not much more to say...the acting is excellent, particularly from young Haley Joel Osment, who had a hard task in portraying the extremely deep character of Cole ” read more

6 years, 6 months ago
tess24 posted a review of Forrest Gump

“Forest Gump is a movie about a below average man who achieves much than anyone would expect and while being in this journey he entertains us. He is declared below average at school, has got braces in his legs during childhood, has a friend jenny who he loves, has a mother who guides him through thic” read more

6 years, 6 months ago
tess24 posted a review of Pay It Forward

“The concept of the story is brilliant. It's become such a saying now to 'pay it forward' but I'm not sure if it even originated from this movie. The concept was told in a terrific way and really captured the ripple effect. Some viewers might not like this (being cynics), but I love it.

Her” read more

6 years, 6 months ago
tess24 posted a review of The Power

“This book doesn't just flip gender roles. It delves into complicated discussions around systemic oppression, power, rape culture, gender, and religion. The book is an unflinching dystopian yet also a mirror of our world today. It forces you to ask hard questions about your beliefs. It's also a ridic” read more

6 years, 6 months ago
tess24 added 5 items to their collection
The Sixth Sense

have watched

9/10

Forrest Gump

have watched

10/10

Pay It Forward

have watched

9/10

The Power

owned


6 years, 6 months ago
tess24 posted a review of My Mad, Fat Diary

“My Mad Fat Diary is one of the funniest, most touching, realistic, well written and brilliant shows I have ever seen. Pretty much my favorite show of all time and I think that viewers of all age groups and social groups could relate to it in someway. 10/10! The characters are well formed, interestin” read more

6 years, 6 months ago
tess24 voted for an image

6 years, 6 months ago
tess24 posted 4 images

6 years, 6 months ago

“The acting and camera-work are good and the story, a haunted house tale, has merit. The real and the psychosis are delightfully muddled, so the most effective, or not confusing at all, when taken from the perspective of Dana's (Kate Beckinsale), meaning that you can watch in different ways, as if wa” read more

6 years, 6 months ago
tess24 added 7 items to their collection
My Mad, Fat Diary

have watched

10/10

Nico Mirallegro

10/10

Donnaleigh Bailey

10/10

Julien Pietri

10/10

Alessandro De Marco

10/10


6 years, 6 months ago
Jessica Lange
 Jessica Lange 10/10
6 years, 6 months ago
tess24 posted a review of American Horror Story

“American Horror Story is the complete definition of beautiful television. Each Season is self contained with a cast so spectacular, that its hard not to watch. Every single season of this show brings joy to me, the producers manage to capture factual elements of 'horror' in this show for everyone's ” read more

6 years, 7 months ago

“I believe any child who has an interest in history should give these books a go. Theyโ€™re truly gripping and so many topics are covered.” read more

6 years, 7 months ago
tess24 posted a image

6 years, 7 months ago
tess24 added 8 items to their collection
Robert De Niro

10/10

Cape Fear

have watched

10/10

Raging Bull

have watched

9/10

The Fame

10/10

Lady GaGa

9/10


6 years, 7 months ago
tess24 voted for 2 images

6 years, 8 months ago
tess24 posted a image

6 years, 11 months ago
tess24 added 9 items to their collection
Annie (2015)

have watched

10/10

Lost Fairy

have watched

9/10

Joshua

have watched

9/10

Les soirs

have watched

9/10

All That Glitters

have watched

9/10


6 years, 11 months ago
tess24 posted a video
6 years, 11 months ago

« Prev12 Next »

Comments