Eastwick: Better The Devil You Know

Updike’s 1984 novel is in my view a nasty counter-feminist tale of three uninteresting suburban women who acquire magical powers disney 100 years of magic dvd box set when a new all powerful man appears in town. However, most of us will remember the 1987 movie The Witches of Eastwick starring Jack Nicolson, Michelle Pfeiffer, Golden Girls dvd Cher and Susan Sarandon which adopts the stronger more comical empowering aspects of the book and translates them into a dark, Cold Case box set comedy which I loved.
Eastwick takes the story one medium further into the realms of prime-time Television. The comic drama once again about three Gilmore Girls series dvd New England witches whose powers are awakened when a mysterious man moves to town. It is the cleaner, softer, Scrubs dvd more family friendly made for TV version of the preceding movie and very much mimics the production of Desperate Housewives seasons 1-5 dvd , one of ABC’s most successful shows but lacks any of the the dark undertones of the Witches of Eastwick movie or the quirk or innovation of the Desperate Housewives seasons.

Roxie (Rebecca Romijn – Mystique of X-Men & That Bloke from Ugly Betty) House dvd box setplays the a flaky new-age artist & single mom who discovers she has developed psychic powers. Then there’s Joanna a shy clumsy newspaper Criminal Minds dvd box set reporter (Lindsay Price of Lipstick Jungle) with a new ability to make men do whatever she commands and finally Kat, the overworked,under-appreciated mom (Jaime Ray Newman of Veronica Mars & Eureka) Gossip Girl 1-2 dvd box setwho commands the natural world.
The TV premise allows the producers licence to stretch the story out however seven episodes in and the “powers” are still only materialising which is frustrating to watch. Golden Girls dvd It’s all terribly fluffy and predictable a but the trick to the show is to turn off your brain before the opening credits. It’s also very difficult not to sit there for an hour comparing and contrasting the characters, plot and development to the far far superior Movie. disney 100 years of magic dvd box set If you are the type who can disengage your brain cells when it comes to TV and I am (*ahem*Smallville) then it’s not all that bad. It’s silly, breezy and best of all, wonderfully laden with pop culture references.