Jean Underwood

Whale Mission: The Last Giants / Keepers of Memory
$19.98
Inside the world of these endangered gentle giantsWonders to behold, whales are the giants of the sea, but centuries of whale hunting and harvesting their blubber has severely crippled their populations. The only way to save these gentle giants now is to research them in their natural habitats, giving scientists a perspective on the health and behavior of these great animals.Braving the treacherous Atlantic Ocean, crew members of sailing ship Sedna IV set off to learn more about whales and their hunters on this historic, documented mission. Narrated by David Suzuki, Whale Mission delves deeply into the dangers from which whale populations, to this day, still have not recovered.This program is Closed Captioned for the hearing impaired.

PLAYBOY MAGAZINE October 2005 Issue Sarah Jean Underwood (Ozzy Osbourne & George Carlin Interviews!)
$12.97
2005 October Playboy Issue!

3 Tales: The Telling
$14.99

Perfect Tenant [VHS]
$69.98
Actress Linda Purl was associate producer of this film directed by Doug Campbell, which may explain her walking in slow motion for the first time she is seen by Maxwell Caulfield, who rents her guest house because of a hidden agenda. Campbell also provides a long take of Purl in closeup for a memory she has while in a car (thankfully not driving), where she looks very lovely but also a little like Caulfield's wife Juliet Mills. The teleplay by M. Todd Bonin, Jim Vines and the director is a serial killer thriller, with touches of incest, pedophilia, mental illness, and an odd romance, where one victim awkwardly embraces another, and an obscure line in "It's not easy to turn pages in a straitjacket". However within the potboiler limitations of this kind of material, Campbell paces events nicely, and though the musical score by Richard Bowers is generic and the freezeframes unnecessary, he sets up a number of expectations then gives them unexpected payoffs. The biggest flaw in the narrative is the presence of Caulfied's sister, since it telegraphs the result of the climactic confrontation, and also undermines Caulfield's motivation. I could have done without a hand falling out of a makeshift coffin, specifically occuring to be witnessed, a back and forth chase in a forest clumsily handled, and the silly conclusion, but Campbell does better with the actors. I liked Tracy Nelson the best as a neurotic girlfriend of Caulfield, and it's nice to have Earl Holliman as Purl's father, underplaying his big scene. Purl has a strong believable persona and also technique to put a spin on her lines, and Caulfield isn't the embarassment expected. Approaching 40 at the time of this film and still a handsome man, no longer being a heartthrob means Caulfiend needs to be lit carefully (his profile shots are particularly exposing), though it appears any loss of beauty is certainly made up for in increased acting ability.