Quaid In Full - Episodes Tagged with “Tv Movies”

S05E06: Everything That Rises

Sarah D Bunting — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 11:00:00 -0400

It's DQ's directorial debut, a TNT movie called Everything That Rises -- and while there's no discernible connection to Flannery O'Connor, the flick's surprisingly good. Okay, the transfer we watched was very bad, and the dialogue's laconic sarcasm was a little TOO uniform across characters, but between Harve Presnell; an unnecessary but amusing barroom brawl; and Quaid being too busy directing to overact, the thing won us over. It's Hallmark meets Cormac McCarthy, plus the debut of Ask A Horse Girl, so quit Loaf-ing and listen to an all-new Quaid In Full.

Overall score: 7.75
QQQ score: 7.5
Days since a lost Kuffs accident: 0

SHOW NOTES

Get EVEN MORE Qontent (...sorry), including Kuffs (...sorry again), at our Patreon page
Can YOU get past the first 27 seconds of The Dennissance?
Watch (or listen to) Everything That Rises for yourself
Ray Richmond's review for Variety

S02E07: Bill

Sarah D Bunting — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 09:00:00 -0400

The 1981 TV movie that netted Mickey Rooney an Emmy AND a Globe, Bill is a lot better than we expected: not too much Afterschool Special speechifying about mainstreaming (the movie), and not too much cringing (us). But it's not perfect -- character development occurs in an evening, and is denoted by The Shawl-Collar Sweater Of Adulthood -- and we struggled to rate the Quaidiferousness of a film that had Dennis Quaid in every scene, doing decent work...but miscast. Failing to listen to the Dennissance, grumbling about the cop-wife trope, and fantasy-costuming the Chippenquaids are just a few of the toupees we perched on this episode, so listen now.

Overall score: 6.25
QQQ score: 5

SHOW NOTES

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If we're not going to hear The Dennissance, one of y'all should
Bill and the sequel on DVD
The FB page for a documentary about the RL Bill Sackter

S01E08: Amateur Night At The Dixie Bar And Grill

Sarah D Bunting — Fri, 01 Nov 2019 09:00:00 -0400

It's another TV movie as we enter the homestretch of QIF's first season: Amateur Night At The Dixie Bar And Grill, a surprisingly watchable Nashville knockoff starring not just Dennis Quaid but Don Johnson, Pinky Tuscadero, Isaiah Edwards from Little House, and...Kyle Richards? Come for Tanya Tucker's debut, stay for the Quaid tunesmithery in Episode 8.

SHOW NOTES

Want to help defray the costs of the pod, like getting a print of that Baretta episode made? Throw a few bucks in the hat at QIF's GoFundMe page!
Watch Amateur Night
The movie's IMDb page
The Scopophilia review
The Schumacast does for Joel Schumacherwhat I do for Dennis Quaid
That time I talked about Don Johnson's vanity single on MASTAS

S01E07: Are You In The House Alone?

Sarah D Bunting — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 09:00:00 -0400

A uninteresting and deeply problematic TV movie with a horror-movie shell and an Afterschool Special center, Are You In The House Alone? introduces me to the concept of the Un-Quaidy Valley -- and introduces the rest of the world to David Keith. Schoolyard doowop, a brawl in an art-supplies closet, a visit to the Oversight Committee on the occasion of Mr. Quaid's engagement, and more!

SHOW NOTES

Want to help defray the costs of the pod, like getting a print of that Baretta episode made? Throw a few bucks in the hat at QIF's GoFundMe page!
Watch Are You In The House Alone?
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